Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 490 - 244 Scenery Depiction

Wang Qi had rarely appeared in front of Chen Youjia over the past few months, except for when Hu Buxue was discharged from the hospital after recovering from her injuries; Wang Qi went to congratulate her and also visited You Mengran, who was still convalescing from serious injuries. Apart from discussing Mathematics with the two Carefree Great Cultivators, Chen Youjia barely saw Wang Qi at all.

This guy... when did his Cultivation get to this point?

Wang Qi seemed utterly oblivious. He first glanced at the sky, noticed it was still early, and shook his head with a sigh, "Gotta wait, now's not the time to show off."

Chen Youjia felt like something was missing from her heart.

...Why is this guy so dumb when he speaks? Why does any semblance of charm vanish the moment he opens his mouth?

Wang Qi dispersed the impressive aura he had exuded, calming his mental method. The aura that was once mysterious and seemed like Heavenly Mechanism disappeared without a trace, returning him to his usual sloppy and agile demeanor—or perhaps it could also be described as clownish.

Only then did Wang Qi notice Chen Youjia was there too and with a cheeky grin he greeted her, "Yo, Junior Sister."

"Correcting you for the last time, Senior Sister." Chen Youjia maintained her expressionless face and asked, "What's up, got any results?"

"In theory, I am confident," Wang Qi laughed, "I can't guarantee it, but I am confident—at least more than the Divine Capital Criminal Law Department."

Chen Youjia nodded silently. Mhm, not completely crazy yet, knows how to make a cushioned joke by pulling others into it.

Who would've thought, Wang Qi's next words were, "I plan to head out tonight for a walk!"

Chen Youjia impassively replied, "Oh."

Letting this idiot keep his hopes up and bump into the south wall might be a good thing...

"Junior Sister, you need to do me a favor!"

"Oh... What now?" Chen Youjia was startled, "Why am I getting dragged into this?"

Wang Qi laughed, "I've been thinking, and what Chen Feng said is true, being a good guy is much more fun than being a bad one."

"Uh... What does that have to do with what you said?"

Wang Qi nodded as if it were a matter of course, "Yeah, I've decided I'm really going to enjoy myself this time... and play the role, getting to the bottom of this as a knight!"

Chen Youjia was almost unable to keep her face straight, "So?"

"Come on!" Wang Qi dragged Chen Youjia into his room without any explanation and pushed her next to his desk. His desk was a mess with many external Magic Foundations. Chen Youjia knew these were Wang Qi's hobby. In the midst of a pile of external Magic Foundations, there were two identical-looking belts.

Wang Qi stared at Chen Youjia, "Lend me your Strength, Junior Sister!"

"What are you going to do?" Chen Youjia was on alert.

Wang Qi proudly pointed at the two belts, "If two people wear these, their Souls can interact seamlessly, and their Magic Foundations can also connect!"

Cultivation Methods hadn't been completely digitized yet, many critical calculations were incompatible with existing Mathematics, so calculators couldn't do everything. But according to Wang Qi, this belt allowed one person to use another person's as an external Magic Foundation, and with the slots on the belt, it was simply heaven-defying. Before an external Golden Core was invented, this was definitely the most powerful cheat for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

To this, Chen Youjia's reply was, "That sounds really dumb! Why would you need to use something like this in a fight?"

Wang Qi shook his head, giving her a "you don't get it" look, "Men always have a few dashing heroes or knights in their hearts. It's about sentiment."

"No is no! You're more than enough with your own abilities! Go crazy on your own if you want!"

Seeing the negotiation failed, Wang Qi didn't insist and left the room humming an unnamed tune.

A long while after Wang Qi left, Chen Youjia, staring at the small bowl in her hands, whispered, "What exactly am I here for... this idiot."

She slammed the bowl down on the table but then noticed, beneath a pile of external Magic Foundations and a belt on the ground, there was a book.

Or rather, a very thick notebook.

"Regarding Probability, Chaos, and Things of the Nonlinear Sort."

Wang Qi walked onto the main street. Today was the Lantern Festival, at the height of the lantern celebration, with the night curfew lifted completely, the Emperor and nobles all ventured out of their homes, sharing joy with the common people.

Alone, not admiring the view, not engaging in festivities, and standing amidst the crowd with a hollow gaze fixated on the people around him, Wang Qi was an out-of-place existence no matter how one looked at it.

Yet, Wang Qi viewed the crowd differently.

After months of calculus, his understanding of mathematics had changed. This change had accumulated within his soul, even leaving traces on his Magic Foundation. Now, to him, the crowd was no longer just a crowd.

They were merely a bundle of chaotic, moving individuals.

"Jarvis," Wang Qi commanded, "from now on, block all communication and messages for me. Also, send a request for computation—I still have some leased computing power that hasn't expired, which I paid double price for!"

"Yes, sir."

The world through Wang Qi's eyes began to digitize.

Chen Youjia had just finished flipping through that booklet. She felt something stuck in her throat, an urge that could not be relieved without being expressed. The girl looked around and noticed a white Jade Token by Wang Qi's bedside. She remembered, that was the personal calculator Wang Qi used to carry with him at the beginning.

So, she issued a command, "Jarvis, are you there?"

What Wang Qi saw was an overlay of virtual and reality. The Immortal Dao Civilization of Shenzhou had never thought to invent "screens," because Illusion Techniques were sufficient. This made augmented reality technology widely adopted here early on.

The countless moments before and after the appearance of a murderer overlaid with the actual streets.

People walked and influenced each other. Such seemingly chaotic movements held no secrets in Wang Qi's eyes anymore. He might not be able to predict someone's detailed movements precisely, but by folding predictions, he could always maintain a high accuracy rate.

However, they were still just variables in this calculus system.

From the murderer's crime scenes, many fine lines extended. These were paths, the possibilities of all actions.

The lengths of these paths were uncertain within a certain range, as were their directions.

But the length and direction were always related.

Then, the potential movements of the victims were also marked out in red graphics, spreading out from the crime scenes. Apart from the final confirmed crime locations, everything was probability, everything was statistics.

Virtual ribbons intertwined and influenced each other.

Uncertain collections, probabilistic existences.

"This is a system, a system filled with uncertainties."

"Variables are related, but certainty is unattainable."

"The only certainty is that the potential locations of this guy are indeed changing with time."

Ignoring the astonished looks of the people around him, Wang Qi chuckled on the street, saying, "It's time to show the real technology."

In that virtual city, virtual dimensions were forming.

The dimensions of the streets, the flow of pedestrians, the victims, the murderer, speed, time, possibilities... The city was collapsing, deforming into something more convenient for calculation.

An incredible yet complete space was taking shape. Its body existed in virtual locations, in impossible places, yet it loomed like a monster above the reality, looking down upon this real city.

It was not the Laplace Demon, nor Bai Ze. Based on probability, based on nonlinearity, it would never make absolute precise predictions.

"It's been a while, this algorithm." Wang Qi took a step forward, and countless possibilities were born and extinguished in the virtual realm.

Mathematical tools used for dealing with another complex system's changes, Hilbert Space drawing.

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