The Secret of 50 Aoneng (Part Two)

No, you don't know.

The old man opened a door, revealing a staircase leading to the ground. He turned to Li Aoz and said:

"What we once did was to pull the gods off their thrones so that mortals could also enjoy the secrets of eternity. This requires the efforts of each and every one of us, and even if we gathered together the greatest scientists and magicians in the entire Abyss, progress was still slow."

Of course Li Aoz knew; how could he not know?

He nodded slightly, relaxed his tone, and spoke casually, deliberately echoing the words in the Walkthrough: "Actually, it's nothing. In the end, the path to godhood is still the most reliable choice."

"... Hehe, yes, everything you think is correct."

The old man chuckled, offering no rebuttal. Instead, he slowly descended the stairs, holding onto the railing. "It's normal for young people to be selfish. Because you haven't experienced that era. Back then, three major Narrative-level Civilization civilizations, trillions upon trillions of people from different realms, united by a single belief—that in the past, people bowed and scraped before the gods, but once the commune's research succeeded, we would stand on equal footing with the gods."

"In this Star Abyss, no one doesn't want to improve. When everyone's interests are intertwined, self-interest becomes altruism, and what is beneficial to the group is also beneficial to oneself."

"It's not your fault that you've become so selfish. The fault lies with this terrible universe, this terrible abyss, and the three Narrative-level of self-interest and shortsightedness."

Li Aoz did not answer.

Snap.

"Arrive."

The old man stepped onto the laboratory floor and calmly said to the person inside, "Liu E, a mutant kid is looking for you."

Buzz—

In the empty laboratory, blue-purple ripples suddenly appeared. The next moment, continuous fluctuations rippled through the cold underground space, and a human figure slowly emerged from the ripples of spacetime.

Li Aoz stepped forward and greeted the other person, saying, "Hey, Mr. Liu E— "

Clang! Before he could finish speaking, a pale blue light blade stopped steadily in front of his neck, and the scattered photons struck his neck skin, causing a burning pain.

Then, a deep, hoarse voice rang out:

"You didn't give permission to bring people in, Zhuo, Zhuo, Zhuo—"

Her voice echoed endlessly, as if she were standing on a cliff in an empty valley.

Li Aoz raised his head, his eyes reflecting Liu E's true face: she wore a loose white lab coat, her bio-engineered body strong and robust. The light blade sprang from the back of her hand; the bio-modifications and bio-engineered equipment on her body were so numerous that her gender was completely indistinguishable.

Most strikingly, her head had completely disappeared.

Above her neck, only a hazy, ethereal space remained, like a colorless flame constantly burning. Each time her voice rang out, it echoed in the surrounding space.

"Liu E," the old man called 'Zhuo' said, "He means no harm. He's just a young Mutant who wants to ask you some questions."

"[Mutant]?"

Liu E murmured, looked Li Aoz around, and suddenly reached out, a light blue nerve tendril popping out from her palm and piercing directly into Li Aoz's neck.

[Neural Link in progress (no malicious intent)...]

[By establishing a connection, you and the other party will exchange identity information.]

"Holy shit!"

Liu E cursed out loud:

"Your body actually contains so many high-energy gene pairings... Don't you want to live anymore?"

The more she examined it, the more shocked she became. Although there was no facial expression at all, Li Aoz seemed to be able to see a middle-aged woman with wide eyes, even the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes were stretched open. Her shock and surprise only increased.

"This gene pairing is a bit off. Wait, I think I've seen it before. This ability... Sequence Aura!"

Liu E flung her hand away, quickly retracting her nerve tendrils. Then she poked Li Aoz's nose and scolded, "Why are you so shameless? What did your parents teach you? Didn't anyone tell you that Sequence Aura is a more dangerous existence than Omega-class Aoneng?"

"They really didn't tell me," Li Aoz answered truthfully. "Is this thing serious?"

"To put it mildly, this thing could kill you."

"What if it gets heavier?"

"I can't say."

With a simple gesture, Liu E instantly altered Li Aoz's gravity, forcing him to slump onto the surgical chair. Numerous bionic arms secured him to the seat. Liu E moved quickly, adjusting the various control panels as she spoke to him:

Do you know what the essence of Aoneng is?

"Uh," Li Aoz really didn't know that no player had dug this deep.

He could only guess and reply, "A... genetic power?"

"Past physics has pointed out one point: the essence of everything is information."

Based on this, the Mechanic realized that life could be extended using digital technology.

Inspired by the biochemist, he uses information technology to directly cut genes and uses chaotic algorithms to accelerate biological evolution.

[Magicians] have even built a magic network, allowing them to cast spells even without talent.

[Architects] have a more thorough understanding, and they use this to directly modify and program some of the physical rules—just like network architecture, they can directly create an ecosystem and terrain.

As Liu E operated the device, she explained:

"You're probably wondering what this has to do with [Mutant] and Aoneng, right?"

"That's why I came here..." Li Aoz replied, and then immediately received a needle prick.

"Yeah, you little brats, you haven't realized the biggest problem yet."

Liu E sneered, "Aoneng is also information, but it is different from ordinary information."

"If we compare the universe to a network, then Aoneng is the key that is necessary to access the network."

"This is the essence of Aoneng Aoneng. The Commune's research is based on its unique properties."

"What exactly is this?" Li Aoz couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Authority," Liu E replied, "The authority of the Creator."

"Authority..."

"Aoneng is the permission to access the rules of the Star Abyss. All Sequence Aura originally came from the Ten Original Auras, which were also the original Star Abyss rule treaties. The power of our [Dominator] path essentially comes from the access permission granted by the Origin Abyss."

Liu E said, "To be precise, this comes from the deceased [Dominator] system—the chief god Morphedria, a product of her [Overlord Universe]. It is also Morphedria's creator authority."

While preparing the medicine for Li Aoz, she asked, "You have at least two Omega-class Aoneng in your body, as well as Sequence Aura. They will destroy and affect your will, especially for us who specialize in [Dominion] type arcane Aoneng... To put it bluntly, when you possess a sequence-level Aoneng, your level of danger has exceeded that of an ordinary superhuman. It's practically a natural disaster."

"[Source Abyss Celestial Lord] will constantly influence you with words, praising you to death. When you truly ascend to godhood, you will only become His puppet. Sequence Aura is an interface for him to take advantage of your vulnerability. Damn it! You really don't want to live! You dare to accept a mere sequence-level Aoneng!"

"Um... I don't possess just one sequence-level Aoneng."

"Do you still want to argue? I can see clearly that you, like me, possess the [Gravity] Aoneng."

"I do have gravity."

Li Aoz corrected:

"But at the sequence level, I have two."

Five thousand today, ten thousand tomorrow.