# Chapter 8: Multiverse Magic Net 6400
The "Day of Revelation" that shocked experts across the entire Multiverse Star River was indeed like a meteor falling into the sea, stirring up layers of upheaval among countless civilizations. However, for the many individuals who had not yet reached "Legendary," or even "Legendary High-rank and Peak," the changes brought about by this event would not cause sudden and drastic alterations to their daily lives.
But this is not to say they were completely unaffected. Rather, this change has always been gradually transforming into "common sense" in a subtle, gentle, and undeniable manner.
Year 848 of the Falling Stars Era, August 27th, Mycroft Continent, Northern Empire "Babel Tower" Void Warship Production Base, 2:30 AM deep in the night.
The former Seventh Imperial Prince, now the Third Imperial Prince of the Empire, responsible for the entire Sierra Plateau Void Production Base affairs, and a high-ranking official in the Mycroft Coalition Government, an Ultimate-rank expert, Alva Diamond, was not asleep. Instead, he was cultivating in his office while simultaneously connecting to his Psychic Terminal and logging into the "Forum."
This was normal. As one of Joshua's disciples, Alva had naturally watched the Revelation livestream. Although his strength was insufficient to extract useful information from it, other Legendary experts could! The materials that had been explained in detail and annotated by the Seven Gods, the Old Pope, and other Legendary experts were placed on the homepage of the entire "Magic Net." Anyone using a Psychic Terminal, regardless of which forum or private website they were on, could directly link to the corresponding interface.
There was no longer room for hoarding knowledge. This had been the concept promoted by the Mycroft high-level leadership in recent years. They patiently and tirelessly imparted this teaching to everyone, encouraging all individuals to upload their cultivation insights through the Psychic Terminals that everyone now possessed to the "Unified Grand Database." The Coalition Government would also provide corresponding rewards, ensuring that any uploader would receive exchange points of equivalent value, which could be used in the Exchange System to trade for resources.
Initially, most people harbored natural suspicion and distrust towards this overly generous act that went against the selfish genetic instincts of life. They always felt that the high-level wanted to trick them into revealing their secret techniques or take advantage of them. Fortunately, after many Legendary and Ultimate-rank experts led by example and uploaded their cultivation insights and experiential heritage, the number of fools decreased significantly. They discovered that those who uploaded unique materials later would receive fewer rewards because similar materials had already been uploaded by predecessors. Moreover, the experiential insights of Legendary experts were far more comprehensive than their own hidden insights, with at most minor differences in specific aspects.
The Third Prince Alva, leveraging his advantage of frequently using the forum, took the lead ahead of his second brother, the Emperor, and his fourth and sixth brothers, the First and Second Princes, and even his father, one of the Seven Gods, in uploading the Diamond royal secret techniques. He obtained a massive amount of points and the permanent exclusive title of "Revelation Bearer" on the Magic Net. For this, Alva received one divine punishment, one imperial reprimand, several condemnations from the Prince and Princess, and was scolded by his father and brothers for "not leaving any for us." He was labeled as an ungrateful person who "disrespected his father and brothers."
"Who told you all to be slow?"
The ungrateful Alva felt no shame in his heart and even wanted to laugh a little. "Besides, what use do a god and an emperor have for points? Better to give them to me."
As a former member of the First Squad, Alva, due to his royal identity, had never been able to perfectly integrate into the team's atmosphere. But this did not mean there was no camaraderie between them. Now, all members of the First Squad, the Makarov siblings, Karin, and the dwarf Nick, had transferred from the Expeditionary Force to work under him. Having achieved fame and success, each with their own expertise and skills, they had reorganized the First Squad under the name "New Frontier Laboratory," conducting research on various new types of Void Warships and special Transcendent technologies.
Such a cutting-edge Transcendent laboratory naturally consumed a great deal of resources. If Alva had not taken the lead in uploading the royal secret techniques to obtain points, the initial funding alone would have been a significant problem. As for now, there were naturally no issues. With the successful development of technologies such as the "Universal Element Annihilation Engine" and "New Transcendent Food Cooking Techniques," the New Frontier Laboratory had not only recovered its initial capital but could also simultaneously develop in several directions using patent fees.
Incidentally, the Transcendent Food project, now led by the dwarf Nick, who had been hailed as a "Master of Transcendent Food Science," had been designated by the Mycroft Civilization Government as a "High-Priority Civilization-Level Project." This food science, which could greatly enhance the overall quality of the entire race and improve and optimize the talents of the next generation, was gradually merging with disciplines like Potionology and Alchemy to become an emerging field.
Former teammates now each had their own strengths. Ivan Makarov, specializing in Puppet Engineering, had recently been transferred by Unit 3 to a mysterious world for a top-secret mission, reportedly related to optimizing the structure of a Transcendent creation called "Divine Mechanism." Amira Makarov's terrifying talent had made her an Ultimate-rank expert with great hope of advancing to Legendary. After collaborating with Karin to create the prototype of the "Element Annihilation Engine," she had gone to further her studies under the Ocean Sage Faina. She was now estimated to be training in the Multiverse Star River. Everyone had a bright future.
As for Alva, the Prince and financial backer, at this moment, aside from cultivating and passively collecting money, he could only pass the time by browsing the forum and looking at new cultivation materials and news.
Of course, to be precise, logging into the "Magic Net" was not just a way to pass the time but also a means of cultivation.
Not to mention anything else, just the "game" "Continent of Strife," which originated from Grand Marshal Radcliffe, could still provide many useful insights even now. Some professional players had even stopped pursuing completion and instead set their own related races, using the extremely perfect simulation function of Continent of Strife to simulate a new Transcendent race and system for comparative observation, testing the feasibility of their future paths.
Not to mention the "Grand Arena" application recently launched by the Coalition Government. It allowed Transcendent beings from all over the World Star River and even the Multiverse Star River to use their Psychic Terminals to scan and upload their strength (which could be partially reduced or hidden) and then use this simulated body for virtual battles on the Magic Net.
Due to the Great Magic Tide, publicly available cultivation heritage, and abundant cultivation resources, a new generation of Gold-rank and even Ultimate-rank experts were now emerging like a flood, as if they cost nothing. However, these experts essentially had no combat experience. After all, in the Mycroft homeland, where the Black Forest had been largely eliminated, there were not many areas left for training. The Grand Arena application was created for this purpose.
Although it could not compare to real combat, how should one put it? When real-world experts fought, a single battle that left both sides injured would require ten days or half a month of rest, or even longer. But in virtual battles, if you lost one round, you could start another. You could fight for an entire day without any problem. You could even experience the feeling of being on the verge of death. With perfectly simulated perception, it could greatly enhance a combatant's mental endurance in extreme situations.
Moreover, this virtual battle mode not only had a single-player mode but also a multi-player mode, which could greatly enhance everyone's tactical thinking and ability to cooperate with unfamiliar allies in combat.
Although it was a game, it was not to be taken lightly. Virtual combat experience might cultivate a large group of armchair experts, virtual powerhouses, or even cloud masters. But without a doubt, those who could truly become stronger could also draw sufficient nourishment from it, thereby cultivating far more practical Transcendent beings than before.
Alva particularly liked this feature. He would play at least ten equal-level duels on the forum every day. After all, with his status as an Imperial Prince and a high-ranking official in the Coalition Government, finding an opponent was more difficult than reaching the heavens. To gain sufficient practical combat experience, unless he challenged the current Imperial Emperor every day and attempted to usurp the throne and rebel, there was no other way.
[Free Discussion]: Has the server been a bit laggy lately? I've had several matches interrupted midway due to connection failure.
Having just finished a virtual duel and narrowly lost to a simulated body that looked like a Dragonman but fought as fiercely as a Demon, using both lightning and fire, and even possessing profound Battle Qi, Alva saved the recording of this duel for later review. This was another benefit of virtual battles—the ability to review was definitely a good way to improve oneself. However, having lost six consecutive matches, Alva decided to rest his mind first, not stubbornly continue solo queuing and losing points, but instead browse the forum.
After opening the official forum of the "Grand Arena," the Prince quickly noticed a post marked "Hot" in red. Alva looked closely. Good heavens, the replies had already exceeded two hundred pages and over a thousand, and this number was still growing rapidly.
"Speaking of which, it has been a bit laggy lately."
Nodding in agreement, Alva couldn't help but complain, "Even my Void base-level networking equipment, military-grade server, and top-tier royal Psychic Terminal are lagging. If I think about it carefully, how bad must it be for ordinary people?"
He clicked on the post to view the replies. Sure enough, the vast majority of people were complaining about the recent server instability. Among them, a few familiar IDs and some useful high-liked replies caught his eye.
PitterPatter: I heard it's because the Magic Net has started to be deployed in the Multiverse Star River. A large amount of information from alien civilizations is being connected, so the Magic Net is a bit unstable. There were insider rumors a while ago that the Magic Net would spread together with the Restorative Pillar system, but I didn't expect it to be this laggy.
Sister and Ghost, Both My Desires: Actually, haven't you noticed? There have been a lot more non-human users in the Arena lately. But they're only encountered in the Multiverse Star River area; there might be fewer in the homeland. I was wondering earlier if the biological modification team under the Marshal had produced results, because I have someone like that by my side. Now that I think about it, it should be people from other civilizations starting to play the Grand Arena too.
I Love Tentacles (Reply to Sister and Ghost, Both My Desires): Captain, what are you implying???
Sister and Ghost, Both My Desires (Reply to I Love Tentacles): Friendly intelligent magical beasts, pfft.
(Reply to I Love Tentacles): Friendly intelligent magical beasts, pfft.
Kill·Crow's Mouth·Kill (Reply to I Love Tentacles): Friendly intelligent magical beasts, pfft.
I Am Crow's Mouth (Reply to I Love Tentacles): Friendly intelligent magical beasts, pfft.
Home Demon: I think it's pretty normal. The Grand Arena has all kinds of creatures. A while ago, I encountered someone who started in Dragonman form, then suddenly turned into a giant dragon, and even into a horse. I couldn't figure out if they were a dragon, a human, or a horse. They were good at water combat, but the horse form ran extremely fast on land, and their ultimate move was to fly into the sky and spit out stellar flame streams. I lost in a completely inexplicable way.
He Has a Dragon But Never Rides It (Reply to Home Demon): Isn't that the truth? I also encountered someone like that last time. They also started in Dragonman form, but could inexplicably transform into a Slime, or into a Flame Demon throwing holy fireballs. I originally wanted to drag them into water combat, but this guy immediately discharged electricity, and even used Battle Qi. If I hadn't encountered them in the Grand Arena, I wouldn't believe such a strange creature existed in this world!
The vast majority of replies were simply spamming, complaining, or sharing losses or victories caused by lag during their matches. One rare vampire player (now renamed Shadow Clan) complained that they had clearly gained an advantage in the duel, using scene props to suppress the enemy, but the high latency caused by server lag allowed the opponent to suddenly teleport behind them and punch their leg to pieces.
"Why didn't it lag when he was 'Ora Ora-ing' me?" was the concluding complaint of this player.
However, what caught Alva's attention the most were a few replies with particularly strange IDs or extremely stiff replies that seemed to be machine-translated.
Gemashusi: Sorry, server overload, but fun, truly excellent concept, thank God of Steel gratitude.
Luositaluogenuodelamaxi: (Here is a long string of garbled text), thank God of Steel gratitude. (Due to the same grammatical error, clearly copied from the reply above)
Triple Veil Resident Mycroft Magic Net System Communication Terminal: The structure of this Arcane Power server is maladjusted and unreasonable. We will report the relevant matters to Radcliffe and apply for optimization and modification. Solemn statement: The Psionic Network is the best.
"Hmm... it seems those otherworld civilizations really have joined the Magic Net system? Have they also obtained Psychic Terminals?"
If so, wouldn't that place their own citizens under the control of the Mycroft civilization?
Alva could guess that these strange replies were from individuals of otherworld civilizations who had not yet mastered the Mycroft common language, or even could not use the automatic translation system well. He instinctively felt it was a bit strange, thinking that no other civilization would so easily allow its citizens to wear identification artifacts of another civilization. But the Prince thought about it and then felt relieved.
"After all, after the Revelation, who knows how many people want to join the Mycroft Grand Alliance... Sigh, Teacher's power can indeed summon all realms and forcibly implement the Magic Net and Exchange System."
The Magic Net was about to transform from the Magic Net of the Mycroft people into the Magic Net of all intelligent life in the Multiverse Star River. This was an established fact, irreversible.
Alva, having received royal education since childhood and being one of the disciples of the strongest Legendary expert in the observable Multiverse Star River, had a high perspective. He naturally understood that the more civilizations joined the Magic Net system, the greater the benefits for the Mycroft civilization and all other civilizations.
As for his teacher, since returning from the Starry World, he had rarely appeared. It was said that he had returned to the Lord's Manor of Moldavia for a while, communicated with Miss Ying, Mr. Lin, and Unit 3 for a period, after which Ying and Lin disappeared again, seemingly to execute some confidential mission. Unit 3 also left with Ivan and a large number of related scholars for a confidential otherworld research facility to conduct research on "Divine Mechanism." Then came the "Revelation" a while ago.
In the beginning, there was panic within the Mycroft civilization. After all, the entire civilization had been forcibly relocated to the Sanctuary World in a short time, far from their homeland. The common people, having undergone such a drastic change, even if some could understand, there were still those whose homes and houses had been destroyed, temporarily living in shelters and complaining.
But soon, the returning Marshal Radcliffe made public the relevant materials on the "Extreme Crisis" and the tragic state of other infected civilizations in the Multiverse Star River. Through the Psychic Terminal and Magic Net system, everyone understood that the fact they were still alive was itself a great miracle. If not for the protection of many experts and the relevant intelligence and research personnel who transmitted information and developed magic potions, the destruction of the Mycroft civilization would have been only a matter of moments.
And the Day of Revelation, besides making all civilizations in the Multiverse Star River aware of the prestige of Joshua van Radcliffe and the Mycroft civilization, also brought a sense of immense security and pride within the Mycroft civilization.
"The Magic Net is extremely important. Whether for information exchange, propaganda, or maintaining stability, it can be said to be the core of the core. Moreover, those so-called 'games' on it are actually the top priority of a civilization, just using the name 'game' to reduce people's resistance towards 'necessary work,' 'boring deductions,' 'tedious cultivation,' and 'dangerous combat.'"
Due to another server fluctuation, Alva was disconnected from the Grand Arena forum. If even his top-tier equipment was like this, others must be even worse. He knew very well that the civilization's high-level leadership, given their emphasis on the Magic Net, would never allow the Magic Net server to make mistakes repeatedly. Clearly, the current Magic Net was undergoing related updates and transformations, evolving into a super platform capable of multiverse-level communication.
Or rather, the "foundation" of the Magic Net itself was undergoing a dramatic change.
"What is Teacher doing now?"
Walking to the window of the "Babel Tower" Void Base, Alva silently raised his head, gazing at Mycroft's twin moons, and the sky and void above them. He stared silently at the highest point of the heavens. He could see an extremely bright silver star, in an instant, crossing the entire sky, leaving behind a clear trail of light before disappearing into the distance of the Star River.
The field of vision stretched, from the Babel Tower Void Base, to the entire Sierra Plateau, the entire Sierra region, and even the entire Northern Empire, the Mycroft Continent, and the world.
If one were a Legendary expert, they would be able to see at this moment that there were countless invisible nets of Arcane Power covering every corner of this world, enveloping the sky, the earth, the sea, and the underground. It was omnipresent, all-encompassing. The tidal wave of information flow, like chains, linked every Mycroft person, every individual holding an Information Terminal.
And the information flow of all life in a world, transformed into data, even broke through the world and arrived in the void.
The field of vision stretched again, from the Mycroft World, to the entire Star Domain, the Myriad Realms Sacrificial Ground, the end of the Lost Star River, the Abyss of the Lost Star River, and even the Multiverse Star River.
One could see that one after another, information chains and data flows, with worlds as units, were intertwining and entangling, expanding and covering various areas of the Multiverse Star River. Even in the extremely distant Starry World located within the Magic Tide Path, within the endless Star River, corresponding information chains were connecting and linking with a huge Psionic Network. They were merging and communicating with each other, like two massive galaxies preparing to converge into one. They were making final preparations before the merger.
Perhaps this was the reason for the server instability?
Actually, no.
Because the foundation maintaining the countless information chains was essentially countless dispersed silver light clusters scattered across the Star River. He had already communicated and merged with that Psionic galaxy. With the power of emotion as an intermediary, their merger would not cause any disturbance.
And now, the aggregate of the silver light clusters, which could not be called the core but was definitely the collection holding most of the clusters' mass, was "falling" towards the deepest part of the Abyss, the Genesis Maelstrom.
—Intense information fluctuated. The information of countless worlds, the information of countless nascent worlds, the information of countless dying worlds, was recorded by the silver light cluster as it passed by, devoured by it, and turned into its own reserves. This was something that only the silver light cluster and a very few beings could accomplish. And among those who could do this, the silver light cluster was the strongest.
He was listening to the voices of countless worlds, the calls of countless lives. He was listening to the cries of the normal Star River and the sighs of the dead Abyss. Endless information, like a tide, was being absorbed by him.
And the closer he got to the Genesis Maelstrom, the greater the fluctuation of this information became, until finally, even the entire Magic Net was shaken by it.
This was the real reason.
It was not just the Mycroft World that witnessed this phenomenon. The Star Shepherds saw it, the Shalt people saw it, the Soul Puppets and Superhumans of the Siberia World saw it. All civilizations in the Lost Star River truly saw that light.
In the Abyss, a world that was ascending and returning to normal. In the Chronos World, the homeland of the Dragonmen, a thunderous Ancient Dragon raised its head. It also saw that light.
"What are you trying to do, God of Steel?"
Unable to resist connecting to the speeding star, the taciturn Ancient Dragon sent what might have been its first genuine inquiry in thousands of years. "The Genesis Maelstrom has only just returned to order. It is the foundation of the Steel Force cycle of a Star River. Do you intend to restart the 'Ultra-Single World'?"
The Ancient Dragon also had its own Psychic Terminal. As a being close to the Mycroft World and residing in the Abyss for a long time, it was naturally allowed to know the secrets related to the Death Evil God. And as a user of Steel Force, it could probably guess a bit about the thoughts of someone who had reached the Legendary Limit, nearly a Saint, and speculate a little about the advancement path he intended to try.
"You are both right and wrong. I do intend to try the concept and construction of the 'Ultra-Single World' again in the Genesis Maelstrom, but I do not plan to actually restart it, at least not now."
The speeding silver star left its message. The warrior, departing in haste, said, "The Genesis Maelstrom is the embodiment of the 'Dawn of Birth' and 'Night of Decline' of the World Star River. It is the entity of the world's cycle, the region where civilizations, worlds, and even life die and are reborn, nearly eternal."
"So, I will dissect the Evil God there."
"I will dissect the essence of the Evil God, the 'Eternal Death.'"