Wizard: I have ten trillion nanomachines

All individuals in the entire civilization possess psychic powers, and the Spirit-Eyed race, who have the ability to cast spells, fell into a frenzy after coming into contact with the warp.

They marveled at the transcendence and grandeur of the subspace and believed it to be the path to immortality for their people.

This refers to the ultimate leap of civilization, which relies on the energy of the soul to break free from the constraints of the physical body and the material universe, and become a higher-level consciousness.

It is a consciousness that can freely travel in subspace and even influence reality, and no longer needs to fear material disasters in the physical universe.

The entire Spirit Eye Clan has done a great deal to achieve this goal.

The first step is to eliminate differences between individuals.

By pooling the resources of their entire civilization, they created a spiritual network similar to the Internet, thereby achieving a high degree of centralization, reducing internal friction, and concentrating resources on accomplishing major tasks.

In this way, the improvement of civilization level becomes unstoppable.

After that, the entire civilization will be able to move closer to their long-cherished goal.

After constructing a collective consciousness network and converging individual psychic energy into a civilization-level spiritual torrent, the entire civilization mobilized its resources to open a subspace passage and explore the rules of this strange realm.

At the same time, it utilizes its internal energy to temper the very soul of the entire civilization...

"So, this is about psionic ascension?"

After reviewing the information, Luo Kunlun thought to himself.

Ascension, or rather, dimensional ascension.

Dimensions—Lokunlun certainly couldn't have been unaware of this theory.

Regarding the question of how many dimensions exist, the answer varies depending on the theoretical framework.

String theory initially required 26 dimensions, superstring theory simplified the dimensions to 10, and M-theory posits that the universe has 11 dimensions.

Whether it's string theory, superstring theory, or M-theory, the 26, 10, or 11 dimensions they refer to encompass all dimensions from 0 to the highest dimension.

At the same time, the meaning of 0-dimensional is completely consistent.

Zero-dimensional, a point without dimensions, is easy to understand, but this point is a self-contradictory concept.

How can a dimension that has no dimensions exist?

But that is also its essence.

It's like a point on a map, and a person is heading towards that point.

This point exists on the map, but does not exist in reality.

Zero-dimensional is like this; it represents a position or coordinate, but it's just a placeholder used to represent something.

"If we use the development and update of a game as an analogy, zero-dimensional is like the game's initial project proposal, while one-dimensional and three-dimensional is like the open base world."

"Four-dimensional means incorporating a timeline system. All of the player's actions form a 'trajectory.' This can be known, but you can't jump to the past or future; you can't skip the main storyline. You can only follow the main plot."

"They have the right to observe, but not the right to interfere."

"Then the fifth dimension is like parallel story branches, where at key plot points, such as choosing A or B, countless different lines emerge. The sixth dimension is the ability to ignore the time sequence and jump directly from the current branch to a completely different branch."

"The seventh dimension is a single server, containing all the storylines and 'lines,' while the eighth dimension is the location of a server cluster, containing countless other servers. The ninth dimension is cross-server communication."

"Ten dimensions represent game developers, and 10+1 dimensions can be roughly compared to finishing one game and then starting a new project to make a new game."

"Hiss, if that's the case, am I in a game?"

Although these theories have not yet been proven, the communication with the phoenix that "the progenitors are not in the mortal world" suggests that higher dimensions may indeed exist.

However, considering "birth" and "becoming such an existence" as two fixed points, as established facts, it is impossible for them to be living beings in conventional understanding.

Being located in a higher dimension is a reasonable explanation.

"In that case, the establishment of a clan system can be reasonably explained; it should be a way of interfering with the present world."

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Judging from the final outcome, the ascension of the Lingmu civilization was clearly a failure.

Although the remaining information is incomplete, Lokunlun still managed to piece together some information about the fate of the civilization.

It was a sudden appearance, a black snake. If I had to give it a description, something like a black snake "swallowed" the entire civilization.

The entire life of the civilization, whether it be the outer soul or the true spirit at its core, was swallowed up.

The true spirit is probably the reason for the appearance of the black snake.

After the third ring, the growth of the true spirit comes into play.

There are generally two methods to strengthen the true spirit.

One type is like the black snake, which directly devours the true spirits of other lives, making it extremely efficient and effective.

Another method is slow polishing.

There exists a path of incense offerings among the heavens, where practitioners nourish themselves by drawing upon the power of the faith of all beings, but this method has great drawbacks.

The beliefs of sentient beings are mixed and impure, which can easily erode the original mind of practitioners, ultimately causing their own consciousness to be hijacked by the expectations of believers and lose their self. Therefore, it is not the mainstream.

However, the hammering and forging methods employed in this process have their merits.

Facing the vast ocean of thoughts and beliefs, one must uphold one's true self amidst countless complex convictions, thereby refining one's true spirit and making it ever more pure and condensed.

However, this method is too slow, and its efficiency is vastly different from that of the Devouring Path.

But Luo Kunlun did not intend to devour the true spirit.

The true spirit is the most fundamental thing, the core code.

This is different from devouring a soul.

If possible, Luo Kunlun does not want to change his fundamental nature.

Therefore, he could only take the path of slowly refining his true spirit.

However, Luo Kunlun has his own insights into the polishing process.

"The refinement of the path of incense offerings is essentially a struggle against the positive thoughts of the masses," he analyzed. "The God in the hearts of believers is often just, benevolent, and powerful. This kind of thought is biased towards the positive because people always yearn for beautiful and beneficial things."

"Just like the god of fertility and the god of plague, the former often has more followers than the latter."

"But conversely, evil thoughts can also be used to temper the true spirit."

"Greed, fear, hatred... these negative thoughts are more violent and pure. Although they are extremely dangerous, you reap what you sow. The effect of tempering your true spirit is positive thoughts."

"But whether it's a positive or negative thought, it ultimately stems from the 'human heart,' and is essentially a struggle with others, so the scope of one's thinking is ultimately limited."

The array of spiritual consciousness was operating at high speed, and countless fragments of information collided and merged, gradually forming a brand-new method of forging in Luo Kunlun's mind.

Calamity, or calamity wave, is the universe's automatic balance and cyclical law, without good or bad, reward or punishment, as natural as the changing of the four seasons.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death; formation, existence, decay, and emptiness; cause and effect, and the law of karma—all these are forms of calamity.

Through countless eons of tempering, the true spirit is ultimately made indestructible.

"The traces on this planet contain a wealth of information about the Spirit Eye Clan, including their history."

"And the development of a civilization is never complete without tribulations." Luo Kunlun's spiritual consciousness spread out again, "and I will use these tribulations as the driving force for me to forge my true spirit."