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Republishing Chaos

Hello everybody!

Sorry for the delay on new chapters, I've had a lot going on irl recently, and it's going to continue for a while longer at least. I think things should settle down around mid-November.

Unrelated to that, I've decided to unpublish the current iteration of the Chaos ebooks and paperbacks soon and republish them under my pseudonym of Meakashi instead. I want to build my brand under that name for my Japan-aligned stories, while I reserve JJ Pavlov for those books wit...

Chaos Plushies have arrived!

As the title says! They've been vacuum-packed and in transit for over a month, so they're all a little crumpled. But Chaos always bounces back!

Now, I only need to figure out how to get them to you without having to send them one by one myself. If you have any suggestions, please comment here or DM me~

Chapter 1 - Part 6: Return to the Surface

The group of six rested for a few hours under the bright cavern canopy, mending their wounds and making conversation to bridge the soul-crushing silence reigning over the Roots of the World Tree. They tried a few more times to open the bronze box, to no avail. Perhaps Sanya's assessment that it was a fragment in and of itself was correct.

Finally, it was time to depart and return to the surface. Natalee's broken arm was swollen, and the pain made it impossible for her to climb. Luckily,...

Chapter 1 - Part 5: The Precarious Cavern Wall

This time, Sanya was the first to notice the person watching them from the forest. Whether that was the same one Allen had spotted earlier was irrelevant. It only spurred the children to leave the Roots of the World Tree as quickly as possible.

Kilian carried the case Sanya had unearthed while Natalee put the bronze cube in her backpack. Despite appearances, they were both relatively light, so it would not slow them down too much. Unwieldy fragments would have made it much ...

Chapter 1 - Part 4: An Orphan's Work

Climbing down from the open pipe was no easy task, especially for a first-timer. It jutted from a rectangular extension from the cavern wall, and descending directly under the overhang was dangerous because of the spray of water that made its surface wet and slippery. Thus, they had to round the extended structure and descend to its side.

The wall was mostly smooth, with only the occasional cracks in its surface that allowed climbers to find purchase. The five children bega...

Chapter 1 - Part 3: The Descent

"Did you sleep well?" Natalee greeted Sanya in a hushed voice when they met in the hallway leading to the dining hall. She acted aloof, only glancing at the green-haired girl from the corner of her eyes.

"Yes, everything went well," she whispered, looking ahead where Mistress Patch was taking count of the children passing by her with a hawkish glare.

After joining the orphanage, Sanya had received food, a tour of the building and grounds, and a quick explanation regar...

Chapter 1 - Part 2: Welcome to the Base Camp General Orphanage

Sanya was awoken by the busy atmosphere in the room. She did not remember when she fell asleep, but she was still in the gap left by Allen's half-mattress and the wall. Her back and shoulder hurt from lying on the hard wood all night, but it was better than any alternative she could imagine in her current position.

She had lost her memories and nearly drowned. The four children of room twelve had saved her life and selflessly given up their belongings to keep her a secret f...

Chapter 1 - Part 1: The Girl with the Golden Gauntlet

A chatter of hushed voices woke her. An unfamiliar brightness assaulted her eyes, and she turned her head to avoid the glare. Grunting in displeasure, she opened her eyes again and found her surroundings blurred. It felt as if she had not used them in a long time.

Before her sight could adjust, she felt the restraints on her body as she sat on an uncomfortable wooden chair. That immediately woke her up, and she tried to struggle free. She looked up just in time for the glar...

Skypiercer Prologue

It was a rare summer day when the eternal cloud surrounding the Skypiercer receded far enough to let the rays of the midday sun touch its entrance. To the children of the Base Camp General Orphanage, it felt like a blessing to have happened on their one day off every month.

Some took the opportunity to play in the city's alleyways with the toys they secretly cobbled together from items found during their work of dredging through the Skypiercer's buried depths. Others snuck into the Auct...

Chaos Plush

So, while I was in China, I wasn't just wasting my time away with the good food. I sent the above design to a plush factory, and it's currently in the works. Once I get them and figure out the logistics, I'll put them up somewhere with the Patreon rewards.

But be aware, they're limited to 100 only! So keep an eye out for future updates on this matter.

Volume 8 Preorder

As the title says, volume 8 is available for preorder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNF85TRM

Those of you at the corresponding Patron tier who haven't yet, please send me the Email address you use for Amazon and your Amazon region (example .com / .co.uk) so I can gift you the books.

I hope you're all looking forward to reading it once it's out~

Volume 8 Progress

Finally some news about the final volume in the series:

I have finished the rewrite! Now follows a few weeks of the second pass editing, a quick grammar editing third pass, and then it's off to the release already!

Expect the book to be released before Christmas, so get to rereading 1-7 now if you're going to do it.

Beta-Readers

So, as I approach completion of the first pass of volume 8, I've been considering this on and off over the days. In the end, I'm still undecided about it, but I thought I'd just put it out there.

Would you be interested in beta-reading the book and giving me feedback and pointers?

I'm still not sure if I should make this a thing locked by tier or open for anybody. So for now, please give me some of your thoughts~

Merchandising

I did a thing here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Hyper-Dimension/shop?asc=u

It's a print store where I'll slowly put up all the covers for the Chaos books and future commissioned artworks. Feedback and suggestions would be appreciated~

EDIT: In case you're wondering why I'm not using the Patreon-internal merch shop, it's because not only do I not get much of a margin, but it als...

Announcement Regarding Chaos and Beyond

So, since the Chaos web novel is completed, and there won't be anything new coming out until volume 8, I shouldn't charge people every month. But at the same time, some people here said they're supporting me without reading any Patreon content (thank you all a lot <3).

Thus, I won't switch off payments and instead want to tell you now that there won't be any updates for at least 2-3 more months. You can continue following me without making payments and await future updates and announ...

Epilogue - Worlds Beyond

"Two hundred and fifteen years, huh?" I take a sip from my glass of whisky and muse once more, looking across the gathered. Kamii, Hestia, Aurelia, Tokomaha, Tahiri, Exla, Dregana, and Rewera sit at the long table we put together and observe me with varying expressions.

We're in Shin and Nina's izakaya in the Rhodos colony, now run by Nina's direct descendant, Anya. The place looks almost exactly like it did when we came here with everybody back then, but the photos on the wall have bee...

Final Chapter - Continued Story

The Rhodos colony was moved into a Lagrange point near the Earth. It will require frequent course corrections since it's several hundred kilometers across, but its gravity should affect neither the Earth nor the Moon too much. Astronomers on Earth will scratch their heads for years to come, but it paves the way for an exchange between the sequestered but advanced new humanity on the station and the medieval and magical people on Earth.

After guiding the massive colony into its place, Ex...

Chapter 169 - Pierce the Heavens

The crew of the Queen Pelomyx watches on their screens from afar as the massive colony section of the Rhodos station finally begins to move. Communications have been cut off for a while now, so they don't know the status of Exla and the new humanity. All they can do is observe as the structure separates from the cube-shaped center section housing the Imagination Engine.

"Huh, I feel like some people are missing." When Korenga returns to the bridge alone after delivering Elaine to the in...

Chapter 168 - The Universe Between

A warning sign pops up on Senka's screen, showing that detachment procedures for the colony section have been initiated. She takes note of it and removes the message within a split second to continue her work. Right now, she's using her Limit Break to work as fast as if she were directly plugged into the computers. She's thankful that the input delay is so negligible with this advanced technology that she can do this.

The tesseract's unfolding is documented to her in real-time, although...

Chapter 167 - Infinity and Finality

"Time to do that, huh?" Asoko nods in approval with her arms crossed.

"I see you know what I'm thinking." I grin in satisfaction.

"Who do you think I am?" My other half grins in return and asks in a rhetorical tone.

"What is it?" Uten and Saten don't understand our conversation and glance at us in turn. They're not on the same wavelength as Asoko and I, owing to their different personalities from my original one.

"You know what it is." But I cross my arms to match Asok...

Chapter 166 - It's Time

Flann doesn't need to say any more. Mataku has gone to the Outer One's realm for whatever purpose, and only I can stop him. After all, nobody else could survive the other dimension. No, some people here could accompany me to this final confrontation.

Asoko and the twins understand my glance and exchange a look with each other before walking over to me. Although they are smiling in self-confidence, I can tell that they're nervous. I appreciate that they aren't quipping about this to enco...

Chapter 165 - Beyond Light

"You are the one!" Elaine suddenly screams as Mataku reattaches his severed head with countless tendrils sprouting from his neck. She points at Rolan in accusation, seemingly finally recognizing by his movements that he was one of those instrumental in the death of her son Alverost.

Ignoring Mataku, who stands between her and Rolan, she opens several rifts in space from which concentrated beams of light shoot out. The Primordial Terror is pierced, but it turns out to be an afterimage. H...

Chapter 164 - Glimpse the Unthinkable

Luna, the perpetrator of this atrocity, has disappeared into the depths of the tesseract. The wounded Sintress, the highest authority on healing imagination, was also separated from everybody. All my companions have been scattered into different rooms, except for the three heavily wounded girls before me.

Kamii has lost her cursed arm, but aside from the excruciating pain from having her wound cauterized on the spot, her life is in no danger. Aurelia is kneeling on the ground while look...

Chapter 163 - The Edge of Imagination

"Thanks for the meal." I lean back on my seat and sigh in satisfaction. Since this is more of a bar than a restaurant, it makes sense that they don't have that big of a selection of food. But they still served all the dishes available on their menu, most of which go well with alcohol.

Ultimately, Shin and Nina brought out every last bit of their food stores to cook for us. It was a veritable banquet after all the hardships leading up to here. But we're presented with a new problem now.<...

Chapter 162 - Group Photography

We roll up to a suburban train station in a troop transport hovertruck. Since nobody among us could drive, we had one of the soldiers chauffeur us. The female driver breathes a loud sigh of relief when I get off from the passenger seat but flinches when I turn around to thank her before closing the door.

There aren't many civilians around, but they stare at our amazing gathering of unique-looking people. If this were Japan, we could act like a cosplay troupe, but in this city of new hum...

Chapter 161 - Making My Way Downtown

Luna has regained consciousness by the time I'm back with everybody. She has no memory of anything since the attack on Arkaim when she was kidnapped but seems fine otherwise. My Chaos senses reveal nothing wrong with her physically, so everything should be alright now.

"We're about to arrive." Senka's voice echoes in my mind, and I understand that they've gotten close enough for her telepathy to work. Only a moment later, the entire structure of the Rhodos station quakes, and I...

Chapter 160 - War in Heaven

Exla is battling the overwhelming system corruption caused by the Venus Fleet artificial intelligence. By the time she noticed it, it had already spread so far inside her mind that she had to shut down her bodily functions to concentrate on combating it. She has no idea what is happening outside, but she has no leeway to check.

If it were a regular computer, her hands would fly over a keyboard, and she would be typing code to fight the hacking. But since this is inside her computer-like...

Chapter 159 - Infinite Evolution

Korenga is the first to move. She turns into Black God mode with a battle roar and charges forward at the closest Walker of the Wild. The towering android slowly swings the Ame-no-Murakumo copy he wields with both hands and generates an immense pressure that slams into Korenga. But to his surprise, the attack breaks on her like a wave against a jutting cliff. The others behind her are shielded from the effect by her shadow.

Then she crushes through and tackles the Oinos clone head-on. T...

Volume 7 released!

Sorry for a triple post announcement, but Christmas (for those who celebrate it) has arrived early! Volume 7 Kindle edition is already available here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NJD5WSN

For those at the Tentacle Target tier who haven't done so yet, please DM me your Amazon email address and region so that I can gift you the books! For those who already know the drill, it's basically me sending you money...

Volume 7 and Audiobook Volume 6 Release

Here is the completed cover for volume 7. I will achieve a release date around the time of the audiobook release of volume 6 (Dec 14th 2021), so look forward to it!

Once the book is out, I will get back to working on the web novel and finish it up before moving on to the final volume in the series. Expect a mid to late 2022 release for the volume 8, then!