The twenty-two source universes looked like glowing balls, apparently no larger than basketballs or soccer balls. But with space technology redefining them, their interiors were nowhere near as small as their exteriors suggested.
Without spatial force sustaining them, these balls would have exceeded the limits of what conventional-universe space could bear, expanding directly into space and forming a superimposed state with the conventional universe.
They would have become secret realms like those in fantasy novels, separated from normal space by only a single layer of space and attached to the sphere of the conventional universe.
For now, however, these spatial spheres rested securely in their creators' hands, their holders continually refining the power the spheres could sustain.
Beilunde used simulated data to advance the spatial sphere's construction model, refining the capabilities it needed according to the operating methods produced by the simulations.
It was like building an extremely complicated warship: first, its functions and intended uses had to be clearly defined.
The spatial sphere had to support enormous computing power. Its shell was forged from space and would be the strongest thing in the conventional universe. It could observe material reactions in the outside universe and coordinate its interior accordingly. As for the vast computing power, Beilunde planned to use particle resonance strings-the energy strings emitted by every particle-as the foundational structure of the entire computer framework.
In theory, as long as the spatial sphere kept consuming matter, its interior would never stop operating. Even without additional matter, it could still rely on the particles trapped inside to sustain itself and its immense computations.
But as the spatial sphere grew more complex, Beilunde discovered that his brain's computing power was insufficient. He could no longer keep up with the model's extrapolation and verification. First, he needed to upgrade himself.
Beilunde