Myriad Paths

Before the banquet started, because of Yang Ning's words, Li Qi fell into some kind of thinking again.

The fifty thousand years in the distorted time and space were longer than all Li Qi's previous lives, but he didn't feel that long, and even felt a bit short.

If Zhu Fengdan hadn't pulled him out, pressed his head and made him face this fantastic, magnificent and exquisite world, he would have been completely addicted to the beauty of the world.

During that time, he 'worked behind closed doors' and constructed many, almost countless possible worlds.

Some of them are symmetry-breaking, heterogeneous and constant worlds, and they are the ones he has created the most.

Some are static worlds, that is, limited and still worlds where starlight can fill the entire night sky.

Some are closed worlds with positive space curvature, some are flat worlds with zero space curvature, and some have fine structure constants, that is, changes in the intensity of electromagnetic force interaction.

For example, if the fine structure constant changes, then the force of the electromagnetic force that binds molecules together becomes smaller, the speed at which electrons combine into atoms slows down, and the speed at which atoms combine into molecules also slows down.

This results in both melting and boiling points being lowered; for example, the most common stars, which are made of gas, tend to collapse due to their immense own gravity. But because the heat provided by the melting reaction in the core produces outward ejections of gas and radiation, the pressure of their ejections neutralizes gravity and the star remains stable.

But if this change occurs, the balance is broken, gravity takes over, and the star becomes brighter, spins faster, and produces supernova explosions faster.

If the speed of light becomes faster, the hydrogen in the entire universe will not be able to fuse into helium. Only hydrogen will exist, which will not be able to gather into stars or produce other more chemical reactions.

On the contrary, if the speed of light slows down a little, the fusion of hydrogen becomes too easy, and all hydrogen will be fused into helium. There will be no hydrogen and most compounds, such as water, will not exist.

This impact is very far-reaching. At the very least...rubber bands have no elasticity in this environment. At the most serious level, the universe will lose more than 90% of its light elements.

And all of this is a world created by Li Qi according to his own ideas. This is the experience from the earth.

He also knew that the foundation of the world was not atoms, but "Qi". It was Qi that composed all things, and the world composed of Qi was more magnificent and majestic than the world composed of atoms.

The reason is also very simple. The number of types of Qi far exceeds the dozens of common elements, and its properties are even weirder. Some even have the characteristics of perpetual motion. In other words, Qi, as the most basic material component, can construct more wonderful things. More mysterious macroscopic substances can even break the so-called thermodynamics.

Moreover, Qi itself seems to be infinitely divisible. In other words, quantum, the most basic material classification, does not exist for 'Qi'.

This property can make the changes in the world more subtle.

This level of subtlety and complexity is something Li Qi cannot touch, and it is also something he admires at the moment.

The word ‘Hao’ in Haotian means vast. Now that I see it, it is indeed vast and extraordinary.

But, but, this was not the reason why Li Qi fell into deep thought.

What he was really thinking about was the relationship between such a magnificent, subtle and beautiful scene, and Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei.

Except for the very beginning, after immersing himself in fifty thousand years of distorted time and space, he actually... never thought about Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei.

This is really...

So, Li Qi raised his head and looked at Chang Xi, Empress Luofu, and Shen Shuibi who was sitting next to Empress Luofu and talking about something.

Li Qi stood up decisively, left Yang Ning, and walked over there.

If you don't understand something yourself, ask your elders.

Yang Ning could only sigh slightly when she saw that Li Qi didn't waste any time and stood up and walked towards Empress Luofu.

Unknowingly, Li Qi had grown from the little boy back then to the fourth grade he is today.

There was even a sense of fear in her heart.

This is so...

Terrible, terrifying, and unreasonable, this was Yang Ning's current impression of Li Qi, and...she felt a chilling chill from Li Qi's body.

It was a feeling of indifference that was gradually losing humanity. Compared with when he was young, Li Qi's mind was getting closer to the sky and more and more separated from mortal things.

Coupled with his promotion speed that seemed to have no brakes, Yang Ning felt at a loss.

Alas, Li Qicai was in the ninth rank a thousand years ago.

Putting aside this, Li Qi quickened his pace and came to the side of Empress Luofu and Chang Xi. Shen Shuibi was also here.

After reaching the fourth level, Li Qi's thinking organ can no longer be easily seen through. Now he can finally retain some privacy in front of the third level.

"I have met the empress, and I have met Lord Chang Xi." Li Qi stepped forward and saluted first: "I came to visit, hoping to get some advice from you -"

"Li Qi, this is a family dinner." Empress Luofu mentioned.

The meaning of this statement is very obvious, that is, it is time for family gatherings. Everyone in Luofu Mountain, including Li Qi, the son-in-law, has already arrived. Let's have a meal together happily and stop mentioning spiritual practice. Let’s talk about these things later.

"Empress, what I want to say is related to this matter." Li Qi did not stop, but continued: "You are already in the third rank, but you still look normal and amiable, but I am not like that."

"I am only at the fourth level, but... after Yang Ning's reminder just now, I suddenly realized that unknowingly, I already have a sense of alienation from this real world. It seems that there is nothing I can do about the so-called family banquet. Touch me."

Yes, a sense of alienation, this is how Li Qi summarized himself.

It seemed difficult for him to have some kind of enthusiasm for his family, friends, and the real world. Shen Shuibi was still his love, but he no longer had that... real feeling.

He still loves the rabbit and the little brat, but is this 'love' some kind of 'habit', an inertia that continues over time, or does he still maintain this love?

Li Qi couldn't tell the difference, and he discovered to his horror that his interest in building this world had exceeded his interest in talking to Li Shiwei.

This was difficult for him to accept because he had no idea when such a change had occurred.

So he chose to come to Chang Xi and Empress Luofu and ask these elders whether this situation was normal.

After all, for them, they should have encountered this kind of situation before, right? Especially Empress Luofu, how does she keep her mentality stable?

Hearing this question, Empress Luofu and Chang Xi looked at each other, and then each smiled.

After that, Chang Xi asked Li Qi: "Li Qi, judging from the difference between your longevity and the actual time you have experienced, you must have used time and space distortion to advance to the fourth rank, right?"

"Yes, could it be a sequelae?" Li Qi frowned.

The essence of using distorted time and space is to work behind closed doors, to break away from the real world, and to speculate on all this purely by relying on thoughts and existing knowledge in independent time and space.

Could such an approach lead to a disconnect with reality?

When Li Qi was confused, Chang Xi answered: "Distorting time and space will not have any side effects, it will just increase the difficulty. If you encounter such a thing, it is actually your own fault."

"You are too addicted to Zhudao. After all, the power of the fourth grade is very easy to become addicted. You seem to have lost your direction and no longer know what you are using these powers for."

Chang Xi continued: "I remember that I once read a sentence in your memory. At that time, you believed that practice is not just for fighting and killing. Practitioners will definitely complete their own tasks based on their own strength. responsibilities.”

"So, now, let me ask you, what is the responsibility of the power you are chasing, the power to manipulate reality and distort matter?"

Chang Xi's words made Li Qi fall into deep thought.

He began to rummage through his mind, looking for the memory of saying those words.

He remembered that he did think so.

At that time, what he was thinking was: "Practice is not simply for one's own strength, but more like mastering more skills and more weapons. In this way, the practitioner can better implement himself." thoughts and concepts” (see Chapter 78 for details).

At that time, Li Qi would spend all day mediating the relationship between humans, gods and ghosts, just like a community director. He communicated with the gods of mountains and rivers through sacrifices, communicated with village residents through words, and talked with ghosts through rituals.

Through this method, Li Qi, who was not in the eighth level at the time, quickly reached the point of communicating with eighth-level ghosts and gods, and quickly mastered his own power.

However, today, Li Qi understands more and more things. He understands more and more what the principles of those rituals are, how to modify them, how to customize suitable ritual methods, etc., because he has completely After understanding these specific operating logic, he does not follow the recipes, but understands the characteristics of various raw materials and assembles suitable dishes by himself.

The power and knowledge he has mastered are getting stronger and stronger. He has even begun to delve deeper into the cosmological constants and can create his own parallel world.

Li Qi was addicted to such great power, although he knew that as a fourth-grade person, the powers he controlled were actually based on the real world.

The essence of the modification constant he made was a 'secondary creation'. He did not have the ability to write a world view on his own. He could only use the real world as a template, and then make fine adjustments to make his own 'secondary creation'.

Only when you reach the third level can you write your own original works.

But he still enjoys it, and has figured out many wonderful uses, such as the dimensionality reduction attack just now, and the dimensionality reduction and then upgrading of objects, causing them to lose information and thereby destroy the structure.

But, after doing so, what will he use these powers to do?

The so-called chasing the Tao, do you mean chasing the Tao by getting closer to the Tao, or do you want to use these powers to do what you want to do?

And what is it that you want to do?

Including your own family? Or... just keep going up?

Looking at Li Qi who was deep in thought, Empress Luofu reached out and grabbed his ear.

Li Qi suddenly woke up from his meditation, immediately saluted, and waited for the other party's teachings.

However, I saw Empress Luofu just smiling and saying: "It's a family banquet now, let's think about these things when we go back."

"Yes." Li Qi didn't dare to say anything more.

But he still realized that Empress Luofu's words were actually some kind of reminder.

It seems that family is still very important to Empress Luofu.

However, when Li Qi was thinking about this, Empress Luofu repeated it again: "Let's think about it when we go back."

Li Qi was startled, and then immediately bowed and said yes.

Then, he decisively gave up the idea of ​​continuing to discuss this issue and instead focused on the family dinner.

Chang Xi didn't say anything more, just chuckled, and then took out a pot of wine: "By the way, Li Qi, do you still remember that I once said before that I used your experience to refine something you never imagined?" ”

Li Qi immediately recalled the corresponding experience, which was the place where he met Yue Mu Chang Xi for the first time. (See Chapter 637 for details)

At that time, Li Qi's idea was that his experience was producing something that he could not understand. His wisdom and knowledge could not keep up with the great wizard, so the great wizard could not tell him what it was.

"Is this something I couldn't imagine at the beginning?" Li Qi looked at the pot of wine.

Chang Xi said: "Ming Yue Ben Qingxin, as the Moon Mother, I naturally have some magical powers in this area. Speaking of which, Yu'er seems to be able to do these tricks. Why haven't I used them before?"

Shen Shuibi shrank her head: "These things are meaningless."

When Li Qi heard this conversation, he immediately felt something was wrong.

Wait, this statement, Shen Shuibi, the moon spirit, is not related to the moon mother Chang Xi, right?

But if you think about it carefully, the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron itself is the controller of the path of the sun and the moon, and Shen Shuibi's generation of moon spirits, it seems difficult not to be related to the Moon Mother...

"How can it be meaningless? Look at Li Qi's current situation, isn't it meaningful?" Chang Xi poured a glass of wine for Li Qi.

The wine is like moonlight, contained in the cup, formless and qualityless. When shaking, you can see the translucent luminous wine, but when you pick it up, you only feel that it is an empty cup, without any weight, just like a ball of light.

Li Qi picked up the cup: "Is this the wine brewed with my experience?"

He muttered to himself doubtfully, and then drank it in one gulp without hesitation.

The moment he drank it, Li Qi suddenly felt his own feelings.

Yes, it's amazing.

Feeling what I feel.

People will have their own feelings all the time, but the feelings that people can feel are basically limited to this moment.

Few people can personally experience their past feelings. Even if they are recalled later, these feelings will most likely be distorted and become a "fuzzy impression in memory."

But after drinking this glass of wine, Li Qi clearly felt what he had felt in the past.

Those were...the things he once told Chang Xi about rabbits.