Chapter 3 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Trial? What trial?” The corner of Zhang Heng’s eye twitched.

“Yurianne can’t reveal the contents of the trial before you accept the trial, host dude,” Yurianne winked, which produced a ding sound, making it look like she was trying to flirt with him like in some anime.

He wiped the cold sweat off of his brow and looked around, picking up a cup of noodles and a bottle of mineral water in his hand, then taking out a pitch-black dagger from the drawer of his table.

He was a boy and there was nothing out of place about him just buying such a blade online; he used it more as a decorative piece than an actual tool.

He then said, fidgeting uneasily, “Well, there’s not much to prepare actually. I don’t have the money to get other stuff even if I wanted to. So yeah, you could announce the mission.”

“Okay!” Yurianne put up an ‘okay’ gesture and Zhang Heng heard a robotic female voice. “Trial mission officially begins. Mission Objective: Acquire pieces of valuable technological resources in nearby planes. Begin searching nearby planes…”

“Wait, what? Acquiring tech from nearby planes?” The expression on his face changed drastically. “Hold on, this is too much. A trial held on other planes? Really?”

“Search complete.” It was too bad that the system didn’t stop just because Zhang Heng voiced his doubts. Once he accepted the system’s mission, there was no turning back. “There are a total of four planes with valuable technology among those planes near the host.”

“Plane A: Resident Evil plane. Difficulty evaluated according to probational host’s combat prowess. Danger Level: ★★”

“Plane B: Dead Space plane. Danger Level: ★★★”

“Plane C: Alien plane. Danger Level: ★★★★”

“Plane D: Prototype plane. Danger Level: ★★★★★”

(★ meant one star, ☆ meant half a star)

Zhang Heng wobbled for a bit, feeling like he was about to pass out. “So, you’re telling me that I need to go to these movie and game worlds to look for tech over there?”

“You are correct.” The 2D little girl who called herself Yurianne spun around for a bit and her casual clothes were transformed into the attire worn by college professors. She also sported a pair of black-rimmed glasses, making her look the part very well. “Now that you’re ready to get on with the mission, Yurianne shall now brief you on the rules of the mission.”

Light-hearted background music played in Zhang Heng’s mind and Yurianne elaborated as the music played in the background. “The Dimensional Star is a four-dimensional product, with an expressed purpose to allow its host to traverse space. So, what are the four dimensions? It’s actually quite simple to comprehend.”

“Everyone knows that a point has zero dimensions. A straight line is a one-dimensional figure formed by countless dots, a flat surface area is a two-dimensional space consisting of countless straight lines, a three-dimensional space, in turn, would have volume consisting of countless flat spaces stacking on top of each other. And something four-dimensional, it would be something formed with countless three-dimensional spaces clustered together.

“To put it simply, three-dimensional objects are measured in length, width, and height—lines perpendicular to each other. When expressed in the form of coordinates, any place on Earth could be expressed determined using sets of data consisting of longitude, latitude, and altitude. That is to say that you humans live in a three-dimensional world.

“As for the fourth dimension, it isn’t that it doesn’t exist; it’s just that it’s something that exists outside of human perception. In a four-dimensional world, in addition to length, width, and height, an object could also be measured using a line perpendicular to length, width, and height at the same time, and coordinates in a four-dimensional world would require a set of four coordinate data to express.”

Zhang Heng nodded. “Sure, I understand all of that, but what does any of that have to do with the Dimensional Star?”

“Yurianne did mention before that the Dimensional Star was a four-dimensional product,” Yurianne pushed her black-rimmed glasses for a bit and answered seriously.

He frowned, then asked, “But I’m able to see the Dimensional Star. If I can see it, how could it be a four-dimensional thing then?”

“Are you sure that the Dimensional Star you see is all there is? Are you blessed with supreme certainty? Do you comprehend everything in its entirety?” Yurianne wore a mysterious expression when she said that.