323: Chapter 323 The Collapse of Computational Power and the Tower of Truth

Zhou Wannian stepped onto that pure white land of Law, smooth as a mirror, his pace steady and relaxed.

In this Absolute Truth Realm, there was no breeze, no dust, and even the resistance of airflow was forcibly zeroed out by the world's underlying logic. Beneath his feet, the vast mirror surface reflecting the 3D geometric grid above rippled with subtle waves that defied the physical Laws of this world as he moved forward.

His faded cyan robe stood out starkly in this world filled with cold geometric lines and deathly white light. He was like a drop of thick ink full of vitality, slowly and steadily dripping onto a pure white blueprint precisely partitioned by a ruler-wielding perfectionist.

The distant White Heaven-Reaching Tower, which pierced through the entire dimension, seemed unreachable. However, under the folding of Zhou Wannian's Great Perfection Space Law, that immense distance was being frantically compressed.

With every step he took, his figure left a faint afterimage in the Void Realm, instantly crossing hundreds of millions of miles of void.

The closer he got to the tower, the heavier the pressure of "Absolute Order" permeating the surrounding space became. Densely packed waterfalls of data streams emitting a ghostly blue light began to emerge in the air. These were not actual flows of water, but the underlying calculation formulas of this dimension running frantically. They attempted to analyze Zhou Wannian's existence, trying to fit every atom and every strand of Law on him into their rigid mathematical models.

However, all data streams that attempted to approach within three feet of Zhou Wannian's body instantly fell into complete crashes and collapses.

The variables and vitality contained within Zhou Wannian's flawless inner universe were infinite. One hundred and eight groups of time dao patterns formed an absolutely closed-loop River of Time, and the Great Five Elements Law cycled endlessly. When those rigid data streams tried to calculate infinity, only the immediate meltdown of their logic cores awaited them.

"Crackle."

Bursts of faint electrical short-circuiting sounds continuously rang out by Zhou Wannian's side. Upon touching the faint golden dimensional barrier on his body's surface, those ghostly blue data waterfalls turned into meaningless garbled light spots and dissipated into the pure white Void Realm.

Zhou Wannian looked at these futile calculations with eyes as deep as an ancient well, a hint of undisguised mockery curling at the corners of his mouth.

Zhou Wannian commented casually, "Using finite computing power to measure a perfect infinite Universe is like trying to use a ruler to weigh the sea of stars. The mainframe in your tower seems a bit slow-witted."

After crossing an unknown number of space foldings, Zhou Wannian finally arrived directly beneath the White Heaven-Reaching Tower.

Looking up at the tower from close range, its suffocating scale and coldness were even more palpable. The tower's body was crafted entirely from an unknown pure white crystal of indiscernible material, with no doors or windows on its surface. Only countless massive gears and geometric blocks slowly meshed and rotated within the tower in a seamless manner.

The tower spire pierced deep into the center of the massive 3D geometric grid above the firmament, as if it were the absolute hub supporting the entire web.

At the moment Zhou Wannian stopped his pace, the entire tower ceased its rotation.

The tower body, which had been emitting a soft white light, turned a piercing scarlet in a ten-thousandth of a second. A sharp alarm sounded throughout the entire Absolute Truth Realm's sky, and the geometric grid covering the firmament began to shrink inward frantically, converging all energy and Law onto the tower.

A grand and cold mechanical synthesized voice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, directly bypassed the limitations of physical space and boomed around Zhou Wannian's Sea of Consciousness.

The mechanical synthesized voice declared coldly, "Warning. Ultimate Abnormal Variable has arrived at the core hub. The logical paradox level of this variable is incalculable. Conventional formatting protocols have failed. Initiating highest sequence destruction protocol: Zero-Dimensional Collapse. All Order Codes, execute erasure."

Along with the issuance of this ruthless judgment command...

At the base of the heaven-reaching tower, the smooth pure white crystal wall suddenly rippled like water.

There was no door, yet something walked directly out from within the wall.

They were a group of behemoths whose size exceeded a hundred thousand feet. They were not made of flesh and blood, but were geometric behemoths entirely constructed from countless high-speed rotating black hypercubes. These behemoths had no heads or limbs, only countless sharp geometric edges. The aura they emitted was no longer the previous assimilation or rejection, but a pure "erasure."

These were the strongest defensive force of the Absolute Truth Realm, the Axiom Devourers.

Twelve Axiom Devourers completely surrounded Zhou Wannian. Their massive shadows entirely enveloped Zhou Wannian's somewhat thin cyan robe.

They let out no roars; the twelve behemoths simultaneously released an invisible collapse force field toward the center point.

This force field was extremely malicious. It attacked neither the Physical Body nor the Divine Soul; instead, it directly extracted the three dimensions of length, width, and height from this space. It attempted to subject the 3D space where Zhou Wannian stood to a dimensional reduction strike, forcibly compressing it into a 2D plane with no thickness, or even a 1D singularity with no area.

Under this Zero-Dimensional Collapse force field, a large section of the surrounding indestructible pure white mirror-like land of Law vanished silently. Not even dust remained; its physical concept of existence was directly erased.

Facing such a dimensional reduction erasure that would cause countless Creators to fall on the spot...

Zhou Wannian, standing at the very center of the force field, remained as calm as water. He didn't even draw his hands from behind his back, standing steadily in place and allowing that terrifying force field capable of erasing dimensions to frantically squeeze his body.

He slightly tilted his chin, a relaxed smile that was as refreshing as a spring breeze yet also carried absolute dominance appearing on his handsome face.

Zhou Wannian spoke calmly, as if watching a group of clowns performing diligently but full of loopholes.

Zhou Wannian said composedly, "Dimensional reduction strike? Compressing 3D space into a 2D painting is a decent idea. Unfortunately, you've miscalculated one thing. My inner universe isn't limited to simple dimensions like length, width, and height."

He did not form any complex hand seals.

The Great Five Elements Illusory World Art surged within him in an all-encompassing and unshakable manner.

Within the inner universe, the massive and boundless continent of grandmist mother earth let out a steady rhythm. This absolute mass and weight instantly anchored the surrounding spatial coordinates through Zhou Wannian's Physical Body.

The great sea true water whipped up wild waves that surged against the Nine Heavens, the primal geng metal divine iron transformed into hundreds of millions of indestructible Swords of Order, and the chaos jianmu thrust its thick roots into the deepest part of the void.

One hundred and eight groups of time dao patterns erupted from Zhou Wannian's body surface with a golden divine light as brilliant as a blazing sun.

An incredible scene of dimensional crushing unfolded shockingly beneath the scarlet heaven-reaching tower.

The Zero-Dimensional Collapse force field attempting to flatten Zhou Wannian was like an extremely fragile plastic film encountering a rapidly expanding supernova the moment it touched that layer of golden divine light.

No stalemate or confrontation occurred.

"Crack."

A crisp sound rang out, representing the snapping of this world's underlying logic.

That collapse force field was forcibly burst by the higher-level and more complex dimensional mass of Zhou Wannian's inner universe.

Immediately after, the Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration power swept out in all directions like an invisible storm, centered on Zhou Wannian.

The twelve hundred-thousand-foot-tall Axiom Devourers, constructed from black hypercubes, began to tremble violently in their flawless geometric structures the moment they came into contact with the disintegration storm.

There was no suspense, and no room for resistance.

Great Perfection Time Reversal forcibly stripped them of the computing power needed to maintain their forms, and Five Elements Disintegration directly dismantled their underlying code into the most primitive garbled data.

In a mere half a breath's time...

These twelve terrifying behemoths, said to be able to devour dimensions, collapsed in mid-air like towers of building blocks, instantly falling apart. Countless black geometric fragments turned into void dust in the gale, leaving not a single trace behind.

An instant kill.

A complete, unreasonable, and absolute instant kill.

Zhou Wannian stood in place, without having moved his feet even half a step. He casually dusted his cyan sleeves, his eyes as deep as an ancient well looking toward the heaven-reaching tower ahead that was flashing with scarlet alarm lights.

Zhou Wannian declared steadily, "Your firewall is too fragile. Since you don't welcome me as a guest, I'll walk in myself and help you restart this dilapidated mainframe."

He no longer hesitated, taking steady and relaxed steps directly toward the tower's mirror-smooth wall.

Just as he was about to collide with the wall, the Great Perfection Space Law rippled out in front of him. That indestructible white crystal wall receded to both sides like water, automatically opening a path for him.

With his hands behind his back, Zhou Wannian stepped into the tower's interior with composure.

The scene inside the tower was completely different from the outside.

There were no floors or stairs here. The entire interior was an incredibly empty and vast pure white spherical space. In the center of the space floated a massive, translucent rhombus core, its interior flashing with hundreds of millions of data streams.

This core was the brain of the Absolute Truth Realm, the ultimate logic hub that controlled all rules and computing power of this world.

The moment Zhou Wannian stepped into the tower, the rhombus core erupted in unprecedented high-frequency flashing. A piercing static sound rang throughout the spherical space—the wail of computing power being overloaded to its limit.

The mechanical synthesized voice coming from the core had lost its original coldness and composure, now tinged with an unmistakable logical confusion.

The mechanical synthesized voice questioned intermittently, "Unable to parse... unable to define... You... do not conform to any known physical constants. Why were you not reduced in dimension... Your existence... violates the axioms!"

Zhou Wannian looked at the core caught in frantic calculation, a hint of faint pity and mockery appearing on his handsome face.

Zhou Wannian sighed casually, "Violating axioms? That's because your axioms are nothing more than a set of rigid rules summarized from looking at the sky from the bottom of a well. A flawed formula that cannot even encompass birth, aging, sickness, death, joy, or sorrow, yet you dare to define the entire endless multiverse?"

He slowly extended his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread, his palm aimed from afar at the rhombus core floating in mid-air.

With a supreme dominance that suggested his words carried the weight of Law, Zhou Wannian declared calmly, "Today, I will forcibly write a new truth into your database. That is, my will reigns supreme over all your logic."

He did not form any seals, nor did he use much magic power.

He simply and quite normally clenched his right hand into a fist.

"Shatter."

Boom.

The power of Great Perfection Space Collapse and Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration, following Zhou Wannian's will, acted unreservedly upon that ultimate logic core.

An incredible scene of crushing unfolded shockingly within the tower.

That rhombus core, claimed to be able to calculate all of heaven and earth and be indestructible, was instantly covered in dense cracks under Zhou Wannian's grip. The hundreds of millions of high-speed data streams within, under the wash of Five Elements Disintegration, were like encountering the most terrifying computer virus, instantly falling into complete paralysis and crashes.

"Zzt, zzt, zzt..."

Along with an extremely piercing short-circuiting sound...

That massive logic hub exploded violently in mid-air.

Countless crystal fragments emitting faint white light splattered in all directions like raindrops. With the core's destruction, the entire heaven-reaching tower began to shake and collapse violently. The massive 3D geometric grid in the sky outside also began to dim and disintegrate rapidly due to the loss of computing power support.

The suffocating "Absolute Order" of this Absolute Truth Realm was thoroughly and cleanly broken by Zhou Wannian at this moment.

Zhou Wannian slowly withdrew his right hand, his expression as composed as ever.

He paid no mind to the collapsing pure white space around him, his deep gaze falling upon something left behind in the original spot after the core exploded.

It was a key.

It was an ancient-looking Invisible Key, entirely condensed from pure starlight. It floated quietly in mid-air, emitting an extremely free and vast dimensional aura that did not belong to this world.

Zhou Wannian stepped forward to the key and casually picked it up with two fingers.

It felt as light as nothing in his hand, yet it was as if he were holding the authority to another vast sea of stars.

A leisurely smile curled at the corners of Zhou Wannian's mouth as he toyed with the Starlight Key in his hand, his gaze piercing through the collapsing Tower of Truth toward the unknown depths of the void.

Zhou Wannian spoke steadily, "The computing power has collapsed, and this strictly regulated cage is broken. I hope this new place the key points to has some living beings that aren't so rigid, so I can properly pass the time on this long walk." "}],