142: Chapter 142 Feeling of Fullness

"It's more than just that."

Regarding parallel universes, the Light Lord hadn't finished speaking yet.

After giving Lin Sheng some time to digest the information, the Light Lord continued,

"The underlying logic of a parallel universe is also somewhat different from that of the Great Universe."

"Even if the underlying logic of the Great Universe is on the materialist faction, it's possible for a parallel universe to give birth to idealistic side logic."

"The underlying logic of the Great Universe influences that of a parallel universe, but the impact is not significant."

"Why is that?"

Lin Sheng was puzzled.

"This is thanks to the existence of the 'cosmic membrane'."

The Light Lord explained patiently.

Simultaneously, a membrane-like object that appeared somewhat illusory and chaotic under Lin Sheng's "high-dimensional perspective" appeared before him.

"This is the cosmic membrane; you should have seen it before."

Lin Sheng had previously left the Solar System when it was still a Small Universe, so he was no stranger to the cosmic membrane.

Although the cosmic membrane had looked chaotic to his eyes back then, Lin Sheng recognized it at a glance when he saw the one the Light Lord produced.

He nodded to the Light Lord, signaling for him to continue.

"On our materialist faction, we call it the 'cosmic membrane', while on the idealistic side, they refer to it as the 'Boundary Wall'."

"cosmic membranes also vary in strength. Their structure and function are quite simple; Level 4 or even some peak Level 3 civilizations can traverse a 'cosmic membrane'."

"But while the structure of the cosmic membrane is simple, it is difficult to deeply understand and utilize it before reaching Level 5."

"Because even the cosmic membrane of a Small Universe can isolate weak interference concepts like the universe's underlying logic, and the cosmic membrane of the Great Universe can even isolate 'Truth'."

"I see."

Hearing these words from the Light Lord, Lin Sheng nodded thoughtfully.

He had gained some knowledge today; he hadn't expected the hierarchy of the Great Universe to be so high that it could even isolate "Truth."

Pondering the uses of the "cosmic membrane" in his mind, an idea suddenly occurred to Lin Sheng.

"Light Lord, do you think a biological being could use the cosmic membrane on their body surface as a defense?"

Hearing Lin Sheng's question, the Light Lord didn't hesitate for a second and directly displayed a "yellow bean smile" emoji to Lin Sheng.

Then, its body surface shifted, changing directly from a light orb form into a chaotic form.

"Level 6 civilizations can already use cosmic membranes for daily applications, but there are limitations."

As he spoke, the Light Lord changed back to the "yellow bean smile" and looked at Lin Sheng with a smiling gaze.

"For example, with the kind of conceptual strike you used on me last time, even if I have the protection of a cosmic membrane, I would still be injured or even die when facing such a strong conceptual strike."

Looking at the "yellow bean smile" emoji before him, Lin Sheng awkwardly changed the subject.

"What about physical attacks? Can the cosmic membrane defend against those?"

"As long as it's not a physical attack with strong conceptual interference, the cosmic membrane provides absolute immunity."

Hearing this, Lin Sheng was tempted.

He asked the system in his mind how many evolution points were needed to evolve a cosmic membrane.

[Ding!]

[The cosmic membrane belongs to the application of concepts; the Host cannot obtain it through the use of evolution points.]

The system's cold, mechanical voice unceremoniously shattered Lin Sheng's fantasy.

Comparing the situation, Lin Sheng pulled his thoughts back to reality.

He looked at the Light Lord and asked,

"Could you give me some cosmic membrane to study?"

The Light Lord pondered Lin Sheng's request for a moment.

It calculated in its mind and felt that with Lin Sheng's current level, even if it gave him a piece of cosmic membrane, Lin Sheng wouldn't be able to figure anything out.

Therefore, after just a few seconds, the Light Lord handed a small piece of cosmic membrane to Lin Sheng.

At the same time, it didn't forget to warn him,

"The cosmic membrane has no concept of size. Don't be fooled by how small this piece looks; as long as it's a universe, they all share a common characteristic."

"They can expand to infinity."

"So, you must be careful when using it, don't let the..."

Before the Light Lord could finish, Lin Sheng took a direct bite out of that piece of cosmic membrane.

Seeing Lin Sheng act so recklessly, the Light Lord immediately displayed a "yellow bean wiping sweat" emoji.

Since Lin Sheng had a good appetite anyway, it just opened its mouth and didn't say anything more.

*Burp~*

After swallowing the cosmic membrane, Lin Sheng let out a very long burp.

This was the first time since he had obtained the "Devour" talent that he felt "full."

*Burp~*

Just then, Lin Sheng burped again.

*Burp~*

Lin Sheng's brow furrowed slightly.

Once was fine, but this series of burps was a clear sign that something was wrong with his body.

He sensed carefully and discovered that the piece of cosmic membrane he had swallowed hadn't been digested immediately. Instead, it remained in his stomach and was being digested at an extremely slow speed.

"Limited by the talent level."

In an instant, Lin Sheng understood where the problem lay.

The reason he felt this sense of fullness was ultimately due to the level of "Devour."

Although "Concept Level" was already a very high level and Lin Sheng had been invincible with it before, when encountering something else that was also "Concept Level," the devoured object required time to digest.

In the terms of the idealistic side, Lin Sheng was currently "refining laws."

Rubbing his somewhat bloated stomach, Lin Sheng had no other choice.

He couldn't upgrade "Devour" to "Truth Level," yet he wanted the cosmic membrane as a defensive measure, so he could only slowly "refine" this piece of cosmic membrane.

However, before that, Lin Sheng also needed to conduct an experiment.

He reached out and grabbed a nearby asteroid, putting it into his mouth.

After the asteroid entered his mouth, Lin Sheng could clearly feel that his devouring ability had decreased, but not by much; it was acceptable.

And just then, Lin Sheng discovered another issue.

While he was digesting the cosmic membrane, he didn't seem to be gaining evolution points.

Actually, it wasn't that there were no evolution points coming in at all.

Lin Sheng noticed that every now and then, a prompt for "evolution points +1" would appear; this should be the gain from devouring the cosmic membrane.

"Are you all right?"

Seeing Lin Sheng tinkering around by himself for a long time, seemingly because something went wrong after devouring the cosmic membrane, the Light Lord asked with concern.

At this time, the Light Lord was also thinking.

If something really went wrong with Lin Sheng's body, would that mean he had harmed his friend, or had he removed a menace for the Great Universe?

It should count as both, right?

While the Light Lord was thinking this, Lin Sheng's voice rang in its ears.

"I'm fine, just a bit stuffed."

*Burp~*

"I'll be fine after a while."