Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

A sudden loud, short whistle came from behind the couch and jolted D and Hudson up. The beasts that ran out of the house in disagreement came running in with joyous face.

Upon seeing Lee appearing from his room, Zena and Fero leapt at him happily. But they were stopped by Ruella who followed him.

She raised her hand and gestured them to stop. The beast duo halted their steps quickly and stood a few metres away from Lee.

But he could not act as if he had not seen their enthusiasm. So Lee walked to them and caressed them. His warm hands ran through their fur and they expressed their thoughts through the soul bond.

Zena licked Lee Shen's face while her tail's tip swept the floor. Fero too expressed his care to his master as he rubbed Lee's legs with his head.

"Go and play."

Upon Lee Shen's command, Zena moved like the wind and snatched the sword from Hudson's grasp before making a run for it. Hudson, who was surprised by this, began to chase her. Fero wagged his tiny tail before following the figure of Hudson.

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9 AM.

5,976,970 Essence harvested.

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Inside the house, on the couch, sat four people.

Though Hudson and D were only wisps of their souls, they, along with Ruella and Lee Shen, were the only citizens of the subspace.

The air inside the room was relatively silent. Hudson and D shared their knowledge about everything till now, in a soft voice.

"What about the reports?"

An enthusiastic smile bloomed on Hudson's face as he asked in an excited and loud tone.

"Where should I start?"

"Tanya."

Rubbing his chin, Hudson recalled the conclusions and then spoke-

"I believe I have told you about the significance of the Tubian souls. The body is like any other vessel to contain its power. But it is the soul, housed in the body, that empower and allow Tubians to perform unimaginable feats.

Tanya's corpse is now a lifeless average demon's body. When it housed her soul, that body was an impenetrable fortress with all the buffs she gave on her soul.

Additionally, channelling the Amortal's energy through her body seemed to have enhanced the body's constitution. Though it is lifeless, it is tougher than a conventional opponent.

But the most vital information was drawn out of the Tubian of Lightning. Though that fight was a tricky one, we gained new insights on the Tubian race and obtained some amazing knowledge.

When the nanobots entered the Tubian's body, the diagnosis came positively.

As we thought, if we could bypass the defences of the soul, then any direct attacks on the body, such as debuffs like paralysis or petrification, will be effective. If the body is limited by debuffs, then the soul will struggle to reorder the disorder.

And it turns out that Tubians does not have an innate ability to repel the debuffs on their body."

"So they use the Amortal's energy to fix that flaw."

"Yes, and due to its vastness, a little amount of the energy would help the body to recover.

Also, this archaic energy makes the Tubian's body vulnerable to both Qi and Mana whenever it is in play."

Lee Shen raised his eyes and gazed at Hudson as he heard these words. With disbelief, Lee asked-

"Come again?"

"I said, both Mana and Qi can have an adverse effect on a Tubian's physical body if he/she is attributed with the Amortal's energy."

Hudson, therefore, began to explain the essence of his diagnosis. His experiment was fruitful and this game-changing factor was now known to them.

"I was able to extract the memories of the Tubian before he made his suicide attack. From the fragmented images, I attained three conclusions.

One, the Tubians are living as a closely-knit community somewhere in the Intellus. If what I saw is correct, Gauthama is imprisoned there, and An, Mia and Tera are all kept in a suspended state.

Not only them but a lot more people and beasts are under their captivity.

Two, the heritage of Dimension Sovereigns of Zaxaluke is outstanding. It is interwoven in Mana and Qi. Many adventurers and cultivators have decorated that position before D.

Turns out, there were a few among them who had no affinity at all.

The third one is a hypothesis about Amortal's energy. There is a sliver of a chance that I might be able to decode that overwhelming energy."

Lee Shen was surprised by the third conclusion and spoke without veiling his amazement.

"Why don't we start with the last one, the hypothesis?"

There was anticipation on his face. Lee Shen became hopeful by Hudson's words and his body language conveyed it as he leaned forward.

"The hypothesis was derived from the observation of three test subjects, Tanya, the Tubian of Lightning and you."

Lee Shen's brows twitched when he heard Hudson. The brows were knit and Lee Shen squinted his eyes as he asked-

"You used me as a test subject?"

Hudson quickly realised that his words have been misinterpreted.

"No no, not like that. While you were recuperating, I observed your mental, spiritual and physical motions and responses from the attack and finalised the hypothesis that was actually rooted in the assessments of your fight with the two Tubians.

In a nutshell, it might be possible to say that the Essence is a much, much degraded and impure form of the Amortal's energy!"

Sensing some fluctuations around him, Lee swept his eyes over Ruella and D. Then he realised that Hudson had not shared this piece of news with anyone. The astonishment on the True Druid's face and confusion emitting from the gaseous apparition was evident.

"Does that mean the Essence could be produced by breaking down the Amortal's energy?"

Hudson scratched his head as he remained seated. When D leaned forward with an interest of the subject, Hudson spoke-

"Err... I am not sure. After all, this is just a hypothesis.

But I speculate that the True Druid's energy could be created from the Amortal's energy."