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Chapter 239 Arrangement and Order

Cupid nodded calmly: "Your answers all have some merit, but none of them are comprehensive enough."

"The correct answer is arrangement, is order."

In the infinite universes of the mathematical universe constituted by wave functions, or in the quantum many-worlds interpretation, which is a subset of the mathematical universe of wave functions under physical limitations, all possibilities exist in parallel.

Things that seem related actually have no causal relationship.

A person's birth and death can coexist in different universes. One can die first and then be born in one universe, and be born first and then die in another universe, or be born first and then be born again, or die first and then die again, or even more complex permutations and combinations...

So why does the universe appear so orderly in the eyes of humans?

Why do the flow of time, the connections between things, and causal relationships exist?
That's just an illusion.

The flow of time, the connections between things, and causal relationships are all just a collection presented after being arranged and filtered according to specific rules.

Therefore, it is only natural that the probability of a person uttering a meaningless incantation and nothing happening, or of triggering the Big Bang on the spot, or of a bunch of things appearing out of thin air in a vacuum, is 100% certain to occur in an infinite set, no matter what the apparent effect may be.

Therefore, in an infinite number of universes, such a situation naturally exists simply by exhausting all permutations and combinations.

A person can accumulate "magical power," unleash "magic," and train "spiritual power" through meditation, chanting mantras, visualization, and other methods, even though these actions themselves have no causal relationship. In the infinite universe, nature will give corresponding "effects," allowing the person to accumulate "magical power," unleash "magic," and train "spiritual power."

Similarly, when Mami Tomoe and Kyoko Sakura, these two magical girls, use "magic," "transformation," and "attack," there will inevitably be an infinite number of universes that present an infinite number of effects that are essentially unrelated by cause and effect.

Among them, there must be infinitely many universes where, under a cause-and-effect relationship that does not exist, the special moves they believe to have used magic, as well as their specific processes and results, are presented in just the right way.

Cause and effect do not exist, nor are they important; they simply exist, and are necessarily present in a certain universe.

But what if?

What if there were a way to deliberately make choices and connect causal relationships that don't exist?

Intentionally, from the infinitely parallel universe, an infinite number of worlds are selected, marked, and numbered.

Thus, a "universe" that appears to have a cause-and-effect process, a timeline, and everything is normal—a "universe" that can be perceived by humankind—comes into being.

In such a "universe," it is possible that a young member of an advanced civilization might suddenly have a whimsical idea, casually create a set of intelligent atomic units, and drop it onto Earth. Someone might find it and use it to a certain extent according to their own understanding, turning it into a so-called "Kamen Rider" who fights against evil all the way.

It could also be just the right moment, simply the fluctuations in the vacuum energy of the universe, that happen to present a seemingly colorful magical effect on a certain planet at a certain time.

Whether it's magical girls, magical warriors, Kamen Riders, Super Sentai, superheroes, cultivators, demon tamers, reality warpers...

Regardless of the type of "power system," whether it is based on a compelling reason or simply appears out of thin air without any reason, it can be arranged in a specific order within an infinite set.

"Wait!" Fang Zheng's brows furrowed and twitched. He clenched his fist and tried to summon a greatsword with magic. He placed it on the table, picked it up and put it down repeatedly, carefully amplifying all his senses to feel every subtle sensation in the process.

It seems they are trying to detect other possibilities that exist in parallel.

Of course, this feeling did not bring any additional understanding.

“Khubi, you…” Fang Zheng roughly understood what Kubi was saying.

He swallowed hard and asked, "You mean our transformations and magic are actually non-existent illusions, just a deliberately chosen sequence of collapsed possibilities?"

"And magical girl Mami Tomoe and magical girl Kyoko Sakura, they are specific permutations and combinations selected from the two sets of possibilities, 'Mami Tomoe' and 'Kyoko Sakura', right?"

Kyubey tilted his head, a faint smile on his cat-like face: "Well, while it's not entirely accurate, it's a way of understanding it for humans."

He paced gracefully across the table, jumped onto the windowsill, stretched lazily in the sunlight, and said, "To put it in a way that humans can understand, a person, like Mami Tomoe, has an infinite number of possible solutions to her wave function."

"When observation is conducted, all possible solutions of Mami Tomoe will collapse into one, presenting a unique reality."

"But what if we list all the possibilities of Mami Tomoe and inversely deduce the infinite superposition of the echo function of all her solutions, we will get a chaotic set called 'Mami Tomoe'."

"Based on this, by guiding it in a certain way, and restricting and filtering it according to the self-cognition algorithm commonly found in 'Mami Tomoe,' we can obtain an ordered set that relies on self-reference and self-determination on how to arrange and collapse itself." "By sealing this set in a 'black box' and only presenting its uniquely expressed collapsed state, it will naturally possess that seemingly omnipotent 'magic power.'"

"The effect of magic itself is limited to the vastness of its possibilities and its cognitive ability."

“You…” Fang Zheng’s eyes twitched slightly. He reached out and grabbed Qiu Bi, squeezing his neck, his fingers making a cracking sound.

"You mean you 'killed' all the possibilities of magical girls, Kamen Riders, and all those who signed contracts, so that they were no longer in a superposition state, sealed their 'essential' possibilities into the 'Soul Gem,' and then recorded a personality program to 'arrange' these 'essences' in a fixed order, is that right?"

The neck of the choke was being squeezed so hard it made a cracking sound, but its ruby-like eyes and its childlike, clear voice remained as calm as ever: "Death as we know it doesn't really exist. Existence and extinction coexist, and we don't need to kill off all the possibilities of a human being."

"However, although your way of thinking is not accurate, it is not impossible to understand it that way."

Fang Zheng took two deep breaths and calmed down again.

Although I feel a little annoyed, if what Kyubey said is really true, then it's not a big problem.

After all, all the possibilities that exist simultaneously are, at least from the perspective of human cognition, not even considered "life".

Only specific, orderly arrangements and combinations can be recognized by humans as "life".

With one last question in mind, he asked Kyubey again: "I basically know what you're talking about, but according to you, magical girls are a specific arrangement within a collection of magical girls, so there should only be magical girls, right?"

For example, there's Mami Tomoe and Kyoko Sakura, and the magical girls from the neighboring city that Mami Tomoe encountered on the outskirts of Mitakihara City while patrolling the city.

Shared understandings will likely lead to the same sets being arranged together.

In other words, the only other magical girls can see are other magical girls; they cannot, or should not, see other beings like Kamen Riders.

The same applies to Kamen Riders. Even though they live in the same world, they exist in different sets. These different sets are like different sides of a Rubik's Cube. They are one entity, but they shouldn't be able to recognize each other.

In response to Fang Zheng's question, Qiu Bi replied, "Because of cognition."

"Whether it's the 'aptitude' of a magical girl or a Kamen Rider, you can think of it as the vastness of the set of possibilities in a superimposed state."

“These sets are located on different ‘sides’. For example, on the ‘side’ where Yan Chi is located, Mami Tomoe and Kyoko Sakura have long since died, and their possibilities have therefore returned to a superposition state.”

"In this world, they are not qualified to become magical girls, nor can they become Kamen Riders."

"However, Fang Zheng, your appearance is directly in the 'side' of magical girls, yet you also have the 'qualification' to become a magical girl."

"Based on the principle of 'not wasting,' we naturally want to sign a contract with you."

"But after you sign the contract, due to your own personality and perception, you reject magical girls."

"The way your perception leads you to arrange things will naturally 'move closer' to the set of 'sides' that better fit your perception, which is the current set of 'Kamen Riders'."

"But right now, because of your cognitive issues, you've already come to know Mami Tomoe and the others. Although as you continue to act, you'll gradually fall into a group that better aligns with your understanding, you'll still be able to interact with the magical girl group to some extent."

“Is that so…” Fang Zheng suddenly sighed.

He scratched his head in annoyance and sighed, "I was really meddling in other people's business. Why did I have to ask you all this? It just made me feel unhappy for no reason."

"Why is it that even though I have so many science videos and novels in my memory, I actually understood what you were saying..."

"If my brain were like Sakura Kyoko's, I wouldn't understand what you're saying at all, and I wouldn't be asking you these nonsense questions."

"Forget it... why should I worry about these things?" Taking a deep breath, the worries in my heart instantly vanished.

The boy, Fang Zheng, smiled brightly and looked at Yan Chi, who was deep in thought with his eyes closed, and said, "Hey, Kamen Rider Yan Chi, didn't you say you knew a few other Kamen Riders? Let's have a fight!"

"Huh?" Yan Chi looked expressionlessly at the little brat who had just been frowning but was now suddenly cheerful. "Although I don't know what you suddenly want to do, and I don't want to bully children, you saved me. If you want to spar, let's do it, consider it a post-dinner digestion..."

(End of this chapter)