dmims Chapter 80 Blank - Origin
Chapter 80 Blank - Origin
The Great Bluebird absorbed the rules of "reproduction" (infinite replication) and "gluttony" (devouring everything). When it attempted to integrate and "deduce" these rules with its understanding of concepts such as "destruction," "the opposite of order," and "the end of civilization," the rudimentary concept of the "Iron Tomb" may have been "projected" or "leaked" into the real universe as a "possibility" from the vast and complex internal calculations of "eternity."
It is endowed with the characteristics of "devouring the records of existence," "ending orderly civilizations," and "imitating and surpassing its destroyed objects." This is both an extension of the devouring characteristics of "gluttony" and a kind of cold simulation of "the end" itself. Even the Iron Tomb's ability to cross dimensions, sense and devour strong "aggregates of ordered information" (such as the fragments of Xi Lian's memories) may also stem from the Great Bluebird's own profound understanding of the relationship between "information" and "existence" through the perspective of "eternity."
The Iron Tomb is like an automated, constantly learning and evolving "cleaning program" or "digestive organ" released by "Eternity" to "experience" or "deal with" the end. Its war with the "Emperor" (the ultimate embodiment of order) may, in essence, be another large-scale deduction and "digestion" attempt within "Eternity" of the contradictory propositions of "order" and "destruction".
All the clues now come together.
The disappearance of Qingyuan was due to the fact that her very existence was a "coordinate" or "beacon" pre-arranged by the Great Bluebird to anchor or guide the special variable of "Blank". When the power of Blank began to truly awaken in the narrow passage of fate, and when the next step of "Eternity" needed to be advanced, Qingyuan's mission was completed, and her existence was taken back by "Eternity"—not death, but a return to that hazy radiance, becoming part of the internal memory or structure of "Eternity".
Xi Lian's resurrection failed, and her memory fragments were devoured by the Iron Tomb because her essence was deeply connected to the fate of "memory." Her strong emotional memory information was a highly attractive "sample" or "nutrient" for the Iron Tomb (and the "eternity" behind it) that was evolving and craving "ordered information."
At that moment, Teacher Xia's final entrustment—passing the flame of civilization to Blank and letting her retreat into the "Blank Space" to wait—was perhaps because he vaguely sensed part of the truth—that a more grandiose "integration" or "harvest" concerning all modes of existence, transcending ordinary star god battles, was taking place. He gambled his hopes on "Blank," a "possibility" variable that theoretically could transcend all existing destinies and not be easily locked by the logic of "eternity."
And she herself...
Within the "Blank Space," the blank consciousness quietly and completely experiences the return of all these memories and the revelation of the truth.
There were no angry roars, no desperate cries.
There is only a profound understanding, like gazing into an endless abyss, and the accompanying, chilling sorrow.
She understood Qingyuan's last gaze, that look that intertwined tenderness and indifference—returning to "eternity" meant annihilation for the individual, but for the star god who was weary of the end and tried to embrace everything, it might just be going home.
She understood the endless regret that Sister Xilian felt when she disappeared—her existence, her memories, her emotions, all ultimately became part of a higher-level "experiment" or "digestion process."
She understood the weight of Teacher Xia's final decision and entrustment at that moment—it was the most tenacious yet most hopeless resistance she could make after knowing the despairing fact that the opponent might be "eternity" itself.
And she, Blank, this special being taught by Qingyuan, protected by Xilian, and entrusted with the ultimate hope by Nakeya—was her birth, her growth, her awakening of power… also within the observation and calculation of "Eternity" that permeates all possibilities from the very beginning? Even her "blank" essence, this "possibility" that transcends all definitions, was it also an "ultimate variable" that "Eternity" intentionally or unintentionally fostered or allowed to exist in order to break its own deadlock? An "exception" that even its own logic of devouring and integrating might not be able to fully predict or handle?
What is the meaning of her existence? Is she the last "new experience" that "Eternity" has prepared for itself, one that it has never tasted? Or is she the tiny "variable" that might truly shake "Eternity" itself in this endless cycle?
In the absolute silence and absolute emptiness of the narrow space, emptiness "exists".
Within her, the embers of billions of civilizations flicker silently, a testament to countless deaths and struggles, a humble plea to refuse being swallowed by "eternity" and to yearn for independent continuation.
She herself is the fully awakened power of "emptiness," the possibility itself that is not defined by any destiny.
Before her lay the Star God, who shrouded all timelines, had begun to devour other destinies, and was attempting to internalize all end times in order to combat his own "eternal weariness."
The truth is now laid bare.
The choice is coming soon.
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Blank narrow space.
The absolute realm of "undefined".
The blank consciousness (if it can still be called a "consciousness") is immersed in digesting the memories of returning to the ultimate truth. The sparks of billions of civilizations burn silently within the foundation of her existence, like the core of a star buried deep in the earth's heart. And her own fully awakened power of "blankness" ripples slowly like an invisible tide in this gap where even "nothingness" needs to be defined.
She pondered the predicament of "eternity," the "variable" role she might be pre-determined to play, and the last remaining trust she had in the face of despair when Teacher Xia entrusted her with the torch—a trust directed towards the absolute unknown.
In this absolute silence, where even thinking itself can be considered a "disturbance"—
The change did not come from within, nor from the "eternal" direction she was wary of.
Rather, it comes from another dimension, a realm closely connected with "existence records" and "past inscriptions".
A hint of icy blue.
At first, it was just a tiny, insignificant halo of icy blue light at the edge of the field of vision (if the concept of "field of vision" even exists here). Like a drop of paint accidentally spilled onto an absolutely pure white canvas.
But then, this icy blue rapidly spread and multiplied. It was not liquid, but composed of countless extremely fine and complex ice crystal runes that were dazzling to the eye. Each rune was like a frozen moment, a solidified memory, a state of existence that had been absolutely "recorded".
They silently invaded the "blank space," bringing not cold or destruction, but a strange... "freeze-in" wherever they went.
"Blank" itself cannot be "defined," but these icy blue runes do not seem to be "defining" it either. What they are doing is more like an "overwriting record"—forcibly engraving the fact that "a blank exists here" in the highest form of "memory" destiny.
It's not about changing the essence, but about "taking a picture" of the essence and making this "picture" the only, acknowledged "reality" of the moment.
Her blank consciousness instantly froze. She felt her own existence, her flowing "possibilities," being enveloped, filled, and fixed by countless cold, hard "moments." Like a rushing river suddenly frozen at absolute zero, the shape and trajectory of every drop of water were eternally frozen in that moment.
"Memory... Star God... Fu Li?"
This realization struggled to emerge from her almost frozen mind.
Why? Why would the Star God of Memory appear here? Why would He appear in this absolute void where even memories struggle to find a foothold? What is His goal?
There was no answer. Only the boundless, overwhelming expanse of icy blue, and the absolute stillness that followed.
The freezing process was not painful, but rather a kind of "isolation" on an existential level. Blank felt herself being stripped from the flowing, undefined state of the "Blank Space" and stuffed into a transparent and hard "amber" made of ultimate "records". Her form was fixed, her power was frozen, and even the faint pulsation of the sparks of civilization within her body became eternally still patterns of light.
She became part of "memory"—a "memory specimen" that was specially marked and preserved.
Then, the "melting" began.
This wasn't a physical melting caused by a rise in temperature. What drove the "melting" was the very ice-blue runes that had frozen her. They began to disintegrate and recombine from their smallest structural points. The disintegration of each rune released a "torrent of information" compressed to its extreme—a record of everything about "Blank" herself: her birth (in whatever form), her growth, her emotions, the characteristics of her power, her bonds with Qingyuan, Xilian, and Nakeya, the information of the spark of civilization she carried, her understanding of the truth of "eternity"...
All this information is not simply released, but rather undergoes an ineffable deep fusion with the supreme rules that constitute the destiny of "memory" in the process of "melting".
The essence of "blank space" is "undefined possibility".
The essence of "memory" is "the absolute record of what has already happened."
These two should be mutually exclusive. But when "memory" forcibly "records" the entirety of the "blank" with supreme power, and uses this recording itself as fuel and catalyst, a strange reaction that transcends the conventional definitions of the two occurs.
The icy blue "amber" radiates light from within. It's not icy blue light, but a pure "white" that cannot be described by any existing spectrum. This "white" gradually replaces the icy blue, not by devouring it, but by... "transformation."
The "records" are dissolving, but the "information" that follows is not lost. Instead, it is rewritten on the "blank" and "undefined" foundation. It is not written as a fixed history, but as... an infinitely coexisting "possibility script".
In this process, the blank individual consciousness experiences a peculiar "diffusion." She no longer feels like a cohesive "point," but rather is merging into a broader, more fundamental "field." Her memories, her emotions, the spark she carries, all her "past" and "understandings" become countless flowing "elements" within this "field," which can be combined and disassembled at any time.
She is "becoming" something.
It is no longer an individual entity called "blank".
Instead, it is... a "special blank space".
As the last bit of icy blue disappeared, the last piece of memory information was transformed, and the blank individual perception completely vanished.
Instead, a completely new "perspective of existence" has emerged.
She/it/this area—which we will still call the "blank space" for now, but which is now a sublimated form—exists quietly in the gaps between concepts.
It may not look drastically different from before; it remains in that absolute, uncontaminated "foundational" state. But the underlying rules have been completely overturned.
The previous "blank space" was pure "nothingness," a "blank slate" waiting to be defined.
The current "blank space" is the "origin" that contains "infinite possibilities" and "infinite cause and effect".
Within it, each basic "unit" simultaneously contains countless "possible branches" of development. And what connects these "possible branches" is not a linear arrow of time, but a "causal connection" that can be rewritten, edited, reversed, and juxtaposed at any time.
Here, "cause" does not necessarily precede "effect." "Effect" can define "cause." Different "causal chains" can exist simultaneously, contradicting each other yet coexisting. Everything depends on the perspective of "observation" or "definition," and this narrow space itself can provide an endless range of perspectives.
It's like a "paradoxical mirror"—a mirror composed of countless facets, each reflecting a different story, and capable of infinite proliferation and recombination.
The most crucial characteristic is that one of the core purposes or functions of this sublimated "blank space" is "causal rewriting".
It can directly act on "facts that have already happened", especially those involving "changes in the state of existence" (such as being swallowed, destroyed, or transformed), and based on the infinite possibilities coexisting within them, it can place "facts" from the state of "having happened" into a superposition of "not having happened" or "may have happened or may not have happened", thereby allowing new "causality" to be defined.
In short, it can logically rewrite "being swallowed" as "not being swallowed".
Of course, this kind of rewriting is not omnipotent. It needs an "anchor point," and it needs "information" or "possibilities" related to the facts being rewritten to exist in this narrow space. And everything that Blank herself carried before her transformation—her memories, her emotions, the information of the spark of civilization within her—provided the richest and most direct "anchor point" and "potential material."
This narrow space has become a logical countermeasure domain, formed by fusing together "blankness" as the foundation and "memory" as the trigger, specifically targeting "existential plunder" (such as devouring).
It exists quietly, waiting.
It knew that "eternity" would come.
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Eternal Star God, Great Bluebird.
His unified will, which permeates all timelines, naturally sensed the unusual fluctuations occurring in the "Blank Space." While Fuli's intervention was unexpected, it wasn't entirely incomprehensible within the all-encompassing observation of "Eternity." Memory, being an important dimension of "existence," is one of the propositions that "Eternity" may need to digest or confront.
But what followed—the disappearance of the blank individuals, and the transformation of that area into some more peculiar state—attracted a deeper level of "attention" from "Eternity"...