Chapter 176: A False Alarm

Undoubtedly, the four dimensions that make up the Four-dimensional Universe were the four most widely expanded among the eleven dimensions. Relatively speaking, the other seven Energy Dimensions were basically curled up below the scale of quarks. Moreover, the higher they went, the greater the degree of curling. By the seventh Energy Dimension: Law, its scale was already close to the minimum spatial scale determined by the Planck constant.

Therefore, the Subspace constituted by the Energy Dimensions was also completely incomparable to the Four-dimensional Universe in terms of scale.

However, the eleven dimensions of the Universe were an inseparable whole; they were more like different faces of a polyhedron, except that some faces were large and some were small.

Thus, in the space they constituted, whether it was Subspace or four-dimensional space, the spatial points within them all corresponded to each other one by one.

And due to the difference in scale, walking a distance of one meter in a Subspace might correspond to having walked a Light Year in the Four-dimensional Universe.

This was the basic principle of Space Jump.

From this, it could be easily deduced that to achieve the fastest and farthest Space Jump, one had to choose the Subspace with the smallest scale. Clearly, this Subspace had to be constituted by the last four Energy Dimensions.

Therefore, the Watcher Civilization, which had mastered the mysteries of the eleven dimensions, became the fastest race in the Galaxy. They could reach any corner of the Galaxy in an instant. Of course, they were also the most energy-consuming race!

On this day, the super War Fortress of Ao Star was still as busy as ever. Locust-like battleships would instantly appear near the Fortress, then slowly dock, or rush out from the Fortress at high speed, diving directly into Subspace and transmitting to distant places.

But today was a special day; the tight and orderly situation around the Fortress Star did not last long.

Suddenly, the entire Fortress Star was like a hornet’s nest that had been poked with a pole, abruptly falling into chaos. A large number of battleships rushed out of the Fortress Star out of thin air.

While flying at near-light speed, they perfectly combined together. When these nearly one hundred battleships combined into one, a silver light appeared around them, enveloping the entire combined spaceship.

Subsequently, the space in front of the combined spaceship blurred for a moment, and the spaceship dived into it, its figure disappearing immediately.

This formation was surprisingly the tactic the Star Alliance had once used against the Dark Saint.

But that was not all; this time, the Star Alliance demonstrated a high degree of importance. The Main Gun of the Fortress Star actually began its preheating and charging at the same moment, preparing to launch a world-shocking strike.

At the same time, on the periphery of the combination of the eleven Life Planets controlled by Ao Star, more than a dozen faint Void barriers began to reveal their figures, actually protecting the Ao Star Civilization’s star region on the entire dimensional level.

Inside the Fortress Star, several Ao Star decision-makers looked grave. They asked the main Digital Life on the Fortress Star about the specific situation of this Pan-dimensional Creature with some nervousness.

The highest Digital Life on the Fortress Star was actually Histe, who had single-handedly brought A Star back to safety on A Star back in the year. This Digital Life had performed meritorious deeds in that battle, not only preserving A Star but also bringing back dozens of unique Energy Controllers.

This had caused the Star Alliance’s research on Will to advance greatly over these five thousand years. At the very least, they were already able to monitor the entire Galaxy; no fluctuation on the Will level could escape their eyes.

Just like now, as soon as Lin Lei appeared outside Layite Star, his huge Will Fluctuation was discovered and attracted high attention from the Star Alliance’s Ao Star headquarters!

Histe’s voice had already become very humanized. He answered the questions of these Ao Star Elders one by one in detail.

“Histe, regarding this Will Fluctuation, can you judge how strong of a Pan-dimensional Creature he is?”

“Very strong, Elder. The other party is a Pan-dimensional Creature in a complete state. I fear that the combat power of a hundred battleships is less than one ten-thousandth of his; they would certainly go and not return.”

“Histe, the other party can communicate. These battleships are just to show the respectful attitude of our Ao Star. The real trump card is on the Main Gun of the Fortress Star.”

“I hope so, Elders. You know that for Pan-dimensional Creatures with unpredictable behavior, I have no basis for judgment.”

“You have done your best, Histe! Prepare to start the Main Gun targeting. Once the other party does not know what’s good for them, kill them directly!”

…

In the Layite Star System, the boiling of space had reached a white-hot level. This intense spatial state should not appear in this flat and quiet macroscopic Four-dimensional Universe; rather, it was abnormally similar to the quantum fluctuations in the microscopic field.

This was also the prelude to Lin Lei’s appearance in four-dimensional space. Will could not appear out of thin air here; it had to have a carrier!

In Subspace, this carrier could be pure energy, but four-dimensional space was too empty. Although it was immersed in a vast ocean of energy just like all Subspaces, the free-state energy within it had a very high degree of freedom.

Under these circumstances, wanting to carry a massive Will became rather unrealistic; even if Lin Lei barely constructed it upon it, it would be very unstable.

He wanted to make some big moves, so of course, he needed a solid point of exertion. Therefore, he was now gathering free energy as quickly as possible to create a complex structure of matter combination. Simply put, it was similar to a brain tissue of a carbon-based organism, to construct a stable Sea of Will.

This intense process was even detected by Ao Star, which was tens of thousands of Light Years away. As for the Layite People, who were a Fifth-grade Civilization, there was no reason for them to be unaware.

In fact, they sent a vanguard fleet immediately, but this star region was too violent, far from what a Fifth-grade Civilization could approach. After several battleships were torn apart, the Layite People could only watch from a distance, at a loss.

The process of Lin Lei rebuilding his body was not long; it only took three minutes.

A pure white sphere just floated in this space. The internal structure of this sphere was so precise and complex that it surpassed any technological construction in the Galaxy; even the super intelligence of the Watcher Civilization was not one ten-thousandth of it.

This was Lin Lei’s main body in the Four Space-time Dimensions. Things like hands, feet, or a body were unnecessary existences; he only chose the most perfect and concise spherical shape.

This white sphere was somewhat excessively large, with a diameter of fully five thousand kilometers, not much different from a planet. But what was strange was that it just floated quietly in the cosmic space, not bound by any rules of the Four-dimensional Universe.

The Layite People were all dumbfounded. They dared not imagine that such a huge celestial body was born in just three minutes—the time scale of Carbon-based Life. This transcended their imagination.

Lin Lei hesitated not at all and immediately began the act of destruction. For a Fifth-grade Civilization like Layite, disasters like meteorite impacts, large gravitational interference, or even the destruction of the Layite Mother Star could no longer shake them fundamentally.

Time was limited, and Lin Lei could not gather enough energy to destroy the Layite Mother Star in a short time, so he had to use skill by borrowing force.

One had to know that although his Will’s thinking speed was very, very fast, the Four Space-time Dimensions had their own Laws. Even though Lin Lei had become a Pan-dimensional Creature, this point was difficult to forcibly distort. His actual actions could only be limited to the time scale of the Four Space-time Dimensions.

Lin Lei decided to make the Layite People never be reborn. To achieve this, killing the Layite People was not the most critical point. Because Layite was an interstellar civilization, its members were spread all over the Galaxy, basically having diplomatic stations in every civilization, and of course on the Star Alliance as well. It would be better to completely destroy their foundation, which would be more convenient and thorough coming from the Layite Star System!

Without their foundation, the Layite People could not be considered a civilization at all; they were wanderers and could not make any waves. With the passage of time, they would eventually disappear in the Galaxy.

At this moment, time was short. He had already sensed a destructive energy gathering on the distant Ao Star. Needless to say, Lin Lei knew what this thing was, and he did not want to be hit by this damn thing again.

He directly teleported onto Layite’s sun and immediately prepared to sink into the interior of the star to make the star collapse in advance.

The volume of this star was a little larger than the Sun, but its mass was almost the same as the Sun. The reason for this was its age, which was a full billion years older than Earth’s Sun.

It was very simple to make this star collapse. This kind of gaseous star could support its current shape entirely due to the energy provided by the nuclear fusion constantly erupting in its core. Lin Lei did not need to do much; he only needed to bind the expansion energy of the core for a short time, and its huge shell would uncontrollably collapse under the action of gravity.

Then, by releasing the constraint, the large amount of matter that collapsed in would create a super-dense state, sufficient to produce a massive explosion, just like a simple nova explosion. Of course, this star system would also be completely destroyed.

In the process of binding the core energy, Lin Lei did not even need to sit in personally; he only needed to set the operation rules for each Energy Dimension.

Just as Lin Lei was about to act, a large spaceship appeared out of thin air in the starry sky. This white, elegant spaceship scattered into a fleet the moment it appeared; the two actions were completed almost simultaneously.

In the starry sky, a huge holographic image was projected by this fleet. The image was in the form of an Aostarian.

At the same time, Lin Lei sensed a weak signal transmitting toward him, and the image in the starry sky made corresponding movements. Clearly, this was an attempt to communicate with him.

The content of the information was nothing more than inquiring about his intentions and emphasizing the so-called contract.

Lin Lei turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear, preparing to dive into the interior of the star to cause destruction.

But at this moment, Lenna also appeared in the Layite Star System. She did not condense a material entity like Lin Lei but appeared directly in an energy state.

This energy body was in the image of a green-dressed woman, similar in size to the image projected by Ao Star. The difference was the massive Will Fluctuation emitting from her body.

“Another Pan-dimensional Creature!” This time, it was not just the Aostarians who were alarmed; the neighboring Yustarians and Starlonians also invested a high degree of attention.

Pan-dimensional Creatures had hardly set foot in the Galaxy in their true forms openly for thousands of years, but now two appeared at once, and it seemed that the first one was preparing to do something bad!

In this short while, Lenna and Lin Lei had completed a large amount of information exchange.

“Lin Lei, stop quickly! Otherwise, we won’t have time to escape. The Fortress Gun of the Star Alliance has already started its attack. If we are locked on, there will be nowhere to escape. Even if we escape this time, there will be no peace in Subspace!”

Lenna’s tone was very anxious.

But Lin Lei really did not care. If there was no peace, then so be it; he would turn the world upside down. He had that ability.

“Lenna, even if I am in the Layite Star System, the Star Alliance will still attack? Aren’t they afraid of destroying Layite along with it?”

“We are more important than the Layite People; we are their first target. As for what happens later, that is a matter for later. The Layite People are unable to resist.”

… Lin Lei was speechless, and it seemed now that the Star Alliance was indeed prepared to do this; their Main Gun had not stopped gathering energy for a moment.

In the view of the Star Alliance, as long as they had tried their best, it was fine. As for success or failure, it depended on the luck of the Layite People.

At this time, another message came from the battleship.

“We suggest you stop this action. This way, it is the best choice for both you and us. If you disregard our advice, we will spare no effort to hold you accountable for this action until an explanation is given to the suffering Layite People.”

The message used a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant, revealing the Star Alliance’s tough attitude and determination to stop at nothing. As long as Lin Lei destroyed Layite, he would have no place to stand in the Galaxy!

Time froze at this moment. Lin Lei faced a choice: for his future freedom, or for the safety of Earth.

Today, if he did this, he would still be a Pan-dimensional Creature, but his memory information would undergo significant corrections and would be altered beyond recognition by the self-adjustment of the Universe.

All his experiences would change into another appearance. What he cherished and hated in his heart now would immediately disappear. Then, the Lin Lei who destroyed Layite Star would find that he could not find a reason for doing so!

This point was the real reason for Lin Lei’s hesitation.

“Lin Lei, don’t be too attached to the moment. Even if Earth encountered a disaster, you have already repaired it in the future. This may not be an opportunity for Earth’s development. Moreover, we are not strong enough right now!” Lenna advised bitterly.

For the time scale of a Pan-dimensional Creature, he had enough time to consider this matter.

During the time Lin Lei hesitated, only Lenna, who was also a Pan-dimensional Creature, looked at him quietly. She was waiting.

The fate of Layite hung on Lin Lei’s single thought.

At this moment, Layite, as the weak, had no right to choose!

Below Lin Lei, the surface of the star was boiling. Solar prominences surged and galloped below like giant dragons, and endless stellar storms blew upon Lin Lei’s material body.

In this violent cosmic environment, the white sphere stood motionless.

At this moment, the Layite People also understood that what this perfect and simple sphere brought was actually destruction!

If this Sun, which had illuminated Layite for billions of years, went into turmoil, the Layite Civilization would be at least ninety percent destroyed. In the subsequent time, the Layite People, having lost their foundation, would slowly perish in this Universe. But they could only watch helplessly as all this happened.

Lin Lei’s consideration lasted a full half-second. To the Aostarians and Layite People, this was just the time to blink an eye, but only Lenna knew what kind of intense struggle Lin Lei’s Will had gone through in this half-second.

After half a second, a violent solar prominence suddenly washed up toward the white sphere, seemingly representing the anger of this star.

To the surprise of the Layite People, this white sphere actually decomposed when the flame reached it, as if it had been burned to ash by the high temperature of the solar prominence.

In the minds of most Layite People, an incredible thought flashed. They, who did not know much about Pan-dimensional Creatures, even thought that this guy was a fake and now couldn’t stand the test, overacted, and gave himself away!

But the Aostarians and Lenna heaved a great sigh of relief. Lin Lei had voluntarily retreated; this was the best result.

Ao Star also did not need to worry about bearing the infamy of destroying a Fifth-grade Civilization, and becoming mortal enemies with such a mysterious and powerful creature was not their wish either.

Lenna also put down the heavy burden in her heart, not needing to worry about being unable to live a stable life in the future. In a corner of her Will, there was still a small green figure.