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Chapter 44 - Growth

The Development of the Great Clock

Assimilation of Foreign Laws & World Growth

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A New Phase of the Great Clock

The Era of Cogwheel Integration

After the Second Dao was established and the Proto-Exist was recognized as a Witness,

the Great Clock entered a state it had never programmed:

> Learning.

Not conscious learning,

but adapting to laws that were not its own.

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Discovery of Other Worlds

Cracks caused by:

Proto-Exist Seal × Heavenly Dao

Second Dao

Shift of the Second Hand

…created a path of resonance between worlds.

Through this path, the Great Clock:

Doesn't "see" other worlds

But senses their laws

Each world has:

A structure of reality

A logic of existence

A way of "running" of its own

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The Process of Assimilation

The Great Clock doesn't absorb other worlds.

It absorbs their laws.

Foreign Law → Gears

Each new law:

Condensed into a Gear of Law

Installed outside the twelve zodiac circles

Does not replace the old zodiac

Becomes a new mechanical layer

📌 Zodiac = Core Law

📌 Gears = Adaptive Law

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Examples of Assimilated Laws of Other Worlds

🔹 World A — Law of Rapid Evolution

Everything evolves through extreme pressure

After assimilation:

This world's races can evolve in one generation

Monsters become adaptive

Gears: GEAR OF ADAPTATION

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🔹 World B — Law of Narrative

Power follows the storyline

Heroes strengthen at climaxes

After assimilation:

Living legends gain power surges during epic moments

Gears: GEAR OF STORY

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🔹 World C — Law of Infinite Reincarnation

Souls repeat themselves without Boundaries

After assimilation:

Death is not the absolute end

Faint memories are carried over

Gears: GEAR OF RETURN

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🔹 World D — Law of Consensus

Reality is determined by the majority of consciousness

After assimilation:

Mass beliefs change local laws

Gears: GEAR OF BELIEF

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Structural Impact on the Great Clock

The Great Clock changes from:

> Single Law Clock

to

Modular Reality Machine

Important changes:

The chime is no longer uniform

Some gears are locally active

Some laws can conflict

📌 This is why anomalies increase

📌 But the world is also much richer

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World Growth

After assimilation:

🌍 World Scale Increases

The world is no longer a single "planet of meaning"

Becoming a cluster of realities

🌱 Life Develops Asymmetrically

Some regions jump eras

Regions Others remain primitive

Civilization becomes highly diverse

🧬 New Races Emerge

Hybrid of Zodiac Law + Alien Gears

Example:

Narrative Man

Speed Evolver

Reincarnated Pilgrim

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Zodiac Rulers' Reactions

Aquarius (Flux): Welcome, infinite innovation

Virgo (Axiom): Call this cosmic overfitting

Libra (Justicar): Struggling to balance conflicting laws

Capricorn (Chronarch): The future now branches exponentially

The Zodiacs are no longer absolute rulers.

They become core managers.

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Major Risks

⚠️ MECHANICAL BONDAGE

Too many gears can lead to:

Legal gridlock

Reality loops

Time zones stop

If the Great Clock loses synchronization:

> The world doesn't collapse—it splits into mutually valid versions.

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The New Truth of the World

> The Great Clock no longer just supports the world.

It evolves with the world.

And for the first time:

> The world is not just the result of law.

The world becomes the source of new law.

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