Eternal Night

Chapter 480 Lost Pollution
(PS: I haven't updated the story in the past few days, not because I forgot about the leader, but because I had an agreement with one of the leaders before. After a few days, I would reward a silver leader, and then I would update 10 chapters on the same day. I'm saving the manuscript now, because the agreement was made at the beginning of the month or last month, so I plan to finish the 10 chapters for the silver leader first, and then I will fulfill the update for the remaining three leaders one by one. Don't worry, I won't default on my debt. I had so much fun writing this book, don't worry.)
From Victor's explanation, Wu Xianxiao understood what the so-called forbidden alchemy was.

All normal alchemy is based on matter and utilizes spiritual consciousness. In the extraordinary world of alchemy, there is a saying that everything in the world is an equal exchange. This is the foundation of alchemy.

So alchemy is an extraordinary way of mixing the physical side with the spiritual consciousness side.

No matter it is material alchemy, elemental alchemy, energy alchemy, or even the strange alchemy that was born after falling into the deeper dream world and absorbing other extraordinary ways, alchemy of the body, spirit, etc., these are not considered forbidden alchemy. The real forbidden alchemy is... the soul!
All alchemy involving the soul, life and death is forbidden alchemy!
"In the alchemical supernatural path, there is the most core, which is the foundation of all alchemy, that is, quantification. Whether it is matter, energy, spirit, or body, everything must be accurately quantified... My lord, let me describe it this way. The so-called alchemical supernatural path is actually to use the spirit to guide the changes of matter and energy. In this process, the alchemist is equivalent to doing math problems! The more accurate the calculation result and the more digits after the decimal point, the more powerful the alchemical formula used will be."

Victor explained: "Because the alchemical formula is actually the change of microscopic matter at the quantum level, even if it is the same leaf or stone, the quantified numbers may differ by a hundred times or even more. This requires the alchemist to quantify it through spiritual consciousness, and then perform alchemy based on the quantified numbers. The more powerful the alchemist, or the alchemist, the great alchemist, the holy alchemist, the greater the difference is not in the alchemical formula, but in the degree of quantification of all things."

"Legend has it that after the original alchemist Asariel became the Great Saint Alchemist, all the material and non-material things he quantified could approach perfection, and the alchemy he used could even be called a miracle, but it was only close to perfection. Theoretically, it is impossible for absolutely perfect alchemy to appear, and even if it is close to perfection, it is a miracle that can hardly be reproduced except for the original alchemist Asariel."

Wu Xianxiao nodded and said, "The root cause I understand is the same. The so-called infinite self-loop and perfect self-closed loop are also tending towards perfection, but cannot completely achieve 100% absolute perfection."

"That's exactly the reason." Victor continued, "When the alchemical civilization was weakening, the elite exploration team, with the help of many holy alchemists, began to explore the dream world below in many aspects to determine the enemy we would face and the possible environment in the future. In this process, the elite exploration team encountered the root cause, and the information they sent back carried the pollution of these root causes."

"This kind of pollution is born from the field of the roots. It is not the kind of pollution that pollutes the source. This is also the way the roots obtain the truth from the new era. Our world is being sucked by these roots, which has caused a lot of distortion, corrosion, degeneration, etc. In order to fight against pollution and roots, the alchemical civilization has tried every possible way, but the gap between them is too big, and it can be said that there is nothing they can do..."

Wu Xianxiao suddenly asked again: "What about the original alchemist Asariel? He is known as the Great Saint Alchemist. If he is in a higher level dream world, he should be able to fight against the projection of the power of the root, right?"

Victor smiled bitterly and said, "According to records, Saint Asariel had disappeared before the exploration of the dream world began. Some said he died of old age, some said he was trapped in forbidden alchemy and suffered backlash, some said he was besieged to death by many holy arcanists in the world, and some said he went to explore the dream world himself. In short, he was missing at that time... and when the entire alchemy civilization was unable to fight against the root pollution, many alchemists of the alchemy civilization decided to activate forbidden alchemy, which is the so-called soul alchemy..."

At this point, Victor asked, "Do you know why soul alchemy is forbidden alchemy?"

Wu Xianxiao was not familiar with the extraordinary ways of alchemy, and now he only knew the general idea of ​​this extraordinary system, so he naturally shook his head.

Victor did not hesitate and continued, "Because the soul cannot be quantified... The spirit can quantify matter, quantify energy, and even quantify the spirit itself, but the spirit cannot quantify the soul. The spirit, which is in the middle of the three levels of life, cannot quantify the soul at the deepest level..."

"In the history of alchemical civilization, there have been many cases where alchemy on souls has resulted in destructive consequences. It violates logic, the laws of physics, the law of conservation of energy, and the most basic alchemy principle of equivalent exchange. No one knows the exact number of a soul, or even whether it is a negative number, or whether it is a large number or an imaginary number. No one knows anything. Therefore, soul alchemy is the only taboo!"

Wu Xianxiao was even more curious, and he asked again: "Since there are so many taboos, why do you use soul alchemy? Or can you use soul alchemy to create super-powerful alchemy?"

Victor said: "This involves another thing...the Philosopher's Stone!"

"According to ancient legends, alchemy must not violate the principle of equal exchange, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe that destroys everything. However, there is one item that can be an exception... the Philosopher's Stone. Legend has it that as long as one possesses the Philosopher's Stone, even an alchemist or an alchemy apprentice can use it to perform alchemy that is close to perfection. When used by a powerful enough alchemist, it can even create true miracles..."

"Perfect alchemy!"

Victor paused, then continued: "The holy alchemists at that time had actually roughly understood the existence of the root, and its essence was a self-circulating and self-closed loop that tended towards perfection. So if the alchemy was also approaching perfection, it could suppress or eliminate the root pollution. So... in the face of life and death, everything else would not matter. Soul alchemy was activated in large quantities, and the goal was to obtain the Philosopher's Stone through soul alchemy..."

After saying this, Victor fell into a long silence. Wu Xianxiao waited for a long time and then asked, "What next?"

Victor shook his head slightly and said, "The large-scale soul alchemy was successful. Although a large number of monsters and distortions were born, as well as some memes and incomprehensible things, a large number of philosopher's stones were indeed obtained... and with these philosopher's stones, the alchemists really stopped the sucking of the source, but... the real pollution appeared. It was not the pollution of the source, but the pollution generated from within the alchemical civilization after continuous accumulation under the attention of the pollution source. That is the sin of my civilization..."

"Soul alchemy caused the death of more than 95% of the total population. When the alchemists fell into despair, they sacrificed almost all those who did not have alchemist bloodlines and qualifications. The rest were almost all alchemists, and then their descendants almost all had alchemist qualifications. At that time, most alchemists were even glad that they sacrificed ordinary people, and they should have done so long ago. With a civilization composed of all alchemists, they could even defeat all sources in the future. However, the real Lost Level pollution appeared, and the alchemy civilization was completely lost in just a few decades. The survivors could only linger in the Lost Lands, and I am the descendant of these sinners..."

Wu Xianxiao looked at Victor and asked, "What exactly is the Lost Pollution of the Alchemical Civilization? What form does it take? How is it different from the Root Pollution and other distortions and corrosion?"

Victor shook his head bitterly and said, "I'm sorry, sir. The information about the lost pollution cannot be passed on even by word of mouth. That is the real 'secret'. We descendants only know that the doomsday scene that led to the loss of the alchemical civilization originated from the 'child', but we don't know what it is specifically. If you want to explore all of this and the truth behind the loss of the alchemical civilization, I'm afraid you will have to find the lost civilization of the alchemical civilization yourself and enter it to explore everything."

Wu Xianxiao nodded silently, and Victor immediately said: "I am a remnant of the alchemical civilization. As long as I turn from virtual to real, I will inevitably have a causal resonance and connection with the lost alchemical civilization. Your Excellency is powerful and is an extreme seed. As the exploration of the dream world unfolds, you will definitely be able to find this causal connection and go to the lost land of the alchemical civilization. This is also the greatest help I can give you in exploring the lost land."

Wu Xianxiao nodded to Victor and said, "Thank you very much for telling me all this. Don't worry, I will definitely take you out of this world."

Victor stood up respectfully, nodded, and then left.

After Victor left, Wu Xianxiao asked Beelzebub, "You can't remember any information about the lost civilization and the lost origin?"

Beelzebub said, "That's right. I can't remember anything at all. Even though I saw Lust and Gluttony and remembered a lot of information about when my original body was still there, I have no impression of any information about Lost. But there is no doubt that Lost Civilization and Lost Root must contain information or power to fight against the source of pollution. In fact, isn't this Lost Land an observation experiment vessel created by the Heavenly Court and many roots at that time to simulate the Lost phenomenon? There must be a great connection here!"

Indeed, the more Wu Xianxiao learned about the Lost Lands, the more he came to the same conclusion.

The phenomenon of loss, whether it is the loss of civilization or the root of loss, must involve the source of pollution, which is also the real core of all these changes that lead to the emergence of the dream world!

After Wu Xianxiao had a conversation with Victor, he planned to talk to the Potion Civilization and the Mist Civilization. Even if he could not learn from them about the process of their civilization's loss now, he could still learn some less important civilization information.

But as soon as he walked out of the room, Samara ran towards him excitedly, shouting to Wu Xianxiao as he ran: "Saint, it's all yellow, it's all yellow!"

"What!?" Wu Xianxiao asked in confusion.

Samara exhaled and said hastily, "God of Natural Purity!"

“It’s completely turned golden!!”

(End of this chapter)