Lords of the Old Ones? I thought it was a speed bump.

Chapter 26 Paradoxical Demon

Logically speaking, since the survival rate of people who trigger "reverse intrusion" is so low.

The authorities should release information about the few survivors.

It is important to let future generations know how they successfully escaped.

It is said that the "Paradox Administration" had actually considered this matter at the beginning.

However, after studying the relevant materials, it was decided to seal them away and only make them available for limited reference.

The reason for choosing to seal the data is simple: the events that occurred in the "paradoxical plane" were truly too terrifying.

Although the survival rate of victims who subsequently trigger "reverse intrusion" increases slightly after the information is made public.

However, these materials may also cause a significant drop in the rationality of human society due to their shocking content.

In other words, simply knowing how dangerous the world behind the door is.

That alone is enough to further reduce the already limited sanity of all humanity.

This world is so terrifying, so bizarre, so unpredictable.

Of course, the information about these survivors has not been fully disclosed.

However, the researchers involved naturally have reading rights; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to conduct the research.

Fortunately, Gao Guizhi's father's "Brilliant Heroes Media" once invited an old professor to give an internal speech.

In that internal lecture, the old professor shared firsthand information about how to return to reality from a paradoxical dimension.

In front of the dilapidated bus, Gao Guizhi took a piece of chalk from the bus and started writing on the ground.

"As far as I know, there is only one way to leave this plane, and that is to kill the paradoxical demon that rules this area."

As he spoke, he wrote the word "demon" on the ground and drew a circle.

Within the eerie dimensions of the Gate of the Ancients, the "Paradox Demon" is far more dangerous than the "Gate Beast."

Although high-level gate beasts are enormous, large enough to destroy the heavens and the earth, they are nothing more than mindless wild beasts.

Besides possessing bizarre abilities that are beyond human comprehension, the "Paradox Demon" also has an exceptionally high level of intelligence and is the commander of the Gate Beasts.

They are very cunning, and killing them is much more difficult than killing the gate beasts that only know how to fight.

Even setting aside killing them, simply finding the paradoxical demons in this endlessly looping plane is extremely difficult.

After all, this is enemy territory. If they wanted to come out, they would have shown themselves long ago. If they don't want to come out, they won't be so easy to find.

Takashi was aware of this, so he continued to write down the next steps in the strategy.

"Under normal circumstances, the paradoxical demon would never actively seek out a battle."

"It will only hide in the shadows, quietly waiting for us to have a mental breakdown or starve or die of thirst."

"Therefore, we need to trigger the collapse of this plane by breaking the 'logical contradictions' that exist in it."

The so-called "logical contradiction" is an important theoretical concept closely related to the "paradoxical demon" and the "paradoxical plane".

"Paradox" means absurd or illogical, and is used to refer to phenomena that violate common sense or are logically contradictory.

For example, the uphill road that Lin Jue and the others are currently facing is a typical logical contradiction.

"Where there is an uphill road, there is also a downhill road"—this is a common logic in the real world.

If a road only goes uphill and never downhill, then the only destination of that road can be the stars and the sea.

Given that humanity is not yet capable of building such a direct path to the stars, this logic is clearly reasonable in the human world.

But the road in front of everyone broke this conventional logic, creating a road that "only has uphill sections but no downhill sections".

However, such a path does not exist in the real world, so a logical contradiction arises.

It is precisely because the world and creatures inside the door possess the ability to defy common sense and break conventional logic.

It was only then that the initial researchers used the word "paradox" to name these strange phenomena.

"The solution to the 'logical contradiction' is quite simple. Since the road here only goes uphill and never downhill, we just need to artificially create the concept of 'downhill' so that the logic of the paradoxical dimension can be consistent with reality, thus opening the gap."

When Takashi explained the matter clearly and in an easy-to-understand way.

He had already written a lot of text and graphics on the ground with chalk.

However, those present were either high school students or teachers, all of whom were excellent learners.

In addition, Gao Guizhi's explanation was indeed very clear, and most students quickly grasped the point.

"I see." Duan Hong nodded, stroking his chin, but still asked with doubt:

"So all we have to do is dig a downhill road, then lure out the paradoxical demon and defeat it? It can't be that simple."

As Takashi just mentioned, the reason why the "Paradox Bureau" does not release the information of the few survivors is because they are afraid that the information is too shocking.

But if it's just about resolving the internal logical contradictions and defeating the demon of paradox, it doesn't sound that scary.

However, Gao Guizhi shook his head and said in a solemn tone:

"Of course it's not that simple. Paradoxical planes are made up of extraordinary mysteries. To reverse the logic here to be parallel to reality is equivalent to modifying the rules of this plane, and the plane itself will strongly resist."

According to the old professor, when a victim in a paradoxical dimension tries to correct the logic...

The entire plane will experience various unpredictable and bizarre phenomena as a result, a phenomenon known as "plane collapse".

For example, in the survivor data, a total of fifty-three of them entered the Paradoxical Dimension.

After discovering the logical contradictions in this plane and attempting to correct them, a large area of ​​space around it folded up like a tissue.

This is not an abstract statement, but rather a description of space actually folding towards the center.

According to survivors, that spatial folding crushed at least thirty victims into pieces.

The scene was horrific; it was the first time he had ever seen a human body that could become as thin as a piece of paper when compressed to its limit.

Especially when more than thirty pieces of paper, made of blood and flesh, fell to the ground at the same time, scattering into a pile of blood-red Gundam parts.

The scene was absolutely terrifying... Several more people were so frightened that they developed delusional disorder.

Fortunately, there were as many as three extraordinary heroes in that group at the time, who were also partners from the same company.

They managed to regain control of the situation with difficulty and finally succeeded in luring out and defeating the paradoxical demon hidden deep within space.

Even so, only five survivors managed to return from that dimension.

With a survival rate of only one in ten, it was still a successful escape worthy of being recorded in textbooks.

The moment Takashi revealed this information, the air near the bus fell into a deathly silence.

Almost everyone turned ashen-faced, and some of the more timid ones even had their legs go weak and couldn't help but sit down on the ground.

Undoubtedly, what Gao Guizhi said slightly increased their chances of escape.

But it also dealt a heavy blow to everyone's morale... Can they really escape from this hellish place?

They had to correct logical contradictions, prevent the plane from collapsing, and also eliminate the final demon that appeared.

Is this really something that these mere high school students could do?

Just as everyone in Class 2 of Senior Three was stunned by this seemingly unattainable hope,

Boom! A loud banging sound came from the road next to them!

When everyone turned around, they realized that Lin Jue had already punched the ground at some point.

The once smooth road was cracked with a deep ditch because of this punch.