Chapter 344 Simulation: Red and Black - Collision
"This is a story from a time long, long ago."
Sun Shisheng stood at the lectern, teaching the students in the classroom, "It was a super war that swept across the entire chaotic universe, even reaching as far as the Taixu Illusory Realm."
"And the main parties in the war were none other than Great Harmony in red and Infinity in black."
"However, it all began with a smaller scale conflict—"
Time: Year 300 of the Taixu Era.
Location: Outside the Taixu Illusory Realm, on the periphery of the Tower of Immortality, within the numerous star systems and dimensional planes of the Great Constellation Supercluster.
The cosmic-class battleships and supreme Flying Boats of the Great Harmony civilization gathered near a minor constellation dwarf galaxy cluster within the Great Constellation Supercluster, while the civilization battleships of Infinity were assembled within a super-large plane spanning two hundred thousand light-years—within the World of Infinity.
The two sides were located at opposite ends of the Great Constellation Supercluster, with a sea of stars between them, a distance unimaginable to low light-speed civilizations.
But for the two giants who had long surpassed the speed of light, this distance was but a snap of the fingers.
This was the first direct confrontation between the two powers.
In the blink of an eye, the ships and Flying Boats of both sides crossed the light-year distance, touched, and began a war that swept through the entire Great Constellation Supercluster Group.
Divine light from magical treasures permeated the area!
Electromagnetic pulses surged!
Both sides deployed their methods, unleashing star-destroying weapons upon each other like a meteor shower, with the residual waves of energy covering most of the Great Constellation Supercluster Group.
Countless ships exploded like fireworks in the vacuum of space, their brilliant glow composing a silent, heroic elegy.
At the center of the energy collision, it was as if super red giants were born, the aftermath of their radiation burst like repeated supernova explosions, illuminating the dark abyss of the universe.
Under such circumstances, a battleship of Great Harmony, due to damage, had to withdraw from the front lines and retreat towards the rear.
However, the battleships and Flying Boats of Infinity relentlessly pursued it.
This Great Harmony battleship activated its Superluminal Engine in an attempt to shake off the pursuit, but due to the damage it had sustained, the hull swayed slightly during flight.
Escape had become impossible.
Thus, the Great Harmony battleship decided to reverse course, hoping to destroy the opponent by ramming into them, resigning to mutual destruction!
But the two relentless Infinity battleships already behind had fully charged their Energy Cannons and pierced right through the Great Harmony battleship with their maximum energy charge!
Boom!
The explosion's debris and shattered bodies were engulfed by the two Infinity battleships, emitting a guttural chant from the abyss, "Join the Infinity."
Debris and bodies, obliterated at the fundamental particle level, were then transformed into another kind of energy that seemed capable of embracing everything, absorbed by the commanders aboard the Infinity battleships.
This was a victory for Infinity!
But the commanders on the battleship were far from excited, for they were well aware that they had only destroyed one of the millions of battleships gathered by Great Harmony.
This victory was like the battle between two countries on a lower-level planet, where a soldier from one country kills a soldier from another, having minimal impact on the overall battle!
And this war that erupted in the Great Constellation Supercluster Group was nothing more than a vanguard clash between Great Harmony and Infinity, their ultimate goal being to compete for control over the Great Constellation Supercluster, in order to ultimately plunder the Tower of Immortality.
Such vanguard clashes were common in the nearby superclusters.
The dominator of Infinity and the leader of Great Harmony were truly locked in struggle above the Tower of Immortality, their immense power and profound will causing even this sacred cosmopolis to tremble.
The beings within the Tower of Immortality faced two choices—
Infinity?
Or Great Harmony?
They were torn internally, as the wills of both parties were very enticing to them.
The dominator of Infinity, Jiang Li, punched out a spacetime black hole, but it was easily dissolved by the leader of Great Harmony, Meng Xiaolan."
"Why be so naive?"
Jiang Li questioned, "I emerged from the Taixu Illusory Realm, and in a mere hundred years, I have continuously conquered, established the way of Infinity, encompassing all beings, treating them equally, achieving a state of perfect harmony!"
"Can your Great Harmony do the same?"
"Not possible," Meng Xiaolan shook her head, her resolve unwavering, "But within Great Harmony, beings have their own thoughts, a hundred flowers bloom, and your Infinity, it claims to be boundless, yet it stifles their thoughts, obstructs their paths."
"I don't mind someone surpassing me."
"But it seems you do. They cultivate the way of Infinity, appearing to possess unlimited possibilities, but in the end, all these possibilities lead back to you, you are the source, and they can never surpass you."
"Compared to those deities who shepherd beings, there is no difference with you."
"Great Harmony is different, and so is Ming Lun. Although each being has its own suffering, they all hold hope, and each person has the potential to transcend the limits."
"For the dignity of all beings, we have established laws, created reincarnation, and bound beliefs."
"In your Infinity, beings no longer resemble beings; they do not disobey, do not refute, do not think for themselves, because your way of Infinity makes them believe everything is achievable, so they cease to think for themselves."
Jiang Li said solemnly, "Because the Path of Infinity is perfect in every way!"
"Perfection is the greatest imperfection!"
Meng Xiaolan shouted, "The world is inherently imperfect, which is why there is always potential for progress. But by creating a perfect reality for them, allowing them to simply follow and learn from you, you have already robbed them of all their potential."
Jiang Li responded bitterly, "Nonsense! People gravitate towards me!"
Meng Xiaolan shook her head slightly, and with a punch, she unleashed a crimson torrent that evolved into myriad phenomena, shattering Jiang Li's infinite illusions.
The Path of Infinity is boundless and eternal, capable of endless transformations, embracing all rivers, and devouring all things.
But faced with this punch, it was continuously dissolved.
"How is this possible?"
Jiang Li couldn't believe it.
"The reason is simple, your so-called infinity is nothing more than that," Meng Xiaolan said with deep emphasis. "People lean towards you because most don't want to make the effort. Their spiritual practice is insufficient, they feel hopeless, and your Path of Infinity merely provides them with a comfortable goal to live by."
"But throughout history, progress has never been driven by a goal blindly followed by others!"
"The infinity you provide isn't the truth!"
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Jiang quickly calmed down. Meng Xiaolan's words didn't confuse him. Instead, he said, "It's just because you are stronger than me, and moreover—"
His infinity, is not as Meng Xiaolan described—
Infinity is a wave of thought, a culture in need of constant advancement and time for consolidation.
From this standpoint, it had some similarities with the once Earth civilization. On the former Earth, a hundred schools of thought contended, which led to numerous thought movements and a dazzlingly brilliant culture.
In Jiang Li's eyes, his infinite world was many times larger than the continents and dimensional planes evolved from Earth. His infinite civilization was also many times more advanced than those civilizations.
The continents evolved from Earth seemed outdated in Jiang Li's view.
His infinite world was capable of continuous explosive development.
In the infinite world, all sages and great scholars tirelessly studied infinity. Articles upon articles, thoughts upon thoughts emerged, enriching the cultural depth of infinity.
The wisdom of the people even surpassed him, the creator!
Jiang Li's power was stronger, much stronger, than the beings of the infinite world.
But regarding the perfection, organization, summarization, and even the expansion of the infinite world's culture, he deeply understood that one individual's thoughts could never compare to the collective.
The power of one person, no matter how thoroughly considered, has its uniqueness.
But the thoughts of the masses, differing from person to person, could cover more ground. This is the difference diversity makes; to foster culture, diversity is essential."
Jiang Li believed that he was not stifling the thoughts of the masses!
Meng Xiaolan shook her head helplessly, "It seems I'm preaching to deaf ears… Do you also consider this a blossoming of a hundred flowers? Influenced by your Path of Infinity, they've fallen into a euphoric belief. This is not true thought… But I agree with your last statement, I am stronger than you."
"Hmph! Once my infinity suppresses your crimson, you will know who is right and who is wrong. And even if you are stronger than me, it won't be so easy to take me down!" Jiang Li's body shook, unleashing boundless energy around him. The power of the Path of Infinity roared across the galaxy.
Facing this strike, Meng Xiaolan couldn't interrupt, she could only gather her strength to respond.
Although Meng Xiaolan was stronger than Jiang Li, it was only by a hair's breadth. Over the past century, Jiang Li had acquired countless treasures. His own infinite world had devoured many powerful dimensions—Martial, Dragon, even the Light dimension had been consumed and refined by him.
His power had grown to the point where he could create countless things with a single thought, forge galaxies, and shape eras!
Meng Xiaolan had reached this realm as well!
To determine a winner was not so easy—
["But destiny always plays tricks on people," Sun Shisheng said to the students sitting before him. "Do you remember the Crimson Great Harmony civilization's warship that was penetrated I mentioned before?"]
The scene returned to that warship of the Crimson Great Harmony that had been pierced by an energy cannon.
After piercing the warship, the beam of energy, although diminished, continued forward, heading towards an innocent star system.
The warring parties paid no attention to whether the energy wave would destroy a living planet.
Perhaps they were aware.
But the Black Infinity did not care, as all shattered things would return to infinity, and they could simply gather the debris afterward.
While the Crimson Great Harmony would not normally allow energy aftermath to damage other planets or dimensions, they were currently engaged in battle, needing to stay vigilant at all times and thus had no energy to deal with the progressing energy beam.
Eventually, the beam struck a planet known as the Blue Planet.
It was a world as beautiful as Earth before it evolved into a dimension, with hardly any difference in appearance, and even the development of its civilization was vastly different from Earth's.
It was like a pair of twins.
Perhaps this was one of the miracles of the universe!
However, this planet named Blue Planet, within its star system, was hit by the beam. The star exploded in a massive display, and an endless flare erupted in an instant, obliterating the entire solar system. The Blue Planet also shattered and scattered into pieces at that moment…
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