Hearing Merlin's description, Lin Qiye's brows furrowed more and more.
"Higher dimensions... Memorial also said something similar at that time, and it seems that our world is just a dream of Azathoth?"
"It can be understood this way." Merlin nodded, "For example, when we stand under the scorching sun, the light shining on our bodies will cast our shadow on the ground. This shadow exists because of us. Once we
Turn around and walk to the shade of the tree, and the shadow will disappear...
As for the ants on the ground, they saw this shadow and gave it a name, but was what they saw the real us?
No, it's just a shadow. They can't see what we look like in the three-dimensional world through this shadow, and they can't cause us any harm by stepping on this shadow. To these ants in the two-dimensional world, we are
'indescribable'."
"You mean, this darkness that swallows the universe is the shadow cast by Azathoth... and we are just ants observing him from the ground?"
"As desperate as it sounds, it's true."
"So, doesn't it mean that we will never be able to defeat Azathoth?"
Merlin was silent for a long time, "Yes...theoretically speaking, no existence in this dimension can hurt Azathoth, and naturally cannot defeat him...unless someone can ascend the dimension."
"Dimension advancement?"
"From the dimension we are in to the dimension where Azathoth's body is, shadows can never defeat people. The only thing that can defeat people... is people."
Lin Qiye's eyes flashed with a spark of hope,
“How can I increase my dimension?”
"...Difficult." Merlin shook his head, "The difficulty of ascending to the dimension is to make a shadow give birth to flesh and blood, cross the barriers of dimensions, and become a true high-dimensional existence... So far, only the Holy Lord Yelande of the Western Holy Religion has
, barely touched this threshold..."
Yelland?
Lin Qiye immediately asked, "Did he succeed?"
"He just barely touched it and was still far from success, but even a half-step of 'dimension enhancement' was enough for him to single-handedly defeat the gods, seriously injure the three pillar gods, and seal the other gods in the
It’s above the moon…”
"Then where has he gone now?"
Lin Qiye knew very well that Yelande was not dead. If he had died, Chloe would have inherited his laws and become the new Holy Lord, instead of being trapped in the human ceiling for two thousand years... But since he
He is not dead, and he was not there when the moon seal was broken, so where is he?
"...I don't know." Merlin sighed, "After half a step of 'dimensional ascension', he must have had some kind of reaction with the world. Even I can't find him."
Lin Qiye fell into silence.
Yelande is currently the closest being to ascending to the dimension. After his disappearance, who else in the world has hope of ascending to the dimension in a short time?
"No... there is still him!" Lin Qiye's eyes glowed with a gleam of light, and he pulled out a thread of cause and effect from the void with his backhand.
In addition to Yelande, there may be another person in this world who has reached the level of half-step "dimensional ascension"!
Lingbao Tianzun!
Lin Qiye clearly remembered that when the gods in heaven were about to fall into sleep, Lingbao Tianzun said that he had touched the threshold of Yelande's realm... If the eternal heaven could return, maybe Lingbao Tianzun would have stepped into the halfway stage.
Step up to the level of “dimensionality enhancement”!
And this may be their last hope.
Lin Qiye's gaze followed the thread of cause and effect and extended into nothingness. The next moment, his body shook slightly!
He held [Unprovoked Cause] in his hand and looked at the dark depths of the abyss of the universe, and opened his mouth.
"Are you kidding..."
The location pointed by the thread of cause and effect is exactly the darkness that swallows the universe!
A thunder roared in Lin Qiye's mind. He froze on the spot, his eyes filled with disbelief...
How could the eternal heaven be there?
The darkness, filled with madness and disorder, was like a silent giant, engulfing the universe bit by bit. Looking around, you couldn't see anything at all, let alone the giant tower that carried the sleeping body.
The eternal heaven of the Xia gods!
Lin Qiye didn't understand...the gods of Daxia were just sleeping and left the earth just to take refuge. The suppressed gods in the moon once again posed a threat to Daxia. With the speed of movement of the heaven at that time, they wanted to cross such a long distance to enter.
That darkness, I don’t know how many years it will take...
But now it has only been four years. How did Heaven cross this distance and enter there?
Are they...still alive?
The moment this idea appeared, Lin Qiye gave an affirmative answer.
They must be alive...otherwise, this thread of cause and effect would have been broken long ago. They are in the depths of Azathoth. It is unknown whether they are still sleeping or whether they have been contaminated and gone crazy.
Yelande and Lingbao Tianzun, the two most promising beings to complete the "dimensional ascension", are both missing at the moment, which means that no one can confront Azathoth head-on.
"Your Excellency Merlin... with Azathoth's expansion speed, how long will it take for it to spread to the earth?" Lin Qiye said hoarsely.
Merlin thought for a moment, "It's strange to say that the Earth's position is exactly at the center of the universe where Azathoth swallowed up... In other words, the Earth will be the last planet to be swallowed up by Azathoth. With the current situation,
With the speed of darkness, the earth will have at most eight days left."
"eight days……"
A look of despair appeared in Lin Qiye's eyes.
Lingbao Tianzun has spent more than two thousand years in the 'reincarnation of the true self' from the highest level to the level of half-step "ascending the dimension"...Yelande borrowed the power of the massive faith of the Western Holy Religion,
It also took more than a thousand years to break through the half-step of "enhancing the dimension".
Even if he, Lin Qiye, steps into the highest realm at this moment, it is simply impossible to reach the half-step "dimensionality ascension" threshold within eight days, let alone completely complete the "dimensionality ascension" and have the ability to fight Azathoth head-on.
strength.
"Besides ascending the dimension...is there really no other way to fight Azathoth?" Lin Qiye asked unwillingly.
"...No, at least not within the scope of my knowledge." Merlin stroked his slender beard and sighed, "I have been exploring deep space for so many years, just to find a way out of this universe, but unfortunately...
I haven't found it yet."
Lin Qiye clenched his fists tightly...
He traveled such a long distance to find a solution to Azathoth, but he didn't expect that what he got in the end was an unsolvable dilemma.
At this moment, he finally understood why [Chaos] was so sure that humans could not win this war... With Azathoth here, even if the three pillars of gods and the gods on the earth were completely destroyed, humans would still not be able to win from there.
To survive the mad darkness, the fate of mankind was doomed from the beginning...
etc!
Lin Qiye suddenly raised his head, as if he thought of something,
"Memorial said that [Chaos] is the only being among the gods of the K series that can communicate with Azathoth... Since he is also in this universe and exists in the same dimension as us, how can he communicate with us?