novelraw Chapter 561: True Killing and the Blue Core
Chapter 561: True Killing and the Blue Core
Chapter 561: True Killing and the Blue Core
Inside the laboratory, Jie Ming stood before the light screen, gazing at the newly completed spell model. He let out a long breath.
Three months.
From obtaining the test data from Martin, to trading for pain information samples from Viola, and then through countless deductions, trial and error, and reconstructions – he had finally completed these two spells.
“When I think about it, this should be the first time I’ve completed a fifth-ring spell relying purely on my own knowledge.”
Jie Ming stroked his chin, looking at the spell model on the light screen with a proud expression.
Although strictly speaking, these two spells incorporated quite a few rune structures from the Causal Trace Shadow Technique and the Great Void Step, combining various pieces of knowledge and making them run successfully was itself a form of knowledge.
“Although both spells can only display their maximum power inside the Information Plane, they still count as quite valuable experience.”
“Next is the final step—naming…”
Jie Ming stared at the two floating light screens before him, sinking into thought. The spell model on the left was fused from the foundations of the Causal Trace Shadow Technique and the Great Void Step, requiring connection to the Fate Subsystem to achieve its full effect. Its core function was to modify and weave the information states of himself and the target for reorganization.
According to the wizards’ naming conventions, it should be called…
“Second-Baseline Information State Modification and Weaving Technique… For simplicity, its codename will be Information Weaving.”
Jie Ming nodded and turned his gaze to the right.
That spell model was much purer—it fused the residual pain data provided by Viola with chaotic information to form a specialized “information toxin” aimed at information beings.
Once it hit, it would plunge the target’s information core into a disordered state similar to a living being’s “pain.”
Simply put, it was a purely offensive spell targeted at information beings.
“This spell’s codename will be Pain Corruption.”
Simple and straightforward, but very fitting.
Jie Ming thought for a moment and added a small line of text beneath the left light screen…
【Alias: Severing Cause and Effect】
The corners of his mouth lifted into a faint smile, and he casually erased the name.
Wizards had their rules, and cultivation had its romance.
There was no conflict.
One day later.
Jie Ming once again stood before the massive black fissure.
This time he did not hesitate. With a flash of his figure, he stepped directly through.
A pure white sea of light engulfed him.
Jie Ming floated within the sea of light, not rushing to move.
He closed his eyes. Golden light flickered at his brow as the Fate Subsystem, under his control, began to operate and connected with the new spell models in his spiritual sea, activating their effects.
“Information Weaving.”
With a slight thought, the surrounding sea of light seemed to tremble gently.
A marvelous sensation surged into his mind.
Jie Ming could “see” the information radiating from his own body.
The complex imprints, thought fluctuations, and causal entanglements that originally belonged to a human were being gradually modified and reorganized by a certain force.
He had already prepared a draft for what his information should be changed into.
In the blink of an eye, the information fluctuations on his body became almost identical to the surrounding environment.
Pure, orderly, yet utterly unremarkable.
Like a drop of water merging into the ocean.
Jie Ming opened his eyes, looked around, and waited quietly.
After a moment, when he saw that the sea of light remained completely still, the corners of his mouth curved into a smile.
Success.
From now on, as long as he did not actively expose himself, even if information beings passed right by him, they would only treat him as harmless environmental information.
Jie Ming began to move.
By continuously adjusting his information structure, he was able to traverse the sea of light, searching for targets.
Because he had to hide his own information additionally, this “movement” felt exceptionally slow, but Jie Ming was very patient.
Half an hour later, he stopped.
Ahead, a lone information being floated quietly.
Its outer energy fluctuated slowly, as if performing some regular “breathing.”
He narrowed his eyes, using the Fate Subsystem to gather surrounding information and confirm that no other companions were around this being.
Jie Ming’s eyes narrowed.
It would be this one.
He took a deep breath and quickly simulated the next steps in his mind.
First step: bombard the target with a massive amount of meaningless high-frequency junk data, forcing it to divert computing power to process it.
Jie Ming slowly raised his right hand.
In his palm, a cluster of twisted gray light was condensing.
It was the initial form of the Pain Corruption spell, compressed from countless chaotic information, yet it carried no destructive power.
“Go.”
The gray light shot silently toward the information being.
The moment it struck the target’s outer energy, it exploded violently.
Countless junk data surged into the being’s core like a bursting flood, meaningless characters, repetitive garbled code, self-contradictory logic fragments, overwhelming and without any pattern.
Faced with such an attack, the information being’s outer energy fluctuated wildly.
It was parsing these junk data.
But there was too much junk data, and it was completely illogical.
It parsed one batch, only for another to arrive; after handling one wave, ten more waited.
To maintain its absolute entropy reduction state, it had to divert most of its computing power to process these invading garbled codes.
Because of this, its processing speed in other areas experienced microsecond-level stuttering.
Now!
Second step: take advantage of the momentary computing stutter to use Information Weaving to sever its causal lines with the mother network, leaving it isolated and helpless.
Golden light blazed brightly at Jie Ming’s brow.
“Information Weaving!”
His consciousness instantly connected to the Fate Subsystem. With the support of massive computing power, the world before his eyes changed completely.
The information being was no longer a blurry ball of light.
It was a massive server node. Countless glowing thin lines extended from its core, connecting toward some distant direction. Those were causal lines—its information links to the mother network, the surrounding environment, and other companions.
Jie Ming could see the pulsing of every line and sense the data transmitted through each one.
The microsecond-level stutter had caused a brief disharmony in the pulsing of these lines.
The duration of Pain Corruption would not be long. Jie Ming did not hesitate.
He raised his hand and made a grasping motion. With the full support of the Fate Subsystem, the Information Weaving spell transformed into an invisible blade and slashed down precisely.
Snap!
A sound as if originating from the soul rang out.
In Jie Ming’s vision, the seven thickest causal lines on the information being snapped simultaneously.
The being’s outer energy convulsed violently, and its core information emitted a silent screech.
It sensed danger and tried to reconnect to the mother network, attempting to trigger formatting code for self-reset…
But Jie Ming was faster.
The golden light at his brow grew even more dazzling. Relying on the Fate Subsystem’s unique special vision and computing amplification, while the opponent temporarily lost its ability to communicate externally, he waved both hands repeatedly. The Information Weaving spell operated frantically.
As he continuously released the spell, the surrounding sea of light began to distort.
In regions invisible to the naked eye, an invisible “cage” was taking shape.
In Jie Ming’s vision, as the invisible region formed, the remaining unbroken causal lines on the information being gradually snapped as well.
This was a sealed area Jie Ming had temporarily constructed using the surrounding environmental information.
Within this region, all information was under Jie Ming’s control.
Nothing from the outside could enter, and nothing from the inside could escape.
Simply put, relying on the Information Weaving spell, Jie Ming had created a temporary “local network.”
At this moment, the information being was completely isolated.
A sense of loneliness it had never experienced since birth swept over the information being. It did not even have time to deal with the chaotic information caused by Pain Corruption and instead desperately tried to escape.
It frantically slammed against the cage’s boundaries, but every impact was blocked by the information barriers Jie Ming had woven.
It tried to recondense its causal lines, but the broken ends were blocked by chaotic information and could not be rebuilt.
Third step: fully activate Pain Corruption and completely erase it while it could not call for help.
“It’s over.”
Jie Ming raised his right hand. The cluster of gray light in his palm brightened once more.
Pain Corruption · Lethal Mode · Full Power!
This time it was no longer the probing junk data bombardment from before.
Countless chaotic information generated from pain parameters surged into the information being’s core like a released flood.
It began to collapse.
Its outer energy twisted madly, its core information convulsed violently. The “pain” that only information beings could feel was spreading. There was no sound, but Jie Ming could sense the silent screeching—it was a scream at the information level.
A few seconds later, everything fell silent.
The information being’s outer energy completely disintegrated, and its core information no longer moved.
But this time, it did not dissolve into light particles and disappear, nor did it “teleport” back to the mother network.
All its energy and information collapsed and condensed toward the core.
A moment later, a fist-sized crystal floated in place.
It was pale blue, semi-transparent, with countless fine glowing particles flowing faintly inside.
Jie Ming was stunned.
This was…
He didn’t have time to examine it closely.
The surrounding sea of light suddenly erupted into turmoil.
Countless information fluctuations surged in from all directions.
Near, far, and extremely distant—all of them frantically “approaching” this location.
The scale and quantity were more than ten times more terrifying than the large force he had encountered last time.
Jie Ming’s expression changed.
It seemed the information beings had sensed that one of their kind had been truly killed—without teleporting back, without resurrecting.
This was an unprecedented event in their world.
Now, the entire plane was hunting him.
Jie Ming grabbed the blue crystal and turned to flee.
Information Weaving operated at full power, reducing his presence to the absolute minimum.
The massive information fluctuation behind him grew closer and closer, but Jie Ming ignored it, desperately “moving” toward the fissure.
Closer.
Even closer.
But the information fluctuation behind him grew increasingly intense.
The fissure was right ahead!
Jie Ming stepped forward. The pure white receded, and before his eyes was the familiar barren wilderness of the ship plane.
He staggered slightly upon landing and turned to look back at the fissure.
The pure white light surged violently. Vaguely, countless figures could be seen lingering at the edge of the fissure.