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Chapter 678: Chapter 675: "I Extend to You a High Tower Invitation.

In a failed loop before, Su Ming’an learned about the concepts of "Two Dimensions" and "Three Dimensions" on the rooftop of Lin Guang.

Two dimensions were like the two-dimensional plane on paper, while three dimensions were like the normal world.

Essentially, there was no difference between these two worlds, except that the two-dimensional world had an additional filter, blocking the "invasion" from other dimensions.

The Dawn System recorded everything in the three-dimensional world, then substituted everyone’s brain data into the two-dimensional world it constructed. In this way, those who could not survive in the three-dimensional world could "downgrade in dimension" and find a space for survival in the two-dimensional world.

Su Ming’an’s goal in infiltrating the City of Gods was to accomplish the main quest of "obtaining the Dawn System." Once the Dawn System was activated, everything in the world would be brought into the two-dimensional world, resolving the crisis from other dimensions.

However, the moment he saw Fayse, Su Ming’an perceived a kind of "programmed" systematization; she did not at all seem like a living person. He suddenly realized—was this world they were in now truly the three-dimensional one?

Or had they already...

"Acto had activated the Dawn System in the first year of the Catastrophe, and now it’s the 48th year of the Catastrophe," Lin Guang said, his expression one of despair as he looked at him: "So, Lewis, what do you think our world is now—is it ’Three Dimensions’ or ’Two Dimensions’?"

"Two dimensions..." Su Ming’an replied.

He had realized this point long ago.

If the activation of the Dawn System represented a "dimensional downgrade" of a world, then from a memory he had acquired, Acto had activated the Dawn System with Tretiya right after the end of the Century Catastrophe. This proved that the world had already been "downgraded in dimension."

—They were now in the fictitious "Two Dimensions."

"The bodies of the dead break apart into white light, just like dying in a game. Killing someone earns ’Yuan Guang’ which allows one to level up. ’Yuan Guang’ is just like the experience points in a game; this world is simply like a game..." Lin Guang murmured to himself, "It turns out we are not in the real world at all."

Su Ming’an remained silent.

"Our world is now in ’Two Dimensions.’ What will happen if the Dawn System is activated again? Will everyone hide in an even deeper ’One Dimension’?" Lin Guang’s gaze trembled, and blood dripped from his forehead, drop by drop, onto the icy white ground: "The ’Two Dimensions’ we are in now have already been invaded by those deities, and millions of soldiers and civilians have died in conflicts. What do you think will happen if we activate the Dawn System again and hide in the deeper ’One Dimension’? How long can we hold out? If ’One Dimension’ is invaded, where can we hide? Can there even be a deeper ’Zero Dimension’?"

Lin Guang leaned against the wall, leaving a long trail of bloody handprints. Stepping on the shattered glass, he moved towards Su Ming’an and slowly crouched down.

One side of his body was torn and blackened, the charred flesh curling outward, dripping blood with every step. Due to the cold weather, each of his breaths created small clouds of warm white vapor.

Blood fell on the back of Su Ming’an’s hand, the warm touch causing him to flinch slightly.

New Year’s Eve was too cold that night. The winter snow forced its way through the broken windows, like an icy gale coming through, and he couldn’t feel any warmth.

His throat let out a sound like a cough, feeling a burning sting, yet he was unable to utter a word.

—An endless nest of dolls.

When Su Ming’an first started out in the world of Caius, he thought that the City of Measurement in the 102nd year of the Catastrophe was the real "Three-Dimensional" world, and that Caius during the period of the Dawn War was the fictional "Two-Dimensional" world.

A few days ago, Su Ming’an overturned his guess. He believed that Caius was the "Three-Dimensional" one, and the 102-year-old City of Measurement was the simulated "Two Dimensions," a deeper layer of Caius—because Acto was victorious in the 72nd year of the Dawn War and activated the Dawn System, bringing everyone into the safer "Two Dimensions" in the year 72.

However, in this moment, Su Ming’an suddenly realized that Acto had already activated the Dawn System in the first year of the Catastrophe. They were already in "Two Dimensions."

Then, activating the Dawn System again in the victorious 72nd year after the war to "downgrade in dimension" turned "Two Dimensions" into "One Dimension."

The City of Measurement turned out to be "One Dimension."

So, the Dawn System had been activated twice in total, once in the first year of the Catastrophe and again in the 72nd year.

——From the "Three-Dimensional" real world (from the Century Catastrophe to the 1st year of Catastrophe)

——To the "Two-Dimensional" world of the Dawn War (from the 2nd to the 72nd year of Catastrophe)

——And then to the "One-Dimensional" world of the City of Measurement (from the 72nd year of Catastrophe onwards).

However, even in an idealized "One-Dimensional" world like the City of Measurement, there was still interference from the Invaders’ Whispering, with Ta Wei breaking in layer by layer, leaving humanity no place to escape.

The more humanity retreated in the dimensions of the world, the more desperately they clung to survival, drinking poison to quench their thirst; by the 102nd year, they had no ground left to give.

No wonder Su Ming’an felt numb to the pain when he committed suicide in the City of Measurement, as if death were but a sleep—the deeper into dimensions they went, the more illusory human perception became, the farther away from the real world dimensions they would be.

"Lin Guang..." Su Ming’an called out, and Lin Guang looked back at him.

"Once humanity finds a way to suppress the Invaders in a low-dimensional world, they might ascend back to their original "Three-Dimensional" world," Lin Guang said. "However, if humanity cannot research a method to suppress the Invaders, they will not be able to ascend and will be trapped forever in the low-dimensional world of the Dawn System... until everyone is trapped to death."

"If you are sympathetic to humanity, then why did you launch a nuclear explosion to kill everyone?" Su Ming’an challenged.

"That reason is even more cruel than everything you know. I won’t tell you," Lin Guang replied.

Since Lin Guang had regained his memories from the Rehabilitation Pod, he seemed to have matured a lot.

"You’re still hiding something?" Su Ming’an was shocked. How complex was this world?

"Boom——!!!"

Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded, and Lin Guang staggered, revealing a figure in the corridor behind him; Yamada Machiichi was holding a heavy cannon, aimed at Lin Guang.

"——You white-haired freak, let go of that Su Ming’an!" Yamada Machiichi shouted, as the cannon roared!

Lin Guang turned and dashed towards the gap in the window, avoiding the firelight that filled the corridor, bursting into the snowy night. Su Ming’an propped up the High Level Defensive Barrier and watched the white-haired youth leap from the outside along the glass towards the sky.

——Lin Guang was headed for the rooftop!

The rooftop held the nuclear explosion device, and Lin Guang was going to detonate the nuclear bomb ahead of schedule!

"Su Ming’an, catch!" Yamada Machiichi shouted, tossing the wheelchair over. At the same time, the wristwatch AI Yeah took control instantly. Su Ming’an reached out, grabbed the armrest, and pulled himself onto the wheelchair, also rushing into the night.

The fierce snowstorm enveloped him entirely, freezing him in seconds. He felt no warmth, his fingers were dry as ten frozen radishes, difficult even to bend.

He crouched in the wheelchair, one hand on the backrest, barely flexing his fingers to clutch the Spatial Vibration, racing towards Lin Guang. The two rose higher up the continually ascending glass wall, one after the other.

floors, 109 floors, 110 floors...

The searing spotlight shone up from the ground, like a magnesium light in the center of a stage; at this moment, two white circles of light moved on the reflecting glass building, as if entering the final moments of a Hollywood blockbuster.

The golden-red fire blazed in the distant sky, cries of a million soldiers piercing through the wind and snow as if their undying souls were coming through.

Su Ming’an didn’t care whether this world was "Three-Dimensional" or "Two-Dimensional"—in any dimension, these were living beings. Destroying these living beings in a nuclear explosion was not the right path; he could not allow Lin Guang to set off the explosion, regardless of the circumstances hidden within.

"Whoosh——"

Below the snowstorm, he looked upwards with a frost-covered face; Lin Guang’s figure was extremely fast, and the distance between the two, a gap of ten meters, had not shortened.

111th floor, 112th floor, 113th floor...

This glass skyscraper boasted a total of 132 floors, virtually piercing the sky. The higher he climbed, the more clearly he could see the battlefield affected by distant lights and shadows, the sandy ground dyed blood red, like flowing scarlet lava.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several mechanical figures burst from the 114th-floor windows, nearly knocking Su Ming’an off. Their muzzles raised, they crazily rained bullets on him to try to stop his advance.

However, Su Ming’an’s head was already held high.

"Lin Guang."

Facing the almost freezing blizzard and dark clouds, he looked toward the half-bloodstained, gaunt figure.

"—I extend to you a High Tower Invitation, Lin Guang."

...

"Whoosh——!!!"

A deep blue shield expanded quickly from Su Ming’an’s position, like a giant hand of energy firmly grasping Lin Guang who still wanted to rise. His body uncontrollibly plunged downward, while Su Ming’an simultaneously controlled the wheelchair, falling as fast as possible!

The barrier of the High Tower Invitation was immovable; when he dropped to the 107th floor, the wheelchair hit the ground. The top of the shield was confined to the 115th floor.

Lin Guang attacked the shield once, realizing he could not destroy it, he lowered his head, looking down at Su Ming’an.

The Source light cradled his bleeding body, droplets of blood falling onto the lower layer of the shield.

"Don’t stop me," Lin Guang said.

"There’s only one way to break through the shield, kill me," Su Ming’an deliberately didn’t state the condition of ’one-side losing’ that would shatter a High Tower Invitation barrier: "If you want to detonate a nuclear explosion and kill everyone, then you have to kill me first."

"..."

Lin Guang silently stared at him.

The next moment, Su Ming’an heard a loud bang.

"Bang——!"

A figure slammed heavily against the shield near the left side of the building.

The barrier of the High Tower Invitation was cubic, with one side facing the nocturnal sky and another pressed against the shattered glass of the 107th floor. The barrier could be touched from the corridor of the 107th floor.

—And Yamada Machiichi was hitting that shield.

He stood on the edge of the corridor, frantically pounding against the shield, his head covered in fresh blood, his black hair soaked with blood sticking to his forehead, a once snow-white faction uniform now dyed red. Like a beast gone mad with hysteria, he repeatedly rammed into it.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Through the azure shield, Su Ming’an saw Yamada Machiichi’s eyes—a blazing red.

"Lewis, I never told you about the function of my ’Source,’" Lin Guang spoke from high above: "My ’Source’ allows me to communicate with living creatures, helping me tame them. I can tame those exotic beasts, commanding them to attack cities. I can tame those mechanical beings, making them serve me. Of course, I can also tame some people. This man named Yamada Machiichi...you think he was well hidden in the Deity’s faction? Actually, I noticed him long ago, he was merely a Chess Piece I had planted; I could let him die by continuously hitting the wall. What do you think?"

"..." Su Ming’an pursed his lips tightly.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The sound of violent impacts kept ringing out, tears glistening faintly in the eyes of Yamada Machiichi. He retained a faint consciousness, aware that he was being used to threaten Su Ming’an.

His bloodshot eyes fixed on Su Ming’an inside the barrier, he wanted to say, forget about him, Perfect Pass was what mattered most, Lin Guang absolutely mustn’t be allowed up.

He wasn’t actually afraid of dying. Back on Zhai Xing, he had committed suicide due to severe depression. But once in the world game, he suddenly found his life had value, there was someone who had saved him regardless of the difference in factions, that person was Su Ming’an.

He couldn’t forget the days under the "Lighthouse," where he had found a like-minded companion. This comrade was pointed at by thousands and yet still firmly carried the burden.

He liked "heroes," and Su Ming’an was a "hero." A "hero" carried the hopes of all humanity, far more important than himself, a top-ranked Player.

—Apart from Noel, nobody knew that Su Ming’an had the ability of death regression.

They would only use the most decisive, and most intense means, to thrust him into the sky.

"Don’t... mind me," Yamada Machiichi suddenly exerted his strength, slamming hard against the shield. In that moment, he broke free from Lin Guang’s control, his eyes filled with the will to die.

As long as he died, Lin Guang could no longer threaten Su Ming’an.

And the next instant, the High Tower Invitation instantly retracted, and Su Ming’an removed that piece of Equipment.

Yamada Machiichi lunged into the emptiness, heading toward the vast night, Su Ming’an moved the wheelchair and caught him with a "thud."

The shield vanished, Lin Guang continued to ascend, shooting up several meters in the blink of an eye, the distance growing more and more.

Meanwhile, Yamada Machiichi suddenly burst into tears:

"You still saved me, even though I’m just a burden to you..."

Su Ming’an set him on the edge of the 107th floor, his hand clicked.

"We haven’t lost yet, I have two more tricks up my sleeve," said Su Ming’an.

...

[Blood Seal Pocket Watch of the Mil Khris Family (Quality: Epic)

Effect: Call out a person’s name, and you can immediately teleport to their side. (Teleportation range is within ten thousand meters).

This prop is limited to three uses, each use causing the loss of one-third of the user’s blood, and breaks after three uses (Current usage: 1/3).

Introduction: "True love is never about regrets," Mil Khris said this before her last drop of blood was drained.]

...

Staring at the last use on the pocket watch, Su Ming’an’s lips, white from the cold, trembled as he spoke:

"Lin Guang."

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