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Chapter 548: Fate System and Information Plane
Chapter 548 Fate System and Information Plane
Infernal Sulfur Plane.
Jie Ming sat cross-legged at the center of the laboratory, surrounded by several Black Giant priests.
These black figures, each over three meters tall, stood silently and solemnly. The liquid metal layer on their bodies flowed slowly, devouring the surrounding light.
“Master, the ‘Fate’ Subsystem has completed its logical loop. The preliminary tests have passed smoothly,” a tall Black Giant priest with dark metallic luster on his skin reported in a low voice.
“Good. Time is tight, begin the final tests immediately.”
As soon as Jie Ming finished speaking, a golden light suddenly flared at the center of his brows.
In an instant, the beliefs of hundreds of billions of believers across the Infernal Sulfur Plane surged toward him like rivers returning to the sea.
These chaotic streams of intent were filtered, analyzed, and restructured by the Fate System, ultimately forming a precise information network.
Jie Ming opened his eyes. Countless star-like causal traces reflected in his pupils. He gently flicked a golden thread. The holographic projection in the center of the laboratory immediately displayed countless scenes—the birth, aging, sickness, and death of the believers, their joys and sorrows.
Under the processing of the Fate System, all of it was quantified into predictable probability data.
Jie Ming no longer focused on individual causal lines. Instead, he directed his attention to the entire Infernal Sulfur Plane.
In an instant, countless light points began to flicker. With the assistance of the Fate System, his soul processed massive amounts of data at a terrifying speed. The fate threads that had once required him to expend great mental effort to deduce now appeared clearly in his sea of consciousness.
“Master, the system is operating normally,” the leading priest said in a deep voice. “Information processing efficiency has increased by approximately 370 times. Fate perception coverage has expanded to the edges of the entire plane.”
“Error rate?”
“Below 0.03%.”
Jie Ming nodded. “Excellent!”
He slowly stood up, maintaining the golden light emanating from his brow, and savored this wondrous sensation.
“Although my understanding of the ‘Fate Law’ and ‘Fate’ itself is still superficial, even in this state there has been such a massive improvement. Moreover, relying on this system, I can filter out over 90% of invalid information interference.” Jie Ming nodded in satisfaction as he felt the clear flow of information in his mind. “At the current stage, this is my best ‘big data processor.’”
“Continue with stability testing. Afterward, conduct tests on the fate trajectory detection function within a closed environment.”
Jie Ming’s consciousness sank deeper. He shifted his attention from the plane back to fine individuals.
In this state, he could clearly “see” the fate lines of the Black Giant priests around him.
Those faint golden threads extended from their bodies, pointing toward countless possible futures.
Some lines led to battle, some to evolution, and a few extremely thin lines even led to death.
However, Jie Ming understood clearly in his heart that the Fate System was essentially an information processing network constructed from Incense Divine Power, designed to help him handle vast and complex information flows.
The so-called perception of fate trajectories was merely a byproduct of processing those massive information streams.
“Take three steps to the left.”
Jie Ming suddenly spoke. His voice passed through the laboratory and reached the ear of a Black Giant outside with perfect precision.
Though puzzled by the source of the voice, knowing it was his master’s command, the Black Giant obeyed without hesitation.
The very next second after it moved, a nearby volcano suddenly erupted. A massive boulder fell from the sky and smashed exactly where it had been standing moments before. The Black Giant looked at the shattered rock, a human-like expression of astonishment appearing in its eyes.
“The Fate System’s information prediction function… or rather, its prophecy function may only be a byproduct, but it feels quite good to use.” Jie Ming nodded in satisfaction. “It can extract subtle signs of environmental changes from the countless streams of belief and predict all movements in a local area 0.3 seconds in advance.” He then shook his head with some regret. “Although I say ‘all movements,’ limited by my current information processing ability and my understanding of fate knowledge and fate rules, the actual controllable environmental range is quite small.”
“And this is still inside my own Infernal Sulfur Plane, a closed environment with relatively few variables. If it were in the outside world, there would be even more variables, and the controllable range would shrink further.”
Even so, Jie Ming was already very satisfied.
After all, as he had said earlier, this was merely a byproduct of improved information processing capability.
“However, no wonder this byproduct has an even stronger presence than the Fate System’s original functions. If used by someone strong enough, it might even be able to directly weave the fate of every living being on an entire planet or plane.”
At that point, the life and death of all beings within the controlled range would truly be decided with a single thought from the user.
“But in the Infernal Sulfur Plane, the main inhabitants are the Black Giants I created. Their fates are already in my hands anyway, so there’s not much difference.” Jie Ming stopped dwelling on the matter and turned to the other priests. “You five, attack me simultaneously. Keep the intensity at fifth-ring level.”
The five Black Giant priests immediately took action.
Energy torrents collided and surged within the confined space. The violent energy turbulence was enough to tear apart any creature below sixth-ring.
Yet Jie Ming stood at the center of the storm, his steps calm and unhurried.
Each step he took landed precisely in the gaps of the energy turbulence. Attacks powerful enough to incinerate elements brushed past his sides without even touching the hem of his robe.
“The Fate System’s information analysis capability can parse battlefield information flows in real time and predict attack trajectories.” Jie Ming stopped walking. “With it, conventional energy saturation bombardment is basically ineffective against me.”
The testing lasted three hours.
From combat prediction to information tracing, from causal detection to fate perception, every function of the Fate System was repeatedly verified.
In the end, all the data was compiled onto the crystal light screen in Jie Ming’s hand.
[Fate System Operating Status: Normal]
[Information Processing Efficiency: 87% of theoretical maximum]
[Prediction Accuracy: 99.98%]
[System Stability: Normal]
Looking at this string of data, Jie Ming finally revealed a smile.
Besides the good news that the Fate System was operating normally, there was another pleasant surprise.
Ever since he had sorted out the Incense Fire Divine Dao earlier, his mastery of the Spiritual Qi Law had been stuck at 30% for a long time.
But now, even though he had only built the Fate System by following existing blueprints, his Spiritual Qi Law mastery had risen to 33%.
“If I can fully master fate knowledge and the Fate System, I’m afraid I could push the law mastery above 50%.” Jie Ming walked out of the laboratory feeling refreshed, his gaze sweeping across the sky of the Infernal Sulfur Plane.
Beneath the blood-colored clouds, countless Black Giants shuttled through the volcanic fields, working diligently. They were his believers and his legions.
At that moment, the magic network terminal at his waist vibrated.
Ripples spread across the crystal-like surface of the terminal, and a message appeared:
[Elite Combat Unit · Conscription Order]
[Your rest period has ended. You may accept a new round of plane war missions.]
[Accept?]
Jie Ming did not hesitate. His consciousness touched the terminal.
The light screen expanded, and the mission details appeared:
[Plane Name: Information Plane (Temporary Number 565847-07)]
[Battle Damage Statistics:]
[Seventh-ring Wizards: 3 individuals lost combat capability]
[Sixth-ring Wizards: 20 individuals lost combat capability]
[Mid-to-Low-Ring Wizards: Nearly ten thousand individuals lost combat capability]
[Deaths: 0]
When Jie Ming saw that line, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Zero deaths again.
From his experience in elite combat units, the planes where no one died were often the most troublesome.
After all, in a normal plane war, how could there be no deaths?
Unless…
[Enemy Characteristics: Non-conventional flesh/elemental lifeforms. Pure information-state lifeforms.]
[Core Ability: Information Manipulation]
[Conscription Requirement: Priority given to wizards proficient in information processing / fate system knowledge]
[Mission Time: Arrive at the handover point within 72 standard hours]
[Mission Level: High Risk (Elite Exclusive)]
Jie Ming smiled.
This was the plane Mentor Clark had mentioned.
“Information-state life… manipulating information…” he murmured, a gleam flashing in his eyes. “No wonder the death rate is zero—they don’t need to kill people, but rather make them ‘lose combat capability.’ Is it memory tampering? Or directly modifying cognition?”
“Master, do you need to mobilize the Black Giant Legion?” A Black Giant priest leader beside him bowed and asked. “Thirty thousand sixth-ring warriors are ready to tear apart any enemy at any time.”
“No, there’s no need to bring too much combat force this time.”
Jie Ming waved his hand and calmly instructed, “In a place like this, bringing too many cannon fodder will only become nourishment for the enemy. Pass down the order—select five hundred Black Giant priests with the strongest computational power to come with me.”
The priest bowed slightly. “Yes.”
From Jie Ming’s experience, numbers were useless in such bizarre planes.
The reason he still wanted to bring some Black Giant priests was that they possessed extremely high intelligence and were top-tier research assistants.
He was bringing them to analyze the enemy, not to fight.
As for the Nest and the other legions…
“Leave the other combat units in the Infernal Sulfur Plane,” Jie Ming instructed one of the priests. “Keep the laboratory running and do not stop monitoring the Incense Fire Divine Dao. If anything unusual occurs, notify me immediately through the Fate System.”
“Understood.”
“Also… Molten Mountain.”
The ground outside the laboratory shook violently. Behind him, a massive shadow silently emerged.
A terrifying creature over ten thousand meters tall, its body covered in black lava, rose from the ground.
That was the leader of the Black Giants—the seventh-ring being “Molten Mountain.”
Merely standing there, the surrounding space slightly collapsed under the pressure of its terrifying energy.
“Master.”
“You will come with me this time as well.”
“Yes!”
As his strongest combat unit, Molten Mountain’s fighting power was even higher than his own. It could serve as insurance.
The Black Giant priests quickly assembled. With a wave of Jie Ming’s sleeve, he collected the five hundred priests along with the gigantic Molten Mountain into his Internal Circulation cave-heaven.
After arranging everything, Jie Ming took one last look at this plane that belonged to him.
“Information Plane… I hope the ‘knowledge’ there is worth the trip.”
He turned and stepped into the spatial teleportation array.