Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 193 High-Dimensional Players
Dimensional space.

At this point, Duncan was in a magnificent Roman palace. He originally wanted to recreate the Forbidden City, but considering that there was no real-world reference, he figured it wouldn't turn out very well.

He was lounging lazily in the hot spring pool, soaking in the water while observing the three projected screens in front of him.

With a thought.

A sumptuous feast of delicacies appeared out of thin air, with golden goblets of fine wine carried on wooden trays and brought to him on the water. This was a creation ability that Duncan had recently mastered, which he called 'Hero's Feast,' a new spell he learned from the Norse pantheon.

The current dimensional space is a suspended landmass with a diameter of about five kilometers, which he created bit by bit using his creation technique.

The only downside is that there isn't a single living creature here except for him.

"If there were no human host."

"Staying in dimensional space all the time would really drive you crazy with boredom."

Duncan felt that his physical body was actually inside a box. Although this box was a higher-dimensional existence, it was undeniable that his soul was trapped inside.

After a relaxing bath, Duncan got up naked, snapped his fingers, and suddenly appeared in a silk robe befitting an imperial emperor.

Now his creation techniques are quite proficient.

Duncan leaned back on the sofa. The three projected pages were like computer screens. With a gentle swipe, the world of Human Host Number One appeared before him. The projected page was divided into two screens. One scene showed Human Host Number One living in seclusion in Avalon, and the other scene showed them adrift at sea, amidst towering waves and a storm. They were approaching the islands of the western Indian Ocean, and Captain Juan was ordering the others to stabilize the sails.

"The ship shouldn't sink."

After observing for a moment, Duncan decided that he didn't need to take action himself for the time being, so he continued to let the possessed avatar lie in wait, disguised as an ordinary young sailor.

Upon entering the Indian Ocean, he felt a unique mythical power.

The direction is in the Ganges region.

Unlike the ancient Greek, Norse, and Celtic pantheons, the deities in this Indian region, while not having a very large core area of ​​worship, possess a high concentration of faith power, all distributed along the Ganges River basin.

"It feels a bit like a theocratic earthly kingdom."

"Their development directions are somewhat similar."

At this moment, Duncan's eyes transformed into pure divine light. He gazed in the direction of the Ganges River basin and murmured, "However, this theocracy is far inferior to the early Mechanicus. It is more like being trapped in the Middle Ages, constantly reshaping itself through a cycle of reincarnation."

To conquer India would naturally mean to conquer Hinduism.

Duncan has no immediate plans to take action. If he were to truly establish an empire on which the sun never sets, he would first bind monotheism and polytheism to his cause.

His destination this time was actually Japan.

Due to the great decline of mythology, supernatural beings have retreated to the periphery and overseas islands. Two landmarks in the East are the area around Ryukyu (the Ryugu belief) and the area around Japan (Shintoism). There are also some places in East Asia where mysterious forces exist, but many of them are the inheritance of primitive shamanistic religions.

Eight hundred years after the Common Era, there were few supernatural ghost stories in the East, but in Japan at this time, it was the era of Onmyoji (yin-yang masters).

Shikigami, demons, and millions of gods were all active during that period.

This is the delayed nature of the myth's decline.

Just as there are few myths and legends around Italy, there are still many supernatural tales in Scandinavia and Northern Europe.

The same situation applies to Japan, where the Heian period was the peak of the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons).

Another issue Duncan must consider is how to deal with the East.

Personally, it's impossible for him to initiate the First Industrial Revolution in the West and then abandon the East. He had originally considered seizing a human host in the East as well, but putting it into practice wouldn't be easy because the distance was too great, and he wasn't powerful enough to do so.

Against the backdrop of a great decline in mythology, even gods can no longer be said to be free to come and go.

Look at that dragon, which is the secret backup of the Norse pantheon. The furthest it can fly is the Eurasian steppe. Only the Sarmatians used the dragon head flag. If it continued to fly eastward, who knows what would happen.

"Just improvise."

"If all else fails, just point out 'Chinese learning as the foundation, Western learning for practical application'."

At this time, the wind and waves at sea became increasingly stronger.

After thinking for a moment, Duncan decided to secretly intervene. As a young man on the deck slowly closed his eyes, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the storm subsided. Everyone cheered as if they had survived a disaster.

—Controlling the weather.

Duncan learned a lot while lying in the arms of Raven Queen Triss during this time, and it must be said that Raven Queen Triss was a very good teacher.

The fact that the Kingdom of Britain has remained peaceful for so many years is largely due to the secret efforts of the Queen.

Duncan had two purposes for this trip.

The first is to find other civilizations that provide the ceiling for the universe, to see if they can prevent the further evolution of the end times. As the upper limit of the world increases, its upper limit will also increase. The second is to mark the ley lines nodes of the entire Earth. The coordinates that have been marked so far include the British Isles, Scandinavia, the Nile River Valley in Egypt, the holy city of Jerusalem, and the ancient Babylonian region.

Duncan needs to mark a total of twelve coordinates.

These regions are scattered across the Earth; they are the uncharted territories in the context of the receding tide of mythology. If a synergy can be triggered, it might be possible to reverse the great ebb tide.

Currently, it appears he has located a ley line node above the Ganges River basin.

"The next ley line node should be Ryukyu, Fusang and other places."

According to Duncan's deductions, there should be at least several ley lines in the East, but we'll have to find out exactly where they are.

It is expected that the Mayan civilization in North America will also have a ley line node.

"We should be almost at the Maldives."

"We could consider marking a colony point; it would be convenient for future vacations."

The Maldives is still a desolate island with only a few indigenous people. It has already entered the Indian Ocean, and further ahead lies what will become Sri Lanka.

At that moment, Duncan had a sudden thought.

A map of a planet appeared, and as he zoomed in, different geographical markers emerged.

—"South America of the Kingdom of Britain".

——“The Africa of the Kingdom of Spain”.

——“Africa of the Kingdom of France”.

—"North America of the Kingdom of Germany (Granling Island)."

Above the planet pattern is a separate marker – the Age of Discovery (Age of Exploration).

Of all the nation pages, only the Kingdom of Britain has a flame icon, indicating that the nation concept 'Empire on which the sun never sets' has been activated.

The French Empire has the icon for the 'Holy Roman Empire', but it is not yet activated.

Monotheism has been suppressed again. On the world map, many dark areas are gradually brightening.

—The Mayan civilization (primitive pansistic religion).

—Indian civilization (Hinduism).

—African civilization (primitive Voodoo).

Modern Europe is already centuries ahead of its original historical trajectory. Whether Duncan liked it or not, his descendants are dominating Africa, South America, North America, and even the future Indian subcontinent. Furthermore, if he hadn't intervened, the rising British Empire would have crushed the East.

But he still wanted to intervene secretly, especially since the East was currently in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

"We still need to see if we can find another human host."

"Don't mess things up."

A monopoly is not a good thing, especially as monotheistic religions gain increasing influence among the people and their proselytizing abilities completely overwhelm polytheistic religions.

Let's say that.

In recent years, many Black people in African colonies have come to believe in God.

The navigators' explorations continued.

Duncan left a mental mark, then gently swiped his finger, and soon the projection page of the second human host appeared before his eyes.

At this moment, what appeared on the projection screen was a huge dragon's nest, surrounded by ice that had never melted for thousands of years. Below the cliff was a magnificent temple, with a giant dragon statue holding a scroll in the center. Inside the temple were dozens of cat-person priests.

With the viewpoint elevated, from God's perspective, the place where the second human host resides has become a river valley town.

Near the temple, there are many houses built by cat people. They have settled along the south side of the valley and their population has expanded to two or three thousand, mostly refugees who have fled to the north.

—Dragonblood Lizardman (Dragon Vein Subspecies).

Near the small plaza close to the temple, there were lizardmen guarding the area, nearly two meters tall. Their scales were ice-blue, and they looked powerful, though few in number, only about fifty or sixty. These were wyvern eggs hatched by Duncan using the power of the dragon veins; they looked more like a lizard subspecies and possessed some characteristics of wyverns.

To the north of River Valley Town are inhabitants of other races, making it a complex area. Many are refugees, mostly humans, but some Argonians from the Black Swamp can also be seen.

The Dark Elf Empire is currently at war with the High Elves and has not yet continued its expansion into the Frigid Lands.

Currently, the entire Dragon Territory has a population of around five thousand. Occasionally, caravans from other places arrive in the North, bringing with them some refugees.

There was a sound of heavy footsteps.

Amidst the slightly panicked gazes of the caravan guards, several burly giants appeared not far away.

Dressed in simple animal skins, they glanced at the human caravan before heading towards the cat-people's temple. These giants brought a large quantity of captured furs, as well as whale oil, seal skins, walrus ivory, and other goods. After piling the fur goods outside the temple, a cat-people priest soon emerged.

He waved behind him, and immediately cat-people brought over all sorts of large tools, including fishing nets, harpoons, metal tools, and other odds and ends.

There was even a small boat.

The giants hoisted the goods and carried them away, along with the small boat, without even glancing at the human merchants.

They don't trust outsiders and have only done business with cat people over the years, bartering goods.

Outside the town of River Valley are three enormous mammoths.

After the giant in charge of the trade returned, the eight-man giant caravan began its return journey. The leading giant had a bald head, and beside him was a young frost giant child who was gazing into the distance with curiosity and longing.

Unlike the giants of that era, this generation is more familiar with the cat people and knows about River Valley, because they trade there every three months.

He once traded a beautiful stone he found for a metal javelin from a cat-man.

sunset.

The cat-people priests lit the eternal flame at the dragon altar, and soon hundreds of people gathered before it to begin their daily prayers. They would pray once at sunrise and once at sunset, while other cat-people believers would perform a ritual once on the weekend.

"It's relatively calm."

Duncan casually marked a wood elf mage who had come to the North, then with a swipe of his hand, the projection page of the third human form appeared before his eyes.

In a dark underground tunnel.

Tasia was manipulating the robotic arm to dig downwards. This was indeed an ancient underground ruin, but they didn't know how deep it was. Their pioneer team had been working here for almost half a month. Although they had made some discoveries, they hadn't found the big haul they had expected.

Duncan has been managing the third human host for some time now.

Just as he thought he hadn't gained anything today and was about to casually switch to screen number one, Tasia's excited voice suddenly rang out: "Look!"

"What did I find?"

Just then, a cry of surprise came from afar.

Duncan in the dimensional space sat up instantly. With a thought, the projection pages of World One and World Two were slid to both sides, while the projection page of World Three was placed in the center and enlarged to almost the size of a movie screen.

He has become increasingly accustomed to the perspective of higher-dimensional beings.

Tasia stood up excitedly, dug through the underground rock layer, picked up a buried metal statue, and said to the others, "Look!"

"This is an antique from a mysterious era!"

The robotic arm behind her slowly retrieved the statue buried underground. As she lifted it, a beam of light shone on it, revealing a bearded figure holding a hammer.

"Be careful."

A scholar of ancient ruins nearby quickly remarked, "It looks like a ritual object from the Mystic Age!"

"Let me see what's engraved on it?"

“Mo...La...Din…”

"The god of the dwarves!...The chief of the dwarf gods?...The father god of the dwarves...The god of forging...The protector...The lord of the earth's core..."

He didn't know when, but his voice began to tremble more and more as he chanted, and it was no longer possible to stop.

A faint rumbling sound came from the rocks all around.

"This is not a relic from a mysterious era."

Not far from him, Bert, dressed in esoteric attire, exclaimed with a drastic change in expression, "This is an underground ruin from the mythological era."

"Inside is enshrined the extinct dwarf god!..."

"They used to be active in the underground world."

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(End of this chapter)