Starting with the defeated female knight

Moreover, even without the various forms of assistance from the Dawn City train, the only problems would be the follow-up processing being a bit more troublesome and the recovery time being a bit longer.

But this doesn't mean that Grindelwald likes high-difficulty challenges.

Instead, they felt that given the current level of difficulty, it was indeed not worth letting him back down.

He felt even more at ease after learning the truth of history.

When faced with the unknown and historical issues, it's impossible for him to be completely unconcerned.

But after figuring it out, isn't it ultimately just a matter of cognitive convergence?

Gu Long did it, the church did it, and he did it too.

Not to mention, according to the intelligence provided by Dolores and the confirmation from Omsura, those individual histories, or even the sum of them, would hardly be able to defeat the Empire.

Or to put it more directly.

The Empire, and even the Elves and Orcs.

They were the ultimate winners of that historic PUBG tournament back then.

First, defeat other historical figures with an elbow strike, then defeat Gu Long, who came over to eat rice with an elbow strike.

Only those that survived to the end preserved their history and have continued to exist to this day.

Although Green doesn't believe that he can win once and then keep winning.

Not to mention, according to Omsura's theory, after the historical fragmentation, it's not just the main historical timeline, or rather, the timeline of the main world, that's flowing.

Those other parallel worlds are also constantly changing and developing.

But that doesn't mean they should just put it up there.

On the contrary, given the current state of the empire, those who should be worried and fearful are those trapped in the cocoon of historical understanding.

They are the challengers.

The Empire is the real villain.

So despite the fact that Omsura revealed a lot of information, and it was indeed quite bad.

But Green actually relaxed a lot.

After all, she said that back when the historical battle royale competition was held, Gu Long and his contemporaries thought that once one of them won, they would create a unique historical record.

Even if all the remaining history is leaked, at worst the empires will just crush them one by one.

Not to mention it hasn't been leaked yet.

But now the historical issues are much clearer, and frankly, it's been much easier than he originally expected.

But the situation on the Demon Tide side is even more bizarre.

In fact, for various reasons, such as its bizarre internal structure, obscure stored knowledge, and even its most basic language and writing system, it is very different from the world today.

But almost a year has passed since the second battle to defend against the demonic tide and the current empire's recovery.

The information Green gleaned from it was not just about frequency and simple communication methods, but also included many other scattered pieces of information, and even technology.

Since Green has extracted so much information, why not use it?

The answer is no.

There are many reasons, but the two main ones are the most important.

One is that, according to Green's observation, fog technology has a complete self-system.

The fragmented analyses he provided can serve as a reference, but without understanding the entire system, especially the fundamentals, it's difficult to truly apply them.

The second point adds another layer of restriction on top of the first, making it difficult for Green to even use them as technical references.

As for what the restrictions are...

Why are all your physics calculation formulas wrong?

【No, dude, you could also say it's due to environmental differences in physics】

Even the math formulas given are wrong!

Yes, much of the data in this gray fog core is wrong.

Moreover, these weren't the kind of outrageous mistakes, but rather insidious errors—one or two small mistakes buried in certain details—that led to drastically different results.

Because the fallacy was so small, Green was initially fooled.

It wasn't until a few technical reference experiments couldn't be completed that Green consulted with mages for a long time before finally discovering that the initial data had been wrong.

Frankly, Green understands this situation.

After all, the gray fog doesn't look like it exists locally, so it's normal for there to be some errors in physical constants and chemical reactions.

But if the mathematical formulas you provided are all wrong, then that's somewhat...

Originally, Green thought this was some kind of self-protection mechanism of the gray fog, or some kind of knowledge theft prevention method.

It's similar to inserting random anti-counterfeiting characters into a novel to increase the difficulty of deciphering it.

But recently, as research on cognitive fields has progressed and deepened, Green suddenly sensed something.

Then we analyzed the core of the fog and organized the data and techniques we had obtained earlier.

Green seems to have figured it out.

This isn't even about physics and technology!

[It's actually a damn semi-idealistic technology based on cognitive field research and its effects!]

[My previous research direction was all wrong!]

Semi-idealistic technology.

That sounds outrageous.

In fact, it's even more outrageous that his mother opened the door for him; it's outrageous to the extreme.

But considering the state of the world, it seems to make some sense.

The reason why Green's research had been unsuccessful was mainly because he treated the gray fog technology as a purely physical technology.

The resulting results and data, due to the absence of nearly half, or even the most crucial components, naturally differed greatly from the original.

And it was only recently, after a series of events, especially the development of research on cognitive fields, that things changed.

He gradually discovered this matter and finally began to truly understand the core of the gray fog. Based on the information at hand, he started his research from scratch, almost as if starting from the very beginning.

Although progress was still slow, this time he truly felt that he was gaining a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of a technological system from all aspects.

Instead of guessing at fragmented data that lacks key components, as we did before.

Then, he discovered a piece of information.

It's not related to technology, but just a record of something.

Or to put it more directly, it is a record of the demonic tide, or rather, the gray fog.

[...disorganized, substantive knowledge?]

Yes, the gray fog that had spread everywhere and caused Green a lot of trouble was neither a curse nor magic.

Rather, it is a collection of scattered, materialized cognitions that were leaked from an unknown source and preserved through some means.

This is precisely why gray fog can drive life crazy, and even give life to inanimate matter, or beings without cognition.

Because essentially, this is the result of scattered cognitions, unable to find a host, squeezing into certain containers and forcibly driving themselves by simulating the action logic within cognition.

At the same time, the reason why the demonic tide could dissipate on its own is self-evident.

Although I don't know how it was preserved before, just like dew evaporates, the fog will naturally dissipate under direct sunlight.

The reason why the gray fog significantly enhances intelligence after it reaches a certain scale is also based on the same reason.

When scattered cognitions reach a certain scale, the larger the scale, the higher the possibility of the emergence of brilliant ideas and convergence phenomena.

As scattered thoughts begin to converge and gradually form a cohesive whole.

A mind that is no longer scattered will naturally possess higher intelligence, and may even give rise to something akin to consciousness.

However, since it is merely a collection of scattered thoughts, even if intelligence is improved and willpower is born, it is usually difficult to say that it is very 'wise'.

At the same time, they are also prone to paranoia.

So, this fight is inevitable?

After figuring out all of this, Tentacle sighed.

Although the historical situation has been roughly clarified, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But for the gray fog side, let alone taking a breath of relief, they would probably need to take two more breaths to recover from that breath.

After all, they are different from those who were eliminated in the PUBG tournament, whose understanding was so fragmented that even the ancient masters couldn't break through their barriers.

This group of gray fog not only caused more disturbances and posed a greater threat, but also possessed a complete set of semi-idealistic technology that has been preserved to this day.

But this is not the main point.

Most importantly, this gray fog keeps repeating "Failed, failed, failed," and at the end it always adds, "He is coming back."

It has a humorous feel to it, like fighting a terrifying natural disaster that is ravaging the galaxy, only to find out halfway through that the other party is a pitiful fugitive being chased here by another group of beings.

The only good news was that during the enemy's first wave of attacks, with Henry's help, he managed to steal the base vehicle that stored all of the enemy's technology.

Moreover, as his understanding of the world deepened, he became increasingly aware of it.

The more ancient and indescribable something is, the more tragic its concept of time becomes.

For a human empire, two hundred years is enough to go through a cycle of empire rise and fall.

For the elves, two hundred years is a long time; for those elves who grow relatively slowly, it's uncertain whether they can even survive their developmental period.

As for Omsura, she has been dozing for hundreds or even thousands of years, although her words reveal a strong sense that "something big is coming."

But according to her sense of time, decades are but a blink of an eye, and centuries are not even coming; they have already reached her face.

The ancient dragon was unaware that He was returning from the gray mist's mouth, and this, combined with certain information stored within the gray mist's core...

Even with the most pessimistic estimate, it will take several hundred years.

Perhaps for those immortal beings, a few hundred years is just a matter of taking a nap.

But for Green, for Dawn City, and even for the Empire.

A few decades might be a bit tight, but several hundred years, at least several hundred years, then...

All I can say is that it's somewhat more than enough.

But the future is the future, and the present is the present.

While Green was analyzing the core of the gray fog, the Empire was recovering and Dawn City was developing rapidly.

What was bound to happen eventually did happen.

The earth trembled, the gray fog churned, and a terrifying heartbeat could be clearly heard from who knows how far away.

Another wave of demonic energy.

Closer.

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PS: Here's 4000. I'll try my best and see if I can get more.

PS2: In the last few days, I've added images to the end of each chapter. However, readers who read quickly might not see the images because the Hedgehog Cat doesn't load. If you find that there are no images, you can refresh the chapter. This will also update any typos.

Volume 1: Chapter 122: Welcome to Dawn Territory

Boom, boom, boom.

The earth trembled slightly in sync with the rhythm of a heartbeat.

It's not just Dawn City, not just the border, and not even just the capital.