Chapter 282: The Uncertain Path Ahead: The Choice of World Consciousness

Time flew by, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Jerry had been searching for a direction for his Cultivation.

After this World Advancement, although he knew the limits of heaven and earth had been broken, Jerry had not found a method to breakthrough.

The previous Cultivation techniques, while still usable, had very little effect.

It seemed the upper limit of the old techniques was merely at the god level.

Previously, he had thought it was due to world restrictions and did not consider the issue of the techniques; now that the upper limit had been raised, practicing the old techniques again yielded no results, which could only be attributed to the techniques themselves.

The previous techniques could only be considered mortal martial arts; now that he had become a god, the techniques could no longer keep up.

Therefore, during these two months, Jerry had made no progress and had been studying techniques the entire time.

Comprehending Rules is one thing, but practicing techniques is another.

Could it be that he still needed to rely on medicinal pills?

Jerry knew that taking too many pills was not good, so he still had to prioritize his own Cultivation techniques, with pills serving only as an aid.

During this period, Jerry reviewed all the Cultivation techniques of the Spirit Hall.

He wanted to comprehend a technique suitable for the post-god level from them.

Just as Jerry was at a loss, the World Consciousness awoke and took the initiative to contact him.

"Jerry, the gravity of the continent is now 1.6 times what it was before, and I am preparing to accelerate this process."

Accelerate?

The adaptive capacity of living beings improves slowly; accelerating it would cause many problems.

Thinking of this, Jerry immediately said: "World Consciousness, whether it is humans or Soul Beasts, their adaptive capacities differ, but they all need time to adapt. Raising it rashly is a disaster for living beings."

Jerry had conducted experiments in the Spirit Beast Small World back then; it took many years to increase the gravity to one hundred times, and the pace of this increase could not be accelerated.

If the gravity is too high and living beings cannot withstand it, the most direct reaction is physical collapse, so this gravity can only be increased slowly.

"Jerry, I know what you are worried about, but the Douluo World is different from your Small World. If the concentration of soul power in the Douluo World were the same as before, increasing it slowly would certainly be the best method."

"Now, the concentration of soul power between heaven and earth is one hundred times what it was before; it can be said that it is nourishing all living beings at every moment, a situation that does not exist in your Small World."

"Moreover, over these past six months, all living beings have been constantly nourished and have already seen great improvement. Now, increasing the gravity by 0.1 times will be adapted to in two or three days, and the living beings will not feel anything."

"I will accelerate the speed of this gravity increase within a controllable range. Currently, I am preparing for once every three days, increasing the gravity by 0.1 times each time."

"With high soul power concentration, the adaptive capacity of all living beings has increased, so increasing it once every three days will not be a problem at all."

"If there are any problems, I will immediately restore the gravity, so you do not need to worry too much."

The World Consciousness said a lot; it was only because it was Jerry that it explained so much. If it were anyone else, it would likely have increased the gravity directly without saying a word.

Hearing the explanation from the World Consciousness, Jerry made an inference and found no issues. He swept his divine sense to check on everyone in Wuhun City.

It was indeed as the World Consciousness had said; everyone's adaptive capacity had greatly improved.

Since that was the case, Jerry felt relieved.

Taking advantage of the World Consciousness contacting him, Jerry asked it about the future direction of Cultivation.

He also told the World Consciousness about the current situation, that all his techniques were no longer effective.

The World Consciousness did not understand this either, but it could perceive the upper limit of Cultivation.

The World Consciousness told Jerry that if the previous Cultivation limit was Hundred Level, the current Cultivation limit was Level 150.

After Hundred Level, one enters a new level, so the techniques naturally could no longer be used universally.

As for the subsequent Cultivation techniques, the World Consciousness indicated that it did not know either.

After all, the World Consciousness had never seen other worlds. Although Jerry had previously speculated that there must be other worlds, the World Consciousness had not perceived a second Life Planet within the Douluo Star System.

"Jerry, I also do not know the subsequent Cultivation methods; for now, this can only rely on yourself. You mentioned before that there were other worlds; I can now see the entire star system, and I have not seen a second Life Planet."

The World Consciousness did not know either, and after this advancement, the World Consciousness was already able to explore places beyond the Douluo Star.

"World Consciousness, have you not explored the edge of the star system?"

Jerry did not find it strange that the World Consciousness did not know the subsequent Cultivation methods, but he wanted to know if the World Consciousness had explored the edge of the star system.

"The edge of the star system?"

The World Consciousness asked doubtfully.

Seeing the confused look of the World Consciousness, it seemed the World Consciousness had not explored it at all.

"I will take you there!"

After Jerry finished speaking, he went directly to the Moon and, through teleportation, arrived at the Meteorite belt.

Considering that he would need to come to this place in the future, Jerry found a large Meteorite and set up a Teleportation Array on it, which would make coming back much more convenient.

As soon as Jerry came out, he began to ask.

"World Consciousness, can you explore this place?"

After waiting for a moment, he received a reply from the World Consciousness.

"I can. What is it? Is there something different here?"

There was nothing here except Meteorites, and the World Consciousness did not know why Jerry wanted to bring it here.

"Look here, there is a Barrier here. Can you explore the area beyond the Barrier?"

After Jerry finished speaking, he reached out to touch the Barrier, using actual action to verify it for the World Consciousness.

The World Consciousness was a bit bewildered now. When it had explored before, it had not detected this place at all; it had mainly explored the planets surrounding the Sun.

Hearing Jerry say this, the World Consciousness gave it a try.

When the World Consciousness explored the Barrier, the Barrier appeared directly.

There really is a Barrier?

The World Consciousness could hardly believe it.

Subsequently, it began to expand its exploration along the Barrier.

The range of the world consciousness's investigation far exceeded Jerry's.

As the world consciousness investigated, it began to panic.

The world consciousness thought of Jerry's Small World.

Didn't Jerry first construct a space, and then create a star system within that space?

Could it be that the Douluo Star System itself is also a world created by someone else?

Were all of its own actions also being monitored by someone?

The world consciousness began to ponder, recalling every event since its birth, wanting to find something different within them.

But after thinking for a long time, it did not feel there was anything different.

"Jerry, this situation is indeed a bit like what you imagined. But ever since I was born, every single thing on Douluo Planet has not escaped my sight; I have absolutely not seen any signs of interference from outsiders!"

After recalling, the world consciousness stated its view to Jerry.

"No, there was interference. The Dragon God is definitely an Observer. After the Dragon God fell, the Golden Dragon King was sealed in the God Realm, and the Silver Dragon King went to the lower realm. If not for my reason, the Silver Dragon King should only have awakened after ten thousand years. I even suspect that the Dragon God's fall was a conspiracy."

Jerry said suddenly and seriously, but the things he spoke of exceeded the world consciousness's cognition, and it could not figure it out at all.

"What conspiracy? One that requires one's own fall to complete?"

Truly unable to figure it out, the world consciousness asked Jerry.

"Then let me explain it to you!"

"The Dragon God unified the entire world. At first, the world would develop at high speed, but after developing to a certain degree, it would be bound by various Rules."

"To break this kind of bondage, there is only one method: there is no construction without destruction."

"But these Rules were all formulated by the Dragon God; it could not possibly break the order it created itself."

"So the Dragon God thought that if it disappeared, the order would be broken, and those forces lying in wait would be exposed, stirring up a new storm."

"Even if this storm brings destruction, destruction and rebirth are companions."

"After the storm, a new order will be born—a more vibrant order, an order more suitable for Douluo Continent."

"The Dragon God's method of disappearing was to stage a war of falling, letting everyone believe that the Dragon God had already fallen."

"Although the Dragon God fell, it split into two, becoming the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. With the current strength of the gods in the God Realm, it is simply not enough to kill the Dragon God. The Golden Dragon King being sealed was only because he wanted to be sealed."

"The Silver Dragon King, apart from the memories after being struck, has none of her previous memories at all. This is because the Dragon God did not want her to know."

"If not for Jerry's interference, after ten thousand years, the Silver Dragon King would definitely have counterattacked the God Realm."

"After the new order was born, that would be the time for the Silver Dragon King to counterattack the God Realm, rescue the Golden Dragon King, or have the Golden Dragon King come out himself, then the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings would merge, and the Dragon God would revive."

"With the Dragon God's strength, regaining control of the world is only a matter of time."

"The Dragon God does not worry about the gods of the God Realm at all, because the direction of Cultivation after reaching the god level simply does not exist on Douluo Continent."

"There is also a possibility that the Cultivation methods of Douluo Continent were originally spread by the Dragon God. As for the Cultivation methods above the god level, it did not spread them, nor did it elaborate."

"So after reaching the god level, these gods, apart from comprehending Rules, basically have no other Cultivation. Moreover, once Rule comprehension reaches 100%, the path of Cultivation is completely severed for these gods."

"This is also the reason why the Dragon God is not worried."

Jerry stopped speaking after finishing. The reason he could think of these things was also because he had watched an anime in his past life; wasn't Keisha of the Super God World like this?

Only after she fell could a new order be born, and after hundreds of millions of years, Keisha could still be resurrected.

The Dragon God's behavior is somewhat similar to Keisha's.

Although these are all speculations, some things do make sense.

After hearing Jerry's explanation, the world consciousness instantly felt very terrified.

The more it thought, the more it felt that what Jerry said made sense, and for a time, it could not find a reason to refute Jerry.

"Wait, there is one thing the Dragon God did not calculate."

Jerry suddenly said loudly. This one thing the Dragon God did not calculate might be a breakthrough.

"What thing was not calculated? I feel that the general trend was all calculated by the Dragon God. Once the Dragon God revives, the world will once again be ruled by the Dragon God."

"As for whether it is good or bad for the continent after the Dragon God rules, that is unknown. After all, we have never come into contact with the Dragon God, and our understanding of the Dragon God is all speculation."

"Thinking that the world will be controlled by the Dragon God in the future, I feel a kind of terror hanging over my head."

"And if the Dragon God is truly an Observer, his strength is definitely not something we can compare to."

"Just like the Douluo World you replicated before, you could easily destroy the gods inside. Even that newborn world consciousness is something you could destroy with a wave of your hand."

When the world consciousness said this, its voice was very low. It was not that the world consciousness had not thought of resisting, but as it said, in a Small World, an Observer could destroy the entire world with a wave of their hand.

In front of the Dragon God, were they not the same?

"World consciousness, don't be anxious, listen to me first."

"What the Dragon God did not calculate is that the world consciousness was born, and the world also leveled up."

"These two things, the Dragon God definitely did not calculate."

"The matter of the world birthing consciousness is not something that can be calculated, so your appearance is a variable."

"If the world consciousness had not been born at that time, perhaps the world would have developed in another direction."

"If there were no world consciousness, the gods could descend to the lower realm at any time, then the development of the lower realm would move in another direction under the leadership of the gods."

"First of all, the Spirit Hall would definitely be destroyed. The Angel God has already fallen; the gods of the God Realm would not leave a force for a fallen god."

"Without the constraints of the Spirit Hall, the Two Great Empires would be at war year-round. It is certain that the common people would suffer, but at the same time, the Two Great Empires would also enter a period of high-speed development."

"When developed to a certain point, perhaps some things useful to the gods would be born."

"Let's speculate: the Two Great Empires break out into war; it is impossible for it to break out forever. Of course, a period of truce would appear in between."

"During this period, the Empires would not only develop their economies but also vigorously research knowledge of Cultivation."

"After another ten thousand years, one can imagine to what extent the field of Cultivation would develop."

"Human potential is infinite. If lucky, they might even research techniques beyond the god level."

Jerry paused after saying this.

The World Consciousness was also shocked by this theory of Jerry's.

This theory of Jerry's has a high probability of being true.

Because the World Consciousness has also observed the affairs within the Small World, and after every war, there is always a period of explosive growth.

During this period of explosive growth, whether it is Cultivation, the economy, or many other aspects, everything develops at a rapid pace.

If the real world is also like this, then it is truly as Jerry described.

If this theory of Jerry's comes true, the strength of the entire continent will double, and then after the Dragon God revives, he will control an even more powerful world.

Perhaps every time the world falls into a bottleneck, the Dragon God operates in this way, and soon the world will give birth to things that the Dragon God also needs.

Although it is unknown what the Dragon God needs, he definitely needs something; otherwise, why would the Dragon God go to such great lengths to lay out a plan for a world?

The Dragon God's methods are so similar to what Jerry and his companions did in the Small World before.

After the Small World developed, Jerry obtained many things; just the God Positions alone numbered several.

The World Consciousness knows very well about the God Positions Jerry obtained; if it weren't for the fact that some gods are still alive, Jerry could likely have obtained even more God Positions.

Once reaching a certain level, Jerry distributes the God Positions to his own people; it can be said that Jerry can directly control the entire world.

If Jerry, who has always been right under its nose, is already like this, then what about the Dragon God who is hiding in the back and observing?

However, regarding Jerry, although according to the World Consciousness's deduction, Jerry would also be very dangerous if he developed in the way it imagined.

But the World Consciousness looked at Jerry and dismissed this thought.

Every time it advances, it is Jerry who is helping it, and every thing Jerry does has the development of the continent as its starting point; even if Jerry is truly as he described himself, the World Consciousness can accept it.

One is Jerry, the other is the Dragon God; one it knows well, the other it is unfamiliar with.

If it really needs to choose between these two people, the World Consciousness would rather choose Jerry.

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(End of this chapter)