Eternal Night

Chapter 606 Paradox of Space and Time
This is way too much information!
Wu Pifu's face was full of excitement... no, full of worry, and then he immediately asked, "Stop, stop, stop! You guys can't understand what's going on. I'll ask, and you can answer."

The middle-aged man and the boy looked at Wu Pifu at the same time. The boy said urgently, "Sir, don't listen to them! They have mastered many kinds of memetic summons from the Bloodstained Witch, and there may even be remnants of 'Nothingness' in their organization. Please don't believe them, sir!"

The middle-aged man immediately sneered, "Are you doing this on purpose? Li of the Gale, I know you, but aren't you known for your bravery and fearlessness? When did you become so sharp-tongued? This is a sanctuary! And a sanctuary that can be materialized requires at least level five. Do you think a meme-like summon can enter here?"

The boy sneered, "Who knows if you've been doing any wicked experiments lately? What if? Who can say for sure!"

The middle-aged man was so angry that the veins on his forehead were about to bulge. He was about to explain to Wu Pifu when Wu Pifu clapped his hands together, and a silent shockwave erupted. Everyone present felt their vision go white, and all their thoughts seemed to freeze. It took them a long time to slowly come back to their senses.

Wu Pifu said, "I have no interest in listening to your grudges and feuds here. I don't have much time, so now I'll ask questions and you answer. If anyone interrupts, I'll punish them severely. You can try if you don't believe me."

As he spoke, Wu Pifu used a small amount of Conqueror's Haki. The pressure from this attack made everyone present feel breathless, and they all became solemn and dared not utter another word.

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and asked, "How many years is it now... uh, wait a minute, how many years has it been since Gaia began its anomaly and the dream world began to unfold?"

Both the middle-aged man and the boy showed expressions of certainty. The middle-aged man spoke first: "Sir, it is now 2,200 years after the appearance of the Dream World, 873 years after President Chu Minghao's awakening, and 870 years after the landmark event of humanity's conquest of the Dream World in the Land of Redemption."

Wu Pifu thought about it carefully, and at the same time he used his emotional perception to confirm the truth of these words. Yes, it was indeed this time.

Wu Pifu wasn't among the first maintenance personnel on Gaia. His original maintenance schedule was in the middle to late stages of the Star Crossing. When he awoke, the original dream world had already existed for over a thousand years. He didn't know exactly how long, but there were countless predecessors before him. However, they were extremely unlucky. They had neither strong support nor a systematic logistics system. The mainframe hadn't been upgraded yet, and they couldn't use the powerful weapon of the dream world, points. So, their fate was basically death.

The change was due to Chu Minghao's awakening. He almost single-handedly changed the situation of humanity's decline in the dream world. He not only cultivated many elites like Chu Yuyan and Gao Changgong, but also somehow managed to win the Battle of Redemption and seize the Land of Redemption, allowing human civilization to truly gain a foothold.

So this is indeed a landmark event.

However... the landmark event in the Land of Redemption happened 870 years ago?

It's a bit exaggerated.

Wu Pifu then asked, "Is Gaia still flying through the universe? Is the Land of Redemption located in a higher realm of the Zero Point Nine Dream World?"

This time, the boy said urgently, "Gaia has been lost, sir. Gaia has been lost. We can no longer return to the world of absolute reality. The universe and starry sky have long since disappeared. The Land of Redemption... has long since shattered, but some fragments remain. Currently, this world has fallen to the 0.6 Dream World Layer, which is the most critical moment for the survival of our human civilization!"

Although Wu Pifu was mentally prepared, his heart still sank. The situation was much worse than the worst he had anticipated.

The Gaia spaceship is located in the Absolute Reality layer, which is the 1.0 world, so it has an inexhaustible supply of reality. However, it doesn't know how to obtain it. Only the main brain can gain points from it. If it falls from the top, the source of reality will immediately shrink by many times. The higher it falls, the less reality it can obtain.

As for the 0.6 Dream World Layer... this is already a layer where the source can project power. Although the amount of power projected is not much, it is no longer a safe layer like 0.7.

And most importantly, the Land of Redemption has been shattered?

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "Sir, don't you understand? This is the Land of Redemption, and the piece of land you are standing on is a fragment left over from the destruction of the Land of Redemption!"

Even before the middle-aged man spoke, Wu Pifu had already sensed everything from their emotions, and even more information, including the current dangers of the Land of Redemption. For example, the closer to the edge, the more likely bizarre and strange events would occur, or there were unexplored and unpurified fragments that carried the residual fluctuations or horrors of the original Shattered War. But even so, every fragment was priceless to them; this was humanity's last refuge.

Wu Pifu pondered for a long time before asking again, "Tell me about Chu Minghao and Liang Min. Where are they? They couldn't have just watched all this happen, so... were they all killed in battle? Who did it? The Root's siege?"

The middle-aged man and the boy were both startled, but the two of them, the girl behind them, and the other nine people all looked sad.

The middle-aged man said, "Ever since the death of Wu Pifu, the last awakened superbrain possessor of humanity, Lord Chu Minghao and Lord Liang Min parted ways. Lord Chu Minghao reclaimed all the powers of the presidential candidate and reformed the presidential system. Although he did not call himself emperor, he became president for life. Lord Liang Min had a great conflict with him over this. Afterwards, Lord Liang Min fled and created the Human Revolutionary Alliance, a ship that is also superior to the Zero.9 Dream World, but it is not a world, but an aircraft carrier headquarters of the Dream World."

The boy continued, "But about 810 years ago, the aircraft carrier headquarters was attacked by an unknown force, and Lord Liang Min went missing, but he did not die. He actually fell into..." Just then, Wu Pifu suddenly shouted with a serious expression, "Stop!"

The middle-aged man and the boy stopped speaking in surprise and stared silently at Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu frowned as he looked at the people in front of him and his surroundings.

As they revealed this information, getting closer to the core of certain secrets, such as Liang Min's whereabouts and what happened afterward, their appearance began to change. This change was extremely subtle, but Wu Pifu sensed it very keenly, because it gave him a feeling similar to when he confronted the root cause before.

Indescribable...or rather, a self-enclosed loop!
A self-imposed closed loop that occurs in ordinary people?

Or is it that...the problem isn't with them, but with us?
Wu Pifu remained silent, then his lips trembled as he asked in a voice inaudible to others, "Mainframe, determine the situation I am currently seeing."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Citizen Wu Pifu has triggered an unknown paradox of the absolute spacetime concept by peeping into core information unknown to you under the absolute spacetime concept. Therefore, you are currently in a state of deviation from the absolute spacetime island. Due to the absolute spacetime anchoring protocol, this state cannot produce a final effect. Before reaching the limit of the absolute spacetime island, the absolute spacetime anchoring protocol will withdraw the user from this spacetime to achieve the avoidance effect."

"Please note, citizen Wu Pifu, the Absolute Spacetime Anchoring Protocol is extremely valuable. Each copy of the protocol can only be used three times. One use can prevent the spacetime island from deviating from its state about five times. However, if the user consumes the Absolute Spacetime Anchoring Protocol to avoid the spacetime island before the computational workload of the spacetime node is completed, the protocol will not guarantee that the user can achieve the spacetime rewind effect 100%!"

Wu Pifu revealed an expression of "I knew it," realizing that the problem wasn't with these people, but with him...

Although Wu Pifu was not a learned man, he had played many games, read many novels, and knew a lot of anime movies in the 21st century, so he was no stranger to the butterfly effect in terms of spacetime and the so-called grandfather paradox.

In 21st-century scientific theory, spacetime is reversible from both mathematical and physical perspectives. However, this is only theoretical and microscopic. In reality and macroscopically, it is simply impossible, especially logically. For example, the grandfather paradox is a classic spacetime paradox.

The paradox is that if someone could travel through time, and if they went back in time and killed their grandfather, the result would be that the future version of themselves would not be born. However, if the future version of themselves were not born, they would not be able to go back in time and kill their grandfather. This creates a logical paradox, thus denying the possibility of time travel.

The grandfather paradox is an example of a paradox of time travel moving forward, while the unknown paradox is an example of a paradox of time travel moving backward.

If someone could time travel, and went to the future, discovered a groundbreaking scientific theory, invention, mathematical model, etc., brought it back to the present, and published it, then that theory, invention, or model would be information that appeared out of thin air. This is because the time traveler only discovered them, not created or invented them. This information that appeared out of thin air could break through the threshold, because any theory, invention, or model could be achieved through this kind of time travel.

The source of this information is... unknown!
At this moment, Wu Pifu is experiencing an unknown paradox; he has obtained the source of this information almost out of thin air!
Wu Pifu remained silent. He knew that this opportunity was rare, and that this information was extremely important, even related to his and human civilization's survival. So, to give up learning it would be an extreme waste. However, there was no doubt that the amount of information he could obtain was limited. The more important and abundant the information, the faster he would fall into a state of spatial isolation, which would force him to consume the extremely precious Absolute Spacetime Anchoring Protocol.

Therefore, he must carefully select and consider the type and amount of information he obtains.

Unfortunately, he's really not good at using his brain, and both of his external brains just happen to be missing...

So... he made a decision that was completely in line with his personality.

“I am Wu Pifu. Now, don’t say anything, let me finish.”

Wu Pifu shut down his super brain's emotional perception and said to the two groups, "I come from more than 800 years ago, when the Land of Redemption still existed, the unified human government still existed, and I, Liang Min, and Chu Minghao were all united. I am currently in a time-space rewind state, and the amount of information I can obtain is limited."

“Now, report back to your organization, your power, your headquarters, and have them send scientists, smart people, people who know more about the truth and the inside story. I have... seven hours and twenty-three minutes left.”

"Let them come, and you can discuss among yourselves what important information you want to tell me, and then..."

"I'll change this tragic future!"

(End of this chapter)