MC Creative Mode: Wholesale Perpetual Motion Machine

Chapter 190 Background Information on the Hogyoku

In this world, all of Fang Zheng's actions must be carried out indirectly through Kurosaki Ichigo, who is encased in his body, and he cannot truly reveal his cube-shaped human form.

Furthermore, not only Fang Zheng himself, but also through various signs observed over a period of time, Fang Zheng was able to roughly confirm that the Nether portal frame from the Minecraft world to this world was probably similar to his own experience, wrapped in something, or covered by a layer.

Whether it's a square or a Nether portal, it still exists perfectly in this world, but it's just like other layers covered by the outermost layer in computer graphics.

Just as being stuck in the sand prevents one from manipulating other blocks outside the sand, and one cannot place blocks outside the sand before breaking it, Fangzheng has never placed any blocks outside the world since he came into this world.

But does this mean that Fang's ability to break and place all blocks in Creative Mode has been sealed?

of course not.

Founder has a total of 120 frames per second, and nothing that touches Founder itself can bypass these 120 frames.

Whether it was when he was on his path to immortality, shrouded in the power of the Four Symbols Killing Array law unleashed by the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird, or now.

Unless the thing enveloping him is a living being, Fang Zheng can still smash whatever is "blocking" him without any hindrance.

No matter how exaggerated the material of this thing is, whether it is immortal gold used to forge imperial weapons or divine material used to forge immortal emperor weapons, no matter how strong it is, even if it is a so-called fragment of time or even the remnant of the boundary sea, it makes no difference. The time to shatter it is one frame, which is 1/120 of a second.

Similarly, once Fang Zheng shatters what's enveloping him, even if it's liquid, even if it's the Boundary Sea, even if it's something that moves at speeds many times faster than the speed of light, it will still take at least 1/120 of a second to envelop him again.

Even if it's Ichigo Kurosaki who's wrapped up, something that's alive under the rules of MC can't be directly smashed. But you can attack it with something like the Kaijin Sword to reduce its health and make it die.

Of course, Founder will only do what Founder is capable of doing.

Naturally, he didn't choose to kill Kurosaki Ichigo, who was encasing him. He simply swung the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword, revealing a frame of his square arm.

Is it possible to place the collected blocks outside now?
The answer is: It still can't be done.

However, this is not because the placement ability is being blocked by something, but simply because the placement conditions are not met.

Whether it's placing soil, rocks, or even magical gold blocks, it's like standing in the void and being unable to place them directly. There's nothing to rely on, so naturally, you can't place them.

In other words, in this world, those seemingly physical substances are, at least according to the rules of Minecraft, no different from void or air blocks.

Throwing projectiles is not a problem, but after the projectiles are thrown, the layer will still be overwritten one frame later.

Just like the throwing-type healing potion that Fang Zheng had used several times before, even if it was trapped and shattered inside Kurosaki Ichigo's body after being thrown, the red spiral smoke that should have appeared was still covered up.

So, under such circumstances, is it possible to mine and obtain the information?
The answer is yes.

Although the real-time rendered objects in this world cannot be used as a basis for placing the blocks that you have previously acquired, these real-time rendered objects can still be judged by Minecraft rules, and thus be mined and acquired.

For example, this thing called Hogyoku.

Unlike the real-time rendered objects in this world, which gradually disappear from detail when removed from observation, turning into rough textures, and eventually disappearing altogether when completely removed from observation, even the rudimentary textures are gone.

But if Fang Zheng wanted to, he could simply knock all the real-time rendered objects into blocks and then place them in completely new ways, relying on the real-time rendered areas.

The blocks placed by Fangzheng are not affected by real-time rendering and can remain stable even when they are no longer under the character's observation.

It only takes a little bit of time, if you're willing to.

If you just let any character take a round-the-world trip and visit every corner of the earth.

Therefore, Founder can follow the changes in the rendering area and uncover everything that should not exist without rendering.

Thus, in this void, starting from scratch, bit by bit, they built up the Soul Society, the Earth, the Solar System, the Milky Way, and even the entire universe...

All of this, once built, is unaffected by real-time rendering effects and can remain stable indefinitely.

Of course, before building it, Fangzheng had to fill in all the illogical background stories of this world.

……

Looking at the liquid placed on the ground, which appeared to shimmer with a strange luster, yet was in the shape of a cube, it stood firmly on the ground, endlessly oozing out large amounts of the same color liquid.

Aizen fell silent.

Fang Zheng, through the Atomic Concerto, could sense that at this very moment, some of the background stories about the Hogyoku in Aizen's mind were being rapidly pieced together.

Those were details that didn't exist originally, but only gradually came to light because of the liquid Hogyoku cube that Fang Zheng placed there.

As the shimmering liquid flowed a certain distance before solidifying like snowflakes, crystallizing into beautiful gems of all sizes that rolled all over the ground, Aizen couldn't help but cover his face.

The familiar texture, color, and strange spiritual pressure—this thing is undoubtedly a Hogyoku.

After a deep sigh, he lowered his hands from his face, looked up at the horizon with a complex expression, and said:

"I'm a genius. I discovered at a very young age that I possess terrifying spiritual pressure beyond that of ordinary people..."

During his childhood, as he grew older, his spiritual pressure increased almost endlessly.

He had long noticed that even if he simply released his spiritual pressure without restraint, it would be enough to crush those mediocre people who were also death gods, causing their souls to disintegrate.

After reaching adulthood, his spiritual pressure reached an extreme state, almost reaching the limit of the spiritual life of a "Grim Reaper".

In order to realize some of his ideas, he chose to conduct research and eventually found a way to break through this limit.

Just like a brick, no matter how carefully it is carved, its material itself determines its load-bearing limit.

The only way to break this limit is to change the material.

In other words, I'm no longer going to be the Grim Reaper.

"The Hollowfication of the Grim Reaper, and the Hollowfication of the Grim Reaper, is the key to breaking everything."

Both Shinigami and Hollows are based on spirits, both being described as a complete spiritual state, but their nature of power is opposite.

Although their powers are opposite, Shinigami and Hollows each have advantages and disadvantages that the other does not have.

The spirits of Shinigami are relatively fragile, and their spiritual energy is more stable, but also more inert. Compared to Hollows, who can rapidly increase their power simply by constantly absorbing souls, Shinigami can only gradually increase their spiritual pressure through slow training. Hollows, on the other hand, have even more unstable but also more active power and stronger physical bodies. They can evolve rapidly by absorbing souls, but this requires constant absorption; if they don't progress, they regress. Once they reach Adjuchas, if they stop absorbing souls, they will even degenerate and completely lose their intelligence.

"Hollows and Shinigami each have their own weaknesses, and due to the structure of the soul itself, they each have their own upper limit of power."

"However, according to the information I have gathered, the upper limit of the soul in ancient times should have been more than that. Therefore, I went to the Great Spiritual Library, which was managed by the Tsunayo family, one of the five noble families, to learn more about the ancient history."

After researching the distant past, Aizen noticed that in ancient times, at least for the progenitors of the five noble families, the power they possessed was far more than the Shinigami Limit he had researched.

Or rather, the life forms of that era possessed a power limit far exceeding that of the Grim Reaper and the physical limits of the present day.

After some research, Aizen concluded that the spirits and Hollows of today are likely the result of evolution over a long period of time, driven by environmental changes and the need to adapt to those changes.

Evolution itself is for adapting to the environment, not for becoming stronger.

Naturally, the so-called evolution, which makes one more adapted to the environment, weakens the upper limit of spiritual pressure that the soul could originally control.

To raise the upper limit again, we need to make ourselves closer to the structure of ancient life forms.

After research, he concluded that by harmonizing the two opposing spiritual forces of Hollow and Death, the original soul structure could be broken, thereby gaining a new upper limit of power.

In order to break through the limits of his Shinigami status and to achieve a perfect fusion between Hollow and Shinigami, he conducted relevant research.

The product of his research was a special substance that he named "Hōgyoku".

Originally intended only for his own research and to make himself ethereal, the substance gradually came to his attention due to its terrifying potential.

Aizen bent down, scooped up a handful of liquid Hogyoku, played with it in his hand, watching it gradually crystallize into a solid, turning into a large bead. Gazing at its wondrous luster, he calmly said, "Although I want to break the limits of a Shinigami, from the very beginning, Shinigami have actually possessed an indirect method to break those limits, and that is the Zanpakuto."

The Zanpakuto, a standard accessory for Shinigami (death gods), is never something they are born with; rather, it is a tool, or rather, an artificial life form.

Only those who enter the Central Spiritual Arts Academy will be temporarily borrowed and formally granted a nameless Zanpakuto upon joining the team.

All Shinigami (death gods) live and sleep with this "Asauchi" sword, honing their skills and imbuing it with the essence of their souls to create their own Zanpakuto.

Just like an external body, through the essence of the soul injected into the Zanpakuto of the Shinigami Blank, a completely new existence is gradually born, namely—the sword spirit.

Through Asauchi's first liberation, he was able to become a form more suited to himself and better draw out the power within the Shinigami.

Through Bankai, one can unleash the power of the sword spirit nurtured within the sword.

Through the shared origin of the sword spirit, which can almost be considered the other half of the Shinigami's soul, the two briefly combined, causing the Shinigami's spiritual pressure to increase by at least five times in a short period of time, thus bypassing the original limit.

“Different sword spirits possess all sorts of strange abilities, whether it be fire or ice, or even space, gravity, or some almost mandatory rules, these are powers that the Grim Reaper himself cannot directly control.”

Looking at the enormous and perfect Hogyoku in his palm, he sighed deeply: "Whether it's the power of the sword spirit, the power of the Shinigami, or the power of the Hollow, they are all just the application of spirit particles."

"This means that spirit particles themselves contain the potential to possess all kinds of power."

"Moreover, there are some very interesting questions involved."

He looked at a large rock in the distance and softly chanted, "Hado No. 4, White Lightning!"

The next moment, a thick bolt of lightning shot out from his fingertip, shattering a large rock the size of a building in the distance.

This is an advanced technique called "abandoning chanting," which means not reciting incantations but simply chanting the name of the demon path. Only death gods who are extremely proficient in the demon path can use it.

However, this will also greatly weaken the power of the Demonic Path. Even the most skilled Demonic Path practitioners, after abandoning chanting, can only achieve less than 1/3 of the power they would have when chanting spells.

Aizen asked softly, "How exactly do the Shinigami's Kido, the power of the sword spirits, and the power of the Hollows operate?"

"The way of the devil is that one can spontaneously unleash the devil's power with bizarre abilities simply by reciting incantations and mobilizing spiritual energy."

"A Zanpakuto will spontaneously develop the abilities that its master desires, according to the master's wishes."

"As one's power grows, one will naturally acquire the ability to control a certain power."

"But how are these powers transformed from spiritual particles?"

The answer is that there is no underlying principle.

There's no need for any underlying principles.

There is no need for precise manipulation of spiritual particles.

Whether it's Kido, Zanpakuto, or Hollow, their bizarre abilities don't have any precise operational process when they are used.

It was simply released inexplicably and that was it.

However, the process by which these spiritual particles form the corresponding phenomena is not simple.

The Ghost Path is one of the simplest and most convenient methods.

When performing this technique, one needs to recite some strange and unusual incantations that have no corresponding specific meaning and are just like showing off. Then, one imagines related phenomena in one's mind, and can inexplicably communicate one's own spiritual power with the spiritual power of the outside world, giving it a specific form and attributes, thereby performing those ghost techniques with special effects.

The same applies to the sword spirit of a Zanpakuto and the abilities of a Hollow.

Without any reason or principle, abilities, whether simple or complex, will naturally arise, the underlying principles of which their owners have no idea.

Basically, it can be seen as wish fulfillment with significant limitations.

Basically, even if a Shinigami constantly infuses his Zanpakuto with his own soul essence, he can only nurture the desires that his subconscious mind yearns for.

Only after completing Shikai and Bankai can he obtain those abilities that he may subconsciously desire, but which he doesn't actually need.

"When I discovered that the Hogyoku, which was originally only used to break the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows, suddenly noticed that the Hogyoku itself has extremely similar properties to an unfinished Zanpakuto, or rather, the soul essence within a Zanpakuto."

"The Hogyoku is like a Zanpakuto that hasn't been formally conceived, like an embryo. You only need to infuse it with your own thoughts to make your wishes come true."

(End of this chapter)