Chapter 368: Man-made things always have bugs (22)

Three hours later, a wooden small building stood in a hidden valley.

"Thorn Manor, a private estate of a certain prominent figure in Lyon Town."

"This is Mr. Fix, the steward of the manor. He will do his best to meet your living needs."

"Our true identities are somewhat sensitive; we cannot stay away too long, or it will raise suspicion. So we have temporarily left."

After saying those few words, Rudolf led his warriors away from the hidden valley in haste.

After seeing them off, Luosen looked at the steward: "Mr. Fix, take us around the manor."

The steward was about forty, with an honest appearance but sharp eyes; likely a close confidant of a certain prominent figure in the town.

He was very cooperative, taking Luosen on a thorough tour of the manor, then properly arranging their food and lodging.

About an hour later, Luosen and Tiralilin bathed in a hot spring they had brought underground in the manor.

Luosen sat comfortably in the hot spring: "Lilin, your mood is very unsettled."

Splash~ splash~~

Tiralilin mechanically washed her body over and over; on her beautiful classical face, her gaze was vacant, brows slightly furrowed, looking quite unhappy.

After hearing Luosen's voice, she slowly came to her senses, let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty."

Luosen immediately corrected: "That title must be changed for now; from now on call me dear, or simply call me by name."

Tiralilin nodded: "I am very disappointed."

Luosen raised an eyebrow: "Because of Emperor Safinnos's deception?"

"Yes, he deceived me!"

As she said this, the usually calm and peaceful Tiralilin's face showed a hint of repressed anger.

"I always thought he had been killed by an assassin of the Abyss, yet he is still alive."

"I also always thought I bore his trust, bore the heavy responsibility of restoring the glory of the Dawn Empire, yet all this turned out to be a deception."

"The world we inhabit was crafted by an ultra-massive spacetime spell, named the Half-Plane."

Luosen felt a slight stir in his heart: "This spell is interesting; tell me about it in detail."

Speaking, seeing Tiralilin deeply downcast, he reached out and pulled her into his embrace, gently comforting her.

"Lilin, no matter what, I will never deceive you. I will explain any major decision to you beforehand."

Tiralilin nodded slightly, nestled in Luosen's arms, and began in a low voice to introduce this powerful spacetime spell.

"To understand the Half-Plane, one must first understand the concept of spacetime."

"As I told you before, spacetime is a synonym for 'existence'."

"Time, space, magical fields, elements, and everything we see and feel are attributes of this existence, also called 'dimensions' by Imperial scholars."

Upon saying this, she raised her hand to grasp Luosen's hand, which was gently twisting underwater, and softly scolded: "We're talking serious business, don't fool around."

Luosen shrugged, as she wished.

"According to Imperial scholars' research, spacetime has a total of nine basic dimensions; more accurately, scholars have so far only discovered nine dimensions."

"Using this knowledge, combined with immense power, one can distort spacetime to create a subordinate plane that depends on the main plane for existence; we call it the Half-Plane."

"The Half-Plane requires the main plane to supply energy for maintenance; being an extension of the main plane, it cannot exist independently. The nature of its basic dimensions also remains basically consistent with that of the main plane."

"However, by employing certain special means, one can slightly modify those nine basic dimensions to obtain a semi-independent world that macroscopically differs greatly from the main plane—this is the world we inhabit."

Luosen understood, his heart secretly shocked by the achievements of the Dawn Empire, and he sincerely praised.

"This is practically creation itself."

Tiralilin's face also showed some pride, but it only lasted a moment before turning into anger.

"This is the crystallization of wisdom painstakingly earned by countless Imperial scholars, yet now Aolatesi uses it as a playground to escape the world."

"This is not only a desecration of wisdom, but also a betrayal of the Empire!"

She became agitated again, clenched one hand into a fist, and forcefully struck the hot spring's surface, sending water splashing everywhere.

Luosen also was not in a hurry; he patiently waited for her emotions to calm before speaking: "Lilin, the current problem is, what should we do next?"

"Should we leave this world, or end the Emperor's game?"

Tiralilin pondered, then said: "Dear, we must first meet Emperor Safinnos, Your Majesty, before we can discuss the next steps; this step will likely be very difficult, even extremely dangerous."

Luosen was very curious: "Explain in detail."

"You have also seen that there exists an Eternal Sun Church; the essence of this church is the order-keeper of the Half-Plane."

"Ordinary congregants, even regular church warriors, need not worry given your martial skill; but besides ordinary soldiers, there surely exists a group of high-ranking guardians granted power exemptions."

Luosen understood, slightly surprised: "You mean there is a group of warriors possessing power as great as that of the main plane?"

"If that were the case, with his current strength he would surely be walking a dead end."

Tiralilin shook her head repeatedly: "Of course not, dear."

"High-ranking guardians possess some power beyond mortal grasp, yet this power does not conflict with the current Half-Plane's spacetime laws; in fact, it is the administrative authority specially left by the Half-Plane's creator."

"In other words, it is far stronger than ordinary people, but still far weaker than the main plane."

Luosen understood, his heart slightly stirred: "In other words, if we master the correct method, we might also obtain this power and become illicit high-ranking guardians?"

He firmly believed that man-made things are never perfect; there must be bugs.

Indeed, Tiralilin nodded: "Exactly."

Regarding the Half-Plane, this ultra-massive spacetime spell, Luosen currently knows almost nothing about it.

Therefore, to obtain administrative authority over the world, one must rely solely on Tiralilin.

The latter perceived Luosen's thought, her face showing a hint of guilt.

"Dear, if I could, I would certainly do all I can to help you, but I have not recovered all of my detailed knowledge memories, so."

Luosen felt a bit disappointed, but he was never the type to blame fate or others.

Since this way is blocked, he immediately thought of a second approach.

I have the Extinction Law Sword and 26 kilograms of solar essence; how do you think we can make the greatest use of it?

Tiralilin showed a hint of joy, was about to speak, then suddenly shivered and couldn't help but chide: "My love, what time is it now, how can you still be in the mood to play around?"

Luosen hehe smiled: "Lilin, the tougher the situation, the more we should find some fun for ourselves to lighten the mood. Good, good, good~~ I promise you, I won't move a muscle, just keep the status quo."

Tiralilin was both angry and amused, struggled a few times but couldn't break free; finding she couldn't overcome Luosen, she gave up.

Hand over the Extinction Law Sword for me to look at.

Luosen immediately complied. Tiralilin took the Extinction Law Sword, closed her eyes to examine it carefully, and her face lit up with even more joy.

My love, this sword contains a spatiotemporal dimension that the Dawn Empire has not yet fully mastered.

Therefore, it is a power that transcends this half-plane.

As long as you skillfully use its power, combined with the aid of solar essence, you are capable of defeating any high-plane guardian!

Luosen listened happily and immediately asked humbly: "How should we skillfully use it? Is it like me thrusting back and forth?"

Tiralilin shivered, almost losing composure; after finally recovering, she gave Luosen a light glare: "If you keep messing around, I'll ignore you."

Luosen hehe smiled and immediately stopped.

After Tiralilin studied it carefully, closed her eyes and pondered for a few minutes, then handed the Extinction Law Sword to Luosen: "My love, grip the hilt."

Luosen did as instructed.

After Luosen gripped the hilt, Tiralilin also took his hand and softly said: "Now, take some solar essence with your left hand."

Solar essence is a high-energy synthetic element, pale yellow in color, exhibiting a physical texture similar to clay.

After pinching it in hand, using the special ability of the divine body to draw its power, one will feel a steady stream of power flowing into the body.

Due to the limitation of the spatiotemporal dimension, the power flowing in per second is only 0.1 Luosen, so a soybean-sized amount of solar essence can be drawn for a very long time.

26 kilograms is practically an inexhaustible treasure trove of power.

After Luosen complied, Tiralilin gave further guidance: "My love, you must have noticed that time magic in this world is limited in scope, right?"

That's right.

So, next, follow my lead and cast time magic on the Extinction Law Sword.

This time magic is very intricate; one or two attempts may not be enough to master it, so you need to be patient and focused, and it's best to pull your sword away from me to avoid distraction.

This is serious business; Luosen also put aside his playful thoughts, complying with Tiralilin's wish.

Tiralilin breathed a sigh of relief and began to carefully guide Luosen in casting the spell.

This spell is indeed very intricate and consumes a lot of energy, requiring constant drawing of power from solar essence to maintain.

About half a minute later, under the effect of the intricate spatiotemporal magic, the Extinction Law Sword in Luosen's hand began to glow.

Its originally dull, unremarkable surface now showed a bluish-white gleam, brightest at the tip, even somewhat dazzling.

Thrust forward at the marble wall!

The marble wall is about five meters from the sword tip, so logically it cannot be hit.

But at this moment, with a sword thrust, the power accumulated in the blade surged out like a flood; the tip entered the air as if piercing tofu, easily sinking into the marble.

With a clear 'dong' sound of the sword, the Extinction Law Sword returned to its dull state, while the marble wall ahead now had a hole over half a meter deep, smooth as a mirror.

That is to say, in this half-plane, the Extinction Law Sword still possesses the two powerful attributes of 'never missing a strike' and 'being able to cut through anything'.

Luosen was thrilled and praised: "Truly an excellent divine artifact."

Tiralilin shook her head: "Although the artifact is good, it's too complicated to use; it can only be used as a killing move, and in the heat of battle the situation is complex, so there may not be time to employ it."

That is true, but Luosen had his own idea.

He immediately said: "My love, the time magic just now is still too intricate; I can't learn it quickly, please guide me to cast it a few more times."

Of course, no problem.

At this moment, their fates are intertwined; seeing Luosen so earnest, Tiralilin naturally became very happy and repeatedly guided him to cast the spell.

Luosen himself carefully felt every detail of the casting, and also had Laifu record it.

After being guided over a dozen times, Laifu successfully recorded every detail of the casting.

Thus, through the Heart of the War God, as long as there is sufficient power support, Luosen can cast it in less than one-fifth of a second.

And regarding power, Luosen also had an insight.

My love, I have discovered that there seems to be a way to slightly increase the limit on drawing power from solar essence.

Tiralilin had also discovered it: "You mean the technique of parallel thought for drawing power, right?"

This works very well in the main plane, but in this plane the technique also has obvious limitations.

After all, splitting a soul into a dozen thoughts is already extremely difficult; even if done, one cannot do anything else, so it cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Luosen quickly calculated: with Laifu's current computing power, at most he could split into a hundred complex thoughts, or a hundred thousand simple thoughts.

Complex thoughts can be used to direct complex combat tasks, pushing a combat task to the extreme; each line can be considered a Battle Master.

While simple thoughts can only handle some single-dimensional simple tasks.

Fortunately, drawing power from solar essence is precisely an extremely simple task.

A hundred thousand simple thoughts combined would allow him to draw power amounting to ten thousand Luosen at the same time.

This is an incredibly astonishing number; placed in this primitive, backward, low-capability half-plane, it is practically as terrifying as a nuclear explosion.

This is still the result of him using a large amount of computing power to maintain the Nature Empire.

If all computing power were fully utilized, it could simultaneously execute over two hundred thousand simple tasks.

With that much power entering the body, it can not only drive the Extinction Law Sword, but also do many, many other things.

For example, casting various spells without consuming power.

Even though the power of computed spells is suppressed to almost negligible, using limitless power to drive them, plus the support of a super-massive spell structure, he can still boost the effect of a single spell to the extent of influencing the macroscopic world.

Perhaps a super-massive spell at the level of one million Luosen would still be weaker than an ordinary legendary spell of 0.1 Luosen in the main plane, but in this world it would still be terrifying.

The key is he still has 26 kilograms of solar essence, and he can at most unleash super-massive spells on the order of tens of millions of Luosen.

This move is my killer technique. I have concealed ninety percent of my abilities, and for now I am using only one part.

After finding the bug in the half-plane, Luosen let out a big sigh of relief, his mood relaxed considerably, and he immediately had many lascivious thoughts.

This time, Tirilalin did not stop him.

After a while, Luosen walked out of the hot spring bath feeling refreshed and invigorated.

The butler Feikesi immediately stepped forward and said, 'Esteemed guest, dinner is ready; my master has also arrived and wishes to speak with you.'

Luosen had long heard the commotion outside the manor.

He not only knew that the manor's lord had arrived, but also knew that the lord had brought many warriors, including Rudolf.

Obviously, if he lacked supernatural abilities, or rather, lacked sufficient supernatural abilities, then what awaited him would certainly not be anything good.

(End of chapter)