125: Analysis and Planning of the Greater Planes...

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Just as Ras had stood up, the cruiser suddenly jolted violently. He tried to steady himself but fell to the ground with a "crack." Looking around, everyone except Wood and a few others was swaying unsteadily. The cruiser tossed as if it had plunged into a deep valley and then been thrust upward into the air.

A sailor staggered over, pale-faced, shouting, "Tsunami! Tsunami!"

Wood and the others immediately recalled that a vast underwater space had just collapsed several kilometers beneath them, causing the seawater to surge and naturally impact the surface. Wood reassured them, "No need to panic. It’s just the underwater space collapse from before. The effect shouldn’t be severe; it should pass soon."

Sure enough, as Wood finished speaking, the violent shaking began to subside. After a few minutes, the turmoil died down, and everyone wiped their sweat, feeling relieved.

Next, Solas warmly invited Wood to visit his country, but under Rudolf Xuan’s subtle hint, Wood politely declined. Rudolf then used the Divine Wheel Technique to erase the memories of the mercenaries and Professor Qin’s students. Following that, he returned with Li Yun to their cruiser, setting course for Hong Kong.

On the way, Zi Gui grumbled, “Why didn’t we go with him? He definitely would have treated us well and let us experience Earth’s beauties firsthand!”

The others simply ignored Zi Gui’s lustful outburst.

Rudolf said, “Since everyone’s here, I’ll explain the situation of the Grand Dimensional Trading Space and the direction we’ll take after entering it.”

“Actually, I’ve mentioned before that outside this Space-Time Administration Bureau, there are others managing different dimensions.”

Everyone nodded. When they first received their covert mission, Rudolf had already explained in detail the reward of “early access to advanced dimensional space.”

“Agents assigned to advanced dimensional spaces are selected from the three-dimensional realm’s elite. They’re called ‘Elects.’ There, all civilizations converge. You can see all sorts of strange and wondrous things.”

“Wait!” Wood interrupted. “I noticed that the Necromancer mentioned the ‘three-dimensional realm’ many times, along with ‘three thousand small dimensions’ and ‘countless microcosmic worlds.’ I never understood how these classifications work!”

“The ‘three-dimensional realm’ refers to the infinite multiverse containing thirty-six Space-Time Administration Bureaus. Each bureau governs countless small dimensions. For example, your basic material dimension, Zi Gui’s sci-fi dimension, Gu Feng’s magical dimension, and Baldy’s biochemical dimension. Within each dimension, there are countless microcosmic worlds—your Earth counts as one.”

“Ah!” Wood finally understood. So he was living in a microcosmic world.

Rudolf answered Wood’s question and continued, “The Grand Dimensional Trading Space is a very peculiar existence. This space is eternally open. All ‘Elects’ qualified to enter gather in this strange realm. It’s infinitely vast, but so far, pioneers have only developed an area about ten square kilometers in size.”

“Within this ten square kilometer area, various guilds flourish. It naturally produces all kinds of exotic flowers and fruits, rare materials, and mysterious beasts—very much like the fairy realms described in cultivation circles.”

Zi Gui asked, “What about beyond those ten square kilometers? If it’s infinite and full of treasures, why hasn’t more been developed?”

Rudolf replied calmly, “This is where the other name I mentioned comes in—this dimension is also called the ‘Trial Ground of the Gods.’ The unexplored areas are extremely perilous or utterly void. People entering vanish without a trace, or the environment is hostile, riddled with spatial rifts and temporal storms that appear and vanish unpredictably. The power of the heavens and earth there is something even gods cannot withstand. Without great divine techniques, it’s impossible to open even a sliver of space.”

“But strangely, whenever a great divine technique opens a fragment of territory, that land becomes rich in spiritual energy, spawning exotic plants, rare materials, and strange beasts.”

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Gu Feng suddenly asked, “You’ve said so much—are you implying that after entering the Grand Dimensional Trading Space, we still have to carve out our own foothold?”

Rudolf shook his head, “Not necessarily. As Elects, according to dimension laws and guild alliance regulations, we can each claim a plot of space and establish our own guild.”

“Guild?” Zi Gui said, “I’ve heard you talk about guilds before. Does this mean we’re really going to do business up there? I’m not interested!”

Rudolf replied calmly, “You don’t have to form a guild. Many Elects choose to be free roamers or join existing guilds.”

He glanced around before continuing, “But I recommend forming a guild. In the Grand Dimensional Trading Space, a guild is equivalent to a faction—a backing force within this realm. Without such support, you risk being isolated, bullied, or treated unfairly.”

Rudolf’s reasoning was sound. Wood said gravely, “I agree we should form a guild. I feel the Grand Dimensional Trading Space is like a game, and a guild is like a faction within the game.”

“Those without a guild miss out on good resources and are at a disadvantage in trades.”

Rudolf gave Wood a curious look. “Was that intuition from your Divine Insight Technique?”

Wood was a bit startled. “No, not really—I just had a feeling.”

Rudolf nodded. “Divine Insight isn’t always consciously used; sometimes it’s about fate and intuition.”

Wood nodded in agreement.

With their basic goal of establishing a guild settled, Zi Gui asked, “You said the whole Grand Dimensional Trading Space is only ten square kilometers. There are already many guilds—will there be room for us?”

“Definitely,” Rudolf said. “Due to limited space, the guild alliance mandates that no matter the size, each guild can only occupy thirty square meters, so newcomers have space to expand.”

Wood was shocked. “Thirty square meters? How’s that enough? The Anubis Guild and the Judgment Guild have many members. How can so many people fit into just thirty square meters?”

“Thirty square meters is actually quite large! Don’t you think so, Gu Feng?” Rudolf asked.

Gu Feng was slightly taken aback but said, “I get it—it’s spatial technology. You can build layered spaces within that thirty square meters. It’s not just thirty, even three hundred or three thousand square meters is manageable.”

Rudolf nodded. “Exactly. Some guilds have even constructed ‘time-space houses’—inside, time flows differently from outside. Spending thirty days inside may only be one day outside.”

“Wow! That’s incredible. Gu brother, you can handle that, right?” Zi Gui was delighted, grabbing Gu Feng.

Gu Feng waved his hand with a wry smile, “Building spaces isn’t my specialty, especially ‘time-space houses.’ That involves the mysteries of time, which I know nothing about.”

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Rudolf said, “That’s no problem. The Grand Dimensional Trading Space has specialized guilds that construct spatial houses. We don’t have to worry. The only thing we need to plan is what kind of guild we want to build.”

Zi Gui laughed heartily, “That’s easy. Baldy and I can team up to breed stronger biochemical warriors. We’ll sell biochemical soldiers as bodyguards to dimensional travelers!”

“The biochemical beasts of the Anubis Guild seem stronger than biochemical warriors,” Rudolf said coolly.

“Oh? What about my mechanical technology?”

“I heard a silicon-based dimension recently sent a robot that successfully advanced into the Grand Dimensional Trading Space!”

“Gu Feng could make spatial bracelets to sell!”

“That... seems too low-tech. Such bracelets are very common in the Grand Dimensional Trading Space.”

Under Rudolf’s successive critiques, the group exchanged glances. They weren’t skilled in commerce, and they had no idea what the Grand Dimensional Trading Space really needed.

Finally, Wood said, “Brother Rudolf, since you brought this up, I assume you have a plan. You know our resources and conditions. Just tell us what to do.”

Rudolf nodded. “Actually, the Grand Dimensional Trading Space is quite turbulent. There are frequent conflicts—some would call them wars—over resources. Elects often fight each other. We can consider this aspect.”

Zi Gui grumbled, “War is just about numbers and superior weapons. The Anubis Guild has the strongest biochemical beasts, and the Judgment Guild basically monopolizes weapons. What can we do?”

Rudolf pushed up his glasses, “Skills and pills.”

“My S-rank item, the Smelting Furnace, can fuse two different skill or bloodline cards. There’s a high chance it removes the negative traits and successfully combines their positive traits.”

“Wood’s SS-rank item, the Demon Refining Pot, can smelt two different types of items into a higher-level or special item. It can refine medicine, equipment, and weapons.”

“As far as I know, these two items are unique across all dimensions. We can leverage them to form a guild specializing in upgrading equipment or repairing skill flaws. I think...”

Rudolf’s words were met with eager nods from the four, all saying, “That sounds great!”

He continued, “We won’t rely on the guild for profit, so we’ll refuse upgrades on equipment below S-rank or low-level skill repairs. For high-end skills or equipment, we won’t charge fees. Mainly, this facilitates exchanging these abilities for scarce resources in the future, especially helping those desperate to upgrade their gear or fix skill defects.”

Hearing this, Zi Gui, Gu Feng, and Baldy—the seasoned trio—smiled knowingly and gave thumbs up. “Exactly! We’ll exploit others’ desire for more perfect skills and equipment, squeeze them dry... all the marrow... hahaha!”