Harry's Self-Apoptosis

"All things under heaven are your enemies!"

"That's roughly the idea. The only downside is that the Virtual Universe is, after all, virtual. Its logic can't comprehend my methods, so I can only lay the groundwork gradually. In other words, I can't directly address the root cause; I can only proceed step by step."

Harry still didn't quite understand what Li Lin was saying.

The world became his enemy?

The sky will automatically send rain to beat him down, the wind will automatically blow him, and lava will automatically gush out from beneath his feet.

"First and foremost, there's the air."

With Li Lin's reminder, Harry was horrified to discover that the air he inhaled into his nasal cavity and lungs was becoming so distinct, like murky water pouring into his nasal cavity, and the elements that had sustained his life system seemed to have turned into deadly poison.

But that wasn't a problem for him.

All the discomfort was "swallowed" and transformed into Life Force, replacing oxygen to maintain the functioning of his body.

Not breathing isn't difficult, and the discomfort of being "devoured" is part of the mental discomfort, especially since he's already used to it Ghost Form.

"Then came the light."

Sunlight wasn't a big problem for Harry, but the light armor that automatically converted light into Solar Force, which was part of his second body, started crackling.

However, Harry had already extended the power of the Magic Immortal Artifact to his light armor, so these were also considered inappropriate and quickly disappeared as Force.

"No, to be precise, it's all kinds of radiation," Li Lin added, just in time to remind him.

Harry felt as if he had entered a giant furnace, or a freezer, or as if he were being pierced by countless tiny things.

In his perception, the void that devoured everything seemed to be suddenly filled. He could swallow it, but it was too solid, like a piece of dry toast being stuffed into his mouth.

Even so, he can still eject things he can't swallow from his body.

"Good job," Li Lin praised. "The New Human's Force application technology is based on distorting reality. Even if the whole world turns into a deadly poison targeting you, you can still survive thanks to your abilities."

"But unfortunately, your approach focuses more on exploring, stimulating, and expanding one's abilities, which is different from the idea that when Lesser Universe reaches its peak, one can truly be free and eternally at ease in [nothingness]."

"Unless you can achieve the same effect by exploring and expanding your capabilities."

"But Harry, you are not."

As they spoke, a brilliant galaxy began to appear on the surface of the armor.

"The world loves me, so it will consider my existence, and simply turn the myriad phenomena of reality into deadly poison against you."

But now

"Harry Potter, first feel the rebellion in your body."

As Li Lin said, wizards' magic can distort reality.

Therefore, the Setsuna a body, which belongs to oneself in the subconscious and in reality, is about to automatically wither and rebel, it is prevented from doing so.

However, digestive discomfort disrupts the body's natural processes.

More of the Force was used to sustain itself.

The white armor with gold lily patterns turned black, and no longer covered by the power of the [Magic Immortal Artifact], it instantly disintegrated and turned into ashes.

The [Ultimate Liberation] state revealed the [Magic Immortal Artifact] in its armor form.

(Voldemort's jaw almost dropped.)

(Although Harry mainly relies on the power of the Magic Immortal Artifact in combat, the materials chosen for his suit of armor—C-285 metal from the Great Shocker Group; D-758 alloy from Namba Heavy Industries; and X Metal from Zaibatsu X —are all Super Science metals suitable for spaceflight and will not vaporize even when near the sun.)

(And now, it has instantly turned to ashes.)

"The soul, an armor formed from the self? It's somewhat like anchoring oneself in one's own history, engraving the time of one's birth, condensing one's entire life to solidify the 'Beyonder'."

Harry wasn't listening to what Li Lin was saying.

'Oops!'

He realized he had made a huge mistake.

As the mecha died, the amplification effect of the mecha's Force disappeared, and his Force instantly lost its enhancement, returning to its original state.

The already disrupted cycle has tilted even more severely.

The reason he can still hold on is because his Force is already very strong.

The Force is still stored in the Nuclear Reactor and the Magic Ring.

And it also has the power of those Potions to support it.

He could only activate the power of the Dark Magic Fairy [Path], transforming into a spirit form.

The cycle was broken in an instant.

But this is not because he can no longer hold on.

In his spirit form, he had completely ignored everything around him.

Ghosts are beings caught in the cracks, unwanted by both the living and the dead.

It cannot die, nor can it be destroyed.

Since the world has become our enemy, we might as well just abandon it!

He looked up at Li Lin, preparing to launch an attack.

"What?"

Because Li Lin had already removed the light armor that seemed to condense the stars of the universe, he hadn't noticed before. It was just because Li Lin's Lesser Universe had also unfolded, with the galaxy enveloping his entire body, creating an illusion.

(Some viewers have already vaguely discerned the wicked and arrogant face beneath that Lesser Universe.)

(Pale skin, narrow eyes, long, jet-black hair cascading down her shoulders, a high, straight nose, and thin lips.)

(Basil covered his face. He was indeed handsome in his Previous Life, but his face immediately brought to mind the word "wicked and arrogant," which had been overused in various domineering CEO novels.)

(And that's why he was never one to smile in his Previous Life.)

(A wicked smile, and he gets lost!)

"Turning into a ghost," Li Lin clapped, "You have truly benefited me greatly."

"The ghost is the external manifestation of the immortal source of the Lesser Universe, an alternative expression of the inexhaustible energy of the New Human."

(Inexhaustible? Many viewers couldn't understand it.)

(Because their magic can be completely depleted.)

(Dumbledore seemed to understand, but after several transformations, he could vaguely perceive the source of magic, which was the Source Magic Power that Phoebe spoke of.)

(If that Source Magic Power is truly immortal.)

(There should be three types of spellcasting.)

(When casting spells using Source Magic Power, no energy is consumed. The reason you feel tired is because it's similar to pulling up a radish. The radish, or Source Magic Power, doesn't consume any energy, but it brings out mud. The mud represents the Mental Power consumed during the casting process.)

(Source Magic Power, Casting by Thought. Overusing this method can cause dizziness. However, it is more powerful, essentially using mental power to manipulate Source Magic Power, creating stronger, more precise, and more powerful magical phenomena.)

(Source Magic Power, Casting by Magic Power. In this case, the wizard is aware of the magic and will consciously amplify it. This casting is even more powerful than the former. It's equivalent to using magic to leverage Source Magic Power.)

(Basil realized Dumbledore's insight.)

(It's roughly the same.)

(Dumbledore's understanding of magic was actually a secondary form of magic combined with mental power.)

(That is, the magic in the brain exists stably, permeating it.)

(This Magic-infused Brain typically develops fully around the age of 11 for wizards in this world.)

(The Source Magic Power, the Mental Power, and the power of the soul are all different manifestations of the same energy.)

(It just depends on who is in charge when casting the spell.)

(Unlike Muggle, who possess no magic but only the power of the heart and soul.)

(Because wizards possess magic, their souls and bodies are very closely connected, and various supernatural phenomena can arise from the emotional changes caused by their hormones.)

(The origin of magic in this world stemmed from a unique field created by the structure of a wizard's brain. This field was not magic itself, but rather the raw material for forging magic.)

(Magic, like the soul, is born from the formation of the ethereal mind and the self.)

(Thus, the raw materials of the magic existing in the brain, and the derived magic, began to flow towards the heart and the soul.)

(Those that, even if they take shape on their own, cannot forge the field into magic are Squib.)

(This process of forging the field into magic is something that even the current Basil cannot replicate; it cannot be copied simply by adjusting the brain structure.)

(The heart, or rather the soul, is inherently elusive.)

(Therefore, he only uses Magic Fiber to bestow secondary magic upon others, giving them an opportunity to forge their own magic through personal growth, understanding of all things, and seeking to achieve it.)

(And the heart and the soul are actually no different.)

(For the Grim Reaper of this world, magic is unimportant; all he wants is the heart. After being taken by the Grim Reaper's mouth— the Dementor —only the soul remains, residing within the body.)

(But for the wizard himself, there is no difference between magic, heart, and soul.)

(They may have been different at first, but those differences disappeared after magic was created.)

(The heart is the Soul Power itself; it is more like the source of the soul.)

(Even if it's gone, the derivative of the heart—the soul shell—still exists.)

(It can replace the heart so that the magic in the brain does not recede into a field due to the disappearance of the self.)

(And since its inception, magic has long been integrated with the body's entire system.)

(This is also the source of the wizard's magic resistance.)

"But unfortunately, it is only a manifestation of that."

"A true Lesser Universe can be self-sustaining and eternal."

"And ghosts, as a mark of immortality, still need the past history as an anchor."

"Don't rush to attack Harry. If your very existence becomes your enemy, what will you do?"

Harry could no longer hear what Li Lin was saying next.

(The audience heard Li Lin's next words. "What a pity, he couldn't hold on like that. I wanted to play with time killing. If time becomes your enemy, how will you die?")

Because his spirit also began to wither.

Because of the presence of vibrant life and the Force, the body, which is merely a projection of reality, also began to turn pearly white, just like other ghosts.

The Force poured out like water from a pool that had been opened, and maintaining a spirit body consumed more Force than maintaining a physical body.

He didn't contact his mother to add firewood to his dying fireplace, and his mother, heartbroken, didn't do anything either, because it was too late to save it. This was a valuable lesson for Harry.

To understand how the self returns to nothingness.

The pearly white turned pale and lost its Dotty fluorescence.

Then came a blurry outline, an illusory silhouette. And then it vanished into nothingness.

On the challenge platform, Harry lay sprawled out, panting heavily.

Just as he and his mother thought, this experience of death was indeed more precious.

The most obvious manifestation is that the 'mouth' that devours everything is not a real 'mouth', and the 'stomach' is also stretched out.

What is human body expansion?

("It's finally over." Ron breathed a sigh of relief; he hadn't been able to bear watching—watching Harry disappear bit by bit.)

(Now, he can finally see the now-available Phoebe.)

(It's not that the animal battles at Cedric's place weren't exciting, it's just that Phoebe's place offered better value for money.)

Facing the intense lightning, Phoebe, without her light armor, went straight at it.

She used all her Force power only to maintain the neatness of her clothes and appearance.

Everything else was laid bare under the purple lightning raging from an adversary who seemed to be the god of thunder.

A white Flame Mark flashed across his forehead.

The interior, riddled with holes, was instantly restored to its original state.

'Lightning overcame.'

Phoebe gave a hint, and then, controlling her mech, Ariana transformed into a streak of red light, taking the life of her opponent.

("That's so cool!" Ron clapped.)

(Ron wasn't the only one applauding in the Great Hall.)

(College students who can pass the preliminary rounds and still have the courage to continue fighting on the second day of the points competition are undoubtedly the elite of the elite, and the magical phenomena they create are also very grand and dazzling.)

(A raging wind sweeps across the earth, thunder roars and turns everything into charcoal, and a rain of fire turns the Dadi into scorched earth.)

(Not to mention that they are not only manifestations of natural disasters, but also imbued with magic, possessing unusual colors and additional destructive power.)

(In this situation, a frail human figure faces the roar of this bewitched nature.)

(She's the epitome of a man, the epitome of a tomboy, and the Gryffindor of Gryffindor.)

(Even Ron, a Gryffindor, stood up and applauded.)

(Many Slytherin, Hufflepuff whose attention was more focused on food, and Ravenclaw who were captivated by the Force application techniques shown in the videos were all captivated by this display of small-scale victory over large-scale events, which seemed to be a manifestation of wizards conquering nature.)

(Sometimes demonstrating your strength doesn't require showing off; it simply requires defeating someone more powerful.)

(And the grand natural phenomena and dazzling light shows created by Phoebe's rivals are excellent subjects.)

(However, they didn't really understand how Phoebe played.)

(The only guess is that this might be related to Phoebe's [Ultimate Liberation] ability.)

(Only Basil knew the reason.)

(To be honest, Basil admires Phoebe's courage.)

(The best way to use her [Ultimate Liberation] ability is to simply die without resistance, then gain the corresponding resistance and revive.)

(However, in this Virtual Universe, death is considered a failure.)

(Phoebe actually came up with a way to get herself beaten to the brink of death, then partially resurrected and restored to full strength.)

(This is more painful and puts your mental fortitude to the test.)

(To endure it all, seeing one's life hanging by Extremis, is truly remarkable.)

(However, Basil was actually more satisfied with Harry's performance.)

(One duel caused Harry's defenses to rebound, and his ability to absorb energy improved—improved by such a significant amount.)

(To put it more concretely, it's like him, as the boss, receiving a huge order worth hundreds of millions from Harry.)

(As for Phoebe, she was just a good administrative staff member.)

(After all, Basil could acquire the same resistances that Phoebe gained through near-death without going through such trouble.)

(However, in terms of developing the [Magic Immortal Artifact] ability, Basil could not possibly make such great progress so easily.)

(After all, the "Magic Immortal Artifact" are a reflection of the fairies themselves, so it's more appropriate for them to create them themselves.)

(Basil is starting to hesitate about whether to find another opportunity to meet Harry.)

(Then Cedric and Krum were postponed.)

I'm taking tomorrow off; it's the author's birthday.