parentshiftbook Chapter 516 is not fiction. [Fiction]
Chapter 516 is not fiction. [Fiction]
Chapter 516 is not fictional (a lot of setting)
First, we need to clarify one fact.
In other words, the [fictional] rule is not a fictional rule.
Although the Law of Fiction is called the source and origin of the Law of Fiction, it is not a fictional law, but a real one.
In the vast and boundless power system of wizarding civilization, "Level Nine" is a realm that inspires awe and endless imagination.
Countless records and oral traditions point to one fact: a wizard who reaches level nine will possess "infinite" power and be able to twist the laws at will, achieving a kind of "wish fulfillment".
Their intervention in reality is like the Creator wielding a paintbrush, almost unbound by common sense.
Such immense power, its principles and origins naturally captivated all wizards who sought the ultimate knowledge, prompting them to exhaust their efforts in trying to decipher it.
The law of "fiction" is an "achievement" that countless wizards and sages deduced and ultimately reached when studying the ultimate mystery of "how level nine beings distort the laws".
Or, to put it another way—"degraded imitation".
Judging from the results, the performance of the "fiction" rule was fairly average.
It can indeed achieve the effect of "making your wishes come true" to some extent, but its internal logic is completely different from the unreasonable and fundamental distortion of the ninth level, and it has its own fundamental flaws that it cannot overcome.
The core flaw lies in the fact that the "fictional" rule can only achieve what the user "theoretically" can accomplish using their own strength, knowledge, resources, time, and other conditions.
It can only help users skip the process and accomplish what is theoretically possible.
For example, when facing Jemin's "Return to the Void Armor," this black-robed level six wizard who has mastered the law of [Fiction] could, if he were willing to spend enough time, invest a huge amount of mental energy, and consume a massive amount of computing power and resources, and use the many decryption knowledge and witchcraft methods he has mastered.
In theory, he could indeed eventually break through the defenses of the Guixu Armor.
Since it is "theoretically possible", then the [fiction] law allows him to "skip" the "breaking process" that may require a long game, complex calculations and huge consumption, and directly present the result that "the Void Armor has been broken".
From this perspective, the [fiction] principle is undoubtedly a powerful and convenient ability in the realm of combat.
It allows users to quickly realize their theoretical "maximum potential" into actual results with extremely high efficiency, especially when facing enemies with complex defenses that are difficult to defeat quickly by conventional means.
However, the brilliance of this power is basically limited to level seven and below.
Once a wizard reaches level eight, they will complete the "law solidification," where their core laws will be deeply bound to their own existence, becoming so stable that they are difficult to be distorted by external forces.
At that time, it can even resist the distortion of laws of a level nine existence, let alone the "result jump" of the [fictional] law, which is a degraded version based on "its own possibility"?
Therefore, wizards who specialize in the [fiction] law often experience a sharp decline in combat ability after advancing to the eighth level, and may even become just another ordinary person.
This is a wrong path that many people see as having almost no future.
Even at the sixth and seventh levels, the [Fiction] Law is not invincible.
This relates to its second major flaw: the amount of process it can "skip" is limited.
A wizard specializing in the laws of "fiction" can omit the resources, energy, computing power, time, etc. required to break through a defense, complete a complex spell, or achieve a specific result. The amount of resources they can omit depends on the depth of their research and mastery of the laws of "fiction" themselves.
Even if one studies this law to the highest theoretical level of level six or seven, its "omission limit" does not have an overwhelming advantage in the face of top combat wizards of the same level—especially those who have mastered pure destructive laws such as "annihilation," "collapse," and "end."
It can make users "elite" or "outstanding" in their level, but it is difficult for them to become the "top tier".
More importantly, beings that are not at level nine do not possess infinite power.
Therefore, users of the [Fiction] Law cannot, like Level 9 beings, achieve infinite stacking of combat power by stepping on each other with their left foot using the "Twisting Law" and "Infinite Power".
The upper limit of their "volume," which combines their total mental strength, energy reserves, physical strength, and depth of knowledge, fundamentally restricts the upper limit of the results they can "fabricate."
It is absolutely impossible for a level 5 wizard to "fabricate" the result of defeating a level 7 wizard, because that is far beyond what he "theoretically can do".
In conclusion, the [Fiction] Law, in the realm of combat, is a powerful and efficient ability, but it has obvious limitations and future bottlenecks, placing it in the upper-middle tier among combat-type wizards.
In the field of research, the evaluation of the "fiction" rule is much lower, even quite poor.
The primary reason is its extremely short effective range.
The essence of laws is knowledge, and the magical artifacts created by wizards using knowledge are essentially manifestations of the power of laws.
A level six wizard, after completing the "law solidification", creates a magical artifact with the solidified law as its core. Even if it is taken to other planes infinitely far away, as long as it is not destroyed, it can still perform its preset functions normally.
However, things created by the law of "fiction," or the effects they drive, must maintain a direct mental connection with their creator in order to exist and take effect.
This includes attacks, defenses, or any effects initiated by the [fictional] law itself, all of which must be attached to a medium directly controlled by the caster's mind, such as a sorcery model or a mental tendril.
Although a level six wizard's mental manipulation range is sufficient to cover thousands of kilometers, compared to the characteristics of other solidified products of laws that can operate independently over infinite distances, the "range" deficiency of the [Fiction] law is particularly fatal in macro-strategy and research applications.
Secondly, although the "fiction" principle can "skip the research process and directly obtain results."
But for wizards who pursue "knowledge," this has limited value, or is even harmful.
The fundamental problem is that you only got the result, but not the knowledge.
Any experienced researcher understands that if you don't have a thorough grasp of the underlying processes and core principles of a technology or phenomenon, you will find it difficult to consistently reproduce the results, even if you are given the exact same conditions and steps.
However, the "fiction" rule doesn't thoughtfully include a detailed "process instruction manual" when "skipping the process".
You have no idea which key condition you possess led to your success, nor do you know which subtle factor you lacked that caused your failure.
It's even impossible to determine whether the failure was due to insufficient conditions or whether your initial assumption was simply wrong.
Even if one were to miraculously "fabricate" a usable result, setting aside the limitation of the mental connection's range, without the accumulation of intermediate technologies, further research would be impossible.
Relying on the "fictional" law to take shortcuts in the long run will cause a wizard's research abilities to stagnate completely, losing the foundation for independent exploration and innovation.
More importantly, in many cases, the numerous "byproducts" and "failures" generated during the research process may even be more valuable than the final target outcome itself.
Just as the previous incarnation of Jemin's nation, in order to build an aircraft carrier, gave rise to countless key materials, processes, designs and management experiences during the long research and development process, the overall improvement brought about by the diffusion of these technologies may be more significant than the aircraft carrier itself.
The very existence of the [fictional] law is a perfect example of this viewpoint:
As one of the final theoretical products of the study of "Nine-Level Law Distortion", it produced many valuable "byproducts" during its long and arduous exploration process.
One of the most important achievements was the revelation of some key "paths" and theoretical models for the "fixed laws" from level seven to level eight, which helped pave the way for advancement to level eight.
On the other hand, the existence of the "fictional" law breaks down the boundaries between theory and reality, providing the necessary technical support for the birth of a true fictional law.
It could even be said that all the fictional laws that emerged in the Wizarding World afterward relied on the knowledge of the "fictional" laws regarding breaking the boundaries between theory and reality.
Whether it's the path to becoming an eighth-level wizard or the knowledge to construct fictional laws.
The value of this knowledge to the entire wizarding civilization far exceeds the "main product" of the [fiction] law itself.
At this moment, Jemin stared at the black-robed wizard whose aura was becoming increasingly profound not far away, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
He suddenly understood the complex emotions on their faces when he first revealed "spiritual energy," a new system different from elemental energy, to his mentor Clark and the seniors and colleagues of the Norn Workshop under the name of "Imaginary Element." The emotions were a mixture of amazement, regret, and extreme complexity.
He knew perfectly well that the wizard before him, due to the path he had chosen, had his future power limit almost completely locked, and was destined to fade into obscurity on the path to the true eighth level or even further.
But "now," on the battlefield at this moment, the opponent is demonstrating a bizarre, efficient, and almost unreasonable ability to "achieve results."
Its difficulty and immediate threat level far exceed those of most regular wizards of the same level!
"This is truly—a troublesome ability." Jemin thought to himself, feeling a sense of relief at the same time.
Fortunately, the "Return to Nothingness Armor" lives up to its reputation as a defense built around the core concept of "Return to Nothingness," which involves devouring, transforming, and returning to nothingness. Its stability and resistance to abnormal effects are extremely high.
Even when faced with the bizarre technology of the [Fiction] Law, which directly defines the "result," it can forcibly negate the defining effect of being "broken" at the cost of its own "shattering."
Even more fortunately, the immense spiritual and physical strength he possessed, far exceeding that of an ordinary level five wizard and even approaching that of a level six wizard, thanks to the Body Tempering Technique and Soul Reshaping, along with the various resources stored within his body, seemed to have exceeded the current carrying limit of the opponent's [Fictional] Law "Omission Quota".
This means that the other party cannot simply "fabricate" a result such as "instantly killing Jemin".
Because the process that needs to be omitted consumes too much energy, exceeding the instantaneous processing capacity of its laws. Battle.
Therefore, it was pulled back into the "process" that requires repeated offense and defense, attrition, and game-playing.
On the other side, the black-robed wizard, whose origins in the law had been exposed by Jemin, had a slight tremor in his dark red eyes beneath his hood, as if he no longer intended to conceal it.
Since the cards have already been seen through, there's no point in hiding them.
His physique underwent that unsettling "change" once again.
There was no movement trajectory, and no precursor to an energy burst.
One moment he was a thousand meters away, the next he was standing right in front of Jemin, the result of which was directly presented in reality, erasing all the intermediate rushing process.
The hand covered by the black glove, like the Grim Reaper, slammed down on Jemin once more.
Simple and direct, yet it carries the implication of an unavoidable "inevitable hit".
Jemin's pupils contracted slightly, and as he retreated rapidly, his mind raced, instantly understanding the essence of the opponent's attack pattern.
The opponent wasn't so fast that they couldn't react; rather, they simply erased the "attack action" process, directly presenting the result of "the palm hitting the target."
To crack or interfere with it, you must actively intervene in the prerequisites for this "outcome" to occur!
So he made the same response as before—once again raising his newly grown right fist, he met the incoming palm head-on without missing a beat!
This is not a head-on collision, but rather a proactive approach that provides a definite and controllable "landing point" for the "outcome" of the opponent's attack!
call----
The same scene played out again.
The fist dissipated like smoke the instant it made contact with the palm.
Jemin's face paled, and he decisively "abandoned" his entire right arm once again. At the same time, he fully activated the Tai Xu Step, using the slight recoil generated by the shattering of a layer of Gui Xu Armor to retreat rapidly!
However, the black-robed wizard clearly had no intention of giving him another chance to breathe and regenerate.
Just as Jemin retreated a few dozen meters, the other person's figure, like a ghost, "skipped" the pursuit again and "appeared" directly in front of Jemin's retreating path.
He raised his hand, and this time his target was none other than Jemin's head!
He was clearly trying to directly "define" the more decisive outcome of "Jermin's head being smashed."
A sense of crisis is like being doused with ice water!
But this time, Jemin reacted even faster!
The moment the opponent's palm touched the outermost layer of the Void Armor, causing it to shatter instantly, the "attack process" that had been compressed to the extreme finally revealed a trace of its trajectory due to the Void Armor's neutralization!
It was this tiny trace that gave Jemin precious time to react!
The moment the second layer of the Void Armor shattered, Jieming's left arm rose as if by reflex, fiercely blocking his own forehead!
At the same time, he deliberately rammed his head hard against his own arm!
Click!
His left arm turned to ashes again, but the recoil from the self-impact, combined with the explosive power of the Tai Xu Step, allowed Jemin to narrowly create distance once more!
The black-robed wizard stopped, not giving chase immediately.
His brows furrowed slightly beneath his hood.
It wasn't that he didn't want to launch a continuous attack, but rather that the application of the [Fiction] Law involved an extremely complex mental workload and computational consumption.
Its attack frequency is far less than that of other level six wizards who excel at energy bombardment or close combat.
Each "skip process" requires precise calculations and a brief "cooling-off" or "reset".
This is why when he used energy blasts to attack before, the energy blasts were divided into rounds.
A normal level six wizard could easily unleash such a simple attack continuously.
There's no need for him to divide each round of attacks into multiple waves to cover up the gaps between attacks as much as possible.
In that brief pause, Jemin's almost superhuman regenerative abilities were on full display once more.
At the severed point of the right shoulder, the flesh and blood writhed wildly, and a brand new arm quickly grew and took shape; at the severed point of the left arm, which had just turned to ashes, tender pink buds also sprouted and began to rebuild at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"—You bastard—" The black-robed wizard finally couldn't help but speak, his voice coming through the hood with a rare hint of helplessness and disbelief, "Where on earth did this regenerating beast come from?"
He had seen countless wizards who specialized in physical modification and pursued immortality.
But the regeneration speed of this level 5 wizard in front of us is already at an eerie level.
It even surpassed many of the level six bio-modified wizards he knew, who were known for their tenacious vitality!
In addition, there was that strange field that could negate one [Fiction] effect. Compared to that, the opponent's energy rays, which reached the level six threshold, and their bizarre way of moving at high speed seemed less remarkable.
"Since that's the case—" Jemin gasped for breath, quickly recovering from the energy and mental exhaustion caused by the continuous regeneration of severed arms, and tried to say, "Then perhaps—would you be so kind as to spare my life?"
He forced a slightly stiff smile.
This is not a sign of weakness, but a rational assessment.
It wasn't that he didn't want to immediately activate the "Transformation into Light" escape technique and flee.
But his battle with the Hand of Annihilation made him realize that against a true level six wizard, simple long-distance high-speed movement would hardly break free from the lock.
As long as the other party "theoretically" has the ability to track and intercept him, then the [fictional] law can "skip" the tracking process and directly present the result that "he was intercepted".
The black-robed wizard remained silent for a moment, then let out a soft sigh from beneath his hood.
When he looked up again, the slight turmoil in his dark red eyes had subsided.
Only a cold, absolute rationality belonging to the battlefield wizard remained.
"I'm sorry." His voice was calm and clear, "After seeing your strength, especially your potential for growth and the threat you pose, I cannot let you leave this war zone alive. Otherwise, you would be a moving disaster for the level five wizards on our side."
The murderous intent in his words was undisguised.
Upon hearing this, the last trace of a tentative smile on Jemin's face vanished completely.
He took a deep breath, and his spiritual energy accelerated its circulation. The energy and spiritual sea stored in the cave began to be mobilized more efficiently.
The newborn gently clenched his fists, feeling the surging power filling him again.
He understood that the pleasantries and probing were over.
What follows will be a fierce battle to the death.
(Something urgent came up, so this is all for today.)
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