Chapter 2132 - 1693: Overflowing Increment

Chapter 2132: Chapter 1693: Overflowing Increment

"What did you say? It really worked? The incremental feedback is increasing? Increasing by how much?" Nagri stared at Ange in shock.

That absurd speculation from Duroken actually succeeded? This was simply unbelievable.

Ange thought for a moment and said, "Overflow."

"Huh? What do you mean, overflow?"

Ange nodded. "The incremental feedback is greater than the incremental consumption."

Everyone was completely baffled by Ange’s words.

Anthony asked hesitantly, "The increment gained is greater than the increment consumed? So you call it overflow? Does that mean your increment will never be exhausted, but will keep accumulating?"

Ange nodded.

Besides enhancing the Star Descendants’ consciousness intensity and the amount of information in their memories, Ange had also set up other methods, such as the Star Bone Bracelet, linking the surface and core of the God Star, and constantly pulling increment back to the outer area of the core.

As for why he didn’t pull it straight into the core—because the pressure in the core region is too great, it would accelerate the decay of the increment.

In addition, Ange copied what he had done in the Azure Dimension, using vast layers of rock to wrap the God Star and the entire space, turning the Inner Wall of the sphere into living space for all kinds of creatures.

The total area of this sphere’s Inner Wall was as large as several million Prime Material Planes, easily able to house hundreds of trillions of lives.

And that’s using the productivity of the Prime Material Plane as the baseline; if you use Ange’s standard of productivity, you could raise another dozen or twenty times more creatures without issue.

After listening to Ange’s explanation, Nagri and the others were all dumbfounded, their faces full of shock.

Nagri repeated in disbelief, "You’re saying that with a single Square space you created a world that can support hundreds of trillions of intelligent lives—and you still have seven hundred and twenty-eight such Squares left. Is that what you mean?"

Ange nodded.

Everyone drew in a deep breath. This number was beyond their imagination. It’s like telling a beggar you’re going to rob him of a few million—he’d feel nothing. But if you say you’re going to rob him of one coin, he might fight you to the death, because that one coin he really has.

Numbers like hundreds of trillions were something Nagri and the others would never come into contact with; they had no sense of them.

"So it’s by relying on these hundreds of trillions of intelligent lives that you’ve achieved incremental overflow, is that it?" Nagri asked.

Ange nodded.

Everyone looked at each other. The discussion simply couldn’t go on. This was already beyond their comprehension; even if they wanted to talk about it, they wouldn’t know where to start. Anyway, they understood that Ange’s increment had reached the point of overflow and would never suffer loss again.

"Right now you’ve only transformed one Square, and your increment is already overflowing. If you transform the remaining seven hundred and twenty-seven Squares the same way, won’t the feedback increment be enough to condense a God Star out in the open?" Nagri said.

At the moment, the Square World was located in the Space-Time Domain, where everything was proportionally scaled down.

Ange used external increment to Manifest a God Star inside the Square World, planted crops, and supported tens of billions of intelligent creatures. The incremental feedback they produced had already reached the level of overflow.

This kind of overflow was relative to the Square World. Outside, Ange as the Incremental Core was still continuously consuming increment. Using the overflowed increment inside the Space-Time Domain to fill the deficit outside was anything but easy.

Ange nodded. It seemed he really did need to transform the remaining seven hundred and twenty-seven Squares into similar environments, raise more intelligent creatures and Star Descendants, and strive to make every Square reach incremental overflow.

Wolfsman suddenly asked, "Does the knowledge level of intelligent creatures affect their incremental feedback? Will a Great Magician who has studied at the Magic Academy for decades produce more increment than an illiterate vagrant?"

The Square nodded. "Yes."

Ursman murmured, "Looks like the amount of information in memory is the key to increment. I’m starting to understand why Exotic Ghosts only want Star Souls—information is their greatest spoils of war."

"The amount of information in a single Star Soul is higher than that of all intelligent creatures near this God Star combined. It has lived through endless ages, witnessed changes in the Void, witnessed the birth and destruction of every star. Its information level is not something intelligent creatures can compare to, which is why Dis could unleash an Information Storm when he self-destructed."

Anthony and the others pondered for a long time. Only then did Anthony ask, "If that’s the case, what do Exotic Ghosts collect so much information for?"

Ursman said, "The most likely reason is the same as yours—to create their own Square World."

Anthony nodded. "If that’s the case, then everything makes sense."

What do intelligent creatures pursue besides a few things? Power, lifespan... And for a God Star, increment is both power and lifespan, merged into one. With that in mind, it’s understandable that someone would develop weapons capable of destroying God Stars just to chase them.

Uh... except for Ange. This Dead Skull only pursues farming.

Just then, the Star Forger in the distance let out a wail of agony.

What happened? Everyone gathered around in confusion. No one was attacking it, so why was it screaming?

The Star Forger was a Star Descendant, and one that had undergone two metamorphoses. Unless Ange targeted its consciousness with punishments, even if you ground it to dust it wouldn’t feel pain. What could make it scream like this?

Seeing everyone gather around, the Star Forger begged in torment, "Kill me, I’m begging you, kill me, hurry and kill me."

Anthony quickly asked, "What happened?"

The Star Forger said painfully, "Divine Light, I haven’t bathed in the Divine Light. The White Crystals are shattering. They’re tearing my consciousness apart. It hurts too much. Kill me, I’m begging you, kill me."

Anthony and the others looked at each other.

Was the consequence of not bathing in Divine Light really this severe? They honestly didn’t know.

Because Ange had always protected them, they’d never gone long without seeing Divine Light, and had no idea the consequences would be so excruciating that a twice-metamorphosed Star Descendant would beg others to kill it.

Nagri asked, "Didn’t you go to look for the Gate of No Boundary before? If you pass through the Gate of No Boundary and go back to bask in it, wouldn’t that solve it?"

Previously, the Artifact Master had already taken the Star Forger to the Gate of No Boundary. But because the Star Lord’s Chariot dazzled its eyes, it flew into a rage and came back slaughtering, and ultimately ended up in its current state. Which just goes to show: sometimes you really bring death upon yourself.

The Star Forger said, "No, I can’t. For some reason, the Ten Thousand Refining Empire has shut down all the Gates of No Boundary. I can’t go back."

So that was it. No wonder it was so irritable, ready to fight to the death just because its eyes got dazzled.

"What about an Oblique Star Mirror? Can you find a suitable Oblique Star Mirror?" Nagri asked.

The Star Forger said in pain, "There’s no time. It hurts too much. Kill me, hurry, I’m about to split apart."

Never mind that there was no news of an Oblique Star Mirror; even if there were, it didn’t want to wait another second. This agony of consciousness being torn apart made every second feel as long as a century. If it weren’t so wracked with pain that it couldn’t move its hands, it would have already ripped itself apart.

Everyone turned to look at Ange.

Ange thought for a moment, then took out his disc avatar and flipped open one of the discs.

The phantom of a God Star emerged from the disc, then burst forth with dazzling Divine Light that shone down on the Star Forger.

The Star Forger showed no change. Even bathed in the Divine Light, its consciousness still howled in agony.

Ange flipped open another disc. The phantom rose, and the Divine Light blazed.

Like that, he flipped disc after disc. No one knew how many he’d gone through before the Star Forger, curled up in agony, suddenly shuddered and lifted its head in surprise.