Chapter 876 - 5: The Domain of Magic?
The next morning.
While the night’s breath still lingered and the sky was just beginning to brighten, Miss Melina mounted Spirit Horse Torret and set off hurriedly.
With the passage of time, sunlight shone down.
The boundless plains stretched as far as the eye could see, bringing a sense of tranquility and joy.
Riding Spirit Horse Torret, feeling the wind brush against her face as she galloped, the one-eyed girl felt her mood gradually lighten. Everything was still beautiful, and being here now was just fine; she seemed to have no need to worry about unnecessary things.
Her silhouette on the horse continued eastward, heading toward the rising sun.
As she went further and further, she gradually became a small black dot on the horizon.
Just as she was about to leave all the sights behind her, she instinctively glanced back at the barely discernible contours of the church on the hill at the edge of her vision. In the sunlight, the statue of Queen Marika inside the church extended its arms, displaying the divine posture of the goddess—
As if showcasing a glorious era.
"..."
"..."
Lightly pursing her thin lips, Melina did not linger any longer and turned her head back to continue forward.
Speaking of which, last night she and that Witch Reina exchanged names. Only that strange person did not reveal his name or anything else.
But it’s not an important matter...
Anyway, it’s likely that they indeed won’t meet again...
...
"That’s not necessarily true, Miss Wooden Man..."
Gu Mo remained in Marika Church, muttering to himself while holding a replica Holy Spear.
Then—
With a very casual move, he planted the "Pillar of Light" directly into the ground beneath the church.
He originally came for these churches, partly to examine the messages left by Queen Marika in each church, to feel how the queen had gradually transitioned from a staunch supporter of the Golden Law to an opponent rejecting it.
On the other hand, he was surveying locations—
Looking for places suitable for implanting the Star Anchor or planting the Tree of the Imaginary World, to maintain the current world and support a stronger protective barrier...
Through examination and exploration, the most important thing was that from the initial map survey, he discovered that buildings like Marika Church were not constructed randomly. They were naturally suitable survey sites, as they stood atop earth vein nodes, which was why they appeared here.
Despite not intending to establish absolute authority and rule like the Supreme Will, Gu Mo was not idle. He was equally confident that the Supreme Will would not give up on reclaiming its dominance.
If given the chance...
Even if it couldn’t harm him, it would bring disaster to the Boundary Land...
However, he did not plan to constantly guard the Boundary Land, binding himself here. He also had the idea of venturing into the stars, to explore and satisfy his curiosity.
It’s not a sudden whim, mainly because this Dungeon World is quite unique, different from other Dungeon Worlds, making it suitable for deeper exploration.
Other Dungeon Worlds are often located in the vast depths of the cosmos, where everything is cold and dark, desolate and quiet. It seems that apart from Earth, the miraculous cradle, every other place in the stars is lifeless with no vitality.
Even after strengthening the original world Divine Body, Gu Mo acquired the ability to leave his planet and move between stars—
Just like the existence of Tiamat God, which can be seen as a biological spaceship, containing the source of Life, like a mobile living factory, possessing enough magic power to conduct interstellar travel, a vision only achievable in a future world akin to a God’s Ark.
But—
Even though he already had the ability for interstellar travel, Gu Mo had rarely, if ever, truly ventured into the depths of the universe, except for joining the Iron Blood Warrior clan in a certain world, utilizing their technique power to enter the cosmos...
Usually, he would at most leave Earth, still tinkering and progressing within the Solar System.
It’s not necessarily short-sighted, as the space of a star system is quite vast. If one has enough ability and technology, fully exploiting the resources of the Solar System is already remarkable. So, without taking care of one’s domain nearby, there’s truly no need to spread too wide or overly ambitious...
Moreover, the most important thing is, there’s no way to confirm if there are other possibilities in the stars.
The universe is vast and boundless; diving headlong into the Star Sea without direction is a waste of effort, as there is no life within foreseeable countless lightyears... Most Dungeon Worlds are like this; a few are confirmed to have alien life, but without practical significance.
Because the truly confirmed information is often extremely dangerous, such as the Wandering Star that enters the Milky Way Galaxy for predation every twelve thousand years. That’s probably a top-tier existence like Chaos and with abundant energy supply, completely free from any last-ditch problems...
For all these reasons, Gu Mo truly didn’t have much experience in cosmic exploration.
Therefore, he plans to gather some of this rare and valuable experience in this Dungeon World.
The special nature of this world lies in the existence of other material planes beyond the Boundary Land — in the past, it is said that meteorites fell to the ground, ancient races were born, those White Kings with stone skin came from alien races in the Star Sea.
And starfall turning beasts...
And dark aliens born on the other side of the stars...
All of this proves that the Star Sea in this Dungeon World might be unusually vibrant, with many places where life originates... And it’s not too far away, the kind that can reach the Boundary Land by sitting on a meteorite, happening frequently, occurring multiple times.
It perfectly meets all the requirements of Gu Mo.
And having clashed with Supreme Will once, he roughly understood his ecological niche in this Dungeon World, undoubtedly arriving at the top of the food chain. Thus, there is no worry, he can comfortably roam the Star Sea, experience the exotic physics of the universe.
This is Gu Mo’s idea and plan. After setting things up in the Boundary Land, he intends to set out.
"It should be fine..."
After checking the church one last time, casually reinforcing several techniques, Gu Mo nodded in satisfaction.
"There are exactly twelve churches suitable, so set up twelve Holy Spears, the Wall of Light can perfectly encircle the entire Boundary Land, repelling external interference..."
At that time, just leaving mechanized Holy Body to guard the Moon—
No need to worry about being caught off guard in his absence.
Even if Supreme Will attacks, he can still gain enough reaction time to return and counterattack.
He glanced at the statue of Queen Marika, turned around, took a step, then his figure faded away quickly and disappeared.
As if Shrinking Inches, as if the time during the movement process was deleted, Gu Mo didn’t use any other abilities, just leisurely left the church through the main door, walked down the hill, towards the distant land, slowly moving as if on a relaxing outing.
The only difference is that it seems he stepped into another time dimension—
Stopping past time...
Accelerating future time...
Accelerating his own actions.
As the development and excavation of the Time Gem deepened, his perception and application of the Time Domain naturally became increasingly proficient.
Walking in a time dimension unique to himself, Gu Mo observed the scenery outside seeming completely frozen, time stopped advancing, he leisurely walked for ages, covering a vast distance, yet outside time hadn’t passed even a breath.
At this moment.
In his view, the world is multi-dimensional, including time.
Though he abandoned the narrow perspective of a three-dimensional creature long ago, using a higher-level view to observe the outside, turning external information into something like visual reception, his observation could to some extent involve space-time, causality, fate... and so on.
But it’s only to some extent.
Until he gradually developed the power of the Time Gem, turning the insights of this incredible domain into extensions of his perception beyond material dimensions, he truly expanded his multi-dimensional perspective transcending time-space, witnessing a more magnificent and holistic world.
If Gu Mo wishes, all sorts of futures will directly reflect in his eyes, countless potential space-times before and after wave function collapse would be directly visible.
Though the future is infinite, due to random probabilities and factors, the tree of time infinitely branches and diverges, any moment in time can spawn countless possible trajectories... So fully collapsing the future is impossible, even with his unfathomable Mind Power and full calculation capabilities, it’s unachievable.
But as long as he can discern the most likely future trajectory when needed, it naturally becomes an invaluable aid.
For instance, choosing the best outcome from tens or hundreds of "futures," or fully avoiding the occurrence of the "worst" scenarios among them, are all attainable actions.
And since he can peer into the future, he can naturally reverse and observe the past... It’s even easier, such that it can alter history.
When he first acquired the Time Gem, Gu Mo gave a brief demonstration of this power, cautiously choosing only to intervene in the history from ten minutes ago, not daring to rashly cross long stretches of time attempting to change something.
Until now, he has more confidence.
The grand and magnificent river of history was reflected in his eyes, Gu Mo earnestly pondered something.
The concept of time travel has long been encompassed in the Second Magic, including the alteration of records, rewriting of phenomena, and so on, it’s part of Parallel World operations, this Second Magic is not merely capable of intervening in the spatial domain, it also includes control and application over time.
It’s not really a dream to manually craft Second Magic...
It’s just a pity that Third Magic’s progress remains slow... Though this magic has continually been brushed up by other magics, it also depends on whose hands it’s in, playing to its full role.
Like Chaos...
If it had an endless power source akin to a perpetual motion machine, how ferocious it would be.
Gu Mo also feels that if he wants to push his Spiritual Power to genuine star scale, or even higher level infinite realms, the growth power needed is extremely astonishing... When external seeking fails, then changing perspective, seeking within oneself, how would it go?
The day Third Magic is completed, it will endow boundless magic power from the perpetual motion machine of the soul... This is confirmed information.