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Chapter 431 Even Sages Need to Talk About Science

Sisyphus readily agreed to the conditions for transmitting the scriptures.

The simple and plain words left Wukong and the other person stunned.

They had assumed that the other party, having just been freed from the curse of the rolling boulder, would be incredibly excited and filled with hatred towards them, these high and mighty, all-powerful immortals and gods.

Surprisingly, it was so calm, just like an ordinary person who had just finished lunch and was about to go to work.

"Actually, you could take a rest," Yang Kaitai couldn't help but say.

"The stone that has been pushed for countless years is now free from the curse. You can rest for a few days. The mission of spreading the scriptures will last for at least several decades. A few more days won't make a difference."

"No need," Sisyphus said, shaking his head slightly. "I am not averse to the task of moving the boulder; in fact, I consider it a glorious act of defiance against the gods."

"Now that this glory has come to an end, it's time to start a new goal," Sisyphus said with a smile.

The two immortals were silent for a moment as they looked at the unshaven, disheveled mortal before them.

They felt that the mortal in front of them seemed somewhat different from the people they had met before.

Although they no longer need to roll the boulders on the mountain, they will still actively seek out and push new boulders.

They were unsure whether this Sisyphus-like thinking had always been present, or whether they had been forced to think this way under the long task of rolling the boulder.

But they understood that, whether they liked it or not, they should imagine Sisyphus, who was pushing the boulder, as happy; otherwise, without such willpower, they would not have been able to endure the long years.

For Sisyphus, although he could finally leave the mountain in front of him, wasn't the whole world an even bigger mountain?

Sisyphus's eyes revealed a look of disdain, mockery, and excitement towards suffering.

Since pushing the stone uphill is inevitable, he will push it again in his favorite way, in his own unique way!

Yang Kaitai said, "Alright, since you're not tired, let's move on."

"Next, we need to find Prometheus. We can spread the scriptures along the way."

As he spoke, he looked toward the Caucasus Mountains, where Rometheus was imprisoned.

But in the blink of an eye, everything around him changed, and Yang Kaitai found himself in a place shrouded in ethereal mist.

"Where did I get here? This isn't the Southern Region at all! Where are they?"

Yang Kaitai was speechless with bewilderment, but then he noticed five kind-looking, amiable people standing in front of him.

Upon seeing it for the first time, Yang Kaitai almost collapsed.

He was extremely familiar with the five people in front of him. In the countless universes of the primordial world, the statues of several saints enshrined in Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries all looked like this.

"Holy...Holy one, what do you want with me?" Yang Kaitai stammered.

"It's nothing, it's just that Benefactor Yang will have to wait here for a while, which will also be of benefit to you," Zhunti said with a smile.

Yang Kaitai asked cautiously, "May I ask why?"

"Because of the battle between Fellow Daoist Bai and the Seven Sages, the laws of the entire Five Domains have undergone fundamental changes," the Moral Celestial Venerable explained. "In modern terms, the physical constants of the universe have been adjusted."

"Using modern methods..." Yang Kaitai couldn't help but twitch his lips. Was the sage in mythology talking to him about science a mistake?

"There's nothing strange about that," Jieyin said, clasping his hands together. "Among the countless subordinate universes of the Central Plains, there are both technology and magic, and those that have transcended include both gods of magic and civilizations that have achieved technological advancement."

"As sages, we cannot be complacent and narrow-minded; rather, we must keep pace with the times and make continuous progress."

"To borrow a phrase from Spencer Jensen in your mind, the only constant in this world is change itself."

"So in a way, we've been modern for a long time. We understand things like the use of internet memes in the information age, the advantages and disadvantages of capitalism, and the principles of nuclear fusion better than you do."

It's out! Yang Kaitai has really exploded.

He truly hadn't expected that the sage would be so progressive, discussing the merits and demerits of capital with a modern person like himself; it completely shattered his worldview.

Having finally calmed his turbulent emotions and realizing he had no secrets from the sage, Yang Kaitai asked, "You just said that Boss Bai is fighting against seven sages?"

"That's right. Apart from the Primordial World, all the other four realms of saints that could appear have already made their moves."

Jieyin nodded and said, "The battle between them has now completely altered the physical constants of the primordial world, plunging it into chaos."

"The first thing to be changed is the speed of light."

As he spoke, the Celestial Venerable of Morality waved his hand slightly, and a beam of light flashed before Yang Kaitai's eyes.

Yang Kaitai, who had already become an immortal, was naturally able to observe that this fleeting light was one-third faster than usual.

"Is there... a problem?" Yang Kaitai asked subconsciously.

"This is a huge problem," said the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

"The energy of light is directly proportional to its frequency. The energy of each photon remains unchanged, but the speed of light has increased by one-third, which means that the wavelength of light has increased."

"The speed of light, as a fundamental law of the universe, is simply a part of the strength of electromagnetic interaction; increasing it directly leads to a decrease in the strength of the force."

"Human cells are held together by electromagnetic force. If the speed of light is weakened, it means that the density of all matter will decrease. As a result, cells will not be able to aggregate and will fall apart."

"Furthermore, the melting and boiling points of the universe decrease due to the increased speed of light, causing blood to boil, which could potentially lead to a star exploding..."

The sage didn't talk about metaphysics but about science, which made Yang Kaitai feel as if he had returned to his high school days and was facing his physics teacher's explanation.

Even though he knew that these sages possessed more knowledge than any scientist he knew, Yang Kaitai still felt incredibly uncomfortable.

"Can't the sages directly change the laws of the lower realm?" Yang Kaitai couldn't help but ask.

"Destruction is easier than repair; it is obviously much easier to arbitrarily adjust the parameters of the laws of physics than to limit them."

"We only have five saints, while it was a battle of all strength between eight saints without any scruples. One of them was a Western saint who was three saints combined. If we rashly try to repair the world, it will only make things more chaotic."

The Tongtian Sect Leader sighed and said, "Moreover, we have already decided that the Sage will not descend to earth again before the final result is announced. Taking you out of the world is already an exception."

When will the results be released?

"It could be the next moment, or it could be an hour later..."

Zhunti fell silent halfway through his sentence.

Because in their perception, the river of time, which had been reinforced by the saints, began to crack, and time throughout the entire universe underwent an incredibly drastic change.

The unchanging past began to split, branching into countless tributaries that covered the entire Five Realms.

(End of this chapter)