Cataclysm: Undead Dragons and Zero Empire

Chapter 115 Information Warfare

Extreme light is the only theme in this galaxy at this moment.

The moment the cross-shaped fleet completely disintegrated into a pure flow of information, spreading out in the starry sky in the form of a Möbius strip, the physical rules of the entire galaxy had already deviated from the normal state of the universe.

Whether it is the singularity that arises when "1," representing "existence," reaches its extreme, or the heat death that arises when "0," representing "non-existence," reaches its extreme, they are both two ultimate forms of the universe, both absolute destruction. They simply reach the same end in different ways.

The flames of "Death of Zero" helped Lin Zimo quell the onslaught of information, allowing him to temporarily remain unscathed in this furnace that could be described as a dreamlike return to Genesis.

If these data streams define the proportion of "1" and "0" by "assigning values" to the universe, thereby changing reality, then the death of zero is erasing all "assignments," returning everything that has been defined to its most primitive state, which is even closer to nothingness than heat death.

At this moment, Lin Ziming could no longer see any complete material form in his psionic vision; all the surrounding celestial bodies were already disintegrating.

The first thing to break down is the chemical bond between molecules, followed by the disintegration of atomic nuclei. Protons and neutrons break free of their bonds and mix with the freed electrons, forming a plasma ocean that fills the entire galaxy and has an unimaginably high temperature.

The temperature rise seemed endless, rushing headlong into the infancy of the universe. At this temperature, even protons and neutrons could hardly maintain their stable structure, and the entire galaxy turned into a boiling, primordial cosmic soup.

Bathed in this ultimate light of creation, Lin Ziming felt a scorching heat for the first time, as if his fragile human skin had touched a boiling and erupting volcanic hot spring.

Black and red flames flowed across the surface of his dragon bones, forming an absolutely deathly still area around him, but what could truly threaten him was never this intense heat that could engulf everything.

Lin Ziming could clearly sense that his own form of existence was being shaken, as the information-state fleet had been trying to forcibly alter the information composition of Lin Ziming himself.

This is a strike that transcends the scope of conventional weapons and targets the fundamental logic of the universe. The disruption of an individual's information structure means removing the very foundation of the universe. If you pull out the bottom domino in a tower of dominoes, it will instantly disintegrate into elementary particles.

The vast ocean of souls, composed of countless souls he had accepted, was now like a stormy sea, with towering waves crashing against it. Countless points of soul light trembled violently under the impact of the information torrent, and their existence information was also affected, beginning to become blurred and disordered.

Lin Ziming didn't need to think about why the fleet was attacking him; the distinction between friend and foe was so clear. Black and red flames surged out of his bones like a flood bursting its banks.

The plasma ocean formed by extreme light and heat begins to cool and dissolve the moment it touches the black and red flames, as if it is calming down this cosmic cauldron. A large amount of matter, dissociated into elementary particles, instantly completes the entire process from existence to nothingness under the flushing of the flames.

As the "death of zero" spreads, the temperature is dropping rapidly, as if the universe, which has just returned to childhood and has not yet enjoyed a moment of purity, is being forced to grow up.

Thus, the entire galaxy could see a strange sight in a star system far more dazzling than a supernova explosion: the core of extreme light was absolute darkness, with countless equally dark "cracks" meandering and twisting, like fissures eroded by water in stone.

This darkness was not devoid of light and heat, but rather significantly lower than the surrounding average temperature, appearing as a shadow of light, much like sunspots on the surface of the sun.

The Möbius strip of information vibrated violently under the impact of the black and red flames, as if a long river was boiling from the bottom, with countless bubbles surging to the surface, creating turbulent waves and steam.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred. The fleet that had inexplicably attacked Lin Zimo seemed to have completely confirmed his identity because of Lin Zimo's counterattack, confirming that he was the target that the fleet was looking for.

The attack, which had initially been probing, became completely unrestrained, frenzied, and resolute. Even though these information streams would be incinerated by "Death of Zero" as soon as they touched Lin Ziming's surroundings, the opponent showed no sign of stopping, as if they wanted to completely overwhelm him with an endless torrent of information.

In every corner of this galaxy, space began to warp violently, and Möbius strips, identical to those before, were leaping out.

One, two, ten—in a short period of time, hundreds of identical information-state fleets appeared throughout the galaxy, each Möbius strip attacking Lin Zimo.

The high temperature, which had been suppressed by the "Death of Zero," began to rise again under the combined force of hundreds of information-state fleets. Countless streams of information, glowing with silvery-white light, intertwined in the starry sky, as if to transform the entire galaxy into a giant computational matrix, and Lin Zimo was the only target that this matrix wanted to compute and erase.

Black and red flames clashed with silvery-white information streams in this galaxy, and extreme light and extreme darkness collided to create breathtaking patterns in the starry sky.

In order to maintain the high energy state here, more and more of the surrounding stars began to go out. The light of those stars that were originally burning stably was decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a city whose power had been turned off.

One, ten, a hundred, a thousand —

Thousands upon thousands of stars were extinguished in this frenzied energy extraction, and a vast, dark void appeared in the galaxy centered on this battlefield, resembling a terrifying sacrificial ritual.

The extracted stellar energy was transformed into the most basic information units, which were absorbed and manipulated by the Möbius strips. The silvery-white information flow became increasingly turbulent and magnificent, rushing and roaring in the starry sky, constantly impacting the boundary of "death of zero," causing the dark territory symbolizing the end to begin to slowly shrink.

With the balance of power shifting, this protracted tug-of-war is far from the optimal solution for Lin Ziming, and he must break this deadlock.

Lin Zimo's self-light was projected onto the veil between the real universe and the subspace.

Once he breaks through the veil of the warp, he can escape this reality controlled by his opponent and, with the seemingly inexhaustible psionic energy throughout the warp, create a favorable battleground for himself.

A torrent of psionic energy surged from his dragon bones, slamming into the veil between the real universe and the warp like a heavy hammer. But just as his psionic energy was about to touch the warp veil, it was forcibly torn apart from the other side of the warp.

At this moment, the entire galaxy's space was like paper being crumpled and torn, with numerous wrinkles and cracks appearing. The curtain between the real universe and the subspace was forcibly ripped open, revealing the endless chaos and darkness of the subspace on the other side.

What emerged from that darkness was not the chaotic torrent of spiritual energy that Lin Ziming had anticipated, but a warship so enormous that it exceeded the limits of conventional understanding.

Its size is larger than an entire galaxy.