Chapter 45: The Dimensional Interstice

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“Ding-ling—”

The café door swung open, and a young man and woman stepped inside. They first ordered drinks from the elderly Mr. Philip, then made their way over to Ushas’s table.

“Hello, everyone!” Xia Xiu greeted them with a radiant smile.

Travel Frog Muji and Ghost Lifenl both shivered slightly upon seeing the young man’s cheerful expression. They sat up straight, watching the blond, golden-eyed youth settle beside them.

“What’s wrong with you two?” Ushas, the three-eyed girl, looked at them curiously, noticing their strange expressions.

“Nothing, really,” the frog and ghost smiled and shook their heads, indicating all was well.

How odd.

Ushas shot them a puzzled glance but quickly turned her attention to Camille beside her. She looked at Camille with a hint of resentment and said, “So slow! You’re this slow yourself and yet you want me to…”

“Last week’s math homework,” Camille interrupted calmly.

“Ah, club activities are really interesting!” Ushas immediately changed her tone.

The three-eyed girl was caught off guard once again.

“All right, let’s get straight to the point today.”

Camille opened her shoulder bag and pulled out a crystal-clear card. The card bore the image of a deer’s head adorned with vibrant, multicolored antlers.

“Our clubroom has been assigned. This is the key to our activity room,” Camille said, waving the card before everyone present.

“Let me see.” Ushas eagerly snatched the card from Camille’s hand and began to examine it carefully.

“The activity room is located in the ‘Miraculous Science Zone,’ where alchemists, the Mother M research lab, bio-modification, and the super science department all gather,” Camille continued, retrieving the card from Ushas.

“Cool!” Ushas’s three eyes sparkled with excitement.

“Ribbit, now we’re officially a club. Has the club been registered in the Think Tank yet?” Muji asked Camille.

“It has. I registered it as soon as the application was approved,” Camille replied.

After a club is formed, its name must be uploaded to the Lu Institute Think Tank. Only then can the system analyze data and assign tasks the club might complete.

“Then let’s go check out our activity room in the ‘Miraculous Science Zone’ now,” Xia Xiu said.

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“Yes, yes! Let’s hurry. I can’t wait to see our club’s territory,” Ushas said excitedly.

“Then everyone, let’s go have a look,” Camille smiled.

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Lu Institute · Miraculous Science Zone

“For Science!”

As Camille led her club members through the science zone’s technologically advanced metal gates, a massive holographic projection came into view, displaying the words—“For Science.”

Swish, swish, swish—

“Huh, what’s this?” Ushas curiously watched the red scanning lines rapidly moving over her body, then exclaimed in surprise.

“Omni-vision scanning. It checks if entrants are infected by Mother M contamination or if they are biologically normal,” Xia Xiu answered from the side.

Xia Xiu was very familiar with the omni-vision scanner. It was an essential device in the Sanctuary’s “Containment Chambers.” Everyone entering or leaving the Containment Chambers, regardless of rank, was scanned by this device.

[No anomalies detected—]

[Welcome to the Miraculous Science Zone!]

[Sir, branch connection detected—Community Service]

[Connect?]

At that moment, Jarvis popped up a prompt. Xia Xiu casually clicked yes.

[Connection established!]

[Community map unlocked!]

A miniature map floated to the right of Xia Xiu’s vision. The map featured a zoom scale and a red X in the corner.

“Everyone, are you all connected to the branch app?” Camille asked the team.

“Connected, and it even has a map. Hmm, why are so many areas marked as off-limits?” Ushas waved her hand in the air, muttering disinterestedly.

“That’s normal. Let me check where our activity room is... Navigation, here it is.” Camille operated the map on her interface.

“Wand Man Navigation, at your service!”

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A penguin-shaped figure appeared before Camille, bowing with a scepter in its left hand and a top hat in its right.

“Wand Man’s reach is so vast? They even have a presence here at the Lu Institute!” Camille exclaimed.

“Of course. Many of Wand Man’s executives come from the Lu Institute. Their top-ranked True Namers have also studied here. The ‘Cartographer’ is a rare specialty among them.

Wand Man’s Cartographers are responsible for mapping the numerous dimensions surrounding us and exploring or clearing pathways between them. This job requires considerable arcane knowledge and some... extra transformations that many find unsettling.”

“Most dimensional maps and navigation systems across Terra are provided by Wand Man,” Xia Xiu explained.

“Are all Wand Men penguins?” Camille took the opportunity to ask the question she was most curious about.

“No, their appearance is a unique application of Mother M studies called ‘Cognitive Distortion.’

For Wand Men, their name is very important. Most weaker Wand Men distort their appearance while walking the world to prevent their names from leaking. As for why their distorted form is always a penguin, it’s probably their corporate image,” Xia Xiu said thoughtfully, also wondering why Wand Man favored penguins so much.

“I see,” Camille nodded in understanding.

While they chatted, they had already followed the navigation to their destination.

“Why is there nothing here?” Ushas looked down at the navigation interface, then glanced up at the dead-end ahead, puzzled.

“This should be an interdimensional layer. You need a token to open the space...” Ghost Lifenl murmured weakly.

Hailing Street is, in essence, an enormous, perhaps infinitely vast pocket dimension with two layers, which is why it survived the brutal assault from Heaven.

“Token, token...” Upon hearing this, Camille immediately rummaged in her bag for the card.

As she held the card, it began to emit a gentle glow. Camille stepped forward and raised her hand.

Ripples appeared in the space before the dead end. Camille tentatively reached out, and her arm passed through successfully.

“It’s inside.”