This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 384 The True Self

"These are all—"

Ye Yang looked at the white jade stone tablets standing like tombstones on the plain, feeling the unique and familiar aura emanating from them, and was deeply moved.

Heritage Library!

Three Thousand Heritage Library Divisions!

These three thousand stone tablets are all from the same inheritance repository section as the [Life Source] stone tablet that he had previously seized!

Within a single broken and damaged [Life Source] stone tablet, the knowledge available to those with lower privileges is vast and boundless, while these three thousand complete stone tablets—are simply unimaginable treasures!

Ye Yang sighed inwardly, "I had been thinking of going to the Immortal Alliance's Myriad Realms Museum to see some of the inheritance steles they have in their collection. But compared to the three thousand steles here, they're like fireflies compared to the vast moon."

His excitement was fleeting, quickly subsiding as he focused on something more important: "The key you mentioned, which is wrapped around our true spirits, must grant us advanced access to all inherited data, right?" he asked Luo Yunru.

Luo Yunru nodded: "Yes, we can only obtain basic visitor privileges right now. In addition, there are some key devices that we still cannot manufacture with our current engineering capabilities even if we have mastered the relevant technology, and these require advanced privileges to be activated."

"For example, the World Causality Detector and the World Fusion Stabilizer are of great help in completing the task of managing the [Gate of All Heavens]."

As they talked, they flew over the plain and arrived at a cliff.

This cliff face is only a little over a hundred meters high, but it has a door that looks familiar to Ye Yang, and the atmosphere and charm of it are very unique.

"This is... Gate 6?" Ye Yang frowned. The door in front of him didn't look like a projection at all.

But as Luo Yun just said, in order to isolate the connectors of the old Federation lands, the Firelinker used goalkeeper number 42.

The gate has been hidden.

Gate 42 is currently inside the galactic center black hole, but how come Gate 6 is here?

This is another world now.

"It's the main body of Gate 6—or rather, the main body, though that's close enough," Luo Yunru explained. "It's like how you can summon the projection of Gate 42 even when you're in another world. [Gate of All Heavens]"

Its essence is not limited to the spacetime structure within the world; even if the true form of Gate 6 is here, it doesn't prevent the power of Gate 42 from isolating it.

"However, that's no longer necessary, because the central world marked by Gate 6 has changed. The former Confederate territory has been designated as a duplicate world, and all Connectors within it will lose their eligibility to become leaders."

"Let's go," Luo Yunru urged. "Activate the highest level of access, and while you're at it, try resonating with Gate 6 to see what kind of new world you can connect to."

"A new world?"

Ye Yang's eyes lit up. Luo Yunru had previously mentioned that she had connected two worlds using Gate 6 and Gate 42 respectively. One was the level eight world they were in now, and the other was the level ten world where the old land of the Federation was located.

So, what kind of world can he resonate with by using Gate 6?

"What do you want me to do?" Ye Yang asked.

Luo Yunru said, "First, undo your strange soul technique and enter a resonance state with me. Then, cast this spell—it requires our full strength and high precision; it must be as perfect as possible."

"What was originally a key spell cast by one person becomes much more difficult with two people. It might fail many times, with a maximum of 10 failures. We'll strive to succeed within 5 attempts."

She handed a jade book to Ye Yang, who was slightly surprised after reading the information inside.

This key technique is indeed incredibly complex, demanding a great deal of skill from the caster in manipulating their mind and spirit.

It is extremely difficult for one person to perform this task, and even if two people work together with perfect coordination, the probability of failure is still much higher.

All I can do is practice repeatedly.

Ye Yang adjusted a certain part of his soul, modifying a tiny, insignificant variable in his thought process.

Instantly, the two regained their spiritual resonance.

However, Ye Yang is now very familiar with this state. The most important secrets in his consciousness have all sunk to the deepest part and no longer rise to enter his conscious or subconscious mind.

The two became of one mind, yet remained single-minded, like sages.

Feeling the infinitely extending and boundless breadth of thought on the other side, as well as that profound and mysterious artistic conception, Luo Yunru found it somewhat difficult to operate her consciousness.

She breathed slightly and said, "So you have indeed advanced to the True Monarch realm. Was the reason you didn't announce it until now?"

Am I really that suspicious?

Ye Yang suppressed the thoughts deep within his mind related to "time travel" and smiled, "Strength is my confidence; I'm just playing it safe."

The two immediately began practicing the key method.

Even in a state of spiritual resonance, performing this incantation together is still not easy. One time, two times, three times, ten times, a hundred times—none of them meet the standard! They cannot reach perfection!

"Phew~"

As Ye Yang withdrew from the soul resonance, Luo Yunru finally relaxed a little. Just practicing a hundred times had taken a toll on her mental energy, no less than a life-or-death battle of the highest intensity.

The gap between a half-step True Monarch realm and a true True Monarch realm is still enormous.

After a day's rest, the two continued their rehearsals.

With this intermittent practice, eleven years have passed.

The two practiced until their pass rate reached about 25% before deciding to move on to the next step.

First, Ye Yang connects to the new world through Gate 6, and then obtains the candidate identity to take charge of Gate 6.

"Hmm? It's only an eighth-level world?" Ye Yang was somewhat disappointed.

Luo Yunru chuckled and said, "Didn't I already say that you and I share the same connection channel? Whether it's Gate 42 or Gate 6, it's the same—one is a level 10 world, and the other is a level 8 world."

She didn't quite understand why Ye Yang would have such unrealistic fantasies.

"Alright, just treat it as a pastime." Ye Yang was unaware of the plot of this new world and couldn't exert any targeted influence.

Therefore, they did not pay much attention to the development of this new world.

After being selected as a candidate to lead Gate 6, Gate 6 provided the following feedback:

Welcome, Ye Yang.

Identity: Selected Civilization 006—In Charge of Candidate No. 0.2

Connection weight: 5.003 * 10^52

Fate Points Reserves: 0

『————

'In charge of candidate rankings'

NO.1—Luo Yunru—7.914*10^89』

NO.2 — Ye Yang — 5.003 * 10^52

There are only two candidates for the position of head of Gate 6.

"What's going on? We're both level eight worlds, so how come your connection weight is 37 orders of magnitude higher than mine?" Ye Yang looked at the list, somewhat astonished.

"Because I have already completed the tasks for the four candidates at Gate 6," Luo Yunru said calmly.

Ye Yang then checked the candidate tasks for Gate 6. The last nine tasks were the same as those for Gate 42, but the first task had changed to:

『01. Accumulate 1 Fate Points in the dungeon world』

"The first requirement has been lowered, is it because the world level is lower?" Ye Yang muttered to himself.

Then he looked at Luo Yunru and asked, "You should know what it means to be in charge of the Gate of All Heavens, right?"

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What does the level of weight really mean? What is the difference between the true leader and the candidate for leader?

In response to Ye Yang's question, Luo Yunru replied, "The candidates who take charge have four major privileges. The progress of the civilization mission requires everyone to work together, and the weight is also added to all the candidates upon completion."

"There can be multiple true rulers; any candidate who completes all the tasks can become a true ruler. Among the different rulers, all power is based on weight." The higher the weight, the stronger the control over the Gate of Heavens.

"A high-ranking wielder can completely suppress a low-ranking wielder, rendering their authority over the Gate of Heavens utterly ineffective."

Ye Yang glanced at the ranking of Gate 42:

NO.1 — Ye Yang — 8.348 * 10^142

NO.2—Luo Yunru—3.494*10^79

He asked one last question: "You are connected to a level 10 world through Gate 42, so why is your weight so low?"

It's comparable to a level nine world.

Luo Yunru smiled and countered, "So your actual weight is quite high?"

Ye Yang said without changing his expression, "It's not much higher, 10^103."

Luo Yunru sighed, "My weight in Gate 42 is so low because the tenth-level world where the old Federation lands are located is a world with incomplete cause and effect, a completely free world."

"Not only is the base weight low, but there is also no possibility of completing the individual task."

"The task of taking charge of Gate 42 can only be done by you."

Ye Yang neither confirmed nor denied this, but instead said, "Go and activate advanced permissions."

The two of them had been practicing for eleven years, and when they jointly used the key technique, they succeeded on the fourth attempt after only three failures!

"Level 1 user detected —"

Verification successful!

"Hello, this is Ye Yang, a federal first-class citizen. Welcome to the No. 4 Inheritance Management System!"

Current overall network status: Offline

Current first-level network status: Root

Current status of the secondary network: Online

Current status of the third-level network: Online

『————』

Immediately, a series of messages flooded into Ye Yang's consciousness.

"The federal first-level network possesses certain properties similar to the Gate of the Heavens, enabling it to transmit information across countless realms."

Luo Yunru sat quietly in place, while focusing her attention on operating the primary network, and said to Ye Yang, "The main body of the Federation civilization has been destroyed, but it has sent out a large number of sparks, intending to evolve into sub-civilizations."

"However, because Gate 6 is here and the central world has been changed, the other sub-civilizations have lost the potential to develop into a true multi-dimensional civilization."

"But the situation on the Immortal Alliance's side right now is that they are a new civilization developed by inheriting our cultivation philosophy, and they cannot be considered a sub-civilization of the Federation. I have no intention of forcibly incorporating them into the old Federation civilization system. What do you think?"

"Ask me?" Ye Yang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The way the Immortal Alliance is is good. Once civilization has developed to a certain level, we will fully disclose most of the crystallization of civilization of the Multi-Human Federation."

"The collision and exchange between two civilizations may spark even more brilliant fireworks."

Luo Yunru nodded: "Then you and I will be the last citizens of the Federation."

"We will form a two-person council to decide the use of all federal assets."

Ye Yang immediately received a notification from the Level 1 network that he had become a Civilized Councilor, and couldn't help but say speechlessly, "Only two people, is that really necessary?"

Luo Yunru said somewhat helplessly, "This is a pre-set procedure; some devices can only obtain usage rights by going through this process."

Ye Yang nodded, and then the two of them, as if playing house, quickly passed resolutions within the first-level network, granting each other a large number of permissions.

Soon, under their manipulation, the federal legacy left in this world was privatized, and the two of them either divided it equally or shared it, thus gaining control of all resources and ownership of most of them.

The shared portion, apart from the "level one network", only includes inherited data.

Those special resources and equipment are all redundant, usually at least two units (sets), and sometimes three or four, or even hundreds, which they divide up directly.

"I never expected to gain so much from this trip," Ye Yang exclaimed, then said to Luo Yunru, "If there's nothing else to do, I'm going to read some books."

Xinlu Yunru nodded and went to do her own thing.

Ye Yang then arrived at the forest of three thousand steles. With a sweep of his Dao power, each stele immediately conveyed different messages:

Materials Science - Metals - Part 1

[Materials Science - Metals - Part Two]

Materials Science - Metals - Part 3

【statistics】

[Economics, Part 1]

[Economics, Part Two]

Chemistry, Part 1

[The Architecture of Laws, Part Sixteen]

【Laws of Space and Time, Part One】

"Found it!"

Ye Yang found the section he wanted to view and quickly marked it.

Then he found the stone tablets with inscriptions such as "Laws of the Soul," "Intelligence," "Life Science," and "Cultivation Science," marked them, and began to examine them one by one.

First, naturally, one should read the contents of the [Spiritual Practice] lineage repository.

Ye Yang wanted to understand the complete cultivation theory of the "Multi-Human Federation" and experience the differences between it and the current cultivation theory of the Immortal Alliance, to see if it could inspire him.

He extracted the most basic spiritual teachings from them, and, putting himself in the shoes of a beginner, read them carefully:

The purpose of spiritual practice is to distinguish truth from falsehood and to attain one's true self.

How can we achieve this ultimate goal? This is the function of spiritual practice.

"All current spiritual practices are based on the theory of 'using the false to cultivate the true.' But what is false, and what is true? If this question is not understood, one will fall into nihilism, obscuring the true self; or one will escape into delusion and illusion, detached from reality."

"What we need to understand is that the definition of 'true' and 'false' is different for cultivators at different levels, and even different for different people at the same level. We cannot make dogmatic judgments."

The most important tool for our pursuit of truth is our own Tao; only then do we acquire the powers we control, such as ability, body, and intellect.

This textbook made Ye Yang frown and ponder at times.

There are many similarities to the cultivation theories of the Immortal Alliance, but there also seem to be some subtle differences.

"Both worlds are level ten worlds, and their underlying laws are different, so it's normal for their cultivation theories and methods to differ. However, to understand these differences, I need a deep understanding of the laws of both worlds."

Ye Yang shook his head: "That's obviously unlikely; it can't be done in a short time."

"However, by summarizing the cultivation theories of the Multi-Human Federation, I discovered something interesting —"

He recalled and pondered: "The true self, the fundamental principle, is arguably the most important and central idea in the Federation's cultivation system, yet it's confused with the Immortal Alliance's own 'Dao' in their cultivation theory."