The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

Even the lower and middle-class communities, who should be far removed from this war, are prohibited from holding any activities at this moment, and are required to immediately 'lend' any favors needed by the Heavenly Army when necessary... Of course, the Heavenly Army will repay them later, but that will have to wait until 'later' when they are alive.

This is also thanks to the fact that the Heavenly Army has now almost taken control of the Little Garden. In the past, many of the permissions that could be transferred would have required several big shots from different groups to hold a meeting for a long time before they could be used. Unlike now, the Heavenly Army can use them as soon as they want.

Another reason is... that's the only way to deal with the current difficulties.

Humans are not the only ones who find it easier to integrate when facing a crisis.

Besides its internal structure, the miniature garden also integrates all the worlds within its observation range, concentrating the power of these worlds while conceptually bearing the brunt of the black winds on their behalf... In this respect, the defensive function of the miniature garden can even rival several double-digit values.

With the addition of several other two-digit support units, the defensive line standing in the void at this moment can be described as completely indestructible... at least in the eyes of most people.

Even the two-digit Demon King of the Dystopia, who once dominated the Little Garden, would probably be suppressed without even having a chance to let out a roar in the face of such a force. Even if Azdaha, who was good at fighting multiple opponents, came, the invincible Avesta would be overloaded in the face of this situation, just like when he faced the Infinity of Orpheus.

The so-called final trial of humanity is ultimately a concept born from the attempt of the Little Garden to manipulate human history... Although the birth of this concept did not originate from the expectations of the Little Garden's controller, or even just from a whim of some 'fate', in general, it is by no means helpless if the Little Garden uses all its power to deal with it.

Even if we cannot solve the final trial of humanity, we can first solve the problem of its vessel.

However, at this moment, the reality presented by this defensive line is absolutely the opposite of 'indestructible'.

According to observations from the observatory, at least tens of thousands of worlds lost their signal directly in the initial impact—and this does not even take into account the parallel worlds within those worlds themselves.

And this number continues to increase exponentially over time.

Even with the inherent defensive capabilities of the miniature garden itself, plus a power of four double digits, it was completely unable to slow down the erosion of the decadent winds... Just preventing these worlds from being swept away in an instant was already their best effort.

But with the continuous emergence of black winds and their decreasing numbers, it's probably only a matter of time before this scene truly unfolds.

"The numbers and the strength... both are far more exaggerated than we imagined."

Norns, who had managed to gain a foothold in the black wind thanks to the power of Orpheus's simulated star map, now had a face almost the same color as the wind outside.

At the time, she confidently assured that this defensive line could at least hold back the Black Wind—this "hold back" meant temporarily blocking the Black Wind outside the defensive line, and certainly not relying on sheer numbers to withstand it as it is now.

Although there are a great many worlds beneath the miniature garden, they cannot withstand this kind of drain.

Not to mention the life in these worlds.

Besides these, there was another reason for Norns's gloomy mood.

...The mere influence of decadence has already become this powerful.

What if it's an even higher level of existence?

—For example, that kind of monster whose breath exudes a decadent atmosphere.

Of course, now is not the time to think about these things.

"This is abnormal. Although the level of power of the Degenerate Wind has reached the single digit, it has no intelligence. In that case, let alone its spiritual level, its power in the single digit range should not be very strong!"

While she was puzzled, the 'infinity' constructed by the two goddesses was compressed even further.

They were under the greatest pressure. This world absolutely could not be destroyed, yet it was the enemy's primary target... Although consuming most of the human world would also achieve the effect of destroying human history, the signal here was indeed the strongest, and the steps were the simplest.

“Some of them bypassed the concept of the sandbox and acted directly on those worlds.”

Orpheus frowned slightly, but her words also proved that she still had the capacity to pay attention to the situation in other worlds and to understand why the other side was advancing so rapidly.

The conceptual defenses required Black Wind to break through the shield of the Little Garden before attacking other worlds, but it is clear that Black Wind largely ignored these.

Actually, this wasn't entirely unexpected at first. No one expected to win the battle without suffering any losses, and the nature of the Black Wind meant it would be omnipresent. However, the problem was...

"There are too many."

Alpha pursed his lips and repeated one of the points that Norns had just marveled at.

Then she turned her head and thought about it for a moment.

"Or perhaps it should be said that it's too large?"

Perhaps because the decadent atmosphere disliked people saying he was fat, the pressure around him suddenly increased several times over, almost causing Alpha, who was still pursing his lips, to bite them until they bled.

Actually, quantity and volume are secondary; the main issue is that the increase is too rapid.

Although it wasn't aggressive, its speed was completely beyond expectations... or rather, it was precisely because it wasn't aggressive that it was even more puzzling.

Without intellectual understanding, it's hard to imagine that the movement of decadence could be so large.

How's the progress on your end?

Norns looked at Orpheus.

She originally came here hoping to share her experience with some older people through observation, but she never expected that she would be unable to keep up with the development of events.

Now we can only hope that the initial strategy will work.

However, Orpheus frowned slightly after hearing the question and did not relax.

"The analysis went smoothly, but... it might not be that simple."

Orpheus's countermeasures are actually quite similar to the way Decadence attacks... both are rather simple and brutal.

First, build up sufficient defenses to hold off the enemy, while Orpheus fully deploys the simulated star map to quickly analyze and assimilate their cosmology while the winds of decadence are blocked.

When this process reaches a certain point, we will be able to fight back—just like when we faced the doppelganger of the decadent wind.

However, Orpheus noticed something was wrong.

At the same time, she roughly guessed why the trend of decadence had emerged so rapidly.

"what is going on?"

Seeing that Orpheus's expression was off, even Alpha became a little nervous.

"...The wind of decadence is the wind of nothingness that blows from the end of time."

After a moment of silent contemplation, Orpheus uttered a fact that everyone already knew, or to put it more bluntly, a truism.

"---This is our previous understanding. The decadent trend that I analyzed in the past also presented the two properties of 'time' and 'nothingness' at the same time."

In other words, although the decadent wind itself is nothingness, its principle of guiding other existences to 'nothingness' is based on time.

"But the current decadent trend seems to be leaning more towards 'nothingness'."

When Orpheus uttered this deduction, her expression was somewhat strange.

After all, the statement about the Dragon God Girl is indeed very inaccurate and strange... How can something that is already 'nothing' become even more 'nothing'?

But Orpheus's simulated star formation diagram reached this conclusion.

Alpha looked puzzled, while Norns' expression changed slightly as if he remembered something.

"The concept of 'nothingness' is based on 'existence,' meaning that if something still exists, there will be a corresponding 'non-existence'..."

Orpheus spoke slowly, then sighed.

"To put it bluntly, since my infinity is here... then in order to break through this defense and reach the perpetual motion machine, the decadent wind will instinctively try to show the nothingness that is equivalent to this infinity."

Chapter 866 An Unsolvable Conflict

As Orpheus said, the winds of decadence are nothingness that blows from the end of time.

It is nothingness itself, so from this point of view, it naturally has no weight... This concept simply does not exist in nothingness.

However, the decadent trend was not pure in this respect to begin with.

The description of Him is 'the wind blowing from the end of time'. He cannot directly make other existences cease to exist, but must go through a process of 'going to the end of time'.

For a long time, the decadent trend was simply regarded as an end similar to Omega... at most a higher level, but not a deeper level of nothingness.

In fact, these two are often confused, but at least there is a concept of an end, while nothingness is the true absence of any concept—perhaps if we have to say, 'nothingness' can be considered a concept, but in any case, it does not possess any information, and any name given to it is just for convenience and easy understanding.

Why can such 'nothingness' exist in the form of phenomena like decadence? No one has been able to give a reliable answer yet; one can only say that the void is so vast that anything is possible.

In short, it can be said that... nothingness is the opposite of Orpheus's 'infinity'.

They are truly and completely opposed, neither able to gain the upper hand at the same level.

Moreover, neither of them should have been able to exist in a 'substantial' way in the first place.

No matter how much you pile it up, you can never reach infinity, just like how no matter how many times the end of the Omega level is washed away, you can never completely erase a certain existence into nothingness.

To put it more simply, Omega cannot break through the most basic order established in the void—while in true 'nothingness' there is no order at all.

Similarly, the order that should serve as the foundation of all worlds and determine the composition of all worlds can never construct 'infinity'.

Perhaps it is because the concept of nothingness is too unattainable that the decadent trend is not so pure in its manifestation... In fact, this is not a bad thing, because it makes this one-digit demon king not so incomprehensible or so unsolvable for others.

'Nothingness' itself does not contain information, but the trend of decadence does not.

At least Orpheus's simulated star map, which uses the analysis of enemies, is effective against them.

Moreover, no matter how unfathomable it may be, it takes time to influence external things.

In other words, as long as the influence of time can be completely eliminated, the trend of decadence can be largely contained.

Even immortal life doesn't mean it can exist independently of the timeline, so this seemingly easy condition is actually not simple, but it is still a line of thought.

The connection between two goddesses is essentially a way to eliminate the concept of "the end of time" by getting stuck in a loop, and it also allows their health bar to return to full value after it reaches zero.

Bai Ye's strength was purely due to the sheer size of her spirit, and the Decadent Wind could actually cause her a lot of damage every moment, but her health bar was long enough.

Orpheus is the same; her health bar is infinitely long, and she can form a Möbius strip of two goddesses working together—meaning she has blocked the winds of decadence from both the perspectives of 'time' and 'nothingness'.

Therefore, as originally planned, such a defense was perfectly adequate.

But the current situation is clear—faced with such an unprecedented enemy, any predictions will be accompanied by more variables.

"what is going on?"

Alpha asked anxiously about Orpheus's statement.

As time went on, the pressure she felt continued to increase.

It even feels like it's approaching its limit... This is something that neither of the two goddesses has ever experienced before.

This is after White Night shared some of the burden, and Orpheus shared an even larger portion.

As mentioned before, the increase in the decadent trend is too abnormal, and what's even more frightening is that this abnormality is accelerating and intensifying.

"The decadent trend is intensifying in the 'nothingness' part."

Orpheus then reiterated the information he had just obtained.

"Theoretically speaking, this would devour its original human final trial and time-related properties... well, according to the information from the creation epic, that's actually the case."

Alpha and Norns both frowned.