Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 215 Privilege Upgrade! Taking the Initiative

Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war; please try again, hero.

Dimensional space.

At this moment, Duncan couldn't help but think of a sentence he had said when he was a child playing games.

It is clear that World Three is a repressive and sealed cage. The beings outside want to break it, and the beings inside want to imprison it. The concept of the divine kingdom on earth binds everyone inside the cage.

As civilization has progressed to this point, technology has become a prison that confines everything, and is now in the hands of a very small number of people.

The seven guardian angels are essentially absolute dictators.

With a thought, Duncan brought the black crystal fragment into his palm. It existed on a higher plane than the Annihilation Plane. When Duncan tried to analyze it, a dense matrix of runes immediately appeared on the surface of the crystal, making it look like a conceptual crystal chip.

— "Analyzing in progress."

On the dimensional level, the massive feather-shaped nebula behind Duncan rotated slightly. His consciousness penetrated into the crystal fragments before him, and in an instant, he seemed to see a dazzling creature with a prism crystal structure. It was not a humanoid outline, but rather pieced together from pieces of dazzling crystals, and its appearance was somewhat similar to the constructs of the Naaru in World of Warcraft.

"Is this the vessel of the God of Machines?"

His guess was indeed correct; the God of Myriad Machines was a high-level AI life form, and these crystal fragments were the carriers that sustained His descent to the human world.

—"The Relic of the God of Machines (Divine Relic): Originating from fragments of the body of the God of Machines, it possesses immense power. As the vessel through which the God of Machines descends, it can greatly enhance its computing power and provide the ability to become a god."

— "AI Matrix Computing Power (Supernatural Power): Greatly enhances its own computing power, can rely on computing power to enhance causal deduction, specify the future direction of causal deduction, and add preset causal variables."

(It can slightly enhance the ability of dimensional space to capture other planes of space.)
—"Mechanical Godhood (Extraordinary Divine Power) (Godhood Level 3): The God of Machines once possessed power close to that of a supreme god. With the great power of a godhood level 20, He predicted countless possibilities for the future and ultimately decided to intervene in the course of the entire world. However, He was betrayed by the seven guardian angels and failed to be promoted to a supreme god. His fragments were sealed and used to build the religious wonders of the earthly divine kingdom."

(It can slightly enhance the computational capabilities of dimensional space and simulate some of the divine arts of a true god, as well as the additional domain 'mechanics'.)
—“Dominate constructs (spell-like ability)”.

hum.

As the last mechanical rune matrix was lit up, the 'Holy Remains of the Mechanical God' before him was also refined by Duncan. This process was essentially similar to refining a magical artifact, and the original consciousness imprint on it was erased by Duncan.

Many artifacts have faction restrictions or user restrictions; reforging them is equivalent to erasing these restrictions.

Amidst a slight tremor, the dimensional space gradually changed.

The previously blank background now features rotating nebula symbols. Then, the projection screen merges with the fragments of the holy remains before it, gradually transforming into a page resembling a 'star map'.

The light waves, like radar, continued to spread, like tentacles extending out of dimensional space.

"Is this an enhanced detection range?"

Duncan looked quite curious as he turned the star map in front of him. It looked like a high-dimensional radar detector, relying on its divine power and computing power to detect a wider spatial dimension.

There is a human-shaped image marker above it.

—"Capture human host: Current efficiency 125%"

Huh?
This is very useful.

What Duncan needs most right now is a human host; without one, he can't do anything.

After the death of his third human host, he now only has two human hosts. His first human host is restricted by the laws and cannot travel in the world, while the plane where his second human host resides does not yet have too many demon gods, so he must lie low and develop slowly.

Duncan can't rely on his first human form for everything; he needs to find a way to train a few more larger forms.

He will get his revenge for being ganged up on one day.

"Looks like I'll need to find some relatively easy real-world junglers to farm and level up!"

Duncan is hampered in high-difficulty worlds, but he performs better in low-to-medium difficulty worlds.

—Discovering Japan.

When he switched the projection page back to World One, there was an extra marker in the log.

Besides obtaining the remains of the Machine God, Duncan also acquired a lot of technical knowledge from the Machine God Cult in World Three. However, he is now hesitant about whether to take it out. Obviously, excessive interference in the progress of civilization may not be a good thing.

In particular, forcibly raising the upper limit of civilization may lead to distorted branches of civilization.

"Let's slow down for now and let the Enlightenment go a little further."

With the discovery of markers indicating the presence of Japan in Malacca, signs of exchange between Eastern and Western civilizations began to emerge.

This time!

The star map of the dimensional space has changed, and two plane markers have appeared at the same time.

One is in the East, and the other is in the West.

"what?"

"They didn't find a human host after all?"

Duncan focused his thoughts on the target, and soon a line of characters appeared on the two spatial markers.

—"Minor World (Branch of Eastern Civilization) (Timeline Evolution): An independent minor world evolved from Eastern civilization, possessing specific Heavenly Dao laws and rejecting the power systems of other civilizations. Some abilities inscribed in the main body may affect the fundamental laws of the world, and may be directly judged by the Heavenly Dao as invading extraterrestrial demons, potentially triggering a backlash from the Great Dao."

(The dragon's bloodline is ineffective, the giant's power is ineffective, and bloodline-type inscriptions are suppressed by the laws of Heaven. Forcibly inscribing such an inscription would alter the laws of the world and would be directly judged as an extraterrestrial demon.)
(Each nation in the real world, where civilizations have evolved through different branches, possesses its own independent system of fundamental laws.)
Is this the Eastern Realm?

As Duncan focused his thoughts, a marker quickly appeared: 'Attempt to capture a human host.' Beside it was a ghostly, phantom-like mark marked: 'Consuming 10 Legendary Points, attempting to bypass the monitoring of the Heavenly Will to capture a human host at a faster speed.'

Another new feature has appeared?

and many more.

Does it require Legend Points?

Duncan rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought. Actively expending Legend Points to capture a human host was tantamount to an investment; if the host suddenly died, the investment would be wasted. He needed to recover at least ten Legend Points for the investment to be considered a profitable one.

However, the threshold for obtaining legendary status is quite high!
According to Duncan's current assessment, it would probably take a level of skill approaching legendary status or an epic event to gain one or two points of legendary status.

World Three was built by sacrificing a human host and then launching the main account, which allowed them to gain so much legendary status in one go.

However, this detected Eastern world actually rejects the engraved bloodline ability, so the summoning of heroic spirits may not be effective. If it cannot be summoned to descend and become a powerful being, obtaining legendary points will be as difficult as the first human host's exploration.

"Invest ten Legendary Points to try and explore a new world."

"It seems like we can wait patiently."

"We'll wait until one day we capture a human being, but the efficiency of natural capture is too low; it might take decades or even centuries to capture a human being."

Duncan hesitated for a moment, then decided to wait and see what the second marked world looked like.

If you can't load the system, you'll have to start from scratch.

—"The Otherworldly Kingdom (a branch of Western civilization) (timeline evolution): An independent otherworldly kingdom evolved from Western civilization, possessing specific fundamental laws, and rejecting the power system of Eastern civilization. The Eastern-style magic inscribed in the inscription may cause a backlash from Gaia's consciousness, some abilities may become ineffective, and it may be judged as an invading extraterrestrial evil god."

(The power of the Eastern system may become ineffective; forcibly imprinting it will affect the fundamental laws and cause a backlash from the world.)
(Traces of the Greek pantheon have been detected.)
(Traces of the existence of the Danu gods in the Celtic pantheon have been detected.)
(Traces of Odin, the Norse pantheon, have been detected.)
[Warning! This reality is in the late mythological era, a time when humans and gods coexist, and many descendants with divine bloodlines are active.]

Entering this world may trigger a chain reaction.

[Athena's avatar might be watching you! ...Odin's avatar might be watching you! ...]

[Anomalies have occurred in the fields of forging, brewing, and blacksmithing! ...]

[Causality deduction in progress! ...]

[The otherworldly realm has detected traces of the existence of the forging god, Gwanu! ...The target entered this otherworldly realm posing as the deity 'Gwanu'! ...The Celtic pantheon—the Danu race—has established an independent pantheon in this tangible world! ...]

What the hell!

Do you have that many old friends?

Everyone's coming to the market together! Everyone's gathered together!

Duncan had always known that the existence of gods was very special. Although World One had a low ceiling, it was one of the origin worlds. In addition to it, there were many branches of reality, as well as other worlds, demiplanes, divine worlds, and so on.

When he killed the God of Forging, Guwanu, he destroyed His foundation in World One and banished Him directly to the other world of the Danu Gods.

But sometimes, the belief in gods isn't confined to just one physical dimension.

You can't treat gods like ordinary people. Each of their manifestations represents a personality, and if their control over their true form is weak, they might split apart, with each manifestation splitting into a separate god. The Cosmic Serpent is a prime example of this; it messed itself up and split into many different gods.

In general, it is similar to Duncan's third human form awakening self-awareness, believing itself to be a separate being, rather than an embodiment of Duncan's consciousness.

Perhaps to guard against this situation, all human beings in the dimensional space are loading tools.

It's the kind of thing that, once discarded, becomes a collectible figure.

There is also a mark on it.

The system requires 10 Legend Points to attempt to capture a human host in a specific real-world plane.

"Done!"

"Let's do it together!"

Duncan had a decent amount of Legend Points, and after investing twenty Legend Points at the same time, all the Humanoid markers on them were lit up.

—"Capture human host (avoidance law): current efficiency 1125%".

With increased investment in the Legendary aspect, the efficiency of capturing human hosts began to skyrocket.

The chances of capturing something that might have taken decades or even centuries have increased dramatically. Duncan felt a wisp of divine thought emerge from his consciousness, attempting to bypass the fundamental laws of these worlds and invade these realities.

Essentially, it's still about soul possession, searching for a tool to be loaded into the real world.

I wonder when I'll be able to create my own human form.

Unlike the previous human host descending, this time Duncan invested his own money, and if he's not careful, he'll lose money.

Duncan's goal is also very clear.

Having learned his lesson from the losses in World Three, he's now much more discreet. Beating up the evil god and stealing his human form was too high-profile. His primary goal is to recoup the ten legendary points he invested; he can worry about the rest later. He can't afford to lose so much money just by descending into a human form once.

Now his control over dimensional space has advanced further. In the past, he relied on luck and captured whichever human host he could. Now, he can lock onto and capture human hosts in specific real-world planes.

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(End of this chapter)