Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

After leaving behind these words that sounded like a blessing, Xuer finally turned around and stepped into the vortex.

Ritsuka Fujimaru stared at the disappearing vortex, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Because just now, he seemed to see a smile full of emotion on the face of the doll.

……

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I'm sorry, I think I ate something wrong today. I'm still feeling unwell and nauseous.

And it may also be because I have been updating late at night these days, and I guess I haven’t had enough rest, so I will take a day off today and continue updating tomorrow.

I hope everyone can understand.

But to be honest, each post must be at least 100 words long. Sometimes I don’t have much to say, so I can only chat for a few minutes, hahaha…

Volume: Extra Volume 4.5

Volume: Volume 5

Chapter 1: The Fourth Time Travel

"Gold" is the main color of this space.

This is an extra-dimensional space that is free from time and space, and endless dimensional energy is spread everywhere here.

There is hardly a place where the power of dimensional abilities does not exist.

This energy is extremely corrosive and dangerous to "living things". No "life" can survive in this space. This place is truly a "forbidden zone for life".

Except their owners.

clatter……

A green figure walked out of the golden passage. After a long time, the current owner of this place finally returned to this absolutely safe house.

In this space, he no longer needs to worry about possible sightings in the dark and can confidently show his true appearance.

Mechanical marks appeared on his face, and his originally round face lost its vitality.

A pair of inorganic eyes slowly scanned the surroundings.

The space filled with "gold" was extremely dazzling, but it did not cause any effect on the "boy's" eyes.

"call--"

Standing in this familiar space, feeling the familiar dimensional energy around him, Xiuer breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves at that moment were finally relieved.

Of course, if he still has the "nerve".

What can be confirmed is that there is nothing abnormal in his body at the moment, and all functions are intact. In human terms, he is "very healthy."

It must be said that the Ex-Machina's body gave him great convenience.

This includes but is not limited to a powerful body that never tires and is never troubled by "diseases".

But no matter what, only in this strange space between dimensions can Xuer feel truly safe.

After all, this is a place where no one except him can invade.

This is a "transit station" for traveling across the world. Although you cannot settle down here completely, it is completely sufficient as a "hotel" for a short stay.

"Monitoring space stability... 100%."

"Energy supply is...normal."

"Dimensional device status... normal."

"..."

The system in the puppet's body is monitoring the integrity of various devices as usual.

Silently listening to the system's inspection reports one after another in his mind, Xiuer's mind was also directed elsewhere under the mechanical voice.

He slowly raised his arm, and a golden light appeared in his hand.

Under these lights, weapons of different appearances appeared one after another in his eyes.

Spears, broadswords, longbows, one after another, weapons of different styles but all with the same golden patterns were constructed in Xuer's hands.

These are all the treasures that Shul has obtained "with his own hands".

The number of these weapons is so great that it is difficult to take them all in with just the eyes.

Fortunately, Shuul didn't intend to display them as "exhibits".

After just a few glances, he took back these numerous treasures.

"In conclusion, it was a pretty good trip."

Touching the Chaldean uniform on his body, a faint smile appeared on Shul's face.

Then, the smile disappeared in a flash, and his original clothes turned back into the sweatshirt he was wearing at the beginning after a flash of golden light.

As if to "discard" or "save" the memories, even the clothes that carried the memories were thrown into the "warehouse".

His attention was no longer on the old things, but immediately focused on the next plan.

"Dimensional device energy remaining... 100%."

"Confirmed. To meet the activation requirements, [Dimensional Shuttle] can be carried out at any time."

At this point, the series of monitoring reports from the system finally came to an end.

After this, Xuer's mind returned to peace.

The energy in the dimensional device will not be consumed until you choose and cross to the next world.

And he was silently thinking about his next trip.

But at the moment, Xuul is facing a new problem, that is, he can no longer think of a better world.

The journey through just three worlds has brought him countless abilities, which are theoretically enough to protect himself.

He has watched quite a few movies and TV shows, but his coverage is not very broad.

Although the dimensional device's travel is not limited to "anime", most of them are either too dangerous or too "ordinary", which undoubtedly makes it difficult for him to make a decision.

After becoming an Ex-Machina, Shuul got used to using "calculations" to solve selection problems.

But rational calculations showed that none of the worlds he currently remembered was a suitable destination for travel.

In other words, at this moment, we can only consider it through another way of thinking - "sensitivity".

At this moment, a piece of data flashed in Xiuer's eyes, and then a hint of "doubt" suddenly emerged in the gold.

"System, have you opened up new components?"

"Problem detected, confirmed. The current number of world traversals has reached four."

"Unlocking conditions have been met. Host's survivability rating... A+."

"The second passage has been unlocked."

"Um……"

This new word did not surprise Shule.

However, this was not something he had known for a long time. Before this, he really didn't know that this thing could have "multiple passages".

The real reason was that when he was searching the database for information, he discovered that the original data, that is, the "Instructions for Use" loaded by the former when he merged with the system, had changed.

There are several brand new contents loaded into it.

This part of the content that appeared out of nowhere was the instructions for using the newly opened function of the dimensional device - the "Second Crossing Channel".

To be honest, after being a "machine" for a long time, Xiuer has become accustomed to loading external information into his brain.

But it's still a bit uncomfortable to have content added to it without anyone noticing.

"Suggestion, next time, please add a reminder."

"Understood. New feature availability reminder has been added."

Of course, this isn't the first time this has happened; the previous "enhancement" feature directly added content to the original data.

What surprised him was the content.

"Confused, random time travel?"

Xiuer slowly recited the word that made him slightly uneasy.

"Random" means "unknown", and "unknown" is the source of "fear".

It's not that he has no emotions, he also feels fear, and the reason why he was able to fight those strong men before was because he had obtained intelligence in advance.

Originally, Shuul was a person who liked to plan ahead, and after becoming an Ex-Machina, this habit became even more serious.

If it is a specific object, he can find it out by whispering, and the premise is that he resists the world and "connects" it to the world.

But even whispering goodbye is useless for a world that has never been reached and is completely unfamiliar to you.

Besides, the previous host of this system died from random time travel.

There have been previous incidents, can Xiuer make the same mistake again?

If he only knew the name of this function, he would definitely seal it.

But there are exceptions to everything. The content in the "Guide" indicates that this function is fundamentally different from the "spatial turbulence" created by the previous host.

The "cooling" mechanisms of the two channels are independent.

The crossing of the second channel has an independent CD and does not consume dimensional energy.

In other words, Xiuer can completely use the second channel to reach his unknown world, and if he finds something wrong, he can immediately activate the dimensional device to return.

Compared to the first channel which consumes all energy and requires a period of time to recharge after arriving, at least there is a way to save your life.

To be honest, this is quite tempting for Xuer, who has no suitable choice at the moment.

"Unknown" is equal to "danger", but also contains "opportunity".

To be honest, Xuer has never been fond of this kind of "lottery", but now that he has enough backup plans, he can't help but become interested in it.

The difference between the two channels is not just the difference between self-selection and random.

He still has room for "choice" in this randomness. According to the "guide", he can know in advance the world he will randomly arrive in and choose whether to continue there.

In addition to this, there is another feature.

"System, what is this 'mission'?"

There is no specific description of the "mission" in the system data, only that if you cross through the second channel, you will receive the mission.

"Answer: Randomly traveling will generate a [Quest] in a corresponding world. Completing the conditions will give you a corresponding [Reward]."

"..."

The system's speech is as indirect as Xiuer's. It would be better to say that Xiuer is "referencing" the system's way of speaking.

It is easy to understand, but sometimes it may raise new doubts.

The former is very concerned about the details of "tasks" and "rewards", but the system does not give an accurate answer in this regard.

This means that these two things are also random.

Although the answer in his mind was not completely answered, Xiuer had a general understanding of the respective advantages of the two channels.

For Xuer, who has no choice at the moment, the random channel is a coincidental but extremely suitable choice.

With sufficient backup options, he could make some slightly risky choices.

"Channel confirmed, starting to change channel..."

"…Changes completed."

"World matching..."

"Match successful."