Chapter 894: Double Extremes
Li Yang and others stood there blankly, watching helplessly as the light swallowed everything.
But just then, an accident happened.
Among the detonated memory fragments, a special wave of consciousness suddenly emerged.
That was the most profound emotion of the enforcers during their lifetime - questioning and resistance to the rules.
This "negative" concept has infected the urban evolution process like a virus.
"Interesting..." [Observer] thought thoughtfully, "Maybe we still have a chance."
"As the city absorbs concepts, it continues to inherit their qualities."
"Including those who...resist the rules."
Li Yang immediately understood the key:
"In other words, while it is constantly evolving, it is also accumulating factors of self-destruction?"
Bai Zhi suddenly pointed to the Tower of Babel:
"Look!"
Cracks began to appear on the surface of the tower, like a manifestation of some internal conflict.
The city seems to be stuck in some kind of thinking dilemma——
It must both maintain the rules and tolerate the negation of the rules.
This contradiction is tearing apart the very basis of its existence.
"We have to find a way..." Li Yang thought quickly,
"Exaggerate this contradiction!"
At this moment, [Eternity] suddenly spoke:
"Remember those concepts of exile?"
"They are extremely antagonistic...that's why they were expelled here."
"If we could awaken their consciousness..."
Several people looked at each other and reached a consensus instantly.
Bai Zhi took out a seed, which was her last trump card:
"The seed... resonates with the concept."
"Maybe it can be an introduction."
Li Yang nodded: "It's worth a try."
They began to take action.
Angelica dahurica seeds are planted in the ground and infused with energy.
Vines sprouted from the ground, but this time they were no longer ordinary plants.
Instead, they are tentacles composed of pure conceptual energy, spreading in all directions.
They penetrate the city's surface and penetrate into imprisoned concepts.
In an instant, countless chaotic consciousnesses surged out like a tide.
In the veins of the city, those contained concepts began to stir.
They finally regained their original consciousness - rebellion and resistance to the rules.
The Tower of Babel trembled violently, and the being that was about to take shape at the top of the tower roared in pain.
"Continue!" Li Yang shouted,
"We've found its weakness!"
But the city clearly won't sit still.
Countless data streams condensed into sharp spears, which were densely shot at several people.
[Eternity] waved his hand to create a time shield, but the shield was quickly shattered.
"Hold the position!" he shouted, "buy time for Bai Zhi!"
Li Yang and [Observer] rushed forward.
While avoiding the attack, he guided those awakening concepts to flow towards the Tower of Babel.
The whole city fell into unprecedented chaos.
The streets twisted crazily, and the buildings collapsed and reorganized.
There was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the space was torn and then healed.
Even the giant began to deform uncontrollably, as if it was about to be torn into pieces by this chaos.
But a bigger crisis is brewing.
As more and more concepts break free, the very foundation of the city's existence begins to shake.
"It's not good..." [Eternal] noticed something unusual,
"If this chaos continues..."
"The whole city will collapse!"
"Including us!"
Li Yang showed a decisive look:
"Then let it collapse."
"It's better than letting that being awaken and completely rewrite the rules."
Bai Zhi's voice suddenly came:
"Wait! I feel something..."
Through those conceptual tentacles, she seems to have access to the deepest consciousness of the city.
And there... there is a mind-boggling truth.
This city seems to have been originally born to fight against some more terrifying existence.
It is absorbing those exiled concepts and trying to evolve into a powerful enough form.
To combat that...real threat.
"So..." Li Yang thought thoughtfully,
"Could it be a real threat?"
But, it's obviously too late.
The collapse of cities is inevitable.
The Babel Tower shook violently, and the light from the top of the tower began to distort.
The being that was about to awaken let out its final roar:
"You...have no idea what you're doing!"
"Without my existence...this world would forever be trapped in..."
Before he finished speaking, a dazzling bright light suddenly fell from the sky.
Immediately afterwards, there was a cold and majestic voice:
"Finally...I've waited for this moment."
Li Yang and others looked up and saw a breathtaking scene:
A huge crack opened in the sky.
In the crack, an existence composed of pure rules is slowly descending.
That is a more terrifying opponent than the City of Eternal Night...
And the real origin of it all.
The pressure exuded by that regular being in the sky is suffocating.
Its shape is difficult to describe in words, like a huge grid composed of countless shining regular runes, covering the entire sky above the City of Eternal Night.
"I see..."
[Observer]’s voice was filled with deep shock,
"This is the truth. The City of Eternal Night has been fighting against this existence..."
Li Yang stared at the rule existence:
"What is it?"
[Eternity] slowly spoke:
"That is... the source of rules."
"The original origin of all rules."
"It will reunite the entire world under absolute rules."
Bai Zhi suddenly realized something:
"So those exiled concepts...are actually beings that are unwilling to succumb to absolute rules?"
"And the City of Eternal Night is their last refuge."
Li Yang murmured.
The voice of the rule existence sounded again:
"This farce should end."
Countless rule light chains fell from the sky, entwining the City of Eternal Night like chains.
The city groaned in pain under this force, and the buildings began to collapse.
But at this moment, Li Yang suddenly noticed a detail...
Those awakened concepts were not completely suppressed by the rule light chains, but swam in them, like fish in a net.
"Wait..." He suddenly had an idea,
"Maybe there is still a chance!"
"What do you mean?" Bai Zhi asked.
"Do you remember the characteristics of those concepts just now?"
"They are naturally resistant to rules."
[Observer] immediately understood:
"So if we can guide these concepts..."
"That's right." Li Yang turned to Bai Zhi, "Can you still control those concept tentacles?"
Bai Zhi nodded:
"It's okay, but it takes time."
"In that case, I and [Eternity] will cover you." Li Yang said, summoning the last plant energy.
[Observer] raised a key question:
"Even if you can control these concepts, how to fight against that existence?"
"It is the source of rules."
Li Yang showed a mysterious smile:
"It is precisely because it is the source of rules...that is our chance."
"You mean..." [Eternity] seemed to understand something.
"That's right." Li Yang explained,
"It represents absolute rules, and these exiled concepts represent complete chaos."
"When two extremes meet..."
