Chapter 782: Falling of the Status

"Your proposal is very bold."

After listening, the Great Void consciousness evaluated.

"Don't worry about whether it's bold or not; this should be what you need, shouldn't it? It can both resolve the scourge of the Disaster of Lack and allow you to continue existing."

Li Heng said with a smile.

"But can you really do it? Your current strength is still below that of a Dao Lord; with your strength, can you really solve this Disaster of Lack with one hundred percent certainty?"

The Great Void consciousness quickly raised a question.

"You don't need to ask me about that; you only need to ask yourself whether you want to attempt this. You must know, once successful, it only costs you a tiny price."

"That is not a tiny price; you are challenging the dignity of the Great Void."

The Great Void shook its head in denial and correction.

"But if discarding that bit of dignity can resolve a real scourge, why not do it? Doesn't this align with your interests?"

Li Heng said.

The Great Void consciousness fell into a long silence.

Finally, it opened its mouth and nodded.

"Fine, I agree. I hope you can truly do it."

"No, perhaps I also hope you cannot do it, and I don't think you can. After all, you are just a tiny individual living being; how could you resolve an objectively existing phenomenon?"

"Even if this phenomenon has been distorted, it is still a phenomenon."

The Great Void consciousness was muttering to itself, and also speaking to Li Heng.

"You seem to have repeated the word 'phenomenon' many times."

Li Heng keenly noticed this point.

"This is not something an individual living being should be concerned with."

The Great Void consciousness did not deny it, but shifted to another topic. However, Li Heng was not buying it and spoke directly. "Could it be that there is some significance to this phenomenon you speak of?"

"I previously obtained information saying that Disaster monsters are considered a type of natural disaster. What relationship does this natural disaster have with the phenomenon you keep repeating? And since it is a 'natural' disaster, where is that 'Heaven'? As the consciousness of the Great Void, what do you know?"

This series of questions caused the Great Void consciousness to fall into silence again.

Seeing this, Li Heng shook his head.

"You're being boring now. You just birthed a personalized consciousness, and you've already learned to be a riddle-monger? Would telling the truth kill you?"

"Why wouldn't it?"

Hearing this, the Great Void retorted directly.

"Information has power?"

Li Heng was surprised upon hearing this and voiced his guess.

Relying on this point, he associated many things; 'phenomenon', 'natural disaster', and 'information' all pointed toward vague concepts rather than concrete things.

So, is it a problem on the side of vague concepts? Involving abstract metaphysics rather than concrete physics?

"You have guessed enough, but you should go and resolve this matter of the Disaster of Lack now. Didn't you guarantee to me that you could solve it? Or are you trying to stall for time?"

The Great Void spoke up.

The more it interacted with Li Heng, the more personalized it became.

Now it could even employ certain rhetorical tactics.

"Using reverse psychology on me won't work. I didn't say just now that I would take action immediately, or that I had to resolve the Disaster of Lack before any specific deadline."

Li Heng waved his hand and said.

"Then I haven't established a formal Contract with you either. If you really intend to drag this out, the most I can do is expel you from this place, so you can never touch this Disaster of Lack again."

The Great Void consciousness indicated it was not buying that either.

Hearing this, Li Heng rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment.

"Oh, that's true, after all, your fist is bigger."

The Void consciousness was speechless upon hearing this.

This individual living being knew that its fist was bigger, yet knowing that, he was still here pestering it; was he truly not afraid that it would follow the rules of individual living beings and erase him with a single thought?

"It's just that I am truly curious."

"I can pay a corresponding price, and even double the materials provided to you, as long as you can tell me the key information hidden within."

But Li Heng did not intend to give up, and said with a smile.

He appeared weak, but the initiative had always been in his hands.

As long as the Great Void could not shake off its dependence on his Source Power Degraded Product, this initiative would last forever. Unless the Great Void consciousness was pushed to the brink, everything was negotiable.

"What? You can even double it?!"

The Great Void consciousness was shocked upon hearing this.

At this moment, the high and mighty, god-like, saint-like consciousness that operated the Great Void seemed to have been shaken down to the mortal world by Li Heng's words, becoming one that possessed the seven emotions and six desires.

"Of course I can double it. Although it's a bit of a stretch, it's possible."

Li Heng said with a smile, his words half-true and half-false.

The truth, of course, referred to the fact that he could indeed double it.

And the falsehood, of course, was that it was not a stretch at all.

What he provided was a Degraded Product of Source Power, not Source Power itself; simply doubling the Degraded Product of Source Power would not place too much of a burden on him, and he could afford it.

The Great Void consciousness was too shocked to speak.

No one knew better than it how precious that substance and power were. That thing was something that could truly penetrate to the bottom layer of the Great Void, bringing real benefits to the entire Great Void!

Yet, such a thing appeared somewhat ordinary and not particularly precious in front of this special individual named Li Heng? It seriously suspected that even doubling it was not Li Heng's limit.

"So, what is your opinion?"

Li Heng asked a follow-up question.

"Can you truly guarantee this?"

The will of the Great Void finally spoke, asking in return.

"If you can guarantee to provide me with information, then I can guarantee this; it is mutual and only reasonable," Li Heng said.

"I truly cannot tell you the corresponding information; firstly, because there truly exist certain Taboos, and secondly, because I truly do not know many things myself. You expect me, a personalized will that has only just been born, to know all information! That is impossible."

"When it comes down to it, I, having birthed a personalized will, can no longer represent the Great Void itself. The Great Void can be me, but I am not the Great Void."

The will of the Great Void revealed a piece of information.

He looked at Li Heng, his expression somewhat complex.

The root of his own appearance as such a personalized will lay in the person before him, and ultimately, it was due to the Great Dao Gap caused by the Disaster of Absence. It even allowed this personalized will to grow safely without being corrected by the Great Void itself.

And since he now possessed a personalized will, he did not want to die, did not want to dissipate, which was why such a situation had emerged today.

"Taboo? Interesting. But I won't press further on this topic; judging by your appearance, you wouldn't be able to say it anyway, but why do I detect a sense of resentment in your words?"

Li Heng laughed.

"For me to be personalized is equivalent to a fall in status, falling from a perfect, transcendent, and absolute supreme will residing outside the World to within the World; even if I still wield Omniscient and Omnipotent, invincible authority within the World, it is still a fall in status."

"In such a situation, shouldn't I blame you?"

The will of the Great Void said slowly.