Chapter 48 The Laurel Grass Space Wall Has a Gap!?
What is the concept of a complete dimensional world?
For example.
When this place was still a spatial rift, the system initially consumed a lot of energy to barely stabilize it, but this stabilization was similar to rolling a ball on a tightrope.
The slightest mistake could lead to utter ruin.
Later, the Fairy Tree appeared, and the steel wire turned into a flat wooden strip.
Although it's still quite dangerous, it's much better than the previous "tightrope walking" situation.
If the system can make a ball roll forward on a steel cable, then rolling a ball with a wooden stick is naturally not difficult for it. That's why it was so amazed after merging with the Elf Tree.
But now, things have changed again.
It has become a complete dimensional world!
This is equivalent to the "wooden strip rolling a ball" state being upgraded again, with the wooden strip supporting the ball expanding in all directions, eventually turning into a wooden box.
The box is closed and secure, and the ball inside won't fall out no matter how much it's moved.
This is no longer a question of safety or insecurity; it represents a qualitative leap in all aspects, fields, and concepts!
The system was so excited its voice trembled: "[Spatial energy is stable. According to various dimensional standards, this space has reached the energy level of a complete dimensional world...]"
[This is now a completely independent dimensional world!]
[This is our world!]
The system's tone was impassioned, and when its voice rang in everyone's minds, the emotion seemed to spread from their minds to their limbs.
The Suanni flicked its tail with great interest, while Fuyu and Qianchuan were so surprised that they unconsciously opened their mouths.
Only Xiao Jiu and Taotie didn't react.
Xiao Jiu simply couldn't understand, while Taotie...
The Suanni knew the Taotie all too well; it understood immediately upon seeing the Taotie's expression: "You figured it out a long time ago?"
Fu Yu, who had been in a state of surprise, exclaimed, "Huh?"
He glanced at Qian Chuan, who was equally bewildered, then cautiously looked at Taotie: "R-really? You knew all along?"
Taotie: "Yes."
The system was also confused: [When?]
Taotie: "When Xiao Jiu and I came back here."
Non-human beings: ......
It must have been several hours since then, right?
The system's voice sounded sinister: "[So, when you said it would take more than ten years for Meow Meow to return, you also took this factor into account?]"
Taotie: "Mmm."
The system is about to crash: [Then why didn't you say so?]
The question the system asked was also the question that all the non-humans present wanted to ask.
However, Taotie just grinned and said cheerfully, "Because you didn't ask."
system:......
The system felt like it was going to be driven crazy every day.
It's a shame it used to think Taotie was reliable!
Just as a major battle was about to break out, Qian Chuan stepped forward and asked, "System, is your sudden arrival here related to this place being upgraded into a dimensional world?"
The system, recalling the call its host had made to it, disregarded its condemnation of the Taotie and simply replied: [Yes.]
It explained that, aside from some commonalities between different dimensions, the most important change in this place is that its scope of activity has expanded in this world.
Back when this place was still a spatial rift, the system provided it with a large amount of energy.
Now that a major upgrade at the dimensional level has been completed here, it naturally has a positive feedback effect on the system.
This feedback gives the system maximum freedom; simply put, for the system, this world is a space without any blind spots.
That's why when Xiao Jiu called it, it was immediately woken up from its offline state and jumped right here.
Suanni suddenly asked, "Freedom? How much freedom? Can you make this place have changing seasons, sunsets, and moonrises?"
System: [Not yet, not enough points.]
The Suanni flicked its tail with interest: "So, if you have enough points, you can do anything?"
The system was somewhat uncertain: [It should be possible... but if it really comes to that, we'll have to see the real-time data.]
When Fuyu heard these words, he only looked up at the sky in a daze.
It seems that the idea he had been having about the Dao of Heaven is really about to come true!
The conflict between his long-held beliefs and the new information he was receiving caused him some confusion.
Qian Chuan, standing to the side, also looked thoughtful.
The system, oblivious to everyone's thoughts, was simply overjoyed: "[Look! The results are in! This is the world map we just scanned!]"
As the system finished speaking, a point of silvery-white light appeared in the pitch-black depths of the rift valley.
The soft, silvery light suddenly condensed into tiny specks of light, each about the size of half a little fingernail.
But when there are hundreds or thousands of such points of light, the scene becomes particularly breathtaking.
In a moment, all the points of light became even brighter, and then, tiny tentacles-like things emerged from them.
Only after it stretched out did I realize that it was a thread made of light, the same color as the light spot.
These threads spread quietly but rapidly in the air until they connected with another point of light and then stabilized.
Fu Yu's eyes widened: "So beautiful..."
At that moment, Qianchuan caught a glimpse of a shadow out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw that it was Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Jiu stared blankly at the luminous scene in the sky, so mesmerized that she didn't even blink.
Zombies have poor eyesight; they are completely blind in slightly dark places.
The scene itself isn't very large, and it's located at a height of about two meters above the ground. The details are depicted very clearly, which results in the light lines being piled up very finely and densely.
So... in Xiao Jiu's eyes, this scene was actually just a blurry mass of light.
Qianchuan thought for a moment, then closed his eyes.
A series of clicking sounds rang out, and when everyone turned to look in confusion, they saw that Qianchuan, who had originally looked like a two or three-year-old child, had disappeared.
And standing there at this moment was a colossal creature.
It is about three meters tall and its body is shaped like an inverted hemisphere.
Under the silvery-white light emanating from that scene, the black carapace on its back reflected a warm glow, making the black carapace appear as if it were carved from black jade.
Its limbs are thick and covered with black scales, and its claws are bright red, sharp and pointed.
It bent its long neck, and a pair of green-based, golden eyes looked at Xiao Jiu.
Seeing that Xiao Jiu did not react, it opened its equally bright red beak, and a sound came from the inverted triangular beak: "Knock knock".
Xiao Jiu recognized the voice, cheered, and ran over: "Qian Chuan!"
Qian Chuan let Xiao Jiu hug his mouth, and after Xiao Jiu played for a while, he grabbed Xiao Jiu's collar and threw her onto his back.
He crawled forward two steps and stopped right next to the picture.
Because of his height, his carapace was just a little higher than the picture. When Xiao Jiu lay on his back and looked down, the dots and lines were within reach.
Xiao Jiu: "Wow!"
The silver lines and silver spots of light resembled the vast galaxy that the system had once described to him.
At that moment, Fuyu and the others were also carried up by Qianchuan.
Seeing Xiao Jiu's curious look, Fu Yu pointed to the highest point of light and said, "Xiao Jiu, look, that's the top of a tree."
Xiao Jiu: "Tree?"
Fu Yu: "That's right, Xiao Jiu, do you still remember that white tree from before?"
Xiao Jiu nodded: "Xiao Jiu remembers, it's spirit."
He spoke with difficulty, but he still pronounced those two words correctly. Fu Yu smiled and said, "Hmm, Xiao Jiu is great."
They looked down together.
The light spots and rays outlined the tree trunks as thick and lush, and one could see a misty, translucent substance slowly flowing around the entire tree, with a mysterious rhythm.
The tree trunk extends into a lake, which is bordered by a mountain on one side and a cliff on the other.
The lake water plunges down the cliff face, accumulating into a pool below the precipice. The pool water then flows outwards, forming a narrow river.
Xiao Jiu pointed to the lake and asked, "What is it?"
Just as Fu Yu was about to speak, Suanni jumped onto Xiao Jiu's shoulder: "That's a lake. Didn't we have one before? It's the thing that accumulated in the Moon Spring next to the tree."
Xiao Jiu: "Lake, lake..."
“Read ‘lake’ now,” Taotie jumped onto Xiao Jiu’s other shoulder. “It’s my turn! It’s my turn! Xiao Jiu, let me tell you, a lake is…”
Several little ones surrounded Xiao Jiu, explaining things to her bit by bit.
In the holographic image in the air, there are six square plots of farmland along the riverbank not far from the waterfall, and the colors of the farmland are brighter than anything else in this holographic image.
After passing through the farmland, the river continued its rushing journey into the distance.
Further away, some undulating terrain appeared, which were rolling mountains.
Qianchuan climbed closer and further away from the places they described, making it easier for the little ones on his back to see.
As Suanni was explaining what a mountain was, suddenly, with a "snap," the light went out.
They were all stunned, then the Suanni shouted in dissatisfaction, "System!"
To everyone's surprise, the system's voice sounded like it was floating: [What...?]
The Suanni was bewildered: "What's going on with you?"
System: [I'm... almost out of... battery...]
All non-human beings: !!!
They jumped off Qianchuan's back in a flash and began frantically picking and selling flowers.
[Ding—Sold successfully, points +1, +1, +......]
Because the sales were happening so fast, the entire space was filled with the sound of "click, click, click," which, along with the echoes from the rift, sounded quite mesmerizing.
The system survived thanks to this frenzied harvesting and selling.
It exclaimed, "Wow, that was really dangerous!"
Exhausted and panting, the Suanni retorted, "Are you stupid! Couldn't you have said something like this beforehand?!"
[I had no idea this feature was so power-consuming.]
The system became increasingly hesitant as it spoke: "[And besides, I just saw how happy the host was, so I wanted him to play a little longer.]"
Suanni was silent for two seconds: "System, I misunderstood you."
The system was somewhat flattered by Suanni's sudden remark: [...] Huh?
Suanni said sincerely, "I used to think some of the things you did were a bit stupid, but now I realize you're just a complete idiot."
System: [Who are you calling an idiot! You're the idiot!]
Suanni let out a long sigh: "Hmm, fine, I won't argue with a fool."
system:! ?
If the system had a physical form, it would definitely be fighting the Suanni right now.
Just as the two were about to start arguing again, a knock sounded from the rift valley.
Fuyu: "Qianchuan, we don't understand..."
The next second, Qian Chuan, who had transformed into a turtle, turned into a child who was a little shorter than Xiao Jiu.
Qianchuan continued to persuade, "Don't argue."
However, everyone just stared at him blankly, and Fuyu's eyes were filled with horror: "Qianchuan, your hand!"
The child, who was about five or six years old, had two extremely thick arms, and his well-developed biceps were almost as big as his head.
Qianchuan turned his head and looked at him, puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Non-humans: ?
Qianchuan said, "The juvenile form is too weak and inconvenient to do things, so I took the opportunity to change it during this transformation."
"Look." With that, he grabbed a clump of flowers at his feet and ripped it off!
The flower was lifted up like a blanket.
After demonstrating the muscular strength of his two arms, Qianchuan immediately let go.
Looking at Qian Chuan, who was quite satisfied with his muscles, and then at the white flower on the ground that darted into the soil like a giant worm, Fu Yu, Suanni, and the system all fell silent.
Xiao Jiu was intently looking at Qian Chuan's arm, and as he looked, he stretched out a finger and tried to gently poke it.
When Xiao Jiu saw the huge muscle sink in, create a small dent, and then bounce back up, her eyes widened immediately.
The zombie's skin had almost no elasticity, and its whole body was hard. This elastic skin and muscles made Xiao Jiu extremely curious.
Qianchuan cooperated by changing various movements.
He raised his arms: "That's possible."
Xiao Jiu: "Wow."
Qianchuan lowered his arms and made an "O" shape: "You can do it like this too."
Xiao Jiu: "Wow!"
The others were already numb.
Suanni was the first to break free from this speechless state.
He shifted his gaze from Qianchuan and Xiaojiu, and called out to the system, "You just made such a big fuss, so you should have figured out what these flowers are by now, right?"
The system said weakly, "[It's laurel.]"
"Yue, Yue?"
Upon hearing its host's voice, the system quickly adjusted its mindset and began to explain in a very professional manner.
[This plant originates from another world dimension and is also known as the star flower because of the shape of its flowers and their luminous properties.]
[Laurel grass is extremely resilient; it can grow rapidly with just a little soil, water, and sunlight.]
[However, precisely because of this characteristic, they could easily grow everywhere in that world if you weren't careful, and were thus considered a type of weed.]
The Suanni only cared about one thing: "What level?"
System: [It's all overgrown with weeds, so it must be level 1.]
Suanni: "Tsk."
The system pretended not to hear the loud "tsk" and continued: [The source of the seed has also been found; it was during the second time the mutated sunflower was grown.]
At that time, in order to prevent everyone from being affected by the debuff, Suanni used too much spiritual energy and became so tired that he lost his senses.
Two of the sunflowers harvested that time were of poor quality. It wasn't worthwhile to sell the poor-quality flowers, so they were decomposed on the spot, and the decomposition product was a packet of seeds.
Then, the tribulation of lightning appeared, and Taotie was identified as the physical warehouse. After that, the seeds mysteriously disappeared from the warehouse.
Fu Yu was surprised: "So that seed got here and grew into such a big field of flowers!"
But this is strange no matter how you look at it, isn't it?
The Suanni asked three questions in a row: "Where did these seeds come from? How were they sown? And when did they germinate and bloom?"
The system remained silent for a few seconds.
[......have no idea. ]
The Suanni exclaimed in disbelief, "Huh? You didn't know?"
Before the system could speak, he added, "You just spent almost five thousand points! Five thousand! If that were grain, I could eat until I was sick of it."
system:......
It was furious, but powerless to refute, it could only remain silent in frustration.
Qianchuan: "Never mind, the flower seeds definitely disappeared before Taotie woke up. Let's look for clues together later."
The Suanni flicked its tail, lay on the Taotie's back without saying a word, which was taken as an agreement.
Seeing this, the system continued talking about the laurel.
Simply put, although this laurel grass did not grow from those farmlands, it may have been affected by the energy of the previous "rift to world" and its current form is quite different from that of normal laurel grass.
These laurel plants are relatively short, with extremely tough stems, and they intertwine with other plants to form a network, characteristics very similar to the spirit flowers produced in farmland.
Unfortunately, it doesn't contain any spiritual energy.
The system sighed, stopped dwelling on it, and continued: "[Because they weren't planted in a field and there are no planting boundaries, these flowers will most likely continue to grow like this.]"
Fu Yu asked curiously, "Forever? Will it grow all over the entire plane of existence?"
The system affirmed: [If there is no intervention, yes.]
Qianchuan: "That's not a bad thing. Anyway, this place is all bare. If it were covered with trees, it would look quite nice. Xiao Jiu would definitely be very happy."
They all turned to look at Xiao Jiu. Sure enough, after Xiao Jiu understood "flowers bloom throughout the entire world," her eyes widened, like a puppy seeing a bone or a kitten staring at a cat toy.
Everyone agreed: "Let the flower grow like this."
System: [Mmm.]
Although the plan was to leave the laurel grass alone and let it grow freely, there is no sun in this world now, so it actually doesn't grow at all.
Xiao Jiu and the others picked flowers and sold them for 3,000 points, but the parts of the laurel grass that were picked only remained at the budding stage. They didn't even unfold their leaves, let alone bloom.
The fluorescent substance on the flowers has also almost completely disappeared, and they will no longer glow.
Even worse, when picking and selling, initially each flower was worth 1 point, but as the fluorescent substances decreased, the quality of the flowers also declined, requiring a large bunch to sell for 1 point.
They had previously thought that they might be able to accumulate enough points to buy levitation items this way, so that Xiao Jiu could at least take the system out first.
It seems that won't work now.
Fu Yu couldn't help but ask, "How many points does one of those levitation items cost?"
Xiao Jiu: "One, ten thousand."
Fu Yu was about to say that the price was okay, and that harvesting the remaining flowers should be enough to make up the difference.
Then they heard Xiao Jiu continue, "Ten thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand..."
The Suanni, who was in charge of teaching math, said, "He meant 100,000."
System: [Furthermore, these items have usage restrictions; with so many of us, we'll need to replace at least two.]
Fu Yu: "......"
Then forget it.
Now, their only hope still lies in those few plots of farmland.
The holographic image had been generated, the location of the farmland was clear, and the system had essentially "seen" the farmland. Theoretically, the system could have spent several hundred points to move the farmland into the Rift Valley.
The problem is, the system tried, but failed.
The reason for the failure was that Xiao Jiu did not see the farmland.
Suanni was confused: "We were quite close to that picture just now, and Xiao Jiu even asked what the things in the picture were. How come he didn't see them?"
The system's voice almost floated: "[Haha, you mean my host can construct a 3D model of this world in their mind through images and explanations?]"
The Suanni remained silent.
The system remained silent.
Qianchuan: "Let's think of a way to get Xiao Jiu out of here."
Now that Xiao Jiu has left, everything is much easier to handle.
So Fuyu and Qianchuan recounted all the attempts they had made after falling into the rift valley.
System: [Hmm... indeed, according to the holographic scan results, these laurel plants lack sunlight and are underdeveloped. It's definitely impossible for them to climb up by grabbing onto these flowers.]
It then reviewed the previous data: [This dimensional world has only just formed, and many of its internal structures are not yet complete, so the closer it is to the ground, the more easily the cliff face will collapse.]
Just as Qianchuan was about to speak, the system, as if sensing his intention, spoke first: [I've done the calculations; even with your abilities, Qianchuan, it won't work.]
The fact that the cliff structure appears too loose is merely a superficial phenomenon.
This world has only just been formed; it's like a dry sponge, frantically absorbing all the energy it touches.
Qian Chuan suddenly realized: "No wonder when I tested the blood before, the blood disappeared into thin air before I even had a chance to use my abilities."
System: [Yes. So you can't just change this small part of the cliff face. To change it, you'd have to use your abilities to turn over every single layer of soil in the entire world.]
This is a huge undertaking.
Even with points available, constantly replenishing Qianchuan's spiritual energy is extremely tiring, let alone now that there's no way to replenish it. That would definitely wear Qianchuan down to death.
[For safety's sake, let's try another method.]
The shape of this rift valley is very strange; its two sides are almost perpendicular to the ground, with no footholds.
Suanni: "...Are you serious?"
Xiao Jiu and Qian Chuan: "Mhm."
Their solution was to try it on the relatively stable middle section of the cliff.
The experiment involved having Xiao Jiu and Qian Chuan hang on the cliff face and throw Taotie and Suanni upwards.
The system instructed: [Remember the timing, the timing! Meow Meow, you need to choose the right angle. After you take off, use the Taotie's body for leverage, and you can jump even higher.]
Taotie: "Yay! I want to play! I want to play!"
Suanni: "......"
I tried five times and failed five times.
Looking at the dejected Fu Yu and the others, and listening to the system carefully reviewing the data, Suanni felt a deep sense of unease and doubt once again.
—Are they the abnormal ones or am I the abnormal one?
At first, Suanni kept complaining, but later he was completely numb.
After yet another failure, he lay on the laurel grass, filled with regret: "I should have come in later."
As soon as he said that, the system that had been struggling was suddenly energized.
[Yes! Where did you come in from?]
This space has been perfected and has become a complete dimensional world, so entering from the outside is not an easy task.
Back when this place was just a spatial rift, the Suanni's intrusion triggered an alarm, but this time it's been greatly upgraded, so why is there no sound at all?
Suanni: "There's a gap in the spatial wall. I came in through that gap."
The system was stunned.
There's a gap in the spatial barrier!?
That's impossible! The holographic image clearly doesn't display anything!
It quickly asked, "Where is that place you mentioned?"
The Suanni was too lazy to get up. He raised his tail and pointed the tip of his tail into the depths of the rift valley.
"That."
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