Chapter 3132: The Upper Limit of Humanity?
But as the "source point of mass and energy," can a person truly become as powerful as the spacetime curvature effect of a star?
Even for a Super Player, it was difficult to imagine.
No, perhaps he was overthinking it. Gravity, like individual Space Evolution and Time Evolution, was merely a matter of going with the flow to a certain extent—a "borrowing," not truly being able to generate such a massive energy field. At the same time, this should also be the upper limit of humanity. As for other things, like Hyperdimensional Power or spacetime tunnels, they absolutely required instruments to achieve.
Borrowing... Xu Huo looked up at the gray vortex in the distance. It was larger than the gray vortex he had seen before. Not only was space distorted near it, but even time seemed to become uneven. Within the faint light, translucent afterimages and trailing shadows of some stones that had just been sucked in appeared. Under the distortion of spacetime, objects were repeatedly deconstructed. This deconstruction was different from the destruction caused by Space Power; it was more like the object being stretched out, from the outside to the inside, from large to small, from visible to imperceptible, layer by layer being peeled open and flattened, then layer by layer stacked together again. Then it began to twist, collapsing and elongating, with afterimages overlapping once more, instantly turning this small area of space into an indescribable gray-black zone. Everything was slowly swallowed by the blackness at the center.
For a moment, Xu Huo felt like laughing.
The first thing that came to mind was that Carol actually had such high expectations for humanity.
He had come seeking an opportunity for a breakthrough, but he hadn't expected the step to be so large, leaping directly from just forming the prototype of a kaleidoscope world and achieving only a minor success in Time Evolution, to gazing toward the direction of transcending dimensions.
However, this thought only flashed by, ultimately turning into a lament about the weakness of human power, and his own weakness.
Let's give it a try.
He put on the silver ring and began to carefully sense the pull of the surrounding forces.
It was a very subtle feeling.
After putting on the item, the previous pulling sensation was slightly weakened and became softer. A more fitting description would be that it flowed like wind.
When a person stands in the wind, they usually only feel the general direction of the wind, finding it difficult to detect its subtle changes. But at this moment, with the aid of the item, he could sense the overlapping of multiple forces, and which side was slightly stronger and which was slightly weaker. Being in the midst of it was like being situated within multiple layers of ripples. The ripples surged from many directions, and when they intersected, they still managed to affect his body.
Hmm, this was an abnormally stable state. At least he could feel the "wind," but he couldn't actually stir the "wind." Or perhaps he did stir it, but his energy was too small to be noticeable.
In any district, spacetime existed in its own inherent state. Drawing upon spacetime power was merely borrowing a superficial aspect. Although Time Power could break through Space to arrive, it was random—meaning only what happened to be nearby and could be caught could be borrowed. Gravity involved the curvature of spacetime, requiring a certain mass and energy to cause change and disrupt the original stability of spacetime... It all sounded like wishful thinking.
But how did that superficial aspect get set in motion?
That also seemed to be an indescribable and mysterious feeling.
Xu Huo tried to release his Spiritual Realm again. Unfortunately, Spiritual Power was also suppressed. The energy fields interfered with each other, making it nearly impossible for anything to maintain stability.
Was the only hope to combine Time Evolution and Space Evolution?
In his current state, Space Power could not interfere with Time Power, let alone combine the two.
Naturally, the concept of hyperdimension had already appeared in the game world, and the Super Player who killed Carmen Field had used gravity. So there must be a breakthrough point.
Carmen Field was also a master of spacetime evolution. He studied gravity and eventually figured out how to use one-way gravity. So for players, these powers could also be deconstructed, moving toward more refined directions, sometimes even manifesting in ways that were difficult for people to understand?
Come to think of it, was the situation here really caused by a player who could use gravity?
Could it be the combined result of several players with dual spacetime evolution, along with instruments and items?
Carol mentioned that the Game Government had also come to investigate. If it was accidentally caused by a player, it would lack investigative value. If such a player really existed...
They should have single-handedly elevated human ability to another level. After all, the technology to cross wormholes was currently locked away at A-level wormhole points and within the Game Government. Even players who had undergone Time Evolution were constrained by Hyperdimensional Space Instruments. If such a player existed, then Hyperdimensional Instruments would no longer be an absolute fortress.
Logically, Xu Huo found it hard to believe such a person existed. After all, the highest peak of humanity he had seen, Dr. Wu, hadn't...
His thoughts paused here. He suddenly realized that Dr. Wu was proficient in spacetime evolution, could capture Curved Time, and could even "fix" Curved Time in Pumpkin City in some way. Wasn't this itself a change to spacetime?
Of course, this effect seemed far less powerful than manipulating gravity, but it appeared to be moving in the same direction.
Did it require some kind of substance?
Xu Huo paused and took out the stone he had in his pocket.
The excessively heavy, pitch-black stone carried a faint light. It had seemed ordinary outside, but now it appeared to be actively releasing some kind of energy. Trailing shadows and light traces of movement actually appeared around it!
He reflexively pulled his hand back. The stone fell lightly to the ground. The gravity around it underwent a subtle change, creating a rotation similar to the gray vortex, but the speed was very slow, and it didn't attract or destroy surrounding objects.
Primordial Stones that originally possessed Time, Space, or even Spiritual Energy attributes were already astonishing enough. He hadn't expected this stone to resonate with gravity, or perhaps it itself was a medium for gravity, just exceptionally gentle.
Xu Huo picked up the stone again, feeling the changes in its weight, and then observed the surrounding gravitational state.
A new, tiny ripple had appeared within the interwoven ripples. Not only did it not break the balance of gravity, but its presence actually lightened the pressure on him. He seemed to become lighter as well—such a small stone had actually interfered with multiple gravitational forces.
Xu Huo moved his arm. As the afterimage dragged, the stone became slightly heavier, but the surrounding state didn't change, and he was still floating—it seemed to be able to automatically adapt within a certain range.
This was somewhat similar to Cube Space, which could contain and integrate Space Rays of different densities.