Chapter 2810: Hyperdimensional Device
"What exactly is a hyperdimensional device that it can make so many players afraid to even get close?" Zhou Juanjuan couldn't help asking.
"I know that," Levi immediately said. "It's an advanced version of space power, but its lethality is far greater than space power. You've seen space explosion-type items, right? The power of those items can far exceed nuclear weapons."
"But you can see that kind of power. Hyperdimensional devices are different. Once they collapse, any person or thing that touches them basically evaporates in an instant. That's why no one dares to go all out attacking a hyperdimensional device."
He knew quite a bit, pausing to add, "But I've heard there are many types of these hyperdimensional devices. Some can be destroyed, but destroying others is equivalent to suicide. Something like this, made into a simple shield, is relatively common. Generally speaking, it can maintain a stable state, and it's definitely more stable than a barrier formed by items, but no one dares to gamble on it."
"In A-level wormhole points, the only hyperdimensional device ordinary players can use is bullets."
"It's said that a special method connects to hyperdimensional space power the moment the bullet is fired, so the person hit disappears instantly."
"I've only heard about it, never seen it. I doubt ordinary people can get weapons of that caliber."
Xu Huo had a strand of hyperdimensional power sealed on his finger. From the first time he encountered hyperdimensional power, he knew that this form of space power could exist for a long time. However, like chaotic space, it was very unstable and seemed to have no fixed state.
Items could turn space power into weapons, and presumably hyperdimensional power was similar. But hyperdimensional power might not be as easy to control as space power. It wasn't simply a matter of stacking power to achieve the effect. Moreover, if one wanted to lock hyperdimensional power and keep it stable for a long time, the cost would probably be high. After all, he had only preserved that strand of hyperdimensional space power for a long time because of the Water Cube, and the Water Cube itself was a super device.
If maintaining hyperdimensional space power required such a high cost, then extracting hyperdimensional power directly from other spaces through a transmission channel would be much cheaper. And this method could also effectively lock down the technology.
The small shield in the air was indeed a combination of hyperdimensional space power, and the area was stable. The device itself was also contained within this concentrated power mass, just made transparent.
There was no one around, and the device itself was beyond human control, which meant that once this device was activated, it was basically uncontrollable.
Xu Huo had already carefully observed the surroundings. The man clearing obstacles in the city seemed more concerned about this device, while some players lying in ambush in District 022 were paying more attention to him.
"So that's a hyperdimensional device." Rejet had lost interest in District 022's "conspiracy." She urged Xu Huo to steal the hyperdimensional device and even tried to convince him to return "Darkened Heart" to her after he stole it.
"Do I look like an idiot?" Xu Huo didn't look at her, just replied flatly and prepared to withdraw from the city.
Seeing this, Rejet immediately shouted, "Fortune favors the bold! If you're this cowardly, what kind of player are you..."
But before she could finish, the ground beneath their feet cracked open. Huge fissures raced from the city center, instantly cutting through the entire city, tearing the once solid earth into openings over ten meters wide. And this was not the only crack!
Over a dozen identical fissures spread across the city, almost instantly tearing apart the city that had just been attacked. Large sections of buildings collapsed, and many living people fell into or were buried in the deep pits. Screams filled the air, and the tragic scene was unbearable to witness.
The source of all this was the big shot suspected to be from an A-level wormhole point. He held a cane-like item in his hand. Each time he lightly struck the ground, it produced a shockwave. The countless ordinary people falling into the abyss and the numerous players forced to flee upward were like dust and flying insects in his eyes. He wanted to distance himself from the dust and intimidate the insects, so he chose to completely destroy this city!
"Kill him!" A player, filled with immense hatred after leaping into the air, didn't care about anything else and wanted to die together with this man. But if no one could break through the man's defense earlier, it was even harder now. For these players rushing forward one after another, the man didn't even spare them a glance. Instead, he released a round robot the size of a human head into the air.
The robot flew toward the hyperdimensional device high above.
Realizing his intention, the players from the Enforcement Team could no longer hold back. They appeared one after another to intercept, but their approach was very indirect. They didn't directly attack the man but tried to force him back—when flowing metal spread into a semicircular encirclement in the air, blocking the man's defensive barrier, a player appeared outside the barrier. Pressing his right hand, equipped with an item, against the metal, a tremendous force erupted from the metal barrier. As the flowing metal deformed deeply, the man and his defensive circle were blasted back over a kilometer.
But this didn't achieve the Enforcement Team players' expected effect. Dozens of players worked together to completely separate the man from the hyperdimensional device.
Unfortunately, this method only worked once. The man swept a floating item in front of him forward, and a nearly visible shockwave, accompanied by several spatial tremors, approached the Enforcement Team players step by step. In the blink of an eye, this force burst out of the man's defensive range, forcing all the Enforcement Team players back—in fact, more than half of them vomited blood and died on the spot. The survivors, though they escaped using items, were not lightly affected, with half showing symptoms of nose or ear bleeding.
This wave of Enforcement Team players withdrew, and a second wave took their place. This time, they used a Non-Game Area Simulator, trying to render all of the man's items ineffective. But the man's companions were no pushovers either. Before the simulator could be set up, many of them were killed.
At that moment, Xu Huo's communicator rang again. The District Government had changed the person on the line, this time making a simpler request. They only hoped he could make the man stop. Since the simulator wasn't working, this was the cheapest option.
Watching the Enforcement Team players retreat step by step from a distance, Xu Huo only said, "I'm not interested in meddling in District 022's internal affairs."
"Mr. Xu can make any request," the other party gave a new promise.
"I wouldn't dare," Xu Huo said. "There's clearly a grudge between District 022 and that man, yet you keep saying you don't want a direct conflict with him. I'm afraid that if he stops for a second, his head will be off the next, and then no one will be able to tell who actually killed him."
"How about this? I see everyone else is focused on that hyperdimensional device. Why don't you just return the thing to him?"