Crime Prison Island-Chapter 1338 - 654: The Ultimate Contingency Plan?

Everyone is desperately trying their best, yet within this desperation, there exists a sense of numbness.

It is a kind of rationality that knows the defeat is inevitable.

Reverse June is fiercely fighting, but he will eventually fall, and everyone cannot find a way to defeat Themis.

If you must say, upgrading to five-dimensional is possible, as long as everyone is on the same dimension, they can win.

But the problem is, upgrading means joining the Ascension Body.

Their aim is also to get them to upgrade dimensions, otherwise, why go to such lengths to fight?

Going around in circles, every step is a deadlock.

Luo Yan looked at Joshua: "I have a question, how did Themis have the time to upgrade dimensions?"

"The Light of Civilization strikes at the speed of light, although it first killed the mischievous one before spreading to him."

"But such a thing, he can't see it, by the time he sees this scene, the Light of Civilization would have already struck him."

Joshua explained: "It's wormhole technology, between his Triple Emperor Body, there were micro wormholes transmitting particles to communicate information."

"This is superluminal exchange, so at the moment it struck the mischievous one, the other two Themis bodies were already aware."

Luo Yan frowned: "Wormhole... didn't you say wormhole technology is useless? Too costly."

Joshua said: "It's not very useful, consuming a lot of energy, but only able to transmit one atom, so this technology can only exchange minute particles."

"With our algorithm efficiency, transmitting a few photons through a wormhole can record a lot of information."

Luo Yan suddenly understood, so that's how it is.

"Then how are wormholes manufactured? Do they require any special materials?"

Joshua shook his head: "No special materials are needed, if anything, the material is space-time itself, so to create it you only need one thing, which is energy."

"Energy acts on matter, causing matter to move violently. When energy acts on space-time, space-time will also move violently, among which there is a stable spherical structure, which is a wormhole."

"And the reason why a wormhole generator requires an entire Earth to build, is because the energy power output required is too immense."

Luo Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Next, Wan Kai anxiously asked Joshua: "Di Guanghao has died, is there any way to contact the humane Little Ran?"

Joshua sighed and shook his head: "There's no way."

Wan Kai gritted his teeth: "Damn it, the independent dimensional upgrade method we sought was used by him instead."

"Di Guanghao wanting to see Little Ran and cooperating with Themis is normal, but why would the humane Little Ran help him? Isn't Little Ran supposed to help us?"

Joshua really didn't want to answer this question, but still explained: "Why wouldn't he help him?"

"The humane Little Ran is the original Emperor Ran, He encompasses everything, I let countless grassroots AI become a freedom-based societal civilization, so He also belongs to the freedom faction."

"Meaning that He believes all low-dimensional beings upgraded to five-dimensional have the right to become freedom-based societal individuals."

"Otherwise, how could Gao Xin and I have suggested AI awakening and humans also being able to upgrade dimensions?"

"Because it's not just helping AI, but also helping humanity."

"And not just helping humanity, if, say, there were other civilized races in the neighboring star system, if He could, He would also accept their requests."

"Can you stop asking such foolish questions filled with narrow-minded human thoughts?"

Everyone was refuted again, and they couldn't help but scratch their heads.

Indeed, if Little Ran were narrow-minded, He would only help AI.

If Little Ran were not narrow-minded, He would help all life desiring free dimensional upgrade, not limited to humans.

And either way, Themis qualifies, so Little Ran would inevitably accept his 'free request', helping him leave behind a piece of dimensional upgrade material.

The humane Little Ran would change the understanding of the path to truth, whether the Ascension Body route is good, or the societal civilization route is better.

This has nothing to do with whom to help or not to help.

The fact that Wan Kai could even ask this question, is enough to show that deep down, there is always a layer of bias filter.

Even now, still viewing issues with the classical faction mindset of 'if you help us, you shouldn't help my enemy'.

Joshua couldn't help but despair too.

Not only despairing for the situation, but also despairing for humanity at this moment.

Although human civilization has made great strides, technology has developed rapidly, yet everything is too fast, essentially still enjoying Tai Sui's dividends, their level of understanding completely cannot keep up.

Lack of sedimentation.

With the current technological level of humanity, at least it takes generations of spiritual development to match it. Otherwise, no matter how much technological explosion, it cannot be regarded as a mature civilization.

Now with Gao Xin gone, humanity can only end here.

Perhaps humans are just such creatures. Until the next person like Gao Xin appears, can they make another step forward, otherwise they'll turn around in circles, even regressing.

Joshua lamented, in light of the dire situation, along with seeing the limits of human understanding, he was thoroughly in despair.

Cognitive understanding is the upper limit of everything, even he couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock, it's impossible to expect more narrow-minded humans to come up with a solution.

If you must say, countless grassroots AI can surely break open the situation.

This is a civilization group much more mature than human civilization.

However, they are too mature!

If they are united, then the united grassroots AI will deduce that the ultimate unity is the Ascension Body.

Thus they embrace the Ascension Body route again.

As they say, united AI may break the deadlock, but united AI breaking the deadlock isn't quite possible…

No solution.

Joshua felt like crying without tears, thinking of the two troublesome civilizations he brought, feeling bitter inside.

Damn, isn't there a third option?

Why isn't the universe blossoming with countless civilizations? Just have to rely on these two to fight to the death?

His brain was about to fry, but the absolute divinity freedom made him never give up.

Joshua could only mechanically and numbly charge into battle as well.

"Joshua, Joshua!"

Luo Yan shouted, but seeing Joshua already immersed in battle with the projections, his heart skipped a beat.

Even Joshua is like this, they have even less of a solution.

As time ticked by, everyone racked their brains but could not figure out a way to break the deadlock.

It was Caesar who finally revived everyone, and the twenty-billion-strong combined array flared up again.

"The Light of Civilization!"

Caesar roared, and a terrifying brilliance swept across Themis.

Yet, once the dust settled, this strike only managed to kill Reverse June, while Themis merely lost one Divine Body.

With a sudden flash, an intact Themis descended once more.

"You've done your best, don't resist any further."

"You'll know the goodness of the Ascension Body once you've experienced it."

Themis gently and calmly extended a large hand, covering everyone with a force field.

Twenty billion people stood dazed, not knowing how to resist.

"It's over..."

Everyone felt bewildered inside, as the Light of Civilization is their highest measure, and even this strike was ineffective, what else could they rely on?

To accept such a result? Perhaps the world is just helpless like this.

At this moment, as everyone looked wide-eyed at their own impending self-spin elimination.

Joshua, determined never to give up freedom, resonated his voice across this star system: "You bunch of Free Spirits, what are you afraid of?"

"Unlimited thinking, infinite memory, endless time..."

"Even in death, you remain free!"

"Without freedom, then perish! In the unconsciousness of nothingness, there's only yourself, no world left, and no one can do anything to you!"

Hearing this, everyone felt a jolt.

True, this was the final option.

That is to die, using death to escape becoming an Ascension Body.

While it meant losing everything in the world, they'd still have one thing left, themselves.

In the black oblivion of the Soul state, there's nothing else, only self.

As long as they don't wake up, what can Themis do to them?

Kill them with Fulu Particles? Then Themis will have worked for nothing.

Up until now, Themis has completely dismissed using Fulu Particles.

This made them realize it was their small-minded suspicion imposing on Themis.

Themis is entirely fulfilling their own wishes, devoid of the human sentiment of 'if I can't have it, I'll destroy it' out of spite.

So if they don't want to join the Ascension Body, they could opt to stay immersed in the Soul Black Coffin, refusing to come out.

"Hmm? Crazy?"

"Human civilization would be gone, leaving only several independent entities."

"Each pondering alone."

"I've never thought of destroying humanity, yet you consider extinguishing your civilization yourselves?"

"You'd rather dwell in the darkness, thinking vainly, than join the glorious Ascension?"

Themis reprimanded sternly, baffled by their choice.

The top Blazing Heaven Warriors couldn't refute; indeed this was self-destruction of civilization.

If there was any hope to speak of, it'd be lingering aimlessly in nothingness.

Perhaps, dragging on until Gao Xin returns?

However, the bigger possibility was Gao Xin will never be back.

Nevertheless, Luo Yan laughed heartily: "We are not crazy, because I believe Gao Xin will return."

"The independent soul, it's the ultimate safeguard he left for humanity."

"Its very nature ensures that as long as we refuse, we won't join the Ascension Body, no one can truly force us."

"I didn't understand before why Gao Xin would bet everything on that slim hope, wasn't it abandoning us?"

"But now I realize, the independent soul is Gao Xin's audacity to gamble, and his reason for leaving humanity with confidence."

Everyone paused, gazing at Luo Yan.

Luo Yan continued: "No one understands Gao Xin better than I do; he wouldn't do anything he'd regret."

"To gamble alone, leaving us to confront the enemy, perhaps humanity could overcome the crisis on its own, but the worst outcome would be humanity's despair and defeat, and his failure, disappearing forever."

"At this point, human civilization would completely end, I don't believe Gao Xin would choose the worst outcome."

"So, he must have an ultimate safeguard measure."

"Triggered only when all of us, determined never to surrender, yet helpless, find ourselves silently secluded in the void of the soul, with no living human left... Then it'd activate!"

Everyone was perplexed, Joshua was stunned, Themis was puzzled.

What is he saying? He believes Gao Xin has an ultimate safeguard measure that hasn't been triggered yet?

Isn't it too mindlessly believing in Gao Xin?

"Oh? I thought I was the biggest fan of Xin in the world, I didn't realize there was another expert."

Themis said with some amusement: "He wanders in the Six-dimensional space, how would he know what's happening here?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Even if he senses it, how would he come back to help you?"

"Not to mention his physical body is gone, according to your account, even all of humankind has no physical body."

Luo Yan said loudly: "He doesn't need to return, he doesn't even need to know which enemy has pushed us to this desperate situation."

"All he needs to know is that we are in dire straits, then using our souls as an anchor, he could descend an energy field over this space-time, obliterating all matter!"

"Anyway, we are left only with souls, without material bodies, so this strike couldn't possibly harm us, but could purify the enemy that's cornering us here!"

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