Dimension Ark

In a single-room apartment, a young man sat down on the bed, took out his phone, plugged in the charger, and opened a game, preparing to relax.

Right at that moment, however, a high-tier source of energy flew toward Earth, pierced through the atmosphere, and soared deep into the cosmos.

A single particle of energy landed on the young man's phone and instantly detonated, taking away his life. This energy particle, fused with the data inside the phone, entered the young man's soul.

A mysterious space happened to capture the young man's soul and pull him into a new world.

"What the hell, what is this situation?" Zhou Liang, who had just regained consciousness, squeezed his hands with stars dancing in his vision and said, "Huh, where's my phone?"

Just as Zhou Liang was feeling around for his phone, his vision cleared as well. Looking at the boundless expanse of white around him, he said with some uncertainty, "Aliens, God, the Land of Origin, nothingness..."

"Infinite Space!"

"Beep!"

"Welcome to the Dimension Ark. This is, as you imagine, a form of Infinite Space."

Listening to that completely emotionless voice, Zhou Liang asked cautiously, "Um, this process seems a bit different from the Infinite Space I know about. Shouldn't I be in a trial mission world?"

"During the reception of the reserve traveler's soul, it was discovered that the reserve traveler possessed a special treasure. Therefore, prior to undertaking the novice mission world, the reserve traveler is granted the following three exchange conditions."

"First: Actively cooperate with the Dimension Ark in scanning the special energy data within the reserve traveler's body so that it can be copied. Rewards: 1. Comb through the chaotic special energy data and fully fuse it with the reserve traveler, 2. One nurturing world selection opportunity, 3. One reward in the nurturing world that matches one's own system."

"Second: Choose to hand over the special energy data within the body. Rewards: 1. True Spirit revival, 2. Soul reshaping, 3. Clearance promotion to first mate rank. (Note: True Spirit revival may fail!)"

"Third: Reject the first and second options. Reward: The captain's gaze."

Seeing this option, Zhou Liang's mouth twitched fiercely. The captain's gaze? More like targeting me! But since they can't forcibly extract it, it seems this Infinite Space isn't all that strong!

Just as Zhou Liang was thinking this, the screen in front of him suddenly changed, and a new option popped out.

"Fourth choice: Forced extraction."

Looking at this suddenly appearing option, Zhou Liang's mouth twitched. Although no rewards or costs were written, the red text reminded Zhou Liang that this was an extremely dangerous choice.

Pretending not to see the fourth option and looking at the notes for the second option, Zhou Liang felt it wasn't a good choice. That left him with only the first option to pick.

"Excuse me, what is a nurturing world?" Looking at the reward of the nurturing world, Zhou Liang asked with some confusion.

"Ten-minute question-and-answer period starting now. After the answers are completed, the reserve traveler must make a choice within ten seconds, or the fourth option will be automatically defaulted to upon timeout." The hollow voice resounded in the air.

"Worlds are generally divided into six major categories, which are the nurturing world, novice world, trial world, frontier-clearing world, conquest world, and ascension world."

"Among them, the latter three worlds do not fall within the scope of contact for reserve travelers and will not be explained."

"As for the first three worlds, the trial world is an ordinary mission world. Within this world, one completes tasks of a certain standard and can freely grow according to the world's characteristics."

"The novice world is the first world entered upon arriving at the Dimension Ark. Within this world, one only needs to complete a low-difficulty task and obtain basic growth."

"The nurturing world refers to a world where reserve travelers who enter the Dimension Ark possess certain talents or treasures and have the opportunity to choose such a world. Within this world, all missions are triggered by default, but without any penalties, and this world is extremely suitable for nurturing newcomers. At some time, reserve travelers possess certain privileged abilities within this world, but using these abilities will lower the reserve traveler's rating. Aside from this, there are no other penalties or conditions."

Having finished listening to these introductions, Zhou Liang sat there and fell into deep thought. Among the four options, the third and fourth can be directly ruled out. The rewards of the second option feel wrong no matter how I look at them. The only thing I can choose is the first option.

"Describe the second option," Zhou Liang said, looking up.

"Option two: Actively cooperate to hand over the special energy data within the reserve traveler's body. However, because this energy data has already fused with the reserve traveler's soul, forming a delicate balance, extracting it without damaging this treasure requires separating the reserve traveler's soul and True Spirit. Therefore, True Spirit revival and soul reshaping are required to ensure the reserve traveler's resurrection, but there is a certain probability of failure when reviving an incomplete True Spirit..."

Hearing this, Zhou Liang completely lost the desire to keep listening. Even if the rewards of an option with a chance of death were rich, he would not choose it.

"What are the privileged abilities in the nurturing world?" Zhou Liang interrupted the rest of the second option's description and asked again.

"There are a total of three privileged abilities in the nurturing world: information shielding, cognition rewriting, and death exemption. Each of the three privileges is possessed three times, for a total of nine uses."

"Among them, information shielding lowers the rating by 5% per use, cognition rewriting lowers the rating by 20% per use, using death exemption the first time lowers the rating by 50%, using it a second time zeroes the rating, and using it a third time results in a rating of negative one." The mechanical voice rang out in the empty space.

"What use does this rating have? Is there any impact after it zeroes out or reaches negative one?" Zhou Liang asked.

"The rating simply records individual evaluations. Zeroing out and negative one have no impact whatsoever!"

Listening to that mechanical voice, Zhou Liang thought with a twitching mouth, I haven't read many infinite novels, don't you go trying to fool me.

"Respected reserve traveler, please begin your selection. 9... 8... 7..."

"I choose the first option!" Zhou Liang glanced at the four options in front of him and said, looking up.

"The reserve traveler has chosen the first option. We are now beginning to copy the special energy data within the reserve traveler's body. Please empty your consciousness and cooperate fully throughout."

Subsequently, a beam of special light enveloped Zhou Liang, and instantly he felt as though he were exposed to the air without any clothes on, while strange changes began to occur within his body.

He suddenly sensed a cluster of chaotic yet delicately balanced special energy data residing within his mind, and this data began to be continuously copied by this strange beam of light.

Once the copying was finished, the light did not leave; instead, it began to shine upon this light and Zhou Liang's soul. Then, a magical thing happened: this data began to truly fuse into Zhou Liang's soul.

Simultaneously during the fusion, it began to self-adjust, causing the chaotic structure to become stable and orderly.