Did the world end today?

Chapter 367 The Impossible Triangle

"This world...is it you?"

It was as if a thunderbolt had struck Lin Xu's mind.

At this moment, many of his previous questions seemed to have been answered.

However, he was still unsure whether his understanding matched Jiang Xingye's true intention.

Before Jiang Xingye could answer, he continued to ask:
"You mean, you're the only person left in the world?"

"Or is it that in this world, you are the only remaining information collection?"

"Do not."

Jiang Xingye shook his head.

"Theoretically speaking, in the world before the dimensional ascension, all people still exist."

"However, the form in which they exist has changed."

As he spoke, Jiang Xingye sat down.

A bench appeared out of thin air beneath her. Her eyes sparkled like stars, but her gaze seemed unusually dim.

"To answer this question, we must first start with high-dimensional adaptability."

"As you can see, so far, no world has achieved true global high-dimensional adaptation."

“Some worlds have achieved a false dimensional ascension by using ‘boundaries,’ while others have concentrated all their resources on a very small number of people. In the very short time after the dimensional ascension, due to insufficient resistance to interference, they are quickly overwhelmed by the information storm of higher-dimensional space.”

"But the world I live in foresaw the flaws and risks of these plans in advance, and we also tried to avoid these risks."

"But in the end, we still couldn't find a practically effective solution."

"Therefore, we chose an extreme solution."

"An extreme solution?"

Lin Xu frowned slightly and asked in confusion:
"The so-called extreme solution is like that elitist world, where all the resources are poured into one person?"

"similar."

Jiang Xingye shook his head.

"But they are not entirely consistent."

"Our original intention remains to preserve the existence of all individuals in the world—we still want each person to exist as an independent personality and an independent 'collection of information'."

"However, we do not have the ability to truly achieve high-dimensional adaptive editing for all individuals."

"-- We call it editing because we can manipulate the way information is organized by a human individual by modifying a part of the human brain structure, thereby achieving the goal of combating information interference in a higher-dimensional world."

"In conclusion, after rigorous calculations, we have determined that it is impossible to achieve stable and comprehensive high-dimensional adaptive editing using stable technology."

"There is an impossible triangle on the road to achieving high-dimensional adaptability."

"Comprehensive, stable, and in-depth."

"If you want stability and sufficient depth, you can't be comprehensive; at least 99% of the individuals have to be discarded—that's the elitist approach."

“If you want to be comprehensive and in-depth, you can’t be stable. This is the direction that those worlds chose when we uttered the first incantation of ‘emptiness is not empty’.”

"If you want comprehensiveness and stability, you can't go deep. This is the direction that the 'war world' has chosen - of course, using the boundary to ascend to a higher dimension is just a manifestation of 'not going deep'."

"In fact, the two conditions of each impossible triangle can be combined to produce countless different results."

At this point, Jiang Xingye paused slightly, while Lin Xu nodded slowly and replied:
"So, you ultimately chose a stable and in-depth approach?"

"Is that why you're all alone in this world?"

"Do not."

A bitter smile appeared on Jiang Xingye's face.

"If we had chosen those two factors, things might have been even better."

"But we didn't take that path back then." "We chose a risky approach, trying to make the impossible triangle possible."

"And this is the plan."

Before Jiang Xingye could finish speaking, Lin Xu suddenly asked:
"Enlightenment?"

Jiang Xingye blinked, thought for a moment, and then replied:

"Enlightenment. Almost there."

"This word isn't exactly the perfect match, but it conveys a similar meaning."

"We first established a high-dimensional outpost. Then, just before the dimensional upgrade, we used the high-dimensional outpost to comprehensively modify all the low-dimensional information."

"Or to put it more intuitively, we have copied the information of the 'high-dimensional outpost' that is naturally highly adaptable to dimensions to everyone."

"This gave everyone high-dimensional adaptability, and after that, everyone successfully completed the dimensional ascension."

"But the consequences of doing so were completely beyond our expectations."

At this point, even if Jiang Xingye didn't continue, Lin Xu could already guess the trajectory of this world's development.

Given the impossibility of achieving dimensional ascension for every individual, the humans of this world, based on their absolute trust in the outpost, chose a solution that even Lin Xu himself dared not conceive of.

They turned every single person in the world into a clone of the "outpost"!
Of course, this was absolutely not their intention.

Their original intention was probably to use the "redundant information" from the outposts to help other individuals combat high-dimensional interference, while preserving basic information.

After civilization has stabilized, all individuals will be restored one by one.

But clearly, they succeeded in the first step, but not the second.

Lin Xu took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

"So, you're that outpost."

Jiang Xingye nodded in agreement, and after a few seconds of silence, he continued:
"As a 'pollen', even among those who have experienced higher dimensions, I am a rather special existence."

"I can receive passive information, and after ascending to higher dimensions, I can quite easily separate and parse most of the information."

"Theoretically speaking, I should be able to reshape the information set after it has been upgraded to a higher dimension."

"But it's simply impossible in reality."

"The cost of information recovery from one chaotic system to another more extreme chaotic system almost exceeds the limits of the entire universe."

“I’ve tried it a few times, but these attempts have brought this upgraded world to the brink of collapse.”

“I had to stop because I knew you would come someday.”

"And you are the true hope of this world."

Jiang Xingye looked directly into Lin Xu's eyes and said, word by word:

"We almost succeeded."

"But in our world, success is impossible."

"The impossible triangle cannot be broken."

"Unless... a higher-dimensional force intervenes."

The "higher-dimensional power" that Jiang Xingye mentioned clearly refers to the butterfly.

But Lin Xu didn't understand how high he, this butterfly, could possibly rise.

Seeing his puzzled expression, Jiang Xingye composed himself slightly, and then solemnly said:
"Before ascending to a higher dimension, I didn't know where the butterfly came from."

"But after ascending to a higher dimension, I believe..."

"The butterfly most likely came from the top level."

(End of this chapter)