Chapter 1477: No. 93: He is skilled at learning and putting knowledge to good use

No. 93: He is good at learning actively and making good use of it.

Whether vertically inclusive or horizontally side‑by‑side, universe bubbles are often composed of multiple universes, and they get their name from that bubble‑like structure.

Undoubtedly, for a universe bubble, the universe itself is its main framework.

Although a universe bubble itself does not have the strong, tightly‑linked nature of a human body, you can still regard it as a whole and, by observing the states of galaxies and nebulae, infer its stage of development.

Just as one can judge a person's health from a small tissue sample of an organ.

To be honest, errors are quite common.

Because the laws of different universes are not uniform and can even change in real time.

At the Two Worlds Safety Bureau, you can see the results of many observation institutions' efforts—nothing more than a short‑term‑valid complex formula used to compute the current state of the universe bubble, while the Federation has been funding these institutions for over a thousand years without interruption.

This is a necessary precaution.

When you realize that there are heavens beyond heaven is a fact, even Noah Ultraman could happen to appear before you by sheer chance, you should know that this vast world holds both opportunity and danger in equal measure.

Then there must always be a group tasked with straining their gaze outward—to the far side of the sea, the far side of the sky, the far side of the universe…

They must constantly guard against dangers that may appear at the limits of what they can see, even if there exists a kind of despair called the scale at which disaster strikes that no one can resist; this does not stop them from working diligently with their own motivations.

In short, they are not that pessimistic, nor are they the type to work themselves to death in such a position.

What they worry about is not whether some invincible rogue time‑traveler will destroy the world tomorrow, but when they get off work, when they take a holiday, when they retire.

Although they bear the impressive title of World Observer, they feel little substance; their reasons for joining the agency vary widely, the largest being high pay and status, convenient for boasting and showing the team's pragmatic spirit.

Yes, this job allows bragging.

Although the work carries great mission significance, it does not impose many secrecy obligations; instead, superiors require regular public release of project results.

That is, the part of the universe‑bubble calculation formula they are responsible for.

Other peer institutions follow the same requirement, akin to open‑sourcing cutting‑edge research products, which many time‑travelers cannot comprehend.

Such confusion usually arises when they encounter front‑line figures in source energy and technology, or when they, like Aomo, have taken electives such as Foundations of Technology Deconstruction that deal with the world's underlying theorems, after which they can get answers.

Knowledge needs updating, and basic knowledge is no exception.

Whether source energy or artifice, both are built upon predecessors' exploration and cognition of the universe, and at one point even split into the 'external universe' and 'internal universe' distinction, but whether outward or inward, their essence remains within the cosmos, subject to changes in cosmic evolution, so researchers naturally need to continually update their understanding of cosmic laws.

This is no different from industry practitioners needing to monitor internal conditions and predict trends, with equally close ties; for example, the Magic Research Association's yearly compiled and improved new magic table always bears the phrase:

【Best suited to the current world configuration】

This is the easiest to understand; if one wants a more academic phrasing, it would be: Optimized adjustment based on the current progression of cosmic laws.

Compared to fluctuations in Earth's spiritual energy density, such minute changes in laws that span the whole universe are a far more critical point of tension for countless researchers, because their disturbance affects not only the casting of minor spells but also serves as a key indicator of whether major projects will be completed.

And among those major projects, the most common are religious‑style deity‑descent rituals.

Although the Terra Federation has many gods and demons that walk the world directly, these free entities actually make up only a tiny fraction of each group.

And the remaining majority choose to keep their true bodies in dimensions such as the demon realm or exotic realms, seeking greater comfort and freedom from oppression.

Every descent requires the faithful, kin, and apostles to construct rituals and fill them with energy in order to complete the deity‑descent foundation and establish a connection.

Manifestation across dimensions and distances always comes at a cost.

Depending on the conditions of those entities, the summoner's required effort varies, and the most famous among them are not the evil gods and devils that always demand extra sacrifices.

But rather certain evil gods located countless light‑years away.

They sometimes likewise demand extra sacrifices of strange items, but regardless of what those extra demands are, the core summoning ritual is always hard to achieve.

It is not because of complexity or picky sacrificial demands, but because the astronomical and geographical requirements are comparatively stringent.

Often they require a unique celestial alignment and specific terrain, which has thwarted batches of devout and fanatical believers and led countless researchers to frown, eventually realizing from this the potential interference of cosmic laws with source energy.

—Indeed, the pioneers who first grasped the 'world's underlying code' did so by analyzing these cultists' deity‑descent rituals, realizing that what truly caused their rituals to fail was not time but the celestial configuration itself.

When the limit of what humanity can explore is the universe bubble, and the bubble consists of multiple universes, each planet that makes up the universe is both consumable and component; large‑scale changes in them cause a slight shift in cosmic laws.

Of course, the earliest to notice that cosmic laws are not a man‑made abstraction but truly existing pioneers did not yet have the mature understanding we have today.

He directly likened the world to a human body, then regarded large‑scale changes in the stars as ailments like losing teeth or inflamed skin, making a conjecture that was both scientific and mystical, seeking to link all changes.

Later generations proved that although a universe bubble can be considered a whole, its internal connections are far less tight than a body's, and it is hardly even describable as a living organism.

The relationship between universes is more like a delicate balance formed by mutual influence; thus, even if other worlds bring the concept of 'world will,' Federation locals feel no substance, regarding it as foreign knowledge they cannot use.

Normally, it is indeed unusable.

Even the Beast King, not being accepted by the world, is not shunned by world consciousness; rather, he is simply ambushed by enthusiastic fans who exploit an opportunity to stab him in the back, entering the universe bubble through irregular means, lacking proper mechanism, and becoming stuck as silver cancer.

But without an awareness of world will, you would find it hard to understand what stage the Beast King is at.

Thus, Aomo Lindun, who once had his world‑will authority exercised upon him by Black Tea, actually benefited from that experience.

He also possesses the knowledge and insight to deduce the truth directly from reasoning, while flexibly applying the Beast King's ritual as transmitted by the new universe.

The action plan he hastily drafted not only allowed the Beast King's two‑minute manifestation confirmation to end with a nod, but also earned Sirius a blunt evaluation:

'Totally the evil‑god worship routine!'

The seemingly excessive comment actually shows how professional he is.

At least he looks very professional.

After all, summoning a being said to be in another dimension but actually without fixed form, an exile, is no less difficult than summoning an evil god.

Especially since that exile dwells askew like an evil god, and its very existential rank is likewise transcendent, belonging to a 'gravity field' that inherently distorts reality simply by existing.

This therefore requires even more the complex and aberrant ritual of evil‑god worship.

Sirius, who has spent several years off‑world, also has keen insight; at a glance he saw that the ritual string he wrote contains everything except the dead, and even incorporates the universe‑evolution formula updated yearly by the Two Worlds Safety Bureau.

If it were another horse‑girl, noticing this would prompt consideration of whether to report the trainer.

But as a symbol, Sirius has always been indifferent!

Her indifferent complaining made Kaita Shiroto frown with a question mark, but her condition was clearly not normal either.

They didn't even have time to do anything before their thoughts were derailed; they just wanted to clear their minds by running, and had no intention of looking at Aomo's action plan themselves.

This also saved a lot of trouble, since unlike Sirius, Kaita Shiroto has not neglected to bone up on monster knowledge these past months.

If she saw Aomo's plan, she might not have the Heavenly Wolf Star's piercing insight—"This isn't an evil god ritual, huh?"—but she would inevitably feel more worry because of the content of that final step.

Because at the end of that profession, the temporary body Aomo prepared for the Beast King, although not a bloody, cruel thing, could still be said to be the epitome of twisted chaos.

That is a monster card.

Named Greeza/Greeza