Chapter 922: Rejoining the war

On an ordinary satellite, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi sat together; this was the last stop of their journey.

This was a satellite created by a common Fifth-Rank civilization.

The satellite had been transformed into a park-like area, suiting the local aesthetic as well as Li Qi and Shen Shuibi's, which was why they chose to settle here.

The entire satellite was an artificial environment. Though called a satellite, it wasn't actually a 'sphere' but a Ring World.

It was a world shaped like a ring, orbiting the planet below, essentially a solid stellar ring that maintained gravity through the centripetal force generated by its rotation.

The civilization on this planet was quite advanced, having initially reached Fifth-Rank, conquered their galaxy, and capable of manipulating the internal supermassive Void as an energy reserve.

However... a galaxy, it sounds vast, but beyond it are galaxy clusters, and within galaxy clusters, there are billions of galaxies.

Countless galaxy clusters form superclusters, and then expand further.

What's more, there's the Interstellar Great Wall, and even the Observable Universe, where the number of galaxies is even more countless. So, there's still a long way to go.

But regardless of future matters, for now, this civilization's overall momentum was actually quite good.

The entire satellite environment was beautiful, peaceful, and harmonious. Li Qi and Shen Shuibi sat in an automatically flying spherical sightseeing vehicle, traversing the sky and looking down below.

Nearby, there seemed to have been a logging camp; traces left from dragging timber were still visible, drag marks crossing the edge of the road, leading straight to the mountaintop. It was unclear if this scene was 'flavor' or if such a time truly existed.

Most likely, it was flavor, creating some primitive landscapes for the scenery, much like the production sites of chipped stone tools in museums, as this civilization had long passed the stage of needing to log.

The clear river nearby was a natural spot for kayaking, and there were dense forests, seemingly designed for people to discreetly hold gatherings within.

Flying through the sky, one could also see a massive spaceport outside the atmosphere, and even hear its roaring.

Tourists would cheer with the spaceport every time a roar sounded, because the spectacle was truly magnificent, with the spaceport emitting huge light and energy, directly accelerating many spacecraft to sub-light speeds.

This process would generate a lot of light radiation, dyeing the sky rose-red.

The rose-red sky was filled with constantly scattering points of light, like an unending rain falling towards the core.

The spaceport, suspended high above, was the vanishing point; all light points and radiation came from there. Staring at the vanishing point, every Mortal would feel as if they were slowly ascending... stars burst forth from the vanishing point, making it seem as if one was inside a cylinder formed by stars.

This was a specially designed景观, as normal spaceports would shield light radiation and sound to avoid impact, but here, it was a tourist attraction, so this was a selling point created by the local area.

However, local residents hated this "Roaring Spaceport." After all, before it arrived, this place had always been a peaceful and ordinary ecological zone.

But with the construction of the spaceport, transportation became convenient, cities began to develop, and every weekend, tourists, beloved by hotels, flocked into this ecological zone like a tide, but other citizens had to endure the noise brought by development.

Li Qi and Shen Shuibi were among the tourists.

“This is the last, right?” Shen Shuibi looked at Li Qi, who was organizing his True Knowledge Dao Resonance.

Now, his True Knowledge’s power had expanded enough to match that of a Third-Rank.

Li Qi’s perception had been greatly enhanced; the emergence of so much True Knowledge directly inflated his original True Knowledge by the forty-fifth power.

Forty-fifth power, what kind of concept is that?

10 to the 45th power, 100 trillion quintillion, a 1 followed by 45 zeros.

Li Qi's perception could even spread across countless Observable Universes; this order of magnitude already surpassed what most Mortals considered 'infinite.'

Most Mortals simply cannot imagine what 'infinite' means, and their imagination, even at its extreme, cannot reach this magnitude of numbers.

They hollowly uttered the words 'infinite,' yet they didn't understand how terrifying true infinity was.

However, Li Qi also knew that his current power was still far from true infinity, but it had already surpassed the so-called 'boundless.'

One must know that the 'infinite' in the Reality Universe actually has boundaries.

If you draw a spacetime diagram, from the perspective of the spacetime diagram, objects can accelerate infinitely, but the essence of acceleration is the superposition of rapidity. Because Newton's laws are invalid in high-speed spacetime, even if force tends to infinity and rapidity tends to infinity, the velocity will actually converge to c.

Infinity can also converge; it doesn't always diverge.

When rapidity tends to infinity, velocity converges to the speed of light.

The essence of acceleration is the increase of rapidity on the spacetime diagram. Classical mechanics fails here; it is no longer applicable. Even if a massive object accelerates infinitely under an infinitely large force, with rapidity tending to infinity, its velocity can only infinitely approach the speed of light, never reaching it.

In other words, the physical meaning of infinity roughly represents the upper limit of speed in our spacetime, similar to how absolute zero is a lower limit, but it is not mathematical true infinity.

Similarly, infinite temperature is Planck temperature, and infinite density will converge to the Void.

Physical infinity, after all, has practical significance, and this is the convergence of infinite series.

To apply theory to practice, one needs the ability to tame divergent series.

Li Qi was also like this; he possessed theoretically infinite power, but if he wanted infinity to have practical significance, he needed to make it converge. Otherwise, divergent numbers would not fit reality, and using them would lead to contradictions of infinite self-referential nesting.

Mortals casually talk about 'infinite,' 'endless,' and 'boundless,' which is truly too rash. They simply do not understand how terrifying 'true infinity' is. The 'infinity' they understand is merely a relatively large number within the finite.

At least at the Fourth-Rank and Third-Rank levels, one can only achieve infinity within their own regional scope, not true infinity in all regions of the Reality Universe.

Li Qi felt his current power, then looked at the rabbit: “Yes, it’s all collected. It’s time to return to the main battlefield.”

“Then don’t delay any longer. We’ve already delayed for a very long time,” the rabbit urged.

She knew that the current Li Qi was crucial and no longer had so much leisure time. The past few millennia had been long enough, enough for her to feel at ease for a very long time in the future.

Before that, she would be responsible for the children; it would be better to leave the big matters outside to Li Qi.

Li Qi apologetically stroked the rabbit’s head, ruffling her hair, and said, “Then I’ll leave the family matters to you. I’m leaving, but I’ll be back.”

“Don’t say such things.” Shen Shuibi shook her head, then gently pushed Li Qi.

She was not the kind of person who would cling to her husband and not let him go.

The rabbit clearly knew what to do; she wouldn't delay important matters.

Li Qi was pushed back a step by her, then nodded, and his figure vanished without a trace.

Among the ‘Alliance’ of Shamanes spread throughout the Universe, a new figure suddenly joined.

“Third-Rank, Li Qi, is in position.” Li Qi’s voice echoed within the ‘Alliance,’ but beings below Third-Rank could not perceive this sound. This was to prevent signals from affecting Mortals.

On the Mortal battlefield, the voice of a Third-Rank was enough to affect or even destroy their minds, so orders were transmitted rank by rank.

“Is Li Qi here? Very good. Then, this is what you need to do.” The Second-Rank Ordained Invokers immediately sent a piece of information.

There was no delay, no prior ceremony; none of that was needed. Everyone knew what to do and understood the rank of the newcomer. There were no superfluous greetings, and certainly no power plays.

In a force of Shaman God Mountain’s caliber, excellent organizational structure and mutual communication measures must be very reasonable, because it is too vast and involves too wide a scope. Even a tiny bit of unreasonableness would lead to huge internal friction and idle management resources, and a single matter could be delayed for a long time.

It's very possible that everyone is tired, and everyone works diligently, but in the end, things are still a mess.

It might even happen that leaders work overtime, staying up late and exhausting themselves, only to process documents from thousands of years ago, whose applicants are already dead.

And applicants might wait their entire lives for the aid and resources they need, and even applications for promotion might not be approved until death, stalling a promotion for a lifetime.

Therefore, to prevent such situations from occurring, an excellent management mechanism and information transmission mechanism are needed to avoid idle resources and delays.

As Third-Rank leaders, even a slight delay at their level would cause huge friction below, leading to a large amount of power being wasted on the administrative level.

Although Shamanes are very loosely organized, there still needs to be a mechanism for coordination.

So, it's imaginable how patient Shaman God Mountain had to be during those years Li Qi didn't show up for work.

However, now that Li Qi had finally joined, the new structure could be adjusted. A single Third-Rank was enough to alleviate many situations, and even reverse conditions in many places.

So, Li Qi received his mission.

Indeed, it was as expected.

Li Qi had almost no operational tasks like defending front lines; nearly all were support-type missions.

It was probably because he lacked the ability to backtrack. Li Qi’s Dao rejected backtracking, so he naturally couldn’t participate in large-scale, constantly backtracking, constantly mutually destructive battlefield command-type work.

However, correspondingly, Li Qi also had strong resistance to backtracking and interference, making him very suitable as a shock trooper to interfere with Human Dao Third-Ranks.

So, that’s what he would do.

“First target...”

Li Qi glanced at his mission list, then disappeared from his original spot.

— — — — — — — —

In a war zone of the Human-Shaman War battlefield.

In this world, in this history, the Human-Shaman War had been going on for a very long time, even starting not long after the Universe began.

Li Qi personally witnessed that the Universe had Rebooted nineteen times.

Naturally, the Human-Shaman War also started anew.

In this brand new Universe, composed of the ‘Observable Universe’ and ‘Eternal Inflation,’ everything was different. Therefore, naturally, the Human-Shaman War here also transformed from ‘sudden outbreak’ to ‘persistent existence.’

In this period of history, the Human-Shaman War spanned the entire Universe, starting from the early days of the Universe, when the first baryonic life evolved.

On and on, for tens of billions of years, it had always been this way.

This had almost become one of the main themes of the Universe.

The reason it’s said to be one of them is because there are other situations, such as the contention between Buddha and Demon, or the Human-Dragon War, but those, for the most part, were not as intense as the Human-Shaman War.

A large number of worlds joined the Human-Shaman War, each for its own cause.

At this moment, in a war zone, on the battlefield of a Fourth-Rank world.

Here was a Human Dao Fourth-Rank, and the world he was responsible for.

For a war zone overseen by a Third-Rank, a Fourth-Rank world was actually quite a valuable resource and fighting force, not something to be casually abandoned.

However, now, the Human Dao Fourth-Rank was preparing to leave.

Because he had already received advance notice that a Third-Rank was about to intervene, he had to leave, otherwise, he would die.

But, faced with his departure, the Mortals of these worlds seemed unable to accept it.

A local Fifth-Rank, he pleaded with the Human Dao Fourth-Rank before him, saying, “Your Excellency, are you leaving? You are our ideal, our banner, our strength! You are the Incarnation of our ideal! You said you wouldn’t leave arbitrarily!”

How could this be? Such a great person shouldn't break his word.

Ever since he arrived here, he had caused the oppressed to Awaken, brought happiness to the unfortunate, and liberated those trapped by systems.

Undoubtedly, he was a glorious and great figure; the radiance emanating from him enlightened all originally powerless lives, giving them new strength.

He was so wise, creating many, many miracles, and so disciplined, holding himself to a strict, astonishingly noble moral standard.

He was a role model for the people, so radiant that his mere presence instilled infinite confidence in his subordinates.

He taught this world what it meant to be a true 'Human,' and that Human radiance was so dazzling.

Everyone completely trusted him, respected him, and acknowledged his command.

As long as he commanded, they would always be willing to carry out the orders of this Human Dao Fourth-Rank, and always willing to follow him anywhere, because they had already followed him to overcome a million seemingly insurmountable difficulties.

But how could such a great leader suddenly say he was leaving alone?

What was going on?