Ray's mind started spinning.

'Damn. Now that's a serious gap. Wait, though — shouldn't we be living in a three-dimensional world? Oh, right, factor in the time dimension too, and that makes it four.'

In a purely three-dimensional world, time would be frozen — nothing but a dead, silent void. For life to exist at all, you needed at least a four-dimensional space.

"Is Transcendent Energy the reason you came here?" Ray asked.

"Correct. Transcendent Energy can serve as a power source for weapons