Chapter 379: In the Cloud (1/2)
Chapter 379: In the Cloud
Translator: Strivon
From Luo Nan's perspective, President Ouyang's Logic World was a complex structure channeled through the mental plane. It pulled the distant plane over, forcefully linking it with the material world. It was like casting a fishing line. It appeared to be a very casual action, but its aim and logical nature were extremely powerful. It was just that outsiders had no way of knowing.
And under the form of the atrium cyclotron, Luo Nan's bestowed order was the core. Luo Nan stirred hard with his order, causing the surrounding region to warp and weave, pushing outward layer by layer. It was like holding one end of a bedsheet then twisting and moving it with force. This allowed the other end to whirl along, pushing distances close and far.
On the other hand, the Logic World had already finalized its blueprints. It was only a matter of building upon them. The atrium cyclotron had to first transform itself from the inside out before ascertaining distance. One was the construction of a house; the other...
A telescope.
However, the soul strength was applied differently between the two. The structures and algorithms were different. It was highly likely that the difference in results would be the difference between heaven and earth. Luo Nan had suspected, all this time, that his extraordinary increase in his mental sensing range after that night was due to the telescope structure.
At the time, as the telescope was gathering information, gradually becoming plentiful, the gray-white light spread and weaved on the mental plane. The scene gradually grew concrete, revealing a wonderful landscape of high clouds.
But as the perspective of the telescope drew nearer, Luo Nan was still separated from the real environment by a layer. He was stuck here last time.
It was impossible for Luo Nan to truly touch the cloud world, which he yearned for day and night, just by relying on the telescope structure.
But now, he had the external neuron.
The external neuron didn't have any clear reactions during the initial stages of the telescope's formation. But the process was influenced by the external neuron along the way. An odd cloak had just formed, already revealing special characteristics.
Within the high speed revolution of the atrium vortex, the cloak rippled and warped. But it also maintained its inconceivable flexibility and independence from beginning to end, while continuing to display interference effects toward the mental and material planes. Precisely because of this, the myriad of curtains flapping on the mental plane realized a connection with the surrounding material environment through the cloak.
It was just a little smaller, but it was just like what had happened with the formation of the cloak. A breakthrough was realized. It allowed Luo Nan the ability to achieve a small result similar to the Logic World, a warped independent region existing next to his soul body.
The problem was that the most powerful attribute of the Logic World still resided in logic, the decisive element in its construction. Luo Nan didn't possess this sort of logic. Upon realizing interference between the mental and material planes, the relevant region could no longer be considered that of the telescope structure. It didn't possess order; it was something that was purely superfluous and increased the burden to the soul.
The cloak turned a bit sluggish in a few seconds. The superfluous structure directly influenced the efficiency of the soul strength conversion rate. As the situation turned serious, the external neuron, which acted as the transformation center, was finally stimulated.
Signs of instability appeared, for the first time, upon the Condensation Ring structure constructed from the external neuron. A line whipped out from the Condensation Ring. It reached out from the core of the Condensation Ring, engaging into a new fabric on the microscopic level.
This action was done completely independently by the external neuron. Luo Nan was not consciously involved at all. In fact, the scale of this fabric delved below the micron level, outside the precision of his senses. If it weren't for the fact that the external neuron and his consciousness were tightly linked together, Luo Nan wouldn't have even been able to sense the finest details.
Even so, Luo Nan's heart gradually turned from pounding emotions to high-spirited ones. Though the fabric of the external neuron was unclear to him, the chilly flowing energy and the changes in the curtains were clear and easy to see.
As the rotation accelerated, the chaotic order from the distortion and interference between the mental and material world began to reveal sections with rules. The corresponding interference power no longer clashed and fused against itself. Instead, it accumulated layer by layer, revolving and cycling, realizing a certain projection with the telescope structure.
If the angular velocity of the telescope was considered to be a 'ten', then the region where Luo Nan could interfere and warp would have an angular velocity of 'one'. For every ten revolutions of the telescope, the interference area would have one revolution. They accurately followed a rhythm, but the tempo was gradually increasing.
10:1, 10:2, 10:3....
The angular velocity of the telescope was relatively stable, but the angular velocity of the interference region continued to increase. Clear signs were already forming on the material plane.
Within the center of the atrium, rays of light clearly distorted the void. They cried like the plucking of strings, vibrating without end. If Luo Nan hadn't angrily destroyed the majority of the lighting monitoring system two days ago, these rays of light would not be hidden from anyone.
How would Luo Nan have the leisure to attend to this?
Luo Nan's soul resided in the core of the distorted void. He experienced the scope and speed of the distortion first hand. The cloak was no longer sluggish, instead it accumulated astonishing quantities of potential energy with increasing speed. Luo Nan's emotions were pushed to greater heights as well. He was trembling inside and out, in both body and mind.
Luo Nan had guessed right. No matter the state of the external neuron, its existence had an extremely important significance toward Gear.
It was like a key. It was inserted into the keyhole and twisted in accordance with the corresponding rules. The heavy door was slowly opening toward him.
10:4, 10:5!
In other words, when the telescope structure, which was driven by his soul strength, made two revolutions, the interference region then made one revolution. Their angular velocities were perfectly rhythmically connected in this moment, and Luo Nan's consciousness instantly went white.
Because in this very moment, the piles of gray clouds that had always been in his mind collapsed downward without any warning. It was as if the entire sky was falling heavily down upon him!
Luo Nan only realized it in the next second; the heavens hadn't turned over. Instead, he had pierced through the cloud-filled skies.
Heaven and earth had swapped places.
Luo Nan crashed in the depths of a few unbounded cloud layers of gray. With the existence of the cloak, Luo Nan still had some real experiences in his perception of the external world.
Under the backdrop of dull lighting, clouds piled in layers upon layers, mist flew around, and cracks were ground upon in the clouds, revealing a coloration akin to blood. At the same time, a chill was let out, as well as the ear-piercing scream of winds.
This place was like a high-altitude region. It was probably the upper troposphere. The air currents were intense and violent, bringing about an endless tsunami of mist. They carried mist, water drops, and ice crystals that rumbled across fiercely and wildly.
The astral winds split apart the cloud layer at their gaps with their gale. Luo Nan could see a vaster space below the thick layer of clouds. It was like the fields below were covered by a conflagration. Blood-red light shone through the gaps between the clouds. This was the light that shone upon here.
”Yes, this is it! This is the place!”