Chapter 437: Deduction Complete

「……system login failed……system reset, fusion degree 100%……reset system? …」

Wang Yu heard the system's mechanical, lifeless voice in his ears.

「Reset the system immediately.

He gave the order without hesitation.

「……system reset beginning, ten, nine, eight, seven……」

The system's countdown began at once; when it reached "one," Wang Yu focused his spiritual sense on every corner of his spiritual sea and found no anomaly—only another mechanical voice echoed in his ears: "Reset complete," then silence.

Seeing this, Wang Yu's eyes flickered, and he silently murmured again: "Enter login interface."

The next instant, a flash of white light swept before his eyes, and he suddenly appeared in a vast silver hall.

The hall was enormous, covering nearly three mu, but one-third of it was shrouded beneath a white light barrier, where black mist churned, icy winds howled, and ghostly wails and wolfish cries echoed—within the mist, faintly visible were piles of bone-white skeletons.

Another third contained several stone huts, their floors paved with ordinary blue bricks and dirt; outside the huts stood numerous long tables and over a dozen iron racks filled with alchemical and artifact-making materials.

The remaining third lay at the center between the two areas, containing nothing but a metal chair and a suspended, massive screen.

Wang Yu appeared precisely in the open space between the metal chair and the massive screen.

He released several spiritual probes and meticulously inspected every corner of the hall—but everything was identical to his last visit.

Except for one thing.

Wang Yu exhaled softly, turned, and gazed at the massive screen.

At its center floated a golden mechanical hourglass pattern.

In the heart of the pattern, three white characters glowed intermittently: "Deduction Complete."

「Taiyuan, extract deduction results.

Wang Yu sat down on the metal chair; after a red light scanned his head, he spoke calmly.

「Extracting deduction data…」

The mechanical voice echoed through the surrounding void.

The golden hourglass on the massive screen rolled over, and countless characters surged forth, forming lines of text, then pages of writing, then instantly coalescing into a crimson book that floated above the screen.

Wang Yu's eyes sharpened—he saw only six large characters on the book's cover: "Unnamed Auxiliary Secret Art."

It was the special secret art he had deduced using his final permission, designed specifically to assist the Crimson Sun Scripture.

This art combined all the cultivation techniques and secret arts he had previously learned, plus the newly acquired Vermilion Phoenix Scripture—a fire-affinity scripture equal in power to the Crimson Sun Scripture—to achieve this deduction.

According to his original request to the system, this art, born solely for the Crimson Sun Scripture, had one purpose: to reduce the difficulty of breakthroughs in the Crimson Sun Scripture.

What surprised Wang Yu slightly was that the previous fifteen-layer Fire Spirit Art had not appeared as a book, but merely as text.

Was this also an effect of the system's reset and fusion?

As Wang Yu pondered this, he sat on the metal chair and reached out with one hand—before him materialized a white virtual keyboard.

His fingers tapped lightly across the virtual keyboard, and the book began turning its pages, revealing the cultivation incantations within.

Wang Yu watched without blinking, each page fully absorbed before his finger moved to the next.

The book had many pages—forty to fifty in total.

Wang Yu spent half an hour reading every page, then closed his eyes and began contemplation.

Time passed slowly; after an unknown duration, Wang Yu suddenly opened his eyes on the metal chair, a look of understanding on his face.

This secret art, crafted from his own cultivation techniques, was indeed worthy of its origin—though thick, its comprehension presented almost no difficulty.

Fundamentally, the entire art revolved around helping the cultivator adapt to the Crimson Sun Scripture's fiery energy, fully integrating this fire spirit force into the body's meridians and transforming it entirely into one's own, thereby easing the breakthrough difficulty of the Crimson Sun Scripture.

In short, it was a secret art designed to create a specialized body constitution tailored for Crimson Sun Scripture cultivation.

The only thing that surprised him was that the numerous auxiliary cultivation methods recommended by this art were steeped in the technological aesthetics of modern Blue Star.

For instance, one method required the cultivator to first construct a special giant magnifying lens, using its focused sunlight to aid in practicing this art.

Another required the cultivator to directly inject a gene agent called "Ash Source," capable of dramatically improving human cells.

According to the art's description, this gene agent, as cultivation deepened, would greatly enhance the body's adaptation to flame energy.

When Wang Yu saw these external methods, he was genuinely speechless.

The first one was manageable—he could create it in the cultivation world with his own abilities.

But the second—this "Ash Source" gene agent sounded incredibly advanced; even he had never heard of its name. Where in the cultivation world could he find such a thing? Unless he brought the agents directly from Blue Star.

Hmm… maybe that's not impossible!

His spiritual sea held a talisman capable of storing objects, one that could travel alongside his consciousness—if he pre-stored a large supply of these gene agents inside, it might work.

Then the only concern would be whether these gene agents would "degrade" upon entering the cultivation world.

But all this depended on whether his consciousness could return to the cultivation world at all.

Otherwise, this art would be nothing more than reference data in Blue Star's modern world.

Wang Yu rubbed his chin, his expression thoughtful.

Beyond this, he needed to verify one more thing.

Wang Yu looked up and shouted: "Taiyuan, activate deduction permission."

No sooner had the words left his lips than another red beam descended from above, and the system's mechanical voice echoed once more:

「Citizen Ding Yu of the People's Republic of China, Special Reserve of the Blue Star Alliance, Interstellar Tactical Mech Squad Member, ID GLX, Special Authorization Level: None, Temporary Deduction Permission: 3…」

The crimson book on the massive screen vanished; instead, clear glowing characters appeared at the screen's bottom:

Taiyuan Deduction Function Preparing…

Indeed, the three deduction permissions had been restored.

Wang Yu watched the glowing text and listened to the system's voice, his mind undisturbed.

His last return to Blue Star had been the same—after system reset and fusion, three deduction permissions reappeared.

But unlike last time, he now knew from Chen Boshi the likely origin of the system: it was almost certainly connected to Blue Star's current superbrain, "Taiyuan."

The core crystal of Blue Star's current superbrain "Taiyuan" originated from the personal auxiliary light-brain of future Blue Star humans.

And the system's behavior on his person closely resembled that future personal auxiliary light-brain, capable of deducing all things from vast data.

After this chain of reasoning, Wang Yu felt he understood what was happening—but upon deeper thought, he realized many questions remained unanswered.

For example: why did this Taiyuan sub-system, upon following his consciousness into the cultivation world, transform into a personal auxiliary light-brain mode, yet even in this mode, it differed greatly from Chen Boshi's description of the all-in-one personal auxiliary light-brain—beyond merely offering deduction functionality and a login interface space?

Among those who dreamt into the other world, was he the only one whose Taiyuan sub-system changed, or did all of theirs undergo the same anomaly?

Moreover, why did this Taiyuan auxiliary system repeatedly transport his consciousness between worlds whenever his life was in peril? Was the system "alive"?

Or was it merely acting according to pre-set programming, merely a passive trigger?

Finally, why did the system reset and fuse each time it returned him to Blue Star? Was it transmitting all cultivation-world data he input to Blue Star's superbrain "Taiyuan," or was the reset and fusion directed toward some other target?

The more Wang Yu thought, the more confused he became; he sighed softly and set the matter aside for now, turning his thoughts instead to what information about the cultivation world he should share with Chen Boshi and the domestic researchers upon returning to the China base.