Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 137 The Secret of Rank
Will the world collapse?
Li Xia imagined the scene of the world collapsing.
Hmm, I can't even imagine how the world could have collapsed.

"Your Highness, to understand ranks, you must first understand the concept of the void—"

Awoo gestured:
"The void has no concept or definition, cannot be described, has no properties, yet simultaneously possesses all properties, is unknowable, and cannot be measured."

It is boundless, and even great beings like palaces know very little about the void, so it is called the Void Sea.

Our world is nothing more than a bubble formed when a wave occasionally rises in the sea.

Bubbles come in all sizes and have walls that vary in thickness. Thicker bubbles can hold a higher limit of space, thus becoming higher-level worlds.

Thin bubbles have a low capacity to hold anything, which means they belong to a lower-level world.

Li Xia's thoughts seemed to be pulled to an infinitely high angle by Aowu's words.

What appears to be an endless universe in human perception is actually just a bubble in a void sea.

A vast world seemed to be slowly opening up to him.

"Therefore, advancing to a higher level is not simply about changing to a different world; it is a miracle, a leap in life."

Awoo explained according to the knowledge in his mind.

"Each bubble is separate, and even the constants of each bubble are different, and the basis of matter is also completely different."

Therefore, when the Apostles reached the limits of the current world, they actually reached the upper limit that the current world could describe.

Awoo suddenly stopped talking, his eyes glazed over, and after a long while he mumbled something:

“Your Highness, this part seems to be blurred, too vast, with only one term: ‘Information Unification Theory’.”

"It's okay, you can skip to the next part."

"Alright—" Awoo continued reviewing the knowledge in his mind, and slowly said:
"The so-called advancement is actually the Hall's mathematical re-description of the Apostles in the higher-order world."

Because higher-order worlds have a higher carrying capacity, their constants are generally higher than those of lower-order worlds.

Therefore, attribute compression will inevitably occur during this process, meaning that low-level attributes will be compressed to varying degrees when they reach higher levels.

Different compression methods will also result in different compression ratios.

Li Xia frowned:

"Are ordinary individuals of the fourth tier equivalent to the peak of the third tier?"

If that's the case, then there's no fun left, and we'd have to start all over again every time.
Aowu paused for a moment, then shook his head: "Hmm, no, that's not it."

A high-order ordinary individual is approximately equal to an ordinary individual plus the world order constant difference.

There has been some improvement, but not by much.

However, higher-level worlds are more stable. What could create spatial fluctuations with a single punch in a lower-level world might only destroy a house in a higher-level world.

In reality, the strength of the apostles has not changed; it's just that due to the different worlds, their performance is not as good as that of the lower-ranking ones.

Therefore, higher-level beings cannot travel to lower-level worlds because they have exceeded the limits that lower-level worlds can describe.

But Earth, as a Level 0 world, is special. As for why it's special…

Awoo thought about it carefully again, and finally nodded heavily:

"Your Highness, that's about it. If you want to know more details, you'll have to wait until the lockdown is lifted."

"Well, having a general understanding is enough."

Li Xia nodded, turned the handlebars of the motorcycle, and sped towards Yebus.

As an ancient city with a history of three thousand years, Yebus has always been an indispensable holy site in the Western world.

Upon arriving here, Li Xia became much more cautious.

The Scott 1 can make itself invisible to cameras, but it is of little use against closed-circuit surveillance.

As the enemy's headquarters, this so-called 'saint' could easily achieve its goals by deploying closed-circuit surveillance or local area networks at any cost. Moreover, after so many instances, the enemy could certainly deduce its network capabilities.

But Scott is still useful.

Scott marked all the firearms in Li Xia's field of vision, and he wandered around the city at will.

Like opening a map.

Until he arrived at a certain place.

The New Temple of Solomon.

This temple, built on the site of a former temple, is like a fortress, and Scott's markings are densely packed like a honeycomb.

There was even a very special label among them. After studying it carefully for a while, Li Xia discovered that it was actually a depleted uranium bomb!
Find a secluded corner and command Awoo:
"According to the plan, you will hide later and keep an eye on the movements inside. I suspect they will try to escape through the tunnel when they can't resist anymore."

If you see a few people being protected and running underground, remember to tell me.

Awoo responded, wrapped himself in the camouflage cloth, and flew into the sky. This thing was bought at the palace; it wasn't expensive, but it was quite useful.

It has a certain visual distortion effect, but unfortunately it only works on ordinary people; anyone with a slightly higher level of perception can detect it.

After Aowu flew far away, Li Xia slowly walked to the side of the new Solomon Temple.

Powerful true qi began to gather at the tip of his index finger, and even the tip of his finger began to glow.

Hole wave!
A white beam of light, as thick as an arm, shot out from the fingertip and pierced through the thick wall in an instant.

Li Xia supported his arm with one hand, his muscles tense, and his fingers turned at a difficult angle.

The beam of light from the fingertip followed the finger and drew a huge fan shape.

The hole wave, like a blazing blade, swept across the area, accompanied by a huge explosion and raging flames.

In an instant, more than a third of the entire temple collapsed.

The explosions and panicked screams mingled together, throwing the entire temple into chaos.

Li Xia slowly lowered his arm. When releasing the Hole Wave, it was actually difficult to move due to the powerful impact and the need to maintain the flow of Qi. Just that one burst had consumed more than half of his body's true Qi.

Night Silence slowly materialized in his hand and rushed into the hole he had opened.

The cold light of the silent night treated everyone equally, with only one shot.

Li Xia's figure moved back and forth in the castle, and gunshots rang out sporadically, eventually growing louder.

However, the gap in individual strength was too great. Li Xia didn't need to be faster than the bullets; he only needed to be faster than others' aiming.

Occasionally, a few stray bullets would drift and hit the body, but aside from revealing patches of dragon scales on the skin and causing a few sparks, they had no other effect.

The sniper, armed with his powerful anti-materiel rifle, could only watch in despair as the figure in his scope darted back and forth at an unimaginable speed.

In fact, this is indeed a trap.

Because Aowu said he heard people inside the main building cursing him frantically for not entering the main building yet.

Why should I go into the main building?
Li Xia withdrew his gaze. His purpose had been clear from beginning to end: to force the people inside to leave the pre-arranged location.

His purpose was also achieved.

After symbolically attacking the main building with a hole-hole wave.

Finally, a howling sound came:

"Your Highness, they're about to escape. I wasn't wrong, it really is a tunnel!"

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

(End of this chapter)