Luo Kai's gaze turned to the wall on the other side. The wall on this side was carved with volcanic lava that was erupting violently. The aura was equally astonishing, scorching and bursting. The world was gray and dark red, giving off a deja vu as if the end of the world had arrived.
Similar to the Realm of Shattered Spirit on Venus, this ruin was an ancient dojo that integrated technology and Daoism into one. The four walls of the hall were engraved with murals. In addition to the mountain that contained the divine sword intent, there were also the sea, lava, forest, and the entire continent above his head. There were a total of five murals.
Others did not know the use of these murals at all, but he knew that a powerful existence had injected a kind of will into these murals. Each mural contained the path of the elements. The mountain represented the earth, the sea represented water, the lava represented fire, and the forest represented life. If an ordinary person could calm down and comprehend these murals for a long time, there was a certain chance that they would be compatible with the elemental energy. From there, they would be able to move freely and comprehend their own abilities.
After a long time, Luo Kai turned his head and looked coldly at Lu Ting. This person was actually a life form of the Hungry Ghost Realm. He had used some unknown method to occupy a strange body. He could feel the evil and distortion in the depths of this person's soul. It was better to kill this kind of alien.
Lu Ting immediately sensed the killing intent in Luo Kai's eyes and could not help but take a few steps back. He forced a smile and said, "Brother, how about this? I'll give you all the Bio-Human army here, and I'll be your adjutant. How about that?"
Luo Kai ignored him. He rubbed the storage ring on his finger, and a long sword that was formed from a metal snake appeared in his hand.
Lu Ting hurriedly whistled, and the nano bugs gathered. He said vigilantly, "We're all thieves trapped in the Desire Realm. To tell you the truth, if I die, you'll never be able to leave!"
The answer he received was a thunderclap in the void. Luo Kai pointed with his finger, and the long sword in his hand flew out like a swimming dragon.
Lu Ting knew that he was far from being a match for these incarnations of gods. The only thing he could do now was to temporarily avoid the attack and then use the ruin's defense system to deal with him.
His figure immediately turned blurry and disappeared. The cluster of nano bugs around him gathered together, forming a fist-sized mechanical bug that faced the sword light.
This type of mechanical lifeform was very unique. It could turn into a whole at will, and the combat power it displayed was also completely different. When it turned into a whole, it was good at sneak attacks and infiltration, and when it turned into a whole, it was a powerful combat mech.
Unfortunately, what it faced was another type of existence. With a light ci noise, the mechanical bug's sturdy carapace couldn't stop the sword in the slightest, directly pierced through by the longsword. Waves of black oil like liquid splashed out in all directions.
Luo Kai didn't stop there. He controlled the sword to slash at a spot in the void.
Lu Ting staggered and fell from the sky. The huge hole in his chest was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. He said with resentment, "Kid, I have an immortal body. You can't kill me.
Luo Kai looked at the bloodstains on the ground that were quickly turning into dust. He said indifferently, "There is no such thing as an immortal life form in this world. Your cell division speed is just faster. Cell division needs energy to support it. When your energy is exhausted, you will die!"
Lu Ting's expression changed greatly, and his body once again disappeared with a blur.
Luo Kai's eyes slightly lit up with starlight. This person had a type of chameleon method, able to assimilate with the surrounding environment. However, how could he hide from Luo Kai? The longsword was like a maggot in one's bones, continuously hacking at him from the void.
Lu Ting's expression became more and more resentful. Luo Kai wasn't wrong. He had occupied the body of an ancient buddha. This body could almost regenerate endlessly, but regenerating required the support of a tremendous amount of energy. He already felt that his body's recovery speed was becoming slower and slower. It probably wouldn't be long before he died from exhaustion.
His expression gradually changed from resentment to fear. He begged for mercy loudly, "Venerable god, please spare my life. I have already merged with the defensive artificial brain here. Once I die, the ruins will collapse. You guys won't be able to obtain anything."
Luo Kai remained unmoved. His spiritual energy seeped out of his body, and the flying sword's speed increased once again, quickly grinding away at his body.
Gradually, Lu Ting's recovery speed became slower and slower, turning from his original tall and skinny self into a midget. Soon after, his skin gradually turned black, and he began to shrivel up, ultimately turning into a dried corpse.
The main hall became silent, and the crowd vigilantly retreated. They had all heard Lu Ting's words before his death. Their expressions were all strange, and their gazes towards Luo Kai were filled with reverence and fear.
God?
Was there really a god in this world?
What was the meaning of desire realm?
Luo Kai reached out with his hand, and the mechanical bug on the ground was sucked into his hand. After the mechanical bug landed in his hand, it immediately began to decompose, once again turning into nano bugs that didn't refract with ordinary light, nor did they react with energy. He closed his eyes, and his consciousness poured into it, starting to reprogram it.
During this period of time, his understanding of the ternary system could be considered to have gained some benefits. In a programmed world, all things could be unified, and all things could be represented by materialized 'numbers'. 'Numbers' was the language of god, and once one grasped the structure of numbers, they could control the world. He was other things, but they were just passing passersby, only numbers were eternal!
The essence of 'numbers' wasn't just a symbol, but rather a living thing, having a spiritual connection with one's consciousness. One only needed to go through various forms of meditation to be able to carry out a spiritual connection with numbers.
All things possessed 'numbers'. Every person who came into contact with external things for a long time, for example, tools, weapons, pendants, or other non-material concepts such as the work they did, after interacting with external things for a long time, would be endowed with a spiritual connection program. Only, in the past, it was passive, but now, he could take the initiative to bestow spirituality to material things. Large and complex virtual reality programs were still difficult to write, but simple AI programs weren't an issue.
After a while, Luo Kai handed over the nano bug in his hand that was faintly emitting a hazy black light to Xu Ming and said, "I think in the beginning, the meaning of the word 'awakened' was not to awaken any ability, but to see through some kind of illusion, to recognize oneself, to recognize the world. I hope one day you will be able to achieve that."
Xu Ming looked at the nano bug in his hand and was stunned. When he wanted to ask what it meant, Luo Kai had already turned around and walked into the golden door.
The golden door had a very powerful protective force field, but of course, it was useless against an existence like Luo Kai. In a flash, he arrived at a magnificent square. The square seemed to be completely filled with gold, and it was so bright that it made people dizzy.
There were five stone platforms in the square. The stone platforms were densely carved with countless small stone grids, which looked a bit like keyboards. Below the stone platforms was a pile of small stones carved with numbers. In front of each stone platform was a silver-white jade wall. The jade wall seemed to be some kind of screen, flashing with dense and dazzling golden symbols.
Three of the stone platforms were occupied by people, two men and one woman. The woman was the virtual avatar of the AI program Nan Feng. The other two men were also the avatars of some kind of existence. They were like virtual characters that were originally free to develop in the game, but now, they were personally controlled by the player.
The three of them had a serious expression, and each of them occupied a stone platform. They were constantly tapping on it, as if they were calculating something, but also as if they were writing code.
Seeing Luo Kai enter, the three of them weren't surprised. Nan Feng even waved his hand, indicating for Luo Kai to go to another stone platform.
"The Nine Extremes Algebra must be solved within three days. After the time limit, it will be judged as a failure. In a thousand years, no one has solved all eighty-one problems at the same time. Give it a try."
"Nine Extremes Algebra?" Luo Kai was very surprised. This seemed to be the mathematics that Su Hsiao-mei had always been learning.
Nan Feng glanced at the other two and explained, "The Nine Extremes Algebra is a mysterious law that predicts the future, seeking good fortune and avoiding calamity. Legend has it that it was passed down from the Holy Celestial Realm. There are a total of eighty-one algebra problems here. If you can solve the final riddle, you will have a chance of obtaining ether particles!"
Luo Kai's expression changed. "Ether particles?"
Nan Feng's expression became solemn as he said, "Ether particles are the most basic elements that form the flow of consciousness in space and create material phenomena. Material energy in the ordinary sense has no meaning to a four-dimensional life form. Regardless of whether it is a god, a demon, or an intelligent program like me, once they start to become four-dimensional, they will need to construct a four-dimensional body. Otherwise, they won't be able to withstand the space-time turbulence of the four-dimensional universe.
A four-dimensional body can either grow and transform by itself or find other quantum particles. Ether particles are one of the basic particles to construct a four-dimensional body. The Desire Realm can only produce a little bit every thousand years, and every time, it will be divided among the demon gods in the Pantheon Temple. We don't have much time, so we need to quickly solve the barrier. How much we can obtain will depend on our own abilities. "
At this moment, the somewhat feminine man stopped solving the problem. His gaze swept over Luo Kai, and he said to the three of them, "Looks like it's just the four of us this time. The Desire Realm's destruction that occurs once every thousand years is about to arrive. Why don't we work together and do something big?"