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Evil gods and demons are not good things. If they are allowed to invade the True Narrative and gain great power in the True Narrative layer, it will definitely cause a great disaster.

They may have even caused some kind of disaster.

Therefore, the beings in the true narrative layer would never allow evil gods and demons to actually reach their level.

As a result, the evil gods and demons disappeared.

The Ancient Machines drew inspiration from the disappearance of the evil gods and demons.

It's not that they want to act recklessly like evil gods and demons, or that they want to enter the true narrative level; rather, it's about thinking in reverse.

The evil gods and demons proved that if the true narrative can be approached, it should also be able to be avoided.

If we are far enough away from the true narrative, so far that the true narrative cannot know or control them, wouldn't that be considered transcendence?
Their path to transcendence lies in creating something lower and farther than any other narrative layer.

The lowest narrative layer, which is unreachable, uninterruptible, and unaffectable, allows one to escape all manipulation and achieve true transcendence and freedom.

However, how do we measure the distance between ourselves and the narrative of the real person? Or rather, does such a thing as distance even exist? All of this remains unknown.

So the Ancient Machine Race began their research and experiments.

Their method is to create new narrative layers beneath the existing narrative layer.

They had done this before; the first time they crossed a narrative layer, they created a new narrative layer to escape the power of destruction.

However, that kind of behavior can only be considered as building an "attic" between the first and second floors, and does not really cross the narrative level.

Therefore, after the Ancient Machine Race achieved a true leap, they never did such a thing again.

But now, they are trying to find their own path to transcendence through this technology.

The Ancient Machines are powerful mechanical life forms that have merged the thoughts of all their individuals into a powerful narrative host.

The entire Ancient Machine Clan headquarters is made up of the hardware of this mainframe.

The function of this main unit is to continuously write.

It keeps creating new narrative layers, one after another, endlessly and infinitely.

Moreover, with each new layer they create, they transfer their own consciousness into it, and then continue to create even lower layers.

Of course, their path to transcendence is certainly not that simple.

They soon discovered that this effort was futile; no matter how many layers of narrative they created, they could not stray even a fraction from the true narrative layer.

It seems that all of this was in vain.

But they did not give up; the Ancient Machine Race is a species that never gives up.

In conclusion, after hundreds of millions of years of effort, the ancient mechanical race's attempts have yielded results.

In the process of constantly creating new narrative layers, they have undergone some inexplicable changes.

Even if they stop creating, these narrative layers will continue to spontaneously generate and evolve, and at an ever-increasing speed.

It seems that they are just one trigger away from forming what they call "true narrative" and achieving transcendence.

Seeing this, Su Yu vaguely discerned the truth behind the Ancient Machine God's path to transcendence.

It's not about simply layering narratives; that would be meaningless.

The narrative layers they create are all very unique.

What makes them special is that they have absolute control over every narrative layer they create.

This kind of control is extremely extreme.

Under normal circumstances, the various details within a narrative layer will evolve naturally according to the rules. For example, when Su Yu writes a story, he will definitely focus on the main characters and supporting characters.

As for the details of the universe, the composition of matter, the movement of planets, the changes in weather, and even the activity of microscopic particles in this story, Su Yu certainly wouldn't dwell on those.

Just set it up roughly and let it run and evolve naturally.

But the Ancient Machines are different; they have absolute control over every detail of the narrative layers they create.

Every microscopic particle must be carefully documented and its trajectory controlled.

This would consume a huge amount of computing power, but that's exactly what the Ancient Machine Race has in abundance. Their life form determines that they possess computing power that surpasses almost everything else.

Under such extreme control, theoretically there would be no variables; everything in the narrative layer is under their control and observation.

But strangely enough, no matter how they are written, there will always be some that slip through the net, and there will always be a few variables.

For example, the trajectory of a certain particle may be out of control.

The Ancient Machine Race did not eliminate these variables. Instead, they transferred their consciousness into these variables and then created a new lower narrative layer based on these variables, while maintaining absolute control over it and searching for new variables.

This kind of variable is the key to truly "distancing" oneself from the narrative of reality.

Even in true narrative, one cannot fully control all the details of the lower narrative layers.

It might be that they can't, or it might be that they're too lazy to care.

These variables do exist, but they are extremely hidden and difficult to grasp.

The Ancient Machine God used this method to find that barely perceptible variable.

As long as you have enough variables at your fingertips, you will be far enough away from the true narrative, eventually transforming yourself completely into a variable, transcending the control of the true narrative, and gaining absolute freedom.

Now, the Ancient Machine Race has completed most of this process, and the vast majority of them have been transformed into variables.

They are just one final opportunity away from complete transformation and reaching the "true narrative" in their theories.

The so-called lower-level narrative is a narrative layer that is infinitely far and low from the upper-level narrative, and is equally unreachable and uninterruptible.

Reaching that point means transcendence.

However, this last opportunity was naturally very difficult, as the Ancient Machine Clan had been stuck here for a long time.

And they also knew what the opportunity was, and the answer... was still Su Yu!
Indeed, Su Yu saw himself in the story of the Ancient Machine Clan.

Su Yu is mentioned in the stories of the ancient mechanical gods.

According to their theories, Su Yu has a strange origin, and he is the biggest variable among all the lower narrative layers.

By mastering Su Yu, one can reach the true narrative and thus achieve transcendence.

"So, Su Yu, what is your choice?"

Su Yu came across this sentence in his own narrative book.

It was the Ancient Machine Race speaking to him, asking about his choice.

Since the Ancient Machine Race controls variables, they can also create variables in Su Yu's narrative book, creating non-existent text out of thin air, and thus converse with him.

They wanted Su Yu to join them, to reach the true narrative together, and to transcend it together.

It turns out it was also an attempt to win them over. Su Yu originally thought there would be a battle, but now it seems that wasn't the case.

Since that's the case, Su Yu didn't hesitate and answered directly, "I didn't choose humans, so naturally I won't choose you either."

He refused! (End of Chapter)