My Bottle Cosmos

Chapter 758 703: The Last Glow

The entire universe is like a town of small houses, all covered by the thick night.

"Help!"

"I don't want to die."

A large number of beings and ordinary people felt the entire universe shaking; many worlds collapsed. With the help of the Immortals and Wizards of their worlds, they used Storage Rings to gather citizens from each kingdom, crossing to neighboring worlds for refuge, fleeing far away.

The dark tide is approaching.

The uninformed crowds are trying to escape from the ink-drowned world.

However, these people, though suffering the loss of their homes, cannot sense that the higher realm has been severed, for at most, they are only at the Divine Level, merely at the third level of Divine Upper.

Only the ancient gods, high above, can feel the rapid disappearance of the Power of Rules in the Ancient God Realm; their realm falls, and suddenly they cannot sense the Heaven and Earth Laws.

"Our realm has fallen!"

"Ancient God, I am no longer an Ancient God."

"The Celestial Dao Ancient Tree did it! Only the Celestial Dao Ancient Tree could do it; it is the origin of all Crystal Walls! It's the mother of all Crystal Walls! Surely, the Light Ancient God used the Celestial Dao Ancient Tree to shut down all the Cosmic Membranes!"

"Hahahaha, punishment! It's cosmic punishment for humanity's defiance!!"

"Wait, I've fallen to the Undying Level, I've been forcibly given eternal life! I'm immortal now! Hahahaha!"

Some people were extremely grieved, others were shouting and screaming.

Those who rejoiced were mainly the seven million Celestial Human Angel Legion, who were forcibly elevated by Li Qing.

Some even felt they wrongly blamed the Light Ancient God, who in a final act of mercy, restored their infinite lifespans before death.

No matter what, the entire universe was forced to re-enter the era of eternal life.

Swoosh!

The Crystal Walls of the universe went out like lights in a tall building at night, one by one extinguishing.

It was like a collective blackout, cities one after another plunged into darkness.

"Damn, damn it! Light Ancient God! Light Ancient God!" The Star Lord looked angrily at the Celestial Vault, in the direction of the Cosmic Celestial Path Ancient Tree, so furious his nerves were frayed, his face flushed red.

However, in the midst of despair, the Star Lord suddenly reacted, using the power of the inherited Thunder Six-pronged Crown to announce to the entire universe:

"I am the Human Emperor."

"The entire universe will enter the beginning of the Dark Era, the Tao is not Tao, the End of Dharma descends."

"Everyone, the Crystal Walls are about to fail; before they fall completely silent, you can use this method to preserve the Crystal Walls, cutting off the Cosmic Membrane to maintain your position among the ancient gods."

A Dharma Method emerging from the void started spreading.

This awakened many to realization.

Now, returning to the era of Undying Level, didn't it mean that one had to cut off and drape a disposable Cosmic Membrane to use the Power of Rules?

Thus, as the realms of the universe's ancient gods fell, they quickly began cutting the surrounding unextinguished Cosmic Membranes—Crystal Walls—to make their last stand in the End of Dharma Era.

And these remnants who can still barely use some Power of Heaven and Earth in the future era are called the Shimmer of the Gods, or Former Ancient Gods.

"Compete!"

The hidden Atabia finally led the Angel Legions into action.

As the Angel Leader after the Light Ancient God passed on, he naturally became the nominal leader.

"In the future era, without reserves of Cosmic Membranes, you will surely become the fish and meat of others, enslaved! This is the great change in the new era; only by enduring this Dark Era can there be a future!"

Swoosh!

Atabia tore down a strip of Crystal Wall, exchanged a glance with Herodotus, "Darkness has descended, our era of first-level gods is coming."

Elsewhere,

Sylvie and Sylph frantically tore Crystal Walls, shouting, "Hurry up, while these Walls are still lit, store more Crystal Walls!"

"I'll check over there, the Crystal Wall there hasn't lost its vitality!" Sylph shouted.

This era is surely the beginning of a dark turmoil, and everyone is painfully struggling to survive in the darkness.

...

"What is destiny, perhaps this is destiny." Norkron looked at Sylvie and Sylph harvesting Crystal Walls in the distance, his expression calm.

To him, they might as well harvest.

Let them indulge once.

Once the update is complete, they wouldn't be able to touch these Cosmic Membranes anymore,

Besides, he couldn't stop them now because each of these Crystal Walls was like an internet computer, and given the sheer number, it would take time for the shutdown.

From a macro cosmic perspective, the entire glaring neighborhood went out in waves, like a tsunami.

There were too many; he couldn't stop them from taking advantage and making illicit purchases everywhere.

"Let them cut if they want."

"During the cosmic shutdown, might as well add a dash of color, for the struggle over the remaining divinity, mutual slaughter, looting, to feel the fear of the End of Dharma Era."

"That's what makes it interesting."

Li Qing's heart was exceptionally calm, watching over the universe in its concluding work.

With such a massive server shutdown update, he'd be very busy, to use this time to maintain server data, modify all previous errors, allowing the universe to grow into a perfected Extraordinary World.

In the following days, under the guise of Norkron, he accompanied Sylvie and Sylph tearing Crystal Walls everywhere, frantically storing supplies, preparing to weather through the End of Dharma winter.

Everywhere was smashing, looting, and burning.

Once confirmed the situation was completely stable, Li Qing shifted his consciousness.

And by that time, the Light Ancient God indeed had perished, returning to the Celestial Dao for just a few seconds.

Yet, is the Light Ancient God really dead now?

It's a very metaphysical question.

First, a simple question, humans renew all their cells every seven years, equivalent to a complete body change, even the brain—are you still you?

In seventy years of life, you change ten times.

If these seven years were compared to seven seconds?

Doesn't it resemble the Celestial Dao in front, changing every seven seconds?

Though my mind and soul are replaced anew, my memories remain mine, so I suppose I am still myself?

Perhaps, memory is a person's essence?

Of course, Li Qing wasn't aiming for some high-sounding theoretical stuff; he was just trying to create a complete and continuous Celestial Dao—the Light Ancient God.

To let it achieve eternal life in a brand-new way!

After all, Li Qing himself is the Life Ancient God, naturally researching and creating new life experiments, trying something quite novel.

To the current Light Ancient God, when consciousness became continuous, every seven seconds flashing awareness, even the Light Ancient God didn't know he was switching frantically.

At this moment,

"Not bad, exactly like before."

Li Qing glanced at the new generation Light Ancient God Celestial Dao in charge.

Moreover, now switching more than once every two seconds, the consciousness is still continuous, this mechanical consciousness AI machine doesn't feel discordant, no system bugs have been produced.

Just like flipping through photo pages every two seconds, making it into an animation when continuous.

Li Qing was very satisfied with this:

"Let's use it first!"

"Seems like I don't need to enter the Celestial Dao periodically, they—the generation of Celestial Dao AI—should behave for a while, executing normally according to plans left by me, the Light Ancient God, after death."

"After all, he is another me."

"I, the Light Ancient God, have not fallen, but escaped the weak shell, returned to the sky!"

This is much better than those brutes before, changing laughingly like maniacs every few seconds, with changing expressions like masks, with very low efficiency.

Nevertheless, Li Qing knew this wouldn't last long.

Within ten thousand generations it's okay, but beyond that number, the level of indoctrination will slowly decrease, and with the accumulation of new memories, the personality will gradually evolve into another completely new form, even reverting back to that chaotic, laughing, brain-damaged state.