I looked at the dark and deep space around me. My mind was full of doubts.
This was indeed the interior of a Gate of the Chaos Abyss, and it was the interior of the most ancient Gate of the Chaos Abyss. The faintly discernible unpleasantness in the surrounding environment proved that I hadn't come to the wrong place. However, this place was different from the Gate of the Chaos Abyss in my memory. In my memory, the interior of the Gate of the Chaos Abyss was a chaotic space between the perceptible and the unperceptible. All information was in an unstable state. Because the scenes seen through the naked eye belonged to the "incomprehensible" information, you would feel that your surroundings were extremely dark. In the Gate of the Chaos Abyss, the only "scenery" you could see was the chaotic "air masses" that occasionally surged out from the deep darkness. Even those air masses weren't real matter or light. They were indescribable information storms. Your senses could come into contact with these information, but you couldn't understand them. Thus, they appeared as chaotic air masses to your naked eye.
These were all normal scenes of the interior of the Gate of the Chaos Abyss. However, here, I didn't feel the obvious aura of insanity, nor did I feel dizzy when I came into contact with a large amount of "indescribable" information. There was only ordinary darkness here, as well as the slight discomfort that came from not having anything to rely on. I observed my surroundings. I didn't see the chaotic "air masses" that were commonly seen in the Gate of the Chaos Abyss, nor did I see any other strange things. The most inconceivable thing was that the space here was very stable. The coordinates were in a state where I could sense them. This meant that I was just in a normal empty space without any light! This wasn't like the environment of the Chaos Abyss at all!
Oh right, there was still a slight difference between this place and normal space. The surroundings were brimming with that weak Chaos Abyss reaction. If any other ordinary person came here, they would probably go crazy in an instant.
"You can feel the difference now, right?" Father God slowly floated in front of me. His voice sounded in my mind. "The space here is solidified. Other than the atmosphere, there is almost no element of chaos or collapse here."
"Behind all of the Gates of the Chaos Abyss should be a shared space." I took a moment to get used to it. I realized that moving around here was much more convenient than moving around in the regular Gates of the Chaos Abyss. "The Fallen Apostle made use of this point to do something like this in the past. They set out from their own territory, then stealthily sneaked into the Empire's territory before emerging …"
"I know about this. You told me about it before." Father God nodded. "That's why you deduced that all the Gate of the Chaos Abyss is a connected space. We have confirmed this through our own research. It is also a fact that we have observed the same discontinuity zone in all the Gate of the Chaos … But the situation here is a little different. This place is the most ancient Gate of the Chaos."
"It looks like a normal space." I lifted my head to look at the exit of the abyss. I could still see the silver halo left behind when the crystal lake had opened. I didn't have to worry about getting lost in there. "Even the space coordinates here are stable."
"Not only is the space coordinate stable," Father God said as he pointed into the distance. "The earth."
Then, I saw a flash of light suddenly explode in the direction that God Father was pointing at. Soon after, large stretches of mountains and rivers appeared in the path of the flash of light. This spectacle lasted for a few seconds, and in the time it took to take a breath, a vast continent appeared in front of me. However, not long after, this continent began to collapse and split. In a short six to seven minutes, it was enveloped by all sorts of catastrophes. Then, it was slowly swallowed up by the surrounding darkness.
"Although it will be destroyed very quickly, Genesis can be used here," Father God explained. "This means that despite the harsh environment, it still supports the most basic existence of Order. It even allows mortal matter to survive here for a while. You also know that the normal Chaos Abyss is a 'vacuum zone of Order.' Anything that possesses Order and does not have any resistance will instantly be stripped of its existence and then collapse in the blink of an eye … But that continent was created without any protection. The fact that it was created means that the most basic Order exists here. "
"What exactly is going on?" I didn't know a single thing about advanced professional knowledge, but I could understand what Father God was saying. The Chaos Abyss actually allowed something with Order to appear from nothing. This definitely went against the nature of the Chaos Abyss.
"I don't know either." Father God shrugged. "And there are many strange things. We also carried out a deep dive here and went all the way down to search for the discontinuity zone. Guess what we found?"
I looked at Father God's half-smile and made a bold guess. "A wrench that you dropped when you were building your house?"
Father God: "… I admire your optimistic attitude, but can you be more serious?"
I spread my hands. "Aren't you making things difficult for me? How would I know what you found down there?"
"The Deep Submergence Core, which is the Deep Submergence Ship that the Protoss created, went all the way to the place where the discontinuity zone should have appeared, but we didn't find anything." Father God looked down at the endless darkness below, as though he wanted to see the place where the Deep Submergence Ship had reached that day. "Then, we let the device continue to dive, and in the end … we reached the bottom. The Deep Submergence Core hit the end of the space, and then appeared near the Chaos Abyss."
I was stunned for a moment before I reacted. "You mean that not only is this a space, but it's also sealed?"
Father God sat cross-legged in midair. His calm voice echoed in my mind. "So, the children used some indirect methods, such as continuously placing detectors in all directions. Only then did they roughly understand the structure of this place. They confirmed that this is a huge empty space similar to a long and narrow cave. The inside of the cave is symmetrical, and it extends from one point to infinity. You will encounter the boundary of the sealed space, and then accurately return to the starting point … just like the second type of closed order universe."
"Is this still the Chaos Abyss?" I sat cross-legged in midair like Father God, my face filled with confusion.
"Of course it is the Chaos Abyss." Father God chuckled. "Look at the environment here. If you bring the device, you can also measure the various constants here. You will find that chaos and disharmony are still the main themes of this place, but other than that, its structure has already solidified."
I noticed that Father God mentioned a word: solidified.
Chaos solidified. Change solidified. Destruction and chaos solidified. No matter what it was, when they solidified, they would no longer match the usual nature of the Chaos Abyss. That was because the Chaos Abyss was something that pushed for "change". It wanted to push everything towards destruction. It wouldn't allow anything to stay in its current state. It would push everything that could be infected towards destruction, until not even ashes were left of the target. This was the true nature of the Chaos Abyss.
But what if the Chaos Abyss itself solidified?
"Do you have any guesses?" Father God suddenly raised his head and looked at me. "The children tried to use theoretical research to explain this phenomenon, but they met with great trouble. Perhaps our intuition is closer to the truth than their theories."
"It's a natural talent of Void creatures." I scratched my chin. "But I really can't think of anything to explain it in such a short amount of time … If that's the case, then this Chaos Abyss gate is independent from the other Chaos Abyss gates. Below it is a space with basic order, boundaries, symmetry, and closure. It can be measured indirectly, and there are no fixed constants. Also, there are no discontinuities … Let me think."
Father God smiled and patiently waited for me to come up with an idea. I pondered on the side for a long time, trying to think of a way to stimulate my "intuition." Finally, I smacked my head. If intuition could be actively stimulated, then it wouldn't be a passive effect!
Not everyone was like Tawil, who could even train his schizophrenia as an active skill …
Thus, I stopped tormenting my brain cells and directly said a word that I had vaguely thought of. "I feel that this place is like a ruin, or something that has been burnt to ashes … Anyway, it's something that was once very active, but has now cooled down."
"I have the same feeling as well. Our intuition is the same, so it seems that the truth is more or less the same." Father God smiled. "I've said it before, this place is like a place that 'solidifies'. If the normal active Chaos Abyss is like flowing magma, then this place is like cooled magma. Chaos solidifies into order, and the first thing that solidifies into order is space. If that's really the case, then this place might not have completely 'cooled down' yet. As time passes, it should continue to 'solidify' until the chaotic tendencies here completely disappear, and it completely becomes an ordinary starting space. However, this might require a relatively long period of time. I might not even have the patience to continue following and observing it. "
I suddenly thought of a question that I wanted to ask but didn't have the chance to. "Speaking of which, this Chaos Abyss gate has been in the God Realm for so many years. Could it be that this is the first time you've seen what's inside? You've never come down before? "
"I came down a long, long time ago," Father God replied. For this God to say the words "a long, long time ago," the passage of time must have been so long that it was insane. "I remember that the God Realm had just been established not too long ago. My understanding of the Chaos Abyss gate was also half-baked. I came down once at that time."
"Didn't you notice that the environment here was strange?"
"Do you think that I have nothing better to do than to look for Chaos Abyss gates to jump down?" Father God looked at me strangely. "When I came down, I felt that it was too dark inside, and it gave off a bad feeling, so I didn't stay here for long. Although I've seen other forms of Chaos Abyss gates, I never thought too much about them. You know, Void Creatures are a race full of laziness. If it's not necessary, Void Creatures won't take the initiative to do troublesome things. I don't have the time to analyze the characteristics of every Chaos Abyss gate. After that, I created the Protoss, but the main goal of the Protoss is to destroy the Abyss. My children have done a few deep diving activities in the past to investigate what was under the gate, but they realized that it would not help in completely destroying the Abyss, so they didn't continue to go deeper … The Protoss, as a derivative of me, also inherited part of the Void Creatures' laziness. This should be the only weakness of the Galactic Gods. If I didn't hear about the discontinuity zone from you not long ago, I really wouldn't have paid attention to this gate again. I've almost forgotten about it. "
I also quite agreed with Father God's words, especially the part about laziness. "Indeed, procrastination alone in the God Realm is almost an advanced stage. But speaking of which, why were the Shiring Apostles under my name able to study it single-mindedly and even discover the discontinuity zone earlier than you? "
Father God looked at me with a strange expression. "… You didn't create the Shiring Apostles, they aren't lazy. Have you forgotten that you picked up this Empire?"
I slapped my forehead. "Eh, you're right. I've been the Emperor for too long. I've almost forgotten."
Father God and I stayed in this dark and empty space for a while to understand more about the strange characteristics of this place. This space was said to be a closed space, but strictly speaking, it was half-closed. The Chaos Abyss gate was a passage between reality and illusion. When the reflection in the crystal lake faded away, a hole opened in this space. But because the Chaos Abyss gate was a two-dimensional plane and did not follow the normal laws of space, this opening did not affect the sealing of the space itself. If one did not have special control or special power, they would never be able to escape from this space.
"How do you think this space was formed?" I knew that Father God did not bring me here to show off that he had just discovered an extra-large basement. He must have found something else, so I asked curiously.
"I have a guess." Father God nodded. "The Lazy Abyss … How much do you know about this concept?"
I did not expect Father God to mention this term. I was momentarily stunned. Then, I nodded vigorously. "I know, I know. Of course, I know this. I have a group of scientists studying this, but they still have no clue."
Father God nodded and said unhurriedly, "The Lazy Abyss is also a type of normal abyss. It is also destructive and can cause the collapse of the world and all kinds of disasters. But the Lazy Abyss is not contagious. Usually, it can only be infected once and will not cause a second infection. The Lazy Abyss is easier to suppress or even reverse than the active abyss. The transformation of individuals infected by the Lazy Abyss is extremely slow. These are the laws that we have concluded. It should be similar to what you have concluded."
I nodded. "Yes, we have been studying this for a long time. You also know that Sandora was infected by the abyss once, but she recovered completely on her own. This is very unusual. So, some scientists on my side guessed that what Sandora encountered was the Lazy Abyss. The boundary between the Lazy Abyss and normal abyss is very vague. 'Contagiousness' is still an indicator that cannot be quantified. So, Sandora's case has never been concluded. "
"Regardless, the Lazy Abyss is a concept that does exist." Father God looked at the surrounding darkness. "If it develops to the extreme, will it be a door to the abyss like this?"
I was stunned. I had not thought about this before!
Although this sounded reasonable, I still felt like something wasn't quite right. After thinking about it for a long time, I hesitantly said, "The Lazy Abyss does look a bit more 'docile', but the one in your basement … doesn't it look a bit too strange? It can no longer be described as docile. "
"That's why I said 'develop to the extreme.'" Father God spread his hands and pointed around. "This unusual place is slightly similar to the Lazy Abyss: safe, gentle, and inclined towards stability. However, the Lazy Abyss is only less contagious, and its destructive power is still the same. But the abyss phenomenon in this space is even more 'inert.' In the past, we have always seen the abyss as something eternal and unchanging. We thought that all the doors to the abyss would not naturally degrade. But now, you also know that the abyss is actually constantly changing. Since it is changing overall, why wouldn't there be changes in some parts? The Lazy Abyss might be an intermediate state. Some of the doors to the abyss would degrade for unknown reasons. Their destructiveness and contagiousness would decrease, resulting in the Lazy Abyss. If it continues to develop like this, it might produce this abyss door at the base of the God Realm. If the normal abyss is seen as magma, this is probably a cooling and solidifying process. "
Godfather's conjecture was very interesting. Normally, the Abyss would suddenly stabilize for some unknown reason (Godfather called this' degradation '), and then the Abyss of Inertia would be created. What Shadora encountered back then was suspected to be such a thing. Then, the Abyss of Inertia would continue to degrade, cool down, and solidify, becoming more and more orderly, forming the Abyss Gate of Inertia. This process continued to develop, and it became the basement of Godfather's house. The entire process sounded unimaginable and unbelievable. Anyway, it challenged my worldview.
"In theory, the abyss will not 'degrade.'" Father God admitted. "But now, there is indeed the appearance of the abyss after a degrade. So, let's not dwell on whether it is logical or not. We have to admit this fact and find a way to find the reason behind it. I have a feeling that if we can explain the connection between the Lazy Abyss and this strange place we are staying in, we might be able to uncover the secret of the abyss's evolution and further understand what the 'discontinuity zone' is all about. "
"Then, have you researched how the Lazy Abyss came about?" I looked up at Father God.
Father God shook his head. "Of course not. This project has just started. I was thinking that if you had the time, you could also mobilize your own scholars to help with the research. We can form a joint project and study the connection between the Lazy Abyss and the base of the God Realm. Anyway, the sample is right here. You can just send people over to do the research. I'll take care of their food and accommodation … "
"Let's get this over with first. The research center is already so busy with the deep diving project." I nodded happily. But at this moment, an emergency communication suddenly appeared in my mind.
"Ah Jun, it's me, Sandora. The Fallen Apostle has made a move!"
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