And so…
Ten days later, the second experiment began.
The brand‑new robot form was no longer a regular little Genex robot, but a "Qliphort Monolith" that Tierra had gone all out to build. This machine was filled with Tierra's design aesthetics, and all extra functions had been discarded, leaving only information reception and computation.
Besides that, Tenjo Hikari had also left a Card on the robot's body—one of the more popular and common Cards in this world: "Friendship."
This was a Card that had been reprinted countless times, symbolizing the friendship between the Legendary Duelist and the Duel King. It was also a Card many students liked to collect; Tenjo Hikari had gotten one during this period too.
The result…
The robot still came back perfectly fine, just like before.
But—
Friendship caused serious consequences!
It wasn't that Friendship was torn or destroyed; rather, when Friendship returned to the Great Cosmic Workshop, it was carrying a massive amount of black energy on it. The moment this energy appeared, the Three Phantasm and the Earthbound Immortals all collectively entered a kind of berserk state. They didn't actually attack, but in that brief instant, Tenjo Hikari's workshop fell into chaos, and the positions of quite a few Planets were affected.
"It's a Darkness Attribute existence." Tierra analyzed beside Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari nodded.
"And… it's part of the Demon System."
Tenjo Hikari scratched the back of his head.
Now they could be sure.
Ecole de Zone was a Darkness Attribute Archfiend; it might even be a God of the Demon System, but in any case, its classification could now be roughly pinned down.
This time, the Monolith had brought Tenjo Hikari a pretty decent piece of audio.
Or rather, a message?
[Take the power of Gladiator Beast and a hundred kinds of Martial Arts, add weapons, and mix them with the Colosseum of the Gladiator Beasts; synthesize all this power and bestow it upon the Slave and the Bear, then convert them at the final moment, and gather the bold spirit of sky, Daichi, and Umi—then the emperor of that wild nature shall descend.]
[The connection between Dimensions is not the conventional notion of coordinates; coordinates and coordinates are not completely non‑overlapping. A single coordinate can in fact correspond to multiple destinations. The thing you pray for will not arrive in the way you desire.]
[Hello hello hello hello hello.........]
Tenjo Hikari clapped his hands over his ears again.
Even more obvious than last time!
Just listening to these voices made Tenjo Hikari feel dizzy and light‑headed.
But this actually wasn't because his Spiritual Power couldn't handle it. On the contrary, it was because Ecole de Zone's voice was far too loud—a whole string of sounds and words compressed into less than a second. Tenjo Hikari was physically feeling discomfort and pain from it.
The good news—
It really is rational!
Ecole de Zone!
It was responding to Tenjo Hikari!
Tenjo Hikari dug at his ear, muttering under his breath, "This is already at the lowest volume and it's still this loud. No wonder normal people can't handle that Dimension—how could anyone possibly withstand this."
There's a saying: great sound is seldom heard. With a voice this huge, anyone who reaches the Ecole de Zone Dimension would be completely wrapped up in sound without even realizing it. And with such a colossal volume, the vibration it causes in the air alone is enough to make people feel awful.
Tenjo Hikari shook his head.
But at least, with this, they'd confirmed something very good for Tenjo Hikari: Ecole de Zone wasn't irrational. On the contrary, they could actually communicate.
It's just—
"I'm gonna die of frustration, why is this so hard to deal with…" Off to the side, Tierra was directing several Infernoid machines, rushing to repair the Monolith.
If they wanted to obtain information from Ecole de Zone, the basic requirements alone were enormous. And every time they sent it out, it had to undergo long repairs when it came back.
It would probably take a full half month before Tenjo Hikari could manage one "Q&A" with the other side.
Also, Tenjo Hikari was thinking: since the other side was this friendly, maybe he should send something over to show they meant no harm on their end either.
But as soon as he thought about how the other side's sheer "size" was beyond anything they could compare to, he had no idea what to send. In the end, after seven days of preparation, with still no clue, Tenjo Hikari just wrote a thank‑you letter full of curiosity and stuck it onto the Monolith that had undergone a second round of modification.
On one hand, he thanked Ecole de Zone; on the other, he asked if Ecole de Zone wanted anything.
Finally, Tenjo Hikari also included his own "desire"—namely, the Spirit Dimension coordinates for Branded.
"This time there's definitely no problem!" Tierra thumped her chest with full confidence—and then the very next day, she saw the Monolith half‑shattered again, looking like it had caved in.
Tierra took a deep breath.
Its durability still wasn't enough!
The mechanical materials on hand could no longer be improved!
Fuming, she yelled for Tenjo Hikari to hurry to the DT Spirit Realm; she needed to find some convenient materials for a third round of modifications.
But even more critical was Ecole de Zone's reply.
Tenjo Hikari rubbed his head, and together with Wanrong, Witchcrafter Haine, and Golden-Eyes Idol, sorted through the data, trying to extract as much as possible. Before long, Haine called out excitedly, "Lord Hikari, we've got it—the coordinates!"
Coordinates!
Fantastic—
Tenjo Hikari hurriedly took the audio segment Witchcrafter Haine handed over and examined it carefully.
This time, the question he'd asked was the location of the "Branded Dimension," and this time, Ecole de Zone really had given him a string of Dimensional Coordinates!
At the same time, Tenjo Hikari and the others slowly parsed Ecole de Zone's other responses.