People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 762 The Three Realms
In the bright classroom, clouds drifted by outside the window, and the teacher explained the key to carbon transformation on the podium—the first step in evolving from flesh and blood into steel.

Everyone was listening attentively, absorbing every important piece of information from the teacher. In fact, everyone had long since developed the habit of frantically taking notes on paper while listening to the lecture.

This is the world, this era, the year 8546 of the Yuan Jie calendar.

At this time, more than five thousand years have passed since Yuan Jie Dao Ren transformed into the Dao. On the surface, everything in the entire Yuan Jie Heaven is still developing according to the route set by Yuan Jie Dao Ren. Under the artificial Heavenly Dao, all living beings are relatively equal.

Equality is not equal rights. It is different from the extremes of the Primordial Era, where not striving upwards meant annihilation. Flesh, blood, and spirit would be recycled and transformed into various resources. If one did not strive to become stronger, one would die.

Yuan Jie Dao Ren was more tolerant, giving all beings the power to choose whether to go upward or downward.

The Yuanjie Heaven is now divided into three realms. Everyone is born in the human realm, starting from the same point and receiving the same initial treatment.

Above the human realm is the celestial realm, which has thirty-six levels. As long as one wins over everyone, one can ascend. With each level one ascends, one gains more resources and knowledge. Once one crosses the thirty-six heavens, one can obtain a portion of the authority to create the Heavenly Dao, transforming into a Heavenly Dao Saint, free from calamities and tribulations, and looking down upon all living beings.

Below the human realm lies Hell, which has eighteen levels. The group that fails the most in the competition will fall into Hell. With each level below, the share of various resources decreases drastically. Once they fall into the eighteenth level of Hell, they will be directly taken back.

However, Yuan Jie Dao Ren is merciful. Even if you fall into hell, as long as you suddenly realize your mistakes and start reading diligently, you will still have the opportunity to climb out of hell.

Many losers in this involution don't even reach the eighteenth level of hell before their lifespan is exhausted and they die.

To prevent knowledge from being misvalued, in the Yuanjie Era, all knowledge except that taught in schools was valuable and required a price to acquire. Even outside of class time, asking a teacher for help required paying a certain amount of Yuanjie coins.

The more difficult something is to obtain, the more it can stimulate the intrinsic motivation of the human species.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Qi realized that it was all an illusion, and that his entire class had fallen into a dream.

At this moment, he had two memories in his mind. One was that more than an hour later, he died in the dark side of the Yuanjie Heaven world, or rather, his consciousness was rewritten and his personality was replaced by the Chaos Virus. This was his life trajectory after history was rewritten.

The other memory is similar, but the world setting is different. There is no Yuanjie Heaven. Instead, a giant corporation devours everything. It is hundreds of times more cruel and ruthless than the world of Yuanjie Heaven.

Compared to the world without the Yuanjie Heaven, the seemingly cruel Yuanjie Heaven is practically paradise. After all, the Yuanjie Daoist actually succeeded, and his efforts actually yielded results. Even the strongest Heavenly Dao Saint cannot interfere with this rule, which is simply against human nature.

Under normal circumstances, the one who attains enlightenment first blocks the path to enlightenment; this is the truth.

“Originally, the Primordial Tribulation Heaven had no dark side, but there is no absolutely perfect program system in the world, not even the artificial Heavenly Dao. After the Primordial Tribulation Daoist transformed into the Dao, the redundant data in the artificial Heavenly Dao continued to accumulate and could never be completely deleted. In addition, the special characteristics of the Original Force itself led to the birth of the Dark Tribulation Heaven.”

In an instant, Li Qi understood the essence of the matter.

After all, he almost became a demon god on the Force side last time, so it can be said that no one understands the Force better than him.

In a sense, the Dark Tribulation Heaven is similar to a system vulnerability.

However, the artificial Heavenly Dao of the Primordial Tribulation Heaven is too powerful. Even with the flaws in the illusory system, it possesses formidable power and some real characteristics. The so-called Brahma Dream, where a powerful life's dream is a world, is a similar principle.

Li Qi's current incarnation, Meng Kong, is undoubtedly a top student, consistently ranking among the top three in his class and the entire school.

Don't let his past life fool you; this bright classroom and comfortable environment are not something that underachieving students can enjoy. Underachieving students are at the bottom of the social ladder in school, and they have to attend classes in dark, sunless basements. For them, seeing sunlight during class is just a dream.

Even if the sun in the Primordial Tribulation Heaven is actually fake, it's not something a poor student can dream of.

As one of the top three students in the entire school, he undoubtedly has a bright future. It is only natural that he will obtain a spot for ascension, go to the celestial realm, and embark on the true path of evolution.

The ideal is beautiful, but reality is cruel. He has now fallen into the Dark Tribulation Heaven and is about to become a consumable.

As for the reason, it wasn't that the Dark Tribulation Heaven itself was dangerous, but rather that his arrival here was not accidental, but man-made.

Since the emergence of the Dark Tribulation Heaven, someone discovered this lawless land that was not under the control of the artificial Heavenly Dao, and thus the first free people were born.

They pursued freedom and shouted slogans of freedom. In the Yuanjie Heaven, they followed the rules and dared not overstep the boundaries in the slightest, for fear of being erased by the Heavenly Dao for crossing the line. But in the Anjie Heaven, they released themselves to the fullest and did whatever they wanted.

They believed that the Primordial Tribulation Heaven was a prison, turning people into cold machines. They believed that people should be born free and that there should be no Heavenly Dao...

As time passed, an organization called the Freedom Alliance was born. They wanted to overthrow the Yuanjie Heaven and give freedom to everyone, so they continued to grow and become larger.

"There's nothing wrong with pursuing freedom, but shouting the slogan of freedom at the expense of others is undoubtedly the greatest evil."

Li Qi thought.

Human nature is a contradictory thing. Just like the world before us, it is actually a kind of alternative humane paradise. Putting aside everything else, it truly achieves an alternative equality. Even if the strongest saint kills an ordinary person, it is considered to damage the property of Yuanjie Heaven and will have to pay a huge price.

Because when Heaven calculates, it doesn't just take into account a person's current value, but also their future value and future possibilities.

The amount of fines listed there is so large that even a saint would tremble upon seeing it.

In Li Qi's mind, pursuing freedom is fine, and finding like-minded people to pursue freedom together is fine too, but forcing unrelated people to sacrifice themselves for their freedom is just asking for trouble.

This is like shouting the noblest slogans while doing the most despicable things.

What's even more infuriating is that one of the consumables was himself.

(End of this chapter)