Eternal Night

Chapter 598 Self-Isolation!

(PS: I'd like to ask for a break for one update in advance. There's a family gathering today, and many relatives are coming. I'm not sure if I'll be forced to drink, so I'm asking for a break for one update. If I'm not forced to drink, I'll still update three times.)
This was not Wu Pifu's first time fighting against the Root, but the Roots he had encountered before were actually only a small part of the Root, belonging to the kind of projections or clones.

The most direct confrontation with the Root was probably when he entered the world of the mind, but that confrontation was against the power of the Root that had been reduced in dimension and iterated countless times... Of course, at that time he had not become an ascended body, so when facing the Root, he would be included in the infinite cycle of the Root and transformed into a brain sample in a vat that the Root could destroy with a single thought.

Now, he possesses the power of the sublimated body, having achieved perfection of his own, so he will naturally not be included in the infinite cycle of the origin. However, what he will face is no longer a partial projection of the origin.

One is the original entity that awakened from the Zero Point Three Dream World, and the other three original entities that, although they have undergone infinite dimensional reduction iterations, have also briefly revived due to absorbing a vast amount of subspace essence.

He... had to confront four origins, four beings who, even if not at their peak and complete state, still possessed the power of origins!

Besides using infinite loops to include imperfect life forms in their cycles, what power do they use to fight against perfect ascendants?

What kind of battle should be fought between the two sources?

All of this was unknown to Wu Pifu.

The four evil gods of the subspace are not the true origin; they are merely mortals who possess only a portion of the origin's power, not even as advanced as the Ascended. Moreover, the portion of the origin's power they possess is incomplete. Judging from Wu Pifu's experience fighting them, they possess the infinite cycle power of the origin.

So... what exactly is a self-closing loop?

Wu Pifu was unaware of this, but he didn't dwell on it. He was now in complete harmony with his body and mind, with no distracting thoughts. He raised his sword and slashed directly at everything in front of him.

From this point on, everything here is an enemy: the origin of the subspace is an enemy, and the three origins of the spiritual world are also enemies!
Faced with the charging Wu Pifu, the manifestations of the three sources of the spiritual world—the flesh and blood, the mist, and the sphere of light—did not pay any attention to Wu Pifu. Their aura and the direction they faced were all directed towards the void depths where the subspace had retreated.

At the same time, a flash appeared before Wu Pifu's eyes, and his senses were suddenly split in two.

In one sense, everything before him vanished. He was futilely rushing into the infinite void, with neither enemy nor goal, and he had even forgotten what he was supposed to do... No, perhaps it wasn't that he had forgotten, but rather that what he wanted to do had disappeared, and had been erased from the memory of this sense as well.

In another sense, the three great sources of the spiritual world, as well as the indescribable innate demon god that came from nothingness, are still in his sight. Moreover, he still remembers his goals, his enemies, and what he wants to do!

The simultaneous appearance of two senses, seemingly separate yet unified, was beyond the limits of human physiology and psychology. Even with Wu Pifu's steely will, he was momentarily bewildered and slowed his forward momentum.

Wu Pifu's first thought was about the origin of these two senses. Could the first sense be his own as a mortal? And the second sense was the sense he used while using the elevated body of the Hero Clan?

No, Wu Pifu immediately overturned this conjecture, because he was now the true form of the Hero Clan, and specifically, Belcros of the Hero Clan. If he still possessed the senses and level of a mortal, then during his previous battle with the four evil gods of the Warp, he would have inevitably been pulled into the concept of an infinite loop.

Therefore, both of these senses are generated at his current level, that is, in the state of the ascended form of the Heroic race, Belcros.

Then, Wu Pifu understood what a self-enclosed loop meant!
The root cause has two main characteristics: first, it is an infinite loop, which he has already experienced; second, it is a self-enclosed loop!
The so-called infinite cycle is the root transforming itself into the Dao, and then the Dao permeates heaven and earth, incorporating all the surrounding matter, non-matter, life, and non-life into its own Dao cycle. To put it more simply, this is actually pollution, not the source of pollution that caused the birth of the dream world, but the root-level pollution of everything. Pollution itself is an extension of the root's infinite cycle, and can also be considered a part of the root's essence.

According to this view, the final producer is actually somewhat like the root.

What about a self-closing loop?
At this moment, Wu Pifu also understood that the so-called self-enclosed loop was actually the root cause!
Perhaps due to the special nature of the super brain, in that instant, Wu Pifu's mind was working at an unimaginable speed. Various pieces of information and clues surfaced one by one, and then, almost without him having to think for himself, the answer had already automatically appeared in his mind...

The original, real world had no supernatural powers!

However, with the emergence of the source of pollution, the real world was dragged into nothingness. It was in this process that extraordinary power emerged, which is actually the core of everything, the source of everything!

When extraordinary power is acquired, in order to combat the nightmares, monsters, curses, pollution, and everything else arising from the dream world, or simply to reclaim that power for oneself, or out of the instinctive pursuit of strength and evolution, life in the real world begins to gain extraordinary power and push it upwards, becoming stronger and stronger. Sublimation arises from this, the necessary path to transcendence, a process of self-perfection and evolution for living beings.

So what's the root cause?
Does the birth of the Root belong to a higher process than the Sublimation?

Do not!
The core of its origin lies not in perfection beyond perfection, but rather... in the fight against the source of pollution!!
At that moment, Wu Pifu suddenly realized the truth of everything!

Many mysteries were thus dispelled before him. He also understood why, even though the sublimated bodies were not included in the infinite cycle of the root, they still belonged to the lower level of the root. He also understood why, after the ultimate seed became a sublimated body, it was said that it could fight against, defeat, and even kill the root, but in the end, they all met with an ominous old age. He even understood why, once the root was established, it would gradually become dehumanized, lose its mind, and eventually become an ignorant, uncertain, and indescribable thing.

The root cause has two main characteristics: infinite loop and self-closed loop. This self-closed loop actually refers to the blocking and hiding of one's own information!
From a logical and narrative perspective, all information is diffusive, possessing characteristics such as transmitting, spreading, and replicating information. This includes memes, or rather, memes are information with unusual and supernatural properties.

However, the self-enclosed nature of their information makes it exhibit self-enclosed characteristics. To put it simply, this information violates logic and narrative meaning. It is not about outward dissemination and transmission, but rather self-enclosure, self-blockade, and inward condensation!

This is a secret!
This sentence perfectly describes the self-enclosed loop at the root.

When any source senses danger or needs to combat a source of pollution, it will condense its own information into a secret, which the outside world cannot see, observe, understand, describe, or even retain the most basic logical understanding and narrative continuity regarding any information about it.

In Wu Pifu's memory, there is something that can very vividly describe the symbol of self-isolation at its root: the stone hat from the Doraemon anime!
And it's a super-enhanced, flawless version of the Stone Hat!
Even if you see it, you'll ignore it!
This is the true core of the root cause's fight against pollution sources. The infinite cycle is actually the energy absorption required to maintain its self-closed loop, which is the root cause's feeding method. However, feeding is not the goal, just as eating is not the goal for humans. Living, living continuously, is the goal. The infinite cycle brought about by the Dao's influence on heaven and earth is actually for the self-closed loop's energy supply!
The core purpose is the self-closing of the root. Only this self-closing in terms of logic and narrative can resist, slow down, and avoid the continuous erosion of the pollution source, and allow one's own race and civilization to have the greatest chance to breathe. Therefore, the perfection of the sublimation body can act on itself, greatly enhancing its resistance to pollution and slowing down its own real consumption, but it cannot act on the group, race, or civilization. The root, however, can do this, because once the root is achieved, it can use an infinite loop to incorporate the entire race and civilization into its own laws, while opening a self-closing loop to hide and avoid.

In this way, races and civilizations with roots can indeed greatly slow down the decline caused by pollution sources!

This is why the Ascended Body is a lower level of the Root. Even disregarding the massive increase in size brought about by the infinite loop, as long as the Root does not want to fight, the Ascended Body cannot fight it. The Root is inherently invincible. If it so chooses, the Ascended Body will not even know where the enemy is or who the enemy is. How can it then talk about fighting against the Root?
Why is it that only the Ultimate Ascension Body, which is the result of the Ultimate Seed's sublimation, can fight against, defeat, and kill the Root?
Because after multiple perfect sublimations, the root cause of self-isolation can be located from multiple perfect angles. This is similar to sailing on a vast ocean. Ordinary people cannot determine their direction by the naked eye, but they can do so by using triangulation (multiple perfect angle positioning and determination)!

Therefore, the ability of the Ultimate Ascended Body to fight against, defeat, and kill the Root is not only due to the multiple multiplication zones of the Ultimate Ascended Body, but also because only the Ultimate Ascended Body can find the hidden Root. Only by finding the enemy can you defeat the enemy. Otherwise, if you don't even have an enemy, what are you playing at?

At this moment, Wu Pifu understood everything, and also knew the reason why he had two senses. One sense was the sense of the Hero Clan's sublimated body, which was not the ultimate sublimated body, so it could not see the self-closed loop of the root. But the other sense...

Belcouros's perfect ascension attribute: Existence!

"You will be unaffected by any injuries, weakness, backlash from the extraordinary path, corruption, or weakening effects!"

This perfect sublimation characteristic exists so that even the root self-closing loop remains unaffected!?

Wu Pifu abruptly stopped his sprint. At this moment, he was very close to the three roots of spiritual civilization, but he suddenly stopped and looked around blankly with his sword raised.

he……

A winning opportunity has been found!
As expected, the three sources of spiritual civilization no longer paid attention to him, nor did they launch any attacks against him. Instead, they ignored him as if he were a roadside stone. Similarly, the demon god that came from nothingness also ignored Wu Pifu.

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

What about the other way around?

Wu Pifu stood still, silently recovering his strength, while simultaneously feeling the changes that came from merging with the torrent of humanity in his hand after the two consecutive refinements of the greatsword...

You only get one chance!
he……

Be the oriole, be the fisherman!
(End of this chapter)