Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 544 - 178. The Terrifying Second Dimension

Chapter 544: 178. The Terrifying Second Dimension

Bang——————

Lucite raised his clawed hand and slammed the Growth-armored Vanguard’s head onto the table. A magic array lit up in the palm of his hand as his pupils quickly adjusted parameters.

[Set collision model——maximum mass——element coupling——ejection speed: 520 meters/second]

[Mixed Condensation Polymerization]

A large amount of concrete was rapidly generated, instantaneously pouring into the flesh of the Growth-armored Vanguard. As the quick-drying agent took effect, smoke dissipated, and the Growth-armored Vanguard’s head was locked onto the table by the concrete.

[Palm model imprint——gravity release——model accelerated impact——initial speed: 900 meters/second]

[Mage’s Protecting Palm]

A giant magical hand imprint was instantly generated, creating a sonic boom as it slammed down on the concrete. The immense kinetic energy shattered the concrete and the flesh completely, utterly destroying the Growth-armored Vanguard’s head.

"Phew... that scared me. Luckily, that gun was just a kinetic attack, and the armored suit blocked it directly."

Lucite raised his head, and his skeletal mask quickly retracted, revealing his original genial face. He looked at Hobbs, who was wiping his face:

"Hobbs, are you okay?"

"I’m fine, but this stinking blood is disgusting."

Hobbs wiped the grime off his face; now every breath he took filled his nostrils with a nauseating, rusty smell.

He shook his head and looked at Lucite: this towering figure was at least a meter wider than usual, and his already intimidating armored suit was now fully displayed, showing a terrifying stance. The sharp dorsal spines looked like a row of demon teeth; the bulging muscles pushed the armored suit to over three meters tall.

Lucite stood there like a tank; yet this tank was also a top student.

"What the hell is this thing?"

"I don’t know, let me check."

Lucite crouched down, his body shrinking back to his usual two-meter height. He began to disassemble the Growth-armored Vanguard, taking out his equipment from his backpack to conduct a scan.

Hobbs stood aside, glancing around the surroundings. He activated an information rune, attempting to contact Leoz, but there was no signal at all.

After a while, Lucite exclaimed in surprise.

"How... how could it be this thing?"

"How’s it going?"

Lucite looked at the data on the screen and said in a complicated tone:

"It’s an implant gear, and it’s a Dominator System’s Growth-armored Vanguard."

"——A damn implant gear!"

Hobbs clenched his fist instantly; Lucite noticed that the ring on his hand briefly glowed black.

But only for a moment. After Hobbs calmed down, the ring returned to its dull color.

Out of concern, Lucite asked:

"Hobbs, your ring—it just flashed."

Hobbs was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand, looking at the ring with a softened gaze. He gently caressed the ring and asked in return:

"Are you curious about the origin of my ring?"

"If you don’t want to say, it’s okay."

"Let’s talk about it when Leoz joins us later."

Hobbs shrugged, looking down at the implant gear with extreme disgust:

"Compared to Lian—the ring, how did this shitty thing get in here?"

Lucite replied matter-of-factly, "The school isn’t closed to outsiders; during normal hours, implant gears can easily disguise themselves as tourists and infiltrate the campus."

"No, I’m not talking about that—Baizhu Interstellar University has a Higgs Field Generator. If this was a Growth-armored Vanguard, it would have been exposed the moment it made a move."

Hobbs was very clear-headed; he squatted down, took a mask and gloves from his bag, and together with Lucite, began to dissect the Growth-armored Vanguard.

"Layer Abyss defines implant gears into two categories: one is the biological implant gear used by biochemists to replace their own flesh. Biochemists usually use their own gene seeds to create implant gears for their safety and only use them for themselves and custom clients."

Hobbs was very knowledgeable about implant gears, explaining in detail as he worked:

"The other type of implant gear refers specifically to Dominator System Growth-armored Vanguards. Transcendents of the Dominator System use Arcane Energy as their core; their bodies are generally mechanized, and their souls are housed in Arcane Energy, allowing them to freely switch bodies, use Arcane Energy imprints and gene seeds to corrupt others, turning live humans into their slaves."

"That’s terrifying... Can any Dominator System do this?" Lucite asked in shock.

"Not every one of them... but anyone with an implanted gear body can do it."

Hobbs made no effort to conceal his malice toward the Dominator System:

"The Dominator System is the most evil, vile pathway in the universe. They fanatically pursue efficiency and utility without considering others’ feelings. No wonder their Chief God Morphederia and Executer Leoz were completely eradicated!"

Lucite reminded, "Leoz is still a good person."

"We’re not talking about the same Leoz. To be honest, the name is too common."

"True enough."

The Growth-armored Vanguard’s body was highly resilient. Although it was a Gamma Rank, its combat level was entirely at a Delta Rank. After a considerable effort disassembling it, they spent a long time studying its mechanism.

"Although the thought program is in the brain, the heart has been modified into a bomb. If the body suffers severe damage or becomes incapacitated, the heart bomb will detonate."

Lucite turned the heart around, revealing a blue Canyue mark on it.

"Damn it! Canyue!" Flames blazed in Hobbs’s eyes as he clenched his teeth and said, "The felon of Layer Abyss, interstellar pirate, the culprit of the Trevela attack three years ago—how dare he come back!"

"It seems you have a personal vendetta... but given the implant gear’s strength, he himself wouldn’t be too weak either," Lucite reminded.

Hobbs shook his head, trying to calm his emotions:

"I know... I’m not stupid. Canyue at Zeta Rank can only be dealt with by official strongmen."

Seeing he couldn’t stay calm, Lucite changed the topic:

"To handle this thing, we can’t directly destroy the heart, or the bomb will go off— that thing you mentioned—uh."

"Canyue."

"Yes, with Canyue’s Arcane Energy storage," Lucite thought for a moment, "do you understand his Arcane Energy mechanism?"

"He wields the sequential Arcane Energy [Canyue], capable of controlling dimensional changes to some extent."

Hobbs provided detailed descriptions, demonstrating as well:

"Regardless of what we say, we are three-dimensional beings, but Canyue can directly knock weaker targets than himself into a two-dimensional space—like a piece of paper, a blackboard, a wall, any flat surface."

"This is too..." Lucite winced.

"Yes, extremely terrifying." Hobbs drew a stick figure on a piece of paper: "When you fall into the two-dimensional space, you lose all perception. There’s no time, no space. Actually, it seems like you’re in two-dimensional space, but you’re just on this layer of the paper—I only need to gently make a mark on this layer."

Scratch!

The pen tip tore the stick figure’s head, splitting it in half.

"The real you would be finito too, powerless to resist—I think the bomb’s Arcane Energy imprint, once detonated, would have a similar effect—considering the properties of two-dimensional space, the bomb would create a vertical plane on explosion, isolating the surrounding barriers. Its height and depth would be limited. It can’t spread infinitely."

Lucite looked out the window—a large tree in the forest had been sliced in half, with the missing part lying lushly on the ground.

"...Those dimensional barriers have already spread quite a lot."

Hobbs exhaled deeply, his gaze incomparably deep:

"Even though the power of dimensions is terrifying, Canyue is not unbeatable... This Arcane Energy only affects targets weaker than him."

"That’s great; we just need to contact the school leaders and the top officials from the Ministry of Education to take down Canyue!" Lucite said excitedly.

"But... Canyue has evaded capture for three years. Even the Kappa Rank minister from the Ministry of Education couldn’t find him."

Hobbs wasn’t optimistic:

"I think, even though Canyue can’t handle strong foes, he can hide by slipping into two dimensions, making it impossible for anyone to track him—maybe that’s his power."

"Two dimensions, that’s disgusting?" Lucite said in disdain: "This power is too outrageous. Doesn’t that mean everyone below Zeta Rank is powerless against him?"

"Sequential Arcane Energy is like that."

Hobbs said coldly:

"Those who hold sequential Arcane Energy are the world’s calamities. They arbitrarily rewrite the cosmic laws and exploit their privileges unscrupulously."

He clenched his fist, speaking through gritted teeth:

"We painstakingly study and cultivate our strength, while they only need to flatter the world and gain favor with the Starry Abyss to easily achieve it."

Hobbs spoke bitterly, bending down to kiss the ring, as if drawing strength and conviction from it:

"Why is this world like this? I hate these Arcane Users. They never toil or strive, yet they receive endless adoration and privileges just because of their good looks..."

"Hobbs..." Lucite said with concern, "Your heart is too troubled. Even without Arcane Users, those with high charm and exceptional allure would still be favored. That’s the law of nature."

"We’ve become civilized beings. Why should we obey the law of nature—Lucite, you are a good person, strong, kind, passionate, good at learning—but simply because you are an Armored Breed, you’re ignored. People pay more attention to Leoz rather than you. Those girls are even worse. They see you and discriminate against you because of your appearance. Yet Leoz, right now, is passionately interacting with a beauty like Dialan."

"Leoz is a good guy; he deserves it," Lucite said disapprovingly.

Hobbs coldly responded:

"But not every charming person is as good as Leoz; they are just selfish. Honestly, if Leoz weren’t our friend, I wouldn’t want to interact with someone like that at all—he already enjoys the world’s favor because of his charm. Why can’t he stop and avoid competing with us, who struggle and long immerse ourselves in studies, sacrificing our youth for exams!?"