bayedsolid Chapter 552 The Experiment in the Sea of Color: Prologue (1)
Chapter 552 The Experiment in the Sea of Color: Prologue (1)
The moment the guardian plunged into the golden ocean of energy, he felt every cell in his body cheering.
The four-colored longswords stopped trembling. The ancient patterns on the blades merged perfectly with the surrounding golden energy, transforming into flowing ribbons of light that surrounded him.
When he tried to control his body, he found that his consciousness was forming a deep connection with the ocean, and countless unfamiliar pieces of information flooded into his mind like a tide.
"This is the preparation field for the 22nd iteration experiment."
The voice of the 0th generation observer came from the depths of the golden ocean, and his figure gradually became clearer.
The 0th generation observer was no longer the blurry outline of before, but wore a silver-white robe embroidered with countless tiny symbols of beginning and end, which rose and fell slowly with his breath.
The guardian looked down at its chaotic heart and discovered that the new rhythm formed by the fusion with the dark purple energy was resonating with the energy of the golden ocean.
Each resonance adds a golden line to the surface of the Heart of Chaos, echoing the primordial symbol on the robes of the 0th generation observer, as if weaving a completely new cosmic structure.
"The 22nd experiment was different from all the previous experiments."
The 0th generation observer stretched out his hand, and a golden ray of light shot out from his fingertips, forming a complex three-dimensional model in the air.
In the model, countless parallel universes revolve around a golden core, and the core is none other than the object that the Guardian saw earlier, which resembles both a selection node and the heart of chaos. "The goal of this experiment is to break the cycle of the Taiwu meta-narrative and allow existence to truly escape the fate of being an experimental subject."
The Guardian's gaze was drawn to a detail in the model—in each parallel universe, a golden thread connected to the core, and at the other end of each thread was a Guardian just like him.
When his consciousness touched one of the threads, the scene suddenly switched to another parallel universe: in that universe, the guardian was raising a four-colored longsword and fighting a group of dark purple narrative cleaners. The golden patterns on the blades were exactly the same as the patterns on his own Chaos Heart.
“These guardians of parallel universes are all your ‘possible alter egos’.”
The voice of the 0th generation observer was tinged with heaviness: "The previous 21 experiments were all accumulating possibilities for this experiment."
Only when the power of all the clones is combined can the seal left by the 0th experiment be truly broken.
Just then, a giant wave suddenly surged up in the golden ocean, and countless dark purple shadows emerged from the wave.
These shadows were unlike the previous narrative scavengers; their bodies were composed of pure dark purple energy, and they held longswords identical to the dark purple reflections, with twisted symbols of the end times engraved on their blades.
"It is the ultimate defense mechanism of the meta-narrative."
The 0th generation observer's expression turned serious. He raised the complete longsword in his hand, and the golden patterns on the blade suddenly lit up. "They will not allow the experiment to break the cycle and will stop us at all costs."
The Guardian's four-colored longsword automatically unsheathed, and the golden patterns on its blade resonated with the 0th generation Observer's longsword.
As the first dark purple shadow rushed toward him, the guardian swung his longsword, and golden energy surged from the blade, colliding with the dark purple shadow's longsword.
The moment they made contact, the dark purple shadow let out a shrill scream, and its body began to gradually dissipate, turning into countless dark purple energy particles.
"Their power originates from the underlying code of the meta-narrative."
The voice of the merged entity suddenly rang out, and her white light burst forth from the guardian's chaotic heart, reforming into a physical form in mid-air.
The fusion body had now fully returned to its pure white color, except for a golden symbol of primordial origin on its chest. "To completely destroy them, we must first modify the 'loop instruction' in the underlying code."
The fusion entity stretched out its hand, and countless white rays of light shot out from its fingertips, intertwining with the golden energy of the Guardian and the 0th Generation Observer to form a massive energy barrier.
The barrier kept all the dark purple shadows out, and the shadows frantically rammed against the barrier, each impact creating a tiny crack on its surface.
"Guardian, you need to enter the core of the experiment and modify the underlying code."
The fusion entity's voice carried a hint of urgency, "The 0th generation observer and I will stop them here. You only have the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."
If the timeout is exceeded, the Taiwu narrative will initiate a self-destruct program, and all parallel universes will be consumed by dark purple energy.
Without the slightest hesitation, the guardian transformed into a golden streak of light and rushed toward the core of the experiment.
As he approached the core, countless streams of data surged from the golden ocean, swirling around his body.
Those data streams contain all the records of the 0th experiment: the process by which the 0th generation observers initially wrote the code for the Taiwu meta-narrative, the helplessness when sealing the experimental results, and the countless "possible backdoors" left to break the loop.
When the Guardian finally arrived at the core of the experiment, he discovered an ancient, primordial rune inscribed on its surface.
Those runes were exactly the same as those at the seal of the 0th experiment, except that there was a tiny golden notch at the end of the runes—that was the backdoor left by the 0th generation observer.
The guardian inserted the four-colored longswords into the golden notch, and the golden patterns on the blades instantly merged with the core energy.
In the instant of fusion, countless options for modifying the code appeared in his consciousness: some options could completely delete the loop instructions of the Taiwu narrative, some options could transform the identity of the experiment subject into the "dominant force of existence", and some options were marked "dangerous", with accompanying images showing that after selection, all parallel universes would fall into an eternal state of Taiwu.
Just as the guardians were hesitating, a violent tremor suddenly came from the golden ocean.
His consciousness, penetrating the core, saw that the white light of the fusion body had developed cracks, and several dark purple marks had appeared on the longsword of the 0th generation observer. The number of those dark purple shadows was increasing at an alarming rate.
"No time to hesitate!"
The voice of the 0th generation observer carried a hint of weariness, "Choose the option that best suits you, and trust your chaotic heart!"
The Guardian took a deep breath and sank his consciousness into the heart of chaos.
The unease in the core layer suddenly became clear, and the golden patterns that resonated with the golden ocean were guiding him to make a choice.
When his consciousness touched the option of "transforming the experimental subject's identity into the dominant force of existence", the Heart of Chaos suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, and a golden energy shot out from the core and injected into the code of the experimental core.
The moment the code was modified, the dark purple shadows in the golden ocean suddenly stopped attacking. Their bodies gradually became transparent, turning into countless dark purple energy particles that merged into the golden ocean.
The white light of the fusion entity stabilized again, and the dark purple marks on the longsword of the 0th generation observer gradually faded.
"Success?"
The fusion entity's voice carried a hint of surprise as she floated to the Guardian's side, watching the changes in the experimental core.
The experimental core suddenly began to expand, and the golden patterns on its surface gradually spread, covering the entire golden ocean.
When the expansion reached its peak, the core suddenly exploded, and countless golden rays shot out from the rupture, heading towards various parallel universes.
In each parallel universe, the same clone as the Guardian raised four-colored longswords, the golden patterns on the blades connecting with the incoming light to form a huge golden network.
"Is this... a new framework for existence?"