Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 606 Departure, A New World!

Li Xia gazed at the incarnation of the Star God below from the statue's high vantage point, lost in thought.

Beat the old gods.
No, actually you just want to travel, right?

"We can't play for now."

"what?"

The Star God's mood visibly somber:
"Can't we go play in other worlds?"

I still really want to play!

“You are currently only at the third tier. I must find a way to help you advance to the next tier first. Otherwise, if you really encounter an old god, you will be turned into a mountain and sleep for thousands of years in a single encounter.”

The thought of turning into a mountain and falling asleep immediately woke the Star God up; he had no desire to continue sleeping.

He had just woken up to find his most cherished children nearly wiped out. Had he not been a traveler, he probably would have woken up to find nothing. But he was still very curious:

What is the third tier?

Li Xia then remembered that the wild Star God was actually illiterate; He acted solely on instinct and knew nothing.

But the problem is that it's really not easy to explain the hierarchy in a simple way.

"Third tier. Third tier is your current tier, while fourth tier is a much larger and broader world, where the Old Gods will also become stronger, much stronger than you are now."

Leaving the Star God sitting cross-legged on the ground, deep in thought about the difference between the third and fourth tiers, Li Xia shut down the communication.

Looking at the current accumulation of divine power, it's not yet at 100, but it's almost there. When I return to the next world, I'll be able to advance to the next rank and also gain an extra slot in my clan.

However, the family quota is quite mysterious. There is no detailed explanation on how to obtain it. It only indicates that a new family quota will be obtained after the current family is upgraded to the fourth tier.

In short, everything should get back on track once this world returns.

"Boss, it's here. Shall we begin?"

Li Xia and the three little ones sat in a row, their expressions serious as if they were doing something extremely important.

"Yes, everyone, please be alert and pay close attention. This is related to our future development!"

Both Awoo and Black Charcoal nodded seriously, but Silly Dog was different; it yawned widely.

After Li Xia finished giving his instructions, pages suddenly popped up on the screens in front of each of them.

They immediately picked up the screens in front of them, their brows furrowed, and began to read carefully, occasionally scribbling and drawing.

About half an hour later, the group stopped what they were doing, looked at the content displayed on the screen, and let out a long sigh.

Li Xia said in a low voice, "I'm in the second year of junior high school."

Aowu sounded even more frustrated: "I'm in sixth grade."

The charcoal-colored ears drooped: "Meow (First year of junior high)"

The silly dog ​​happily pushed the page over: "Woof!"

Li Xia and the two children turned their attention to the silly dog's page, and fell silent as they looked at the two large red characters on it:

"illiteracy!"

Not surprising, just as expected.
"This won't do; we must learn."

Li Xia shook her head. What she had just seen was a preliminary test. Although Li Xia was a college student, she had forgotten most of what she had learned.

Awoo never went to school, while Blackie did. However, the education in the Monster Hunter world is more practical, and this level of junior high school education was acquired after entering the Hall of Fame.

Li Xia had previously only realized the role of knowledge, but he did not consider it to be a very important thing.

Just like spatial coordinate calculation, his intelligence of 60 points makes his calculation speed extremely fast, but he only applies the input parameters and formulas. Moreover, the Flying Thunder God is an experience-based rather than a calculation-based system.

When Black Charcoal acquired the 'Electromagnetic Control' talent and tried to replicate Mord's extremely powerful shield, he immediately discovered the problem.

With the same talent and the same equipment, Morde can do it, but Black Charcoal just can't.

After extensive and meticulous analysis, Aowu went out to gather more information and discovered that no one had said apostles didn't need to study.

Especially for academic mages, the amount of calculation is extremely large; they really have to calculate and construct spell models bit by bit.

Currently, they have only mastered the calculations they need, such as Aowu calculating the gravitational channel and Black Charcoal calculating the electromagnetic cannon.

Li Xia couldn't even understand the basic energy configuration formula, otherwise he wouldn't have had to use a clumsy method to enumerate it bit by bit.

So, time to study!

The entire void, everything will change, everything will change according to different ranks.

The shifting of ranks is like the rolling tides; laws are reconstructed with the rise and fall of ranks, forms are annihilated and reborn with the change of power levels, and even the fundamental logic of existence can undergo a radical reversal at the boundaries of different ranks. All things are formless, and only mathematics is the sole anchor point that penetrates this endless transformation.

Only mathematics remains unchanged.

However, this mathematics does not refer solely to mathematics on Earth. After all, in essence, any mathematical framework is an intelligent entity's distillation and definition of laws: in the present world, we use the decimal system for counting and geometric axioms to deduce space.

Other civilizations may construct mathematical languages ​​using drastically different symbols and dimensional logics, yet they all point to the same underlying principles.

The immutability of mathematics is not the solidification of its definitions, but the constancy of the "relational essence" it carries—no matter how the order changes or how the void is reconstructed, the difference between 1 and 2 will not change, and the logic of probabilistic deduction will not fail due to the strength of the forces.

This is why, when describing the advancement or void travel in detail, Li Xia heard most often that the 'life essence formula describing the existence of the apostles' had changed, and the external performance value had shrunk due to the change in parameters, which is the so-called coefficient and attribute compression.

Void travel is a shield described by mathematical laws. In the undefinable void, it describes its own existence and forms ships that can travel in the void.

Madaro's rapid rise to prominence is inseparable from his intelligence; in fact, without the knowledge he acquired in real life, he would not have been able to distinguish himself among the workers.

Therefore, although modern mathematics is only a small part, and even has many flaws, such as Gödel's incompleteness, the law of excluded middle, and proof by contradiction, it is already the pinnacle of human intellect and the foundation.

Therefore, Li Xia and the three little ones decided to first assess their own abilities and start learning mathematics, and then each of them would study different areas.

For example, Aowu needs to study mechanics in physics, while Heitan needs to study electromagnetism in physics.

Li Xia doesn't know what to study next, but learning math first is definitely the right thing to do.

The apostles' learning ability actually increases significantly with the enhancement of their attributes. Their intelligence attribute grants them the ability to build models and perform pure calculations. Coupled with their super memory, it is not too difficult for them to innovate or derive new axioms or proofs unless they are required to do so.

"So, shall we start learning from sixth grade?"

Awoo asked cautiously:
"I definitely won't hold everyone back; I'll keep up with the learning pace!"

"can!"

"Meow!"

So Aowu decisively adjusted the entire set of smart teaching systems he had just bought to the level of sixth grade elementary school, while the silly dog ​​was staring at the early education machine, extremely happy.

In the remaining days, they devoted almost all their time to studying, and their progress was rapid.

When the scheduled reminder sounded, Li Xia and the two little ones were finally freed from the sea of ​​numbers.

"It's alright. I'm already a senior in high school."

Li Xia stretched, and a deep, muffled roar, like that of a tiger or leopard, immediately erupted from his body. Aowu and Heitan were dizzy and it took them a while to come back to their senses.

"Oh, we're about to enter the next world." Awoo let out a long yawn and slowly recovered.

"Dad's dad is called grandpa~~~ Dad's mom is called grandma~~"

Li Xia and the two children were struck as if by lightning, their bodies seemingly frozen in place, as they slowly turned around.

Xiaotian was squatting in front of the early education machine, sticking out his tongue, and swaying his body to the music.

"Kids~~ We're going to start our exercises now~~~"

The female voice inside the early education machine sang cheerfully along with the music:
"Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, twist your neck and wiggle your hips, go to bed early and get up early, let's do some exercise~~~"

Li Xia:
Awoo:
Charcoal:
"The third one is useless. Let it eat something good and stop worrying about studying. Just let it be happy for the rest of its life."

Aowu stared intently at Xiaotian, who was squatting on the ground, mimicking the silly movements of the early education machine, making three circles to the left and three circles to the right with his two paws.

A downcast tone is like discovering that a child you've carefully tutored only scored 2 on a math test, or taking them to the hospital for a checkup and finding they only scored 40 on a Wechsler test.

Li Xia and Heitan both sighed at the same time.

"Let it play at home while we do some preparations before we leave."

Before heading out, I bought some basic necessities, and then went to the training ground to warm up.

Then came the quiet waiting in the living room.

"Boss, we're supposed to be going to a derivative world, right?"

It wagged its tail intermittently and suddenly asked.

Li Xia nodded upon hearing this: "It should be, either One Piece or Naruto."

With his current strength, there are very few derivative worlds he can accommodate, and it's even unlikely that he'll be able to enter any derivative world.

However, the Hall of Light has a unique characteristic: all derivative worlds with previously recorded nodes must be traversed, because only in this way can the world be reset; otherwise, starting all over again would consume an enormous amount of energy.

Currently, the only worlds that Li Xia can visit and record nodes for are One Piece and Naruto.

"There are still too few derivative worlds."

Aowu clicked his tongue, somewhat regretful, because once you get used to a paradise like the derivative world, it's really comfortable.

Unlike the original world, you never know what you might encounter.

For example, the Old Gods, the Void, corruption, and distortion.
"There's no way around it; the creation of derivative worlds is too demanding. It requires a widely known and sufficiently resonant collective consciousness."

The Hall of Light collects the collective subconscious of present-day humanity to construct derivative worlds; the stronger this subconscious is, the easier it is to mold.

The reason why One Piece and Naruto are so popular is because these two anime series have been running for a long time and have a wide audience.

Dragon Ball is similar, but because the Dragon Ball system is too simplistic, the Angels are reluctant to join, as the strong are too strong and the weak are too weak.

There are also games like Metal Slug, which is a very popular beginner game, and movies like Resident Evil and Alien, which are also popular for beginners.

Unfortunately, they all faded away with time.
"But that's not necessarily true. Fourth and fifth tiers still have a chance to make their way in derivative worlds, but sixth tiers have absolutely no chance to appear in derivative worlds."

Li Xia has been to the original world for several consecutive worlds, and now he really misses the pleasant experience of the derivative world. It was so relaxing. Many apostles would find it very difficult to adapt when they suddenly switch from the derivative world to the original world, but Li Xia is different. He has been to the original world much more often than other apostles.

[Executioner, your time limit for staying in the hall has been reached. Please proceed to the teleportation plaza or wait in your personal space within ten minutes.]

Li Xia's expression remained unchanged, but the blood in his body began to slowly accelerate, boiling and cheering.

He has come to enjoy this life of constant adventure and seeing different landscapes.

Adventure never ends, and the journey never stops.

Even the three little ones were invigorated.

Time passed second by second, and the prompt from the Hall of Light quietly appeared.

The world is about to begin; executioners, please prepare!

[Checking the spacetime state of the derivative world.]

[A world node for the Executioner has been detected. Node is being checked.]

[No anomalies found. The relevant world progress will proceed based on the nodes stored by the Executioner.]

[Spacetime state stabilized, time flow initiated]

[Imprinting the derivative world]

[The derivative world has been printed.]

[Executioner, you are about to travel to the derivative world—One Piece!]

"Wuhu!"

Xiao Long couldn't help but whistle, almost bursting out laughing.

One Piece is great! The people there speak so nicely and are all so talented. It loves One Piece the most.

The key is that it produces excellent photos. Its world-famous painting "Tina in the wind" has been hailed by One Piece fans as a "classic One Piece cosplay" and is praised as the most accurate cosplay, even though she is actually Tina.

Under Li Xia's somewhat stunned gaze, the three little ones suddenly pulled out helmets they had used in the previous world—the kind that were said to be able to resist the dizziness caused by teleportation from the Temple of Light.

“I remember last time it wasn’t—”

Li Xia took a breath halfway through her sentence.

The three of them simply covered their stomachs with their helmets.

Awoo said smugly:
"Hmph, the same trick won't work on us. Just cover our stomachs."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Xia's body, already instinctively activated, immediately sensed something amiss, feeling a chill run deep into his bones from the back of his head.

"Boom!"

Even though there was no sound, both Li Xia and the three little ones felt as if they heard heavy thuds in their ears. The three little ones even stretched their heads forward, their eyes bulging and rolling back.

The world before Li Xia's eyes seemed to become a double image, but he groaned and stood up stubbornly.

"Boom!"

The double image was getting bigger, and the shaking was getting worse, but he could hold on!
"Boom!"

My head felt like it was about to explode, and I heard a strange, long ringing in my ears.

"Boom!"

Li Xia finally couldn't hold back anymore. This stupid brain of yours, why don't you just start spinning already?!

[The executioner's resistance is too high; the dizziness will be intensified soon!]

Li Xia: ???
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