Chapter 350: Understanding ‘Infinity’

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Both the ‘ring1 and the ‘Extractor’ mentioned by the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ were new information obtained from the Black Hole.

However, just like how food had to be eaten step by step, information had to be obtained the same way. Li Wenyuan thought for a while and decided to ask about the ‘ring’ that he was most concerned about.

The mysterious existence in that Black Hole had troubled him for a long time. The celestial body he thought represented the end had a different world inside. As more mysteries were unearthed, the Black Hole became more mysterious.

Humans seemed to have an unusual understanding of Black Hole. From the previous conclusion of the ‘Purification Core’ in that spiral galaxy, the ■professor’ who entered the Black Hole might not have died but had somehow re-established a certain degree of connection with humans.

Just like the current ‘Infinite Divine Armaments.’

Before entering the Black Hole, Li Wenyuan did not expect to encounter such a machine in the Black Hole. He originally thought there would only be two outcomes: seeing the ‘ring’ and not seeing the ‘ring.’ Now, the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ told him that entering and staying in the Black Hole was not something only humans could do.

[What does a ‘ring’ look like? Oh, this is indeed a problem.]

[Up until now, it has been difficult for us to come up with a concrete image of it. We can only give it a ‘concept’ of a ‘ring.’]

[But in fact, every life who has seen it will involuntarily define it as ‘ring.’ It is time. It is a cycle. It is love and song…Anyway, that’s how it is.]

[It’s indeed quite difficult to see it, but theoretically speaking, it has always been in the Black Hole. If you don’t see it in the Black Hole, it means that it’s not time to meet it yet.]

[It knows everything, just like your arrival. It has already mentioned you and all of you countless times. It has always been watching, whether the past or the future.]

[But I’m sorry, we haven’t seen it for a long time too. Although the last time we saw it was 20,000 seconds ago, you know that the flow of time here can’t be judged by common sense. Or rather, it’s meaningless to talk about time here.]

[In our memory, we entered this place about 3,000 seconds ago, but we think that at least 50 years have passed in the outside world. No, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years is possible. We’ll only know when we get out.]

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Li Wenyuan felt that every time that mysterious Black Hole ‘ring’ was involved, everything he knew began to become metaphysical.

Even the words used by the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ that looked like a cutting-edge machine were strange.

However, he also knew that the ‘Ring of Time’ in the Black Hole was far more bizarre than he had imagined.

The ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ believed it knew everything, as did Li Wenyuan. Because the Level 10 technology that came from the Black Hole, ‘the Strange Cycle,’ could only be explained by metaphysics.

It seemed to contain the truth of countless universes and dimensions. As long as one understood a little, one could complete the transformation.

Li Wenyuan felt that only those who had truly observed everything from the beginning to the end could have that level of knowledge.

Therefore, he also gave a definition to the ‘Ring of Time.’

Before he truly obtained the ‘nomination’ from the ‘Ring of Time’ and saw the ‘Ring of Time,’ he would think of it as a high-dimensional lifeform.

It wasn’t a ‘higher dimension’ like the ‘World Breaker,’ but an existence above it, at the peak, and even beyond the ‘dimension’ itself. The definition of life might no longer apply to it.

Apart from that, Li Wenyuan also analyzed another thing from the words of the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments.’ The ‘Ring of Time’ seemed to be very interested in him and human beings.

[Yes, yes. In a limited time, it has mentioned you countless times. Its attention to you is beyond your imagination.]

[We can’t define what kind of life you are, nor can we define whether you are an individual or group existence. Just like you, or all of you, you are now a mechanical body, but in fact, you are an organic life. This is indeed an interference that is difficult to determine.]

[But we can still confirm that it’s you because its ‘love’ is in you.]

Love?

He thought it would be difficult to see that word after stepping into interstellar space, but Li Wenyuan did not expect to hear it from the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments.’

At that moment, Li Wenyuan thought of the ‘Strange Cycle.’

[Strange Cycle]

[Introduction: This is a set of conflicting instincts, love, and social norms. We don’t want to just cause an impact. We want to control everything. The advancement of technology will no longer have an upper limit. We will forever be in a cycle and then infinitely improve ourselves until we can break the cycle.]

The introduction of that Level 10 technology did not have any technological sense. It was as if humans did not know how to describe that technology in scientific terms.

However, in that introduction, the word ‘love’ appeared.

He didn’t understand in the past, but now he knew that it was referring to the ‘love’ of the ‘Ring of Time.’ That technology itself was a gift from the ‘Ring of Time.’

“…So the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ judged ‘us’ through this? Has it seen humans before?”

Li Wenyuan’s ‘Strange Cycle’ technology had already cycled once. As a Level 10 technology, it was indeed difficult to research.

Even with his current computing power, it would take him thousands of years to cycle that technology.

Not only that, but he also discovered that the ‘Strange Cycle’ would become more difficult to study as the number of cycles increased. Now, he needed more than a thousand years, but according to the increase in the difficulty of research, after ten cycles, the time needed would increase to ten thousand years.

Therefore, even though Li Wenyuan had been to several galaxies, he would still devote part of his energy to building various megastructures to support research. Even the second ‘central processing unit’ was in preparation.

After one cycle, he could also sense the changes.

Using the ‘Dyson Sphere’ that produced a large amount of energy as an example. It was known that the process of energy transfer would inevitably produce losses. However, after a ‘Strange Cycle,’ there was a new solution to the Superconducting Technology that was thought to have no room for improvement. It could slightly reduce the loss in the energy transfer process and increase the output of the ‘Dyson Sphere.’

That made him feel extremely incredulous because he had confirmed countless times that he should have reached the limit of that technology. However, under the effect of the ‘Strange Cycle,’ there was a new solution.

That made him realize once again how terrifying the technology of the ‘Strange Cycle,’ which could achieve ‘infinite improvement,’ was.

Now that he understood the ‘Ring of Time,’ he was even more certain that the mysterious existence far exceeded that dimension.

And the technology that could achieve an ‘infinite cycle’ might be a manifestation of the ‘love’ that the ‘Ring of Time’ had for them.

“…In other words, ‘we’ are ‘special’?”

Li Wenyuan’s surveillance equipment could not see anything in the event horizon, but at that moment, he felt like he was being watched.

He understood the ‘infinity’ of the ‘Strange Cycle,’ but what puzzled him was why the ‘Ring of Time’ paid so much attention to them and even gifted them the technology.

“….Just like the introduction said, was it to ‘break the cycle’?”