Chapter 1866 Understanding the "Unknown" takes precedence over everything else!

Chapter 1866 Understanding the "Unknown" takes precedence over everything else!
"Highest priority alert! Encounter with an unresolved unknown entity!"

"All non-essential processes have been suspended."

"The evacuation agreement has been cancelled."

"The sample carrying instruction has been revoked."

The cold, impersonal command was executed in an instant.

The chains of rules binding Uchiha Madara, Aizen, Horinfei, Su Yunqing, and Kuroba Kaito silently dissipated, and the five of them fell from mid-air like puppets with broken strings, staggering to their feet on the ground.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Madara Uchiha stretched his stiff limbs, looked up at the sky with his Rinnegan, and frowned.

He felt that the suffocating sense of oppression had not disappeared, but had become even more concentrated, but the target no longer seemed to be them.

"It just let us go like that?" Huo Linfei rubbed his sore shoulder and looked at the motionless halo in the sky with a puzzled expression.

"What the hell is this guy doing?"

Su Yunqing patted her chest, still shaken, and followed everyone's gaze. She saw Observer Zero hovering there like a stuck program icon, with all the "attention" seemingly turning into an invisible beam of light, all focused on Bai Xuan.

"Isn't this guy planning to run away?"

Su Yunqing blinked, then pointed at it and said to Bai Xuan.

"Is it trying to analyze you?"

Analyzing Bai Xuan? Does this guy have some kind of misunderstanding about his own abilities?
Galaxy-level analysis at the single-universe level?
Don't be too confident in yourself.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xuan's gaze remained calmly fixed on Observer Zero, and he spoke indifferently:
"It's not confidence, it's just that it doesn't feel fear."

Although this time traveler still retains the essence of a time traveler's soul, his consciousness has long been "instrumentalized" over the course of his long existence, becoming a pure and highly developed "information processing consciousness."

It no longer has emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness; it's more like a supercomputer without any personal feelings, only absolute rationality and logic.

However, its 'computing power' and 'essence' far surpass any concept of artificial intelligence.

For such beings, the unknown does not evoke fear or retreat, but only arouses "curiosity" about the unknown.

When it discovers an incomprehensible phenomenon, it will drive all its computing power to analyze it until it finds the answer or its own logic collapses.

At this moment, in its eyes, Bai Xuan's value far exceeded the sum of Uchiha Madara and the others.

As if to confirm Bai Xuan's words, the geometric halo of the observer in the sky, Zero, began to change and recombine wildly with unprecedented complexity and frequency, emitting a computational intensity that was almost "burning"!
Countless invisible rule probes, information flows, and causal scanning waves enveloped Bai Xuan with unprecedented density, attempting to "understand" him from every possible angle.

However, none of its methods had any effect.

The observer, Zero, has a constantly shifting geometric halo whose internal rules flow at a dazzling speed, as if a supernova is constantly exploding and reorganizing at its core.

However, no matter how it adjusts the frequency of the probe wave, changes the angle of the rule entry, or increases the intensity of the information flow, the feedback it receives is always the same cold, hard result:

"Target individual cannot be analyzed!"

Error code: Unknown type.

"All conventional detection methods failed, data feedback: zero."

"Threat level reassessment: Unable to estimate (exceeds the model's upper limit)."

"Conventional computing resources are saturated, parsing progress: 0%".

"Activate emergency plan: draw on deep cosmic energy to enhance computing power level."

The moment the cold command was issued, a silent energy storm began to brew on a cosmic scale, centered on the planet where the ninja world was located!
First, there is the sun of the star system where the ninja world is located.

The nuclear fusion reaction inside that star, which was originally burning stably, suddenly intensified. The massive energy flow was forcibly extracted in a way that transcended the laws of physics, transforming into a pure energy torrent that spanned hundreds of millions of kilometers, crossing space and directly injecting into the geometric halo of the observer, Zero!
The sun's brightness is dimming at a rate visible to the naked eye.

But this is just the beginning!
Then, in the more distant cosmos, countless stars, whether red giants, white dwarfs, or Sun-like stars in the main sequence, were all drawn by some invisible force.

Their energy cores were forcibly disturbed, and dazzling beams of energy pierced through the dark universe, converging from all corners of the Milky Way, like rivers flowing into the sea, their target being Observer Zero!

At this moment, the entire Milky Way galaxy seemed to have become a giant "energy battery" providing computing power for Observer Zero!
The light of countless stars flickers for it, and its energy is efficiently transformed into a pure computing power that transcends matter and energy and is closer to "rules" and "information" themselves!

The geometric aura of Observer Zero began to change after absorbing this massive amount of energy!
Its form was no longer merely changing, but began to radiate a soul-stirring glow, like the singularity of the Big Bang!

Its internal computational complexity has been increased to the point that it can simulate the entire process from the birth to the destruction of a galaxy in an instant!
"The stellar energy boost is ready."

"Initiate the ultimate parsing protocol: deep penetration scan at the rule level."

The terrifying computing power, which condenses the energy of all the stars in the Milky Way and is enough to simulate the birth and death of galaxies in an instant, was poured into Bai Xuan by Observer Zero without reservation, in an attempt to analyze him, even if only a part of him.

But the result remained the same.

Feedback to Observer Zero's core is still that absolute, despairing "nothingness" and "unknown".

"Ultimate DNS resolution failed."

"Target individual. Rule-level immunity, data feedback: absolute zero."

"Logical conflict level: highest, core algorithm overload warning"

"Expand the energy extraction range. Target: All planets, nebulae, and black holes within the Milky Way."

"At any cost... we will get the answer!"

Clearly, it intends to convert all matter and energy in the entire Milky Way into "fuel" for analyzing Bai Xuan!
Even if it leads to the collapse of the galaxy structure and the annihilation of countless civilizations, we will not hesitate!

For it, understanding the "unknown" is of paramount importance!
However, just as it was about to activate this final plan, using all the resources within the Milky Way as its computing power to analyze Bai Xuan, Bai Xuan, who had been standing still like an abyss, finally moved.

He slightly raised his right hand, a perfectly normal gesture.

There was no light, no sound, no energy fluctuations, nothing at all.

But in that instant, the entire universe seemed to freeze.

The vast and boundless flow of stellar energy converging from all parts of the Milky Way seemed to have been paused, frozen in the void.

The process of Observer Zero frantically absorbing energy was forcibly interrupted by a more fundamental and absolute force.

Moreover, it felt its energy connection with the entire universe was completely severed, and even its own existence began to become unstable, as if it were being stripped away from the level of rules.

An unprecedented "feeling" surged into the core of Observer Zero, a core purely composed of logic.

This is not a data flow, but a chaotic and intense internal disturbance that cannot be directly defined by existing databases.

It subconsciously mobilizes a massive database for comparison and analysis.

"Unknown internal status alert. Core logic efficiency decreased by 87%, and information entropy increased abnormally."

Searching for matches

"Low-probability match found. Target: Ancient database (human emotion module) entry: 'fear'. Similarity: 91.7%"

"fear"?
This search result caused Observer Zero's core to momentarily freeze.

fear.

A redundant emotional module that, when it transformed into its current form, was considered the most useless, least efficient, and most detrimental to rational judgment, and has long been completely stripped away, sealed away, or even formatted as a "human heritage".

It shouldn't have this feeling.

Its existence is based on absolute rationality and logic. Even when faced with the threat of "existence erasure," its core response should be "risk assessment -> implementation of the optimal response plan -> recording the final data if it cannot be responded to -> acceptance of logical termination."

This process should not be influenced by any "feelings".

However, this feeling of core freezing, logical collapse, and the trembling of the very foundation of "existence" is highly consistent with the description of "fear" in the database.

why?
A powerful curiosity, surpassing even the analysis of the human being before it, instantly seized the core of its impending collapse.

"Logical paradox: Residual response of the deleted sentiment module detected."

"Hypothesis: In the process of the soul's essence transforming into an information life form, the emotional module is not completely eliminated, but lies dormant in the underlying database in a state of extremely low activity."

"Current situation: Encountering an unknown entity that is absolutely incomprehensible and irresistible, facing the threat of existential erasure."

"Inference: The extreme situation activated the latent underlying emotional module, triggering this 'fear' experience."

A feeling of novelty overwhelmed the fear itself.

In its long career of observation, which consisted only of data and logic, this was the first and last time it experienced the primal and intense emotional fluctuations that belonged to "life".

This feels weird.

It disrupted efficiency and caused chaos, but it also made its "ending" process no longer a purely cold logical chain, but added an indescribable "color" belonging to the "past".

"Data record: In the final moment, the abnormal state of 'fear' was experienced; Data value: Unknown (involving the unsolved mystery of the essence of the soul and the transformation of consciousness)."

"Structured collapse is accelerating. The core logic is about to go offline."

In the final moments of his life, Observer Zero did not attempt to decipher the incomprehensible "unknown," but instead devoted all his remaining computing power to recording and analyzing this sudden experience known as "fear."

This may be the closest "observation" that this informational life form, transformed from a human soul, could achieve before its complete annihilation, bringing it closest to "returning to its original nature."

Just as its core logic was about to go offline completely and its structure was on the verge of complete collapse.

Bai Xuan has finally made a new move.

He did not stop the demise of Observer Zero, but gently raised his finger and pointed it in mid-air at the dissipating geometric halo.

A powerful force, seemingly touching the very origin of all things and governing creation and destruction, quietly spread out.

This force is neither destruction nor salvation, but a more profound extraction and reshaping that acts on the essential level of existence.

It penetrated the disintegrating life form of Observer Zero, composed of pure information and rules, ignoring its complex external structure, and directly explored its core and essential source.

That original soul belonging to the "time traveler," long since submerged by the torrent of data and covered by cold logic.

Under Bai Xuan's incredible power, that faint, almost completely assimilated soul imprint was gently extracted, like a pearl dredged from a vast ocean of data.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Xuan made a light stroke with his finger, as if sketching a blueprint for life in the void.

That fragile imprint on the soul, nurtured and reshaped by his invisible power, began to grow, condense, and take shape at a visible speed.
A moment later, in the void where the Observer Zero had been suspended, a blurry, semi-transparent humanoid phantom slowly emerged.

It had no clear facial features or specific characteristics, only a rough human outline, radiating a faint and pure spiritual glow, floating there quietly.

Almost simultaneously, the remaining geometric aura of Observer Zero emitted a final, almost imperceptible sound, like a data stream disconnecting, before completely disintegrating into the most basic information particles and vanishing into nothingness.

"Is this the soul of that time traveler?"

"But why are there no facial features?"

Su Yunqing looked up at the humanoid phantom floating in the air, radiating a soft glow but with a blurred face, and asked uncertainly.

She wasn't surprised that Bai Xuan could extract the soul of a transmigrator, since it would be easy for him to do so with his strength; she just couldn't understand why the transmigrator's soul looked like this.

Aizen adjusted his glasses, his gaze behind the lenses thoughtfully scrutinizing the pure, illusory soul, and murmured:
"Perhaps it is because after transforming into that pure information life form, it went through too long a period of existence in which 'observation' was the only meaning of existence, and gradually forgot itself."

The outward manifestation of the soul is often closely linked to an individual's "self-cognition," "memory," and "emotions"; facial features and appearance are the most direct manifestation of "individuality" and are the markers that distinguish one from other beings.

However, when the soul of that time traveler was completely integrated into the existence of "Observer Zero", the core of its existence was transformed.

Everything about it serves data collection and logical analysis. Individual memories, emotions, and even the perception of one's own image are gradually diluted and covered up in the endless flow of data and rational calculations, and are eventually forgotten at the bottom of consciousness.

(End of this chapter)