Did the world end today?

Chapter 362 A Powerful Threat

"how is the situation?"

In the isolation room, Lin Xu looked into Qin Feng's eyes and asked:
"Are you now able to accept which character is the correct one?"

"Okay."

Qin Feng let out a long breath and then replied:

"Although I still feel a little awkward, and I might use it incorrectly if it's subconscious, at least I know that this is an illusion."

"But this feeling is really strange. Have you seen the picture of the blue shoes and pink shoes?"

“I simply cannot understand why you and Jiang Xingye think that the character ‘four’ is a commonly used character. I can only use reason to convince myself that this character is correct.”

"I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying, but I really can't describe it."

"I know."

Lin Xu raised his hand to interrupt Qin Feng.

Although he hadn't experienced this process himself, he could completely understand Qin Feng's feelings of "doubting life" and "doubting the reality of the world."

I remember a word that I know very well, but suddenly someone tells me that the usage of that word is wrong.

It's as if a piece of your memory has been hollowed out, and then something else has been forcibly stuffed in.

What's even more terrifying is that this "cognitive alteration" has a global impact.

Unlike the previous debates Lin Xu had experienced regarding "dang" and "koudang," or "mang" and "mang," this revision had no opposing side and no reference point whatsoever!

If it weren't for the existence of myself and Jiang Xingye, these two special "high-dimensional experiencers," this modification would have passed quietly, as if the world had always been the same.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body again.

So, has the world actually been altered?
Before I became a "butterfly," was it possible that the world had already undergone many conceptual changes?
It's still possible.

But now, it's pointless to pursue this issue any further.

The most urgent task is to resolve the current crisis.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu calmed himself down a bit.

Then, he asked:
"Has the specific scope of this incident and the corresponding response plan been released?"

Upon hearing his words, Qin Feng immediately raised his hand and handed over the report.

"The extent of the impact is difficult to quantify at present, but based on our sampling test results of personnel in major social media platforms, as well as primary, secondary, and tertiary schools and other institutions in various countries, we can infer that the impact is indeed global."

"Everyone, as long as they have normal intelligence and normal memory, will be affected."

"In the short term, according to our statistics, there are only six people who are unaffected."

"You, Jiang Xingye, Ayana, Yu Shiliang, Bai Mo, Xu Jin."

"Among them, Bai Mo and Xu Jin are rather special."

"Bai Mo is not unaffected, but rather she possesses an innate and extreme rationality. The moment she is disturbed, she eliminates the erroneous concept, convinces herself again, and returns to the correct concept."

"Xu Jin has Asperger's syndrome. His way of thinking is different from that of normal people. We don't know the reason yet, but like Bai Mo, he also quickly corrected himself after being affected."

“You, Jiang Xingye, and Ayana are naturally unaffected, and it is unlikely that your research will make much progress in the short term.”

"On the contrary, Yu Shiliang escaped this concept revision."

"This result is very meaningful to us."

"By studying his mechanisms, we may be able to..."

"It's no longer possible."

Lin Xu waved his hand.

"The reason why he was able to remain unaffected by the change in concept is actually quite clear."

“He has been ‘enlightened’ and his brain has developed an anti-interference mechanism that is resistant to interference caused by boundaries.”

"You should be focusing on Ivan, not Yu Shiliang."

“Theoretically speaking, he should also have the ability to resist interference, so why didn’t he show the same result as Yu Shiliang?” After Lin Xu finished speaking, Jiang Xingye and Qin Feng on the other side looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

Neither of them spoke, and Lin Xu inexplicably asked in return:

"What? Why are you all staring at me? Is there a problem?"

"Of course"

Jiang Xingye pointed a finger at Lin Xu's forehead.

"Are you exhausted?"

“Ivan is Russian, he doesn’t know any Chinese characters, how could he be influenced?”

".grass."

Lin Xu shook his head, both amused and exasperated:

"I really didn't expect this."

"However, if that's the case, we can't rule out the possibility that he won't be affected, right?"

"Yes, that's the theory."

Having received confirmation from Qin Feng, Lin Xu continued:

"So that means there are theoretically many more 'natural high-dimensional adaptants' like Ivan, and they can be selected through this method?"

Qin Feng's eyes lit up instantly.

"You mean, Qin Shizhong's threat is not a threat to us, but rather an opportunity?"

"of course not."

Lin Xu shook his head.

“His threat was a real threat, I’m just saying we can use that threat.”

“It is meaningful for us to screen out these high-dimensional adaptors, and if possible, we can send some ‘assistance’ to He Qijun.”

"Of course, that's a matter for the future."

"Right now, our biggest problem is still this Qin Shizhong."

"He has given us a new warning, hasn't he?"

"Yes."

Qin Feng's expression suddenly turned serious.

"What he meant was that if we don't establish an effective communication and cooperation mechanism with him immediately, then next time..."

"He would directly change the numbers."

Modify the number?

Lin Xu and Jiang Xingye exchanged a glance, and a hint of worry flashed in their eyes.

If modifying a "commonly used character" is merely a small joke he's playing on the world, and might not have a significant impact on it...
Directly altering the numbers would be a blatant provocation against all of human civilization.

All research projects based on existing foundations and literature will come to a standstill, all engineering projects will be forced to be shelved, the human mathematical system will collapse instantly, and what follows will be the collapse of the entire civilization.

He is the only murderer, and also the only one who can solve the problem.

This is indeed a powerful threat.

but.
Is there really no way for humans to cope with this?
If you want to hold all of humanity hostage by yourself, you'd better see if you have the ability!

Thinking of this, Lin Xu spoke up:
"Since he wants to cooperate, then let's cooperate."

"At present, his ability is limited to 'modifying conceptual information,' and such an ability poses no threat to me."

"I need to see him."

"I want to see what kind of person this is!"

(End of this chapter)