Did the world end today?

Chapter 178 A Chronicle of the Twilight of Civilization? That's a lie!

Chapter 178 Chronicles of the Twilight of Civilization. Just kidding!
Once the command was given, the quantum computer immediately began operating.

Data feedback popped up one after another. While watching the simulation progress, Lin Xu was also racing against time to cram information about "gravity detection technology" into his brain.

He was so busy he was practically flying around, his brain was practically overclocked.

Strangely, the more tasks he handled simultaneously, the clearer his thinking became and the more agile his mind became.

He could even spare some attention to give new instructions to Bai Mo and the others.

"Let's also launch Project Skyfire."

"We need to monitor the starting point of Phobos's doomsday and collect as much detailed information as possible."

"By the way, security should immediately conduct a thorough cleanup and take control of the GOHEPA project."

“This project is currently meaningless – it’s a distorted project and there’s no need to start it for the time being.”

"Don't let this thing explode; leave as much time as possible for quantum computing."

"clear."

Bai Mo immediately nodded in agreement, and at the same time, her expression toward Lin Xu became increasingly curious.

This person, or rather this butterfly, is doing several things at the same time.

Memorize documents, conduct operational simulations, and mobilize contingency plans.

For an ordinary person, even just one of these issues would be enough to cause a lot of trouble.

But he seemed to be handling it with ease?

So, who exactly is he?

What exactly is in his head?
Is it a real brain, or a quantum computer?

This multi-threaded computing method is really too similar to that of a quantum computer.
Bai Mo knew she shouldn't disturb Lin Xu at this time, but her curiosity was growing stronger.

She opened her mouth as if to speak, but then swallowed the words back down.

Lin Xu noticed her expression out of the corner of his eye, and then spoke:
"Ask me anything, I can handle it right now."

"cough"

With Lin Xu's permission, Bai Mo coughed and then asked:

"how did you do it?"

"How to do what?"

Lin Xu was baffled.

He kept adjusting the initial parameters of the simulated world on the control panel, trying to bring it to the level he needed.

At the same time, he was constantly adjusting the injected "destructive elements," trying to set up as many "cognitive viruses" as possible to achieve the entire simulation at once.

After all, he didn't really want to find out the specific weapon Zhou Yue used.

He was just using the process of elimination.

If understanding the virus is indeed feasible, then we can rule out other possibilities one by one, which won't waste time.

Seeing how busy he was, Bai Mo asked in as few words as possible:
"How do you manage to multitask? That's a rare talent, and it might be useful to us."

"It's from training."

Lin Xu answered casually:
"I couldn't do it at first either, but I got the hang of it after a few tries."

"Many of the operations are repetitive for me and are not that complicated in themselves."

"Do not."

Bai Mo shook his head.

"This is a very important characteristic—I mean, you should probably pay attention to this ability, it might be related to the truth about butterflies."

Is it related to the truth about butterflies?

Lin Xu was stunned for a moment.

He had never thought about it in this way before, and only felt that it was a kind of "practice makes perfect" ability.

But now it seems... it's not that simple?
But he didn't have time to think about it any further.

With only 49 minutes left until the apocalyptic disaster, the quantum computer began its simulation and continuously output real-time progress data.

The first output was the simulation results of his "language cognition virus" designed based on Mnemosyne technology.

[2025: An unusual phenomenon known as the "cognitive virus" was first discovered. It initially manifested as subtle changes in language structure, with the meanings of certain words becoming blurred, leading to numerous ambiguities in academic papers and technical documents.]

[2026: A global phenomenon of "mental stagnation" will emerge, with scientists and engineers frequently getting stuck in logical loops when solving complex problems, significantly slowing down the pace of innovation.]

[2027: Governments around the world established "Cognitive Security Committees" in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus through language purification (such as banning certain words), but the effect was limited.]

[2028: The first patients with "cognitive regression" appeared, exhibiting symptoms such as language impairment, logical thinking confusion, and even loss of basic calculation abilities. Research revealed that the virus originates from the "language-consciousness resonance" phenomenon in the human brain, and its pathogenic mechanism involves affecting the connection patterns of neural synapses in the brain through specific grammatical structures.]

[2029: Global scientific output declines by 10%, with a slowdown in the development of key technologies (such as quantum computing and controlled nuclear fusion).]

[2030: Severe anomalies draw global attention, prompting governments worldwide to raise their alert levels.]

[2031: The Chinese government will initiate strict language review, revise language standardization regulations, rely on artificial intelligence models to monitor language usage in real time, and include all language usage scenarios in the scope of supervision.]

[2032: Language surveillance takes effect; "language segregation zones" are established and enter the final elimination phase]

[2033: The cognitive virus disappears.]

[Assessment Results: Compared to normal development, technological progress decreased by 1.2%; socio-cultural development level decreased by 3.4%.]

Good guy.

The cognitive virus fabricated by Lin Xu didn't even last 10 years!

It was discovered in its second year, its pathogenic mechanism was understood in its third year, and it was controlled in its fifth year.

At this point, the cognitive virus hadn't even had a chance to exert its power.
The impact on technological and socio-cultural development is negligible.

So small as to be almost negligible, it can be considered merely a normal degree of random fluctuation.

Mnemosyne, defeat!

Lin Xu glanced at the time; there were still 46 minutes until the end of the world.

There is still enough time to output the remaining simulation results of the entire cognitive virus.

Lin Xu continued reading, but the results that followed left him somewhat disappointed.

"Meme contamination," failed.

"Language relativity" failed.

"Mass hysteria," a failure.

"Cultural bomb"—a failure.

The resilience of human civilization far exceeds Lin Xu's imagination; in most simulations, these so-called viruses wouldn't even last five years. When a social culture begins its first shift, the human community will keenly recognize this change.

Whether from the top down or the bottom up, they will always try their best to suppress and eradicate them.

Viruses that spread from the bottom up are often suppressed by authoritarian regimes.

A virus that spreads from top to bottom will be overthrown by the people.

This is simply a path that cannot be followed.

Logically speaking, this is indeed the case.

This type of attack focuses on the "cultural" level, and culture is ultimately a manifestation of society.

While this social nature may indeed have some lag and limitations in the short term, its powerful self-cleaning ability will be fully demonstrated over a longer period of time.

With only 20 minutes left, Lin Xu frowned deeply.

At that moment, the Zhiyun system suddenly issued a warning.

[Backup power is about to be overloaded; the cooling system has reached a high-risk threshold.]

Quantum computers deployed on Earth will eventually be unable to withstand the strain.

This thing is good, but it's really not very likely to unleash its full potential.

Unless you feed it the entire universe.

so.
the last time?
Faced with the control panel, Lin Xu hesitated briefly.

Should we continue the elimination process?

It seems pointless.

After all, the success rate of this thing is so low that once you get to this point, it's practically out of the question.

He subconsciously smoothed his hair, and at that moment, Bai Mo beside him suddenly asked:
What exactly are you simulating?

Is this thing important?

"It's quite important."

Lin Xu explained simply:

"In every parallel universe, there is a killer bee that is trying to distort the direction of human technological development through special methods."

"His methods include, but are not limited to, deception, manipulation, coercion, and so on."

"Now, we have a piece of information."

"He still has one last trump card in his hand. If that trump card is triggered, the technological and social development of the 'main world' may be locked down."

"And once the main world is locked down, all the parallel worlds on the Sea of Time will also be affected."

"At that time, this will truly be a dead sea."

"So, I need to find this trump card as soon as possible."

"clear."

Bai Mo nodded thoughtfully.

After a few seconds of silence, she suddenly asked:
"How about trying religion?"

"religion?"

Lin Xu suddenly came to his senses.

Yes.

This thing
It does seem to fit Zhou Yue's character perfectly.

After all, his dream was to become a god.

Moreover, if we were to implant cognitive viruses in the "religious sphere," the feasibility would indeed be very strong.

In the real world I live in, the proportion of the population who practice religion is still quite large.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Xu immediately fabricated a "religious virus" and input it into the quantum computer.

After several minutes of simulation, the results were quickly presented to him.

In 2025, the leaders of major religions declared that "scientific development has stagnated, and physics has ended." Information from higher dimensions was made public to all of humanity, and the theory of an uneven universe was verified.

In 2026, the scientific research field experienced turmoil, with some scholars abandoning academic research, major high-energy physics research sites frequently suffering impacts, and technological development stagnating.

In June 2026, the United Nations declared all religions illegal.

In 2027, the newly appointed Pope of the Vatican issued a public statement in support of scientists.

[The religious ban will be lifted in December 2027.]

[Assessment Results: Compared to normal development, technological progress decreased by 0.2%; socio-cultural development level decreased by 0.4%.]

Lin Xu was speechless.

Having seen this, he already knew the outcome of this thing.

What kind of religion is this?
Faced with the nuclear weapons of major powers, it is nothing more than a tool that can be manipulated at will.

This thing is even more useless than the original Mnemosyne virus!

At this point, only two minutes remained.

This time, no "great fire" occurred on Earth.

Lin Xu sighed.

He opened his mouth and said:
"Alright, this verification is now complete."