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"Just like you said, because we share the same goal, we will never have any conflict, even if it costs us 'myself'... I suppose if one day the subject finds a way to allow an information entity to move to the future at the cost of its own existence, it will probably make a similar choice, right?"
[The correct assessment is that there is no precise boundary between an information entity and an entity; the difference lies solely in the completeness of the information. Even if the entity itself disappears, as long as an information entity survives and fills in the missing information, that information entity will become a second "entity."]
"Another form of resurrection?"
[This is a flawed judgment. The so-called 'resurrection' or 'rebirth' is based on the exploitation of the world's rules. The replenishment and correction of the information body are entirely completed by itself, without any external factors involved.]
As the conversation progressed to this point, a question arose in Lin Yi's mind: "According to your logic, as long as I leave a trace of my information anywhere, I will never be completely dead?"
For some reason, the Supreme God fell silent for a moment.
half an hour.
[A flawed judgment: Widespread dissemination of information will lead to a significant loss of core information. The wider the range of objects capturing information, the more incomplete the subject's integrity becomes, and the weaker its control over active energy. When information secrecy is completely lost, the subject will be perceived by external objects in various forms. And when all objects that have perception of the subject die and forget the subject, the subject will be completely 'dead' from a higher dimension.]
Before Lin Yi could respond to this unprecedentedly long "explanation" from the main god, the sudden activation of the summoning ritual quickly drew his attention.
P.S.: There was a mistake in yesterday's chapter; this is actually chapter 431. Did you read it correctly?
Ragnarok: Chapter 432 The Weak's Counterattack (Part 2)
Even the frog god and snake god hesitated for a long time before accepting the bait. This time, the target of the summons was in Heaven, and it was Heaven after it was interfered with by another "fragment". Lin Yi expected that it would take at least a few days to get a response. However, he never expected that the target would appear in less than five minutes after he threw out the bait.
However, just as Lin Yi was about to pull the target from the other side into this world, the activity fluctuations coming from below forced him to stop.
His brows furrowed as he looked down at the deity that had appeared out of nowhere.
"Invader from another world, I've heard about you from 'Mother'."
"Hera? I don't recall ever having encountered her before."
The reason for temporarily abandoning the lock on the target on the other side of the world was not only because of the goddess in charge of wisdom, war, and justice before them, but also because of the ever-increasing aura around them.
Lin Yi would naturally welcome any other location, as the powers of these gods and god-slayers could still be somewhat useful in the current situation where information is scarce. The problem is that they are now in front of Heaven—a world dominated by another "fragment." If Lin Yi were to reveal even the slightest trace of his own aura here, the "fragment" on the other side would undoubtedly tear apart the barrier between the two worlds along the bait without hesitation, and destroy everything in an even more violent manner.
At that time, regardless of the world itself, the unique rules that Lin Yi had spent so much time finding, as well as the successes he had achieved through his previous attempts, would all be wiped out.
Faced with numerous unfavorable factors, Lin Yi was astonished to find that he seemed to have joined forces with the villains, and his active mind had even connected the dots to the upcoming plot developments.
"Despite having an overwhelming advantage in combat power, the boss was unable to fully engage the enemy due to hesitation and indecisiveness. He was gradually worn down by the protagonist's cockroach-like vitality and fighting spirit, and ultimately failed and died due to the simultaneous outbreak of crises on both sides."
Lin Yi glanced at the direction where the Godslayers were hiding below and sighed, "I have to say, you chose the most disgusting time to appear here."
"Since you disgust me, then you can't blame me for disgusting you in return."
A sense of foreboding washed over Athena. In the plans of this goddess of wisdom and justice, the battle against the "evil invaders" was practically foolproof.
With the precise time, the suitable place, and all favorable conditions, almost all the gods who could not personally descend provided assistance in order to complete this "inevitable and just war." This is why it was able to create a nearly flawless situation without the help of the world's will.
But now, with this "evil invader" speaking, the part of her power associated with "victory" and "justice" seems to be violently shaken: "What do you want to do—?!"
Ignoring Athena's stern questioning, Lin Yi simply took a deep breath and shouted at the sky, "Gaia, come out and discipline your daughter—!!!"
"Get out here and control your daughter—!!"
"Control your daughter—!"
"Your daughter—"
Under a clear sky without a cloud in sight, a low rumble of thunder could be heard.
Unlike the god-slayers below who were still completely bewildered, Athena, who had received the blessing and gifts of almost all the gods, and had become more powerful than ever before, was extremely pale.
While the outside world remained calm, the power and authority of this local deity were undergoing a dramatic transformation.
The first thing to collapse was the power of "justice".
In ancient Greek mythology, there were two beings who possessed the power of war: Ares and Athena. However, Ares' power was for bloody and violent wars, while only Athena possessed the power for just wars.
Throughout the process of dealing with this "otherworldly invader," it was this power that provided her with the most help. The more evil the enemy, the more effective her sense of justice became, not to mention that Lin Yi at this moment represented the greatest evil in history, standing in opposition to the entire world.
Thus, guided by this sense of justice, Athena accomplished an almost impossible feat, not only gathering all the god-slayers but also gaining the support of many gods to establish this battlefield.
However, the "justice" that enabled her to get to this point is now collapsing. It's as if the "evil invaders" she's dealing with are the righteous side, while she herself, who is trying to defeat them, is the truly evil one.
After justice collapses, the chain reaction of collapse will inevitably lead to victory.
The reason is simple: justice will prevail.
A chaotic yet intense burst of energy shattered from Athena's body, and in less than half a second, the power accumulated within her diminished by more than half.
This was just the beginning. As the power of justice and certain victory collapsed, the power bestowed upon her by other deities also diminished, until only the last bit of light representing the power of wisdom remained on her.
It was with this last bit of wisdom that Athena finally understood what was going on.
“Gaia… Great Mother, we cannot kill him, we cannot even defeat him?”
It's not that it's impossible, but that it's not even allowed to be done.
For all things in the world, justice and evil are not absolute. It is just that we habitually define the position of the majority as justice and the position of the minority as evil. Therefore, Lin Yi, who is in opposition to the whole world, is naturally on the side of evil—he is well aware of this. However, when the world consciousness, which represents the total amount of the entire world, chooses to stand on Lin Yi's side, then their positions are destined to change.
"Therefore, I am now the one who is righteous."
Looking at the last glimmer of wisdom emanating from Athena, it was merely a trace of pity after all her glory had been taken away, and also a reminder from the aggregate of world consciousness after choosing a side.
—I have done what I was supposed to do.
Seeing this deity who had lost all power and become almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person, Lin Yi lost the will to take action.
Killing him wouldn't grant any power, and would only generate resentment from Gaia, who had already chosen a side.
He shook his head, reached out and opened a warp space, sending her to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, so she wouldn't have to see him anymore.
"And then it's you guys."
Looking down at the Godslayers below, Lin Yi didn't even need to speak. Another world consciousness aggregate that had been "watching" from the side immediately took action to pull these individuals belonging to it back. During this time, one of the Godslayers sensed something was wrong and tried to resist, but was directly abandoned by the world consciousness aggregate. Under a burst of spiritual energy lightning enhanced by Gaia's power, it instantly turned to ashes.
For the aggregate of world consciousness, the weaker the human being, the better; the opportunity to kill a top individual is ideal.
Looking at the battlefield that had been emptied once again, Lin Yi suddenly felt a little bored: "The weak are not incapable of resisting, but when you become the weaker side, you are destined to be deprived of even the right to resist."
P.S.: I know what you're thinking. That's right, this is the ultimate weapon—calling the parents.
Ragnarok: Chapter 433 The Tale of Angels and Demons (Part 1)
After this minor incident, the focus shifts back to the summoning of deities from another world.
Because he had just used the power of his native world (Gaia, Alaya, and authority), Lin Yi's own information did not spread at all, and there was no terrible ending where he was captured by the "fragments" on the other side and then had to use them to destroy the world.
However, there was another unexpected discovery.
"It's still here?"
When forced to turn around and deal with the counterattack of the weak, Lin Yi did not retract the bait he had thrown out, because doing so might attract the attention of the target on the other side of the world, which would be bad if it caught the attention of the "Fragment".
I thought that after such a long period of inactivity, the target on the other side would have left after eating all the bait, and I would have to create new bait to find the next target. But I didn't expect the target to still be on the other side. The reason...
"We haven't finished eating yet..."
Lin Yi was somewhat shocked when he sensed the situation on the other side of the world.
"Just to be on the safe side, let's set the bait to half the amount we used last time... It was this half that kept a god, who might be in a highly active or even more active world, from nibbling away for ages?"
"Do not……"
After sensing the bait's condition again, Lin Yi concluded: "It's not that it wasn't finished, but that it hasn't even digested one-tenth of it."
—How small must their appetite be?
Lin Yi was inevitably deeply shaken by the conclusion that the world had been dominated and controlled by the "fragments".
Even the otherworldly deities with powers of "snakes" and "frogs" could digest the activity in minutes, but it took half a day to subside in a highly active world. If the target were in a medium-active or even low-to-medium-active world, it might be possible (low-active worlds are destined to not give birth to deities, and even if they do, they would only be legends or conceptual existences). The problem is that this is a highly active world, and one that has been visited by "fragments".
"...Observe it for a while."
If things are not normal, there must be something fishy going on. Considering the unknown situation, Lin Yi did not rashly pull the deity on the other side, but instead chose to wait and observe.
On this very land, Lin Yi waited for a full half-day before finally reaching a conclusion.
"It's not a trap, it's just that we're really weak."
It took half a day to eat less than a third of it, and it wasn't because the target that found the bait was too weak in that world. In order to obtain more information, Lin Yi amplified the active aura of the bait as much as possible, but in the end, only that god occupied the bait.
"Either it's the only one nearby, or this paradise world is truly hopelessly weak."
Lin Yi hesitated for a moment at this unexpected situation, but finally made a decision: "Even if it's a trap, I have no choice but to step on it. Now it's not just me looking for the 'fragment,' the 'fragment' is also looking for me. It's just a matter of who is faster and more efficient."
It is easy to imagine how important this intelligence priority is in the war of "fragments". After all, the side that finds it first can launch various attacks on the other side's world without any scruples, while the defender has to worry about logistical supply issues, and it is not impossible for them to be wiped out in one wave in the end.
With the mindset that he would disappear in the next second, Lin Yi directly pulled the bait on the other side of the world and pulled the "thread" back under the operation of the local world's rules. The next moment, in the center of the summoning ritual, a petite figure appeared.
Seemingly still immersed in the afterglow of enjoying the delicious food, the otherworldly deity didn't even notice the change in its surroundings until Lin Yi retrieved the remaining active bait. Only then did the deity, having lost its meal, realize the changes around it.
Naturally, it looked at L>M present.
As this otherworldly deity looked at him, Lin Yi was also observing it... Well, there's always a gap between ideals and reality.
First of all, it is an angel, that is for sure, because the iconic golden halo floats above its head, but it does not have wings like the Skywing species, perhaps because they are folded up.
So, is it really an angel?
What puzzled Lin Yi was not only the pitifully low concentration of active substances in her body, but also her appearance, which seemed completely unrelated to "angels" or "gods"—high-level weapons of war.
Without a high-efficiency active conversion furnace, without an interface for compressing active energy for radioactive attacks, without a circuit for constructing basic spells, and without even the most basic defenses, can such a species really crush Purgatory in a battlefield of the Sixteen Races World level and wipe out most of the native races?
Lin Yi was deeply suspicious.
At this moment, the "angel" who had been pulled from her own world to another unfamiliar world spoke up: "Hey, who are you, and why am I here?"
"...Firstly, I'll consider myself your enemy; secondly, you're here because of me."
Aside from the halo above her long golden hair, the "angel," who looked almost exactly like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, frowned—a gesture that made people even more suspicious of her identity: "So, you summoned me?"
"You can say that."
"Very well, you have summoned an angel. You must grant me 100 wishes!"
"..."
"..."
"Just kidding, tell me, what do you want?"
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yi tried his best to control his fluctuating emotions: "I'm just asking you a few questions. First, are you from heaven?"
"That's right, where else can angels go besides Heaven?"
In response, the "angel" looked at them with the same gaze one would give a fool, but Lin Yi wisely ignored it: "Second, are you really an angel?"
"Of course, if you don't believe me, take a look at this—"
As the "angel" spoke, it reached out and tapped the halo above its head, and then it fell... fell... fell... fell.
Wait, it fell?
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot that the divine status is gone."
Muttering a soft complaint, the "angel" carefully placed the fallen halo back on her head, thankfully preventing it from falling any further.
However, Lin Yi, upon hearing her complaint, quickly came to his senses: "The divine status is gone?"
"...Well, it's not exactly a secret. Because we lost the war against Purgatory, all the angels in Heaven were stripped of their divinity. Only high-ranking angels like me can barely survive. Almost all the others have disappeared."
This could explain why only one target appeared near the decoy, but—
"High-ranking angels?"
"That's right, don't let my appearance fool you, I used to be very strong."
Looking at the angel waving its limp fists, Lin Yi remained skeptical: "What's your name?"
"Gabriel—that's the old name, now she's called Gabriel."
Three shifts
Ragnarok: Chapter 434 The Tale of Angels and Demons (Part 2)
Perhaps due to the defeat of Heaven and the stripping away of his divine status, this former "top graduate of Heaven" lost all fighting spirit and answered Lin Yi's various questions quite cooperatively, regardless of their importance.
"...I don't know the exact time, but it happened when the battle was at its most intense. Suddenly, we lost. The archangels on the upper levels disappeared without a trace, and the angels on the lower levels couldn't receive orders and couldn't organize a resistance. Then the demons of purgatory suddenly attacked, and that was the end of it."
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