Chapter 559: Transcendent Helix · Third Tier! The Power of Concept
The goddess opened her mouth and inhaled again.
Golden specks of light appeared from Kaito Shirogane's body, and in the next moment, disappeared into the goddess's mouth.
*[You lost A-Class Singularity 2]
Subsequently, no movement could be seen from the goddess's huge right hand, but Kaito Shirogane felt an abundant giant force emerge, his body seemingly losing its weight.
In an instant, he flew towards the sky.
Pfft!
He felt as if he broke through something. The White Jade Square and those clouds and mist quickly disappeared without a trace, and endless pitch-black wrapped him.
His breathing stagnated, completely unable to feel the existence of any air. The huge pressure difference between the inside and outside of his body seemed to want to squeeze out all his internal organs.
But Kaito Shirogane's strong physical body quickly adjusted. The biological magnetic field resumed operation, and the power of [Magnetic Field Rotation] completely isolated that pressure difference.
In the next moment, he raised his head. The endlessly pitch-black illusory space seemed to wrap him. He focused his eyes to look, and at the end of the endless void, something seemed to exist.
But relying solely on the naked eye, he completely couldn't see clearly.
The invisible spiraling force quickly activated. Kaito Shirogane's black long hair rapidly began to turn white, and that spiraling force grew stronger and stronger.
He stared intently into the distance.
Precisely because there was no information existing around Kaito Shirogane in this void, Kaito Shirogane conversely found his Transcendent Helix operating with unprecedented clarity and concentration.
He felt that after the spiraling force reached its limit, at the end of the void, a silver-white bright light appeared.
Kaito Shirogane widened his eyes. Subsequently, he saw clearly that in that silver-white bright light, countless symbols seemed to flash and change.
He stared intently, the silver-white bright light growing larger and larger, clearer and clearer in his pupils.
Hum~
In the pitch-black void, twisted ripples radiated from behind Kaito Shirogane's head, like an invisible huge whirlpool beginning to churn behind him.
Kaito Shirogane tilted his head back slightly, as if a stream of information directly impacted into his brain.
A massive amount of information began to appear and explode in his brain, and then was expelled out of his mind by that spiraling force.
His pupils trembled continuously. He felt his cerebral cortex, under the stimulation of Magnetic Field Rotation, rapidly differentiating.
Beneath his skull, there actually really was an itching sensation appearing. Clearly, there shouldn't be tactile nerves existing in that kind of place at all, but he truly began to feel that special "sensation"!
That wasn't the itching of the brain, but [Information], but [Wisdom]!
The invisible and illusory existence began to produce substantial effects.
Pfft!
In Kaito Shirogane's nasal cavity, dark, slightly purplish fresh blood broke through the nasal cavity and began to drip. But this level of damage was nothing to him.
He was merely feeling that special sensation.
His whole person's spirit was exceptionally active. He almost instantly distinguished that in that information stream, everything was repetitive, cramped, and useless information.
Probably some kind of high-order text symbols he couldn't understand, roughly combined together.
The corners of Kaito Shirogane's eyes also began to bleed, and his long hair began to show signs of falling out. But he felt his brain was currently in an excellent state, beginning to heat up.
In his eyes, those countless high-order symbols like garbled code began to recombine, and began attempting to form combinations.
Hum!
An intense suction force appeared. In the next moment, Kaito Shirogane felt heaven and earth invert, black and white alternating. Just blinking his eyes once, he had returned to the White Jade Square.
Kaito Shirogane remained completely motionless. The number of remaining high-order symbols was already growing fewer and fewer, and the combination form was growing increasingly fixed.
The goddess looked with ruby-like eyes at the spiraling force extending towards the surroundings like tentacles behind this Reincarnator's head, her eyelids slightly dropping.
The white jade space seemed to abruptly tighten.
Pfft!
Kaito Shirogane fell from that state. His hot brain made his thinking seem to disappear for a moment before returning to normal.
[Innate Talent · Transcendent Helix (Third Tier) (SSS-) - Creation of miracles, spiral surpassing the ultimate, observer of the myriad phenomena of nature, unconstant anomaly]
[Effect (Three Rotations): After activating Transcendent Helix, the brain will forcefully lift all genetic restrictions, materializing information. Obtain the ability to intervene in information: identifying, copying, and even recombining partial information; Note: When using this ability, the brain load will be massively increased. Depending on Constitution, it will produce different negative effects such as physical disintegration, brain death, brain necrosis, and brain damage]
"Ugh~"
After Kaito Shirogane's brain recovered, there was still a lingering feeling of nausea. That was a feeling of nausea from brain dizziness superimposed with various taste information.
As if the short period of the Third Tier spiral just now had caused his various senses and nerve functions to disorder and necrotize once.
Kaito Shirogane's face twitched a few times like a cramp, but what he ultimately revealed was a smile.
[You touched the Concept · Emptiness]
Emptiness...
What those numerous high-order symbols ultimately combined into was actually a concept of [Emptiness].
It had no practical function, nor any effect.
But it was exactly this [Emptiness] that contained the profound mystery of turning the information of many high-order powers into useless scrap.
Moreover, [Concept]...
Kaito Shirogane realized he had touched a power of a higher dimension.
In the past, above the level of [Energy], Kaito Shirogane only knew there was [Authority]. High-tier Reincarnators all mastered the authority of a certain domain.
In layman's terms, it was the priority of power in a certain domain, the degree of control over similar powers.
For example, when a Reincarnator possessing fire immunity resistance encountered a Reincarnator possessing fire attacks that ignored resistance, the clash of their two abilities would raise the question of whose ability would actually take effect.
Generally speaking, the Space would use the description [Priority] to explain.
But actual combat is not a game. The essence of [Priority] is a kind of mastery over the origin of power.
Whoever is closer to the essence of that power will possess a higher [Priority].
According to the theories of some people, all abilities are factors falling from various [Stairways]. The more a Reincarnator can touch the factors at a higher place, the more they can obtain dominion over other abilities on the same stairway.
This theory can be deduced into various power systems.
And those who can climb from factors to the [Stairway], and walk to the extreme of that power, stand at the pinnacle of [Authority].
In most senses, the ultimate power controlled by the [Deities] in various worldviews lies herein.
The God of Wind completely controls the power of [Wind], and the God of Fire governs the power of fire.
Mortals cannot defeat the other party in the domain of deities, and can only seek other methods.
This is [Authority].
And the [Radiance of the Heart and Pulsation of the Soul] further above is deemed to be the power of [Humans], the radiance exclusively belonging to this extremely unstable short-lived species.
But right now, Kaito Shirogane had touched another power level—[Concept]!
That was a power directly collapsed and combined from the [Information] level. In Kaito Shirogane's view, it was far closer to the essence of [Information] than authority and energy.
"Goddess, what kind of power is [Concept]?"
The goddess didn't speak. She wasn't as talkative as Knight Girl, merely popping up a new prompt in front of Kaito Shirogane.
*[Do you want to spend A-Class Singularity 1 to upgrade Reincarnator Authority?]
Kaito Shirogane exhaled a breath and expressionlessly "consumed" again. He also intended to upgrade his Reincarnator Authority anyway, to prepare for the new Title Competition Tournament that would begin soon.
To wear and use certain Titles, [Title-level] authority was necessary.
The goddess opened her mouth and inhaled, and the 1 A-Class Singularity Kaito Shirogane originally saved also disappeared.
Now, in his hands, only one S-Class Singularity remained of high-tier Singularities, and one each of B-Class and below Singularities.
*[You lost A-Class Singularity 1]
[Reincarnator Authority upgraded. Current: Title-level Reincarnator - Villainous Savior]
[Space stay time additionally extended by 8 hours]
[From now on, you will know the mission deployment timing seven days in advance]
[From now on, you will possess the qualification to compete for any Title through the form of Space Title Challenge Tournaments (provided minimum conditions are met)]
[From now on, you will possess the ability to be immune to the anchoring and tracking of 3-Star and below authority holders. This ability is only effective within the Space]
"The so-called [Concept] is naturally the information level, the aggregate of many authorities, the initial conversion product from [Information] to actual power."
"The [Power] you want to touch, isn't it exactly this~"
The goddess's voice drifted, and Kaito Shirogane simultaneously gained a complete and clear understanding of the composition of the true power of the Infinite Dimensional Space.
Through the essence of the [Observer], the various forms of power from the myriad heavens and worlds are observed and collapsed into various concepts. Then from concepts, a series of authorities are born, further refined into various energies and abilities.
And when this top-down evolutionary process is pursued in reverse by Reincarnators, it is the [Stairway].
By mastering various abilities, Reincarnators thereby control energy, further pursue authority, and ultimately touch concepts. This process is the process of climbing the [Stairway]!
There is only one power lingering outside this system—Radiance of the Heart and Pulsation of the Soul!
Indeed, the power of the [Heart] is special...
As the saying goes, the harder something is to get, the more one desires it. Now that Kaito Shirogane possessed the power system of [Magnetic Field Rotation], he would only thirst even more for the power of the [Heart]!
Besides its own magnetic field rotation intensity, [Magnetic Field Rotation] requires the user's spiritual purity, and... the [Heart] to drive it!
Agitated hatred, crazed battle intent, and... that love that can push magnetic field rotation beyond its limits at all costs!
Infinite Dimensional Space, West District. This was a space with an atmosphere completely different from the East District.
Everywhere there were tall, strong, and plump avatars. A small number of people also imitated characters from some Japanese anime works to create avatars, but due to differences in aesthetics, the temperament of the avatars was always slightly different.
The strengthening tendencies of Reincarnators here would also be slightly different.
Cao Qi, wearing flip-flops, didn't attract the attention of others. Soon, he arrived in front of a stall, stall number [A-01].
It was a woman with fair skin and a high nose bridge. Her pupils presented a pale blue, but the ends of her chestnut long hair turned into brilliant colors with extremely high saturation.
The woman raised her eyes, saw the newcomer, and revealed an apologetic smile.
"You still came. It seems I caused you trouble~"
Cao Qi looked at the woman and suddenly sighed.
"Although the trace of you triggering Mahakala's Radiance of the Heart and Pulsation of the Soul wasn't obvious, that guy Aizen probably anticipated you would make a move in advance, which is why he deliberately showed up."
The woman nodded, completely lacking the overbearingness of suppressing the entire West District alone. Instead, like a young girl who had done something wrong, she received the criticism of her elder.
Seeing [Blossoming to the End]'s performance, Cao Qi had faintly confirmed the card face of the card he drew.
Before the three of them scattered the [Cards] back then, they each kept one. Those were the three most special cards, not showing their card faces, hiding trajectories that even the King of Destiny couldn't determine.
"Whether he appears or not, the result won't change."
"A beast pursuing power, once it has smelled the scent of Radiance of the Heart and Pulsation of the Soul, is destined to evolve towards a [Human]."
"The arrogant King of Souls thinks he stands in the heavens overlooking his creations, but even the Creator has the possibility of being swallowed by the [Midgard Serpent] Jörmungandr..."
"I trust that beast named [Mercenary Tao] more than he does."
The smile in the woman's eyes was clear and peaceful. Precisely because she believed in the particularity of [Humans], she wasn't obsessed with the choice of killing Mercenary Tao.
On the contrary, she was strengthening Mercenary Tao, she was luring Mercenary Tao, she was, in this form... managing Mercenary Tao!
The expression on Cao Qi's face bit by bit turned into a smile.
The other party's growth had far exceeded his expectations, whether it was power, wisdom, or disposition.
Like a flawless Reincarnator, in Cao Qi's eyes, she completely surpassed other [Supreme Beings].
Even his old friend An Zhiyuan was probably no longer a match for this woman.
He suddenly burst into heroic laughter, waving his hand in farewell.
"In that case, I am at ease."
[Blossoming to the End] lowered her head, sorrow revealing in her eyes.
(End of Chapter)
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