Did the world end today?

Chapter 420 Echoes from a Century Ago
The Tunguska event?!
The few words Jiang Xingye uttered made Lin Xu's eyes widen instantly.

The Tunguska event?
Why did Jiang Xingye receive such a message?
He gently stroked Jiang Xingye's back, as if trying to calm her still rapid breathing.

"Don't worry, take your time."

Jiang Xingye nodded emphatically, struggling to sit up.

A strong wave of dizziness caused her upper body to slump again. Lin Xu quickly caught her, while Jiang Xingye took two deep breaths and then said:

“I saw a lot of fragmented things.”

"The last image I saw was the Tunguska event."

"Give me some time, I need it."

"I need to integrate all the information."

"It's okay, take your time."

Lin Xu squeezed Jiang Xingye's hand reassuringly, while Jiang Xingye tilted his head back slightly and closed his eyes.

She seemed lost in memory.

And this kind of memory.
This caused her immense pain.

It took Jiang Xingye a full 10 minutes to finally break free from the immense shock of the high-dimensional information injection.

The moment she opened her eyes again, her lips trembled slightly as she uttered a single sentence.

Zhang Liming

"He's still alive—no, he should be dead by now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu's muscles tensed up involuntarily.

Zhang Liming?!

The information Jiang Xingye received is related to Zhang Liming?!
He stared incredulously at Jiang Xingye, who let out a heavy sigh and then spoke:
"You absolutely cannot imagine what Zhang Liming did after entering the time fragment."

“He did not get lost in higher dimensions; he did not even drift in higher dimensions in the form of a collection of information, like He Qijun.”

"He has descended back into a lower dimension, but it's not our world!"

"In material form??"

Lin Xu asked in astonishment:

"He entered other worlds in physical form?"

"Yes."

Jiang Xingye had fully recovered. She released Lin Xu's hand and continued:
"And... the world he entered, the world you've been to!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He instinctively opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

After a full few seconds of silence, he finally spoke again, asking:
Which world?

"The world of the Starship Age, or the world of the Alliance Age?"

"The League Era".

Jiang Xingye replied:

"He entered the world of the Alliance Era in physical form—or more precisely, into a branch of that world."

"His timeline is set in 2039, which happens to be the time when that world conducted its first limiter experiment."

"He entered that world through a brief portal created by the limiter, which caused a branching of that world, leading to a complete estrangement from you later on."

“However, Zhang Liming, who travels from our world to there, has a similar information advantage to you, only with a relatively ‘downgraded’ version.”

"He quickly gained supreme decision-making power in that world, and then used his influence to transform that world into an extremely utilitarian one."

"The world's production capacity has been completely exhausted. They have even directly connected a large amount of redundant manpower into the quantum system to create a small consciousness network, which is used to squeeze the computing power of the human brain quantum system."

"Similarly, he spared no expense in developing boundary defect technology and used defects to perform a great deal of unstable but efficient editing of reality."

"In the process, he created a large number of incomplete restrictor arrays, allowing a large amount of high-dimensional overflow to invade low-dimensional space, almost swallowing up most of the Milky Way."

"This person is completely insane."

"Did you see it? He combined all the 'advantages' of every world you've ever experienced, trying to create the most efficient world."

"But it is clear that such advantages also bring huge side effects."

"And he never intended to control these side effects. He didn't care at all whether humanity could continue to develop—he didn't even care whether the people there could live with dignity in their final moments before the apocalypse."

"He was just... burning the whole world."

At this point, Jiang Xingye took a deep breath, still shaken.

Lin Xu, standing to the side, frowned deeply. At this moment, he no longer had the energy to think about why Jiang Xingye had received such information.

There was only one issue he cared about most.

Zhang Liming, from the world of Destiny Stone, paid a heavy price after arriving in that world.
What exactly are they trying to do?

He wants to achieve dimensional ascension in that world?
It shouldn’t be!

Seeing his expression, Jiang Xingye gently waved his hand.

Then she began to speak:
"Zhang Liming has given up on dimensional ascension."

"All he did was to send us a message."

"A piece of information related to boundary defects."

"Boundary defects."

Lin Xu nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, this was a message that Zhang Liming was willing to go to great lengths and even pay any price to convey.

After all, this is his mission to enter the higher dimensions.

And now, he has indeed succeeded.

"What is the information?"

“It’s very blurry.”

Jiang Xingye answered subconsciously, but then shook his head and said:
"No, the information itself is not ambiguous."

"Boundary defects connect the two ends of the channel."

"This is his description of the defects."

"According to him, boundary defects seem to be a kind of artificial exit."

"Or rather, it is some kind of beacon."

"Beacon?"

Lin Xu's face showed even greater confusion.

"You mean, a beacon similar to the Ayana?"

"Do not."

Jiang Xingye shook his head and replied:

"Stronger than Ayana."

"It's even possible that Ayana was a downgraded version of the beacon, either 'designed' or 'accidentally created' due to its flawed characteristics."

"Based on the information I received, the defect is for the direct transport of matter."

"It can truly connect two different worlds, allowing us to directly exchange matter with other worlds even in three-dimensional space."

"This is a passage in the truest sense."

"Instead of being a 'mound' like a high-dimensional passage."

"hiss"

Connecting two different worlds?
Lin Xu's brain was working at lightning speed, and only a moment later, he realized this characteristic.
It seems that hints were given as early as when our side had just begun to study the defects.

Boundary defects can directly affect the lower-dimensional world, and under certain conditions, they can even interfere with "first-level information," that is, material information.

This also means that, through a flaw, a low-dimensional civilization can restore matter that has entered a higher dimension and been transformed into a collection of information back into a low-dimensional material entity.

By utilizing this characteristic, as long as two defects are connected in some way, the effect of "transmission" can be easily achieved.

However, this kind of transmission is a level higher than the so-called "same-dimensional, same-world quantum teleportation," which is a technology that has not yet been realized.

Because it transcends dimensions and spans the world!
This is really feasible.

The secret of the defect was now within reach. Lin Xu suddenly stood up and asked urgently:
"How can this be achieved?"

"I mean, how is this teleportation effect achieved?"

He understood all too well the significance of this technology.

If all worlds could be connected on a material level, then the kinetic energy that humanity could unleash in the fight against that ultimate "doomsday disaster" would be increased almost infinitely!

By that time.
The disasters of the three-dimensional world are insignificant. In fact, with the world united, humanity may be able to end this multidimensional tsunami directly! This is the ultimate solution to the apocalyptic disaster.

And this solution was written through countless cycles of human civilization!

Jiang Xingye also stood up, but she did not give Lin Xu a direct answer.

"I did not receive the specific technical details—or rather, the principles."

“This high-dimensional information injection is different from the past; it has a strong randomness and the information is fragmented.”

"It is very likely that this information did not come from 'you,' but from Zhang Liming."

"He couldn't choose more specific information for targeted transmission—but he used a simpler, more direct method."

The Tunguska event.

"big Bang?"

Lin Xu was stunned for a moment.

"why?"

"Because he left a message at the site of the Great Explosion."

"and many more."

Lin Xu raised his hand to interrupt Jiang Xingye.

"You mean, he was in another world, through a higher-dimensional channel, exerting influence on our world on the timeline, causing the Tunguska event over a hundred years ago??"

"At present, that is very likely the case."

Jiang Xingye nodded slightly.

"He modified the limiter design, transforming the limiter from a simple structure used to create time crystals into something else."

"A trigger device capable of firing time crystals."

"Or to be more precise, he modified the limiter's limiting parameters, expanding the limiter's ability to create time crystals to our world."

"I don't know how he did it. But this characteristic is clearly related to boundary defects."

"He circumvented the limitations of Novikov's self-consistency principle in this way, maintaining the consistency of the particle's state."

“When we begin to observe the remains of the Big Bang, that is, the ‘results’ that are still in a quantum state, we will be able to obtain the information we need.”

"That's very clever. Anyway, we have to go."

"And the sooner the better!"

"clear."

Lin Xu stood up and turned to Qin Feng, who was waiting at the door.

Then he gave the order:

"All work and meeting arrangements of the disaster recovery and response center have been transferred to China."

"I need to get to the Tunguska region as soon as possible."

"I need to select a sufficiently strong research team. You can arrange this for me."

"No need."

Qin Feng waved his hand.

"You can give the order directly."

"This is part of the disaster recovery mission."

"You have that right now."

Hours later, in the Siberian region, on the south bank of the Tunguska River.

A Mi-26 helicopter kicked up a huge cloud of snow dust as it landed at a makeshift landing site.

The helicopter door opened, and a large number of soldiers immediately rushed out.

Surrounded by soldiers were several researchers from the Institute of General Physics and the Kazan Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The man walking at the front was wearing a thick trench coat.

He turned up the collar of his trench coat and then spoke to his companion beside him:
"Yevgen, it seems our previous guess was correct."

"I've said it before: the high-temperature burning effect from the explosion alone is not enough to fundamentally change the composition of the soil here."

"Of course, it is even more impossible that the vegetation in this explosion area will not be able to recover to a level similar to the surrounding vegetation over a hundred years."

“There must be some kind of special influence here that we cannot yet detect—okay, I admit that my previous guesses had some problems.”

"This influence is not necessarily radiation; it may be more like what you call a probability cloud."

"However, you know I study radiation, so this kind of preconceived notion is actually understandable, right?"

The man named Yevgen nodded slightly and took two quick steps to avoid the strong winds whipped up by the helicopter.

Then he answered:

“That’s right, Vadim.”

"But I have to say, even if your guess is completely correct, it doesn't make any sense."

"After all, until we truly master high-dimensional technology, all speculations cannot be verified."

"It's just that the time is ripe now; it's not the achievement of any one of us."

"I know I know."

Vadim sighed and nodded in reply:
"This is all thanks to the butterflies; that cannot be denied."

But ultimately, the butterfly still needs us.

"No one has ever said that butterflies don't need us."

Yevgen smiled.

"Alright, old friend, no need to be so melancholy."

"We're still a long way from being truly eliminated—now, let's get to work as soon as possible."

“We need to complete the deployment of the listening system within 4 hours, and after the deployment is completed, we also need to start the first monitoring within 2 hours.”

"This is no easy task. The person who called you, get moving."

"no problem!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Vadim raised his hand, signaling the researchers who had come with him to gather around him.

Then, in just a few minutes, he had completed all the work arrangements.

The researchers scattered to various corners of the site and began guiding the soldiers and workers who had arrived at the same time to clean up the site.

Above them, more and more helicopters and unmanned transport aircraft began to gather.

The massive drill bit sank into the ground, roaring as it spun deeper beneath the permafrost.

The soil and rocks, which had been deposited here for millions of years and had become somewhat soft after being scorched by high temperatures a hundred years ago, were thrown into the air and then quickly cleared away by a massive number of engineering vehicles.

The trees, which were slightly withered and thin but had accumulated a lifespan that was difficult for humans to match, were ruthlessly pushed down.

In the woods, deer, bears, and wolves all fled far away.

They would never dare to covet the humans here, because those terrifying powers have long surpassed the "instincts" they have evolved over thousands of years.

The centuries-old silence along the Tunguska River, known as the "Land of Hell," was instantly shattered.

Instead, there is an unstoppable clamor erupting as humanity pursues the truth.

Two hours later, the shaft for installing the listening system was completed.

At the same time, the equipment needed for the Listening System was also delivered.

Place, power on, test.

Guided by the white paper of the Countercurrent Working Group, their work proceeded with remarkable ease.

Five hours later, all debugging work was completed, and "Tunguska-1" was officially connected to the "Listen" network.

Vadim and Yevgen stood guard in front of the screen in the main control room, and the moment the system was officially started, a prominent probability cloud indicator immediately appeared on the screen.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.

They never imagined that the secret that had troubled them for decades would be revealed right before their eyes.

At this moment, the probability cloud indicator on the screen is flashing in a very regular manner.

Yevgen took a deep breath and said:
"Request data upload and grid connection analysis permissions from the Global Disaster Recovery and Response Center."

“Tell them.”

“We did indeed capture it here.”

"An echo from a hundred years ago!"

(End of this chapter)