Abnormal crossing

Chapter 200 The Man Who Knows Everything (Part 3)
Jin's melodious voice slowly echoed in the main hall.

Gu Wei also fell into deep thought.

As an astrophysicist, he was indeed familiar with the concept of decoherence.

The full name of decoherence is quantum decoherence, which is the process by which a quantum system loses its coherence and ability to exist as a superposition of states due to its interaction with the environment.

Before Gu Wei traveled through time.

Decoherence plays a crucial role in the interpretation of quantum mechanics and is even considered one of the key factors in setting the boundary between the quantum world and the classical world.

In other words, classical phenomena are simply the emergence of quantum phenomena on a macroscopic scale, and there is no clear boundary between the two.

To put it in simpler terms...
The Japanese, who couldn't afford rice, piled up the rice grains one by one, and it naturally became a "rice pile"—but at what specific point in time did it become a "pile"? This definition is obviously quite vague.

There is no quantum classical boundary, and there is no wave function collapse.

The so-called collapse is the process of seemingly breaking the unitary evolution in a subsystem of a unitary, non-collapsed entangled system, and seemingly "collapsed" from a pure state to a mixed state. This is the core of decoherence.

Under this mechanism.

The 'consciousness element' responsible for transmitting control commands collapsed back into noise along this fuzzy boundary during a decoherent event.

The corresponding artificial biological neural network is like a magnet that has lost its magnetism, and it also becomes an ordinary object—at least for a period of time.

And what's really special is that
Because there is no classical boundary, this unitary evolution will not be detected by the so-called master matrix stage.
Think of this.

Milo couldn't help but look at Jin again: "And then what? What did that monarch of Boska do during that opportunity? He didn't just flee the planet, did he?"

“Of course not. If he had really run away, none of this would have happened,” Jin immediately shook her head and explained, “Although I don’t know the exact time he gained ‘freedom,’ judging from the frequency of the gravitational wave oscillations, I estimate it was only a few minutes.”

"In this short time, we can't even fly out of the maze, let alone reach the planet's orbit. Running out would be suicide."

Milo thought about it and agreed.

In addition to establishing guardians on the planet Boska, the Kingdom of Bhikkhu also set up supply points in the Veiled Zone for monitoring and management. Without external assistance, no native of Boska was able to escape.

Then, Jin tapped her arm rhythmically with her fingertips and continued, "That monarch of Perska obviously understands this as well. After all, the Kingdom of Bhikkhu is just a manipulated body. The original consciousness is not invaded but 'suppressed,' so it still has the judgment it should have."

"So he made a hasty decision, which was..."

Speaking of it.

Jin paused for a moment: "Suicide."

Milo, Gu Wei, and the others were immediately taken aback.

Good guy.
suicide?

What the hell is this?
So that guy didn't want to be controlled by others, so he took advantage of the opportunity to free himself?
“Don’t misunderstand, the suicide I’m talking about isn’t the kind of self-destructive behavior you’re imagining,” Jin said, seeing through Milo’s and Gu Wei’s thoughts before they could even ask. “The artificial biological neural network is a structure cultivated from Lacus worms, which can be considered a kind of life form in a sense. Therefore, after that monarch’s vital signs ended, the Lacus worm swarm didn’t die out simultaneously, but survived for an extra period of time.” “This life mechanism not only temporarily extended the life of the Lacus worms, but also allowed that monarch’s consciousness to be preserved for a period of time—at the same time, after the physical body died, the epigenetic consciousness lock based on genes also became ineffective.”

Hear this.

A sudden thought flashed through Gu Wei's mind: "Could it be..."

“That’s right,” Jin nodded, a hint of admiration flashing in her eyes: “He faked his consciousness as collapsed noise, and transmitted it back to the main matrix along the blurred decoherence boundary, completing another form of consciousness parasitism in a manner similar to Lacus’s worm.”

Gu Wei opened his mouth upon hearing this, but ultimately remained silent.

Oh my god.
He actually uploaded his own consciousness to the main matrix?
This is allowed?

That was decisive.

Beside him, Jin continued her explanation: "The main matrix platform has a very complex authority structure and is directly controlled by successive guardians. Therefore, after that monarch uploaded his consciousness, he could only lie dormant in the underlying error correction protocol and could not do much."

"The good news, however, is that he has gained a long lifespan and is completely free from the surveillance of the Kingdom of Bhikkhu; even the guards have not detected his presence."

"Um, wait a minute," Milo interrupted Jin before she could finish speaking, "A long lifespan? When can consciousness upload extend lifespan?"

Chestnut, who hadn't said much, also showed a hint of confusion on her face.

To know.

Consciousness research has always been a hot topic in the Star Sea, especially the idea of ​​extending lifespan through independent consciousness, which has been wildly pursued by many wealthy and powerful figures in the Star Sea.

From eighth-order arbitrators to third-order civilizations that have just stepped out of their stars, almost everyone with the ability to conduct research in the realm of consciousness is enthusiastic about it.

But sadly.

Those separated consciousnesses can be preserved for a long time without any problem. For example, ship spirits are placed in display cases while they are in a sleeping state for customers to choose from.

However, even digital life forms struggle to achieve long lifespans when fully conscious—because high entropy can lead to non-recursive collapse of consciousness.

Unless it's an extremely special case like Joe Cowen's, digital immortality is basically a false proposition.

“Didn’t I say that the area where the monarch is stored is an error correction protocol?” As if she had anticipated Milo’s question, Jin spoke without pausing: “The error correction protocol is the underlying code layer that maintains the stability of the matrix. It has the characteristics of self-repair and infinite iteration, directly avoiding the risk of non-recursive collapse of conventional consciousness carriers—of course, this is also related to the heavy information fragments inherited in the blood of their race.”

"In short, after parasitizing the main matrix platform, that consciousness began to lie dormant for tens of thousands of years. On one hand, it gathered the monarch consciousnesses that had the same opportunity—after all, such a low-probability event was not impossible to happen again under the foundation of the large cycle. On the other hand, it was looking for opportunities to trip up the guards and cause trouble."

Talking and talking.

Jin suddenly raised an eyebrow, changing the subject:
"Speaking of which, I've been telling this stand-up comedy for so long, shouldn't the main character show up? In a sense, we've been used as pawns by you guys."

(End of this chapter)