"Pressure...constraint...is not always a bad thing. It can be a shaper, a concentrator of power. Can the 'nothingness' and 'end' of the Shadow Abyss also be seen as an extreme form of 'pressure' used to forge and purify the 'order' of the light veins?"
He recalled the extreme compression and return to nothingness of the [End of Annihilation] when he sealed that evil god "noise" in the icy plains.
He also visited the dwarven underground kingdom, observing how they used earth fire and runes to forge rough ores into sophisticated machines and magnificent buildings; he gazed at the Naga's Storm Temple from afar, feeling how they harnessed the ocean's fury and tranquility; he even stopped in some remote human villages, observing how farmers arranged their planting seasons according to celestial phenomena and phenology, and how craftsmen used experience and intuition to create useful tools...
His footprints have covered the entire continent, from the highest snow-capped mountain peaks to the deepest karst caves and underground rivers, from the most bustling city streets to the most primitive tribal campfires.
He no longer focused on deducing the enormous and despair-inducing "All-Encompassing Star Hub" model, but instead concentrated on the most basic and minute "phenomena".
He observed the shape of the water flow and pondered why it could always find the path of least resistance;
He studied crystal growth and understood the mathematical beauty behind those precise angles;
He listened to the sound of the wind passing through different gaps and analyzed the changes in its frequency.
He felt the power of the seed breaking through the soil, and experienced the initial tenacity of life...
During this process, the rigid, all-encompassing light-dark spiral model in his mind began to subtly change.
It no longer pursues absolute balance and perfect symmetry, but begins to show some seemingly "irregular" fluctuations and "redundant" nodes.
These undulations and nodes mimic the contours of mountains, the meandering of waterways, the veins of leaves, and even the complex interpersonal relationships within social networks.
He will compare the data he obtained from Allen on the microscopic "weaving" structure of "Tranquility Crystal" with various network structures observed in nature (spider webs, leaf veins, underground mycelial networks, water systems) to find commonalities and differences.
He discovered that successful and persistent network structures in nature often share several common characteristics: distributed nodes (there is no single core that would cause the entire network to collapse if destroyed), path redundancy (there are multiple alternative paths to ensure the flow of information or energy), adaptive adjustment (the ability to adjust its own state according to changes in the environment), and... a certain degree of "fuzziness" and "fault tolerance".
This coincides with the concepts of "dynamic equilibrium" and "resonance" in Iris's theory, and is quite different from his original vision of a highly centralized and precisely controlled "perfect system".
One day, he stood in the middle of a vast desert, gazing up at the starry sky.
The twin moons of the continent of Tiel radiated a cool, clear light, with countless stars like diamonds set on black velvet.
The vastness and mystery of the starry sea rushed towards him once again, but this time, Linde felt no anxiety, only a profound tranquility.
He recalled the sights he had seen in the sea of stars: the birth and death of stars, the gathering and dispersing of nebulae, the ripples of gravitational waves... Isn't the operation of the universe itself a vast, chaotic yet orderly, creative and destructive "cosmic pivot"? It was not designed by a supreme will, but rather spontaneously evolved by the most basic physical rules through the interaction of countless substances.
“Perhaps I’m wrong,” Lind murmured to himself, gazing at the endless starry sky. “I’ve been trying to ‘build’ a system, like a craftsman forging a machine. But the true ‘Shield of the World’ should perhaps be like the planet itself, like a network of life, something that ‘grows’ out.”
“What I need to do is not to become a designer, but... a gardener. Sow the seeds of rules, guide the flow of energy, build bridges of resonance, and then... allow it to evolve on its own, to find its own unique form in interaction with the internal and external environment.”
This thought was like a sudden awakening, instantly dispelling the fog that had been accumulating in his mind for so long.
Instead of trying to define everything with a huge model, he began to conceive a more flexible and resilient "framework".
At the heart of this framework will be a highly simplified "primitive protocol" based on the fundamental resonance of light and darkness.
It does not specify details, but only defines the most basic rules of interaction and principles of energy conversion—like the DNA of life, which carries only the most basic information but can evolve into infinitely diverse forms.
Then, this "original protocol" was implanted into the planetary energy field of the continent of Til (the intersection of the Light Vein, the Shadow Abyss, and the Magic Network), with naturally formed energy nodes in various parts of the continent (such as the Mother Tree in the Eversong Forest, the Mountain Heart of the Dwarves, and the Ocean Vortex of the Naga) as the initial "anchor points" and "servers".
Finally, the beliefs and consciousness that guide all beings, like countless streams flowing into a river, naturally connect and interact with this framework, jointly "nourishing" and "shaping" this system.
The system will continuously learn, adjust, and repair itself during operation, gradually forming a global, active "cosmic hub".
It may not be perfect from the start, and may even have various "bugs" and "redundancy", but it will grow, evolve, and become more and more powerful and stable.
Having figured this out, Linde felt as if his soul had become much lighter. The bottleneck that had been holding him back seemed to be showing signs of loosening.
He turned around, no longer lingering over the scenery, and turned his gaze toward the Starfire Base.
The inspiration has been found; the next step is to transform it into a practical solution.
It's time to go back. With a deeper understanding of the world, and a path... perhaps closer to success.
His figure gradually blurred in the desert night wind, and the next moment, he transformed into an almost imperceptible streak of light, streaking across the sky and speeding towards home, and also towards the future of the continent of Til.
This time, his steps were firm and composed.
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