Chapter 751: Chapter 628: Low-Dimensional Expansion, Mastering the Mysteries of Space-Time
Seeing the capital in chaos due to the inexplicable disappearance of streets, Lynn showed no intention of speaking out to warn anyone. Instead, he used Spiritual Magic to soothe the panicking citizens caught within the streets, urging them not to worry too much.
As for the capital, the Council, having had peace for a long time, had become somewhat negligent in its defenses. An entire street had disappeared, and they had had to wait until the common folk discovered the issue and reported it through the proper channels before they noticed anything amiss.
This greatly dissatisfied Lynn, so he took this incident as a minor test and immediately set his mind on dealing with this unexpected event.
The influence of the seventh element on space-time had exceeded his expectations, or perhaps this substance had reacted with magic power in some marvelous way, slicing out an area hundreds of meters in radius completely.
Lynn looked up at the sky, where the full moon had vanished because the interior and exterior had become an independent space operating in a cycle, not even allowing light to penetrate.
But according to his guess, there had been no change in the three-dimensional coordinates of this area; it was only the position in the fourth dimension that had changed. What was needed now was to first return the four-dimensional coordinates of this street to their original position, and then find a way to undo this overlay.
Having thought of a method, Lynn immediately began experimenting.
He had previously successfully infused the seventh element with magic power and naturally knew that the missing portion of the seventh element hadn’t really disappeared. It was enveloping the entire area like a sphere, only invisible to the naked eye because it was too large and they were inside it.
Outside the sphere was a vast expanse of nothingness.
Well, it couldn’t quite be called nothingness because Lynn could clearly sense massive quantum tides surging continuously, with the density of energy ebbing and flowing. Countless microscopic particles were vanishing or suddenly appearing in the void at every moment.
Lynn couldn’t help but speculate that these disappearing particles might cause a fierce cosmic storm somewhere else.
While musing, Lynn didn’t sit idle; he began to manipulate the seventh element to move the entire street through the void, inching toward the four-dimensional coordinates of the Eternal Star.
It was fortunate that the Eternal Star was his divine realm. He could confirm the distance and direction between them at any time, saving him a lot of effort.
The whole process went rather smoothly, and after about an hour, the street had returned to its original location. Then came the task of how to revert the seventh element back to its prior state.
This was no easy feat, as the previous change in the seventh element had been a fluke. It took Lynn over three hours to find the knack, which was somewhat similar to the magic spells he had developed, “Klein Bottle” and “Mobius Strip”.
The seventh element covering the area began to shrink and folded together in a manner difficult to understand, finally reverting back to a sphere the size of a palm, floating over Lynn’s hand.
It was hard to imagine that this sphere, merely a few dozen centimeters in diameter, could envelop an area of hundreds of meters across once it changed shape.
During the recent experiments, Lynn found out that this was far from the seventh element’s limit. If he wanted, he could extend it a hundred times more.
“Low-dimensional unfolding, huh?” A term surfaced in Lynn’s mind, a concept proposed by researchers of dimensions and space-time in the previous civilization’s Federal. It was a cutting-edge scientific fantasy recorded in the intellectual brain, and there were many similar experiments.
For example, a scientific authority in the field of dimensions, in an attempt to break through the barriers between dimensions, had applied for the Federation’s ultra-particle compression device still under trial and compressed a material with a volume of one millimeter into a plane 0.1 nanometers thick, its area extending millions of times. However, the final outcome was beyond his clearance, and he just knew of the experiment’s existence.
Lynn’s mind was abuzz with numerous complex thoughts, as the noise and shouts from below began to reach him.
The sudden disappearance and return of the entire street left the kingdom’s citizens bewildered and scared, while Harrov and others breathed a sigh of relief. They had tried various methods to no avail outside, and clearly, this situation was beyond their capacity to handle.
Lynn collected the seventh element and stepped out, instantly appearing on the street, where a group of wizards had gathered around.
“Are you alright, Council Leader Lynn? What in the world just happened…” Rafael hurriedly asked, concerned after having lost contact with Lynn for over two hours, which had scared them quite a bit.
After all, while the Wizard Council appeared to be developing well, Rafael was acutely aware that all their deterrence was built upon Lynn, the one True God.
If anything went wrong with him, they wouldn’t stand a chance against the geometric civilization and the threats from the main world, and the Magic Web system would collapse, leading to a disaster!
“I’m fine, just a little issue while experimenting with the seventh element,” Lynn said briefly, then continued, “By the way, how long has it been since this street disappeared on the Eternal Star?”
Rafael didn’t understand why Lynn suddenly asked this question but still answered honestly, “About two hours and fifteen minutes in total!”
Since civilians in the capital were the first to detect the anomaly and it took time to report up the chain of command, it wasn’t possible to pinpoint the exact time to the second, only a rough estimate could be made.
Lynn nodded and confidently stated, “It has been four hours, twenty-seven minutes, and thirty-six seconds on my end!”
Upon hearing this, all the wizards present paused, but quickly realized the implications, their faces displaying a mix of shock and elation.
“Does that mean the seventh element can influence time, artificially creating areas with accelerated temporal flow?” Vittorio exclaimed with astonishment and uncertainty.
Harrov, Aurora, and others were also excitedly looking at Lynn. If this was true, it would be quite the revelation; they understood all too well the terror of a disparity in time flow.
The reason the Council had been able to triumph over the Lich Master and Elara was the sevenfold time speed; while the other side progressed a month, they were already half a year ahead!
“Exactly!” Lynn smiled, having sensed this point while he was manipulating the seventh element to return the street to its original location.
Since space-time is a unity and the street’s fourth-dimensional coordinates had changed, it was inevitable that the flow of time would also be altered!