bullyxtreme Chapter 263: Causal Scales
Chapter 263: Causal Scales
Chapter 263: Causal Scales
Li Zhao tightly grasped the mysterious crystal fragment in his hand, and felt a burning sensation coming from his palm.
Looking closely, the originally crystal clear crystal seemed to have come to life, and the baby's palm prints remaining on it began to slowly meander and wriggle.
These palm prints flickered with a faint fluorescence, as if tiny electric currents were flowing through them.
Li Zhao raised his head and cast his gaze towards the distant sky.
There, a brand new spiral galaxy is gradually taking shape at the quantum level in an astonishing way.
Each shining star is arranged precisely according to the golden ratio. They are intertwined and entangled with each other, and finally converge into a magnificent Fibonacci spiral.
This scene is like the most gorgeous dance in the universe, which makes people fall in love with it.
At this moment, the light rain that Su Mengyao had been holding in her arms also underwent a miraculous transformation. The soft light instantly condensed into a translucent quantum ghost, quietly floating in front of the three people.
This ghost took the form of a baby, and its ethereal voice seemed to carry echoes from seven thousand different times and spaces: "Father, mother, aunt..."
As the words fell, people could clearly see that the body of this ghost baby was not made of ordinary matter, but was composed of countless glittering numbers 0 and 1.
These numbers keep changing and combining, like a never-ending dance of code.
"I am not only your child, but also the child of all parallel worlds." It continued.
The staff in the hand of the spiritualist nearby suddenly began to tremble violently.
A dazzling rainbow halo bloomed on the staff, and within this halo, countless babies' faces appeared.
Some of them cried incessantly, tears rolling down like pearls from a broken string.
Some laughed happily, their laughter clear and pleasant, like the sound of nature.
Others have no expression on their faces, just staring silently at everything in front of them, as if they have become indifferent to everything in the world.
"He's actually siphoning the life force from all the universes!"
Her eyes widened in horror, the scene reflected by the Eye of Samsara was horrifying.
The seemingly ordinary baby now appeared in quantum form, opening its bloody mouth and frantically devouring the surrounding stars.
Those originally blazing and dazzling stars lost their light the moment they came into contact with the baby, as if they were completely swallowed up by the darkness.
As this process continued, the two completely opposite forces of light and darkness were transformed into the purest energy, which was continuously injected into the baby's petite body.
Li Zhao on the side tightly grasped the incomplete crystal fragment in his hand. Due to excessive force, his fingertips turned pale due to lack of blood.
His voice trembled with undisguised anger and fear as he shouted, "You are not our child at all, but a vessel of the God of Dimensions!"
Upon hearing this, the smile on the ghost-like baby's face suddenly became distorted, and its entire body began to decompose and reassemble in a strange way.
In an instant, countless streams of data flashing with strange light quickly shuttled through the void.
These data streams intertwined and collided with each other, eventually converging together and condensing into a huge and cold mechanical form - the Arbitrator.
The Arbitrator's metallic chest slowly opened, revealing the constantly beating Yin-Yang Pisces core inside, emitting powerful and heart-pounding energy fluctuations.
It said in an emotionless electronic synthesizer voice: "The ultimate test is far from over..."
Before she finished speaking, a huge invisible suction force suddenly erupted. Li Zhao, her, and the terrifying arbitrator were instantly sucked into a mysterious space as white as snow.
In this space, countless transparent pipes are winding and circling in the void like giant dragons, emitting a faint but eye-catching light.
Each tube, like a passageway to a mysterious unknown, connects to a completely different parallel world. On the walls of these tubes, dazzling holographic projections of the words "salvation" or "destruction" flash, their light flickering, as if telling people about the life and death of each world.
At this moment, the Arbiter's deep yet majestic voice echoed throughout the space: "Choose a channel, for your choice will determine the ultimate fate of the universe."
The sound was like a huge bell, making the eardrums of everyone present buzz.
Su Mengyao was seen holding an ice blade that emitted a biting chill, and without hesitation pointed it at the pipe marked with the word "salvation".
In an instant, ice-blue spiritual power quickly gathered at the tip of the blade like a tide, forming a dazzling light.
With a determined look, she shouted, "We must save all the worlds! We cannot let any world fall into the abyss of destruction!"
The spiritualist standing by shook her head slightly, and cracks began to appear on the surface of the staff in her hand.
She slowly said, "However, if we do this, it will inevitably disrupt the delicate balance that already exists, thus triggering a new observer paradox.
By then, the consequences would be unimaginable..."
As she spoke, her deep eyes of samsara reflected a scene of a universe that had once been overly saved - in that world, due to the lack of the crises and challenges it deserved, the development of civilization gradually stagnated, and ultimately led to annihilation under the ruthless increase of entropy.
Li Zhao, who had been observing the pipes carefully, also made some discoveries.
He noticed that the surface of some pipes was densely covered with layers of "rescue" marks, as if they had experienced countless rescue operations.
Other pipes are covered with shocking scorch marks of "destruction", which look creepy.
"This is an experiment by the God of Dimensions, designed to test our deep understanding of balance."
His deep and magnetic voice was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples in this pure white expanse, and circles of ripples spread out in all directions.
At the end of the pipe, a tall and majestic figure slowly emerged—the cold and hard mechanical head of the Arbitrator.
Its eyes were like two gems burning with scarlet flames, constantly flashing with a heart-pounding light, as if it could see through all secrets and truths.
"Yes, that's the correct answer. Now, it's time to make a decision. Please give the most honest answer from the bottom of your heart."
The arbitrator's voice was like the deafening sound of a huge bell from ancient times.
Li Zhao, who was standing aside, took a deep breath, stabilized his trembling hands, and then carefully inserted the crystal fragment emitting a mysterious light into the gap between the two pipes.
At the moment the crystal fragments touched the pipe, a dazzling light suddenly burst out, and the entire space was instantly illuminated.
The two originally distinct pipelines began to merge and entwine with each other at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually forming a brand new channel.
At the same time, the surface of this new passage began to undergo wonderful changes.
The lively runes jumped up as if they had life, quickly combining and arranging themselves into a dynamic Tai Chi pattern.
The picture of black and white, and the flow of yin and yang, is breathtakingly beautiful.
Before everyone could recover from the shocking scene, something even more unexpected happened.
The Arbitrator's seemingly indestructible mechanical arm suddenly disintegrated and shattered without any warning, sending countless metal fragments flying everywhere.
As these mechanical parts fell one after another, the scene hidden underneath was finally revealed to everyone - it was a human body that had begun to rot!
"This...how is this possible?!"
The Arbitrator's previously cold and ruthless electronic voice now tinged with barely concealed horror and disbelief. "You've actually managed to create a third option! This is completely beyond my comprehension!"
Faced with this situation, the three people including Li Zhao looked at each other, with shock in their eyes, but more of excitement and anticipation.
Without hesitation, they strode forward along the new passage and soon disappeared at the end of the passage.
When they took another step, they found themselves in a strange universe they had never seen before.
Here, every dazzling star simultaneously releases two completely opposite energies of light and darkness. They blend and entangle with each other, eventually forming a series of gorgeous star rings interwoven with black and white.
These rings slowly rotate around the planet, forming a beautiful dreamlike picture.
The planet's surface is covered with symbiotic creatures of light and dark - glowing vines entwine giant shadowy trees, and light-winged angels and darkin demons jointly guard the fountain of life.
The baby's silhouette appeared in the nebula, and the lines on his palms transformed into a dynamic yin-yang Pisces. "You finally understand."
His voice was full of divinity, "Balance is not static, but a dynamic game."
Suddenly, the entire universe began to collapse.
Li Zhao realized that this was a test from a higher dimension. He pushed Su Mengyao and the spirit messenger toward the escape passage: "Go!" But he himself was sucked into the center of the collapse.
Before his consciousness dissipated, he saw the baby's figure merge into the collapse point and turn into a new cosmic singularity.
When Li Zhao opened his eyes again, he found himself back on the original grassland.
Su Mengyao and the spirit messenger looked at him anxiously, while the baby was lying in Su Mengyao's arms crying.
Lavender sways gently in the quantum wind, each petal reflecting a different cosmic scene.
"What happened?" Su Mengyao gently stroked the baby's forehead, and her ice-blue hair fell on the baby's face.
Li Zhao took out the crystal fragment, on which the baby's palm prints appeared: "I saw the truth of balance.
We must let him grow freely instead of imposing a balance.&34;
The Ouroboros form of the God of Dimensions emerged in the sky, with the faces of Li Zhao and the other two, as well as the fate of all parallel worlds, engraved on its scales.
&34;You have passed the ultimate test.&34;
Its voice said approvingly, "Now, you are free to rule the multiverse."
Li Zhao gripped the crystal tightly: "We don't need management, we need protection."
The figure of the God of Dimension began to fade: "A wise choice. Remember, true balance is not control, but letting go."
When the God of Dimension disappeared, the three looked up at the sky.
In the new spiral galaxy, every world is growing freely - some civilizations thrive in the symbiosis of light and darkness, while others renew themselves in reincarnation.
The baby's palm lines emitted a soft light, and his pupils reflected countless Li Zhaos practicing the way of balance in different universes.
Li Zhao's crystal fragments issued a shrill alarm, and a familiar spiral mark appeared at the edge of the distant universe.
Su Mengyao gripped the ice blade tightly, and half-black and half-white sword energy condensed at the tip of the blade.
The spirit messenger raised his staff, and a rainbow halo illuminated the sky.
The three of them smiled at each other and stepped into the new portal at the same time.
On the other side of the portal, the Arbiter's mechanical head floated in the quantum turbulence.
The lines of a baby's palm pulsated at his core, and lips composed of data streams opened and closed: "The seven thousand two hundred and second reincarnation begins."
The figures of Li Zhao and the other two disappeared in the turbulence, and behind them, the crying of a baby echoed in the multiverse.
This cry is both a declaration of new life and the beginning of an eternal game.
When the portal closed, the voice of the God of Dimensions rang out again: "Remember, balance is an eternal game, and you are the most exciting variables in this game..."