Did the world end today?

Chapter 274 Martyrdom
I've already lost?
Where did I lose?
Lin Xu looked at Yu Changwen with a puzzled expression, but he could not see a trace of fear in the other man's eyes.

There was only madness, mockery, and a certain indescribable "relaxation."

It's like... a sense of relief?
Lin Xu's brain was working at lightning speed.

In just a few seconds, several thoughts had already crossed his mind.

Did I lose because I had to kill Zhang Liming to turn the tide?

Did I lose because I had to compromise on the "way" issue?
Are you kidding me?
Are you a child? Why do you care about this?
In the face of the apocalypse, there are only two outcomes: death or life.

Yu Changwen was clearly such a person; he couldn't possibly be like the villains in some novels written for sentimental women, who also cared about winning or losing in terms of "emotions."

Therefore, there is only one reason why he could say that.

That is, when he decided to kill Zhang Liming, he was indeed confident of victory.

But the question is, why?
Lin Xu couldn't understand it for a moment, because it didn't make any logical sense.

But that's okay, as long as we can roll back again and again, the problem will eventually be solved.

He immediately calmed himself down, raised the crowbar in his hand again, and asked with a slightly ferocious expression:

"Tell me, where is Zhang Liming?!"

Yu Changwen did not answer, but Jiang Xingye and Jin Xiaochuan beside her were already stunned.

Jiang Xingye was alright; at least she knew why Lin Xu did this, and she also knew that he had no choice but to show such a fierce expression.

but.
Jin Xiaochuan was unaware of this.

He frantically tried to take out his phone to call the police, but the moment he did, he was startled by Lin Xu's sudden turn around and retreated.

"Don't call the police."

Lin Xu said in a deep voice:

"Jiang Xingye, keep an eye on him."

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."

“I am a member of the Coast Guard, and everything can be explained.”

"Obviously!"

Jin Xiaochuan nodded repeatedly.

Haibao? ?
He didn't know what the Haibao was.

But it sounds like some kind of government agency?

That should be fine, right?
Although what he is doing now looks like a violent interrogation, this man named Yu Changwen also exudes a strange aura.

Perhaps Yu Changwen is the real criminal, and perhaps Lin Xu is the real good person.
He was almost convinced by himself, but just then...

"boom!"

With a single strike of the crowbar, Yu Changwen's right hand was instantly mangled and bloodied.

A painful scream instantly pierced the entire apartment building. Jin Xiaochuan, trembling, looked at Jiang Xingye and asked:
"Is this really going to be okay?"

Jiang Xingye slowly shook his head.

"He knows what he's doing."

Seeing that Yu Changwen was still unwilling to speak, Lin Xu tortured him with the interrogation methods he had learned from Qi Yuan, while turning back to instruct Jiang Xingye to quickly establish contact with the authorities.

At this time, the official connections that Jiang Xingye had spent two years building finally came in handy.

She bypassed the most basic administrative departments and directly obtained higher authority, contacting the Nanjing National Security Bureau within minutes.

But just as Lin Xu had predicted, the National Security Bureau did not immediately accept Jiang Xingye's statement; they needed to spend more time verifying the information provided by Jiang Xingye.

At this point in time, the influence of either pollen or butterflies is still too weak.

You won't find him.

Yu Changwen's face was completely contorted with immense pain, but his eyes still gleamed with a crazed light.

"Trying to find someone through the National Security Bureau?"

"Hahahaha. You think he'll be found so easily by you??"

Do you think he doesn't understand you?

"You only have one hour? Or at most two hours, right?"

"If you don't catch him within this hour, you'll never catch him again. Try again next time. It's a fresh start."

"Ha cough cough, you want to kill him, but you can never kill him."

Can't catch them within an hour?

Yu Changwen's words immediately put Lin Xu on alert.

How he obtained the intelligence in advance is not important, nor is how he escaped.

Most importantly, why was he so certain that if he could survive the hour the butterfly descended upon the world, he could escape completely?
You can leave the information behind, and the authorities can still continue to pursue you based on the clues you leave.

But in Zhang Liming's view, such work was futile.

Based on previous experience, this is indeed the case.

The authorities didn't catch him; all they got was his corpse.

so.
What was his method of escaping capture?
He must have an absolutely safe plan, an absolutely safe shelter.

This is his ultimate method of fighting the butterfly, a solution that can never be defeated by "time".

Or rather, no matter how many times you go back to the beginning, there is no solution that can break the deadlock.

So, what exactly is this plan?
To break the butterfly's dominance over time, Lin Xu could only think of one method.

Absolute randomness.

Is his position random at this moment?

Damn it.

What Schrödinger's Zhang Liming?
There is only one answer.

High-dimensional channel.

He is currently in a higher-dimensional channel, or he is about to enter a higher-dimensional channel.

Furthermore, as of now, he is the only one who knows about this high-dimensional channel.

That's right, at this time Zhang Liming had not yet met He Qijun, and he did not know how to "move" within the high-dimensional channel.

Therefore, the result of his movement is random.
Lin Xu looked at Yu Changwen.

"A higher-dimensional channel, right?"

"Is he currently near a relatively stable, high-dimensional passage?"

Yu Changwen's eyes flickered for a moment.

But then, he smiled calmly.

"Yes."

"But what good would it do to tell you?"

"You can never catch him, because you don't even know where he's going."

"He himself doesn't know either."

Lin Xu interrupted Yu Changwen. "If he dies or disappears in the higher-dimensional passage, my goal will be achieved."

"Without him as the most important guide, you so-called error correctors are not even a threat."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Changwen laughed again.

"Yes, he might die."

"Of course, he didn't want to die easily either, because there were still too many things waiting for him to do."

"But, it's okay."

"Ahem. He's very important."

"Without him, there are some things we would never have been able to do."

"It's precisely because he's so important that you have to get rid of him, that you have to make him disappear."

"This proves that all his speculations were correct."

"It's ok."

"From this moment on, he is no longer important."

"The moment you gave the order to hunt him down, everything else became irrelevant."

"Mr. Zhang, he is certainly a special person."

"He can accomplish many things all by himself."

"We may not be as good as him, but there are many of us."

As soon as Yu Changwen finished speaking, Lin Xu suddenly realized.

Yes.

Zhang Liming is very important.

But Zhang Liming is not important either.

He died, but his death proved him right.

And this kind of correctness.
This will become an indelible mark on the minds of these error correctors!

What kind of mind control?
Perhaps the answer isn't that complicated at all!
Zhang Liming simply shared his judgment and speculation with others in advance.

To verify this hypothesis, only one condition is needed:

When one day a group of people suddenly appears, wanting to completely eliminate him as an "obstacle," it will prove that his prediction was correct.

This also proves the effectiveness of the path he has been so determined to push forward.
We are very close to success.

Lin Xu stood up.

Yu Changwen, who had collapsed to the ground, had lost all his strength due to the pain. He struggled to sit up against the wall and lit a cigarette with trembling hands.

"we won."

"Moreover, we cannot afford to fail again."

"The seed has been planted, and it will eventually sprout."

At this moment, Lin Xu felt an unprecedented shock.

He even felt that the struggle with Zhang Liming was actually a struggle with his own shadow.

If the roles were reversed, I would definitely choose the same solution as him.

This understanding is a consensus among people who have grown up in this cultural context.

One person cannot change the world.

But if one person's ideas can spread, then those who share the same ideas will inevitably be able to change the world.

Zhou Yue pursued immortality and godhood.

But Zhang Liming
He was martyred by death.

If you're right, that would be wonderful.

But you're really wrong!

Everything you're doing is just interfering with what's truly effective action in another world!

At this time, Jiang Xingye had fully established contact with the authorities, and the search operation targeting Zhang Liming had already begun.

Jin Xiaochuan, standing to the side, was still staring in disbelief at everything that was happening before him. He couldn't understand or believe the words that the people were saying.

It was like some kind of bizarre story, or the ramblings of two madmen.

Can be biased.
It looks real.

Jin Xiaochuan instinctively wanted to ask, but at the same time, he also realized very clearly that he shouldn't speak now.

So he could only remain silent.

He silently watched Lin Xu, who was equally silent.

After a long while, the crowbar in Lin Xu's hand was dropped to the ground with a clang.

Then he spoke, in an extremely sincere tone:
"I really hope you're right."

"But the problem is, you are all wrong."

"Even if you are allowed to develop freely, you will never be able to create a device that allows humanity to achieve 'dimensional ascension'."

"Isn't that enough to explain the problem?"

Yu Changwen let out a heavy sigh.

"Yes, that speaks volumes."

"We can't do it because we've made too many mistakes."

“We can never completely correct these mistakes by relying solely on ourselves or on General Manager Zhang.”

"He once said that even if one day he could travel freely in countless worlds, he would not be able to completely correct all the mistakes."

"Because in a world of infinite superposition, information always has an upper limit."

"The upper limit of information will lock away the driving force for the world to continue to develop."

"This world is a greenhouse, and its roof cannot be broken."

"We need a stronger seed."

"He predicted the appearance of the seed."

"That seed."

"That's you."

"When you want to kill Zhang Liming, you become Zhang Liming."

"Because Zhang Liming made a mistake, and you are correcting it."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"You should have already seen the future, right?"

"But you never understood from beginning to end."

"You are the true error corrector!"

(End of this chapter)