From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The law of entropy increase not only reveals the evolutionary laws of the universe, but also foreshadows the eventual fate of all living and non-living things toward chaos and extinction.

Higher-dimensional deities also exist in their universe, but they do not exist in the same space as humans. Therefore, they also face the problem of heading towards chaos and extinction along with the universe.

Even if one possesses an eternal lifespan, or even, as Jiang Liu said, breaks through the fourth level of the gene lock and awakens the light of the soul, one may be able to reverse the increase of personal entropy and complete the transformation from seeking externally to giving internally... However, as long as one is still in a large universe environment where entropy is constantly increasing, one will ultimately be unable to escape the fate of destruction.

"Could it be that higher-dimensional beings want to save the universe from increasing entropy?" the spherical robot wondered. "So Earth is just an experimental field?"

"The Earth Vine has existed for hundreds of millions of years and has appeared in several mass extinctions," Bai Yuekui stated, revealing a fact that the spherical robot already knew.

Obvious.

Earth, or at least their Earth, is a testing ground for higher-dimensional beings!

"The possibility of viewing the world and thinking about the universe from a higher-dimensional perspective is not small, but even if it is true, humanity is definitely not an experimental subject from which He can extract the essence of life at will. We must confront Him, reclaim the world we depend on for survival, and then explore the mysteries of the starry universe in our own way, a more peaceful way." Bai Yuekui's will was firm.

"Humans can't even make peace among themselves."

The spherical robot complained.

Bai Yuekui ignored this and simply waved the brain electromagnetic spectrum device in his hand, saying, "I'll take this thing first."

"Wait, there's only one of these! It was from the Nirvana Research Institute last time. We know how to make it, but Dragonbone Village doesn't have a well-organized industrial park..."

The spherical robot shouted, only to see Bai Yuekui already step off the platform, looking helpless. He could only give a "ε=('ο｀*)))" expression and mutter to himself, "Oh well, what can I do? I'm her brother. It's only right to spoil her! But there aren't many people in this world who spoil their sisters until they're eighty years old..."

hmm~

I'm such a wonderful older brother!

At the same time.

Mark, now awakened to his Source potential, was in high spirits. He returned to the Dragon Bone Village residential area with Jiang Liu, intending to eat at the "Food is Steel" restaurant...

Chapter 1181 "Food is Steel"

"Fan Shi Gang" is the largest restaurant in Longgu Village. The interior is cozy, just like a small restaurant from the 1980s or 90s, and it's always packed with customers.

The shop owner, known as Yuan Ma, was a plump middle-aged woman, and the errand boy was her son, A Yuan, whose build was almost identical to his mother's. When he saw Mark enter, he was still a little scared and shouted to his mother, "Mom, Mark is here!"

"You're here, so what's with the shouting?"

Yuan's mother didn't have much prejudice against Mark. In fact, her attitude was even better after Mark took the initiative to weed the village. However, she still had to pay him. "A big bowl of clear soup with ground flour, put it on the boss's account."

"Mom, Boss Jiang is here too!" A Yuan shouted.

"Let's go order some food."

Yuan's mother was speechless at her silly son's overreaction.

"Mr. Jiang, what would you like to eat?"

A-Yuan came over with the menu and asked questions.

"Mushrooms alone, mushrooms lonely, plus mushrooms living their own lives." Jiang Liu looked at the familiar dish names on the nearby posters, glanced at Mark, and then ordered a "mushroom set meal".

"Okay! Wait a minute!"

A-Yuan immediately relayed the message to Yuan's mother.

"Did you order these three dishes for me?" Mark raised his eyebrows slightly and asked abruptly.

"No, I ordered it for myself."

Jiang Liu shook his head. "You know what? When you cultivate to my level, life is no longer just a fleeting hundred years like ordinary people. So you have to learn to accept the passing of your relatives and friends."

"I'm sorry..."

"of course."

Before Mark could finish his "apology," Jiang Liu continued, "As cultivators, we should be at peace with the natural cycle of death, such as birth, aging, sickness, and death."

Now, you live far longer than a normal person. Even assuming your loved one could truly be resurrected, her cultivation talent is insufficient, she wouldn't reach my level, nor would she possess a body like yours…

After you die of old age, have you thought about how you want to live your life?

"..."

Mark, who had been interrupted, poured himself a cup of hot tea, drank it all in one gulp, and shook his head, saying, "I'm not thinking that far ahead right now. I just want to revive Ran Bing. Can you tell me more about the cultivation of the Life Source Essence?"

"to make."

Jiang Liu smiled. "The human body has its own open and complex system. As for you, I'll still refer to it as the source of life. After all, too many different definitions of the same thing would be redundant."

For a moment, the talking in the restaurant subsided.

Many of the Guiyuan Warriors and Awakened Ones who came to dine also wanted to hear Jiang Liu's philosophy on cultivating the source of life essence.

Jiang Liu asked, "What is your understanding of the word 'life'?"

Mark answered, "Life."

"Inaccurate."

Jiang Liu shook his head. "Sex is the spirit, and life is the body. Strictly speaking, this word cannot be separated for discussion, but for your convenience, we need to separate it now."

The human body has two worlds.

One aspect is the physical landscape, which is a complex and open macroscopic system composed of matter.

The second is the mental landscape, that is, the spiritual world.

Generally speaking, everyone can enter the spiritual world, including ordinary people who don't cultivate themselves, which is the dream world. However, most people's dreams are extremely chaotic, like fleeting bubbles, and they remember nothing after waking up.

Cultivating one's life essence based on the source of life not only involves integrating and utilizing the energy of the source essence to improve the efficiency of life activities, but also aims to build a framework that allows one's spiritual world to permanently reside within.

In other words, the spiritual world must also construct a complex system parallel to the physical body, and be unified with it under the coordination of the life essence.

After some deliberation, Marx asked, "Shouldn't the spiritual world reside within the brain?"

"Most of the body's life activities are regulated by the nervous system, but besides the brain, don't nerve tissue also exist in the spine and other parts of the body?"

Jiang Liu countered, "And the life essence is the key to perfectly integrating the human nervous system."

However, you are rather special. Strictly speaking, your lower dantian is not the lower dantian, but rather a spiritual seed located in your abdomen corresponding to the lower dantian. This seed forms a multi-dimensional space of its own, capable of housing spirit and life essence. It can be considered as the prototype of a spiritual world.

However, this is also the drawback of a tangible golden elixir: if someone can pinpoint the location of your spiritual seed and shatter it, your life will come to an end.

However, because of this, your spiritual practice differs from that of ordinary people; you need to transform the tangible into the intangible.

"What do you mean?"

Mark didn't quite understand. "Does this mean that in my future cultivation, I need to find a way to expand the Spirit Seed to a size that matches my body? To physically fuse it with my bones?"

"Your idea... might actually work on the Devouring Beast, but I have something better, now—"

at this time.

Ah Yuan came over carrying a large bowl of clear soup noodles and mushroom set meal, and called out, "Boss Jiang, and... Mark, your dishes are ready."

"Thank you."

Jiang Liu picked up the mushroom set meal and asked, "Is there rice?"

"Have."

"Give me a bowl."

"Hold on."

After A Yuan left, Jiang Liu said to Mark, "Eat first. The worst thing in cultivation is to be impatient; haste makes waste."

Considering that the restaurant was not a suitable place for teaching, Mark had to suppress his impatience and eat mushroom skewers while slurping noodles.

"mark!"

"Boss Jiang!"

Maiduo pushed open the door and immediately spotted Mark, whose appearance stood out from the crowd, and Jiang Liu, whose long hair was tied in a bun on top of his head. She quickly ran to the two of them at the dining table, pulled up two chairs, and waved to a bald young man behind her, saying, "Brother, come over here."

When the young man saw Mark, a look of seriousness appeared between his brows, but as if considering Jiang Liu's presence, he could only say, "I don't want to eat with a Devouring Beast."

That's an expression of naiveté, but considering that the people of Dragonbone Village are generally very extroverted, they may conceal or deceive when communicating with others, but they are mostly emotional, liking what they like and disliking what they dislike, and their main focus is on being "genuine".

"What Devouring Beast? Mark is Mark."

Maido was dissatisfied, but in the end she got up from her seat with a slight apology and went upstairs with her brother Haisang.

No matter what, Maiduo and Haisang are family, they are siblings. If she were to sit alone at the table with Jiang Liu and Mark, who knows what jokes might be circulating behind her back.

"It seems that gaining the approval of everyone in Dragonbone Village isn't as simple as just helping to weed," Jiang Liu chuckled sarcastically.

Seeing Mark squinting, he added, "Don't worry too much. The struggle between humans and Devouring Beasts is not something that can be resolved overnight. Your appearance will naturally inspire fear in people. Acceptance cannot be achieved in one fell swoop. What you need to do is gradually demonstrate your abilities and value."

"It feels... no different from the rules of the lighthouse, both are about value." Mark finished his soup noodles, lost in thought.

"Wild beasts are mostly solitary, while cattle and sheep live in herds."

Humans are social animals that live in groups, and social animals have always valued individual worth. However, human emotions are far richer and more complex than those of ordinary animals.

The rules of Dragon Bone Village are essentially no different from those of Lighthouse, except that Dragon Bone Village places more emphasis on human relationships and empathy with its fellow human beings.

That's all. "

As he spoke, Jiang Liu looked towards the shop entrance once more—

Wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, Bai Yuekui strode into the restaurant and went straight to the table where Jiang Liu was.

"Boss Bai is here!"

Ah Yuan hurried over with the menu, "What would you like to eat, Boss Bai?"

Chapter 1182 Self-Reliance

"One mushroom is all alone, one mushroom is all alone, and another mushroom lives a solitary life."

Bai Yuekui glanced at Mark, then at Jiang Liu, ordered the same dishes as Jiang Liu, then put one foot on the chair, propped one hand on the table, and said to Mark, "You successfully awakened your source potential today, I won quite a bit."

After saying that, before Mark could react, she took a small bag from behind her waist and threw it in front of Mark.

Mark held up two fingers, opened the bag, and saw that it contained marrow crystal coins. He sighed, "Sure enough, Lighthouse and Dragonbone Village are similar. No matter where I go, people will bet on me."

That being said.

Mark, however, still put away the marrow crystal coins in the bag.