An infinite journey starting from paradise

"Absolutely impossible!"

Aoi Nazuki covered her ears. She really couldn't believe what Lin Shangren had just told her.

The college where he grew up was actually a large illegal experimental organization. He was raised as a test subject, and the teachers who had always been kind to him were actually a group of evil scientists who used living people for experiments.

No one can accept this.

However, she couldn't help but believe it. After all, Lin Shangren had even put on the Bruce Hearn mask to convince her.

"Look, those corpses over there were there to take you back. I took care of them all." Lin Shangren said calmly, "The question now is what should you do? You can't go back to that school, right? Is there anywhere you want to go?"

"I...want to go somewhere."

Aoi Nazuki was adopted by Rokukeikan Academy at a young age, and the farthest she had ever been was the forest near the academy. However, she did have many places she wanted to visit, those beautiful places she had read about in books.

"The place I want to go..."

Suddenly, Aoi Natsuki recalled what Suzumoto Emi had said to her: "Natsuki, if one day the teacher disappears for a long time, if you really miss the teacher, you can go to the back of the hospital to find the teacher."

"Yes... I was given special permission to leave school today for activities, so I brought the little rabbit here."

Aoi Nazuki rubbed her aching temples and said to Lin Shangren, "I want to find Teacher Suzumoto... He's nearby."

"Huh? Teacher Suzumoto?" Lin Shangren was a little surprised. "Suzume Suzumoto?"

"Ah."

Aoi Nazuki nodded.

"This..." Lin Shangren really wanted to tell Aoi Nanazuki that Suzumoto Emi was dead, but when he saw the girl's determined eyes, he shut his mouth.

"If the future is truly predetermined, then it doesn't matter what you do, right?"

Lin Shangren pondered and looked at the timer on his wrist again. At this time, he saw the description of the timer through the eyes of innocence.

[The Drunken Man's Rules of Traveling]

[Note: Why do people face an inevitable fate? Because the wave function is bound to collapse. Why can't people give up hope? Because the wave function can still diverge.]

Chapter 32: The Latex-Coated Wife and Wave-Particle Duality (5,400 words)

"Wave function..." Lin Shangren muttered softly.

Seeing Lin Shangren suddenly staring at his watch in a daze, Aoi Caiyue asked curiously, "Mr. Shangren, what are you talking about? Wave... function? What is that?"

"It's a technical term that sounds obscure and profound, but in fact it's not easy to understand at all," said Lin Shangren.

Wave functions, of course, aren't used to calculate the trajectory of the undulating waves on a woman's breasts. They're typically used to describe the motion of elementary microscopic particles in quantum mechanics, not the bouncing of breasts.

However, you can indeed infer the changes in the elasticity of macroscopic breasts when they are squeezed, and whether the person being squeezed will feel comfortable, by calculating the microscopic wave function.

Because everything in the universe: Qianmen Building, Big Monkey, Piyanzi, Kuchazi... all the positive and negative matter in the universe are essentially constructed by the most basic microscopic particles in a certain way.

The myriad phenomena of the universe, the shifting of things, the alternation of the old and the new, birth, aging, sickness, and death, are essentially the motion of microscopic particles. If we can use wave functions to calculate the most microscopic motions, we can naturally calculate everything happening in the macroscopic world.

Lin Shangren wanted to explain some rather interesting but useless knowledge to Aoi Nayue, a girl who was like a bird in a cage. At the same time, he also wanted to sort out his own thoughts, so he continued to say to Aoi Nayue, "Rokukeikan Academy should offer physics courses, right?"

"Yes! But... because Mr. Yamamoto, the teacher, is very harsh, my grades in physics have never been very good..."

"It doesn't matter. Just knowing the basics is enough. Do you know atoms, elements and molecules?" Lin Shangren asked.

"Hmm." Aoi Nazuki nodded.

"Everything in the world is made up of these microscopic particles, which are in turn made up of even smaller particles, and even smaller particles still. Ultimately, we'll find that everything is made up of the same smallest particles in different arrangements and combinations. Let's call this smallest particle 'ether.'

Everything in the universe is made of it: you, me, the stars, the flowers. At the most fundamental, microscopic particle level, we are all the same; we are all manifestations of the movement of the ether. Because of this movement, the particles that make up our bodies are not static. Perhaps our bodies were once stars, flowers, or other beautiful things.

"My body was once stars and flowers...?"

Aoi Naoki didn't quite understand what Hayashi Naoto said, but when she heard that her body might have once been a beautiful thing of Kirakira, she still had stars in her eyes.

Looking at the girl's joyful expression, Lin Shangren didn't want to spoil her fun so he swallowed the second half of his sentence: "It could also be feces, garbage or other disgusting things."

He continued, “The wave function I just muttered is used to calculate and describe the state of motion.”

"Is that so... I don't quite understand."

Aoi Nazuki's big eyes were filled with even greater doubts.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand it. It's not something very important anyway." Lin Shangren reached out and rubbed Aoi Caiyue's head. "If you figure it out, you'll be troubled and scared."

"Scared? Is that...something scary?"

"Well... that's right."

Lin Shangren stared at the surrounding bushes. He and Aoi Nayue had been walking aimlessly for a while. Aoi Nayue only said that she wanted to look for Suzumoto Emi in the vicinity, but she didn't know where to go.

This seemed to be a futile effort. After all, according to the existing information, Suzumoto Emi had died a week ago.

But Lin Shangren still chose to follow Aoi Caiyue because he was sure that this was not a futile effort.

He pointed at the scar on his hand and continued to say to Aoi Nayue: "You should know Newton, right? Sir Newton with the English name."

Aoi Nazuki replied, "I know. The teacher told us about him, the apple, and the law of gravity. And then there's classical mechanics, a bunch of force analysis and motion state analysis questions. It's so difficult... It makes my head hurt just thinking about it."

Seeing the girl's distressed look, Lin Shangren smiled slightly and said:

"Just knowing classical mechanics is enough. In Newton's classical mechanics, motion follows fixed laws: given certain conditions and information, junior high school physics is enough to calculate the state of motion of an object at the next moment.

Based on this theory, a Pokémon named Dragonite…er, no, a scientist named Laplace proposed a hypothesis: as long as the exact position and momentum of every microscopic particle in the universe is known, it will be possible to use the laws of mechanics to calculate the entire process of all events in the universe, both past and future, thus achieving 'omniscience'.

This is the principle and origin of "Laplace's Demon", one of the four famous beasts in physics.

Lin Shangren's fighting style of using dynamic vision and high-speed calculations to infer the opponent's actions can be seen as a low-end imitation and application of Laplace's demon.

"Omniscient...? Isn't that the same as being a god?"

"In fact, if you can do this, you'll be far more powerful than many gods in mythology. Religious gods are simply too weak in front of the four great beasts of physics."

"What are the four great beasts...?"

"Nothing." Lin Shangren shook his head. "That's getting off topic. Let's get back to the topic we were discussing. Calculating the past and future based on the present—doesn't that sound amazing?"

"Yeah! If we can predict the future, we can avoid a lot of bad things!" Aoi Nazuki said excitedly.

"It's inevitable."

Lin Shangren poured a basin of cold water on him: "This is what I want to say is the scary part of this theory."

"Eh?"

“Calculating the future based on the past sounds reasonable.

However, if this is indeed true, then a terrifying fact lies before all intelligent creatures:

Since the Big Bang, the birth of the universe, the trajectory of all microscopic particles has been determined. In other words, from the birth of the universe, the fate of everything has been determined.

Lin Shangren said calmly:

“When will we be born, when will we die, who will we meet, who will we fall in love with, who will we encounter, who will we say goodbye to… We are just the ones who experience it, and we can’t change anything.”

This is determinism, or fatalism.

No matter what you do, the outcome is already determined. Even if you know the future and try to change it now, it will still be useless. In fact, it is because of your efforts at the moment that you ultimately lead to that bad future.

"This... everything is destined... then... I..."

This topic was indeed quite heavy, and Aoi Nazuki's expression became somewhat gloomy.

However, Lin Shangren continued calmly, "There's no need to feel sad or hopeless about this, because...who?!"

In an instant, Lin Shangren's spider sense suddenly sounded an alarm, something that could threaten his life was nearby!

"Mr. Naoto?"

"Don't move..."

Lin Shangren protected Aoi Caiyue behind him, raised his gun again, and pointed it at a bush in front of the rock wall: "Come out! Don't hide!"

Suddenly, the bushes shifted unnaturally to the left, revealing a cave hidden behind them. A tall, fiery figure slowly emerged from the cave.

It was a woman, judging by her figure. She had long blond hair and wore the same black gas mask as Seth, completely obscuring her features. She was wearing a rather S&M-esque black, tight-fitting latex suit that hugged her body tightly, revealing her ample breasts, slim waist, peachy buttocks, and slender legs.

Just looking at this outfit, Lin Shangren might mistake her for the "queen" in some heavy-tasting latex film, but the submachine gun in her hand, the dagger at her waist, and Lin Shangren's own BYD sensor that kept sounding the alarm all told him that the woman in front of him was very dangerous.

"I knew that wandering around with Aoi Nazuki wasn't in vain," Lin Shangren thought to himself, "After all, determinism and fatalism, everything is predetermined. I seem to have escaped from the virtual world of the Paradise System, but in fact, I have only arrived in a larger 'Paradise System'.

This universe, a universe with consciousness, is there any big difference between it and the Paradise system? In Paradise, I need to follow the plot set by Hokariya, while in reality, I must follow the fatalism and development of the divine timeline. All I need to do is play my own role.

The difference is, in the virtual world, I have Hehuan, Rin, and Aoi as my teammates. I can even deduce Hokariya's motives. But now, you're asking me to speculate on the universe's purpose? Aren't you trying to embarrass me, Fat Tiger?

How could a protagonist in a Zhutian infinite flow novel play tricks with something like the cosmic consciousness in a novice dungeon? If I wrote about what I've experienced online, I would definitely be criticized to death."

While thinking, Lin Shangren looked coldly at the information screen that appeared next to the woman in latex.

"But it's all just a calculation of the universe's will. Playing the role of gods, demons, and the mortal world, deceiving people, deceiving ghosts, and deceiving the gods. The higher the level of the target of the calculation, the more interesting it is, isn't it?"

Although his inner thoughts were full of complexities, Lin Shangren simply asked calmly on the surface: "Who are you?"

This question is really redundant.

Because, through the information column of the Eye of Innocence, he already knew the identity of the person in front of him.

【Name: Suzumoto Emi】

[Race: Human female, Behemoth Potion-Transformed Specialized Type]

[Identity: Senior member of the Snake Organization, undercover agent infiltrating the Eden Organization]

[Status: Alert, doubtful, desire to attack weakening...]

[Note: A ruthless and gifted female scientist, a hardcore ruthless person who uses herself for experiments. She faked her own death and escaped from the Eden Organization, and she seems to be planning something.]

Emi Suzumoto would never know that although she was dressed very warmly, Naoto Hayashi could still see through her panties with his innocent eyes.

"Hmm... judging by her camel toe groove, she doesn't seem to be wearing any underwear. Damn, what kind of dirty things am I thinking? But to be honest, she does have a great figure. Not all women can pull off a latex suit."

Emi Suzumoto on the opposite side did not notice Hayashi Naoto's dishonest look. Her attention was completely focused on Aoi Natsuki.

She had wanted to take advantage of this experiment to cooperate with the traitor who remained in the academy to retrieve Aoi Nanazuki, this excellent experimental subject. How come the other party came with others before she even started to act?

“That’s my question to you.”

A hoarse, mocking, mechanically synthesized sound came from behind the gas mask.

"Who are you? Aren't you from Eden?"

Suzumoto Emi was asking even though she knew the answer. Through the insider who stayed in the academy, she already knew that a mysterious person had sneaked into the isolated island, killed the recovery team, and kidnapped the Behemoth Potion's sixteenth experimental subject.

Looking at the tense Lin Shangren and the woman in latex, the weak, helpless and pitiful Aoi Caiyue asked weakly, "Um...excuse me...who are you?"

"I'm a friend of Suzumoto Emi, and she asked me to pick you up."

"Teacher's friend!"

Aoi Nayue was a little excited, but when she saw the other person's strange dress, she subconsciously hid behind Lin Shangren.

Seeing Aoi Natsuki's reaction, Suzumoto Emi continued, "I have no ill will towards you. Regardless, I suggest that Natsuki come with me first. All students at Rokukeikan Academy have locators implanted in their bodies. Although I have installed a signal blocking device nearby, she can only be truly free after the locator is removed."

Lin Shangren stood in front of Aoi Caiyue, but he did not let down his guard because of what she said. He asked, "Why should I trust you?"

"Oh? It seems that you don't know how the Eden Organization handles experimental subjects. You come to steal and hijack experimental subjects without knowing anything? The organization behind you is really careless." Suzumoto Emi said in a playful tone.

"There is no organization behind me. I am not here to capture any experimental subjects. I just want to find my sister!" Lin Shangren said deliberately emotionally.

"Oh? Looking for your sister? Your sister is on this island?"

"Her name is Hehuan, the real Hehuan."

When He Huan's name was mentioned, Lin Shangren revealed a sorrowful expression that was completely unacted. Then, combining the information he had, he began to narrate the scene directly:

"I searched for her for a long time... When I finally found the orphanage that took her in, I was told she'd been taken away. I traced the investigation all the way to the Eden Organization, to this island where they were conducting illegal human experiments. I considered seeking help from official agencies, but they were all the same, so I had no choice but to take the risk alone..."

A young man relies on himself to track down the whereabouts of his missing sister, and traces it all the way to a powerful transnational illegal organization, and single-handedly sneaks into a secret overseas island to rescue his sister.

This sounds like it has all the charm of a Hollywood assembly line, plus exciting action scenes and sexy beauties, and it might even fetch a good price.

But like other Hollywood blockbusters of the same type, this story is full of loopholes and illogical when you look into it.

Suzumoto Emi just felt that the young man in front of her was treating her like a fool.

"What? Don't you believe it?" Lin Shangren asked.

"Do I look like an idiot?"

"No, it looks more like the erotic girl in the S&M hardcore movies."