The secret behind divh’s ability to traverse the Void was uncovered: she has a fascinating affinity with it.
It’s incredible, even inexplicable: the Void itself does not exhibit any inclination. It neither repels nor attracts anything, treating entities that are not part of it with indifference. By general consensus, traversing the Void safely involves sheer perseverance, either by continuously adjusting the informational state around oneself (a thod commonly used by the Divine Race) or by expending energy to release a shield (a technique of the Xyrin Apostles). Essentially, it’s a matter of sheer endurance. However, Little Crow’s thod of wandering through the Void differs from that of the Divine Race and the Xyrin Apostles.
"Look at her now, it’s as if she’s enjoying herself."
Watching divh rrily flitting about in the Void environnt, Sandora couldn’t help but speak in an awed tone.
This is the test field located in the "boundary region," which is part of the research center. The Shadow City’s research headquarters is not just a building within the city; it has a highly complex spatial structure. In several key locations, there are space-ti hubs leading to various Other Spaces, and these hubs even connect to desolate universes or transitional zones at the edge of the World bordering the Void. Such deep corridors marked with special warnings are often visible in the research center. Following these corridors, one might have no idea where they could end up—perhaps on an isolated island amidst the blue sea and sky, on the surface of a desolate alien planet, or even stepping directly into the universe. Currently, we are in one of several specially extended areas within the research center, where the spatial coordinates are a virtual coordinate. It doesn’t reside in any fixed or known location; it’s, in fact, a buffer zone between Shadow Space and the Void.
Establishing a fixed test field in such a buffer zone is not easy, even more challenging than navigating the Void. The concept of the "border between the world and the Void" is inherently unstable. In reality, anything describable isn’t allowed to maintain this "neutral" ambiguous state. At this boundary, entities with sufficient stability beco imdiately absorbed into the ordered world, entering material space, while those less stable dissipate into the Void, assimilated into its basic informational elents. The "boundary region" test field is forcibly establishing a neutral zone on this knife edge. In this position, you’re neither part of the ordered world nor worried about falling into the Void. As long as you can endure a certain indescribable sense of reality peeling away, you can observe the different scenes on both sides of the World Barrier in a stable manner for a long ti. Most of the ti, this place adheres to the rules of the Main Material World, facilitating the unfolding of various experintal activities filled with advanced technology.
Taville adjusted the environnt of the test field to have a Void tendency, allowing divh to roam freely outside while we stayed in a carefully protected observation station, marvelling at the sight of the giant crow flying freely.
I once flew over the Void on Lin’s back, so I know that enormous golden dragon has the ability to soar in the Void environnt, but essentially, Lin is utterly different from divh. The forr requires forming a zone of mathematical stability around itself to protect itself when crossing the Void, while the latter... The space within a large area around the big bird is inherently a safe zone. It seems that during this process, she wasn’t doing anything actively; rather, the Void Domain suddenly beca orderly several hundred ters around her.
Taville couldn’t use any existing theory to explain this phenonon, so in the end, we had to bring in a supposed expert: Rogue Goddess, Bingdisi. Before I knew it, I had inadvertently taken "Rogue Goddess" as Bingdisi’s title...
Bingdisi was called to the observation station, where we observed together for a while. Then she pondered for a bit and finally looked at , asking, "Chen, tell us how you operate when moving within the Void."
"My actions in the Void?" I was admittedly a bit stunned. There’s that saying that the most familiar things are often the easiest to overlook. Bingdisi suddenly brought up this question, and I couldn’t imdiately answer. After seriously recalling for a while, I caught a trace, "It seems to be no different from my usual activities. By the way, I haven’t felt any difference between staying in the Void and floating in the cosmic space. I an, in terms of body sensation, nothing feels different. The dissonance of the Void environnt is a bit there, but aside from that dissonance, it feels quite similar to drifting in outer space."
Bingdisi and Sandora exchanged glances, sighed, and said, "Do you know how we feel in the Void environnt?"
"Uh, I think I understand what you an..." I suddenly realized.
"That’s right, you’re a Void Creature, your life essence originates from the Void," Bingdisi nodded, "To put it bluntly, you are the Void itself. Therefore, as long as you control your ’dissipation’ process, you don’t need to consu anything to survive in the Void environnt. As far as I know, Father God also possesses this ability, as does King Huron. The three of you are among those who can survive in the Void without any consumption. Aside from you three, there are another four I know of who can do the sa..."
"The Four Main Gods?" Sandora imdiately responded.
"That’s right, the Supre Life Goddess, Dragon God, Dark Goddess, and Light God were directly influenced by Father God and promoted. It’s said that they can also traverse the Void freely without any consumption or taking any defenses, and the Void wouldn’t harm them. That’s always been a sowhat ambiguous concept for , but now I think I’ve seen an instance of it: divh’s situation is definitely like that of the Four Gods. Although she’s not a Void Creature, she has obtained the sa ’exemption’ as one."
The giant crow divh was still freely roaming outside in the test space, floating around joyfully, utterly unaware of how shocking the place she was in was. She flapped her wings, though in this environnt, flapping wings produced no propulsion, so she essentially just spun in place. Even so, she seed delighted as if she was having the ti of her life, occasionally craning her neck towards the observation station as if inviting the people inside to co out and play with her.
"Now I’m considering sothing else..." Bingdisi looked at a few of us deep in thought, and suddenly turned her gaze to Sandora and her sister, "Why don’t you go out for a while?"
Sandora and her sister were taken aback, "Ah?"
"When you go out, you’re always in a spaceship. It seems like it’s been long since you’ve been exposed to the Void environnt on your own. Even when you did occasionally, it was under Chen’s protection," Bingdisi looked at Sandora with a smile, "You understand what I an."
Sandora nodded with understanding, looking at Bingdisi, "Perhaps Ah Jun’s influence had long been showing in us, but no one ever noticed?"
"After all, none of you would casually take a stroll in the Void, right? That’s sothing even most of the Divine Race wouldn’t dare to think of."
Volunteering herself to be the first to ’test,’ Sandora stepped outside because she was the most experienced and knowledgeable among the group. In the past, she had ventured into the Void, although she had never spent extended periods there nor discarded all protection as she did today. Even if sothing happened, her strength was sufficient to allow her to return unhard, so I agreed to have her go outside first.
"How does it feel?" Bingdisi inquired via Spiritual Connection, Sandora’s voice sounding quite amazed, "It’s... amazing. I don’t feel like I’m in the Void environnt. In fact, the space around is normal, and all mathematical laws are still functioning normally."
Without waiting for Sandora to report, we could see from the equipnt that the area around her was an Order State. This Order State wasn’t actively ford by her; instead, the Void itself beca orderly upon contact with her. Just like what happened with divh.
Soon, my sister and Qianqian went out for a test round too, and later, Pandora and Visca joined them, followed by Bubbles, who jumped out holding her daughter after hearing the news. A lively group of people frolicked outside, with backstrokes, breaststrokes, and freestyle swimming... All spinning in place, of course, since there was no water.
By the ti I regained my senses, the originally solemn experint had turned into a paradise for this large family, and Bingdisi looked at the enthusiastic crew and sighed wistfully, "Goddess, I’m so envious it hurts."
"Ahem, aren’t you going to explain this to ?" I felt like I might have grasped a bit, but couldn’t clearly pinpoint the exact reason: had the people around already been quietly ’changing’? Is it a result just to be able to stay in the Void like this? Why?
Bingdisi glanced at , hesitated for a mont, and then whispered, "Do you really want to listen?"
I thought for a mont and then suddenly got angry, "Are you looking down on my intelligence!"
Bingdisi shrugged, "With your reaction speed, does it even need looking down upon? Okay, okay, let’s stop joking around. I’ll explain it simply: you know, the Void is the Source of All Things. It contains everything, both describable and indescribable, so at the sa ti, it also presents as an absolute ’zero.’ You could say it has everything, or you could see it as having nothing. In short, it itself cannot present any understandable ’Order State,’ because in any situation, an ’Order State’ ans it’s no longer pure but instead has attributes and inclinations. But Void Creatures are the only exception. Do you think you have order?"
I thought for a mont, "I suppose so, I have quite a few principles."
Bingdisi looked stunned, "I really shouldn’t have talked to you about such high-end stuff... Anyway, just rember this, Void Creatures are the absolute ’Order State,’ and in the Multi-universe, there’s no more real or higher-end ’instance’ than you three. Our Divine Race speculates this way: the Void contains everything, and therefore it first includes a concept of ’absolutely not showing any inclination or Order State,’ and since there’s this concept, it should also include a concept of ’must show inclination and Order State,’ and you are the manifestation of the latter. Father God said, Void Creatures should be born to fill the lack of basic attributes of the Void, sothing that contains both ’existence’ and ’non-existence.’ ’Existence’ must be isolated, which is you and your two relatives. Therefore, you can generate order as a Void. Hmm, you didn’t understand, right?"
I glared at this person who’s mouth just wouldn’t stop, "Now I can beat you up, you know."
"That’s just bullying a girl," Bingdisi waved her fist at , she even dared to call herself a girl... Hmm, seems she’s not wrong, "Alright, now let’s get to the point, Void Creatures are the form of acknowledging order while maintaining the original attributes of the Void (I spent a long ti trying to break this sentence properly in my head), so in other words, order is right by your side. Now the things closest to you are being influenced; to estimate this influence range, it seems like it’s just your ho’s yard, so this range is ’by your side.’ That silly bird, and your nurous daughters, your nurous sisters, your... okay, I can’t continue, anyway, these people have already been tainted with this attribute: the manifestation of Void’s order."
"So the result is..." I looked outside, "We can swim freely in the Void?"
"Not in the Void," Bingdisi looked at with great aning, "It’s by your side. These people are solidified. Did you know a na, called ’God’s side,’ which ans standing next to God? Your family and that crow are, wherever they walk, their attribute is already ’God’s Side.’ This concept transcends all definitions of distance, beneath their feet is your ’beside.’
I pondered for a long ti and decided not to continue questioning these issues...
Sandora was not as addicted to playing outside as the others; she returned quickly, with a happy expression on her face, and cheerfully said, "So that’s it, our changes have already begun, but no one has noticed at all."
"Who could have known you’d mutate in this direction first?" Bingdisi shrugged, "What happened to Chen He and you guys only happened once in countless ages, on Father God and the Four Main Gods; even Father God himself does not rember that history, so we are starting from scratch now. But I’m curious, didn’t you feel any physical change? Look at that Silly Bird, her change was massive!"
Sandora frowned, looking perplexed, she smiled: "I’m quite curious too. I thought if I ’ascended’ under Ah Jun’s influence, I would at least obviously notice so physical change, but apparently, our changes have nothing to do with tangible things. Hmm, affinity to the Void, or exemption ability, this in the strictest sense is still Ah Jun’s power, it should be equivalent to a permanent effect he applied to all of us—a buff, as Bubbles usually calls it, which is quite fitting here. So perhaps we will undergo so other changes in the future."
"Who knows," Bingdisi mumbled, "If your theory is correct, then you guys basically haven’t changed at all, it’s just Chen’s power spreading to you. Ugh, this issue is too headache-inducing, I won’t think about it, when I have ti I’ll go ask our Boss, maybe she knows sothing." I was stunned, "You have a Boss? Whoa, she must be so big shot!"
"Supre Dark Goddess, who else did you think?" Bingdisi looked at displeased, "I only acknowledge that leader."
I chuckled, "Only that leader? What about Father God?" Bingdisi stuck out her tongue, "He counts as a parent..."
Regarding this kind of transformation happening to the sisters, there’s still a lot to study, it’s not a job that can be completed in a short while. Sandora is now most concerned with three things: first, is the ability to be immune to the Void’s influence a change they themselves have generated? Second, has everyone at ho been influenced in this way, even including weaker individuals like Sayaka and Anwina? Third, what’s for lunch today?
After deliberating for a while, Sandora decided to put the first two questions aside for now...
We brought divh—who returned ho after a physical examination and reverted to a little girl form (the process was like this: the Big Crow regurgitated Little dwin, then strode back to its Other Space...)—back ho and found that the little girl nad Vanilla, who appeared last night, was already awake and was sitting in the living room chatting quietly with Anwina.
Anwina gave Vanilla a bath and dressed her in clothes similar to divh’s. As the saying goes, clothes make the person, and with such a makeover, the little girl instantly turned into a completely different person from the soot-sared country bumpkin she was last night. Her temperant was... just like divh’s. Alright, I admit I really don’t know how to describe the temperant of a flat-chested middle-schooler. The only one with any discernible temperant at this age that I can recall is a guy nad Bai Jing Heizi, who had a bizarre Halo with a radiation range of over twenty ters that could be called temperant...
"Hey, looks like you had a good rest," I waved to Vanilla, then watched divh joyfully hop into Anwina’s arms and said to the latter, "Your daughter’s healthy, it turns out she’s quite advanced in her Super Evolution."
Anwina’s face flushed red with embarrassnt, "Master, could you please not continue with this topic?"
Vanilla stood up a bit shyly, then looked at us in amazent as we poured out from the Teleportation Gate in the living room, well, amazed rather than shocked, which suggests that space gates aren’t sothing unimaginable to her? I guess in her world there must also be sothing similar to teleportation magic.
"Um, um... hello." The little girl didn’t even know where to put her hands, so she awkwardly bowed, making laugh involuntarily, "Why so suddenly nervous like this, you were fine last night, weren’t you?"
Vanilla smiled sheepishly, seemingly realizing she might be overreacting. Her eyes involuntarily drifted towards divh, appearing to want to greet her. In this unfamiliar place, divh seed the only presence she could rely upon. I called Anwina over, "Did you tell her about the situation at ho?"
Anwina nodded, "I did, but she didn’t seem to quite understand—she doesn’t even know what’s beyond the earth, let alone the Multi-universe."
I nodded in realization, all within my expectations, then sat next to Vanilla and asked as kindly as possible, "So, do you want to go ho?" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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