Chapter 533: High-Dinsional Observers and Quantum Celestials!
As Harof recited the inscribed words on the table, those present felt a tingling on their scalps.
"It seems Lord Althok has gone madder than before…" Ignas shuddered involuntarily, muttering to himself.
Aurora and Harof also furrowed their brows, continuously pondering the aning of these words.
Where exactly had Althok gone? "Is there a secret room or basent in this laboratory?" Aurora turned to Ignas, asking earnestly.
Since Althok's domain was here, it ant he must be nearby; surely he hadn’t just hidden himself away. Although his mind was unpredictable after his madness, it was possible he had done sothing outrageous, but there was only so much space he could hide in.
Ignas shook his head; he was quite sure there were no secret passages or chambers in the lab, although he couldn't be certain whether the crazed Councilor had secretly constructed one in the past half-month.
Harof looked around, using perception magic to search the area, but he too shook his head in the end.
"Is there a possibility that this domain itself is Althok?" Lynn suddenly spoke.
"What are you talking about?" Aurora looked stunned. "Althok is this domain?"
Harof was equally baffled, struggling to grasp the aning Lynn was trying to convey.
Lynn pointed to the inscribed words on the table. “Not in any one place, yet everywhere—don’t you find this phrase sowhat familiar?”
“You an... a quantum probability cloud?” Harof suddenly realized, exclaiming in shock.
Following Lynn’s bizarre quantum theory suggestion, Harof had also invested much effort into studying microscopic elents, especially the internal structure of atoms.
If unobserved, the electrons within an atom exist in a bewildering manner across the entire probability cloud; but once observed, they imdiately localize to a specific position.
"So, you’re saying Althok wasn’t joking; he has actually beco a spectral elent?" Aurora's face was filled with disbelief.
"Very likely…" Lynn nodded. "I guess this probability cloud covers the entire domain! All elents inside are part of Althok."
This is both the one and the many!
Lynn paused before making another chilling conjecture. "Perhaps, we are currently inside his body…"
Hearing this, Harof gasped in shock. What in the world had Althok been researching over these decades?
Aurora took a while to co to terms with the fact that they were treading within the body of a colleague and friend. Ignas, on the other hand, was completely lost, not understanding what the Councilors were discussing.
Althok had turned into a spectral elent? Was this so kind of joke?
"If this hypothesis is true, what’s happening to Althok now? Is he still alive?" Harof asked uncertainly.
"That depends on your definition of being alive, and for more specifics, observation is likely necessary," Lynn spoke thoughtfully.
He believed this elental controller was probably still alive; otherwise, the domain would have already disintegrated, but his condition might not be good, otherwise, he wouldn’t ignore their entrance into the domain and frequent calling of his na without any response.
Aurora nodded, having watched the double-slit interference experint, she naturally understood what observation implied—the collapse of the probability wave, the weird interplay of wave and particle transforming into a particle state that they could comprehend.
But how were they to observe?
They were currently within Althok, constantly observing each other.
"Perhaps we can try covering the entire domain with magical perception…" Harof quickly suggested.
"It’s worth a try, let do it!" Lynn agreed, nodding. He had Harof and the others step back a bit, then closed his eyes to sense the surroundings.
Enveloping his spirit in magic, it spread in all directions like bubbles clinging to every elent within the domain. This ti was not a hostile battle, so Lynn did not attempt to seize control of the magical domain.
The process went very smoothly, without any attacks, which slightly relieved Lynn.
However, when his perception covered the entire domain, nothing happened.
"Still no effect?" Aurora asked.
"No, let try again!" Lynn calmly thought to himself. ‘071, connect to the magic network…’
In an instant, massive computing power quickly erged in his mind, his spiritual power level jumped from seven to nine within seconds...
Harof and Aurora naturally felt the intense pressure bursting from Lynn, their expressions changed slightly, but they soon returned to calm.
They could guess this was the function of the magic network; since this device could provide computational support to grand wizards like Anthony, Lynn, as the founder of the magic network, could also call on others' computational power to enhance his own.
As Lynn had said, the magic network was a replication and improvent of the Church’s divine system—a gent
ler version, yet equally powerful.
This powerful force also made Harof sowhat worried, as Lynn, wielding the magic network, had significantly widened the gap in their combat abilities, which wasn’t conducive to maintaining a balance of power among the senior councilors.
However, given the threats their world was facing from outside their domain, every increase in combat ability was crucial.
It was also based on this that Lynn dared to display this ability openly in front of the two, and there would always be tis when the magic network was needed in the future, so taking this precaution now was not a bad idea.
With the experience from last ti, Lynn quickly mastered the surged power, and when he expanded his perception again, everything in front of him changed.
The elents floating in the domain ‘ca to life’ under his perception.
Simultaneously observing every elent, Lynn soon glimpsed a blurry figure, a ‘pieced-together’ person.
It was as if a person had been split into countless pieces, each displayed before him, and then his brain, based on the concept of a person, pieced them together to form a human image.
No, that’s not quite accurate; on a higher level, they were indeed one.
A body split yet aggregated together, which made Lynn’s brain slightly dizzy, but he still clearly saw the appearance of this elental controller: around sixty years old, gaunt, with a rough face, radiating a mad deanor.
"Althok!" Lynn tried calling out, and the latter imdiately turned his gaze toward him.
The two looked at each other, Lynn waited for a while, but the other showed no sign of activity, seeming to be in a dazed, almost unconscious state...
"How is it? Did you see him?" Harof, hearing Lynn’s call, quickly asked.
"You can see for yourselves!" Lynn nodded, then pulled Harof, Aurora, and Ignas into the magic network and activated the shared perception feature.
The few on the scene widened their eyes, all stunned by the bizarre sight before them—they saw a person split yet pieced together...
"What in the world has Althok beco?" Aurora felt a chill run down her spine.
Harof was also imrsed in imnse shock, feeling intense dizziness after just looking for two or three seconds.
Ignas, like a madman, let out a sharp scream; being a great wizard, he lacked sufficient computational power to perceive and construct higher-dinsional images, so the scene before him was incredibly fragnted and chaotic, as if a stick was frantically stirring in his brain...
Lynn furrowed his brows and quickly kicked Ignas out of the magic network’s shared perception, but it was a bit too late, as Ignas had already fainted.
Now, Lynn, Harof, and Aurora were no longer concerned about Ignas, as Althok began to move.
‘Is it because the number of observers has increased?’ Lynn thought, his alertness rising to the extre, ready for defense.
Although the elents within the magical power were surging, Althok did not attack them, but a deep, low laugh followed into everyone’s ears.
"Hehe, haha, now I too am a spectral elent..."
Crap... he really is insanely mad, Lynn rolled his eyes, then withdrew the magic network’s computational enhancent, and the world returned to normal.
Harof imdiately breathed a sigh of relief, the dizziness in his brain gradually easing, even though he had only looked for less than half a minute, he already felt he could barely endure it.
Aurora, after adjusting, imdiately bent down to check on Ignas’s condition.
"How is Master Ignas?" Harof, massaging his swollen brain, asked with so concern.
"Probably not good, his spirit has taken a heavy hit," Aurora sighed.
"It’s my oversight," Lynn shook his head; he hadn’t expected that Ignas, a distinguished five-ring great wizard, would faint just from a glance, then suggested.
"I suggest we delete this mory from him, otherwise, we’re going to have another mad great wizard."
Aurora hesitated, feeling this wasn’t quite right, but they seed to have no better option at the mont.
Lynn looked sympathetically at the unfortunate great wizard, then turned his gaze to the walls filled with formulas and abstract drawings, surprisingly seeing a strange beauty in them.
It was then he truly understood, the drawings on the walls were of several hypercubes, only Althok lacked the ability to draw more than two dinsions on a flat surface, yet he wanted to paint everything he saw... so he had to break down each detail and draw them one by one.
Realizing this, Lynn couldn’t help but let out a sigh. The reason why this elental controller suddenly went mad wasn’t just because he realized the weirdness and uncertainty of the microscopic domain...
He had already understood the difference between a domain and a divine realm, and finally grasped what he was lacking.
To truly turn a domain into a divine realm, having
atomic-level control was not enough; one must delve into the quantum domain.
This is the secret of a god being omnipresent and omniscient...
Because the entire divine realm is itself, or it could be called—a Celestial!
Completely controlling a planet or a plane of existence.
No wonder that black crow said that even if they used all ans, they couldn’t really threaten the Lord of the Dead, only a god can defeat a god...
Lynn quickly shared his thoughts; he wasn’t sure about these speculations, but brainstorming could lead to more comprehensive ideas.
"So, you’re saying Althok has beco a god now?" Harof said incredulously.
"We can’t judge yet; our understanding of gods is too limited," Lynn sighed.
The only certainty was that Althok was no longer the sa kind of being as them, turned into a high-dinsional existence trapped in a laboratory, mad, and lacking self-awareness.
Just how had Althok transford himself into a quantum state?
Only, this process clearly had so serious issues, Lynn felt it was likely due to a lack of divine essence and corresponding ntal strength.
Just like those gods who had gone mad from the toxin of faith, forcibly elevating themselves to a realm beyond their control.
The correct approach should be, becoming a nine-ring legendary wizard to condense a divine essence, then consider absorbing followers and how to build a divine realm.
But one can’t bla the wizards for blindly upgrading their magic tree; after all, the advancent system was completely explored step by step by them, based solely on fragnts from ancient texts left by the Church of the Moon and the wizards’ wild imaginations.
No one can guarantee they’re always on the right path.
Compared to discussing whether Althok had beco a god or not with Lynn and Harof, Aurora directly asked the most critical question.
"What should we do now to bring him back to normal? Keep increasing the number of observers?"
Since their observation could make the unconscious Althok react, even speak, did that an if there were enough observers, he could ‘wake’ up?
"We three plus Victorio and the recently promoted Anthony are only five people; the number is probably far from enough," Lynn shook his head, even Ignas, a five-ring great wizard, went mad from just one look, indicating only legendary beings could bear the risk of being observers.
Saying this, Lynn suddenly pointed to the drawings, formulas on the walls, and a stack of research notebooks on the table.
"I think we can start with his research... first figure out exactly how Councilor Althok quantumized himself."
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