Super Seminary: I am Pluto

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And Bai Xiao... this Hades who emerged from a lower universe, attracted their considerable attention. It was like someone from a small town coming to a big city and suddenly becoming a leader in a certain industry...

This was incredible, and at the same time... it brought back a long-lost sense of fear.

That's right.

It's fear.

This feeling is like carefully crawling in a dark forest, searching for prey and concealing your tracks...

The most fatal thing is... they seem to have discovered it too late, causing this little mouse to transform into an unkillable being just like them...

A fatal mistake...this may be the greatest punishment for their indulgence in base pleasures...

ps: 5_7_6_5_0_0_9_7_3.

Seeing everyone asking... those who know, know...

Side Story [Void Chapter] We Need You! Hades!

These void creatures provided a detailed account of the relationship between the Underworld and Hades. They discovered that, based on the history of the Underworld, the little mouse named Hades had contributed greatly to this civilization, leading them to conclude that the Underworld could restrain Hades...

then...

A void-dimensional blockade targeting the Underworld has begun. This blockade is not particularly elaborate; it simply uses technology to suppress and prevent the Underworld from further breakthroughs in applying higher-dimensional void logic, limiting its void development to three dimensions...

Completely seal off the underworld in three dimensions...

Unfortunately, the Underworld did not discover the blockade of the dimensional void at that time. During the first 100,000 years of the Underworld's history, the Underworld was making every effort to enable its legions to reach the level of Void Warriors and use the Void Engine, while also accelerating its expansion into other areas of people's lives.

A plethora of technologies applicable to civilian life have emerged in the parallel universes directly under the jurisdiction of the Underworld. Travel between these parallel universes has accelerated, and ship-based space travel has gradually faded from the Underworld's historical stage...

The technological advancements in the Underworld during this period were explosive, stemming from accumulated research into the three-dimensional void. This led the various civilizations of the Underworld to believe that surpassing those so-called void civilizations was not a difficult task...

But Bai Xiao felt a slight sense of unease about this.

The more prosperous the surface appears, the less people can see the problems hidden beneath the false prosperity.

He always felt something was amiss. Could those so-called void creatures really be so at ease about the rapid development of the Underworld and just watch it rise to prominence?

Obviously it is impossible.

Judging from the various wars experienced on the planet Netherworld, and then in the fifth and seventh parallel universes, a potential enemy will never allow a dangerous entity to develop peacefully...

However... Bai Xiao didn't realize at the time that the void creatures were blocking them... nor did he realize that the void creatures weren't targeting them on a macroscopic level, but rather on a microscopic level...

When the Underworld's technological advancements in three-dimensional void technology reached a certain stage, and they sought further breakthroughs, their researchers discovered that advancing to higher-dimensional void technology inevitably involved the microscopic level. However, their research at the microscopic level was chaotic; they couldn't determine the fundamental laws of the microscopic world, and therefore couldn't ascertain the underlying logic by which the void would overturn these fundamental laws...

The Underworld also attempted to bypass the process of establishing fundamental microscopic laws using anti-void techniques, but failed. The reason is simple: at the microscopic level, the driving logic of macroscopic anti-void capabilities is different. They cannot use three-dimensional anti-void capabilities to alter things in four or five dimensions...

The technology of the underworld has fallen into a vicious cycle.

At this point, the Underworld began to suspect that the technological blockade was the work of void creatures...

Blocking technology is tantamount to blocking its limits. Even if they infinitely improve in the three dimensions, they can never approach a true void civilization. That thin membrane, like a windowpane, is something they can never pierce...

After the first 100,000-year goal was achieved, the development of the Underworld was completely halted...

Those unseen enemies, at the microscopic level—a level in which they were least adept—strangled the development of the Underworld, a multiverse-based civilization...

This might be the greatest kindness shown to the civilization of the Underworld... merely sealing off their technology, not completely annihilating them, allowing them to survive beneath this thin membrane...

But this was also the beginning of despair...

Knowing the vast world outside, yet unable to escape the confines of this well... what a depressing thing that must be.

If I had never seen the light, I could have endured the darkness...

If one were unaware of those so-called void beings and had not come into contact with the void, perhaps the underworld would not be experiencing this bone-chilling darkness at this moment...

The underworld has developed a rift in its opinion regarding the void...

Hades has been absent from the Underworld for a long time. The White Owl, embodied in will, is omnipresent. He has assigned the development of the various parallel universes of the Underworld to the Lion King and his allies, while he himself rarely appears...

As a result, the people of the underworld haven't seen the legendary King of the Underworld for tens of thousands of years...

What should we do? How can we save this crumbling underworld?

We cannot break through the void's blockade. Perhaps... we should talk to the void itself. Perhaps we can integrate with those void civilizations to achieve our goal of breaking through the blockade...

Traitor! If we in the Underworld did this, how could we face Lord Hades again?!

But... does Lord Hades still really exist? We haven't seen Lord Hades in so long...

The people of the Underworld have speculated a great deal about Hades' whereabouts. Some say he has entered the void dimension to search for a solution, while others say he has fallen into a deep sleep, after all, he has been fighting for hundreds of thousands of years and is exhausted...

Lord Hades must exist... he must...

In the communication channels of the underworld, the underworld's inhabitants discussed extensively the technological blockade of the void. Some advocated joining a faction if they couldn't win, others sought to seal off dimensions and survive entirely in three or even two dimensions, and still others advocated for a retreat, banning the void and returning to the underworld's development era of hundreds of thousands of years ago...

While discussing the matter, the inhabitants of the underworld in various parallel universes also questioned the misjudgment of the underworld's higher-ups. They believed that if Hades were present, this mistake from nearly 100,000 years ago would have been discovered, allowing for a much earlier response...

Yes.

No matter how much the people of the underworld questioned the judgment of the underworld's higher-ups, or how disappointed they were with the current situation, none of them dared to denigrate the development direction set by Hades years ago...

The title "Pluto" is like an innate mental imprint, firmly etched into the minds of the underworld's inhabitants. No one has the right to slander Pluto... or deny his past achievements...

Thus... amidst the turmoil of internal and external troubles, more and more people in the underworld began to call upon Hades, attempting to awaken him once again to save this civilization that had been sealed off by the void...

Hades, you said you would watch over every warrior who loves the Underworld... Are you there?

More and more people are calling out to Hades through the channels of consciousness, like waves crashing one after another, tightly embracing the people of the underworld together...

"I am here..."

When that deep voice appeared in the minds of the underworld beings participating in the consciousness communication channel, they all felt a chill run down their spines, their heads spinning as if they had exploded, and they were unable to calm down for a long time...

...

Side Story [Void Chapter] Liang Bing: Hades is quitting, so does that mean I have a chance?

"I'm here, I've always been here..."

Hades answered their call, and after tens of thousands of years, the people and soldiers of the underworld finally heard Hades' magnetic voice once again.

Although Hades' response did not solve the problem, it brought immense power to the underworld, primarily at the spiritual level.

On the planet of the underworld, the Lion King, along with the leaders of other parallel universes, reported the current situation to White Owl.

Bai Xiao is still the same Bai Xiao. Tens of thousands of years have passed, and he still looks the same. Time can hardly erase his state of mind anymore. So much so that when he learned about the current predicament of the Underworld, he did not have the same worry he had when he first arrived in the Super God Universe and led the wolf clan to fight in the Super Beast Plane.

As far as the eye could see, Lion King, Ye Lingyun, Whale Shark King, Long Ying, Liang Bing, Karl, He Xi, Heimda and others were all gathered in the conference hall.

The red-haired Lion King stood respectfully beside Bai Xiao, reporting on the development of the Underworld in recent years in a very steady manner. Ye Lingyun stood not far away from the Lion King with his hands behind his back. He first glanced at Bai Xiao, and then focused his gaze on the Whale Shark King standing opposite him.

The Whale Shark King was unfazed by Ye Lingyun's stare. He felt that ever since Ye Lingyun lost to him in their last sparring match, the way Ye Lingyun looked at him had been strange...

He guessed that Ye Lingyun was just angry, after all... Ye Lingyun had won all the previous sparring matches.

While the two locked eyes, Long Ying stroked her chin and pondered for a few seconds.

The development of the second parallel universe is slightly slower compared to the others. She's trying to figure out how to subtly explain to Hades that this isn't her sister Liang Bing's fault...

Liang Bing yawned, clearly not interested in the meeting. Despite the crisis in the underworld, she maintained an aggressive stance.

That means going after the Void, finding the Void creatures' home, and overwhelming them with firepower... Under such overwhelming firepower, the technological blockade will naturally be breached due to the enemy's defeat...

Karl, He Xi, and Heimda represent the scientific research community of the Underworld. The three of them look very haggard now. The reason is simple: the void is blocked, and the pressure of technology has suddenly fallen on these cutting-edge scientific researchers.

Attempts to break through didn't work, and the three people weren't entirely in agreement.

Karl felt that under these circumstances, the technology of the Underworld had reached the level that the Divine River Civilization had encountered back then. The path of rules had been blocked by the void. The only way to break through the status quo was to break the rules and restart the universe.

In layman's terms: If you won't let me play, then I'm not playing anymore. I'll unleash all my powerful weapons, revive the universe, and we'll all start over... Meanwhile, the entire Underworld will enter a quantum state, that is, a state of will, and dedicate themselves to studying the microscopic void level in the next cosmic plane...

He Xi thought Karl's plan was nonsense. What was the point of them working hard for hundreds of thousands of years if they played it that way?

He Xi's plan was more conservative, or rather, it had a similar feel to Keisha of the Angel Civilization back then. She believed that the higher-dimensional microscopic dimensions had been blocked, so there was no point in studying higher dimensions. Dimensional reduction or maintaining the three-dimensional barrier was a better solution.

Simply put, it's about cutting off one's own tail to survive, reducing the threat level, and ensuring the safety of the eight parallel universes under the technological barriers of two-dimensional or three-dimensional space.

Does it look familiar?

That's right.

Keisha's approach.

They deny the existence of void beings and maintain the authority and divine power of angels in the known universe, thus preserving a false cosmic harmony.

Judging from the collapse of Keisha's divine order, this plan is clearly unworkable. Moreover, given that they are now in direct conflict with the void, the plan is even less feasible and amountes to self-deception...

Heimda's proposal, like Karl's, belonged to the radical faction.

This also fits Heimda's character.

His idea was that the biggest problem for the underworld right now was that it didn't have a sword, a sword that could restrain the void from hurting it. Why was the void able to remain until now?

He believed it was because of Hades.

Hades can control the void, but he can only protect the underworld for 300,000 years. This shows that Hades is a threat in the eyes of the void, but not enough to make them completely afraid.

Therefore... the underworld urgently needs a powerful weapon comparable to Hades to threaten the void.

And Hades also pointed out the location of this devastating weapon: a will-based weapon that cannot be destroyed by known means...

Although the idea is crazy, the reality is that it's extremely difficult. Leaving aside the technical issues of researching weapons that cannot be destroyed by known means, even designing the theoretical model is a huge headache...

Moreover, the research into such a powerful weapon under technological blockade raises questions about its potential to harm the Void, and how to conceal its development from detection by the Void. These are all significant challenges in the project's execution.

Even the three chief research officers of the underworld couldn't reach a consensus, so it was even more impossible for researchers in the various parallel universes to unify their goals...

...

After listening to the Lion King's report, Bai Xiao, sitting in the main seat, rubbed his forehead and did not respond.

Frankly speaking, he no longer pays much attention to the specifics of the underworld's development; he only provides guidance on the general direction...

"That's right, I just heard about the technological blockade on the Void, and breakthroughs in the microscopic Void have become a problem..." Bai Xiao slowly began to speak:

"A problem has arisen, and we can't let it escalate. How do we solve it? Don't you have any solutions in mind?"

Bai Xiao glanced at the several pillars of the underworld present.

Hearing Hades' words, Lion King paused for a moment, looked at the three-person research team from the Underworld, and then told Hades about the plan he had recently compiled.

After hearing this so-called solution, Bai Xiao remained unmoved, his expression still calm.

Whether it was absurd or somewhat reasonable, achievable or impossible, it all sounded the same to him at that moment.

The calmer his expression, the more nervous the Lion King and his men became, because they also knew that many of the plans were far-fetched.

"Well, I see."

Bai Xiao's unremarkable answer made the Lion King feel a long-lost sense of unease. He had a feeling that Lord Hades had changed somewhat since his return.

"Lord Hades, do you have any objections?" the Lion King asked tentatively.

"It's nothing, you all discuss, formulate, and decide..."

Bai Xiao's words gave people the feeling of completely relinquishing power, and even Liang Bing, who was yawning, immediately became more awake after hearing them.

What does it mean?

Has Hades abandoned the underworld?

Does that mean I have a chance?

Liang Bing stroked her chin; the things that always came to mind in her little head were rather strange...

Side Story [Void Chapter]: The Expansion of the Universe...

The expressions of everyone present subtly changed because of Hades's words, which sounded like a delegation of authority.

"Lord Hades..."

Lion King, who had followed White Owl the longest, swallowed hard.

"Go for it, whether it's right or wrong, explore and experiment. Whatever the final outcome, the indomitable will of the underworld will endure..."

Bai Xiao's meaningful words made the atmosphere somewhat heavy.

The Lion King could vaguely sense that the Hades he hadn't seen for so long must have encountered some kind of bottleneck, a bottleneck that even the Hades himself couldn't overcome.