Entropy

"Perfected One?"

The blurred head that had taken shape repeated it, letting out a low chuckle as if savoring the words.

"A Perfected One is one of the hopes born in every species when it experiences an apocalypse."

"You should know very well that across the endless planes and countless apocalypses, most civilizations will be destroyed."

"But there are always some civilizations that can survive catastrophe after catastrophe."

"How?"

"By relying on existences like Perfected Ones!"

The voice sighed, as if sinking into memories:

"Like grass growing through stubborn stone, humanity's struggle at the moment of death. Civilization, too, possesses a macroscopic 'mind.'"

"When it realizes that civilization is about to perish, the entire civilized entity will pour most of its information, resources, and everything unknowable into a certain individual."

"To make one last desperate stand."

As it spoke, the manifested head rippled:

"In the carrier's memories that you absorbed, you should have seen human history."

"Civilization, life, and history are living existences—marvelous and magnificent."

"Just as in this world's human history, every disaster is followed by an explosion of technology and the birth of geniuses."

"The emergence of these individuals or technologies will greatly advance the progress of the entire civilization or species."

Listening to the narration from Beyond the Gate, Chen Yangtian felt somewhat puzzled.

This kind of information was not something an existence of his level should have been able to know.

Perhaps the information about Perfected Ones had earned him considerable favor in the eyes of the advanced existence Beyond the Gate, which was why the other party was willing to reveal some things.

After hesitating, he could not help asking again:

"Then, my lord."

"What is the reason? What is the essence behind it?"

"Do we have our own Perfected Ones?"

Tension. Unease.

As a