Did the world end today?

Chapter 325 Bugs
closed loop??
Did they survive?

Who survived? What requires a closed-loop system?
Lin Xu opened his eyes and looked around, only to find that he was surrounded by nothingness.

In a world of pure darkness, glowing "knots" float in the directionless void, intertwining with flowing light, only to vanish in an instant.

Lin Xu tried to reach out and touch those "knots," but he found that the control commands he had accumulated over his body had completely failed.

He could only watch silently—or rather, wait silently as the flow of information surged toward him in one random tide after another, then settled out like grains of sand, merging into his body.

here it is.
Higher-dimensional space.

So, the people here have already achieved a higher dimension?

This is indeed a new world, and a new world with countless possibilities!
Lin Xu was overjoyed, and he subconsciously wanted to communicate with the other "knots" that were obviously full of information.

But the next second.

The darkness before his eyes quickly faded, and the whole world began to unfold before him.
Reorganization!

In the beginning of time, heaven and earth were created.

A dense, hot spot awakens, expands, cools, and elementary particles begin to condense.

Space began to expand, time began to flow, and in the first few minutes, the nuclei of hydrogen and helium were born in violent nuclear reactions, laying the foundation for all stars.

Immediately afterwards, gravity, like ripples in water, pulled the massive cloud of gas to collapse, rotate, and burn.

The first stars lit up in the darkness, and then, in their death, threw countless heavy elements back into the vast universe.

As the Milky Way gradually took shape, a young star was born on one of its unassuming arms.

In the rotating disk surrounding it, dust and ice collide and adhere to each other, growing larger and larger like a snowball.

Countless collisions, fusions, and fragmentations eventually formed rocky planets, gas giants, and other celestial bodies orbiting the sun.

One of the rocky planets formed at just the right distance from the sun.

Asteroids and comets bombarded the planet in turn, and the water brought by the icy comets froze into vast oceans.

The primordial atmosphere began to form, and the sparks of life first appeared in the primordial ocean.

The evolution of life seemed to have been accelerated, and a unique group of primates began to evolve in the forests and grasslands.

A fire ignited on the ground, and then, seemingly in an instant...
The entire Milky Way was illuminated by this fire.

Lin Xu felt himself constantly descending, or rather, falling.

When he finally landed on the ground, everything before him was now truly revealed.

Jiang Xingye.

Lin Xu's eyes gleamed, while Jiang Xingye gently extended his hand.

A cluster of illusory light and shadow appeared out of nowhere before Lin Xu's eyes.

He knew that it was definitely not the so-called "holographic projection technology".

That is real, pure information, an "entity" projected from a higher dimension, composed of the most fundamental "strings" in the universe.

Such technology.
In any world, this would be enough to overturn the way the world operates.

But in Jiang Xingye's hands, it was merely a means of "information transmission".

"Considering that you will have to return to that world again, within the limits of information transmission, we will use a more traditional method to answer your questions."

"This is your first time here, and I must make you understand how this world works within a limited time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ball of light and shadow began to gradually separate into layers.

A complex form, incomprehensible to the naked eye, appears in the light and shadow. As it changes, Lin Xu gradually realizes that it is an abstract model of "four-dimensional-three-dimensional interaction".

At this moment, Jiang Xingye continued speaking.

Before explaining everything to you, we must first establish a most basic principle.

"That is, from beginning to end, in a universe, humanity is the only truly intelligent species."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu subconsciously paused for a moment.

Has this been confirmed?
Even in higher dimensions, are there no other life forms?
Seeing his expression, Jiang Xingye seemed to guess what he wanted to ask.

So she continued to explain:
"Just as you thought, whether in three dimensions, four dimensions, or higher dimensions, humanity is the only surviving civilization."

"You're probably wondering how we determined that."

"But that's not really important."

"It's just a premise for our discussion—for now, you can treat it as an axiom."

Jiang Xingye paused slightly at this point.

Then it continued:

"Next, let's begin discussing the second part."

"As you already know, we in the three-dimensional world, and even the entire three-dimensional world, are merely information projections from a higher dimension to a lower dimension."

"And the 'information flow' in the four-dimensional world is just a projection of a higher dimension."

“These layers of information, or to use more precise language, which is what we often call ‘imprints’, were originally quite orderly.”

"Imagine that in a three-dimensional world, when you pick up a stone, that stone will pass through countless lower-dimensional two-dimensional worlds."

“And every two-dimensional world will equally receive the same imprint projected by this stone.”

"This is the foundation of all other dimensions."

"Now, let's imagine—where does all this information originate?" Lin Xu immediately understood Jiang Xingye's meaning.

source?

If every piece of information in a lower dimension is an imprint projected from a higher dimension.
Therefore, it is obvious that the source of all information must come from that highest dimension.

He spoke in a deep voice:

“From the highest dimension.”

"But wait—you mean, everything in this world, including humanity, is just a projection?"

"You mean everything we've done is meaningless, even everything we're experiencing right now is just an unchangeable mark determined by the highest-level, top-tier rules?"

"So that means free will doesn't exist at all?"

"Even we ourselves don't exist at all??"

After he finished speaking, a smile appeared on Jiang Xingye's face.

She looked at Lin Xu with tender eyes and said:
"It really is you."

"Although you are just a fool from that 'initial world' right now, your keenness is exactly the same as yours."

Jiang Xingye's words were roundabout, but Lin Xu saw something different in her eyes.

That kind of undisguised emotion.
Goodness, the relationship between myself and her in this world must be the clearest I've ever had in all the worlds I've experienced, right?
Lin Xu coughed once, and then said:

"Don't worry about this for now."

"We're short on time, so please answer my question first."

“I am answering.”

Jiang Xingye shrugged and continued:
"Therefore, the question you raised is the most crucial part."

"Imagine what would happen if a 'mark' that was originally seeping down layer by layer in strict accordance with its inherent order suddenly 'mutated' at a certain layer?"

"Now, combining this with the 'axiom' we established earlier, what comes to mind?"

公理
"Human beings are the only civilization in the entire universe."

Lin Xu silently repeated the sentence to himself, and after a moment's thought, he tentatively asked:
"So you mean that the birth of humankind was actually an accident during the infiltration of the 'imprint'?"

"You mean, we're just a product of information chaos?"

"Like a bug in a perfectly working program?"

"Yes."

Jiang Xingye nodded solemnly.

“That’s a very appropriate metaphor.”

"A bug."

"If we look at it purely from the perspective of three-dimensional beings, the birth of humankind is certainly also a matter of chance."

"Suitable stellar distance, suitable temperature, suitable water resources, and a series of coincidences in the course of evolution."

"Theoretically speaking, from a purely three-dimensional perspective, the probability of human birth is already so small that it is an incomprehensible order of magnitude."

"But from a higher perspective, the birth of humankind was inevitable."

"Because we ourselves are a kind of data projection."

"Our existence is purely a tiny, almost zero disturbance transmitted from the 'Primordial Stone' at the very top."

"However, after being amplified several times, such disturbances have become an irreversible trend."

"And so, we came into being."

After Jiang Xingye finished speaking, Lin Xu was completely stunned.

This conversation almost completely overturned his worldview.

The origin of humankind was merely a "data disturbance"?
The blood and fire in the process of civilization's evolution, the magnificent history of fighting against nature, are essentially nothing more than a destiny that was already predetermined.
At this moment, Lin Xu felt an immense sense of emptiness.

It's like someone living in a game world realizing for the first time that they are just an NPC.

But if that's the case...
What is the point of human struggle?

Even if we could "ascend to a higher dimension," so what?
Faced with an irresistible fate, all struggles seem so ridiculous.
Is this life?
Lin Xu stared blankly at Jiang Xingye, but the next second, a fire seemed to surge up in his heart again.

He was not reconciled.

The "civilization" I know should never exist in this way!

自由意志
Lin Xu frowned, realizing that there seemed to be a deeper meaning hidden within this.

This is not the final answer.

He opened his mouth and said:
"If this were the final answer, I wouldn't be here."

"Yes."

Jiang Xingye nodded slowly.

"Humanity is indeed a bug in the entire universe—a worm."

"But this insect..."

"I want to live."

(End of this chapter)