Did the world end today?

Chapter 423 Cross-World Support Plan

Main world, Jinling.

When Lin Xu opened his eyes again, he experienced a completely different feeling than when he entered other worlds before.

The sense of detachment unique to the "observer's perspective" has vanished without a trace, replaced by a reluctance akin to "leaving one's homeland."

A subtle sadness permeated the surroundings, and the touch of the wind from that world seemed to linger on the skin.

He stood up and opened the office door.

Upon seeing Jiang Xingye waiting outside the door, he spoke:
"I went to another world."

"I mean, I went to that world in physical form."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Xingye's expression changed instantly.

She rushed forward immediately and then asked:

"Are you sure it's in physical form, and not something that has descended upon you or another individual?"

"No."

Lin Xu slowly shook his head, first briefly describing everything he had seen in the higher dimension, and then continued:
“I called myself, and I was sure I was myself, and that another version of myself still exists.”

"Two identical versions of myself appeared in the same world, but they did not destroy that world."

"All worlds are parallel, and no one is anyone's shadow or mirror."

"I judge that time is not continuous."

"What I mean is that time in higher-dimensional space exhibits a separate form, like particles."

“That’s very important.”

"This means that even if we go back to the past and change history, it will only lead to the division or destruction of the world at a specific point in time when the paradox occurs."

"And for that world, we now have a total of two paradoxes."

"The first one is at 11 PM on April 22, 2045, which is one hour before the doomsday disaster begins."

"The second one is June 15, 2028."

"This point in time is the point in time when I entered that world in material form this time."

"Therefore, as long as our next time travel is set between these two points in time..."

"Then we can make full use of these 17 years!"

"We will have a whole new world."

"The logic of our world's development changed from that day on."

Jiang Xingye's hands were trembling slightly.

Things have indeed changed.

If it is confirmed that transfer to another world through material form is possible, then the entire lower-dimensional space will be connected through a higher-dimensional channel.

What can be achieved between the two worlds is far more than just the exchange of material goods; it is much more important.
All worlds can be divided into planes based on the resource of time.

In fact, the biggest limitation to the development of each low-dimensional world is not resources, manpower, or other measurable things.

Under the current known development path, any world, given enough time, can reach a sufficiently high level of technology to avoid its ultimate doomsday.

The reason why all worlds are uniformly pursuing dimensional ascension is essentially to find a path that can "fold time".

And now, the world of Destinystone seems to have found this one and only correct path.

"How exactly was all this accomplished?"

Jiang Xingye asked impatiently:

"Why was it that before, you could only enter another world through 'consciousness' or information flow, but this time, you can enter directly in physical form?"

"defect."

Lin Xu closed his eyes briefly, carefully considered his thoughts, and then answered:

"First, we need to go back to the very beginning, back to the moment when I was able to enter higher-dimensional channels and enter other worlds."

"To establish my place in the world, I need some kind of reference point."

"And this benchmark is the 'world development process'."

“We can simply define the process of world development as a huge and complex set of information, and such a set of information allows us to relatively easily pinpoint a particular world among countless worlds.”

"After locking onto this world, my consciousness was projected into that world."

"But as we know, the projection process is not faster-than-light and instantaneous like quantum entanglement."

"--Of course, from a three-dimensional perspective, this process is indeed achieved instantaneously."

"But in higher dimensions, in four-dimensional space, it is not."

"The information set containing my consciousness wanders in the high-dimensional channel. Before reaching its destination, the information set has already interacted with the huge information flow in the high-dimensional channel and drawn a 'path'."

"Just like a torrent leaving a mark on a calm lake."

"Of course, the more vivid metaphors are still based on what we already know."

"I am a butterfly, and I left behind pollen when I flew through the 'big garden' of higher dimensions. That is my trajectory."

“Following this trajectory, a set of information drifting in a higher-dimensional space can easily reach its destination.”

"But at this point, it is still impossible to descend into a lower-dimensional space."

"It can only achieve 'body possession' by using a 'port' like Ayana, or by its own individual that has also entered a higher-dimensional channel."

"For it to truly descend into a material form, one crucial element is still needed."

"That is, boundary defects."

“Boundary defects are edited ‘boundary regions’ that do not inherently possess any physical two- or three-dimensional scale limitations.”

Similarly, it is not limited in time.

"In fact, rather than a defect, a more apt metaphor would be to regard it as a patch."

"The patch is activated when the butterfly's information set first penetrates the world's boundaries."

"Then, on the next entry, the patch will begin to work."

"Its function is to 'correct' information sets from other worlds, thereby restoring them to a lower-dimensional world."

"I find it hard to describe what it is."

"modem."

Jiang Xingye immediately responded.

Lin Xu's eyes lit up.

"That's right, similar to a modem placed in a higher-dimensional world."

"Its ultimate purpose is to connect all the low-dimensional worlds on a high-dimensional scale."

"And the key to activating it is the butterfly."

"clear."

Jiang Xingye let out a heavy sigh, then suddenly asked:

"Then why, before this time, could you only passively choose the world?"

"What exactly changed that gave you the initiative?"

"Activation of boundary defects".

Lin Xu replied:
"The activation of the boundary defects of our world."

“We received the information sent back by Zhang Liming, which is also a key.”

“This was something I was supposed to do, but through some extreme method, he finally accomplished it.”

"So, Zhang Liming is really amazing."

"But unfortunately, he couldn't stay in our world in the end." "However, we will meet again sooner or later."

Yes.

We'll meet sooner or later.

And the day we meet seems to be getting closer and closer.

Jiang Xingye's eyes gleamed as she asked:
"Should we prepare to travel to another world?"

Two hours later, in Nevada.

Wu You sat in the canteen of the secure isolation zone on the edge of the base. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, a large number of engineering machines that even he had never seen before were gathering.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, he saw many people of different skin colors gathered together, wearing real-time translation headsets, listening to the instructions given by the project team leader.

He swallowed a mouthful of soy milk, packed the unfinished fried dough sticks into a paper bag, and prepared to take them home as a snack in the afternoon.
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Of course, his reason for doing this has nothing to do with so-called "frugality".

In fact, from the moment the news first reported the completion of the "fusion vertical farm" and the establishment of the intercontinental air barge route, all of humanity in the world had already completely escaped their fate.

The reason he took the uneaten food back was simply because he still retained some kind of habit from the "old era".

Perhaps this is also a reminder to him of which era he came from.

Stubborn?

It's a kind of romance that's hard to share with others.

Wu You let out a soft breath and twisted his slightly sore neck.

He Yong, who was sitting opposite them, had also finished his lunch, but he hadn't finished his drink yet, so the two of them weren't in a hurry to leave.

Looking out the window with great interest, He Yong began to speak:
"This GDRF is really something. It's only been established for a few days, and it can already mobilize so many resources."

"In the past two days, the manpower and resources at our base have almost doubled, right?"

"It seems like every country in the world has poured resources into this—hey, tell me, what major event has happened?"

"What else could be so big as the end of the world?"

Wu You replied nonchalantly:

"It's no secret anymore—you can see what's being said online: there's a high chance of a major disaster in the next twenty years or so."

"The Argentina incident was just the prelude to a major disaster."

"Moreover, didn't we suffer a huge loss in China recently? I heard that the GDRF was established because of this wave of disasters."

"The matter is not over yet, and there is always the possibility of a more serious disaster. It is normal for them to be anxious."

"If we don't build the limiter as soon as possible, and if we don't contain that high-dimensional overflow as soon as possible, who knows how many more times this kind of thing will happen in the future."

"But it'll be soon, won't it?"

"At this rate of investment, the project here can be completed in about eight months at most."

"Yes."

He Yong nodded and said:
"That's fast enough."

"But speaking of this, who exactly is the head of GDRF?"

"do not know."

Wu You shrugged.

"I heard he's Elder Yang's disciple?"

"I heard he's from the military? They say he's a young, technically skilled person?"

"Who knows how ordinary people like us would know about this? Anyway, he seems like someone who gets things done—look, he immediately transferred him to us, didn't he?"

"At least for now, we won't have to work three shifts."

Hearing Wu You's words, He Yong nodded in deep agreement.

indeed.

Despite the availability of new equipment and even a large amount of AI-assisted machinery, everyone here is still working under immense pressure due to the extremely tight deadlines required for the project.

He and Wu You haven't had a single day off for two weeks in a row. They finally managed to get a weekend off today, but they don't even have time to go back to China.

However, once new manpower and resources are added, perhaps this tight situation will change.

He Yong is already looking forward to working nine-to-five and taking a break on the weekend to ride the C960 train home to spend a day with his family.

Although it is still more arduous than that of many office workers in China, this experience is unprecedented.

Thinking of this, he happily said:
"Sigh, that's why there are more opportunities in chaotic times. If we hadn't come here, we..."

“Puff——”

Before he could finish speaking, the airtight door of the cafeteria suddenly opened.

Immediately afterwards, a loud male voice rang out.

"Notice!"

The two of them immediately looked up in the direction from which the sound came.

There, a man dressed in overalls, covered in dust but looking remarkably sharp, was scanning the crowd in the cafeteria with his piercing eyes.

The two immediately recognized him as the project manager of the base.

Of course, he was also the overall commander of the project site and the leader of all the workers and construction personnel.

His appearance gave Wu You an ominous feeling.

Come here at this time.
Something happened?

His heart skipped a beat, and then the person in front of him continued speaking:
"There is an urgent mission."

"Those whose names are called, follow me! Let's go!"

Wu You and He Yong exchanged a glance, their expressions filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Emergency mission?
Although He Yong had just said that "opportunities only arise in chaotic times," he was still somewhat hesitant when such an opportunity presented itself.
tension.

One by one, the general manager read out the names, and then the two heard their own names in turn.

"He Yong and Wu You!"

The two men instinctively stood up and followed the other workers whose names were called towards the door.

Without any pause, the group, led by security personnel, left the cafeteria and boarded the buses parked at the entrance one by one.

Looking out the car window, Wu You noticed that several military vehicles had already driven to the front of the convoy, seemingly ready to escort it.

He felt increasingly uneasy—but unlike when he first arrived here, when he instinctively wanted to escape, now, a sense of "doubt" had taken over.

Seeing that the bus was already full, the project general manager, who was at the back of the line, also boarded the bus.

He held a stack of papers in his hand, and then said in a slightly stiff but incredibly firm tone:

"Here is a confidentiality agreement. After signing it, you can participate in this emergency mission."

"Carefully read the contents of the confidentiality agreement, and don't sign it without thinking."

“Once the mission begins, you will be in isolation for at least nine months.”

“Your contact with your family has been limited during these nine months.”

"Think it over before you sign. If you don't want to sign, get off now and we'll make other arrangements."

As they were talking, the confidentiality agreement had already been delivered to Wu You.

In reality, it was just a thin sheet of paper.

At the very top of the paper, in large boldface, was printed a line of text.

[Cross-World Support Program]

(End of this chapter)