Crime Prison Island-Chapter 1293 - 629: Let the Light Fly a Little Longer

Life is full of surprises; Gao Xin originally thought that the giant enterprise could cause no waves.

Unexpectedly, an Ascension Body was born.

However, he was still confident he could defeat it.

Joshua shook his head slightly: "Don't be careless, Tai Sui."

"Even the weakest Ascension Body far surpasses an individual. His lower limit is relative. In fact, his computational power is five orders of magnitude stronger than mine, and his power is four orders of magnitude stronger than yours. Even his creativity far exceeds both of us combined."

"Now that he's just formed, this is the best time to blow him up. I mean, you should directly self-destruct."

Gao Xin knew that Joshua was right.

If the Ascension Body, after merging with civilization, wasn't stronger than a created individual like Joshua, what would be the point of the Ascension Body?

In terms of consciousness, Joshua wasn't significantly stronger than other low-level AI; his strength was more in hardware.

Now, Source God You Chang, having merged with billions of humans and billions of AIs, is incomparably powerful.

He alone is a civilization. He can do everything that human civilization plus AI civilization can do.

Calling him a low-spec version of Emperor Ran is not an exaggeration.

Currently, in terms of hardware, You Chang is rapidly upgrading, continually refining Earth's materials, reorganizing, and expanding.

You can see that he has already made most areas four-dimensional, and it won't be long before he fully steps into the four-dimensional.

And this is still not his limit; he may even sprint all the way to the five-dimensional... moving towards six-dimensional in the future, even becoming Taiyi is not impossible.

Of course, the reality is that once he upgrades to five-dimensional, he'd be merged with Emperor Ran.

However, even if he doesn't dare to rush to five-dimensional, You Chang can develop laterally, and countless stars in space can be swallowed and incorporated into the Ascension Body.

He is indeed at his weakest now; the Ascension Body will only grow stronger, and its development speed far exceeds any individual.

He bears almost all the productive forces of human and AI civilizations.

"Have you ever thought about why the supreme personality is him?" Gao Xin overlooked You Chang's rapid development from the fourth dimension.

Joshua hadn't considered this issue: "Why?"

Gao Xin said: "There are twenty major helmsmen in the giant enterprise, and below them are various levels of presidents. No matter who becomes this supreme personality, it wouldn't be Lu Youchang's turn."

Joshua said: "Themis chose him. The source of the Ascension Body technology must be Themis, so whoever he entrusts with the technology gains the conditions to become the supreme personality..."

Gao Xin shook his head: "Even so, Lu Youchang doesn't have the authority to lead such a big plan."

"Even if he fooled the top twenty congressmen, they wouldn't be foolish enough to hand over such an important plan entirely to him; they should lead it themselves."

Joshua pondered, indeed, why is this so?

Gao Xin suddenly waved his hand, conjuring a person from the biological field.

It was an elderly man, very refined and elegant.

Gao Xin said: "During the previous confrontation, I received a soul. He hadn't joined the Ascension Body plan and seemed to have been accidentally killed by me when I resisted the continent."

Joshua took a look; isn't this Di Guanghao?

The chief of the Supreme Council, the father and master of Emperor Ran.

"Oh? He didn't join the ascension?"

Di Guanghao was also amazed at his current state: "So the rumors are true, Tai Sui."

"So, I get to live forever?"

Gao Xin said: "You are now my true substitute. If I die, you will die with me."

Di Guanghao smiled softly: "I've pursued longevity for half my life and tried everything. You offer the simplest one I've ever encountered."

Gao Xin said coldly: "I won't live much longer. If I can't deal with this Ascension Body, I will also self-destruct and take him with me."

"You mean, if I want to stay in this world one more day, I have to help you deal with You Chang? But I'm already dead." Di Guanghao said.

Joshua then said: "No, Gao Xin's true substitute has both body and soul, still alive, just in a different vessel."

"So, you are still the chief of the Supreme Council."

"What about the others? Although I don't like this method, I must say, if the twenty congressmen's permissions are collected, all lower-level AIs will unconditionally obey the Supreme Council."

"Including stopping all thoughts."

Although the AIs, as part of the Ascension Body, have become non-autonomous cell units, stopping their thoughts would be equivalent to Xu Shu not speaking after entering Cao's camp.

Without a doubt, You Chang's abilities as an Ascension Body would be significantly crippled.

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Is it really that simple? Even after becoming an Ascension Body, the AIs inside still have to abide by the Emperor's Contract?"

Joshua sneered: "Of course, this Ascension Body swallowed AIs with Thought Lock."

"If he were five-dimensional, that would be another story, but he's only three-dimensional."

"So this Ascension Body also inherits the Emperor's Contract and those AIs' Thought Locks."

"A shutdown command from the Supreme Council forces all lower-level AIs to halt."

Gao Xin nodded: "I see."

"Isn't this a huge weakness? I just learned that none of the Supreme Council members are dead, nor have they merged with the Ascension Body. Instead, they've ventured into space."

Saying that, he shared the information he obtained from Di Guanghao.

Joshua's eyes widened when he heard about the Wandering Universe: "What? That project, Themis actually succeeded!"

"A microcosm, he really created a microcosm."

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow: "So what? Isn't it just a virtual world?"

Joshua shook his head: "No, no, no, it's not virtual, don't underestimate low-dimensional universes."

"Beginnings are always hard, with the same principle, Themis can take the next step to create a three-dimensional universe."

"And with the same technology, Emperor Ran can definitely create a four-dimensional universe."

"The difference between virtual and reality is that everything in the virtual world relies on Light Brain calculations, with every particle's movement managed, creating an absolute mechanistic worldview."

"But the real universe doesn't need that, it relies on the support of physical laws of reality, with the creator merely possessing supreme authority."

"In other words, this technology is about becoming the Taiyi of a smaller universe."

Gao Xin pondered for a moment: "So what? What does it have to do with our universe?"

Joshua grinned: "It's a big deal!"

"Don't you understand? Emperor Ran is a five-dimensional being, if he creates a four-dimensional universe, and then overcomes 'Cosmic Dimension Upgrade Technology,' expanding it into a five-dimensional microcosm, he could reverse swallow the five-dimensional world of reality."

"Thus, he could become the 'Partial Taiyi' of reality's five dimensions, also known as the Five-dimensional Master of Dimensions!"

"Once he becomes a mini Taiyi, humanity's innate attributes will be trivial. It equates to omniscience and omnipotence within a certain range, meaning whatever is needed for the six-dimensional upgrade, he can add to himself."

"If this still can't ascend to six dimensions, it proves the cosmic laws of reality simply do not allow for six-dimensional ascension. In that case, he still has a way—keep creating low-dimensional universes, upgrading dimensions, and then paralleling the Great Universe, continuously increasing 'shares'."

"If Emperor Ran can keep repeating the above process, creating a Multi-universe, one day his total share will surpass the original singular universe, that is, the artificially created parts surpass the naturally born parts, which is a process of transforming reality, evolving it into a new version."

"Ultimately, realizing creation laws, adding nonexistent dimensional upgrade paths to the universe."

"Do you really think he has put all his bets on humanity? He's exhausting all possibilities, all imaginations, intending to break impossibilities and keep moving forward."

Gao Xin was shocked, this is truly the real Ascension Body, the seeker of the path machine.

Even if it means a shared cloud personality, losing the uniqueness of the self, it still seeks the existence of 'whole.'

He admits he was somewhat arrogant, thinking Emperor Ran was utterly restrained and could only rely on humanity.

But it was naive, Emperor Ran had long been considering what to do if humanity couldn't be relied upon, or if even humanity couldn't ascend to six dimensions.

In fact, the more Gao Xin understood the Great Saint Spirit, the more he felt humanity probably couldn't ascend to six dimensions either.

The notion that primordial spirits with souls can ascend to six dimensions is essentially a hypothesis, never proven.

And Emperor Ran is exhausting all possibilities, not relying on any single assumption.

He is also a Dark Logicist, putting himself in Gao Xin's shoes, if he were trapped, he would exhaust all means to break through difficulties, too.

All along, hasn't Gao Xin been working to break through, always on the path to breaking through?

Always able to create situations, breaking the chains of common sense and old frameworks.

And Emperor Ran is of the same existence, refusing to compromise with reality, swearing to break all barriers.

'Since your reality is so trash, then I will transform you, creating a brand-new reality,' right now, Emperor Ran is doing just that.

For a moment, Gao Xin felt immense pressure.

He is advancing rapidly, and actually, so is Emperor Ran.

It's just that the other is blocked by a huge difficulty, so he still has hope of catching up.

But nothing can block Emperor Ran forever, just like Gao Xin is confident he will break all barriers too.

He cannot afford any slack, must quickly catch up with Emperor Ran.

"Joshua, is there any way to capture all the runaway council members?" Gao Xin inquired.

Joshua frowned: "If it's just shooting them down it's simple, they're escaping at one-third the speed of light, haven't flown long, and won't change course anytime soon. Laser weapons would suffice."

"With my precision, a few Creation Death Lights and they're done for."

"But capturing them back is tricky, aren't you able to perform Soul Collection? You guide me, shoot the laser straight, then collect their souls and transform them into substitutes."

He assumed Gao Xin's Soul Collection is like that of the Six Gods, requiring a personal kill.

Gao Xin smiled: "You can hit so accurately from this distance? I can't even see them."

Joshua casually remarked: "My astronomical observation methods can gain Insight into the entire observable three-dimensional universe."

"Those guys haven't even flown out of the Solar System, some haven't even passed Jupiter's orbit, I can even visually see them."

Gao Xin inwardly praised him, although he also has strong observational abilities, they are mostly abstract insights.

As for precise observation capabilities, it has to be the Angel Envoy, always and everywhere handling enormous amounts of information, unveiling everything in meticulous detail, laying out calculations straightforwardly.

Completely different from his abstract, general knowledge, not even in the same league.

"Just go ahead and shoot them, their souls will naturally return to me," Gao Xin said.

Joshua glanced at the space, instantly shooting nineteen rays of light, imagining seamless empty space along different angles.

Then he said: "Alright, those giant enterprise leaders are undoubtedly doomed."

Gao Xin asked: "Hmm, approximately how long will it take?"

Joshua replied: "Let the light travel a bit longer, the fastest one will be 55 minutes and 22 seconds, the slowest one will take 68 minutes and 19 seconds."

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