Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic Chapter 1250 - 702: Successful Transformation
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Ever since breaking free from the Primordial Universe's restraints as a transmigrator, Su Yu has constantly yearned to discover the world from which he crossed over.
He doesn't absolutely need to locate it, yet he longs to pinpoint precisely his point of origin.
Nevertheless, despite exploring endless dimensions and universes, even ascending to the highest stratum of space-time, Su Yu hasn't encountered any space-time mirroring his original world.
Su Yu had once abandoned the search, suspecting that his pre-crossing space-time universe might have been utterly obliterated, lost forever.
Yet now, fresh enlightenment dawns on Su Yu!
Maybe the realm he once inhabited doesn't belong to this narrative layer whatsoever, residing instead in a superior one above!
To the upper narrative layer, all within the present narrative layer amounts to nothing more than a mere "story".
Every story demands viewers, readers.
Only beings from the upper narrative layer can truly embody this role of viewer or reader.
Logically, no entity in the lower narrative layer qualifies as a viewer or reader, since they form integral pieces of the tale itself—how could story elements ever watch the story?
Yet Su Yu, through a shift in viewpoint and mentality, has transformed into a viewer and reader, peering successfully into the narrative essence housed within Qu Tong.
Thus, Su Yu theorizes that he originates not from this narrative layer but from one elevated higher.
In this narrative layer, Su Yu lacks a defined "role"; he appears merely as an extra, for he isn't a story character but rather a viewer, a reader hailing from the superior layer!
Still, for an upper narrative layer viewer to plunge into the story strikes as rather astonishing.
But Su Yu deems it wholly feasible.
After all, prior tests have confirmed that space-time can undergo dimensional compression, plunging into inferior narrative layers.
Should life persist within such a space-time, doesn't that equate to a drop into the lower narrative?
"From this angle, those test subjects from past space-times resemble my own current status somewhat," Su Yu pondered inwardly.
In earlier trials, he had planted select experimental animals into those space-times; though lacking sentience, they throbbed with life.
Viewed thusly, Su Yu's position parallels those lab creatures remarkably.
Only, those specimens wanted for intellect, falling short of Su Yu's caliber.
Qu Tong's past experiments likewise introduced living beings, even harnessing the Book of Narrative to propel them into mighty intelligent societies that forever strove to shatter narrative boundaries—yet always failed.
This intelligent society mirrors Su Yu far more closely.
Save that their forebears met doom amid evolution, leaving these societies as mere offspring, stripped of any upper narrative layer origins...
"Still... descending into the lower narrative layer appears to subject one to the Book of Narrative's sway, turning them into story characters—which clashes with my own circumstances."
Su Yu reflected.
During Qu Tong's former tests, those animals reduced to lower narrative layers fell under the Book of Narrative's dominion, swiftly blossoming into intelligent societies.
Clearly, within the lower narrative layer, those animals assumed "protagonist" status in the tale, gaining "names."
Were Su Yu akin to those animals, the overlying Book of Narrative would dominate him too.
Yet despite wielding this narrative layer's supreme power now, Su Yu remains merely a "walk-on part."
This anomaly baffles.
"Evidently, my origins harbor unique traits."
"After all, my panel unlocks even narrative-tied professions; maybe this panel evades the Book of Narrative's grip, freeing me from the story's bounds..."
Su Yu's thoughts whirled through countless hypotheses and metrics.
He even sensed a surging urge to forge a clone, compress its dimensions, dispatch it to the lower narrative layer, and witness the outcome.
Such trials could unravel narrative layer mysteries and the enigma of transmigration.
Nonetheless, Su Yu resisted rash action, knowing the peril loomed great.
Should the clone descend into the lower narrative layer, it risks severing its bond with the original body, transforming into a fully autonomous being. This would leave Su Yu in possession of a duplicate entity brimming with every one of his memories, fully aware of the profession panel's existence; with that panel binding it, telling the true original apart from the clone would become utterly impossible.
"It's smarter to hold off until the Book of Narrative ritual finishes and the profession is firmly in place before running this test..." Su Yu pondered.
Next, he turned his focus back to Qu Tong, examining the "narrative existence" through the eyes of a mere reader in the audience.
That narrative existence, once so vague and slippery, grew sharper and more defined once Su Yu adjusted his viewpoint.
In the end, Su Yu sensed he could employ super-quality conversion to craft such an existence straight from the void.
With that creation achieved, the core issue plaguing the Book of Narrative would stand resolved!
Indeed, Qu Tong's ability to forge the Book of Narrative stems from his status as the protagonist, wielding a potent narrative existence.
Su Yu, on the other hand, plays only a minor walk-on role in this tale, powerless to mimic Qu Tong's feats.
Yet should Su Yu harness super-quality conversion to conjure narrative existence from absolute nothingness, all problems would vanish!
Still, despite his intense scrutiny, Su Yu sensed a vital piece remained absent, blocking any true conversion of narrative existence.
"Is it a lack of enough samples?"
Upon careful review, Su Yu concluded that scrutinizing just a figure like "Qu Tong," protagonist or not, provided too scant data. It fell short of grasping every facet of narrative existence, stalling the conversion process.
Thus, Su Yu started switching perspectives, hunting for additional protagonists.
And find them he did—in good numbers.
Qu Tong stands as a genuine protagonist without doubt, serving as a pivotal lead at minimum in the "Transcendence Council" storyline.
Yet protagonists abound too in diverse races and happenings across the narrative.
Naturally, the Primordial Cosmic Civilization's top priority right now centers on establishing the Transcendence Council to explore dimensional transcendence.
As the central protagonist of that saga, Qu Tong commands a tremendously robust narrative existence.
Protagonists from lesser events pale in strength; absent Su Yu's insight into the readers' and viewers' gaze, spotting them proves almost unattainable.
Fortunately, scarce though they might be, such figures do persist.
In short order, Su Yu pinpointed thousands of "protagonists," each occupying vital positions in their own narratives, each bearing some measure of narrative existence.
These narrative existences varied subtly from Su Yu's earlier sightings.
That filled in some gaps in his data, though it stayed inadequate.
"Maybe I need to study not just protagonists, but the side characters as well..."
Su Yu set out to scan supporting characters from every storyline for closer inspection.
In this way, Su Yu devoted an entire millennium to pure observation.
"At last, it's done! Super-quality conversion!"
A mere flicker of intent later, Su Yu forged a faint, ghostly "narrative existence" out of pure nothing!