"Dimensions were not hierarchies." His consciousness echoed through the network. "It was not that one dimension was inferior to two, or two more primitive than three."
"Dimensions were directions of specialization."
"Two-dimensional lifeforms surpassed any higher-dimensional existence in their ability to process planes."
"Three-dimensional organisms possessed an intuitive perception of solid space that four-dimensional lifeforms could never replicate."
"Every dimension had its unique advantages and irreplaceability."
The Power of the Ultrareal began altering the network's underlying structure.
The originally vertical, layered dimensional relationships were reconstructed into a horizontally parallel web-like structure.
Within this new framework, two dimensions, three dimensions, four dimensions, five dimensions... all existed as different branches on the same level.
There was no superiority or inferiority, only difference.
"Are you ready?" Lin Ye asked.
The consciousness nodes of every participant flashed simultaneously.
Lin Ye activated the Interdimensional Cognitive Bridge.
In the next instant, every participant underwent a drastic cognitive transformation.
That two-dimensional planar lifeform suddenly "perceived" the third dimension.
Not through sight, because it had no organs capable of perceiving solid forms.
But through the direct comprehension of consciousness.
It "knew" what height was, what solidity was, what volume was.
"So that was it..." The planar lifeform's consciousness rippled with shock. "The world was not flat. There was a direction that had always existed, yet I had never noticed it."
"That feeling was like suddenly gaining an entirely new sense."
But what shocked it even more was the realization that followed.
After understanding three dimensions, it looked back upon its own two-dimensional nature.
"I understand now," it said. "A plane is not a limitation, but purity."
"In a two-dimensional world, all complex three-dimensional problems are simplified into planar problems."
"This was not degradation, but the ultimate refinement."
"My understanding of 'planes,' my command over planar laws, was beyond