novelonline Chapter 671: Build a Tower to Reach the Sky
Chapter 671: Build a Tower to Reach the Sky
Chapter 671: Build a Tower to Reach the Sky
Jiang Yu watched.
No thinking, no action, just watching.
His eyes dropped, taking in the entire multiverse that was constantly expanding and then shrinking at the end of its expansion. He witnessed the change of eras, the decline and rise of civilizations, and the birth and death of familiar people one after another, one after another with the same appearance as himself, in one universe after another.
He just watched.
He could only watch.
He saw the will of the Silver Snake circling on the surface and inside of the multiverse, and saw the Great Celestial Lord lingering in the center of the infinite multiverse. He saw the changes of one era and witnessed the changes of another era, and saw the shadow of the snake wipe out all the struggles of the rebels.
He was incapable of thinking, and he didn't even have a body.
His soul had long been shattered, the light of his mind had long been disintegrated and shattered, and even his true spirit, which could occupy a considerable enough depth of death, had no remnants left in the Silver Serpent's murderous intent.
He is dead.
He himself didn't know why he was still here.
Ah, correction. He who is here does not have the ability to think. He can only observe, only watch, only record, and only act as a machine. And a machine without a structural carrier. Perhaps it would be more accurate to describe it as a "phenomenon".
Where is this place? If he could still think, he would definitely give priority to this question.
How can I improve my situation? If he still has the energy to act, he will definitely move in this direction.
Unfortunately, he didn't.
And not having one is actually a good thing.
Because time has no meaning, but he has recorded a large enough amount of time. He saw the creation and destruction of the infinite multiverse, and saw all the details from the origin to the end. He saw every grain of sand in every world, and saw the whole process of each grain of sand from birth to destruction, and remembered it all in his heart.
No living thing can carry such a huge memory. Only forgetting can allow living things to remain active after such a long time. Even dead things cannot do it. Because even if the entire multiverse is exhausted, it can only create a carrier that can barely record the changes in the universe of one era.
However, Jiang Yu has always been here.
He watched until the Silver Snake pushed the multiverse to perform three restart updates. He watched and remembered the entire three eras until the Silver Snake left at the end of the third era.
And now, it is the fourth cycle, the fourth era of the era. Another 'Jiang Yu' in the multiverse is about to face a repeated fate. And this fate may repeat a million times, or even more, until the infinite multiverse reaches the end of the cycle, or the Silver Snake completes its purpose.
Jiang Yu knew what its purpose was.
He could see it, and he knew it had been lingering on the outside of the infinite multiverse, gnawing and struggling to devour the glorious humanoid figure with a huge hole through its chest.
The snake was always there.
Even though it drives the three births and deaths of plurality, it is always there.
Because it was the power of the Great Celestial Lord that actually created and destroyed the world. And all the Silver Snake had done, except for that one time when he killed someone, was just to give orders to the Great Celestial Lord from a distance.
The snake shadows throughout the multiverse are just its eyes, which are infinite power beyond infinity. Perhaps even in the past battle of the creation of the universe, the cosmic snake that visited the multiverse and defeated everything was just another deeper eye, and it was precisely because of this that Gu, who fought hard, was able to cut off several snake scales in the end.
But are those really snake scales?
Was he really beheaded?
Jiang Yu didn't know, he didn't have the ability to think. He only knew that the emperors of the human race regarded this hidden scale as the last hope. But in the end, this hope was annihilated by the falling snake shadow before any achievement.
The emperors failed, and all their calculations were unable to create even a single wave.
The absolute gap in power made the infinite multiverse unable to resist the foreign silver snake. Even the most powerful intelligence must have the corresponding strength to be effective.
An infinite multiverse must have a guardian.
And this guardian, perhaps...
Jiang Yu had no ability to think. If he had, he might have been able to infer that the figure of light pierced by the flying stone was the guardian of this multiverse. Of course, it was also possible that it was just an ordinary passerby who was hit by the flying stone and then captured by the silver snake as food.
perhaps.
Maybe there are many possibilities.
Jiang Yu couldn't think, and had no ability to verify. He could only watch quietly until the truth was revealed clearly before his eyes.
unless……
The silver snake's form was pulled away.
It withdraws from the infinite multiplicity not only because it feels satisfied, but there is another reason besides this.
The shining human figure tightly wrapped by the snake body trembled slightly for a moment.
Its body was trembling.
Its 'whole' is vibrating.
The Silver Snake thus diverted its attention away.
The synchronized ringing turned into a reminder bell ringing beside Jiang Yu.
"Ding-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling"
The feeling of immersion appears in perception, and the endless abyss of water appears in cognition.
"Ding-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling"
The mind that no longer functions gains its first impulse, and from the depths of eternal sleep, sparks burst forth from the mind.
"Ding-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling"
Jiang Yu's eyes trembled.
Jiang Yu picked up the phone.
He has no hands, no ears, no head, and no form.
But he still picked up the phone.
"Hello." He said, he asked. "Who are you?"
Thoughts begin to become fluid, but the emotional system is not yet online. Because it has no meaning. What we need to do now is to respond to the caller.
He heard the response.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, and I am that which is beyond all."
It was difficult to distinguish between male and female voices, or even ethnic groups. But the human figure that undoubtedly came from the light was still able to move, and it was not completely dead.
"It's still a thing." Jiang Yu responded.
"Still a thing," the figure repeated. "You killed me."
"I hit you." Jiang Yu's mind began to have 'imagination'. He imagined the scene of the flying stone hitting the shining figure. "I was sent here by an unknown force, and then I killed you. You were swallowed by the snake and fell into such a fate."
"Wrong." The figure denied. "I called you, I called for the trial. I wanted to move towards a higher realm. And the flying stone arrived here as a calamity."
Imagination created another scene - Jiang Yu saw a human figure made of light walking on the border of the multiverse. It reached the top and hoped to continue to move forward. It didn't know how to move forward, so it made a sound outside the multiverse.
Maybe it's a provocation, maybe it's an invitation, maybe it's a declaration, maybe it's a plea.
Jiang Yu turned his eyes away. In the distance beyond the infinite multiverse, there was a hazy blue with no end. Distance was meaningless because there was no possibility of crossing it. Therefore, the glorious humanoid of the past made a sound toward the outside.
Its voice was answered—it welcomed the arrival of the flying stone. It called for the test but failed to overcome it, so the flying stone pierced through its chest, destroying its core that had long been optimized but still traced back to the test.
Then, the figure of light who hoped to rise again did not expect that while calling for the trial, he also summoned the greedy stealth snake shadow.
The dead are gone, there is no point in pursuing accountability.
"Are you the guardian?" Jiang Yu asked. "The guardian of this multiverse?"
"I don't know." The figure replied. "I am dead. I have lost all my destiny."
"Do you know where I come from?" Jiang Yu continued to ask.
"I don't know." The figure answered again. "You are the flying stone on the other side. I cannot touch the green on the other side."
"Do you want me to help you?" Jiang Yu asked repeatedly. "Or, by helping you, I am helping myself?"
He still received a response immediately.
"I am dead, and I can no longer come here. The snake will devour my remains after countless epochs. It cannot leave, or my remains will fall into the void, and nothing will remain."
"The snake can't give up on devouring you." Jiang Yu nodded. "It destroyed and cleared the infinite multiverse just to prepare a suitable dining environment for itself."
"Exactly."
"And if a strong one emerges from the multiverse, strong enough to rival it, then it will have no choice but to retreat, or fight to the end with the enemy in order to defend its food."
"Exactly."
"It used my body as material to create a guard to eliminate this possibility. This also means that it fears that fate. It knows that there is potential in this multiverse, enough for a strong person to appear and rival it."
"Exactly."
"How can I win?" Jiang Yu asked. "How can I avoid its eyes and ears and grow to this point?"
"I have forgotten." The humanoid sighed, but it no longer had any emotions. "But I know I have reached this point. Use my flesh and blood as a reference for the replica, or use your original ability."
Jiang Yu looked at the phone in his hand - it was the material, but also the secret. And he knew what he was capable of.
He waited for a moment, and there was no more sound on the other end of the phone. The silver snake entangled the body of the wreckage, and then used vigilant eyes to detect every area around it.
Jiang Yu still didn't know where this place was.
But he felt that this might be the border of another multiverse different from the place where the Silver Snake swallowed. He could watch everything from here, but if he interfered with the infinite multiverse or the Silver Snake itself, he would be exposed.
The Silver Snake was able to sneak attack the remains of the Shining Humanoid because of this reason. The Shining Humanoid was also unable to cross the infinite blue beyond the multiverse because of this reason.
Because it does not exist - beyond the multiverse, it does not have any meaningful carrier. As long as there is no interference, it will not appear in the vision of even the same kind. And precisely because of this, if there is no way to interfere, then it will never be able to cross the border outside of the multiverse, reach new areas, or contact new neighbors.
The snake did not exist, so the snake was able to block its resurrection and devour its remaining body.
The human form does not exist, so the snake must bind it tightly to make the remains an object that can be devoured.
The Great Lord also does not exist, so the snake must place it in the infinite multiverse with entities. Everything it supervises is actually its prison, and only by maintaining interaction can this flying stone be stable.
Jiang Yu also did not exist, so the snake could not detect itself even though it was so close to it.
"And because of this, you can't find this phone even if it's right next to you." Jiang Yu took a deep breath. This was his habit, which gave him some humanity. Then he crushed the phone in his hand.
This is material, the foundation of things that transcend everything. And in Jiang Yu's eyes, its best use is as the foundation of a building.
"I can't have a carrier." Jiang Yu waved the stone hammer. As long as he felt he had one, the hammer would be here. "Because I have observed and recorded all the secrets of the three eras, as long as I have a carrier, I will collapse because I can't bear it."
"I must transfer this record. I need to place a carrier for this record. And this carrier is my instrument of proof."
The stone hammer fell, and the stones were piled up on the foundation. The material is infinite, because the material does not exist. Only [ ] can contain infinity. So use [ ] to lay the foundation for this tool.
A tall tower gradually rises.
It is so majestic that it contains all the details and secrets of an era. It is still growing, and soon, it will contain more secrets than just one era.
And it doesn't exist.
The Silver Snake's vigilant eyes scanned the multiverse, but it never found the tower and Jiang Yu who were so close. But Jiang Yu could see him because Jiang Yu also existed in the eyes of the Great Heavenly Venerable.
They are one.
But the Great Lord did not have the ability to act independently, nor did he have the power to conquer the multiverse. So the Great Lord also looked at him, but the Great Lord did not move.
"I will build a tower that reaches the sky." Jiang Yu waved the stone hammer, declaring the fate of himself and the tower he built. "And this tower will span the sky. Until the fate of the enemy is ended."
"This is the Tower of Babel, and it is also the vessel of transcendence."
“And I should know.”
"Because everything will be carried out by me in the end."
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Jiang Yu shuddered. As a college student, he woke up from a vague dream.
He dreamed that he was floating in the water, and a tower that reached the sky rose from nothingness, emitting a golden halo.
And the moment he woke up, he forgot everything.
He only remembered that he had a mission and he had to execute it immediately.
(End of this chapter)