Xi Yan read through the memories about the universe and the truth behind dimensional ascension, clicking his tongue despite himself.
Well, damn. It all fit together.
At least, it did according to his memories of the game-if those counted.
Even the Time Worm did not really understand his own memories. Perhaps ascending to a higher dimension really would mean emerging from Xi Yan's computer someday? Perhaps they really were inside a universe created by Paradox Interactive?
No one knew, but one thing was certain: the Ascension Plan had to move forward.
The Extradimensional Demons came to this lower-dimensional universe to hunt. Because higher-dimensional universes held an overwhelming advantage over lower-dimensional ones, the Demons could easily defeat this universe's powers and then feast to their hearts' content.
This universe was like a livestock farm for the Extradimensional Demons.
The End of the Cycle had no grand ambitions. It only wanted to rule its own little kingdom in this universe. It did not care who came to hunt, since none of them could threaten it.
But the Time Worm, guardian of the physical universe, and the Poison Saint, with his lofty ideals, had greater resolve. They wanted to push the universe into a higher dimension, so it would no longer be food.
How the hell had they ended up getting chased around and beaten by those Lung-Fog Demons? Xi Yan could not make sense of it, no matter how hard he tried. He could only blame distortions in his original memories.
Then he found descriptions of the Demons in the new memories.
"Those Interdimensional Invaders... their weapons can damage all matter. Neither our shields nor our armor can stop them... they call them Matter Decomposers. They can directly disintegrate any matter."
"The Extradimensional Demons' weapons ignore space and range... those bizarre Matter