As soon as the magic equation of C-137 came out, everyone immediately started to analyze it. Although the venue was very large, everyone felt that it could not be used here.
Therefore, someone suggested that they could go back to their own private room and use the sophisticated equipment there to better analyze this equation.
After a short voting, everyone unanimously agreed to this proposal: as long as you do not leave Citadel, you can return to the room for analysis, but you must return within the specified time.
However, none of the "main variants" sitting on the nine top chairs in the center of the venue moved. They each used their own methods and started the deduction directly on the spot.
Ian quickly saw through the underlying structure of this equation.
'The core of this equation is based on a mixture of Royal Forging Technique, Divine Runes, Ancient Magic Script and Dragon Tongue Magic - although it is only the most basic one.'
'It seems that most of your variants have gone through the same path: conducting bloodline experiments on Dragonkind.' Morgana commented on the side.
'That's right. The only difference may be whether they awakened the bloodline of an ordinary dragon or a dragon king. I estimate that many variants may have died directly on the experimental platform because they failed to control the backlash of dragon blood during the experiment.'
"One of your greatest strengths is your extremely cautious character, but your greatest weakness is also the arrogance and conceit in your bones." Morgana pointed out unceremoniously.
'My arrogance and conceit originate from my memories before reincarnation, so theoretically all variants should have this bad habit. But my current caution was acquired after experiencing countless life and death crises. Therefore, not all 'I' know how to act with caution.' Ian analyzed.
"If that's the case, then we can definitely use this to deal with them." Morgana's eyes lit up.
'Let's get back to work. What do you think about this equation?' Ian asked.
'The logic of the equation itself is not difficult to decipher. The only tricky thing is the Divine Runes mixed in. We need to conduct some tests to find out their specific functions.'
'In that case, let's divide the work and cooperate.' Ian said, assigning part of the rune data to Morgana, and he concentrated on dealing with the rest. He closed his eyes, and his consciousness sneaked into Soul Dimension, and began to use his soul to analyze these Divine Runes.
Time passes by, and the variants are all racing against time to crack it. Divine Runes is indeed the biggest obstacle, but it is not the most fatal.
The equation of C-137 is extremely complex, and currently there are only a few variants that show that this thing involves extremely advanced Spacetime Magic.
'I've got it done here.' Morgana said.
'I'm done too.' Ian nodded, 'Summarize the data.'
House-elf nodded, and after a few seconds, she came to the final conclusion: 'I understand. This is an equation used to forcefully open the door to [Astral Realm]. However, it is still a defective product.'
'It seems that C-137 has discovered the existence of the Astral Realm and other planes.' Ian thought thoughtfully. During the previous stage of collecting intelligence, he found that because the gods of this universe have extremely tight control over the main Material World, most of the variants did not stay in Prime Universe for too long.
They spend most of their time exploring Multiverse, so they either know little or nothing about the high-dimensional secrets of the universe such as "other planes".
'Do you think that of all the people present, only C-137 discovered other dimensions?' Morgana asked.
'That's not necessarily true. But judging from the current situation, apart from the guy over there who is taking the path of gods, C-137 is most likely the only variant that has mastered the technology of [actively opening plane channels].'
'It makes sense.' Morgana nodded. She thought of those variants of "Arcane Emperor Faction". It stands to reason that they should be fighting with Bleach Guznader now. In the process, they probably also came into contact with information about other planes.
Therefore, unless their timeline has seriously deviated and Guznader did not appear at all, they are definitely not unfamiliar with this information.
'What about the god shapeshifter? Could he be a problem?'
'God is born with the ability to control Space Law, so he must have discovered Astral Realm a long time ago. But if you ask him to teach this method of inter-dimensional travel to others, the most he can do is give Divine Arts Grace, or directly teach the ability to believers. He poses no threat.'
'After all, he is also 'you', isn't there anything special about him?'
'Didn't you see that the strong smell of incense of faith on his body has begun to corrode his soul? Now he has long lost the essence of 'Ian'.'
"You are really enjoying it with your face like this." Morgana couldn't help but mocked.
'What do you mean?'
'You exude an arrogant aura of 'I am the only and true self' all over your body, which is simply disgusting.' The purple House-elf turned over to Byakugan.
'Because I am the only one.' Ian replied extremely arrogantly, 'Didn't you realize that the technology tree we control has completely crushed everyone present? Why do you think this is?'
'Because you are me?' Morgana replied angrily.
'No, because I am the only one among countless Ian who discovered the Void crack and developed the [Omniverse Traversal] technology! But that is not the most important thing,' Ian After a pause, he continued, 'The ones most similar to me are those who built the variant of the Arcane Empire. However, even though they took the same path as me, didn't you find that none of them had knowledge from other Omniverse?'
Morgana instantly caught the blind spot in Ian's words. When Ian performed Omniverse Traversal for the first time, he only had the strength of the Third Tier th position.
After he returns with a full load, according to the logic of Multiverse, countless parallel timelines should be split in which he goes on the same expedition.
However, on today's Council, none of these variants with knowledge of other universes have appeared!
'You mean... our timeline is unique and there are no other variants that have performed Omniverse Traversal?!'
'Absolutely correct.' Ian replied firmly, 'I have tried it. Those Arcane Emperor variants have indeed developed Arcane Rune System, but their underlying logic is not based on the Alchemy Runes of the <Fullmetal Alchemist> universe, but based on the magic of the [Lemuria civilization] native to this universe.'
Lemuria civilization is the predecessor of Wizarding Civilization, and even developed an interstellar civilization for a time. Unfortunately, Herpo directly wiped out this glorious civilization completely in order to become a god.
'So, our timeline is not only unique, but also under some kind of absolute protection!' Morgana came to the conclusion, 'This is most likely the work of that old monster Merlin.'
Ian fully agrees with this. An existence at the level of Merlin is absolutely capable of observing all "Ian variants" in all timelines at the same time, and selecting the most satisfactory one among them as the successor to his mantle.
In the end, Merlin chose G-003. Therefore, Ian concluded that no matter whether he was the so-called "Prime Universe Ian" at the beginning, when he was the first one from After Primordial Earth traveled through time, made the first decision that led to the branching of the timeline, discovered the Void crack, and built the first Omniverse spacecraft...Merlin chose him. From that moment on, he was the only one.
'So after doing this for a long time, you are just a nouveau riche who got shit luck.' Morgana sneered.
'Luck is also a part of strength.' Ian retorted nonchalantly. Among countless parallel selves, only he discovered the extremely hidden Void crack. More importantly, it was the last crack in the entire Multiverse that had not been closed, and it was disappearing rapidly.
'Yes, for an old monster of Merlin's level, that kind of illusory luck may be more important than any talent and hard work.' Morgana nodded, 'Then, what are you going to do next? Go up and smash C-137's face now?'
'No hurry,' Ian's eyes flashed, 'I'm still thinking about another thing.'
'What's wrong?'
'According to the information we currently have, in this universe, only the plane [Cosmic Faith Plane] has the concept of "Multiverse". This is why all Tenth Tier Ancient Gods want to occupy it like mad dogs.'
'Then the question is: What will happen when my variants leave this plane and go to other planes? Thinking more deeply, have those Tenth Tier Ancient Gods variants that rule countless planes ever met? Has there ever been an interdimensional god war to compete for uniqueness? Or... is there some more terrifying mechanism hidden behind this?'
Hearing this, Morgana also fell into deep thought. If Multiverse also exists in other planes, then these variants will only enter the parallel timelines corresponding to those planes when traveling between planes. Unless they happen to meet in a Dimensional Interstice like Astral Realm, it is impossible for them to encounter other variants of themselves.
However, what if the concept of "Multiverse" does not exist in those planes? Then this problem becomes extremely terrifying!
'Maybe our previous theory was wrong from the beginning. Maybe Multiverse actually exists in those planes, but due to some underlying rule restrictions that we don't know yet, the creatures in those planes can never break through to the Eleventh Tier position. Or, behind this problem, there is a shocking conspiracy that can subvert everything.'
'When this time Council is over, we must get to the bottom of this matter!' Ian's tone was unprecedentedly solemn. Morgana agreed, and then the two of them continued to deduce various possibilities in their minds, quietly waiting for the arrival of the prescribed time.