A pale blue fireball hovered in the air. Across the cold-toned metallic earth, jet-black crystalline plants transformed the fireball's blazing sunlight into energy to replenish themselves.
Dimension No. 2456, a small dimension hidden deep within the Endless Dimensions.
In the records of the previous civilization, this dimension was called the Myriad Machines Dimension.
The entire dimensional world was a massive mechanical factory, where countless mechanical lifeforms survived and multiplied upon the metallic land.
A Runic gateway appeared in the air, and a figure with Black Crow perched on his shoulder crossed through space and time.
"This place... feels a little unpleasant."
Richard swept his gaze across the surroundings. Though he already knew about this dimension's conditions, the moment he truly stepped into it, he still felt an instinctive discomfort.
As a creature of flesh and blood, he was incompatible with the rules of this dimensional world.
The instant he entered this world, this dimension's Illusory Rule began eroding him.
Of course, it was useless. The protection of Abyss Power could completely offset this erosive transformation.
"Caw, it is rather uncomfortable. Hold on, I need to change forms."
As he spoke, black flames suddenly ignited across Ulysses's body—his body had actually become elemental.
After shifting forms, Ulysses said easily, "This form is much better. This world rejects flesh-and-blood creatures, but it does not reject elemental creatures."
Richard flew into the sky and began determining his position.
Though he possessed the Seed Base's coordinates, coordinates were only useful when placed within a coordinate system.
Without a coordinate system—or with the wrong coordinate system—coordinates were nothing more than a useless string of numbers.
The Seed Base's coordinates were simple two-dimensional coordinates, while the coordinate system used the Myriad Machines Dimension's Central Furnace as its center and extended in the four cardinal directions.
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