Eternal Night.

Chapter 961 The War Begins

"...Chu Minghao's sublimation stability has always been quite good, with a deviation value between 0.3 and 0.5. His self-perfection is condensing and will be successfully condensed within the foreseeable 48 hours. However, the condensation of the perfect sublimation body still requires a large amount of matter. Fortunately, this is the Absolute Reality Layer, and we are currently within a galaxy, so there is absolutely no shortage of matter!"

"On the contrary, Liang Min's deviation value once reached twelve percent. Although it has now stabilized at around five percent, this number is still..."

A bald man, or rather a monk, stood in Gaia's newly built sublimation observation room and spoke with a worried expression.

Behind him, dozens of top scientists from Gaia were recording data. One of them asked, "We understand the issue of the deviation value you raised. This is an anchor value for self-awareness. If the deviation value is too large, the self-awareness will be unclear, and sublimation will fail. But how does this deviation come about? According to our understanding, if the genetic deviation reaches more than five percent, that is even greater than the difference between humans and dogs!"

The monk shook his head and said, “You are talking about the genetic engineering of mortals, but once one becomes extraordinary, the genes of the physical body no longer occupy the core of the foundation of life. As the extraordinary becomes stronger, the core gradually shifts towards the extraordinary path. And if one reaches the sublimation stage, this core directly transforms into self-perfection. And the core of self-perfection is self-awareness. You should no longer view this issue through the lens of genetic engineering for mortals.”

Dozens of top scientists were deep in thought. One of the female scientists said, "It's a pity that we haven't been in contact with the supernatural realm for long enough to form a unified theory about it. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a passive position now..."

A young novice monk standing beside the monk suddenly laughed: "You Gaia humans are really arrogant. A unified theory of the extraordinary realm? Even we Buddhists wouldn't dare to make such a boast. The Heavenly Court has dominated the Dream World for so long, and it's said they've collected enough extraordinary pathways to fill an entire layer of heaven, yet they still wouldn't dare to claim to have compiled a unified theory of the extraordinary realm. You guys are really..."

The monk's expression changed, and he whispered sharply, "Wu Shen!"

The young novice was taken aback, his face immediately turning bitter. He clasped his hands together, bowed his head, and said, "Master, I spoke recklessly."

The monk shook his head slightly, then turned to the crowd and said earnestly, “Please don’t blame me, it is my fault for not teaching the disciples properly… But theoretically speaking, the theory of transcendent integration is impossible to come into being. At most, we can touch upon some commonalities of the transcendent, but if we delve into the specific commonalities, we can find that the transcendent has no commonalities. All the commonalities are actually just coincidences.”

Many Gaia scientists looked at each other, for this was far beyond their expectations.

This monk was a Buddhist scientist provided by Guanyin, and according to Guanyin, he was extremely valuable, requiring the Gaia humans to do everything in their power to protect him.

This is understandable, though. Unlike the Gaia, where almost all humans are alive, Buddhism has long since declined to its lowest point. The original Buddha race has been reduced to the First Buddha, and the remaining Buddhas, including the Seven Bodhisattvas who are destined to become Buddhas in their next life, or those Buddhas, are all reincarnations of the Nth generation. Especially after countless epochs of Buddhist extinction, even Guanyin has transformed into the Eternal Mother. The number of mortals with consciousness is extremely limited. Every mortal is precious to Buddhism, let alone scholars, scientists, and those who possess Buddhist knowledge among these mortals. To describe them as giant pandas would be an insult.

This monk was one of the very few precious Buddhist mortals whom Guanyin had risked her life to protect over countless years, even when she herself was almost completely transformed into a Daoist being, and he was the scientist among them.

A Gaia human scientist asked again: "We have already seen the data you brought, which shows that excessive deviation can lead to sublimation failure. But why is there such a huge deviation? It exceeds five percent, which actually means that Mr. Liang Min no longer considers himself to be Liang Min. And it exceeds ten percent, which means that he can hardly even anchor himself to the fact that he is human. What is the reason for this?"

The monk pondered for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "Unless his extraordinary technique involves constantly changing his identity, personality, memories, and even cognition itself, it wouldn't produce such a large deviation value. This is only the first step of sublimation, the anchoring of self-cognition... Consume reality, use your civilized artifacts to help him anchor himself."

Upon hearing what the monk said, the other scientists all looked grim.

It wasn't that they were reluctant to give up their points. After all, as one of the three pillars of humanity, Liang Min's importance could not be overstated. What truly made them grim was that Liang Min's situation was extremely dangerous. If such a great danger occurred in the first step, wouldn't it be impossible to get through the next two steps?

Moreover, among these dozens of scientists, a few had studied Liang Min's condition after World War IV. They naturally knew why Liang Min's self-perception was so skewed. His ability to be reborn through another body after death was already incredibly incredible and couldn't possibly be without any negative effects. And now, his self-perception skew is likely one of those negative effects. He is unable to recognize the difference between himself as "Liang Min" and the person he replaced.

There might not be any problems on a normal day, but the sublimation stage is an elevation of the essence of life, the most crucial stage of life. At this time, any flaws will be magnified without limit, like dominoes. As long as one part collapses, it will lead to the collapse of the entire system...

Liang Min, you're in danger.

"Contact the interim presidential decision-making council and request strategic reserve points, a share of the mastermind's usage quota, and a full investigation into Mr. Liang Min's personality deviation!!"

Among the dozens of Gaia human scientists, the two scientists who were the team leaders looked at each other and immediately looked up and shouted into the void.

The information was immediately transmitted to the core of Gaia via the emergency communication channel. There, the Night Watchers and key personnel of the Gaia Human Government, including Gao Changgong, Chu Yuyan, and Wang Yihui, were either physically present or projected onto the screen, each handling various war-related matters. After receiving the emergency communication from the Science Department, the three exchanged glances and immediately issued approval orders using their respective privileges. These orders were instantly transmitted to the mainframe, where, with their current acting president privileges, the mainframe could process them immediately.

but……

The mastermind rejected their request.

"Why!?"

Wang Yihui was the first to shout, yelling, "Mainframe, you have betrayed humanity!?"

Gao Changgong and Chu Yuyan also felt their blood rushing to their heads, and their eyes turned completely bloodshot.

at this time?
At this moment, the mainframe suddenly malfunctioned!?

Then the Gaia humans are doomed!
"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"According to the mainframe's judgment, Liang Min's ascension priority is not the highest level among the Gaia humans' priorities. At present, the mainframe needs to use all judgment capabilities and Gaia human government strategic reserve points to handle the first priority matter."

The mastermind's voice rang out in the meeting room of the acting president. Not only were the three people surprised, but also the dozens of other military officers, civil servants, and family members present were all astonished.

This is so incredible. You have to understand that Liang Min is one of the three pillars of humanity. Even though Liang Min's identity has some issues, such as that he is actually one of the five leaders of the Human Revolutionary Alliance and controls a sub-brain, which is equivalent to splitting the power of the Gaia Human Government and the main brain. Therefore, the main brain has never liked Liang Min. But at this moment, apart from Chu Minghao, there could not be any other matter that has a higher priority than Liang Min.

"I demand that you explain the highest priority matters in detail!" Chu Yuyan shouted immediately.

"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"The acting president's authority has been confirmed, and he has access to the highest priority matters."

"We have received Wu Pifu's assessment information. The mainframe needs to do its utmost to determine its location and status in order to achieve a location link."

The name Wu Pifu seemed to have a magical power. As soon as these three words were uttered, everyone present felt dizzy, and some even lost their balance and had to hold onto tables and chairs before taking deep breaths.

Like Liang Min, one of the three pillars of humanity, he went straight to the Heavenly Court eight months ago with incredible power. In full view of everyone, witnessed by countless dream world civilizations, ancient civilizations, and Gaia human civilization, he single-handedly wielded a sword and attacked the Heavenly Court, causing the Heavenly Court to begin to collapse from the South Heavenly Gate.

The mainframe's assessment indicates that at least half of the Heavenly Court's Thirty-Three Heavens outer structure has collapsed. At the same time, the Heavenly Court's existing war potential has decreased by more than 80%, with over a million of its heavenly soldiers and generals killed or wounded. At least one hundred of the high-end combat power sources that were either dormant or resurrected have perished. Among the Four Emperors, the Antarctic Longevity Emperor and the Taiji Heavenly Emperor were severely injured, and their fates are unknown. Furthermore, over 50% of the anchor points that the Heavenly Court civilization and its linked, real subordinate worlds have lost contact.

All of this was caused by one human being, and this human being was a member of a real civilization in this era.

The entire dream world was in an uproar, so much so that in these eight months, three ancient civilizations announced their emergence, and even sent people to contact the Gaia humans and provide them with some unofficial assistance.

This also delayed the Heavenly Court's conquest of the Gaia humans. It wasn't until eight months later that the Heavenly Court's attack finally arrived. Moreover, it no longer possessed the domineering power of directly crushing the Absolute Truth Layer in the past, but had to first open an anchoring channel in the Absolute Truth Layer.

Wu Pifu...

Wu the ant!
He's still alive?!
(End of this chapter)