novelraw Chapter 705: Space is About to Upgrade Again!
Chapter 705: Space is About to Upgrade Again!
"It seems like we’re back to the same situation. No matter how fast or slow we walk, a bunch of merging Dark Creatures appears every day at this time, in this direction."
"The thing Jing Shu is looking for must be these Dark Creatures, right?"
"If that’s the case, why do we have to hurry every day? Why don’t we slow down? It’s all the same whether we walk slowly or quickly."
Jing Shu shook her head. "It’s not the same. Although these Dark Creatures are what I’m looking for, we are looking for the source."
Xiao Wei shook her head. The source? She didn’t understand. She didn’t even understand Dark Creatures, let alone her own body structure.
"Let’s follow your advice and hurry on our way. Oh, Jing Shu, the lamb you cooked for us before always had a strong mutton smell, no matter how we handled it. How did you make it? Can you teach us?"
Jing Shu smiled and shook her head. "Indeed, lamb can smell if not cooked properly. Today, I’ll teach you how to cook it so you can do it yourselves later."
"Mm-hmm."
The insect brigade sped up through the snow. In the luxurious Insect Car Room, Jing Shu decided to prepare a whole lamb feast for everyone today.
In the cold winter, eating a bite of lamb really warmed the body through and through.
Jing Shu took a frozen lamb leg and started slicing the meat thinly, like paper. "We’ll use this meat for hotpot later," she explained.
She kept the small bones with meat, the places where fat and lean meat alternated. "For this kind of meat," she said, "we’ll first coat it with egg whites and onions, then marinate it with salt and cooking wine to remove the gamey taste and make it flavorful. This is for roast lamb ribs, which taste best when charred on the outside and tender on the inside."
Finally, she chopped a large bone into small sections, marrow still inside. She added these directly into the stew pot, seasoning them with Sichuan peppercorns, cooking wine, and Pepper to eliminate any gamey taste and make a rich broth.
Taking a bite of the golden, glistening lamb ribs, fragrant with cumin, along with a piece of onion, unleashed an explosion of clear yet rich barbecue flavor on the palate. It was completely free of the gaminess and greasiness typical of northern lamb.
When thirsty, one could drink the lamb broth seasoned with Pepper. One sip sent warmth coursing through the body, a fiery, spicy sensation, followed by sucking the rich marrow from the bones...
At last, she put slices of lamb into the pot for fifteen seconds, then dipped the tender meat into a special sauce, savoring the endless flavors...
The staple had to be flatbread sprinkled with fragrant soybean and black sesame seeds, paired with the lamb soup—truly a first-rate delicacy in winter!
Nobody knew why Jing Shu was in such a hurry, constantly moving forward without stopping, even during the night. She even added feed for all the insects, including one percent diluted Spiritual Spring, to ensure their nutrition was maintained and to speed them up.
After five days of travel, the scene they encountered every day finally changed. It was no longer fist-sized Hulks, but rather a pile of thumb-sized Hulks.
"Why have they gotten smaller? This doesn’t seem right, does it?"
"Yeah, did we go the wrong way? I heard Jing Shu say we are looking for a kind of Dark Creature that can merge into something very big."
Jing Shu shook her head. "We’re going in the right direction. We need to find the original point!"
Through these days of traveling and discovery, Jing Shu became more and more certain of the current Dimension Space.
If she was not mistaken, it was the space of the Fifth Dimension. It not only had all the features of the previous dimensions but also possessed an additional trajectory.
Dimension Space is complicated to explain. It’s a problem that is also difficult for the world to conquer.
To give an analogy, in a three-dimensional space, humans move from point A to point B in a straight line by walking.
This is just like how we walk from the bedroom to the kitchen, using ’walking’ as a means, which consumes a certain amount of time.
In a Four-dimensional space, the distance from A to B does not require time; one can instantly arrive there with a SWISH—just like the teleportation in legends.
In a Five-dimensional space, the distance from A to B is a long trajectory. They can appear at any point between A and B. It involves a process, which can be understood as the causal sequence of playing a movie.
That’s right. In the Five-dimensional space, if you are on this trajectory, then all beings are the same, doing the same things.
In fact, it’s just a trajectory. When it merges into a three-dimensional space, it becomes like this.
The place Jing Shu is looking for is point A, the starting point. This location must contain the energy of the Five-dimensional space to allow the Hulk to continue growing.
At this time, the Hulks should have just begun to develop; they are still merely a trajectory in the Five-dimensional space.
In a few months, it will transform into what it was like during the previous migration. Many places will then be inhabited by these Dark Creatures. In a few years, fearsome Hulks invulnerable to blades and guns will be everywhere!
On the following journey, Jing Shu remained extremely cautious. Although so far there had been no sign of danger, the last time she had nearly died from an explosion caused by the energy of the Four-dimensional space had cast a long shadow on her.
Therefore, this time, if there were any dangers, Jing Shu was prepared to run away immediately.
However, the process was unexpectedly smooth.
After only a few days, Jing Shu’s rotten mermaids reported that they had arrived at their destination.
"The source is actually here!" Jing Shu had the insects confirm the safety multiple times before she approached the vicinity of the crater.
Jing Shu had already settled Xiao Wei and the others in a very distant place. There could be dangers here, and Xiao Wei’s huge insect body made fleeing inconvenient.
The snow underfoot seemed to be dyed green. This huge pit was filled with a disgusting, slimy green substance emitting an overpowering smell.
Inside the slime, countless tiny things seemed to be wriggling. Jing Shu even felt a slight trembling under her feet. The images from the past few days finally seemed to connect, like scenes in a movie.
The Magic Cube Space inside her mind was leaping for joy. It’s the energy of dimensions!
From a safe distance, Jing Shu instructed a rotten mermaid to approach the pit and throw a rope into it, while Jing Shu herself hid a kilometer away. She also reviewed all the life-saving measures in her Magic Cube Space, considering what she would do in the event of an explosion, collapse, or any other situation.
She even prepared the short-distance gliding parachute made by Mr. Jing.
Once everything was ready, Jing Shu used the rope’s properties to draw the green energy from the pit. She also collected a Hulk, the size of an insect, into her Magic Cube Space.
Jing Shu continuously collected the energy with trepidation, ever alert for anomalies.
The Magic Cube Space frantically absorbed the green slime. As before, it first separated the slime, then concentrated it, eventually turning it into drops of water. When the water became concentrated enough, it began to form crystals the size of soybeans. Only then did the Magic Cube Space fully absorb this energy.
Several hours later, the Magic Cube Space emitted a burp, indicating it had reached the critical point for an upgrade!
It also left behind several green crystals.