Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 540 - 542: You’ve Never Played an Instance, Have You?

Chapter 540 -542: You’ve Never Played an Instance, Have You?

After Qin Muye returned to the Endless Abyss, he restarted the analysis of two subdimension fragments using the Star Array. Initially, he had only made a rough comparison and identified some commonalities, but now he wanted to try obtaining the sub-dimension’s technology through further analysis.

“Is it really the same generation of technology?”

Qin Muye found his expression somewhat peculiar. He had assumed that S-level subdimensions and D-level subdimensions represented technologies from different generations. If it were up to Qin Muye to choose, he would definitely opt for manufacturing the S-level one—big might not always be better, but it was definitely sufficient.

Just like how his Spirit Monsters were always Elite Level. He didn’t have a single Ordinary Level, and as for Champion Level, they were all turned into Hero Units. Wouldn’t it be a waste to use them as mere troops?

So, he thought it was a step-by-step process, just like with the three major powers. The development of subdimensions had evolved from the lowest F level to the current A level, where they hit a technological bottleneck.

The more Qin Muye analyzed the data and compared it, the more familiar it began to seem.

“Isn’t this just a node for some kind of giant device or structure?”

He suddenly realized that this thing had extremely similar aspects to his Titan Level Giant Structure. Qin Muye’s Titan Level Giant Structure was built using worlds, and these subdimensions, if arranged and interconnected properly, could indeed be successful.

“It seems that the plan was abandoned or even failed.”

If it had been successful, he wouldn’t be seeing these subdimensions now; they would have already been turned into a part of it.

“It looks like this civilization’s technological level is far beyond my imagination.” With a rough estimate, Qin Muye guessed that the technological strength of that ancient civilization was above his own.

Currently, his composite technology was slightly behind the three powers, mainly because the development of his territory was not very balanced—it was always moving in response to whatever danger he encountered, unlike the more balanced development of those major powers.

However, given enough time, Qin Muye could also catch up, though he estimated that even if he had the time, he might not develop as expected.

After all, the entire Endless Abyss was quite bizarre in itself; there was no need to develop in the same manner as other civilizations.

Moreover, Qin Muye’s Spirit Monsters also had a large number of scientific researchers among them, though their research efficiency could not keep up with Qin Muye’s own, it wasn’t non-existent. So, in reality, they were also gradually bridging various gaps.

With the Magic Network and the Star Array, the Spirit Monsters couldn’t participate in Qin Muye’s research directly, but the projects in their hands were making leaps and bounds.

[True Dragon Emperor: “***, do you know about the recent S-level subdimension?”]

In the chat channel, True Dragon Emperor suddenly sent this message, which made Qin Muye a bit surprised. Was there still someone who didn’t know about this?

If people in a lawless slum didn’t know, Qin Muye could understand it, but how could the True Dragon Emperor not know? After all, he was a tier 7, an A-level Transcendent in the Shining Universe. Although not among the absolute top, he still ranked high.

[***: “Yes, I’ve seen it, nothing of value”]

[True Dragon Emperor: “It’s turned into an instance”]

[***: “???”]

Qin Muye was utterly confused. How had it turned into an instance? He had been there before.

[True Dragon Emperor: “Apparently, some internal change caused a bunch of spiritual beings to appear and killed many people”]

From what True Dragon Emperor said, Qin Muye could be sure that he must have been inside that S-level subdimension himself, otherwise he wouldn’t have such firsthand news. Otherwise, as someone at the very top, Qin Muye would have been among the first to receive the information under normal circumstances.

[***: “So, you’re not stuck in there, are you…”]

Seeing this, Qin Muye seriously doubted this was a cry for help. Otherwise, there was no reason to randomly contact him.

[True Dragon Emperor: “Um, so I hope you could lend a hand”]

[***: “Level 5 Teleportation Magic, huh, just run away. Why struggle?”]

Qin Muye was not that idle to stick around and fight.

[True Dragon Emperor: “You’ve never been down an instance, have you…”]

Qin Muye was surprised—he had been in two instances in the Magic Continent; the first was some skeleton training ground, the second was Orange Village.

[***: “I have, what about it?”]

[True Dragon Emperor: Teleportation magic can only transport within the instance, there’s no way to teleport out of it.]

[***: Ah, well… I usually just blast the instance with long-range cannons, all I want are the points.]

Once that was said, even the True Dragon Emperor was silenced. Who could have guessed that was how Qin Muye tackled instances—blowing them up directly? Doesn’t everyone just go in, fight monsters honestly, and get their rewards?

[Heavenly Demon God: What about the rewards then?]

[***: Oh, if they aren’t useful, I don’t bother with them. Just scooping up some points is fine.]

[Supreme True Human: So how have you survived up till now, never having gone through an instance, just by selling arms?]

Seeing the conversation among these folks, Qin Muye finally realized what set everyone else apart. Everyone else was a proper Lord, and here he was, a husky who’d sneaked into a pack of wolves. Glancing at the leaderboard, his husky had even somehow become the wolf king—absolutely absurd.

[***: Not exactly, sometimes the major powers lend a hand.]

He certainly couldn’t say that ever since leaving the Magic Continent, every world and server he’d touched had been thoroughly wreaked havoc upon by him. Whatever remnants there were only meant he hadn’t cleaned up his mess thoroughly.

So, he had to phrase it a bit more tactfully, saying the major powers had helped him out.

The three Lords did not believe a word Qin Muye said. Help? That was impossible; those powers would rather see them dead than offer assistance.

However, with Qin Muye’s response, the conversation did not probe further.

“What happened to the S-level sub-dimension? How did it even turn into an instance?” Qin Muye was also very puzzled.

The condition for becoming an instance was to have monsters inside, but he had seen that S-level sub-dimension himself, and it just didn’t have any—unless they emerged later due to some experiments.

After reviewing the data, it seemed there was no associated program, meaning it was downright impossible for any life forms or mechanical beings to appear.

He was confident in himself, so the cause had to be external.

Just where this external factor came from, however, remained to be seen.

The chat channel quieted down again. The True Dragon Emperor probably also knew that Qin Muye was unlikely to come rescue him, because even if Qin Muye wanted to blow up the S-level sub-dimension, the three major powers wouldn’t allow it.

The value of the S-level sub-dimension was far greater than the lives trapped inside.

“Looks like the three major powers reacted pretty quickly, having noticed that the sub-dimension went offline,” Qin Muye got feedback from his Spirit Monster spies, but they weren’t as well-informed as the True Dragon Emperor—their only information was that the sub-dimension had lost contact inside and out.

Rescue measures have apparently begun already.

The specifics were not too clear to the Spirit Monsters—after all, this was a matter for the higher-ups, which naturally the Spirit Monsters couldn’t access.

There was bound to be some dispute, but it was unclear how long it would last. Given the urgency of the situation, it likely wouldn’t drag on long before a solution emerged.

Qin Muye wasn’t too concerned about this, either. He was curious about what caused the change but didn’t want to go see for himself.

He indeed had access rights to that sub-dimension fragment, but why meddle in affairs that were clearly problematic? If even the rulers of the sub-dimension hadn’t intervened, there was no need to stir things up—just wait for the outcome.

If there was a risk of destroying the entire server, a major event in “Lord Era” would be triggered.

So, no need to worry about that. As for the Cosmic Pioneer event, it was probably not a server-destroying undertaking, otherwise the three Lords wouldn’t still be alive this long.

Besides, the protagonist was just getting started. Qin Muye wasn’t crazy enough to switch protagonists now, so he could rest easy that the server wouldn’t have issues.

It was likely just a prelude. When the time came, he’d let the protagonist handle it.

Right now, Qin Muye really couldn’t be bothered with it. It wasn’t as if he could address every minor potential danger personally.

After all, this type of cosmic anomaly happened all the time; it just involved the three major powers and Lords a bit more this time. Similar cosmic oddities were hardly rare.

At least judging from the data Qin Muye accessed on the various sub-dimensions, similar instances had occurred, appearing to be some kind of cosmic projection.

Or it could be a spiritual entity—something like ghosts or energy forms, or even more extreme, an emotional conglomeration.