novelraw Chapter 570: Silent Abyss
Chapter 570: Silent Abyss
Chapter 570: Silent Abyss
Deep within the Information Plane.
The pure white sea of light churned violently.
Within the network formed by countless information beings, an unprecedented fluctuation was spreading.
It was not an independent consciousness, but a “consensus.”
The highest consensus algorithm.
This was the core of information-being civilization, the ultimate decision-making mechanism forged over tens of millions of years of evolution.
When faced with a crisis that could not be handled individually, the computational power of all nodes would converge in an instant, reach consensus in the shortest possible time, and then execute. At this moment, consensus had been reached.
[Solution: Isolate. Abandon.]
In the sea of light, the three virus-infected regions suddenly fell into dead silence. All connections – physical, quantum, and causal were severed in the same instant.
Millions of information beings that had crashed here after infection were ruthlessly discarded.
They had become “necrotic sectors.”
Those information beings were still struggling, still attempting to allocate computational power to parse the virus, still instinctively calling for help from their surroundings.
But the network had already been cut off. They had become isolated islands, left to face the madly proliferating Information Plague alone.
Then, they began to collapse.
One after another, blue Entropy Brains emerged from their crumbling cores, floating in the pure white sea of light.
In just a few short minutes, those three regions changed from pure white to pale blue, then from pale blue to deep blue.
Soon, in the wizards’ field of view, the section of the Information Plane closest to the ship plane had turned into a blue ocean.
At the same time, the entire information-being network began frantically pushing updates.
“Malicious Information Shielding Patch” – every node now performed real-time scans of transmitted data. Once malicious features were identified, they were immediately isolated and reported.
“Link Line Camouflage Protocol” – each node began randomly changing its link line frequency, causing any attacks based on link tracking to lose their targets.
Deep within the pure white sea of light, countless streams of information surged like tidal waves.
They were upgrading, adapting, evolving.
On the ship plane, at the observation platform.
Jie Ming stared at the suddenly blue region on the light screen, his pupils contracting slightly. He immediately understood what it meant.
“They’ve cut the connections.”
Martin stood beside him, his gaze calm. “Their reaction was fast, and decisive enough. Nodes from three entire major sectors – thrown away without the slightest hesitation.”
“That’s millions of information beings,” a nearby seventh-ring wizard murmured. “Just… abandoned like that?”
“For them, this is the optimal solution,” another seventh-ring wizard said, taking a deep breath. “This is where the advantage of a flattened network lies—there is no individual consciousness, only collective interest. Sacrificing millions to preserve the entire civilization is a very worthwhile transaction for the species as a whole. They can calculate this result and execute it in an instant.”
Martin nodded, then suddenly smiled.
“But this also means… those Entropy Brains now belong to us.”
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the many high-tier wizards who had just been discussing lit up. Even Jie Ming couldn’t help feeling a stir of excitement. He turned around, and his voice instantly spread across the entire ship plane through the magic network terminal.
“All personnel, hear my orders!”
Countless wizards raised their heads at once.
“Proceed according to the previous divisions. Different echelons advance in sequence. First echelon—carry construction materials and prefabricated arrays, enter the Information Plane, and establish an outpost camp in the blue region!”
“Second echelon—responsible for collecting Entropy Brains! Not a single one is to be missed!”
“Third echelon and subsequent elite combat units that arrive as reinforcements, follow me to the outpost camp to take command!”
“All wizards of sixth-ring and above, immediately compile the effects of the wizardries tested earlier and mark out all those that can crash information beings!”
Jie Ming nodded beside him. He had also noticed that, in terms of practical effect, causing these information beings to crash was far better than letting them collapse naturally.
The moment the orders were issued, the entire ship plane boiled with activity.
Countless figures rose into the air and charged toward the massive black fissure.
Some carried folded array bases on their shoulders, some dragged spatial equipment filled with construction materials, and others directly summoned giant puppets to serve as porters. Jie Ming was about to set off as well when Martin called out to him.
“You’re coming with me to the outpost camp.”
Jie Ming was stunned. “Me?”
“Yes.” Martin looked at him. “Those wizardries were conceived from your idea. The information beings will definitely make big moves next. You’ll be on the front line, ready to adjust the plans at any time according to their changes.”
Jie Ming nodded without refusing.
A moment later, he and more than a dozen high-tier wizards passed through the fissure and stepped into the Information Plane.
The pure white radiance once again engulfed him.
But this time, the feeling was completely different.
The surroundings were no longer that deathly pure silence.
The air was filled with a certain restless atmosphere—the information beings had cut their connections, but they were still watching from afar. Jie Ming raised his head and looked into the distance.
The blue ocean of Entropy Brains lay not far ahead, densely packed and stretching beyond sight.
The information beings that were still operating normally had already retreated deeper.
Their sea of light surged in the distance like a giant beast poised to strike.
“Begin construction!”
Shouts from the wizards came from behind.
Jie Ming turned around and saw countless construction materials pouring out from spatial equipment.
Wizards directly manipulated information to form patches of land around them. Array bases took root upon landing, rune lights shining brightly. Energy nodes were activated one after another, beginning to draw elements from the surrounding environment. Defensive barriers expanded layer by layer, enveloping the blue region.
The wizards’ efficiency was astonishing.
In just half a minute, a fully functional outpost camp had already taken shape.
On the other side, the team collecting Entropy Brains was even more frenzied.
Those blue crystals were picked up one by one, sorted, registered, and boxed.
Some people grinned so widely their mouths could barely close, while others trembled with excitement.
These were divine objects capable of helping people organize knowledge—lifelines for wizards stuck at bottlenecks.
Jie Ming stood at the edge of the camp, looking at the blue ocean, yet a faint sense of unease stirred in his heart.
It had gone too smoothly.
Was the information beings’ reaction truly nothing more than a desperate amputation to survive?
At that moment, he suddenly felt a wave of palpitations.
Jie Ming jerked his head up, gazing deep into the Information Plane.
It wasn’t just him—other high-tier wizards also raised their heads with solemn expressions.
There, the originally surging pure white sea of light suddenly came to a halt.
Then, the light began to converge.
Countless information beings surged in from all directions, their individual bodies starting to merge.
Every individual contributed its own computational power, its own memories, and its own understanding of the wizards.
Those understandings gathered into an ocean, and that computational power condensed into mountains.
The light grew brighter and brighter, increasingly blinding.
Then, a humanoid silhouette began to emerge. Even across an extremely vast distance, the terrifying presence it exuded was enough for everyone to sense. Once its form reached a certain degree, it seemed as though the entire Information Plane was reflecting this being’s posture.
Looking at the mirage-like reflection in the extreme distance, Jie Ming’s pupils contracted sharply.
It was a “person.”
An existence completely composed of information, yet presenting a perfect humanoid form.
It stood a hundred meters tall, its entire body flowing with white light. Its facial features were blurred, but one could vaguely sense a certain majesty.
It stood there like the incarnation of the plane itself.
The moment this humanoid being formed, the surrounding “information” trembled.
The once-stable pure white sea of light now spun madly around it, forming massive information vortices.
Each vortex led to some node deep within the plane, and every node was channeling power toward it.
“What is that…”
A wizard beside him murmured, his voice trembling.
Jie Ming, however, subconsciously glanced at Wizard Martin beside him.
He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion. Although there was a huge difference in size, and although the humanoid information being clearly had no facial features, he somehow felt that the “image” of this individual was extremely similar to Wizard Martin.
No!
Jie Ming immediately realized—it wasn’t similar. It was identical!
From the moment of its birth, this being had simulated Wizard Martin’s information!
On the other side, within the information beings’ highest consensus algorithm, various messages flashed continuously.
[Warning! Large numbers of individuals confirmed deceased!]
[Revenge revenge revenge revenge revenge revenge…]
[Cost confirmed. Beginning production of overpowered individual!]
[Codename: Silent Abyss]
Jie Ming stared at the humanoid being. Countless pieces of information flashed through his mind… or rather, a massive amount of information was continuously pouring into his mind from that phantom.
The information beings’ “high-tier defense unit.”
An ultimate weapon temporarily formed by sacrificing a large number of individuals.
Within its body was gathered the entire information-being civilization’s complete record of information on the invaders known as “wizards”: battle data from every encounter, analysis of every wizardry, and tracking of every causal thread.
It knew every weakness of the wizards.
It also knew how to kill them.
“This thing… is basically a walking tombstone!” Jie Ming couldn’t help muttering to himself.
Indeed. The way it forcibly radiated information outward made it obvious that this so-called high-tier information being, Silent Abyss, also served the function of a tombstone.
While he was still reflecting, the fully formed Silent Abyss within the reflected scene moved.
It raised its right hand and gently pointed forward.
Even though the enemy was located at the core of the plane and the two sides were separated by an extremely vast distance, in that instant, Jie Ming felt the surrounding information environment change completely. The originally stable elements began to stir restlessly. The once-clear laws began to blur. The once-solid causal lines began to twist. The power of the entire plane was being mobilized by it.
The defensive arrays of the outpost camp flickered wildly as shrill alarms rang out.
Wizard Martin’s figure appeared beside Jie Ming, his gaze locked onto the massive silhouette in the distance.
“Interesting.”
His voice remained calm, but Jie Ming could hear the trace of solemnity within it.