Lin Xiaolei turned around and left. Her two followers followed her expressionlessly.
The old man and the other two looked solemn. They wanted to stop her, but they had many misgivings. The girl in front of them had obviously changed unpredictably after she solved the Go game. She looked the same as before, but her every move and every word carried a great influence. It was as if she could assimilate everything, making it impossible for people to have any thoughts of hostility against her.
After Lin Xiaolei left, the three turned their eyes to Luo Kai, full of questions. From the simple conversation just now, "she" seemed to know Luo Kai.
However, Luo Kai remained silent. The real function of these chess games was a communication channel, allowing people to understand the nature of energy. However, they could only see the surface, and could not achieve a deeper level of energy compatibility.
Maybe the chess game had awakened "her". For human beings, the extremely high computational power of the chess game might be unsolvable, but it was not difficult for Astral Spirits who had a brain. The evolution of life on earth was a long process, and Astral Spirits were born to understand the rules of things. They were born to be gods!
He did not know whether "she" was "her" or not. Buddha had a thousand faces. Maybe for higher level life forms, life was just a game.
The old man and the other two felt more and more that the young man in front of them was mysterious, but they did not dare to ask more. They re-examined the chess game. Each chess game represented a rule of energy, and the changes derived from it were almost infinite. It was not something that could be done by human beings. "She" might not be a human, but another kind of existence. Facing those indescribable existences, they were mostly in awe and did not dare to have any speculations.
Luo Kai walked to the last unsolved chess game. This was a space-time game. He could now intuitively feel the influence of his spiritual will on time and space. Will represented space, and this level of things was too illusory. Willpower was not like spiritual power, which had a way of materializing. It was very difficult to understand its form and function. He could only rely on the Blade of Severing that was nourished in his sea of consciousness to influence it.
Willpower and spiritual power were complementary to each other. If humans believed in the truth of something, then it would really become the truth. This was how religions came into being. Originally, there might not be any gods or Buddhas, and there might not be a creator. However, if people believed in them, then there would really be gods and Buddhas. This could also be extended to science. If people believed in the power of science, then the power of science would be endless.
After a long time, Luo Kai withdrew his gaze and cupped his fists towards the old man and the others, "Everyone, let's part ways here. We'll meet again if fate wills it."
The old man hurriedly asked, "Little brother, are you preparing to head to the inner circle?"
"Yes."
Luo Kai gently nodded. When he reached the entrance, he stopped again. After hesitating for a moment, he turned back and suggested, "Old man, I think the space energy here is very unstable. There may be some unpredictable changes. Be careful."
He left the tower and walked towards the inner circle according to the map given by Big Beard. The deeper he went, the wider his field of vision became. There were large fields, dense forests, and rugged mountains. There were also many remnants of human buildings. The only thing missing was living creatures, not even the most basic of snakes, insects, rats, and ants.
The premise of evolution was competition. This place seemed to be full of vitality, but in fact, it was dead. All the plants were listless. To them, this place was like a prison. It was as if a person who lived in an overly comfortable environment would lose the motivation to improve.
The sky gradually darkened. The starry sky of this world was very dazzling. Luo Kai looked up at the boundless starry sky. With a move of his mind, the empty space rippled slightly. The mysterious willpower might contain some kind of code hidden in the deepest part of the consciousness of life. As long as he could understand this code, he would be able to dig out the secrets of the power of space.
He came to a dense forest. Rather than calling it a forest, it was more like a tree. It was too big, and a large number of branches fell into the ground and grew again, forming a large stretch of forest.
As soon as he walked into the forest, he was alarmed. A few humanoid monsters with bark came out of the dense canopy and stared at him covetously.
The roots of a big tree under his feet sprung up and wrapped around his feet. At the same time, the branches of the surrounding trees seemed to come alive and wrapped around him.
Luo Kai pulled out the White Bone Long Blade from his body. With a soft sound, the two branches that were attacking him were immediately cut off. Then, he slid down and cut off the roots under his feet. A stream of pitch-black sap splashed everywhere. The black sap was like sulfuric acid and was extremely corrosive.
The boundless branches in the surroundings had already swept over like crazy, and the void kept making sizzling sounds. Luo Kai's whole body was enveloped by a layer of saber light. In the blink of an eye, there was a pile of broken branches around him.
With the support of the powerful perception of the night, the night became his eyes. He almost exerted all the power of his body to the extreme. The sword light was no longer blindly fast and fierce like before. Every time he cut off a branch, he would turn slightly and cut the next one. It gave the feeling of moving clouds and flowing water.
After a while, he tried to cover the sword with strands of elemental energy. Slowly, the sword light formed a sword light. The power of the sword light increased several times. Several bark monsters that tried to sneak attack were also annihilated.
After a long time, the trunk of the big tree was exposed. There were a few big bumps on it, like a cyst. The churning roots had already lifted the surrounding soil, exposing the bones one by one.
It was unknown how many lives this monster had taken. Luo Kai stepped forward and slashed at a cyst at the root of the tree. With a clang, it was as if he had cut a hard metal stone. He only managed to cut about ten centimeters into the tree, but this tree was at least ten meters thick. He sped up the circulation of his blood and Qi and slashed again. A black, foul-smelling liquid flowed out from the cyst.
Using the sword to peel open the cyst, a monster that looked like a human fetus was revealed. Those bark monsters were actually born from this big locust tree.
Even though Luo Kai had seen many incredible monsters in this period of time, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Even trees could give birth to life like mammals!
He mustered up his strength and chopped again, cutting open all the cysts on the trunk. The biggest weakness of plant life was that they were not good at moving. All other means were useless against Luo Kai. No matter how many branches came, they were all cut to pieces by his sharp sword light.
The big tree suddenly trembled violently, as if it was begging for mercy.
Luo Kai's eyes were cold. He ignored it and continued to chop. After more than half an hour, with a strange creaking sound, like a small earthquake, the strange tree was finally cut down.