Dark.
Endless darkness.
The moment Judgment passed through the crack in space, all the light disappeared.
The observation window outside the ship was completely dark, and even the beam emitted by the soul searchlight seemed to have been swallowed by something, and could only illuminate a range of less than three meters.
The entire battleship floats in the endless void, like a small boat floating at the bottom of the deep sea.
Su Yun stood in front of the bridge with calm eyes.
[Traversing the space channel...]
[Time remaining: 2 minutes and 17 seconds.]
[External space density anomaly detected--Current dimension level: unknown.]
[Warning: The hull's outer shield is undergoing unknown pressure, current integrity: 97%.]
"The loss is only 3%, which is not bad."
Su Yun said to himself, tapping the folding fan lightly on his palms.
He stared through the observation window into the darkness outside.
No, not exactly darkness.
If you look carefully, some strange pictures will occasionally flash through the void.
A city is burning.
A forest is growing.
A baby is crying.
A star is collapsing.
Countless images floated past in the darkness like fragments, fleeting.
Like the memory fragments of countless worlds, randomly discarded in the cracks of dimensions.
"Causal Fragments."
The system gave an explanation.
[These are the fragments of cause and effect that remain after the collapse of different world lines.]
[They have lost the world they belong to and can only drift forever in the cracks of dimensions.]
[It is recommended that the host not touch these fragments with mental power, as it may cause causal backlash.]
"Don't worry, I'm not that boring."
Su Yun looked away.
The countdown continues to beat.
1 minute and 30 seconds.
1 minute.
30 seconds.
10 seconds.
5--4--3--2--1--
Boom!!!
The entire Judgment shook violently, as if it had hit an invisible wall.
Then, the light came back.
But this light... is different from any light Su Yun has ever seen.
It has no color, but is extremely bright.
It has no temperature, but makes people feel a burning sensation that reaches deep into the soul.
Su Yun squinted his eyes, and after his vision adapted, he finally saw the scene in front of him clearly.
Then--
He was stunned.
"Fuck."
This is the rare true and heartfelt exclamation Su Yun has experienced since he came to this world.
In front of Judgment is a sea.
No, not the sea.
It is a huge network woven by countless rays of light, criss-crossing and extending to every direction within sight.
Those lights are thick and thin, bright and dark. The thick ones are like rivers, and the thin ones are like spider silk.
Each ray of light flows slowly, occasionally meeting other rays of light at a certain node, blooming into a tiny flower of light.
And in the center of this light network, there is a huge vortex.
A bottomless whirlpool.
All the light eventually merges into the vortex, like all the rivers returning to the sea.
At the center of the vortex was absolute darkness. Even the bright lights disappeared instantly after entering, as if they were completely wiped out.
[Welcome to Abyss of Fate.]
The system prompt sounded, but the sound seemed to be affected in some way and became intermittent.
[Current location: Abyss of Fate--Peripheral area.]
[Environmental Analysis:]
[--Light Network: Threads of Causality. Each line represents the fate of a living being in a world.]
[--Whirlpool: The source of Core of Fate. Law of Causality. The starting point and end point of all destiny.]
[--Danger level: SSS+.]
[--Recommended Action: Proceed with caution and avoid contact with Threads of Causality.]
Su Yun stared at the breathtakingly spectacular scene and was silent for a long time.
"This is the body of Law of Causality?"
he murmured.
"The fate of everyone comes out of that whirlpool?"
[To be precise, Core of Fate does not "make" destiny, but "weaves" destiny.]
[It connects countless causal fragments according to certain rules to form complete lines of fate.]
[What the host needs to do is to enter the core and obtain the highest permissions for the weaving rules.]
"To put it simply, it's just to grab the administrator's account."
Su Yun smiled.
He controlled Judgment to slowly advance forward, carefully walking between Threads of Causality.
Those lights may seem soft, but Su Yun can feel the terrifying power contained in them.
Every line is the whole of a life.
From birth to death, from cause to effect.
Touching it is tantamount to interfering with the cause and effect of all nodes on that fate line - the consequences will be unimaginable.
Judgment shuttled through the optical network for about ten minutes.
The operation of Su Yun is extremely precise, without touching any line of cause and effect.
But as it gets closer and closer to the central vortex, the density of the light becomes larger and larger.
By the end, the front was so dense that it was like a wall of light, with no gaps to penetrate.
"Damn, it's blocked."
Su Yun frowned.
Forced through? No. The consequences of touching the causal line are unknown, it's too risky.
Detour? This optical network is spherical and has no edges to go around.
Forcibly dismantling it? Not even possible. Every line is connected to a life, and dismantling it is equivalent to killing someone.
Su Yun thought for a few seconds, and his eyes fell on the intersection node of the light.
Those nodes...
"System, what are those nodes?"
[Causal Node: The intersection of fate lines. It represents the connection between the fates of two or more living beings.]
[The causal lines at the nodes are not completely integrated, there are tiny gaps.]
[Theoretically, if the host's body is small enough, it can pass through the node gap.]
"Small enough..."
Su Yun looked down at himself - he was more than two meters tall and wore a thick platinum armor.
Then I looked at the gaps between the nodes - visually they were only about the size of a fist at most.
"Brother, do you need to shrink yourself to the size of your fist?"
The corner of his mouth twitched.
But the next second, he thought of a way.
"Spiritual body."
Su Yun Close your eyes.
If the physical body cannot survive, then use the spiritual body.
His mental power has far exceeded the limits of this world, and there is no problem if he condenses it into a spiritual body and moves away from the physical body.
Just--
"System, if the mental body enters Core of Fate, can it obtain the highest permission?"
[Yes. The essence of Core of Fate is information, not matter. The spiritual body is enough to interact with it.]
[But warning: after the spiritual body leaves the physical body, the physical body will be completely unprotected.]
[It is recommended to leave the physical body inside Judgment and use the battleship shield to provide protection.]
"Okay."
Su Yun Make a quick decision.
He parked Judgment in a relatively sparsely lit area, opened all protective covers, and then sat in the driver's seat.
Close your eyes.
Concentrate.
A huge amount of spiritual power surged out from between his eyebrows and condensed into a transparent human form outside the body - exactly the same as Su Yun, but the whole body was composed of spiritual energy and exuded a pale golden light.
The mental body Su Yun opened his eyes and looked down at himself.
"Well, he's still handsome."
He nodded with satisfaction and flew towards the light network ahead.
The volume of the mental body can be adjusted at will. Su Yun compressed himself to the size of a fist and easily passed through the gap of the first Causal Node.
Then the second, third, fourth...
He is like a small golden star, flexibly shuttling through the dense network of causal lines.
Getting closer to Core of Fate.
The light of the line of cause and effect is getting more and more dazzling.
The feeling that burns my soul is getting stronger and stronger.
But Su Yun didn't stop.
He moved forward.
Until--
A void.
He passed through the last layer of light network and came to the edge of Core of Fate.
In front of me is the huge whirlpool.
Seen from this distance, the vortex was much larger than he imagined - at least dozens of kilometers in diameter, and so deep that it seemed to be able to swallow everything.
Something was spinning at the edge of the vortex.
Su Yun Take a closer look--
It's text.
No, not words.
It's a rule.
Countless sentences composed of light rotated rapidly on the edge of the vortex, like a giant book being turned.
Su Yun's mental body moved closer, trying to see clearly the content of those sentences.
He saw it.
[Everything that exists must have cause and effect.]
[The cause is immortal and the effect continues.]
[The thread of fate is woven at the beginning of chaos and ends at the end of all things.]
[Those who master this rule can change the cause, change the effect, disconnect the thread, and extend the life.]
[To obtain this right, you need to pass three levels.]
[One said: Heart-related.]
[Second: Liguan.]
[Three: Mingguan.]
Su Yun After reading these words, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"Three levels?"
He wrote a new diary in his mind.
[Arrived. The core of Abyss of Fate.]
[To obtain the highest permission, you have to pass three levels.]
[Heart Guan, Li Guan, Fate Guan.]
[It sounds very powerful.]
[But I'm not afraid.]
[Come on.]
The golden spiritual body flew into the whirlpool without hesitation!