Did the world end today?

Chapter 228 A Node in the Alliance Era

The option does not exist?
Lin Xu could not imagine that such a world existed.

After all, his previous submission on the "failure of the choice axiom" was actually based on pure mathematical deduction.

Theoretically speaking, even if it has an impact on the real world, the impact will be minimal.

Because the premise of choosing an axiom is an "infinite set", but the concept of an infinite set does not exist in daily life, the choice is not "unconditional".

In the real world, choices are more like a "definite causal relationship" than choices in mathematical concepts.

But now.
Jin Xiaochuan, however, explicitly stated the concept that "choice does not exist."

They even used "picking out a piece of clothing you need from your wardrobe" as an example.

What does this mean?

Lin Xu looked confused. He looked at Jin Xiaochuan and said:
"Go on, tell me in more detail."

Jin Xiaochuan paused slightly before replying:
"I can't go into any more detail."

"It's a very complex world, a world full of bubbles and parallel choices."

"The physical rules of the entire world are broken. I can't experience it myself, but I can see the chaotic behavior of the people there."

"They will appear in one part of the world at a certain moment, and then appear in another part of the world at the next moment."

"Every choice they make is a choice in itself, but sometimes it's no choice at all."

Jin Xiaochuan's speech was incoherent, but Lin Xu could roughly understand it.

So, what he saw was a completely randomized world?
In that world, you might wake up as a god or a beggar.
It's possible that buying one lottery ticket is equivalent to buying all the lottery numbers, or the lottery ticket might mysteriously disappear the moment you pay.
You wanted to wear a green outfit in the morning, but you ended up wearing a red one, or not wearing anything at all?
Lin Xu explained his thoughts to Jin Xiaochuan, who nodded repeatedly.

"That's right! That's right!"

"That's about it!"

"But it's not that simple in form—it's not that intuitive."

"I don't understand why that world became like that. I think it might be that the axiom of choice has failed, or that it has become alienated!"

"But the axiom of choice is a purely mathematical concept; it shouldn't have such a significant impact on the world."

"Do not."

Jiang Xingye, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.

Her body was trembling slightly.

Lin Xu held her hand; his palm was ice-cold.

She is currently in the process.
Decoding high-dimensional information.

This time, however, her reaction didn't seem as strong as before.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Xu asked with concern.

"fine."

Jiang Xingye shook his head.

Then she began to speak:
"What causes changes in this world is not mathematical laws, but physical laws."

"However, the anomaly in mathematical patterns was a trigger."

Jiang Xingye casually tossed the odds and ends on the sofa onto the floor, then continued:

"In standard quantum mechanics, wave function collapse is triggered by observation."

"But if we choose the axiom to be invalid, then this infinitely concentrated collapse loses its basis of certainty."

"The evolution of state vectors in Hilbert space lacks a selection function to uniquely determine the collapsed eigenstates, resulting in the perpetual existence of superposition states—which, if viewed from a single-dimensional perspective, truly reflects the influence of mathematics on the physical world."

"But from a higher dimension, from the perspective of holographic duality theory, this is a disorder in the 'marginal mapping,' where physics first influences mathematics and then influences physics in the reverse."

"It's too complicated for me to explain the theory to you."

"But, just one sentence can fully explain what the consequences of this influence will be."

"For the people of that world, they still perceive themselves as living in the same world."

"But in reality, if you look at their world from a higher-dimensional perspective, it is actually divided into countless worlds."

"This is exactly the result the error correctors wanted!"

Once Jiang Xingye finished explaining, the last piece of the map of the New World Anomaly was completely completed.

Zhang Liming is right.

These people did indeed introduce a world with abnormal mathematical patterns through some means, thereby achieving their goal of interfering with the timeline of this world.

Then the problem is coming.

How did they find this world?
Ayana.

Zhou Yue!

"One day, I will know how to cross time."

These are his exact words.

So is it possible that he actually saw such a chaotic world, which is why he was so convinced that he could "travel through time" in some way?
One of Ayana's personalities is Zhou Yue?

This seems like a reasonable speculation.

But in reality, it's completely impossible.

Because that world is a world without Zhou Yue.

Without Zhou Yue, Ayana would naturally not have been influenced by him.

Therefore, it can only be Ayana herself.

She happened to identify that personality when she entered the higher-dimensional channel.

Then, this personality was decoded, ultimately allowing the corrector to obtain information about that world and introduce its rules through the anthill.

Lin Xu looked at Jiang Xingye and was about to ask a question, but Jiang Xingye raised his hand instead.

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished yet."

"You said."

Lin Xu shut up again, while Jiang Xingye continued speaking.

"But that's not the point."

"The key point is that their approach was wrong, but the technology was correct."

"Introducing world rules that invalidate the choice axiom to influence time symmetry is the right path." "We must verify this technical approach. Verify it in reality!"

"However, we must first establish a mathematical system that adapts to the rules of choice axiom failure."

"At the same time, we must also limit the impact of this rule to a certain extent."

"Rules can only circulate within the testing ground and cannot affect the entire world, so what we need to do is a limiter."

"us."

"You wait a moment."

This time, it was Lin Xu who interrupted Jiang Xingye.

Limiter.

Ant nest.

Rule changes.

Dimensional ascent.

Tianmen Project.
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Therefore, the core of the Tianmen Project is not at all about maintaining a stable high-dimensional channel.

But
Will the rules introduced from that world be limited to a very finite scope?

how did you do that?
Rules are not real "seawater" and cannot be restricted by physical entities.

What exactly is this so-called "Heavenly Gate"?
Lin Xu looked at Jiang Xingye and asked:
"So what exactly is the Heavenly Gate?"

"I do not know."

Jiang Xingye shook his head.

"That's all the information I have."

“But I’m pretty sure that the Heavenly Gate device you described earlier is the true node of the Alliance era world.”

"Once this device is completed, we can advance into the next era!"

"clear."

Lin Xu nodded emphatically.

At this moment, neither he, Jiang Xingye, nor Bai Mo noticed the expression on Jin Xiaochuan's face as he stood to the side.

That can no longer be described as simply wonderful.

Confused, bewildered, shocked, relieved, wanting to cry and laugh at the same time.

His mind was in turmoil.
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Wait, what are you all talking about??
What Heavenly Gate? What Higher-Dimensional Passage? What Limiter? What Countless Worlds?
Why can I understand each word individually, but when they're put together, I can't understand a single word at all?
To be honest, he actually thought he was crazy enough before.

Because of a vague "dream" or some wonderful supernatural experience, he abandoned his research direction and instead tried to build a new mathematical system.

To others, this was already considered heretical and delusional.

Or to put it more bluntly, it's simply insane.

But it seems.
These people in front of me, are they even crazier than me??

Is this still the world I know?

Where did I get this from?
Jin Xiaochuan was full of questions. He wanted to speak several times, but he didn't know if he could interrupt.
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Until Qin Feng noticed his unusual behavior.

"Just say whatever you want."

Qin Feng spoke up:
"It's okay, they're all very easygoing."

Jin Xiaochuan glanced at Qi Yuan, who was standing next to Lin Xu, with lingering fear.

He doesn't seem very easygoing.

But since things had already come to this point, Jin Xiaochuan had no choice but to speak up.

He coughed and asked tentatively:

"cough"

"So, what exactly do you want from me?"

Upon hearing his voice, the group turned around in unison.

Lin Xu then realized that he seemed to have completely ignored him.

He smiled somewhat awkwardly, then said:
"Well, we came to you about a talent selection project."

"We used big data to filter you out."

“We think you have great potential, so we want to give you a chance to develop faster.”

"But now it seems there's a problem."

Is there a problem?
Jin Xiaochuan's heart skipped a beat.

Is it because what I'm researching isn't allowed?
Before he could ask, Lin Xu continued speaking.

“What you’re doing overlaps significantly with what we’re doing, so you should have more important things to do.”

"Let's discuss the details later. Come on, we need to find somewhere else to talk now."

"Okay, wait a minute!"

Jin Xiaochuan shook his head subconsciously.

"But I'm not lying, I really am not in a good state right now."

Someone will help you.

Lin Xu pointed to Bai Mo.

"At most, you just have some symptoms of sensory integration dysfunction or obsessive-compulsive disorder."

"This one, back then, even forgot to breathe."

"She will teach you how to deal with it."

"Let's go."

Lin Xu turned and walked towards the door, while Jin Xiaochuan asked one last question:
So who exactly are you?

"You're not from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, are you? You're not from a research institute, are you?"

Lin Xu didn't speak, but Bai Mo answered the question for him.

"Yes and no."

"We are a level above them."

(End of this chapter)