High Above

——In the final analysis, I am a simple person.

Water, bread, books and a wooden bed.

The castle covered in snow, the country at the end visible at a glance, the descendants like me.

Whether it is ideals or desires, I am a simple person.

Simple people do not worry, nor hesitate and worry.

Simple people are consistent, move forward firmly, and are never confused.

Simple things are the strongest. Just like complex and prosperous civilizations will gradually die out due to the lack of various seemingly small conditions, while simple microorganisms still exist from ancient times to the present. From an existential perspective, the human species has failed quite a bit.

Of course, scholars will always object. They always deny my ancestors’ and my ideas about ‘future’ and ‘existence’. They always say that humans should survive as humans.

They even said that human beings should accept death as humans and accept that they are "destined to die."

The short life burns brilliantly... Only in this way can human beings retain their own dignity.

Foolish, fragile and conservative, bordering on cowardly thinking. But my ancestor graciously gave these scholars the opportunity to convince him, again and again.

But thousands of years have passed.

This group of Terran scholars is still not clearly defined.

——Defining what human beings should be like.

[Ian Silverfeng...the human being closest to the Star God]

[The human being farthest from human beings]

【Human beings walking at the end of the human road】

In the deepest part of the Junling Castle palace, as the ether surged and thunder spread, the dark golden eyes gradually lit up on the head. The body raised its neck and stared at the slowly opening door in front of the hall: [Can you give me the answer? ? 】

[About the way forward, about the future, and the path that mankind should take]

[About...the meaning of eternity? 】

pity.

It was not Ian Silverfeng who came.

exactly.

It was not Ian Silverfeng who came.

As the metal figure with the appearance of Ian Silver Peak, but claiming to be the 'Heart of Terra', walked into the main hall of Junling Castle, the lights turned on step by step, lighting up this ancient fortress with a history of more than 600 years.

Aina, who walked through the door shortly after, took a breath of cold air.

As one of the most closed countries on the continent of Terra, the palace of the ruler of Mount Ridge Castle has always been the subject of speculation by the bards.

In the northern part of the empire, which has been confronting them for many years, people believe that the main hall of Junling Castle is full of steel weapons. Rows of active armors stand like knights guarding them, standing along both sides of the carpet. As long as a driver enters Among them, these well-maintained steel giants can be activated at any time and rush to the battlefield.

In the adjacent Holy Mountain and Yanjiang, there is another theory: they believe that Junling Castle is full of various steel servitors, and those metal humanoids controlled by thunder will loyally obey every command of their master. Earnestly complete every task of the master, never betray, never age, and is the last line of defense to protect Elster.

People always have all kinds of whimsical thoughts, all kinds of romantic, strange, or curious imaginations... People always think that the rulers of Junling Castle who fight against the imperial army in a corner, except them In addition to the apocalypse weapons he holds, there are many other things that are magical.

They should stay with the inherent stereotypes of 'steel', 'armor' and 'robots'.

But now, a member of the Imperial Setar royal family has come to what they call the palace of ‘rebellion’.

He wasn't excited about it.

I just feel horrified.

Because what's on both sides of this broad hall is neither armor nor servitors.

But a museum.

Museum of humanity.

Rows of transparent specimen cabinets are stacked on top of each other, filling most of the space in the hall. There is only a blank straight path leading directly to the Grand Duke's throne behind the three-story hall door.

And in these specimen cabinets that exude light blue light, there are all the variants, subspecies and changes from the primitive ape man to the modern Terran man.

Homo ape, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, pre-era Terran, modern Terran...

Men, women, and children, different specimens in embalming fluid... No, not embalming fluid!

Sensing that the creature in a certain cabinet was breathing, Aina's eyes lit up with a light golden light in shock.

He carefully scanned everything in front of him, and then he was shocked to realize that these cabinets were not the 'specimen cabinets' he originally imagined... but 'culture cabins'!

The creatures in these cabinets, whether they are apes or homo sapiens, pre-era Terrans or modern Terrans whose bloodline is obviously more muddy, are all alive!

Regardless of whether they are men or women, young or old, the light blue transparent culture chamber stands silently on one side like walls made of crystal and flesh.

They breathed, bringing up bubbles, their limbs trembled slightly, and their chests and abdomen contracted and expanded. They were obviously living creatures, not dead specimens.

But for some reason, Aina couldn't sense 'consciousness' and 'soul'.

These bodies are obviously alive, but they give people the feeling of a 'blood and flesh aggregate'.

Not only that, the further forward, the weirder the human forms become - some have characteristics similar to dragons, and some have the characteristics of true forms of other bloodlines.

This is actually not bad, because by the time they reach the second palace gate, the creatures in the cultivation cabin can no longer be regarded as humans: the human body begins to swell, the limbs shrink and degenerate, and the skin and muscles all become almost translucent. It's so frozen that you can even see the internal organs under the flesh and fat.

These internal organs expanded and contracted with great vitality, releasing their own vitality, and Aina could also see that these internal organs were not the internal organs of ordinary people, but 'sublimated organs'!

The frozen core of the ice wolf, the expanding flame sac, the heart of the ancient turtle... In that strange and weird human body, the various sublimated organs are extremely healthy. With Aina's third-level eyesight, he can even see In the most intuitive and simplest way, you can see through the "circulation of source matter" within the body and the individual track of the source matter of a sublimated organ!

"What...what on earth is this doing?!"

The Sun God Bird, who had not had much contact with the dark side of Terra, stopped slightly. At this moment, he had followed the 'Heart of Terra' to the vicinity of the third palace door, and the transparent cultivation cabin surrounding him no longer had any traces of it. human form.

His surroundings are filled with various connective tissues and internal organs that are constantly squirming, sticky and expanding, various alienated nerves, weird red and blue lymphatic tissue, stretching tentacles, and constantly twitching alien muscles and tendons... …These weird but obviously slightly human-like 'fusion bodies' with obvious Warcraft characteristics make a hateful sound at a disgusting intensity. They rub, knock and collide with the culture chamber, which is frightening. The flesh and blood tissue in these nightmares will break through this seemingly fragile crystal cabin at any time and come to the real world.

"Experimental subjects targeting human essence and sublimated tissue."

After hearing Aina's question, 'Heart of Terra' looked around, and then said in an ordinary tone: "Although the scale of the Gnosis Academy is not that big, it is not much different."

Noticing Aina's horrified gaze, Heart of Terra even explained: [Don't worry, the Grand Duke of Junling Castle did not capture living people as experimental materials, these are clones]

Aina really wanted to believe what 'Ian'... or 'Heart of Terra' said, but he had just crossed half of the Ridge Castle and basically didn't see a living person. How could he not let him Feeling scared?

It was not fear of his own danger, but fear of the madness of the Archduke of Mountain Castle and the Heart of Terra.

The Heart of Terra did not pay attention to Aina's shock. The other party's existence itself was a window prepared by Ian to reveal secrets to the outside world.

At this moment, he looked at the Grand Duke of Junling Castle and said in a tone that was almost appreciative: "You did what I wanted to do but couldn't do - artificially cultivate a 'standard sublimation organ' without special characteristics."

"This is also a way to artificially create sublimators. It can even help those deformed ordinary people and deformed sublimators return to the path of sublimation."

"It's just a pity that it requires too much energy and too many resources. If there is no perpetual motion machine, creating sublimators in this way will not be worth the gain."

"But Junling Castle is different - with its true ether furnace and small population, Junling Castle may be the most suitable country to take this path!"

[Well, you guessed it right...but it’s different from what I thought]

At this moment, on the brass throne in the deepest part of the palace, the silent Grand Duke Bokaon Elster of Junling Castle slowly raised his face covered with mottled rust and looked at Terra with his dark golden eyes. The flowing silver dusty human form of the heart.

The two sides looked at each other, and the Grand Duke was quite disappointed and said: [I thought Ian Silverfeng himself would come... I didn't expect it was just a fake]

"I also thought that the Grand Duke of Junling Castle himself would be here." The Heart of Terra responded tit-for-tat: "But I only saw a rigid model."

——What riddles are they talking about?

As for the Heart of Terra, Aina, as a pioneer space user, knows the nature of the Heart of Terra.

He knew that the other party was the most critical core virtual realm facility behind the Silver Peak Territory, and was the 'Void Realm Butler' who oversaw almost all internal affairs of the entire Silver Peak Territory.

There are a large number of similar servers in Pre-Era Civilization, but Heart of Terra is the strongest and best one even in Pre-Era Civilization.

And now, the Heart of Terra can even simulate Ian Silverpeak's personality model to communicate... isn't this already strong artificial intelligence?

It is not so much a fake as it is a special 'clone', especially since Aina sensed the familiar source of essence from the Heart of Terra. There is no doubt that at a critical moment, the Heart of Terra can transcend directly through the ether. The nature of time and space directly calls for the arrival of Ian's body!

As for rigid models…

Aina raised his head and looked at the Grand Duke of Junling Castle.

The man on the brass throne is not old. He has smooth gray-blue hair, and his dark golden eyes contain flickering golden arcs. Huge energy is stirring in the center of his chest. This fifth-level person is the most powerful person. A strong one, such as an Ascendant who can even be said to be one of the strongest on Terra if piloting the Arms of Apocalypse, is clearly in prime condition.

But his body gave people a feeling of decay. Most of his skin was mottled and rusty, and he could even vaguely smell a smell like coal mixed with rust. Although he could sense it, it looked like rust. On the inside of his body, there is an unparalleled powerful thunder pulse, which is a power that exceeds the fourth energy level and is almost at the fifth energy level.

But even so, Bo Kaon also gave Aina a strange feeling... that is, he was actually dead and now he was just a walking corpse.

Maybe it's not an illusion.

There are many human forms, ranging from ancient and simple to advanced and complex, countless sublimated organs, and countless human forms. The final end of the training chamber is the brass throne in the deepest part of the hall.

The entire Junling Castle is a huge training cabin and exhibition cabinet.

And on the throne, the motionless Grand Duke of Junling Castle is the 'exhibit' and 'culture'.

He is the final ‘result’.

"Bokaon Elster, the Dragon of Terra inheritance in your hand contains the key technology of the most critical Star God structure in this star field, the 'Cradle of Silence'."

Without any extra quips, Heart of Terra said simply and directly: "My father (Ian) was originally wondering why you didn't go see him in person, even if it was in the virtual realm, why you had to have him come in person. "

"But now I understand."

"Because you can no longer leave Junling Castle."

He smiled coldly: "You turned yourself into the Earthbound Spirit of Junling Castle, the soul of the True Ether Furnace... To be honest, what did you turn yourself into?"

【What do you think I am? 】

Bo Kaon smiled and asked: [Please forgive me for answering the question with a question, because I don’t know the answer either]

[Tell me the answer, Heart of Terra, if you are the successor of the Silver Peak Prophet, you will definitely be able to answer my question]

Heart of Terra was silent for a while.

Composed of silver mist, a blue ring of the Milky Way lit up in his eyes, and the flowing stars shone across the Grand Duke of Junling Castle.

"Humanity."

After a moment, He gave the answer: "Human beings are broken and yet completely intact. They can only exist in a fixed 'place' but are everywhere."

"But you are no longer the Grand Duke of Mount Junling, Bokaon Elster. That human 'individual' no longer exists, or in other words, it is only a part of you."

The artificial intelligence of Silver Peak Leader simply commented: "You died. As a price, you will live forever."

"Broken but eternal human being, this is what you look like now."

【……】

Hearing this answer, Bocaan frowned at first, but soon his expression became relaxed: [You are right]

He even laughed in relief, sweeping away the tense atmosphere: [So that’s it, I’m already dead]

【This is me now】

——No, what on earth are these two people talking about?

At this moment, those listening on the sidelines were completely confused.

Even though he was still in Terra, Aina Settar felt like an alien who strayed into a different planet.

Just the Heart of Terra that looks like Ian Silver Peak, what happened to the Grand Duke of Junling Castle who admitted that he was dead?

[Thank you, Heart of Terra]

At this moment, the Grand Duke of Junling Castle smiled and nodded to the Silver Mist figure: [You are right, you can completely replace the Silver Peak Prophet... Maybe, he is watching here from a distance at the moment? 】

[You answered my question, then as promised in advance, I will hand over the ‘Legacy of the Dragon of Terra’ to you]

【but……】

He turned his head and looked at Aina, who had a confused look on his face and had begun to doubt whether he was still in Terra: [Although he is a member of the Setar royal family, it is considered to be in line with the contract I made with Inaga II]

[But it’s now time, is it really necessary? 】

"It's necessary." Terra Heart nodded: "He is a witness. Part of the father's plan."

"He is a member of the 'Pioneer Space'. Father needs to use his eyes to engrave everything about you."

[OK] The Grand Duke nodded slightly, and the Heart of Terra turned its head and looked at Aina: "Please don't worry, I will explain it to you soon."

The silver humanoid showed a cold smile. It was intended to imitate Ian, but it only imitated the 'shaped' expression: "After all, my father is the successor of Inega II and Hilliard, and I am his father's creation. According to seniority, I am the same generation as your father Carlos, and you are my nephew."

"I will take care of the younger generation."

——Don’t make ethical jokes at this time! !

Before Aina could complain, the Heart of Terra stretched out her hand and pressed it on his shoulder.

Then, the next moment.

Aina felt as if he had an extra perspective... a perspective that was more macroscopic, larger, and almost beyond time and space!

Heart of Terra's POV!

From this perspective, the entire Junling Castle Palace became transparent. Aina could see the inside and outside of the palace at the same time, and could see the outside and inside of objects.

He could see that the seemingly tight-fitting walls were actually a loose sponge, that the sun in the sky was a vortex that continuously pulled and rotated light, and that he could see the humanoid and etheric organs in the cultivation chamber at the same time. past and future.

They were first cultivated from cells, and then continued to expand to become what they are now, and then they were all reduced to a ball of decayed bones and flesh - this is their only future, because they have no soul, no self, no wisdom, so they cannot Choose your own destiny, so even if there are infinite parallel time and spaces, their endings will be unified.

But none of this is the most amazing.

Slowly raising his head, Aina raised his head and looked at the place where the biggest 'distortion' in the world was.

Not the Heart of Terra.

But the human form on the throne.

He looked up, then felt dizzy.

For example, everything he saw before was through the heart of Terra, or everything he saw through the perspective of 'Ian Silver Peak', whether it was a high-dimensional perspective or a super-time and space perspective - after all, They all belong only to 'this timeline'.

But the 'person' in front of me was different.

He is a complete 'piece'.

If infinite parallel time and space are parallel lines that never intersect, reflecting each other side by side, creating more mirrors of parallel time and space, then ether is the line that runs through these parallel lines.

With the ether, man can interact with himself in the mirror, with himself in the mirror, and he himself is also a mirror in the eyes of other selves.

In the end, with the help of ether, all the people in the mirror will be mixed together, gain infinite power, obtain the essence of "unique in infinite parallel time and space", and then become a "star god" with "simultaneous existence in all time and space" and "infinite energy" '.

This ring created by the infinite cycle is both "infinity" and "unification", one and all, so it is called Taiyi.

But Grand Duke Junlingbao was different.

——The mirror is broken.

All the mirrors were broken.

Countless mirror fragments, countless fragments of time and space, formed the human form called 'Grand Duke of Junling Castle'. Infinite parts of the self in infinite parallel time and space were stacked together. Instead of constructing infinity, it miraculously Became a complete 'one'.

"This is impossible!" Aina exclaimed: "His consciousness has been torn into pieces and exists in countless parallel worlds at the same time? How can he still speak and think?"

"This is the most extreme form of schizophrenia!"

"Yes."

Terra Heart continued to encourage with a cold smile: "You are right, this is the fact."

Raising his head, he looked at the smiling Grand Duke of Junling Castle and said calmly: "As my father often said, there are countless smart people in this world, and there are also countless coincidences. The achievements he can achieve may be better than those of other geniuses. I have already studied it, but it failed due to various reasons.”

"The Grand Duke of Junling Castle, Bocaon Elster is undoubtedly such a genius and has such an opportunity."

"As early as hundreds of years ago, their family obtained the most complete sub-perpetual motion machine in the world, the 'True Ether Furnace'. This unlimited energy that transcends time and space and runs through infinite parallel time and space for their own use has allowed them to cross over early. From the state of 'desire to survive', the pursuit of 'eternal life' begins."

"Just because of the alienation of blood, they can't even reach the fifth level, let alone the legendary sixth level? They are blocked from the orthodox path, so they have to find another way."

"Since I, as a human body, cannot sublimate, why do I have to stick to the human body?"

"The true form of the bloodline of the Grand Duke of Junling Castle is the ethereal creature of the thunder series. It can originally act through 'thunder transformation', just like the light transformation of your sun bird series."

"After they practice to the fourth level of etheric true form, they will abandon their 'body' and directly integrate into the Apocalypse Arms, turning themselves into the signals flowing in the Apocalypse Arms and the fuel of the living body."

"Apocalypse Arms, True Ether Furnace, such a perfect 'carrying vessel', even if it requires burning the soul and burning the will to use it, but people are meant to die. Death of the body decaying and exhaustion, and death of the soul burning out, what's the point? What’s the difference?”

Looking at Bo Kaon, Terrazhi said calmly: "The first few generations of Grand Dukes of Junling Castle used the Apocalypse Arms to burn themselves out. And the conditions for selecting their successors have also changed from 'bloodline orthodoxy' to 'Strong-willed'."

"They have sought out most of the bloodlines in this world as partners and tried to fuse them together to cultivate descendants with the strongest will and souls that are more resistant to burning."

"But later, with generations of research, Junling Castle discovered that they didn't seem to need to go to such trouble."

"They don't need a partner."

"They only need themselves and the Apocalypse Arms."

"Human reproduction, in the final analysis, is the intercourse between men and women. Different genes are randomly mixed to create a new fused individual as a descendant. This can also prevent many genetic diseases and genetic problems."

"But what if people can use a powerful, perfect machine to continuously screen out the fragile and abnormal parts of their blood? If this is the case, do humans still need to 'sexually reproduce' and exchange genes?"

Saying this, Heart of Terra shook his head slightly: "No need. The necessity of diversity lies in the fact that humans do not have the ability to self-optimize, and genes are not perfect. But if human genes are perfect and can continuously optimize themselves according to the situation, there will be no need for diversity. There is no need to pursue diversity.”

"Generation after generation of Grand Dukes have continued to transform the Apocalypse Armed Forces to suit themselves, and generations of people have also relied on the power of the Apocalypse Armed Forces to optimize their own life essence - even in the end, the Elster family no longer needs human reproduction methods, they or they You can use the true ether furnace to penetrate the essence of infinite parallel time and space, select excellent genetic structures from other parallel time and spaces, and select excellent soul qualities."

"Then."

The Heart of Terra emphasized its tone, pointing to the countless training cabins on both sides of the main hall of Junling Castle, to the countless experimental flesh and blood, and to the 'body' still smiling on the throne: "'I'll' Created by yourself."

“You give birth to yourself, you give birth to yourself, you optimize yourself… until you become ‘eternal’!”

"The body of the material world has long been cared for by no one, and has even become rotten and rusty. If it were not for us 'visitors', our Grand Duke might still be wandering in the circuit of the Apocalypse Armed Forces!"

【That's it】

Raising his hands to applaud, the Grand Duke of Junling Castle praised: [You can see through my essence at a glance, and even understand myself better than myself - Aina, do you understand now? 】

He slowly stood up, and it was only then that Aina discovered that there were thousands of pipelines behind the Grand Duke of Junling Castle.

Thousands of pipelines that go straight into the nerves and into the brain are shaking, and the light of thunder flashes in these pipelines, transmitting consciousness: [Back then, your ancestor Inaga II also saw through my essence at a glance, so he made a contract with me, Share technology with each other]

[Unfortunately, he was unlucky and fell on the eve of dawn, and I hesitated, lost myself, and could never go further. Instead, nearly a hundred years later, I was surpassed by Inaga's successor]

The Sun Bird was confused.

Does he understand? Of course I understand.

Just like his grandfather Axel intended to brainwash everyone in Terra into an 'Inaga II', what the Grand Duke of Junling Castle did was simpler, and it was only for himself.

He used the Apocalypse Arms and the True Ether Furnace to crush his soul again and again, and then found 'better components' from parallel time and space, and used many better fragments to reorganize into a 'better' self!

In terms of the ratings of Pioneer Space, the original Grand Duke of Junling Castle was just a silver SR-level figure, but he had Apocalypse Arms that surpassed the golden SSR and was almost rainbow-colored UR.

The Grand Duke of Junling Castle armed with Apocalypse is essentially a new card, an SSR-level new card. In this case, it is impossible for the Grand Duke of Junling Castle to give up the Apocalypse Armed Forces, but instead try his best to merge himself with the Apocalypse Armed Forces.

Flesh and flesh are short, and machines soar, maybe this is the case.

But the Apocalypse Arms and the True Ether Furnace are a little more powerful... they can connect to infinite parallel universes, and then allow the Grand Duke of Junling Castle to find some time and space where part of himself is of SSR quality, and draw a few 'SSR' fragments.

If it takes a long time, the Grand Duke of Junling Castle will definitely be able to accumulate a completely SSR quality 'self', and then achieve an essential ascension and completely integrate with the Apocalypse Armed Forces.

Since then, the 'Grand Duke of Junling Castle' has achieved the body (Apocalypse Arms), soul (the most preferred in infinite parallel time and space), will (the most preferred), technology (the collection of all the Grand Dukes of Junling Castle) and infinite energy (true ether furnace). Apocalypse Armed Fusion', even becoming a Star God is not impossible!

But this takes too long and relies too much on luck... So the next generation of Grand Dukes of Junling Castle, who couldn't wait, may be Bocaon's generation and made a decision that went against their ancestors.

——He crushed his soul into many ‘SR fragments’.

Then, he replaced his inferior and fragile essence with the 'SSR fragments' he accidentally picked up, turning himself into a parallel time and space chimera!

Although the raw materials are all 'self', the newly conceived individual is better than the previous 'self', so it is not the 'original self'.

Transcending time and space, choosing structures and reorganizing yourself.

The combination with the Ether Furnace allows one's offspring to be the reorganization of one's own random numbers, or even a better reorganization of numbers!

Broadly speaking, this is also a form of procreation!

Similarly, in this sense, the partners of the Grand Dukes of Junling Castle in the past are indeed armed with Apocalypse!

It’s just that the first few generations were about optimizing the program, but in the subsequent generations, that is, the Bocaan generations, the Apocalypse Armed Forces have completely become the ‘matrix’ for the Grand Duke of Junling Castle to breed new selves!

Apocalypse Armed Forces is really the ‘mother’ of all Grand Dukes of Junling Castle!

But this is too crazy...

"Is this the way to ascend in Junling Castle?"

Aina murmured to himself: "This is not a human being at all, but another kind of life form..."

[This is not crazy]

Turning his head, the Grand Duke looked at Aina. He seemed to be able to read the mind of the Sun Bird and said calmly: [In the end, what is the difference between what I do and what I think is different from ordinary humans? 】

[Don’t you hope to have a successor who is more perfect than yourself and as similar as possible to yourself? Isn’t this the essence of reproduction? 】

[Human beings are creatures that need purpose to survive. Purpose exists because of motivation, and motivation operates because of desire. Without desire and motivation, any human action is meaningless. 】

[When I still need to eat other lives to maintain my own survival, I never think about the question "Why should I eat?" This is because if I want to live and achieve something, eating and energy intake is a necessary condition]

[Therefore I follow the instinct of the flesh, I eat and swallow. 】

[When the Elster family needs to reproduce through male-female intercourse and create offspring with only part of their genes belonging to them, we never think about the question of ‘why do we want to reproduce’. 】

[This is because we will die and cannot live forever. In order to achieve great things that cannot be achieved in one generation, we must create descendants. As humans, we can only find high-quality fathers or mothers to mate with and cultivate heirs. ,]

[So we follow human instinct, we mate and reproduce]

[Similarly, when we still need the process of sleep to rest our bodies and soothe our spirits, we never think about the question ‘why do we need to sleep’]

[This is because our bodies are weak and our souls are perishable. In order to prolong the absolute use time of our bodies and souls, we must sleep peacefully and wander in darkness and dreams]

[Therefore we follow human instinct and we sleep peacefully in dreams]

The Grand Duke of Junling Castle calmly stated his thoughts. He raised his hand, stared at the rusty body, and sighed: [If you need it, just do it]

【If you have desire, act】

[If you don’t need it, don’t do it]

【This is human】

[Whether it is eating, having sex or sleeping, I no longer need it, so I don’t do it]

[If this is the case, it cannot be considered a human being... With such a narrow definition, you must be wrong]

"But you're wrong."

Terra's Heart said: "It's not a small matter like human definition - your mistake is that you failed to 'unify' successfully."

“In other words, your ‘one’ is too big and your self is ‘dispersed’.”

"The infinite energy of the Star God system and the essence that transcends time and space are the 'self' that penetrate all parallel time and space relying on immortality. All I's are 'I', even if they are located in different parallel time and space, different timelines, 'I' 'There is a consensus among them and they are all one body, so they can draw on each other infinitely to form an infinite ring."

"But you are different. Bocaan, you do not have 'immortality', and there is no 'consensus' among all the 'Grand Dukes of Junling Castle'. In other words, your selves are essentially different. But similar and independent existence.”

"However, you are a true genius - 'you' without immortality. After realizing that you could not identify yourself as 'yourself' in other parallel time and space, 'you' chose the most incredible step."

Even the Heart of Terra's tone at this moment was almost emotional: "The Grand Duke of Junling Castle in a certain part of infinite parallel time and space used the true ether furnace to crush himself, split himself into infinite parts, and sent them to other parallel time and space."

"The Grand Dukes of Junling Castle in this part of infinite parallel time and space have all done the same thing - so in turn, all the Grand Dukes of Junling Castle who have shattered themselves are still complete 'Grand Dukes of Junling Castle'."

"A complete mirror made of countless mirror fragments. A person who is extremely broken yet extremely complete."

Everything becomes incredible when it involves infinity.

In the infinite parallel time and space, there are actually very few Grand Dukes of Junling Castle who choose to crush themselves.

But even a very small number, within the infinite, are still infinite.

Therefore, after the Grand Duke of Junling Castle split himself into 99.99...% infinite looping selves, he also received 99.99...% infinite looping selves as gifts from other infinite parallel time and spaces.

He turned himself into an 'infinitely small', and then turned himself into a '1' again.

In this way, even if there is no immortality, there are "infinite Grand Dukes of Junling Castle" who are consistent with each other - because they are the "1" in the set of "Grand Dukes of Junling Castle who divide themselves infinitely"!

But here comes the problem.

It is difficult to build a real "perpetual motion machine" by sharing each other in this way instead of "borrowing" the "ring".

Infinite infinitesimals are not necessarily infinitesimally small, but they are not necessarily infinitely large either. The simplest example, when N tends to infinity, the sum of N parts of N will result in 1.

This is also the current state of the Grand Duke of Junling Castle: although he has penetrated infinite parallel time and space by virtue of the strange nature of the true ether furnace, due to the lack of immortality and the lack of consensus beyond time and space, his body is still less than the fifth energy level. The strength can only rely on the Apocalypse Armed Forces.

He took the wrong path and could not become a true Star God.

He even lost himself and didn't know what he was now - he firmly believed that he was still a human being, but he couldn't determine his status, whether he was alive or dead, complete or broken.

Therefore, the Grand Duke of Junling Castle, who knew better than anyone else that Ian was on the right path, was so eager for Ian's answer.

【What should I do? 】

Said with a wry smile, the 'Grand Duke of Junling Castle' laughed at himself: [Even Inaga II could not do anything. He gave me the inheritance of the Dragon of Terra, hoping to rely on the essence of the 'Dragon Soul' to unite countless me. , slowly 'unify']

[This method does not work, because I am already an extremely complete 'one', I am already a 'whole beyond time and space', I can't even die, because I died when I was broken, and gave birth to a brand new whole. I. I exist in infinite parallel time and space at the same time. Even if part of me is eliminated, my 'whole' will still regenerate a branch. A weak me who can never reach the fifth energy level]

[Haha, how sad, I, the 'whole', can't think. I am now like a brain that exists in infinite parallel time and space at the same time. It is already a whole, but each neuron is divided into different time and space]

[Compared to my whole body, that is, the 'Star God Realm' that Ian Silverfeng once achieved, I am actually a mentally retarded person with cerebral palsy who has reached the extreme level of schizophrenia. It's just that the Star Gods are so smart, even among their kind. The extreme mental retardation of cerebral palsy can also give me wisdom beyond ordinary humans, and I can communicate with you]

"If the 'Star God' is an 'infinitely looping ring', then your current state is more similar to an 'infinitely extending tree'."

Heart of Terra briefly commented: "You do have an infinite subject spreading in infinite parallel time and space, and that is the collection of 'Grand Dukes of Junling Castle who divide themselves infinitely'. But specifically in a certain timeline, a certain Universe, you are just a 'leaf' on this infinite tree."

"You are independent of your branches and trunks. You cannot borrow the power of the trunks and branches. The leaves can only move with the wind."

"The ring can expand infinitely, and eventually become a 'big ether circulation' that truly transcends infinite parallel space-time collections. But the tree cannot. It can only extend infinitely until..."

【Until what? 】Heart of Terra lengthened his tone, and the Grand Duke of Junling Castle asked without hesitation.

"Until the end."

"Or 'Origin'."

The Heart of Terra gave the final answer: "Only at the end of the universe, or the end of the universe, can you, who are infinitely divided, become one and become an abyss rooted in the abyss of the end of the universe. tree'."

"The Grand Duke of Mount Junling, Bocaon Elster, this is why I came here."

"Because my father believes that your current life form is similar to the Star God's great enemy, that is, the terror sealed in Dragon Island, and even more so the prison guard outside the cradle."

"The existence called 'End' may be the exact opposite of you. It spreads out from the 'End of the Universe', infinitely spreading and splitting into 'fragments'."

"It's just that compared to your infinitely divided '1', 'end' may have been 'infinite' from the beginning, so even fragments have incredible essence."

"But the principle is the same, and this may also be the reason why 'The End' has no self."

"In short, from you, my father and I may be able to find the true essence of 'The End'."

Originally I only planned to post it after writing 4000, but it turned out that I couldn’t break the chapter, I had to write it completely, and it ended up being 10,000 words.

There is still a little half left, I will write it when I get up tomorrow, don’t worry!