Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 544: Chapter 161: Sequence 7, Sequence 4, Sequence 3

Reverse Dimension, Bai Wu surely remembered this sequence that sounded very powerful.

Sequence 7 Reverse Dimension, Sequence 4 Rule Binding.

High Tower sealed Alpha’s soul, or rather, Alpha’s consciousness.

It was by relying on these two sequences that Alpha was unable to use his own power.

And unable to proceed downward.

Rule Binding, Bai Wu could somewhat guess the effect from the name alone.

But for Reverse Dimension, Bai Wu was unclear.

The rain became heavier, a torrential downpour, and the various umbrellas on the streets were no longer a common sight.

Listening to the rain is a romantic thing, but that is certainly not the case when one is in the rain.

The behavior of the "silly clerk," however, did conform to people’s cognition.

He was like a child who had never played in water before.

The manager and other clerks looked at the stranger outside holding an umbrella, as well as the silly clerk with arms outstretched in the rain, and paid them no mind.

Because it wasn’t the first time the fool had done this.

In Bai Wu’s memory, however, it was the first time seeing this person do this.

Perhaps due to a dislike of rainy days, Bai Wu seldom paid attention to this person during his childhood.

"I remember Reverse Dimension was cast on Alpha... the Twisted Master."

"Alpha? That’s an interesting way to refer to him. Indeed, he can be called that, although he is sealed, he is ultimately the winner," the clerk said with a smile.

He was drenched through, but Bai Wu’s umbrella was really too small to cover him.

"Reverse Dimension is a sequence that deprives living beings of their perception. Not just perception, but also cognition."

Bai Wu didn’t speak, but he could roughly guess that the clerk’s "foolishness" might be related to Reverse Dimension.

"It is a method used against high-dimensional beings. This sequence, although ranked seventh, is the most useful in combatting powerful high-dimensional beings."

"Even surpassing Rule Binding."

The clerk said,

"The higher-dimensional the being, the more ways they have to acquire information. Humans perceive the dimensional world through time and space, while high-dimensional beings have even more methods of cognition."

"What we see as points, in their eyes, are complete worlds."

"Reverse Dimension is about turning these complex worlds back into mere points."

"Those affected by Reverse Dimension gradually lose their ability to perceive dimensions."

’It’s like the original world has only directions such as up, down, left, right, forward, and so on, but Reverse Dimension gradually strips away the person’s cognition."

"So much so that the target will gradually come to believe that there is only one direction in this world."

Upon hearing this, Bai Wu felt the power of this sequence.

"So Alpha is not unable to go down, but in his cognition, there’s no longer the concept of down?"

"The High Tower? I don’t know, maybe. He has been influenced by Reverse Dimension far more deeply than I have, perhaps to the point where he’s beginning to lose his spatial sense," the clerk said, sighing.

Although as a "corresponding" entity, the effects of Reverse Dimension were greatly diminished on him.

But in the view of a normal person, the world is three-dimensional, while in his perception, the world is quickly becoming two-dimensional.

His grasp on distance was almost gone.

This is Reverse Dimension.

The effect of Reverse Dimension is not to turn a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one, nor to make a similar higher-dimension world into a lower-dimension one.

But to shift the cognition of high-dimensional beings toward that of lower-dimensional beings.

Just like Bai Wu saw the clerk, wearing a red T-shirt, a duckbill cap, chubby, a living person.

But in the eyes of the clerk, Bai Wu was like a paper figure.

And that was only a weakened Reverse Dimension, the effect on Alpha was even more severe.

The clerk was slowly transitioning from the cognition of a three-dimensional being to a flat two-dimensional one.

And Alpha inside the High Tower was almost becoming one-dimensional.

"So, most of the time you seem a bit foolish because... your cognition has been eroded by Reverse Dimension?" Bai Wu asked.

The clerk nodded:

"Yes. You can regard the High Tower, which seals Alpha, as an array, and I am the Array Eye."

Bai Wu had not expected this kind of relationship.

The clerk continued:

"I know what you’re wondering. What would happen if I died? What kind of impact would it have on the real world’s parameters?"

Bai Wu nodded, and the clerk smiled:

"I don’t know either. Perhaps after I die, the threshold for humans to become Evil Fallen will be lower, and the generation of regional distortion rules will be faster."

"Moreover, once I die, the Reverse Dimension effect exerted on Alpha will disappear."

Bai Wu’s eyes widened, this was undoubtedly a key point.

When he had encountered Alpha, although Alpha could still only move upward, its thinking no longer seemed like that of a one-dimensional creature.

Did this imply that Alpha had begun to slowly regain consciousness?

Did it mean that this clerk had died seven hundred years later?

Bai Wu said:

"Alpha... has already escaped, and I have seen him three times, twice in the High Tower, once outside the tower. He already seems to be alright... Does this mean that seven hundred years later, you have already died..."

The Alpha within the High Tower was somewhat "wooden."

But Bai Wu had seen the Alpha that probably broke free from the "Reverse Dimension," with its consciousness in the process of recovery.

"Seven hundred years later? You are mistaken; I won’t live that long," the clerk said with some regret.

In Bai Wu’s mind, many pieces of information began to align and combine.

At that moment, he reviewed the timeline.

"Cain entered the sixth level of the High Tower seven hundred years ago, and after becoming an apprentice to the Ten of Spades."

"And the Ten of Spades entered this world before Cain entered the High Tower."

"If Alpha’s consciousness was suppressed by the Reverse Dimension, then Cain’s soul would not be bound there."

"Does this mean, seven hundred years ago... Alpha had already broken free from the Reverse Dimension?"

"Is it just that the Reverse Dimension was so powerful, it took Alpha seven hundred years to recover dimensional recognition?"

"So, looking at the timeline... you’re going to die soon?"

Bai Wu looked at the clerk with surprise.

The clerk said with some regret:

"Yes, so there was no me later in your childhood, which is tragic. In this world, there aren’t many people worth my attention, and you’re the most important one."

"Fortunately, I met you today, and I know that, despite your childhood experiences, you did not become a monster devoid of humanity."

Bai Wu was stunned.

The clerk patted Bai Wu’s shoulder, leaving a damp palm print on his clothes.

"I am relieved to see you growing up to this point."

Bai Wu could not imagine that the only person he liked in his childhood, who couldn’t even be called a friend, turned out to be a person vital to the world’s salvation.

How many secrets were still hidden in this world?

The atmosphere was somewhat sad. Bai Wu shifted the topic and said:

"The Reverse Dimension took Alpha seven hundred years to recover, but after leaving the High Tower, Alpha’s consciousness and cognition clearly became more complete. Is this due to Rule Binding?"

"Yes, Sequence 4 Rule Binding, which is the isolation from distortion and also the most powerful sequence controlled by the High Tower Creator, my ’father’..."

"This is a power to erase distortions. Apart from the three supreme sequences that rank before Rule Binding, all other sequences, terms, and rules you know can be bound by Sequence 4."

The High Tower Creator was this person’s father? Bai Wu looked at the clerk with astonishment.

Jing Liu was also shocked.

As if knowing Bai Wu’s confusion, the clerk said:

"This is not a father in terms of blood relations but a reference to the relationship between creator and created, just like Alpha created Jing Yi to Jing Liu, and ’father’ created me."

Hearing this, Bai Wu understood.

It appeared that the High Tower Creator had created not just The Pursuer, but also the current "Array Eye."

"But he ultimately miscalculated, didn’t he ever consider that you would die?" Bai Wu asked.

The clerk sighed:

"Of course he did, I have existed for thousands of years. The stronger Alpha’s vitality, the stronger its struggle against the High Tower, the closer I am to death."

"In fact, he prepared a successor for me, this person was created by Alpha, with an immortal body. This person was also favored by our father, long before Alpha created him, the residual consciousness that father left in this world started to make plans."

This time, the one whose expression changed dramatically was Jing Liu.

Jing Liu looked incredulously at the clerk, even though the clerk couldn’t see Jing Liu.

Bai Wu also guessed who the person the clerk was talking about:

"Jing Si?"

"Yes, Jing Si."

The clerk nodded, confirming Bai Wu’s guess.

"Jing Si has an immortal body, but unfortunately, Jing Si is not human. The method to enter the Well World cannot go through the stele."

"It can only pass through the Well’s trials, progressing layer by layer."

"And he never reached this place. He got lost on the second layer."

Bai Wu then understood that the clerk, seven hundred years ago—that is, in the current time—couldn’t live much longer.

As long as the Reverse Dimension exists, Alpha’s cognition will continue to diminish until it becomes an empty shell without cognition.

The clerk will die, and the High Tower Creator also calculated this, letting Jing Si take over the clerk’s position to become the next Array Eye.

If this plan were to succeed, the Alpha inside the High Tower would never be able to turn things around.

Even if it was rescued, it would just be a "low-dimensional being" with no threat at all.

But Jing Si... did not complete the mission.

The residual consciousness of the High Tower Creator could not see the farther future.

Jing Si’s indecisiveness and hesitation made it impossible for Jing Si to make the choice of "killing a friend" to enter a deeper world.

Besides, this isn’t the third layer; this could be the fourth or even the fifth layer... or possibly even deeper.

Jing Si stopped at the second layer.

The Jing Si that came afterward indeed possessed great power, absorbed the distorted power of the Well, and understood the Inverted Well.

But then what?

Maybe relying on Jing Liu’s calculations, he obtained Reincarnation, which could keep him lucid, but between Alpha and Jing Si, Bai Wu believes Alpha would still come out on top.

"History can’t be changed, Jing Si will fail. Or rather, Jing Si has already failed. My death is unavoidable, and after I die, there will be no one to pass on the Inverted Dimension. The Alpha you speak of will eventually reappear in the world. Moreover, it will reappear in a perfect form."

The clerk’s pessimistic prediction all came true.

Indeed, Alpha has already reappeared in this world.

The gradual unlocking of the Well World has shown Bai Wu many a helplessness.

So there aren’t three worlds, there is only one world.

This world is the High Tower World.

Whether it’s the world of my childhood or the Well World, both seem like a "program backend," designed to control the various settings and parameters of the High Tower World.

The most dangerous creature in the High Tower World was being watched over by an ordinary person in the world of my childhood.

"Is there really no way to kill Alpha?"

"No, not at least for now. The immortal body of Alpha was transformed from the most powerful Sequence holder in the previous civilization, that is, the race of our father."

After a brief pause, the clerk continued:

"An existence of a higher level than the Rule Binding, Sequence 3—Immortal."

"Indestructible, eternally existing in perfect form. Even the will of the world cannot destroy it. It exists as objectively as time and space."

"It’s like the cancer of this world; it can only be eradicated if the world itself is destroyed."

Sequence three, Immortal.

Bai Wu realized that starting from Sequence seven, the Reverse Dimension, the power of the top ten sequences vastly exceeds that of the others.

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"What if... one were to possess Sequence two? Or Sequence one?" Bai Wu asked the crucial question.

The rain came down heavily and left just as quickly. At this moment, the rainfall had lessened considerably.

The clerk said,

"It’s indeed possible, but... who can find it? Even Jing Si... has only reached the second layer. My father knows how to obtain these Sequences, but he dares not use them."

On the Sequence periodic table, the top two Sequences are marked with Sequence characters. It’s a kind of encryption.

However, no one in the High Tower cared, since those awakened before the top hundred were extremely rare, and to this day, not a single one before the top ten had emerged. The Sequence of Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies, after all, was bestowed by the High Tower Creator, not awakened.

To gain the most advanced Sequences was no easy feat.

The clerk continued,

"Of course, there are other outsiders who have come here, including your father, but you should know they are being rejected by this world. It may not be long before they die, perhaps even sooner than I."

"The strongest Sequence lies in the deepest part of the Well, but no one can reach there."

Bai Wu, who knew some of the history, was of course aware that the clerk was right.

The purple marks on the back of the Ten of Spades, and a memory of a conversation with Bai Yuan at the hospital, were enough to prove that the Ten of Spades and Bai Yuan were not long for this world.

They couldn’t travel to the deeper layers of the world.

And the most powerful Sequence, the one that could end everything, might just lie deeper still within the Well.

The Doomsday Puzzle pieces and the Seven Deadly Sins Weapons seemed to be two different keys.

In the current situation, Alpha had emerged, and all the time left for humanity had been fought for by Qian Yixin.

As for the progress of collecting Doomsday Puzzle pieces, even with full effort, only one Baichuan City had been completed.

Shudu, Food City, Denglin, Xuanhui, and even the vast World Beyond the Mist... There were countless places to explore and collect.

That vast puzzle scroll might unravel the mystery, but time was of the essence.

It was almost an impossible task.

But suddenly, Bai Wu lifted his head as if he had suddenly understood many things:

"Your words are very pessimistic, but you haven’t lost hope. What exactly are you, Bai Yuan, and Ten of Spades planning?"

"And what exactly is the meaning of my existence?"

"Earlier, you said that Jing Si was created by Alpha as an Array Eye and could live forever."

"Jing Si failed, but here I am."

"Jing Si possesses the Inverted Well, and I have the Well. Jing Si was indecisive and wavering, but I won’t be... "

"As someone who has lived in this world for thousands of years, how could you possibly be interested in someone as young as me?"

Jing Liu had goosebumps.

The conversation between Bai Wu and this mysterious clerk was also shocking to her.

By now, she suddenly felt that Bai Wu existed entirely as the ultimate weapon.

A flood of clues flashed through Jing Liu’s mind.

Thinking back now, there were far too many unique traits about Bai Wu.

If this place were really a level of the Well,

Then unlike herself and her five brothers, Bai Wu was the true...

One born and raised in the Well.

And unlike the native beings of the Well Worlds, Bai Wu wouldn’t correspond to some parameter of the real world.

Whether in the Well World or in the real world, Bai Wu was a living human being.

Because he was an outsider, or rather, his father was an outsider.

The more she thought about it, the more terrified Jing Liu became, and at that moment, she and Bai Wu reached the same conclusion.

Bai Wu looked at the clerk, his voice trembling slightly,

"I... I remember you saying that you had a sister, right?"

The clerk sighed deeply,

"Ah, you really are a clever child."

Bai Wu’s breathing intensified,

"Your sister... who exactly is she?"