Absolute Gate

Chapter 112 Containment Talent
Wu Zhong injected the deadly poison without any fear.

He deliberately ingested some poison, causing toxins to accumulate in his body, but he felt no harm or discomfort whatsoever.

That's it, he's now completely immune to toxicity.

In contrast, others temporarily rely on toad skin, which is worn close to the body like a thin film that automatically repels toxins, making them immune to all poisons.

In addition, they purchased pocket watches for mental protection, one for each person, and different styles of equipment for magical and kinetic defense.

These three items alone cost each person 300 million.

But these are all basic protections. Now that we have money, we can afford to buy them, and we are basically not afraid of the multi-faceted attacks from ordinary silver.

In addition, they also bought some cinnabar and lightning-struck wood from others, but of course, it hasn't been delivered yet, so it's not immediate.

“We bought a lot of things, but we have to wait two days for delivery,” Perrin said.

Wu nodded, then suddenly pointed to the Blue and White Society and reported, "That's perfect. I have another big discovery, which is the Blue and White Society's research report."

"These reports are truly invaluable. I gained a great deal from reading them and highly recommend them!"

"I think everyone should watch it and learn from its spirit and way of thinking."

He enthusiastically recommended it, getting everyone in the team to study it with him.

Everyone looked bewildered: "Huh? What's so interesting about this?"

Wu Zhong said directly, "Don't think it's all nonsense, it's very good, you'll understand after you watch it."

Perrin and Onion exchanged a glance, showing great respect for Wu Zhong. Since he had already said so, they had no choice but to sit down and watch.

Wu Zhong also opened a new report and began reading it with great interest.

For a time, everyone was studying in the wooden hut, and even Aba, who was teaching them, opened a book to read.

Wu would finish reading one copy and want to read another, studying one copy after another, sometimes reading one copy several times.

Time passed by, and suddenly he was awakened from his reverie by the noisy chatter around him.

These guys started chatting after reading one document. At first, their voices weren't loud, but now they're getting louder and louder.

"Just look, why are you saying anything?"

Wu Zhong frowned: "Why are you guys chatting? Study!"

"The entire mall is like a huge library, and the Blue and White Society reports inside are a treasure trove!"

The group exchanged glances, feeling that Wu Zhong was exaggerating a bit too much.

But it was hard to say, so Yang Chunsha finally said, "It can't be that serious, can it? It's just verifying the derivatives we get, right?"

"We did the same thing when we got the fake water, so what are we learning?"

Wu Zhong was stunned: "When I got the fake water, I did do that, because I already had my own set of ideas, and these reports have further verified that my ideas were correct, and even more comprehensive and rigorous."

Yang Chunsha shook her head and said, "It is very rigorous, I know that. As for learning this rigor, I have already remembered it."

"No..." Wu Zhong pursed his lips: "I mean the thinking, wisdom, and spirit behind it."

Perrin finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Spirit? True Ancestor, what's so great about learning the spirit of the Broken Society?"

"They are fanatics who fight to the death against all kinds of calamities and monsters. Trying to emulate them will get you killed."

"As for their approach, there's nothing to learn from it. Their goal is to eliminate all calamities in the world, and their research is aimed at 'making all properties ineffective'."

"What does this mean? It's like a group of people from a magical world trying to disable all magic in the world and return everyone to the most basic and ordinary 'magic-free society'... Calling it a cult wouldn't be an exaggeration, would it?"

"They're completely ignoring the basic facts. We live in a world with a system of calamities. It's certainly more dangerous than magic, but even the magical world has its share of disasters caused by ancient, wild runes and uncontrollable magic. Ultimately, this is because our civilization is not yet mature enough."

"In short, this is our worldview! It's just that we are not yet able to use absolute properties skillfully and safely, and we lack a systemic technological revolution."

"But we are human beings, and human development is constantly progressing. Human beings will inevitably control all calamities and gradually move from a 'low-characteristic society' to a 'high-characteristic society,' ultimately establishing a mature 'absolute-characteristic civilization.' This is the consensus of the five great nations, their ultimate goal, and can be considered the political correctness of the calamity world."

"And the spirit of the Broken Society, to put it bluntly, is somewhat anti-human."

Wu was shocked; it turned out that this was the ultimate goal of the five great powers.

Indeed, the existence of catastrophic objects is a fundamental worldview of the universe. Although the human world and the catastrophic world are separated, this is because the application of absolute characteristics is not yet mature.

If, in the end, we can establish an extremely mature civilization with absolute characteristics, where everyone is happy, then from the perspective of the outcome, that would be truly wonderful.

In contrast, Blue and White Society is like an extreme group that believes that "technological development will eventually destroy humanity" and that "absolute characteristics will eventually destroy humanity," aiming to completely eliminate all catastrophic entities.

In terms of the ultimate goal and the extent of benefit, the five major countries undoubtedly have a much better impression.

This involves the entire world of supernatural phenomena and its prevailing ideology. It's all about political correctness, and Wu Zhong doesn't know which is right, nor does he want to consider it.

He thought for a moment and said, "That's not the spirit I'm talking about. That's too far removed from us. We won't discuss that."

"What I want to say is that we should learn from the wisdom contained in these research reports."

"I know it's a bit boring, but Perrin, you're not a bad student, are you? Aren't you quite educated? Why can't you get into it?"

Perrin sighed: "Ancestor, forgive my bluntness, but there's no pattern to this. It's just a matter of experience."

"If you want me to study physics, that's fine, because science has a framework and a set of core laws, and we can deduce things by following the underlying logic."

"But as for absolute characteristics, no systematic rules have been found yet, not even by the Broken Society."

“Look at this report, it keeps proposing a hypothesis, and sometimes the hypotheses are unrelated and extremely disjointed. It verifies this one moment and that the next.” “Sometimes it even contradicts itself. It follows the experience one moment, and then denies it the next, saying that it cannot be followed.”

"So what exactly should we learn? There's only one way to deal with calamities for now: testing. Now that someone has helped us test it, we just need to know the results."

His words resonated with everyone, who nodded in agreement.

Wu Zhong was stunned, then exclaimed excitedly, "That's not how it is! You haven't seen the essence yet!"

"You think many of the experiments are unnecessary, but I think that Blue & White Society directly assumes the characteristics summarized by the seller regarding the derivatives, which is completely wrong!"

"They believe that the so-called incurable poison is just a summary from a human perspective. Perhaps the truth is something else, but it is just presented in a way that makes people think it is this characteristic."

"The more you observe, the more you'll discover that they approach all characteristics from this angle."

"Yes, it is very unconventional, even contradictory, but I think this is a skill in itself, namely 'all laws are false' and 'all things are permissible'."

"One must have the spirit to accept all possibilities while rejecting any answer."

Perrin's expression was strange: "No, True Ancestor, there is no logic between the previous idea and the next idea."

"Or rather, it's a self-created logic. They first made up a set of logic, then tried it, found it didn't work, and then made up another set of logic. They just did whatever came to mind..."

"So what exactly are we learning? Are we learning their fabricated stories? Is there even a need to learn that? Isn't it just guessing?"

"Once they figure it out, we'll know the result."

Wu Zhong was stunned: "No, no, no, you still don't understand what I mean."

"Don't focus on the result. If you can read, you can understand the result."

"What I'm talking about learning is precisely this process, a concept at a higher cognitive level. Well, you can call it making things up, that's fine too, it's a skill."

Onion scratched his head and said, "Brother, forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is this technique?"

Wu Zhong said in a serious tone, "How can I explain it to you... it's not a fixed rule. The key is why you suddenly jump from one idea to another."

"It's not jumping around randomly; there are patterns to it. They are actually switching their mindset!"

"But I can't tell you, because different items, different characteristics, different situations require different ways of thinking."

"Sometimes you have to be as rigorous and rigid as scientific research, sometimes as pragmatic as business operations, sometimes as innocent as a child's imagination, and sometimes as funny as creating internet memes."

"In short, it should be rigid when it needs to be rigid, pragmatic when it needs to be pragmatic, innocent when it needs to be innocent, and even funny when it needs to be funny."

"This isn't just random jumping around; it's a kind of flamboyant ability to switch between thoughts. Yes, flamboyant! That's the only way I can describe it... Do you understand?"

"We need to learn the shift in thinking involved, and learn this kind of vague yet precise leap."

He spoke at length, but the others couldn't grasp the meaning of it.

Everyone fell silent. After a long while, Perrin finally spoke up: "What's the point? When we encounter dangerous monsters, we still have to run away, don't we?"

"..." Wu was stunned.

He suddenly recalled his experience when he was in school, where a top student would solve a math problem and come up with a more complex solution using diagrams, which made him very happy, and he would share it with everyone.

But he found it overwhelming and in the end just commented: What's the point of making it so complicated?
People's sorrows are not shared, nor is their joy.

At this moment, Wu finally felt the same way as that top student.

The other person can find joy in mathematical formulas and expand their thinking while searching for solutions, but others cannot; they only think about what to fill in the answer.

Wu Zhong felt this was a great treasure, but that was because he had absorbed it.

But this is like a high-level academic paper in the world of supernatural disasters; those who understand it will love it, while those who don't won't even bother to read it.

In the realm of ordinary people, there are countless physics papers on the table. Don't they contain a lot of unique wisdom?

The search threshold is not high, but how many people will treat it like a treasure and rush to study it every day?

How many people choose to simply read a brief summary of science from someone else, just to know what's going on?

"Now I understand why these things are just sitting here and hardly anyone looks at them," Wu Zhong sighed.

Seeing that Wu Zhong was a little disappointed, Pei Lan hurriedly said, "Well, True Ancestor, we are too dull to have grasped the essence of what you said."

"Perhaps this is something only a genius like you can understand."

Seeing that he was still trying to flatter him, Wu Zhong laughed.

He felt relieved: "Yes, I understand, and there's no need to force you to learn."

Wu finally pondered, perhaps he really did have some kind of peculiar talent?
Although he is uneducated and a poor student, he has a unique talent that belongs to the world of supernatural disasters.
It's not that he's narcissistic; Xia Heng also thinks so.

At the time, Wu Zhong didn't understand and thought it was just a flash of inspiration, a stroke of luck.

Xia Heng insisted that it was talent; such a flash of inspiration in the field of specialization is something that ordinary people cannot do.

In retrospect, Xia Heng was right.

If top mathematicians possess a talent for mathematical intuition, then those in the realm of catastrophes also possess a unique intuition for containment.

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(End of this chapter)