Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 447 The Call and Gift from the Earth: Science as the Cornerstone of Human Civilization

"According to the human definition of strength, you should have already entered the fourth tier."

"That last strike was very powerful."

The mutated ape's gaze fell on Lin Xiu, and it spoke frankly.

Although it suppressed and blocked Lin Xiu's "Other Dimension" attack in the previous battle, thus gaining the upper hand, that was only because it had more spiritual power than Lin Xiu.

Moreover, while Lin Xiu could guarantee that every strike he made while in the "other dimension" state would contain such astonishing sharpness and threat, he could not guarantee that he could use his spiritual power to block it every time, just like before.

Since humans define it as a fourth-order mutated creature, Lin Xiu, who can confront it head-on and even make it feel threatened, has naturally reached this level.

There is still a gap in spiritual power.

Lin Xiu did not deny this point; the opponent's immense spiritual power was indeed beyond his current reach.

However, something else was on his mind.

"You've awakened a new ability?"

During the last encounter, although this ape was incredibly strong and its body was as hard as steel, it did not exhibit the ability to suddenly make the surrounding air thick and heavy, exerting immense pressure at all times, as if its own weight had been magnified several times over.

"Is it a further change brought about by the 'Human Fruit,' or another sublimation of your own bloodline?"

Although the Human-Human Fruit theoretically doesn't possess such abilities, the fruits in the later stages of "One Piece" can change, with even Paramecia-type fruits being able to transform into Mythical Zoan-type fruits.

He naturally couldn't be sure whether the "Human Fruit" was truly just a simple "Human Fruit".

He simply leans more towards the latter.

"It should be an ability awakened after the sublimation of one's own bloodline."

Upon hearing his words, a thoughtful glint flashed in the mutated ape's intelligent eyes, and it spoke slowly in a calm and serious tone.

"During my last battle with you, under extreme pressure, I vaguely sensed a power dormant deep within me that I had never noticed before, yet which resonated perfectly with me."

"After the battle ended, I returned to the mountains to meditate and spent many days carefully contemplating it. I finally determined that it was a call and gift from the earth."

"The initial demonstration was that I could easily manipulate the surrounding rocks and soil, commanding them to cover myself and form armor, or to shape them into weapons to attack enemies from a distance."

"At that time, I thought it was just a rudimentary manipulation of the earth element."

It paused, its voice carrying a clear hint of admiration:

"Later, I asked 'artificial intelligence' on my phone, and it gave me an answer that far exceeded my expectations."

"It not only confirmed that this is an affinity and control over the earth element, but also systematically explained to me the deeper power that this ability may touch, and provided many ideas and techniques for development."

"The most crucial and most impactful aspect for me is the explanation and guidance of 'gravity'."

"It told me that every rock I handle has mass, and mass generates gravity and is affected by gravity."

"When I control the rock, I am essentially manipulating an object with mass. When I levitate the rock, I am actually resisting the planet's gravity on it."

"Therefore, one of the most intuitive manifestations of any 'anti-gravity' or 'gravity manipulation' prototype is making heavy rocks fly against the law of common sense."

It mentions a great human theory called relativity, which explains that mass bends the spacetime around it, thus creating the phenomenon of gravity.

Therefore, when I am able to gather a sufficient amount and density of rock, I am creating a tiny, controllable source of gravity.

"Although the gravitational effect of a single rock is negligible, if I can gather the rocks of a mountain, the resulting gravitational effect will become significant, even forming a gravitational field that can be manipulated at will."

"It was by following this line of thought that I kept perceiving and trying, and finally guided and awakened the hidden power in my blood into the 'gravity control' you are experiencing today."

At this point, the mutated ape's voice was filled with undisguised emotion. Although he had marveled at human wisdom more than once in the past when he obtained information from the internet through "cell phones," he still couldn't help but sigh with admiration now.

Why were weak humans able to become the undisputed masters of this world before the revival of spiritual energy?

It's not just because they possess intelligence; many creatures also possess a certain degree of wisdom.

The real key lies in the fact that humankind is extremely adept at and passionate about using its wisdom to tirelessly explore the inherent rules governing the operation of all things in the universe.

They summarized and analyzed their observations, using rigorous logic to deduce and verify them, dissecting the chaotic and unclear forces of nature into clear and usable laws and formulas. They built a magnificent edifice called "science," constantly climbing it, attempting to grasp the rules of the world.

This deep-seated thirst for exploration and knowledge is something that no other race can match.

And what about these wild beasts whose intelligence is awakened by spiritual energy, compared to humans?
Even after gaining intelligence, the instincts of most of these mutated beasts remained unchanged.

They still devote more of their energy to competing for territory, hunting stronger prey, and producing better offspring.

Even when pursuing strength, they mostly rely on innate talent and instinct, absorbing spiritual energy to temper their bodies and chasing after the power of their individual strength.

While this approach is not wrong, and is even more efficient and pure in some aspects, it lacks a horizontal capacity for understanding and transforming the essence of the world.

Humans, however, are quite different.

They used their wisdom to build a vast knowledge system, constantly understanding, summarizing, and passing on the laws governing the essence of the world.

This knowledge transcends the limitations of individual lives, accumulating generation after generation to form the cornerstone of civilization; what's even more frightening is that this knowledge possesses extremely strong universality and dissemination.

It can even enable such an anomaly, a mutated creature that should rely on instinct to explore and move forward, to use the knowledge summarized by humans to glimpse the true meaning behind its own power, thus avoiding countless detours on the path of evolution and mastering such a powerful ability as "gravity".

This ability to see through phenomena to the root cause, and to clearly explain, pass on, and spread complex laws, may be the most powerful and awe-inspiring force of human civilization.

"You've mastered gravity through the element of earth?"

The mutated ape was still marveling at the profound wisdom of humankind, unaware of how utterly astonished Lin Xiu was upon hearing its words.

No, does this guy even know what he's saying?
Through affinity and control over the earth element, they ultimately developed, or rather, "comprehended" the ability to manipulate gravity.
Does it know about the difference?
The essence of earth element control is to manipulate a specific substance, which involves changes in the shape, location, density, and structure of rocks and soil.

With a thought, one can gather soil to form armor, solidify stone into spears, and even change the terrain. At its core, it is about manipulating "things themselves," which is the reshaping and movement of the material world.

But the essence of gravity control is to manipulate a fundamental interaction force of the universe, namely gravity.

It is not about specific matter, but about manipulating the "attraction between objects" and even influencing the "curvature of space itself".

The two are fundamentally different.

Although its statements that "controlling rocks is manipulating objects with mass" and "making rocks levitate is fighting against gravity" are not wrong, and it even cites the scientific theory of "relativity" as support, making it seem very convincing.

But looking at it and doing it are two completely different things.

It's like someone who has just learned "forward," "backward," "attack," and "defense" going straight to fight a world champion and actually winning; is that something that can be done easily?
Can mastering the element of earth be the same as mastering gravity?

"But there is no doubt that it does indeed exert the ability to influence gravity."

Lin Xiu could clearly recall the constantly changing gravity field during the battle, similar to his Tezuka Domain, confirming that it had indeed mastered this ability. But was the "process" and "reason" by which it acquired this ability truly as it understood it, merely due to the development of the "earth element"?

and many more.

It has always believed that its awakened ability is "the affinity and control of the earth element", but its perception may not be accurate.

Is it possible that it didn't "develop" gravity through the control of the earth element, but rather that its awakened ability itself encompassed both the "earth element" and "gravity" from the very beginning—abilities that might be related at a higher level?
It is only because its ability is always accompanied by the movement of rocks and soil that it has preconceived that its core power is only "earth element" and attributed all subsequent development to this.

Just like Esdeath who has now descended into reality, her Imperial Arm "Demon Manifestation: Demon's Essence" manifests as absolute extreme cold.

However, if it is simply understood as "controlling ice", then the later "Mahapadma" that freezes time and space cannot be explained at all.

Unless the power of "Demon God Manifestation - Essence of Demons" was not simply "ice" from the beginning, but also contained power related to "time and space"!

The so-called ice is merely the most superficial and direct manifestation of this higher-level power!
The same is true!

Are the abilities of mutated apes also like this?

If that's the case, then it's understandable, at least much more reasonable than if it actually controlled "gravity" through "earth element".

If it really just connected the completely unrelated "earth element" and "gravity" simply through the "suggestions" given by "artificial intelligence" and successfully comprehended them, he would have to wonder if this guy's talent was called "the power of my thinking".

It's not like Grey Wolf or Bald Qiang.

(End of this chapter)