Chapter 331
Just as Mobius and others had said before, Ai has now completed the breakthrough of the third technological singularity and awakened into a special being capable of implanting and taking over the entire Cocoon of Finality.
If we consider the Cocoon of Finality as a tool created by a powerful civilization to transform a planetary civilization, then Ai is essentially replacing its original operating system and becoming the new supreme administrator.
In this situation, the power she can unleash far surpasses that of Kiana, Herrscher of the End who gained recognition later in life. Even Elysia is slightly inferior to her now.
"Everything is ready, and timing calibration can be performed at any time." Ai Yi, in her work mode, was quite serious. She naturally understood which part Ai Yue was asking about, and thus quickly gave feedback. "Should we notify Universe Zero?"
Universe Zero is the name Ai uses for the artificial world that Kiana and the others now live in.
"No need, they probably can't worry about these things right now. We can talk about it later." Ai Yue waved his hand. "Besides, Hua is over there and has already told Kiana... so we can just start."
"I understand." Ai nodded, then her entire figure transformed into light and returned to the massive Cocoon of Finality. "'Temporal calibration,' prepare to begin."
Time flow alignment, or time sequence calibration, is not a large-scale project. On the contrary, the process is silent, and the result can be described as "unnoticed." Apart from Ai Yue being able to feel the huge energy fluctuations acting between the two worlds, it cannot even wake an ordinary person from their sleep.
But in this quiet process, the last hurdle to communication between the two worlds collapsed.
After that, all that is needed is to establish space transfer devices in both worlds, so that people from different worlds can exchange goods and cooperate with each other.
In this way, can this grand "salvation plan" truly be considered over?
Ai Yue breathed a sigh of relief as he thought to himself.
But at that moment, a sudden energy reaction surged within the space of the Cocoon of Finality. Elysia subconsciously searched for the source of this energy, only to be surprised to find that it came from Ai Yue right in front of her.
However, judging from Ai Yue's situation, this was clearly not something he released himself—more importantly, he had no reason to release such immense power at this time.
What's going on?
"A special time-flow vortex has been detected," Ai Yi's figure immediately appeared beside Ai Yue. "Doctor Ai Yue, should we initiate a tracing and issue a warning?"
"No need, it's nothing."
Ai Yue naturally noticed the concern in Elysia's eyes. He casually waved his hand to brush it off, but a subtle smile appeared on his face.
Oh, I see. It connects to the present moment.
Others may not understand the source of Ai Yue's power, but he himself knows it all too well.
This was a special attempt he made to probe the future when he was faced with Kiana's plea for help, because he had no idea what would happen next.
And at that time, the answer I received was--
Ai Yue smiled, then gently waved his hand, dispelling the prying eyes from the past and the immense energy.
Anyway, the whole process was uneventful, and there was nothing particularly noteworthy. Since that's the case, you can figure it out yourself.
After all, I've been through that myself.
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Elysia was naturally unaware of this little incident that had occurred with Ai Yue. Although Ai Yi had deduced the general situation using her own computing power, since Ai Yue did not intend to explain the details, she considerately pretended not to know anything to avoid wasting her breath.
"Now that the time flow has aligned, what are your plans next?" Elysia didn't dwell on the matter too much, but instead refocused her attention on what had just happened. "I remember you once said that the environment inside the Solar System is restricted by the Cocoon of Finality and is also isolated from the outside world, right?"
As someone who understands Ai Yue's personality better than most in the world, Elysia can naturally guess what he's thinking. Now that the connection between the two Solar System has been established, the next thing to solve is the connection between the inside and outside of the Solar System.
"There's no rush for now. After all, unlocking carries risks," Ai Yue waved his hand. "Besides, it feels better to leave it to professionals than to do it ourselves, so let's wait a bit longer."
Professionals?
Upon hearing this word, Elysia couldn't help but show a puzzled expression. As a native of the Solar System, she naturally had no idea what kind of chaotic scene existed outside the Solar System, and therefore could not imagine that there were "professionals" in the world whose mission was to connect all sides.
If Ai Yue were to handle this matter, he would likely completely dismantle the Imaginary Energy tidal zone at the boundary of the entire Solar System, thus transforming the Solar System from a closed celestial body into a completely open one.
While this approach might seem like a one-step solution, it's not entirely secure.
While Earth's current civilization is not weak in terms of combat power, it actually suffers from a serious problem: a huge gap in strength.
Leaving aside Ai Yue, the strongest fighting force of the two Earth civilizations combined is actually Kevin and Kiana. One is the human with the deepest understanding of the Power of Light, and the other is the Herrscher of the End, capable of exerting powerful strength, at least within the Solar System.
Below them are heroes like Elysia and Cosmo. As the first warriors to receive the blessing of the Power of Light, their strength is obviously a notch above the others. Incidentally, Kallen is also at this level. Although Durandal is still a bit far off now, her future is promising, and she may soon be able to join the ranks of heroes.
Below the Champions are the newly Herrscher such as Raiden Yae Sakura and Bronya. As warriors who wield both Herrscher authority and the Power of Light, their strength is slightly inferior to that of the Champions, but their combat techniques are more diverse, so the gap between the two is not that large.
However, while these people are indeed powerful, even if you add them all together, they don't even reach three digits. If you go further down the list, you'll only have ordinary Fused Warrior, Valkyrie trained by Schicksal, or Titan series unmanned combat mechs created by Anti-Entropy.
Clearly, these people might be considered quite powerful on Earth, but if we look at the entire universe, they wouldn't even qualify as filler characters.
Under such circumstances, it was naturally difficult for Ai Yue to put his mind at ease and allow the Solar System to have direct contact with the outside world.
Although these things wouldn't be a big problem as long as Ai Yue was present, Ai Yue was planning to leave the Solar System and travel to the stars, so he couldn't stay here forever. Therefore, he had to make sufficient preparations before leaving.
"I feel like you're overthinking it." Hearing Ai Yue's concerns, Elysia showed a somewhat subtle expression. "How should I put it? I think even if we disregard everything else, with the technology you left behind, Earth's civilization wouldn't need to worry about being targeted at all, right?"
What Elysia was referring to was not the "Great Harmony Plan" that Ai Yue handed over to the United Earth Government, but rather the part of the mysterious technology that he gave to Coordinator Su.
Although due to confidentiality regulations, Elysia didn't get any useful information from Su, she did hear some outrageous and "unbelievable" technologies from Ai Yue.
With these things protecting us, even if outsiders have their eyes on this place, they'll have to think twice about their own strength.
"Once those things are activated, it's hard to stop them." Ai Yue shook his head slightly, clearly not agreeing with Elysia's opinion. "Unless absolutely necessary, I don't want humanity to rely on those things."
The unknown is difficult to control. If you don't understand the principles of technology and just use it blindly, it will be difficult to control the situation, and you may even be harmed by the technology itself.
Therefore, it is natural to avoid using these technologies until they can be fully understood. Given the current pace of human civilization's development, unless a few geniuses of the Genius Club level emerge, it will be impossible to unlock the secrets of those technologies in a short period of time.
In this situation, if we rashly resort to dangerous methods, even if we manage to defeat the enemy, Earth's civilization will find it difficult to emerge unscathed.
After all, in his vision, the enemies that Earth civilization would have to face were far beyond what Elysia could currently imagine.
What if the Destroyer, the Remnant Proliferate, the Bountiful Followers, the Masked Fools, the Interastral Peace Corporation, and other organizations launch a joint attack on the Solar System?
Therefore, the best approach is to utilize the Imaginary Energy tidal zone as a natural barrier, opening only one entrance as a bridge to the outside world, thereby minimizing the danger.
The best candidates to complete this project are naturally the Stellar Train crew, who are on the path of "exploration".
However, according to the original storyline, it would take them a long time to reach the Solar System. Fortunately, Ai Yue still has the opportunity to adjust the time flow error between the Solar System and the outside universe to reduce the waiting time.
"I don't understand, you decide." Elysia naturally had no idea what Ai Yue was thinking, she just patted his shoulder, "But don't put too much pressure on yourself, after all, this isn't just your problem."
"That's why the pressure is so great." Ai Yue shrugged, unsure how to explain it to Elysia. "Forget it, once the two sides officially establish diplomatic relations, let the Terran Alliance handle this headache."
Although neither Earth would object to Ai Yue's decision even if he insisted on going his own way, he was not some kind of tyrant. Such a crucial decision naturally required the power of choice to be left to humanity itself.
Anyway, no matter what they choose, it won't affect my plans.
"Since that's the case, why don't you go for a walk to clear your head?" Elysia knew she couldn't really help Ai Yue, so she changed the subject. "Did Kevin tell you that his little Adam can fly now?"
"What the heck?" Hearing such a combination of words, Ai Yue was stunned for a moment before he realized, "Oh right, judging by the time, Dr. Mei should have given birth a long time ago... But what do you mean he can already fly?"
"It means exactly what it says," Ai explained, playing a video clip. "Adam's current life form is very special; he was born with many extraordinary powers."
The little boy in the picture looks to be only three or four years old, but he can float in the air and fly with a drone, which looks like some kind of special effect.
"Is that so?" Ai Yue scratched his head, and seeing the meaningful look Elysia gave him, he turned his head away awkwardly. "Well, I've been staying at the base since I got back, so I haven't paid much attention to these things."
"Yeah, after all, it's so easy to get lost in a world of pleasure," Elysia commented in a quirky tone, but she didn't dwell on the topic. "Anyway, shall we go take a look?"
"Of course." Ai Yue nodded, after all, he was also very interested in this new life. "They should still be at the Moth to Fire headquarters, right?"
Dr. Mei and Kevin still live at the Moth to Fire headquarters, of course. After all, she now has complete control over the entire Moth to Fire and is an indispensable member of the United Earth Government. Although Dr. Mei has gradually begun to hand over her work to her successor with the birth of Adam, as a recognized genius on Earth, the Terran Alliance still needs her opinions.
However, for Dr. Mei, nothing is more important than her family right now.
When Ai Yue and Elysia appeared at headquarters via teleportation, they immediately sensed a peculiar energy reaction. He was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is quite interesting."
"What's wrong?" Elysia looked at him curiously, only to find that Ai Yue turned and walked in another direction. "Wait, you're going the wrong way. Mei's house isn't over there!"
"I know," Ai Yue replied, his gaze never leaving the sky, "But the people who are picking us up will come from that direction."
Before Elysia could react, she saw a beam of light suddenly fly towards her like a shooting star. She instinctively stepped forward, wanting to shield Ai Yue, but the beam of light suddenly stopped not far in front of Ai Yue.
When the light faded, what appeared before the two was a small child with white hair.
Clearly, this is the Adam that Elysia mentioned earlier.
He and Ai Yue stared at each other for a moment, then he suddenly spoke, "Doctor?"
Ai Yue didn't speak, but simply nodded. He could sense that the child in front of him had been sensing the energy fluctuations on his body to determine his identity.
Although the two had never met, Adam's power ultimately came from Ai Yue. Therefore, Ai Yue was able to sense when the two approached each other. It was not hard to see from Adam's reaction that he had also mastered a similar technique and could sense something from Ai Yue.
"Little Adam!" Elysia greeted him, "Do you still recognize me?"
Adam then turned his gaze to Elysia, and after a moment he nodded. "Aunt Elysia."
Elysia immediately corrected, "It's my older sister!"
Adam was silent for a moment, then shook his head. "Aunt Elysia."
"You child..." Elysia puffed out her cheeks, looked at Ai Yue who had a slight smile on his face, and protested, "Damn it, even you are laughing at me!"
"Why are you arguing with a child?" Ai Yue quickly changed the subject. "After all, you and his parents are of the same generation, so it's not appropriate for him to call you 'sister'."
"So what? It makes me sound younger," Elysia said nonchalantly. "Auntie is such an awful word. Do I look that old?"
"Not old." Upon hearing this, Adam stated bluntly, "But, Auntie is still Auntie."
And so Elysia was devastated by those words.
Fortunately, this awkward atmosphere didn't last long, because Kevin soon flew to them in the same way. "I was wondering why Adam suddenly ran away, turns out it's you two."
"So how did you get here from over there?" Elysia asked with a curious look. "Isn't your home on the other side? Did you move?"
"No, we were just at the training grounds," Kevin said casually. "Adam had just finished fighting one round of Honkai Beast when he suddenly ran away, leaving me to stay behind and deal with the remaining monsters."
"Do you want to hear what you're saying?" Elysia looked surprised. "How old is your son? Why are you in such a hurry to train him?"
"He's interested in Honkai Beast, what can I do?" Kevin sighed helplessly, then gave a subtle look. "Besides, Adam ... he's much stronger than I was back then."
"Huh?" Elysia blinked, still a little confused. "You mean he's stronger than when you first joined the Moth to Fire?"
"No," Kevin shook his head, "He's stronger than I was before I became Fused Warrior, and..."
Kevin paused for a moment, then said with a complicated expression, "I feel that in another two years, he should surpass me when I first became Fused Warrior."
Elysia was silent for a moment, then looked at Ai Yue: "Is this reasonable?"
"What's unreasonable about it? Isn't it normal for each generation to be stronger than the last?" Ai Yue said calmly, after all, he had already determined Adam's current strength the moment he saw him. "Besides, I remember I already said this a long time ago, didn't I?"
"I realized it when May's pregnancy took too long," Kevin scratched his head, "But how should I put it, seeing the power I'd endured so much hardship and pain to be so easily surpassed by someone else, it was still a little unbalanced."
Adam then looked at his father, then tilted his head. "I'm sorry?"
Kevin's expression immediately became even more subtle.
"So that's the meaning of evolution, to prevent future generations from suffering the same hardships." Ai Yue shrugged, then looked at the crowd gathering around him and snapped his fingers. "Alright, if we don't leave now, we'll be surrounded. Let's get out of here."
The next second, the four people disappeared from their original spot and were teleported to Kevin's yard.
Dr. Mei was sitting in the courtyard reading when she saw several people suddenly appear in front of her. She wasn't too surprised, but she glanced at Ai Yue and said, "I thought you were supposed to come a couple of days ago."
"Ahem, well, something else came up," Ai Yue subtly turned his head away, then quickly turned back. "How much do you know about Adam's situation?"
"Mobius is the main researcher in this area; I haven't done any serious research," Dr. Mei smiled, then narrowed his eyes slightly. "She's probably been with you these past few days, hasn't she told you?"
Ai Yue recalled that Mobius did seem to have something to say to him, but he didn't give the other a chance to speak, and his expression became even more awkward.
Fortunately, Dr. Mei didn't pursue the matter too much, but continued on the topic, "From the current perspective, Adam should be considered a new generation of humans born after receiving your blessing, but compared to other children, his evolution is a bit too complete."
"Among the newborns born in recent years, there have been quite a few children with unusually long gestation periods who were born with special powers," Kevin explained from the side, "But none of them can compare to Adam."
"That's normal, their parents aren't any better than you two." Ai Yue didn't seem to care. "Let me guess, Adam wasn't born the normal way, was he?"
From a human perspective, ten months of pregnancy is actually not enough for a newborn to fully develop. If development continued, the fetus would not be able to be delivered smoothly from the mother's body, hence this limitation.
But for Adam, who was born with the powerful strength to inherit his father, the fact that he was able to prolong his pregnancy suggests that there must be a way to solve this problem.
That's why Ai Yue made that guess.
Dr. Mei and Kevin exchanged a glance, then nodded. "Adam separated from me directly in the form of an energy body."
Elysia, standing to the side, was already somewhat numb. "You're not going to tell me that Adam was born with the ability to transform into three phases, are you? Why didn't you say so sooner?"
The so-called three-phase transformation is the switching between three states: physical body, energy body, and spiritual body. For Elysia and the others, this is a skill they barely mastered after receiving the blessing of the Power of Light.
She now empathizes with Kevin a bit; how can someone be born without having to go through decades of unnecessary detours?
Kevin bluntly stated, "Telling you this won't do any good."
So Elysia fell silent.
"Don't be nervous, it's all normal." Ai Yue waved his hand dismissively. "In fact, it's just too slow."
Adam's current performance is already astonishing among humans, but for Ai Yue, it is unknown how many generations it will take to complete the transformation from human civilization to the Land of Light in this way.
Not to mention, Adam himself was an anomaly, because the entire Earth civilization could only find Kevin as someone with such power. Although ordinary people could begin to master the Power of Light, they were still far from being able to make their offspring powerful through heredity.