Chapter 2973: Sequence Strings
Lu Yin stopped. "Aeternus’s bottom line?"
Mu Ji"s mouth curled up into a smile. "Have you ever heard of sequence strings?"
Lu Yin"s eye twitched. Ancestor Lu Yuan had once mentioned that there was a connection between sequence strings and Whitecloud. However, the man’s fear of impacting Lu Yin’s cultivation path had prevented him from saying much.
"From that reaction, you clearly don"t understand. Let me put it this way. A sequence string is the foundation that combines countless parallel universes. You can think of them as lines that split the megaverse into countless sections. Each line connects somewhere, and there might be a few, or even dozens, that intersect at a single point. If this connection point is destroyed, then all of the sequence strings touching that point will loosen, and they might even collapse.
"Aeternus has been working to destroy various universes in order to eliminate those connection points, trying to cause the sequence strings to collapse, which will result in the destruction of countless parallel universes. This is all in order to achieve their goal of controlling the megaverse."
Lu Yin paid close attention as he stared at Mu Ji.
"What? You don"t believe it? Hehe, at our level, this should be common sense. Didn"t Progenitor Xi already tell you about this? All of the True G.o.d Guard Captains know this much." Mu Ji smiled.
Lu Yin"s eyes grew cold. "This works well. It’s a good way to crush many parallel universes at once."
"Exactly, it’s very good. Aeternus was destroying each conjunction of sequence strings that we came across, but Whitecloud suddenly intervened, which enraged Aeternus. This is the reason behind this all-out war." Mu Ji stretched and moved to leave the temple.
Lu Yin felt puzzled about something. "If we know that destroying a conjunction of sequence strings can easily destroy countless parallel universes, Whitecloud should have tried to stop us a long time ago, as should the rest of the humans. Why are they only now taking action?"
Contempt filled Mu Ji’s voice. "Because of balance.
"When Aeternus tried to destroy the Immemorial Citadel, the Sixverse a.s.sociation and a few other outside powers stopped us, which led to a temporary balance. That balance lasted for a very long time, but no one ever believed that it would last forever. Aeternus believed that neither the Immemorial Citadel nor the rest of humanity could endure. On the other hand, humans never believed that we Aeternals would actually be able to destroy those intersection points. There are simply too many of them, so it doesn"t matter if a few are destroyed.
"The problem is Whitecloud. They never got involved in the past. However, now that they were targeted, they have started to make trouble for us. They attacked the Scourge and are stopping us from destroying the intersection points. They are trying to tip the balance. Do you really think that Aeternus can let that go? This needs to be taken care of.
"As far as Aeternus is concerned, the balance that the humans see is only what we want the humans to see. However, with Whitecloud joining in, balance has truly been achieved. Who wants a true balance?"
Lu Yin"s eyes flickered. "As for the humans, the balance that Aeternus sees might also only be what the humans let us see."
Mu Ji laughed. "Perhaps. Regardless, Whitecloud suddenly got involved, and that infuriated True G.o.d. This war is inevitable, but Whitecloud won’t be easy to defeat. Little by little, Aeternus’s secrets will be revealed. Over time, it’s possible that both of our statuses will drop within Aeternus. Captain Ye Bo, I know that you don’t trust me, but I value my life, and for that, I won’t try to control you. I would like to cooperate, if possible. There are good and bad relationships between the different True G.o.d Guard Captains. Even if Zhong Pan and Dual Bladeform never speak to each other, they actually have a very good relationship. "
"Is that why Dual Bladeform has been trying to prevent me from speaking to you?" Lu Yin retorted.
Mu Ji smiled and nodded. "You just need to understand that, as long as you don’t comprehend sequence particles, you will always be nothing more than an ant. If you want to survive, it’s best to stick together. I would like to cooperate with Dual Bladeform, but unfortunately, they don"t trust me, so I’ll have to forget about that."
As he spoke, Progenitor Xi stepped out of the temple. She overheard the conversation between Mu Ji and Lu Yin but did nothing to interfere.
As Mu Ji had mentioned, things like sequence strings were not regarded as secrets at a certain level, and the True G.o.d Guard Captains were qualified to know.
There was no need for Progenitor Xi to explain everything to Ye Bo, though Mu Ji would not try to stop the woman if she decided to take over explaining.
Mu Ji stepped over to Lu Yin"s side and glanced at Progenitor Xi. He then quietly mentioned, "By the way, let me remind you that it won’t be long before we receive our next mission. There aren’t that many frenzied corpses in the divine energy lake. We’re using them up quickly, and without enough time to create more, they’ll be gone soon.”
With that, the man left.
Lu Yin turned back around to look at Progenitor Xi.
Progenitor Xi was staring off into the distance. She took one step forward and vanished.
After returning to his tower, Lu Yin quietly sat down and considered everything that Mu Ji had said.
Aeternus’s primary goal was actually to attack sequence strings and destroy multiple parallel universes by causing the sequence strings to collapse. Was such a thing really possible?
Lu Yin now also had a guess regarding the Immemorial Citadel’s purpose. That place had most likely been established to protect sequence strings and prevent their collapse.
In theory, one side was trying to destroy countless parallel universes, while the other had risen up to protect them. From what Lu Yin could see, there was one major problem with this theory: if destroying sequence strings could really cause multiple universes to collapse, then what would happen to the outsider powerhouses who helped the Aeternals?
Were they all going to gather in the Scourge? That was impossible.
Powerhouses who qualified to help Aeternus had their own goals, and if their universes were destroyed, where would they live?
Lu Yin continued to mull over the matter. If Aeternus wanted humanity to see the situation as one in a state of balance, then was this the plan that they intended humanity to know about?
Regardless of if what Mu Ji had said was right or wrong, he had been right about one thing. The True G.o.d Guard Captains received their mission just three days later.
The seven True G.o.d Guard Captains were tasked with destroying seven parallel universes.
The one that Ye Bo was a.s.signed to happened to be connected to the Ice Spirit Tribe’s universe, and it also belonged to them. This was another intersection point.
Some of the universes that the other captains were a.s.signed to destroy belonged to other members of the Five Spirits Alliance, while others belonged to the Luna Alliance.
The Aeternals had discovered plenty of sequence string intersections. In the past, they had not targeted these universes because they belonged to the Five Spirits Alliance, but things had since changed. Not only did Aeternus want to destroy the parallel universes that had given birth to Yu Huo and Stone Ghost, but they also wanted to destroy many of the universes that belonged to the Five Spirits Alliance, as well as those of the Luna Alliance and Whitecloud.
The missions were all of the highest priority, and as soon as the cosmic doors were confirmed, the captains set off one after another. However, this time, none of them took any Progenitor-level corpse kings with them.
At the moment, there were less than 150 such corpse kings in the True G.o.d Guard. The war against the Sixverse a.s.sociation, the fighting across the Endless Frontier, and the invasion of the Scourge had all destroyed many Progenitor-level corpse kings, and there was not an infinite supply of the monsters.
All of the surviving Progenitor-level corpse kings were taken away to fight on other warfronts.
After pa.s.sing through the cosmic door, Lu Yin arrived in an unfamiliar universe. After glancing around, he took off.
This universe was connected to the Ice Spirit Tribe’s universe, and the Ice Spirits had already eliminated all the indigenous creatures. The native creatures had seen the Ice Spirit Tribe as their arch-enemy, just as humans saw Aeternus.
In fact, in many universes, the division of friend and foe was the simplest thing imaginable; it was nothing more than survival of the fittest.
As Lu Yin traveled, he saw Ice Spirits, which confirmed that he was right about his location. He tore through the void and went straight to Aeternus Nation before returning to the Heavens Sect.
At the moment, the Heavens Sect was still waiting for an answer from Whitecloud. The sect wanted to know how to help.
Lu Yin’s return greatly cheered up Arch-Elder Zen and others.
"Why is everyone gathered here?" Lu Yin was surprised to see so many people.
In the Heavens Sect’s main hall, he saw Big Sis, Senior Brother Qing Ping, Senior Brother Mu Xie, Leng Qing, and many others. In fact, nearly half of the Origin Universe’s Progenitors had gathered together in the room.
"Jiang Chen has asked us for help. Whitecloud is facing a difficult situation right now," Arch-Elder Zen immediately answered.
Lu Yin grew solemn. "That’s also why I came back."
He suddenly turned to look at Qing Ping in surprise. "Senior Brother, you...?"
Qing Ping"s expression remained calm. "I became a Progenitor."
Lu Yin felt terribly confused. "Didn"t you fail?"
Big Sis grinned. "Congratulations, Little Seven, your senior brother took an alternate path to the peak as well. He failed his Progenitor’s tribulation, but he still managed to reach the Progenitor level. His success has created quite a stir among the Semi-Progenitors, and many of them can’t wait to quickly face their own breakthrough to become Progenitors.”
Lu Yin was thrilled by this news. "Really? That"s great! Congratulations, Senior Brother!"
Even someone as serious as Qing Ping showed a rare smile at this moment.
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief. Qing Ping deserved to have been selected as one of Mister Mu’s disciples. A single attack from Senior Brother Mu Ke had instantly convinced the entire Sixverse a.s.sociation of his strength, and even the Seven SkyG.o.ds were wary of his attacks. Meanwhile, Senior Brother Mu Xie’s strength was unfathomable. As for Senior Brother Qing Ping, he had just created a new path to the peak, despite failing his first attempt. Lu Yin felt like he was still lagging behind his seniors.
"Now that Senior Brother has broken through, we have more than enough people. Everyone, Aeternus has launched an all-out war on Whitecloud, and they have even drawn Whitecloud’s ancient enemy out to attack them. Because of this, Whitecloud is unable to rescue the Five Spirits Alliance or the Luna Alliance, which means that there’s no one to stop the Aeternals from destroying those universes.
“I, Lu Yin, give the following order as the master of the Heavens Sect and the ruler of the Origin Universe."
Everyone grew solemn.
"Progenitor Yōu Ming, Qing Ping, Mu Xie, Shao Chen, Xu Wuwei, and Mu Ke will all visit the six universes that are being attacked and stop the Aeternals from succeeding."
While Big Sis and the others could not understand everything that Lu Yin said, as they knew nothing about the Five Spirits Alliance or the universes being destroyed. They simply knew that they just needed to listen to Lu Yin"s orders.
"Didn"t you say there are seven universes being targeted? As Ye Bo, you should also be responsible for destroying a universe," Arch-Elder Zen reminded Lu Yin.
Lu Yin frowned. It was true, he needed someone to move to protect the universe that he had been sent to destroy, or else the ident.i.ty of Ye Bo would become useless.
"I"ll go!" A loud shout rang out from just outside of the main hall. Lu Qi stepped out of the void.
Lu Yin looked over. "Dad?"
Lu Qi grinned. "Little Seven, let me join."
Lu Yin felt conflicted. "Aren’t you protecting the Perennial World?"
"Ancestor Tianyi has that handled, and he won’t be afraid even if True G.o.d shows up. Besides, Ancestor Lu Yuan is only in seclusion, not dead," Lu Qi stated loudly.
Lu Yin was speechless. If their ancestor had heard Lu Qi, the man would have a difficult life ahead of him.
Lu Yin stopped hesitating. If the others could go, then Lu Qi, as Lu Yin’s father, could also go. Not to mention, the man had personally asked to be included.
This was what cultivation was. A bloodied journey to the peak.
"Contact Xu Wuwei and Mu Ke. We need to set off as soon as they show up. We can’t wait at all," Lu Yin formally ordered.
Soon, Shao Chen, Xu Wuwei, and Mu Ke all arrived.
Xu Wuwei had been holding back the frenzied corpse that had been sent to the border of the Voidforce Universe, but given the current situation and the need to send him out, there had not been any choice. Ancestor Lu Tianyi had personally gone to the Voidforce Universe and dealt with the frenzied corpse there to free up Xu Wuwei.
If possible, Lu Yin would have liked to ask Ancestor Lu Tianyi to eliminate all the frenzied corpses that were attacking the Sixverse a.s.sociation, but the man could not take action a second time. If he tried to do so, the Aeternals might set a trap for Lu Tianyi by taking advantage of the situation, or possibly do something similar in the future. There were times when, even when someone was capable of dealing with a matter, they could not, just because of the future consequences.
As for the frenzied corpse in the Arboreal Realm, Mu Ke had eliminated it himself.