"Jumper, huh..."
Upon hearing Li Ang's question, a complex expression appeared on the furry face of Penguin Archille, and he said quietly, "Refugees, Lucky Ones, Tyrants, Prisoners, madn burdened with sin, the despairing seekers of redemption...
The Jumper is not a profession or a power system, but rather a blessing and a curse."
"What do you an?"
Li Ang furrowed his brows, wondering how this penguin could speak in riddles like the Riddler.
"Once you reach that level, you will naturally understand."
Penguin Archille shook his head and said, "I can't be too clear right now. The disturbance effect of additional information can cause unforeseeable deviations in the future.
In your Eastern terms, if I tell you too much, it will produce uncontrollable cause and effect."
"..."
Li Ang pondered for a mont and asked, "Earlier at the Special Affairs Bureau headquarters, was it you who intervened so that Su Ni Sheng couldn't see through ?"
"Did you figure that out?"
The Penguin Gentleman smiled slightly, "That's right, Miss Su is very strong, but she hasn't fully awakened or reached completion.
I used a little trick, so she couldn't see the peculiarities about you—although I don't know why you want to hide your identity."
"Thanks."
Li Ang nodded, confirming his suspicions, "Mr. Archille, what did you an by agents earlier?"
"Well, that's also a potentially hazardous question involving cause and effect."
The Penguin Gentleman smiled and said, "You are probably aware of the explanations for 'roots' in modern mysticism, right?
Roots, the ultimate truth, the Way, Gnosis, the ideal world, Consciousness, the cause of all things...
Throughout history, philosophers, alchemists, and religious scholars have offered various explanations, guesses, and hypotheses about the nature and source of the world, with no standard answer.
And for us, the Jumpers,
roots are the foundation of a world.
Sunlight, rain, greenery, minerals, animals, and even the inventions and creations of intelligent beings originate from the roots above all.
The essence of Transcendents is, in fact, life's seizure of a greater share of roots, ascending from the mundane to the extraordinary.
In this process, the more shares of roots they seize, the tighter their connection to the roots, the deeper their understanding of the world's workings, and the more powerful they beco.
If you imagine ti as a one-way, turbulent river,
millions of mundane beings are like crucian carp in a river, swept along by the water towards the waterfall symbolizing death, unable to stop themselves,
then the strongest Transcendents are like big fish.
They do their utmost, devouring everything the roots offer them, growing themselves, from small fish and shrimp into big fish.
Of course, fish are ultimately just fish, the river of ti ebbs and flows, surging indefinitely,
and the power of the fish will eventually hit its limit, unable to escape the fate of being swept away by the river of ti and smashed on the rocks of the cliffs.
Only a very few of the Lucky Ones can barely anchor themselves, making themselves like reefs, forcibly staying in the center of the river—in the eyes of short-lived species, they are like beings approaching immortality."
Penguin Archille paused, smiling before Li Ang could speak, "The Forever Species are not Deities,
just like reefs that beco covered with barnacles and shells, powerful beings will inevitably and inadvertently have a subtle influence on the surrounding environnt.
Around the Red Dragon's Nest, there will be geysers of lava, around the Green Dragon's Nest, toxic swamps will erge,
and these Forever Species, besides changing their local environnt, also radiate cause and effect into the river of ti..."
Li Ang frowned and asked, "Is the one entangled with the Forever Species the agent?"
"Hmm... the definition can be narrowed down a bit."
The penguin nodded, speaking lightly, "This cause-and-effect entanglent is extrely complex, wide-ranging, and spans a long tiline.
Even the agents and Forever Species may not know the specific forms of interaction or the ti nodes of cause and effect.
However, as beings most closely linked to the roots,
the Forever Species have a deeper understanding of the river of ti,
they have a faint premonition, able to observe the scope of their cause and effect,
and they consciously 'watch over' those mundane beings within the scope who have the qualification to grow up.
This attention itself creates even stronger cause-and-effect disturbances, causing both parties' fates to gradually entangle.
The mundane beings who receive this positive attention are the agents."
Li Ang squinted, "Did you say that I'm also an agent?"
Penguin Archille, hearing the subtle emotion in Li Ang's calm words, smiled and said, "Don't worry,
the seemingly powerful and omnipotent Forever Species, in the face of ti itself, are still just trying to survive,
their every move is constrained by the roots, any action could trigger cause-and-effect disturbances, thus affecting their eternal attributes.
This trait makes Forever Species seldom interfere with the material world or manipulate the fate of mundane beings.
The situation you imagine, where an agent's life is arranged by the Forever Species, does not exist.
To be precise, the relationship between the two is more like that of magnets,
one small, one large, unconsciously drawn to each other—the whole process of getting close is spontaneously ford."
"I see."
Li Ang nodded non-committally, not fully believing what the penguin said, "Since the na 'agent' is used, what can agents do for the Forever Species?
And what's the relationship between the Forever Species and the ga of slaughter?"
"These two questions can actually be treated as one."
Penguin Archille casually said, "As I ntioned earlier, the Forever Species can't interfere too much with the developnt of the material world,
compared to the ga of slaughter, the solitary and towering tree above the roots, the Forever Species are like the vines clinging around the tree.
The vines will eventually wither, to maintain their existence, they need so sufficiently powerful assistants to accomplish certain things they themselves cannot do.
The relationship between them is a bit like that between a Deity and their earthly saints, spokespersons, or ssiahs.
As for the purpose of the Forever Species nurturing or investing in an agent...
It's the sa reason—
cause-and-effect disturbances, temporarily unable to disclose."
Li Ang frowned slightly, during the conversation, the black luxury sedan continued driving forward, already off the highway and into a bustling city district.
After a mont, he looked up, "Who is the Forever Species watching over ?"
"You already know, don't you?"
Archille smiled lightly, flipper-like wings grasping the short-handled cane, using one end to point at the round moon in the sky outside the car window.
Mirage Dragon and Drought Demon, huh...
Li Ang thought of the Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat in his backpack column, silently crossing his arms in front of him.
After a mont of silence, he asked, "Besides , who else are agents?"
"Prohibited matters, no comnt."
Archille chuckled, "Ha, I can only say, this world is narrower than you think.
Just as Stand Users attract each other, Executors too inevitably intersect over ti.
Both good and bad."
The Penguin Gentleman straightened his red and white checkered tie and said with a smile, "In any case, you have a doorway in your hands, right?"
He glanced at the expression on Li Ang's face and continued talking to himself, "A doorway is a good thing, containing opportunities for transcendence.
An opportunity is both a risk and a favorable circumstance.
And the Star Gate obtained through a doorway contest is more advantageous than those uncontrollable Star Gates currently appearing on Earth.
Make good use of your doorway and make appropriate choices when necessary."
The Penguin Gentleman tilted his head, spun the light in his hands, revealing a pink wooden door.
The normally-sized wooden door stood in the co-pilot seat of a black car in a twisted internal space, in a bizarre way.
"Strive to grow, your world needs saving by you,"
said Archille with a smile as he opened the pink wooden door and disappeared into the black car.
A few seconds after he vanished,
the car system made a slight "pop" sound,
and an AI ford of pale blue light ca back online, returning to normal, gently reminding Li Ang that his destination was less than 500 ters away.
The Skynet System didn't even detect Archille's appearance, just as Li Ang's divine probe couldn't observe the pink door's teleportation effect.
His Mystery Delver title skill could only read the secret "I like to eat fish" from Archille, without seeing any useful information.
Unable to verify the truth of the other party's words.
Li Ang leaned against the window, his expression as calm as ever.
As the vehicle slowly pulled over to the roadside, he pushed open the car door, got off, entered the community, while the black car turned around by itself and drove towards the Special Affairs Bureau Headquarters.
Li Ang walked through the internal park of the community, ascended the steps, and returned ho.
The room was silent and peaceful,
as early as when Li Ang heard that Wei Linglan, representing the Mobile Detachnt, was looking for him, he had already sent ssages through the Divine Power Connection to the Bug Nest, Brain Worm, and Miss Chai.
Chaichai and the Double Blade Turkey had already concealed any unusual traces in the room to prevent the Special Affairs Bureau from investigating,
or using the Skynet System,
to hack into the phone and computer that Li Ang was using.
Click.
Li Ang turned on the room light, closed the door, changed into slippers as usual, walked to the fridge, took out a bottle of chilled Coke, sat back on the sofa,
and took out his phone to send Wang Congshan a ssage saying he was ho.
A few seconds later, Wang Congshan sent an "ok" emoji, asking Li Ang how he was feeling and whether he felt dizzy or sothing.
Li Ang chatted idly with Wang Congshan, feeling inexplicably more at ease.
Although Archille was almost like a Riddler's penguin version, one thing was certain.
There were still many mysteries in the killing ga that Li Ang didn't yet understand.
Was a Demigod just the start of immortality...
Li Ang adjusted his glasses on his nose, and his surging divine sense no longer hid and suppressed itself but swept through the whole room instantly.
No traces of being spied on were found.
The Special Affairs Bureau was considerate enough not to use the Skynet System for real-ti monitoring after Li Ang expressed consideration for joining the Special Affairs Bureau internship—Archille's "little trick" worked,
neither the detection formations of the Special Affairs Bureau Headquarters nor the psychological and physiological monitoring equipnt indicated that Li Ang was anything other than a very intelligent, physically outstanding, regular high school student.
Thus, the Special Affairs Bureau considered his value, potential, and potential danger to remain within the scope of "worthy of minor attention."
"Phew..."
Li Ang exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and after hearing Archille's words, his initial mindset relaxed and eased considerably.
Having a broad perspective made his heart more at peace.
In the face of plans involving beings like the Mirage Dragon and Drought Demon,
The Special Affairs Bureau and the Mobile Detachnt seed less troubleso.
Li Ang put his feet on the table, lowered his eyelids, and there was a crackling sound of muscle growth and bone remodeling beneath his skin.
After advancing to Demigod, the once extrely mysterious Origin of Life beca less unknown and more controllable.
Through the synergy between the Origin of Life and the Swamp God Power, he could store plant fiber seeds that strengthen the body in the Divine Mark.
If necessary, he could complete the degeneration and re-strengthening of his body in just a dozen breaths of ti.
With a change in mindset, Li Ang's deanor beca much more relaxed,
From under the sleeve of his clothes, a vine sprouted, creeping along the ground to the study, and from behind a stack of books on the study bookshelf, he took out the Alchemist's Magic Box.
The vine, snake-like, brought the Alchemist's Magic Box back,
Li Ang held the tal box, opened it, and threw it on the floor.
The Magic Box unfolded and expanded automatically, taking the form of a workshop,
Chaichai and the Double Blade Turkey flashed out from the workshop, the forr clad in Qinge Armor, fully ard,
while the latter discarded the fragile human girl form to transform into the Bug Nest Tyrant mode (due to height and mass limitations, the Double Blade Turkey could only beco a 1.6-ter micro Bug Nest Tyrant).
Covered in thorns, holding Bone Blades, Parasitic Guns, and Acid Cannons.
"Relax, it's okay now."
Li Ang waved his hand, signaling Miss Chai not to worry,
Chaichai lowered her fists and hesitantly asked, "What happened earlier? Why didn't I get a response when I prayed through the Divine Power Connection?"
"Just had a brief chat with an entity of a higher level."
Li Ang rembered Archille's talk about causality and didn't ntion the penguin's na,
In Chaichai's puzzled gaze, he smiled faintly, "It's been resolved."
"Oh, okay."
Chaichai nodded, since Li Ang said it was fine, it was fine.
She disengaged the Qinge Armor and hung it on the wall hook of the Alchemy Workshop, placing it alongside Li Ang's skin, just about to return to her usual routine of lounging around when Li Ang called out, "Wait."
"What's up?"
"Regarding the concealnt of identity and the Bug Nest, you don't have to worry so much."
Li Ang adjusted his glasses calmly, "From now on, enhance the Bug Nest's intervention in the real world."
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