Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

At this moment, Chen Zhiwei gave Lin Jiajia an encouraging look.

Didn't she have a question to ask Su Ming?

Lin Jiajia took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and cheered herself on.

"Great, Great, Great... Your Majesty."

But she still didn't dare to look Su Ming in the eye, keeping her head down and speaking softer and softer.

Fortunately, Su Ming had exceptional hearing.

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Jiajia asked the first question that had been accumulating in her mind for a long time.

"Your Majesty, during the second observation by the Time Insect, did all past time periods appear simultaneously?"

Su Ming nodded: "Yes, they all appeared, like thousands of strangely shaped insects."

second question.

"Your Majesty, is there an end to the insects?"

Su Ming thought for a moment and replied, "Yes."

"One end is the present, which is still growing."

"One phase is the past, until it completely returns to nothingness."

The third question.

"Your Majesty, after you entered Miss Shen's... life, did you reach the end of her journey?"

Su Ming shook his head: "No."

"I got to 1996, and after 1996, I couldn't get in anymore, as if I was cut off by something."

The fourth question.

"Your Majesty, after you entered the ancient Blue Star, did you see Miss Shen before she was 14 years old?"

In 1996, Shen Wanyu was 14 years old.

Su Ming thought about it carefully and said in shock, "It seems I really haven't seen it before."

For the last question, Lin Jiajia turned to look at Shen Wanyu, her tone cautious and tentative.

"Ms. Shen... have your memories before the age of 14 changed?"

Shen Wanyu shook her head: "No."

This is one of the key reasons why she was able to hold on from the beginning.

Memories before the age of 14 are stable.

All the memories of death occurred between 1996 and 2012.

Lin Jiajia finished asking the five questions.

The living room was completely silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Jiajia.

Wait patiently for her conclusion.

After a long silence, Lin Jiajia suddenly looked up, most of the timidity in her eyes had faded, leaving only extreme seriousness.

"Your Majesty."

Her tone was firm and her words were resolute: "In 1996, there existed a most crucial and unique doomsday line."

"It determines what will happen 30 years from now."

"And this doomsday line is completely different from the others."

"Your Majesty," her voice trembled uncontrollably, "2003, 2012, and even Tangtang's 2019, and my 2015, all taught us to first understand them, rather than to defeat them."

"Only 1996 was an exception."

"Everything we are doing now is not to prepare for the future, but to prepare for the doomsday line of 1996."

"Not understanding, but conquering."

"Only by winning can we have the next thirty years."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire audience was stunned.

The strongest reaction came from Chen Zhiwei, followed by Yu Mengnian and Shen Wanyu. Even Tang Tang and Xu Qinghe lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.

Su Ming stood there stunned, his lips slightly parted.

He went back to 1996 through Shen Wanyu's life trajectory.

1996 is defined as the first year of the cataclysmic event because it was the year that humanity first discovered and named the Mysterious Object.

Lin Jiajia mustered her courage and looked Su Ming directly in the eyes: "Your Majesty, is 1996 a perfectly normal year in your eyes?"

Su Ming nodded repeatedly.

That year, apart from Old Lin being unable to look directly at the screen, everything else was normal.

"Are you still clinging to the idea of ​​reversing cause and effect?"

Lin Jiajia continued to press for answers, her questions clear and logical.

"You believe that since 2026 exists, the doomsday line of 1996 is destined to be defeated."

Su Ming nodded subconsciously.

That's exactly what he was thinking.

Lin Jiajia shook her head: "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of Schrödinger's cat?"

Su Ming had heard Wen Qi explain this theory before.

A cat and a radioactive atom are placed in a sealed box at the same time.

Radioactive atoms have a 50% probability of decaying and a 50% probability of remaining unchanged.

Before observing the box.

This cat is simultaneously in a superposition of being both alive and dead.

The moment the box is opened, the superposition collapses, and only then will the cat's life or death truly be frozen in time.

"Observation determines the state." Lin Jiajia's gaze was sharp as a torch.

"Your Majesty, the doomsday scenario of 1996 is like a cat in a box."

"What you see is only the intact surface of the box; you don't see the cat inside."

It's more than just that we didn't see it.

Only now did Su Ming realize that the box contained a cat whose fate was uncertain.

He wasn't aware of it before.

"This cat is the doomsday line of 1996."

"It's uncertain whether it's dead or alive."

"But it is definitely not a superposition of two states: one of death and one of life."

"The state in which it leaves the box is up to the King."

"If it's a state of death."

"It's not just the thirty years from 1996 to 2026; it could cover all timelines and world lines on Earth."

"Therefore, it must get out of the box alive."

For the first time, Lin Jiajia looked directly into Su Ming's eyes, and her eyes were filled with a stubborn and obstinate gaze.

But her stubbornness only lasted a few seconds before she quickly lowered her head, wishing she could shrink it into her stomach.

But it must be said that her conclusion was extremely shocking.

It left everyone present speechless for a long time.

Whose doomsday was 1996?

Su Ming kept reviewing the events in his mind.

Everyone was frantically reviewing the known information in their minds.

Known.

2003 was the doomsday year for Wen Qi.

2012 was the end of Shen Wanyu's life.

2015 was the end of the road for Lin Jiajia.

2019 was the end of the road for Tangtang.

Xu Qinghe's doomsday scenario is currently unknown.

Chen Zhiwei spoke at the opportune moment, her tone calm: "They shouldn't have appeared yet."

"Su Ming, do you know how many characters you've raised in total?"

Su Ming shook his head, unsure.

Anyway, whenever an old character's favorability level advances to the second stage, the system will unlock a new character to develop.

Currently, the character slots I have for raising characters include the girl in the mirror and myself, which are purely fictional.

The real-life inspiration for the girl in the mirror is uncertain.

The person in question is a fictional character based on Lin Jiajia.

"Then you'd better be careful."

"There is a doomsday scenario involving a character you are developing; you should never enter it lightly."

"but."

Chen Zhiwei's tone softened slightly: "With Wen Qi watching over you, it shouldn't be that bad."

Does Wen Qi know?

If they didn't know before, they will find out when Su Ming goes back.

Su Ming nodded absentmindedly.

He thought of the twelve beams of light and five halos he had seen at Heng'an Middle School.

Wen Qi asked at the time, "Is it the Twelve Towers and Five Cities?"

What place is that?

The Jade Palace in the Heavens!

Oh, the Celestial Palace!

But now, the celestial palace has truly appeared.

It grew out of the distorted flesh and blood of Yu Mengnian.

Therefore, we can temporarily deny that it is Bai Yujing's idea.

"Twelve...five..."

Su Ming murmured softly.

An almost insane conjecture uncontrollably appeared deep within my mind.

Does this mean I have a total of twelve characters to raise?

Am I a level 5 pollution source?

This idea is absolutely terrifying.

Even a level-three pollution source is enough to drive everything to despair.

The 2003 World War II was classified as a Level 3 pollution source.

He descended in a way that was infinitely close to that of humanity, transforming into a giant baby of the world.

The terror of the world's giant babies is actually already subject to layers of limitations and constraints within the framework of humanity.

But it was still terrifying beyond description.

What level of pollution source is the Time Insect?

Not sure.

But at most, we'd classify it as a level four pollution source.

A Level 4 pollution source, born from mere curiosity, brought about the most intractable apocalypse to Earth.

Completely powerless to resist, they could only passively endure it.

How terrifying must a level-five pollution source be?

It is probably impossible to describe even a fraction of its magnitude, even if one exhausts all the world's imagination.

Su Ming glanced at everyone present without making a sound.

He suppressed this shocking suspicion in his heart and didn't voice it.

Because Wen Qi had given instructions.

Don't tell anyone, not even her, and don't mention it again.

Let's pretend this never happened.

Many people noticed Su Ming's subtle actions.

But they all tacitly remained silent; since Su Ming was unwilling to say more, they wouldn't ask any further questions.

Chen Zhiwei focused her attention on the girl in the mirror, whose true form had not yet been discovered.

After pondering for a long time, she finally asked, "Who do you think the girl in the mirror is?"

Su Ming was about to say that he had no idea.

But suddenly, he thought of something.

When I first obtained the "Raising Ghosts" system, I collected ghost items for Wen Qi.

One of the strange objects is a mirror.

It is a powerful and eerie fragment; once it revives, it will be at least catastrophic.

It was then eaten by Wen Qi.

When he mentioned this, Chen Zhiwei thoughtfully said, "There's a possibility."

"Did you get a clear look at it?"

Su Ming shook his head.

I can't remember.

He vaguely remembered that a human face did appear in the mirror.

But it was crushed by Wen Qi the next second.

He was standing in the corner of the podium, a long way from Wen Qi, so he couldn't see very clearly.

You asked why Su Ming was standing in the corner of the podium at that time.

Su Ming will only tell you.

The school beauty was worried I'd get hurt, so she specifically told me to stay away.

Why would the school beauty be on guard against me?

We are very much in love.

Every day we kiss, hug, and lift each other up high.

But speaking of the bizarre...

Chen Zhiwei emphasizes and redefines the eerie identity here.

"Go back and tell Old Zhou in 2026."

"The bizarre can also be categorized as an awakened one, an alternative kind of awakened one."

"They were human in life, became corpses after death, and became ghosts after resurrection."

"In essence, it is actually another direction of human evolution, only more extreme and more prone to getting out of control."

"But they also have advantages; their resistance to pollution sources is much higher than that of normally awakened individuals."

"In the future, high-level supernatural entities can be brought under official control, after all, the human skin ghost is an example."

"Let the higher-level monsters manage the lower-level monsters."

"Negative emotions don't necessarily have to lead to violence or murder."

"Set up some haunted houses to serve as their dwellings, so they can absorb the resentment from workplaces and schools."

"I'll write you a letter; please give it to Lao Zhou later."

"Old Zhou, you should also write one yourself, and draft a general plan."

The period of the bizarre resurgence was too short, and the amount of data collected was actually not much.

Therefore, human understanding of the supernatural is incomplete.

At the time, Su Ming complained to them, "They're clearly ghosts, why are they talking about 'territory' and 'minion dispatch'?"

This is completely different from the traditional understanding of ghosts among humans.

He even joked at the time that the more powerful a ghost is, the more unorthodox it is.

On the contrary, those little ghosts that had just revived were more in line with people's preconceived notions of ghosts, and were therefore defined by Su Ming as proper ghosts.

Sure enough, the older he gets, the more unserious he becomes, just like everyone else.

But now.

Chen Zhiwei wants to define them as "alternative awakeners" instead of their bizarre identities.

This entirely new definition completely overturns previous understanding.

Is this the beginning of a new era where humans and ghosts coexist and progress together?

The First Emperor once said...

[I have unified the six kingdoms, bringing the world under one rule. I have built the Great Wall to guard the dragon veins of the nine provinces, protecting my Great Qin and safeguarding my state.]

I, in the name of the First Emperor, hereby swear an oath!

"While I am alive, we shall defend our territory, expand our borders, pacify the four barbarian tribes, and establish the eternal foundation of our Great Qin!"

Even in death, my body will transform into a dragon's soul, protecting my Dragon Kingdom for eternity!

This oath is witnessed by the sun and moon, observed by heaven and earth, and heard by immortals, demons, and gods.

hmm~

That's right.

Su Ming slammed his fist into his palm.

Even if the First Emperor were to die and then be resurrected, he would still be the First Emperor.

Makes sense.