metaverse evolution.

Time flies like water; in the eyes of a spiritual practitioner, time always passes quickly.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. 150 second-generation warships of the Rising Dragon Palace have been produced, and 150 crew members have been trained for the Heavenly Emperor.

When the ten-year period ended, Chu Fei and the others saw off this batch of warships. This time, no one from the Ascending Dragon Palace accompanied them. This was all at the Heavenly Emperor's request.

The Rising Dragon Palace has already demonstrated the power of these warships, trained personnel to a great extent, and even conducted actual inspections. As for the final performance of the opposing force, Chu Fei is no longer concerned.

For the time being, it seems that the Heavenly Emperor wants to train its own crew members, which Chu Fei is happy to see.

Because, after these warships left, the sun god Osho also placed an order.

Although there were some minor conflicts between the Sun God Osho and the Ascending Dragon Palace—Osho "stole" the Creation Jade Disc, which was actually a scheme by the Ascending Dragon Palace that led to the premature invasion of the Chaos Beasts—it did not affect their subsequent "cooperation."

The past is past; the present and the future are more important. Moreover, the Ascending Dragon Palace urgently needs all knowledge beyond that of Quasi-Saints.

Osho, the sun god, was a saint after all, and he had quite a few good things in his possession.

Osho traded a lot of things with the Rising Dragon Palace, from ordinary materials to computers, mechanical equipment, and warships and spaceships—it was like getting a whole set of industrial equipment.

The Sun God's actions aroused some vigilance among those in the Rising Dragon Palace.

After yet another transaction, Jin Tierong suddenly sent an urgent encrypted message to all the senior members of the Rising Dragon Palace, initiating an internal discussion meeting.

Recently, Chu Fei has been very active at the Ascending Dragon Hall, while Jin Tierong, as the strategist, has remained very low-key. Until now.

During the virtual conference, everyone's metaverse and virtual computer realms are connected, and the connection between reality and virtuality is becoming increasingly seamless.

Because it was an emergency encrypted meeting, everyone switched to different communication methods, and all exchanges were digital. Even if such exchanges were leaked, outsiders would only see a series of numbers, making it virtually impossible to analyze the information within.

Jin Tierong presented a report, a report based on big data analysis: "Gentlemen, recently our strategists analyzed the actions of the Sun God Osho and the battle on the Heavenly Emperor's side, and the results are not good."

A report was released, the first page of which was a data array. After translating the data, Chu Fei formed a chart in his mind.

This chart has three curves, with the horizontal axis representing time.

The green line represents the safety level of the Rising Dragon Palace, which is continuously decreasing.
The yellow line represents the overall safety situation of Changqingtian, which is also constantly deteriorating;
One red line represents the recent communication between the sun god Osho and the Ascending Dragon Temple, and it is constantly increasing.

The report is followed by a full million words of investigation and analysis.

Chu Fei quickly scanned the contents and frowned slightly.

Jin Tierong gave everyone a few minutes to read before speaking: "Gentlemen, I don't know if you've been feeling uneasy lately, but I always wake up startled when I'm meditating. The Rising Dragon Palace may be facing an unprecedented crisis."

Chu Fei frowned slightly but remained silent. Many people looked at Jin Tierong, somewhat unconvinced.

Things are going very well at the Ascending Dragon Palace lately. They have obtained all the Heavenly Books from the Heavenly Emperor. Although the Heavenly Books are somewhat difficult to decipher, involving so-called "primordial scripts," they have finally acquired them.

Everything is going according to plan.

Now, a large amount of information has been collected from the entire Changqingtian, and contact has been made with Pixiu Yunxiao and Xunguang Team Zhao Weiguang. The development of the entire Shenglong Hall can be said to be thriving.

Why did you suddenly say something like that? It's a bit of a downer.

Only the staff personnel looked grave.

Jin Tierong: "I know it's hard for everyone to accept, but I dare to say this because we have done a lot of research."

Before explaining the investigation report, did anyone consider this strange situation? The entire Changqing Heaven has entered a phase of saintly war, with all other forces trembling in fear, yet only our side is thriving. Does that seem normal?

These words suddenly silenced Chu Fei. The thought involuntarily crossed his mind: What appears outwardly prosperous and thriving is actually fraught with hidden dangers!

In recent years, Chu Fei had a feeling that the Rising Dragon Palace was developing quite well and smoothly. But now, Jin Tierong's words made Chu Fei wary.

Yes, the development of the Rising Dragon Palace seems to have been too smooth over the years.

Although the Rising Dragon Palace seems to have contributed warships and exported various scientific knowledge, upon closer examination, it still seems to have gone a bit too smoothly.

Now, awakened to the ancient wisdom of the Yanhuang civilization, Chu Fei became wary; something was indeed amiss. All sorts of thoughts popped into his head: fortune may be a harbinger of misfortune, things will inevitably turn around, nothing lasts forever.

Then, Chu Fei looked at the investigation report again, and his expression became even more solemn.

Jin Tierong looked at everyone and calmly said, "This investigation actually owes a lot to artificial intelligence. I didn't notice the problem at first. It was during the training of the artificial intelligence that it suddenly gave a warning."

To be precise, at first we treated these warnings as errors and even tried to eliminate the errors multiple times. It was only after a series of "errors" that we finally became alarmed.

These sages' methods of concealing heavenly secrets were indeed formidable. But unfortunately, they failed to foresee artificial intelligence—an emotionless form of artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence technology is a black box technology.

Although humans have studied artificial intelligence, they have no way of knowing how mature AI works internally.

Back then, they accidentally created the strong artificial intelligence Lin Yu, and afterwards, the Yanhuang civilization became much more cautious in its research on artificial intelligence.

However, over the years, artificial intelligence technology has still experienced explosive growth. Putting aside other factors, simply considering the advancements in computer technology, artificial intelligence technology has also risen accordingly.

Unfortunately, the mechanism behind the creation of "Lin Yu" is still unclear; perhaps it really was an accident.

Subsequently, relevant personnel from the General Staff Department explained the different investigation reports.

First, the Heavenly Emperor's clone paid so readily. Everyone had been worried that the Heavenly Emperor, having given them the "Heavenly Book," would later retaliate.

But in this transaction, the most crucial part of the Heavenly Book was directly taken out. Upon closer examination, this is actually not normal.

Unless, the Heavenly Emperor senses a crisis, a tremendous crisis.

What kind of crisis is it? Is it merely a change in the Chaos Beasts' attack strategy?
After analysis, investigation, and lengthy deliberation, the General Staff concluded that Changqingtian was a field of leeks, and the powerful figures on it would definitely harvest the leeks.

The temporary pawn is the Heavenly Emperor. But if the Heavenly Emperor resists fiercely, who can become his replacement?
The answer seems obvious—the goddess of nature.

Yes, the goddess of nature has been sold out again! At least that's the case based on the current situation.

There is no clear evidence yet; everything is analysis and speculation, but the possibility is high.

Why did the Chaos Divine Beast head straight for the Heavenly Emperor this time? Because, based on current information, the Heavenly Emperor is the strongest now, and may soon be able to transcend the Evergreen Heaven.

But the goddess of nature has returned, and with one foot out of the Evergreen Sky, she is the one who most needs to be "eliminated"!

Furthermore, in the previous two "Great Tribulations," the first time a dozen or so Chaos Divine Beasts targeted the Goddess of Nature, but she escaped; the second time, over thirty Chaos Divine Beasts targeted the Dragon Emperor, but they seemed to have failed, as the Dragon Emperor remained alive and well. This time, with over three hundred Chaos Divine Beasts, their determination to succeed is crystal clear.

This time, we have to catch a saint and let them taste our medicine. This is one piece of evidence.

There is another piece of evidence. The Sun God once posed a question: Why were the two great saints of the pantheon of faiths banished from the six celestial realms to the desolate environment of the Evergreen Heaven, while the other four great saints dared not exterminate them?

Because the sun god said that he and the sky god Hephaestus had a lineage, and that he could suffer injustice, but could not die.

However, this time the Chaos Beast feinted an attack, charging towards the Sun God's kingdom. This attack may have backfired, revealing some things and at least arousing the suspicion of the Sage.

Recently, the Sun God's contact with the Ascending Dragon Palace has been increasing rapidly, and he has even begun to reveal core information about faith and spiritual cultivation that even the Goddess of Nature is unaware of. This information likely originates from the core lineage behind the Sun God.

The Heavenly Book and the core inheritance of the Sun God obviously cannot be taken away by the Ascending Dragon Palace so easily.

This time, the Chaos Beast will inevitably take a Saint with it when it enters Changqing Heaven!

Of course, the Heavenly Emperor and other saints must also want to know the secret of the Goddess of Nature's transcendence, and even more so, they wanted to capture one or two chaotic divine beasts alive. Perhaps it was precisely because these saints were too greedy and wanted too much that the General Staff discovered some problems.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the idea of ​​"absolute safety" has been rampant throughout the Rising Dragon Palace recently, which is very dangerous.

No matter how large a country is, it will be in danger if it forgets war!

The Rising Dragon Palace shouldn't have such thoughts, but recently this situation has indeed occurred.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour. Utilizing the characteristics of virtual technology and big data cultivation, the actual content discussed exceeded expectations, analyzing almost the entire situation of Changqingtian and its future development.

Everyone will definitely have to flee, but how to flee is the question.

The fact that the goddess of nature was sealed in the surface world shows that sages can trace back to the surface world.

The reason why we didn't enter the surface world in the past was partly due to the problem of coordinates, which made it impossible to pinpoint the location accurately, and partly because the surface world was simply too barren to warrant the intervention of a sage.

But if the Dragon Palace, the Goddess of Nature, and others escape to the surface world, carrying with them information from the Heavenly Book, secrets of transcending the Evergreen Heaven, then who knows what might happen.

Therefore, the Ascending Dragon Palace must flee, but not to the surface world. As for the dimensional space, it's an option, but the laws within it are incomplete and the space itself is unstable, which would inevitably affect the development of the Ascending Dragon Palace. Furthermore, even saints can easily enter the dimensional space, so this can only be a secondary option.

After much deliberation, there's only one way to escape—the desolate land!
But escaping requires a lot of planning. And even more importantly, it requires a large number of… vacuum energy bombs!

After the sudden discussion ended, Chu Fei sighed softly. This time, it really was... a near total annihilation.

The sage's schemes were terrifying. Yet, no one seemed to notice. All thanks to the emotionless artificial intelligence.

Waking up in the villa, Chu Fei looked at the Goddess of Nature, who was still leisurely sipping tea, and felt a mix of emotions. He had previously thought the Goddess of Nature was a bit dim-witted, and now he was certain of that.

Therefore, don't tell the Goddess of Nature about running away yet; you can tell her at the last minute. Chu Fei had already given up hope of the Goddess of Nature's intelligence.

The goddess of nature drinks tea here every day, literally just drinking tea, without using her brain. You're a saint, aren't you? They've already outmaneuvered you twice. Wouldn't it kill you to use your brain sometimes?

However, Chu Fei could roughly guess the Nature Goddess's mindset—"I've already transcended the Evergreen Heaven with one foot in my grave; I'm not even on the same level as you saints anymore. I don't care if you live or die." She looked down on her former "fellow cultivators" to some extent.

But the Goddess of Nature didn't seem to realize that you're still within the Evergreen Heaven, and one foot is still stuck inside.

For the next few days, nothing particularly noteworthy happened at the Rising Dragon Palace. Apart from the expansion of the third-generation warship production line, which was a relatively large project, everything else remained largely unchanged.

As researchers worked on 129,600 spells, those who were at the bottom of the rankings were constantly eliminated, while others were constantly being recruited. Researchers made progress from time to time, receiving awards that attracted the envy of many more practitioners who studied spells.

A new term called "ox and horse" has been circulating among practitioners for some time now.

The various equipment, small personal aircraft, and auxiliary computers of the Rising Dragon Palace are still for sale, and the prices remain unchanged. The various factories of the Rising Dragon Palace are also operating, and there have been no changes.

Everything in the Rising Dragon Palace was so calm, so calm that there was almost no ripple.

Unbeknownst to the outside world, the Rising Dragon Palace was already pushing forward with its escape plan.

To escape the machinations of a group of saints, one needs both the courage and the ability to overturn the table. Vacuum energy bombs are impressive, but ultimately they cannot harm the saints.

But there is one thing that can influence even a saint: a black hole!
However, in the inner world, influenced by the laws of higher-dimensional worlds, it seems impossible to form a black hole.

A continent can easily span millions of kilometers. If this were in the surface world, the continent's mass would have long since collapsed, forming a black hole. This is what makes the inner world special. There are no planets, only continents.

But after so many years of research, the Rising Dragon Palace has finally begun to understand the reasons for the formation of the "continent".

Its core theory, which had been proposed long ago, had not been found in reality before entering the inner world. That is, the duality of positive curvature and anti-curvature.

This is a "perfect state" that is theoretically possible but almost impossible in reality. That is, the spacetime curvature is zero.

As we all know, a theoretically perfect state is practically impossible in reality. Because the world is in motion!

In addition, everyone has a mysterious fascination with the other world and always felt that things were not so simple, so they never thought about it in that direction.

As literary works say: First, we rule out one correct answer.

This is a common trap in human thinking, and people are often unaware of it. Such strange experiences are numerous throughout the history of the Yanhuang civilization.

Ultimately, it was the emotionless artificial intelligence that, after deduction, brought back the option of "first eliminating" humanity.

Developing artificial intelligence is dangerous, but the technology itself is quite good.

The Rising Dragon Palace has now fully understood that the perfect balance of positive and negative curvature actually inhibits the birth of celestial bodies such as planets and black holes, causing massive continents to appear in the inner world.

The method that the Ascending Dragon Hall is temporarily discussing for targeting the Sage is to create a black hole. To create a black hole, this balance must be broken.

However, preliminary calculations suggest that breaking the balance will not be easy.

There is a minimum threshold for any change.

To create an artificial black hole in the Evergreen Universe, after numerous calculations, the minimum mass required to form a black hole was determined—the mass of three suns. That's right, the minimum mass required to form a black hole; this is known as the "Oppenheimer limit."

However, this so-called minimum mass refers to the rest mass. In reality, the world is in motion, and considering various factors, sufficient redundancy must be maintained, with an initial estimate of 5 solar masses.

Even with the current technology of the Rising Dragon Palace, moving an object with the mass of five suns would be somewhat difficult. It's possible, but it would take a long time and cannot be kept secret.

Both timing and secrecy are of paramount importance.

Furthermore, it's not easy to find something of sufficient mass in the surrounding area.

After calculation, everyone discovered that there was only one large object in the vicinity that met the requirements and was easy to operate: the Youyun District continent!
So here's the question: if the Youyun District suddenly turns into a black hole, will Chu Fei and the others have time to escape the danger?

Furthermore, after careful consideration, it seems that the goddess of nature still needs to intervene. For the time being, only a saint can contend with a sage.

This is a dilemma. (End of Chapter)