"'Dimensional Reduction Overwriting'...?" Lin Yi was a little confused. He could easily understand the words separately, but put together, they genuinely baffled him. "What does that mean?"
Tian Bufan explained, "Expressing something higher-dimensional through a lower-dimensional medium. For example, Van Gogh overwrote the Starry Sky Pathway at the Layer Level onto a two-dimensional plane. That method is called 'Dimensional Reduction Overwriting.'"
"No more than two people in history have mastered it."
"Only two?" Lin Yi was shocked. Apart from its pioneer, Van Gogh, didn't that mean only one other person knew how?
Tian Bufan wasted no breath on that point and continued, "Van Gogh was extraordinarily gifted. His powerful perception of color laid the most important foundation for his later perception of celestial bodies."
"Later, he met Van Helsing, who was passing through France while hunting Angel Sculptures. With his help, he gained access to the Armillary Sphere on the Art Building's Stargazing Platform, which was still called the 'Black Moon Outpost' at the time."
"After that, aided by the Armillary Sphere, he embarked on an unstoppable journey of observing the vast heavens. Eventually, he traced the trajectories of the Endless Star Path onto the firmament's layer and imprinted them on the circular stone wall of the Stargazing Platform."
"In other words, the first draft of The Starry Night."
"Afterward, in a mental hospital in France, he completed another, standard-sized version of The Starry Night."
"During his exploration of the endless starry sky, calls from the stars and an existence of unknown location inflicted immeasurable devastation and torment on his mind. One year after completing The Starry Night, he killed himself to curb the contamination."
"Van Gogh knew Van Helsing?" Lin Yi was getting a little muddled. "And are you saying Van Gogh reached the Art Building through Consciousness Leap?"