Chapter 165: Seeking the Shattered Dimension

"Captain, how do you feel?"

"Uh, Lord Tenjo, I don't feel anything strange."

In the alchemy workshop, Master Wan Rong asked the Gem Knight Bai Jing several questions to test its clarity, and after confirming there were no issues, he and the Golden Heresy God began attaching various wires to its body.

Because Tenjo Hikari was accustomed to calling Bai Jing "Captain," everyone else had adopted the same habit, yet not a single spirit dared call Tierra by her name—until today, they still referred to her as "Midelas" or "Her Divine Highness."

Today, Tenjo Hikari was testing the final data point.

It wasn't that he truly intended to transform the Gem Knight Bai Jing into "Divine Divine Yingyi·Divine Child Jing" to complete some alchemical symbol—in fact, long ago, Tenjo Hikari had frequently used Bai Jing to test various data.

The main issue was that he wanted to find the "dt Spirit World."

Although Bai Jing had never said what distinguished their Spirit World from the Spirit Worlds Tenjo Hikari had visited, Tenjo Hikari's recent extradimensional adventures and his summaries allowed him to draw a conclusion.

That was: Bai Jing's "world" was different from ordinary Spirit Worlds.

Or rather, even among Spirit Worlds, there were distinctions.

Just as Bai Jing had said, their world had also suffered an invasion—but the entity that invaded them observed their world and chose to leave, clearly considering Bai Jing's world "valueless" or "not worth it."

From the background of the dt World alone, Tenjo Hikari could understand this: after all, the dt World was the famous "dead zone" in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card art stories, where countless experts had perished without a trace—even Tierra, the Star-Creating God, had died, as had alien invaders, revived demons, and the Star-Creating Goddess, all ending in death.

In Bai Jing's world, their "Shattered Dimension" served not as a mere separation from the main Spirit World, as the dimensions Tenjo Hikari had recently visited did, but as a "sealing method"—for instance, Bai Jing had entered a Shattered Dimension because it had been infected by "Divine Yingyi," forcing it to isolate itself immediately while awaiting treatment and rescue, only to be breached by Chi Ma Ling Wang and others, thus losing contact with its original world.

The world Tenjo Hikari sought was this one!

This was a vast, repeatable, multi-explorable world—if he could directly locate this dimension, Tenjo Hikari wouldn't need to go through the trouble of crafting cards.

Of course, there was another reason: he had previously promised Bai Jing he would help it find its way home.

Tierra leaned against a chair beside him, controlling a small demon, listlessly making it fly back and forth, when suddenly she heard a voice.

"Alright, sampling is nearly complete, Captain. Thank you for your patience."

"I should be thanking you, Lord Tenjo," Captain Bai Jing sighed, stepping down from the sampling machine. "This was merely my unreasonable request, yet you have persistently pursued it—I am deeply grateful."

"Haha, no need for that—I have my own reasons," Tenjo Hikari smiled. "If possible, I'd like to obtain all the Divine Divine Yingyi cards at once—it's far faster than doing alchemy myself."

He drew a card from his deck; its surface depicted strange constellations—a fragment of data extracted from Captain Bai Jing, one of Tenjo Hikari's recent research focuses.

Modifying and upgrading the Dimension Gate was still too difficult for him—he'd tried several times and found no viable approach, so he abandoned it and turned instead to completing unfinished tasks.

He inserted the card into the Dimension Gate; it emitted a faint green glow, and the fluorescent runes stirred once more. The spirits in the room transformed back into cards and merged into his deck. Tierra clapped softly, dissolving the demon in her hand, then floated gracefully to Tenjo Hikari's side. Under the Dimension Gate's glow, the alchemy workshop now held only the slightly improved Gladiator Beast Monoculus and the Super Thunder Dragon hatchling, fast asleep.

After a while, Tenjo Hikari fell from the sky and landed with a soft "thud."

The surrounding rumbling noises drowned out his landing, drawing no attention.

He landed, braced himself with one hand, then rose, stretching his body slightly.

About ten meters high?

For his current physique, this height was merely slightly jarring—he moved twice and felt nothing. Tierra offered no warning, nor did she use puppet threads to assist his landing; as soon as she appeared in this world, she began scanning everything, clearly fascinated.

But once she finished looking, her face twisted into an indescribable, profound disappointment.

Tenjo Hikari had never seen such an expression on her face before.

He'd had no great expectations—just a faint thrill during the fall—but now, confronted with the unfamiliarity and desolation, disappointment flooded her eyes.

"Boring…"

At the same time, Captain Bai Jing's voice echoed in Tenjo Hikari's ear: "Lord Tenjo, this is not my dimension… not even the isolation dimension I was sent to."

Is that so?

Tenjo Hikari nodded.

It might have been a dimension he'd been transferred to before—after all, this dimension clearly bore traces of his presence.

But…

Tenjo Hikari crouched behind a rock, shifting slightly to glance afar, observing the dimension's condition.

Massive machines were excavating; countless figures bustled about—some shouting slogans, others directing manpower, while enormous, non-humanoid creatures moved constantly through the chaos.

Humans?

Tenjo Hikari was surprised.

Judging by size, this dimension was small—the sky was barely thirty or forty meters above ground, a classic "Shattered Dimension." Why were there humans here?

And what were they digging for?

He squinted, observing more closely—and then he spotted people in uniforms he recognized—

These weren't the Fusion Army!?

Tenjo Hikari blinked, stunned.

"Oh," Tierra tilted her head slightly. "So this dimension's been contaminated. Those humans are digging up contaminated rocks or something similar?"

"Ah—I remember now," Bai Jing added. "During the time I was controlled, I did enter this Shattered Dimension. And those things on my body…"

"I understand," Tenjo Hikari nodded.

Got it—

No wonder Captain Bai Jing—he must have accidentally infected this dimension with "Divine Yingyi" too.

Perfectly matches the card art.

As he thought this, he saw the Fusion Army personnel pushing a cart carrying a massive growth chamber to the center of the ground, then carefully opening it.

Amid a heart-wrenching scream, thick black mist seeped from the chamber; weak spirits bound nearby were instantly infected, shrieking in agony, while vast stretches of land became contaminated. Even though they'd cleared a space, the corruption spread relentlessly—the Fusion Army members frantically dodged, desperate to avoid contact with the black liquid.

"Damn it all!!" Witnessing this, the Gem Knight Bai Jing's eyes burned with rage; he materialized beside Tenjo Hikari, gripping the boulder tightly. His bright white armor seemed on the verge of cracking!

All this suffering was his fault!!!

"No, Captain," Tenjo Hikari narrowed his eyes. "Don't blame yourself. The guilty are those who exploit this power to commit atrocities!"

"And what we must do—correct the error!"

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