This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 313 Refining Truth into Falsehood, A Storm is Brewing

"The Gate to the Heavens, number 006!"

Ye Yang appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was in turmoil.

When he first obtained the candidate qualification for the "Gate of All Heavens", and saw the description of the selected civilization 042, number 042 Gate of All Heavens, he guessed that there were other Gates of All Heavens scattered among the endless myriad worlds.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yang suddenly came into contact with the Gate of All Heavens, numbered '006,' and accessed a world ravaged by another civilization—let's call that civilization Civilization 6. The one who initially invaded this world is known as the 'Former Dungeon Master.' According to the inscription on the stone tablet, a powerful being reversed time to examine the life of that former Dungeon Master, discovering that his life spanned only 182 years.

In just 182 years, he rose from an ordinary person to a quasi-emperor traversing the starry sky, vying with countless geniuses for the ultimate destiny—

Ye Yang read and pondered at the same time.

In this world, there are several cultivation realms above the Profound Heaven Realm: Heavenly Saint Realm, Heavenly King Realm, and Heavenly Emperor Realm.

The transition from Heavenly Saint to Heavenly King is a qualitative leap, equivalent to the process of becoming an immortal. It usually takes geniuses in this world 100,000 years to reach this level.

The gap between the Heavenly Emperor and the Heavenly King is an insurmountable chasm!

Without the help of good fortune, 99% of Heavenly Kings will be trapped for millions of years, unable to reach the Quasi-Emperor level until their time comes, let alone the true Heavenly Emperor realm.

The fact that an ordinary person can grow to the Heavenly King realm, or even half a step Heavenly Emperor, in 182 years speaks volumes.

"It seems that Civilization 6's foundation far surpasses that of the Star Alliance; this rate of growth is simply outrageous."

Ye Yang sighed inwardly, realizing the difference when compared to himself.

His cultivation speed, whether in the Devouring World or in the Immortal Alliance Master's World, amazed countless people and drew the attention of powerful figures.

However, it was impossible for him to do such a thing in 182 years.

This is equivalent to becoming immortal in the Devouring World in 182 years, or becoming a true immortal in the Main World in 182 years!

It took Ye Yang tens of thousands of years to get to where he is today.

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The epic battle of countless geniuses is about to conclude with the duel between the Blazing Flame King, "King of Fire," and the Undying King.

"The victor will seize all the fortune of the entire era, become the Heavenly Emperor, and, barring unforeseen circumstances, suppress the universe for millions of years until the next great era of conflict begins—however, the defeated former dungeon master," slammed the table down.

"After being defeated by Wang Huo and having all his fortune seized, the extraterrestrial demons opened the gate to the outer realms, inviting even more demons to invade—"

At first, no one cared about this catastrophe; it was just the destruction of a sect and the collapse of an ancient secret realm.

The fall of a race, the extinguishing of several stars—

"It wasn't until the Ten Holy Lands were destroyed in a single day, billions of warships appeared, blotting out the sun, and stars were refined into lifeless blocks of bronze—that people realized the gravity of the situation."

"No one could stop the march of war. Only a terrifyingly powerful being in an ancient forbidden land intervened, barely delaying it for over a hundred years, but he was quickly overwhelmed. Under this pressure, the 'Burning Flame Heavenly King' and the 'Undying Heavenly King' quickly completed their final battle, and the 'Burning Flame Heavenly Emperor' was born."

"The Blazing Flame Emperor united the entire world's power to wage war, resulting in a protracted stalemate that lasted over 30,000 years. However, this was ultimately just one world. Under the war machine of Civilization 6, everything of value was squeezed dry, and the local resistance grew increasingly weak."

"Until the very end, only the native forces of the last half of the star field made a desperate last stand, sacrificing all the Heavenly Kings and ancient Heavenly Emperors, and at the cost of the Burning Flame Heavenly Emperor's decline in power, to repel the invading extraterrestrial demons?"

Seeing this, Ye Yang shook his head.

It's likely that the remaining half of the star field isn't of much value, and the combat power of Civilization 6 has already begun to leave this world.

It wasn't worth continuing the fight for the last scraps, so Civilization 6 chose to end the development war and leave this world.

"After the war, the world was utterly desolate. After establishing the Burning Flame Holy Land, the Burning Flame Emperor vanished for a million years—and even then, no new Heavenly King, let alone a new Heavenly Emperor, was born. The entire civilization regressed as a result; the strongest were no more than Heavenly Saints, and even then, the regression continued."

The primordial energy of the stars dissipated, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth within the stars was also rapidly dissipating. The great destiny of the Great Dao no longer manifested, and the entire world was heading towards utter death.

Ye Yang knew that this world had probably been transformed from a "story world" into a "free world" after being "developed" by Civilization 6, but it was unable to "conquer other worlds to feed" and was therefore gradually heading towards death.

The Blazing Emperor, who had vanished for a million years, reappeared—and slaughtered everyone.

The inscription ends here. Based on the memory fragments he obtained from the living dead, Ye Yang basically knew what happened next.

"Impressive! Although I don't know the difference between the 'free world' and the 'story world,' the Blazing Flame Emperor still managed to use the world-reduction technique to transform reality into illusion, thus turning the 'world' back into the 'story world'!"

Ye Yang looked at the countless stone tablets here.

"These steles are not only epitaphs for this Ming dynasty figure, but also carriers of information."

The rule is: "If it becomes the living, dead Blazing Flame Emperor, it will transform into a new world."

"The canvas of 'the spatial and temporal distortion of numbers is the new world,' a stage where countless causes and destinies intertwine and evolve."

"In this way, storage, control, and computation support the false new world."

"According to the operation records, the new world was not perfect at the beginning. There were leaks of energy and matter, as well as loopholes in cause and effect. A perfect cycle of matter-energy-cause and effect was not formed, so it became smaller and smaller, and gradually only this one continent remained."

"But after billions of cycles of reset, the cycle becomes increasingly perfect, and constancy is established within the 'matter-energy-cause-effect' dynamic, forming a perfect cycle!"

"The result was—this 'new world' became a story world," which resonated with Bolin countless years later and became a dungeon world."

"Bai Lin's intrusion broke the perfect cycle. Therefore, in fact, the world had already reset once the moment he successfully resonated, but the speed was too fast for Bai Lin to notice at the time."

Ye Yang couldn't help but feel admiration for the Burning Flame Heavenly Emperor who had been dead for countless years.

"If we don't have the ability to build a perfect cycle, then let the world evolve and develop on its own."

Even if he were dead for trillions of years, the new world would continue to evolve and iterate according to his vision, eventually achieving a perfect cycle—

Unfortunately, precisely because it transformed into a story world, it was once again invaded by another Heavenly Realm.

Ye Yang found the operating data of the 'reincarnation reset' of this 'new world' that has been repeated hundreds of billions of times.

Among them, the data that forms a perfect cycle of matter-energy-cause through continuous evolution and iteration is extremely valuable!

This is the most precious treasure that the world has accumulated over countless years!

"Well, I'll accept this gift anyway. Your fame will continue in another form."

Ye Yang beckoned, and the body and head of the Burning Flame Emperor appeared in his hand. He then put the severed head back on.

The body, now devoid of any divine power, was placed quietly on the largest stone tablet.

Goodbye, gravedigger.

Ye Yang led Bai Lin and the young Wang Huo away from the interior of the star.

After hearing Ye Yang's story about the "Burning Flame Heavenly Emperor," young Wang Huo was both shocked and confused: "Then what am I?"

Ye Yang laughed and said, "Hehe, don't think too much about it. The Burning Flame Emperor died a long time ago, when this new world was built. You can think of yourself as a similar flower growing on his corpse—or you can think of him as the ancestor of the Wang family."

Young Wang Huo nodded: "Seniors, what are your plans for me and my world going forward? Will I be living in your worlds?"

He could sense that these two mysterious extraterrestrial visitors meant him no harm, which is why he dared to ask them.

"Having gone through so much in such a short time, he remains calm and his mind is not confused. I think he has some talent. Bailin, I think you can take him as your apprentice," Ye Yang said.

"You've praised him so much, aren't you going to accept it?" Bolin asked back.

Young Wang Huo's gaze was also fixed on Ye Yang. After all, Ye Yang had handled everything with ease, so this senior was clearly more capable.

"—" Ye Yang shook his head: "No, I've been busy lately and haven't been able to find the time."

Ye Yang was still preoccupied with the matter of his third clone, so he naturally didn't have the time or inclination to deal with it.

Young Wang Huo looked somewhat disappointed, and Bai Lin sighed as well—this child has missed out on a tremendous opportunity.

"There's one last thing—Bai Lin. I want to cut off that entire spacetime. I'll trade you a red dwarf star. How about it?" Ye Yang said, pointing to the area in the distance filled with red concentric circles.

"Huh?" Bolin's eyes widened. "A red dwarf star?! Isn't that a celestial being?"

He was stunned by Ye Yang's grand gesture.

Ye Yang nodded: "This isn't me giving you money; those things are worth the price. I've also waived the money you borrowed before."

Bolin swallowed hard, looking at the countless spacetime amoebas: "Uh, okay, deal."

Ye Yang then reached out and captured and subdued the spacetime amoebas one by one.

This is, after all, Bai Lin's own world, so with Bai Lin's help, Ye Yang was able to extract these time-space life forms into the sealing bead.

"The bizarre life form that the Blazing Flame Emperor seized from Civilization 6, after being modified, became the foundation of the new world—a life form entirely composed of spacetime itself. Can it maintain its existence while devouring the world?"

Ye Yang was really looking forward to it.

Moreover, even if it doesn't succeed, studying this kind of life form can deepen his understanding of space and time, so it won't be a loss.

With the matter resolved and his consciousness returning to his true form, Ye Yang began to summarize what he had gained from this experience:

"A perfect cycle model of matter-energy-law, and a spacetime amoeba."

"The perfect cycle model, which transforms reality into illusion, has been helpful in deepening my understanding of the rules governing the universe and in creating the secret techniques of illusion."

"The Spacetime Amoeba was originally a reconnaissance unit released during the invasion of Civilization 6. After being captured by the Blazing Flame Emperor, it was transformed into the foundation for the new world. But regardless, it is still a life form, and perhaps it will be of some help to my current search for a third avatar and my future research into the mysteries of life."

The sealing bead containing the spacetime amoeba and Ye Yang's clone will be returned to Ye Yang soon.

As for Wang Huo, he was taken back by Bai Lin, and in the future he will be able to obtain official citizenship in the main world. Bai Lin is already at the Nascent Soul stage. Although he is not a big shot, he has escaped the most ordinary and mundane social class, so there is no problem for him to process the naturalization procedures for Wang Huo.

As for the continent that Ye Yang had taken away, he entrusted it to the people under the Jili Dao Meridian.

They will find a suitable instance world to put it in.

While waiting for the items to arrive, Ye Yang began to look through the data he had recorded about the "New World".

"The new world constructed by the Blazing Flame Emperor wasn't particularly sophisticated at first, but its most crucial iteration rules were clearly defined. Under the influence of these rules, the entire world's operating system would become more perfect with each cycle of reset—quite a bit like the 'Nine Tribulations Secret Manual' simulating the operation of the universe within the body."

"And from hundreds of millions of iterations of data, a clear evolutionary trajectory can also be seen."

"By analyzing this data, we can clearly identify which aspects of the evolutionary path towards a perfect cycle are necessary, which are irrelevant, and which will lead to failure."

Ye Yang gradually became immersed in this kind of thinking and understanding.

Limited by world rules, culture, and knowledge, blind spots in thinking will always exist.

It is difficult for people to imagine things they have never seen.

The era of the heavens, however, will be able to break free from this constraint!

It allows people to draw upon countless rare and unique ideas that appear only in the world with extremely low probability, thereby sparking creative inspiration.

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Beyond the Milky Way.

Several shadows gathered in one place, and an invisible force surged.

They formed a circle, and no one could see the true face of one of them.

"Where are the Eighteen Protectors?"

"He's dead."

One of the shadowy figures spoke in a deep voice, "Hmm? What? Who killed him?"

The other shadowy tones were all quite surprised.

Although the Eighteen Protectors appeared late and were ranked relatively low, everyone present was very clear about the monster's strength.

Very strange! Very powerful!

However, dying so silently is indeed illogical.

"He killed him," the shadow replied, its tentacles pointing to a mushroom nearby.

"What do you mean?" All the shadows looked at the black mushroom.

However, Mushroom unexpectedly spoke up: "I killed the Eighteenth Protector—so I become the new Nineteenth Protector. Does anyone have any objections?"

The shadowy figure beside him also spoke up, "I recommend him to become the Nineteenth Protector."

The other shadows protested: "Are you kidding me?"

"Are you out of your mind? A mushroom demon of unknown origin? How dare you be ranked alongside us?"

"Hmph, someone just lost their biggest trump card, they're probably insane now."

"Is he the offspring of that Huatu Star Lord? It's so rare to find a spy who can infiltrate the side of the Immortal Alliance Star Lord. If it were me, I would be furious."

"Hehehehe—"

Several shadowy figures chuckled.

However, they soon stopped laughing.

"Cough cough cough—"

"Cough cough—what's going on?"

One by one, they all started coughing violently.

"Something—has invaded the body I'm controlling!"

"That thing is fighting me for control of this body!"

"I—cough cough cough—"

The shadows shattered, revealing twisted and grotesque figures within.

They were all dressed in black robes, and the aura of the void around them varied in strength, but they were all at least at the sixth level, with most of them having immortal-level bodies!

Now, however, they are all struggling in pain.

"Although none of you are here in your true forms, the fact that the Nineteenth Protector was able to silently seize the bodies you were controlling should prove his abilities," said the person still shrouded in shadow.

"Cough cough cough—what's this?" Some people were still unconvinced.

The black mushroom murmured, "That's nothing, of course—but what if—I could take over the bodies of every human in the entire galaxy?"

"——"

Everyone immediately fell silent.

They instantly realized the value of this ability—if the "Mushroom Demon" could really do this, then the Immortal Alliance's plan to expand across the heavens would collapse midway!

As long as the Celestial Alliance of Stars cannot continue to expand rapidly throughout the myriad realms, the stars will inevitably be extinguished one by one over a long period of time!

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