Mithril Rank Advancement
Even without becoming Mithril Rank, being able to infer the relationship between Pollution and Life Energy was enough to astonish Norton.
"Um." Ye Qian looked a little embarrassed.
"Life Energy is the energy every living being must maintain to survive; it is also the source of life. As for the difference between the two, you can think of Life Energy as 1, while Pollution is negative 0.9999 repeating infinitely."
Ye Qian raised an eyebrow upon hearing that. "Wouldn't 1 and 0.9999 repeating infinitely be equal?"
If she remembered correctly, this had been a math problem from her previous life. In truth, the number 0.999999 repeating infinitely should be considered 1, and there were even multiple ways to prove it.
"Yes, if you look at it through numerical logic, the two can indeed be considered equivalent. But reality is not mathematics. When considering the relationship between Life Energy and Pollution, you should treat them as tangible objects. For example, you can think of Life Energy as one whole life cake. Pollution, meanwhile, should be seen as one whole pollution cake, except you must cut away ninety percent of what remains every time, and keep cutting forever without stopping."
"Though theoretically, you could keep cutting until the end of the world... the remaining cake could never become zero. Therefore, when you see Life Energy combined with Pollution, it is equivalent to combining 1 with a negative -0.99999 repeating infinitely. What results is a dynamic value with endless flaws, always lacking that final little bit. And if you want to make up for it, you can only bring out a second 0.9999 repeating infinitely. Mathematically, two 0.999 repeating infinites add up to 2, but in reality, they lack two actual existences infinitely close to zero."
Ye Qian's heart stirred. "So,