Looking directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

Chapter 2582 The Two Ends of the Extraordinary

So, as the Serpent of Destiny aptly put it, people can never truly break free from their own limitations.

As the person involved, the creator of the wisdom seems to be proving the correctness of the previous comment that "mediocre people are just mediocre people".

When Depth II first appeared, he only dared to hide behind the door the whole way, claiming that he was close to the answer in his notes.

Deep Dive 3 seemed to have finally made a breakthrough, but in reality it was nothing more than a puppet show; it was all just an illusion.

In contrast, the seemingly useless character, Afei, actually demonstrated the true value of swordsmanship...

Of course, the departure was still a harmonious affair.

In return, Fu Qian did not break through walls and dilapidated houses, but instead followed the normal route, appreciating the well-arranged crystal formations around him.

The reflection on the nature of the Creator seems to have yielded some results.

But as the old saying goes, the more you know, the less you know.

Assuming that the previous conjectures have some merit, then the focus will inevitably shift to the Crystal Lake beneath our feet... or perhaps the Inverted Lake.

The materials used for weaving come from it, so is it the source of the concept of crystallization?

At first glance, that's the logic, but don't forget the crystallized essence of the argument—a highly condensed mixture of pollution and error, resulting in extraordinary 3D printing materials.

Is Upside-Down Lake always a crystal lake?

Could crystallization also be a mistake for Upside-Down Lake? Is it some kind of remake at this moment?
This is by no means a baseless guess or a deliberately sensational statement.

Even for those who have come before, there is more than one reason for this judgment.

Firstly, the concept of crystallization, regarding the contamination of high-level transcendent beings, seems to be something I've actually seen before.

The example of the Blood of Thorns may not be compelling enough, but there is another scene that left a deep impression – the Holy Infant Calamity.

One of the participants in the tyrant's assassination attempt had recently been involved in an incident.

After consuming His Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a special scene was witnessed at the end of the quest—

Veins-like tendrils extend into time and space, drawing nourishment from historical calamities.

It's a design that fits the name quite well, but I did complain about one thing at the time: some of the blood vessels seemed to have crystalline calcification.

That's right, it's also a crystallization, and the art style even resembles the scenery along the way.

If I'm not overthinking it, the Holy Infant Calamity simply likes that kind of look.

So, as a superior being of at least the first rank, and one who clearly existed during the Long Night, the implication behind that scene is far from simple.

If even a character like that can be corrupted by crystals, why can't the Upside-Down Lake be the same victim?
Secondly, there is another reason, which is the understanding of the starting point and the ending point.

The Creator exhibited the aforementioned behavior because it acquired knowledge related to these two concepts, so let's assume for now that the knowledge is true.

Besides the upside-down lake, whales and storms are undoubtedly two very special elements.

The latter has been proven to have a special effect on the sanity of outsiders, and it does indeed have a somewhat destructive quality.

If crystallization storm represents the concept of the end point, then what is the starting point?
To answer this question, we can refer to the previous statement by the Creator, namely, the explanation of what constitutes "absolute correctness".

As an extreme fundamentalist, if any change to the extraordinary rules is considered a fallacy, then by working backward, it seems there must exist a most primitive order.
Could that order be considered the starting point of everything?

Furthermore, considering that the whale and the storm are indeed connected at one point, and the former shows a very high degree of unity with the lake water below, could we assume that the starting point refers to the Inverted Lake? In addition, the closer to the storm, the more severe the crystallization and breakage of the whale's head.

So it seems possible to draw the conclusion that the starting point and the ending point refer to the inverted lake and crystallization, respectively?

The former represents the primordial purity at a transcendent level, while the latter represents extreme depravity and error, representing opposite ends of the concept.

The former forcibly seals the latter here, preventing or delaying the degeneration of the entire world.

This is actually why I told Afei earlier that his answer to that question might be correct—the inverted lake has become a crystallized lake, and the starting point is already the shape of the ending point.

The so-called authority to "weave the right path" is essentially provided by depravity and error.

……

It has to be said that it has a touch of dark humor.

Even without extraordinary perception, it didn't stop Fu Qian's thoughts from soaring, quickly organizing what he saw and heard.

Regarding the topic of crystallization, while a large amount of data has been gradually integrated, the final conclusions are far from optimistic.

You can imagine the fragility of this balance even with your heels. The extraordinary end has always been controlled in this way.

It's as if the world is standing on an egg.

The researchers who once studied this place chose a deadly subject with remarkable precision.

Judging from the degree of overlap between the silver dots and lines and parts of the whale's body, they not only found the right place, but also actually achieved some success.

Furthermore, it is suspected that through active research, the contaminants from the crystallization were released.

Ultimately, he undoubtedly brought about his own demise, but what followed was the misfortune of the academy's inhabitants.

And those two weren't the only research groups courting disaster; don't forget the opening tune the Blind Society learned.

The melody contained within the flesh and blood associated with crystallization pollution was actually used as a code hundreds of years ago.

Even if the users may not know the true meaning, it seems that those people, with holes in their heads, still managed to glimpse quite a few incredible things.

Sure enough, human history is a history of courting death—wait a minute, this whale's size doesn't seem quite right.

I also paid tribute to the sages of the past. I kept moving forward and gained something new at one point.

The lighthouse lookout is not far away, and along the way, the whale's body followed a very consistent path, with many crystals still visible embedded in various places.

However, by utilizing spatial composition skills to restore them into a whole, the author easily discovered something special.

First, it looks less and less like a tail; on the contrary, from a certain point onward, the outline of the head becomes clearer and clearer.

Secondly, the outline of this head is significantly more bony compared to the other end, resembling a skeleton with all flesh and blood stripped away.

A real "two-headed whale"? One of its heads is even already dead?

I was just thinking that we finally had a more refreshing mythological creature form, but was I too optimistic?
As he pieced together the model and compared it with more traces, Fu Qian sighed with admiration, but didn't delay at all as he walked up the last step and looked at the observation deck in front of him.

Yes, it really is a two-headed whale.

(End of this chapter)