The crazy guy from Hakoden, defeated the millions of gods!

Its outline seems to be constantly changing, like an image gradually emerging in the cracks of time, both real and illusory, as if trying to capture the essential root of the flame, but forced to stop for some reason, hanging in the endless nothingness in this unreal posture.

"what do you?"

The image of the phantom flame vibrated slightly, and a ripple seemed to appear between the two flames, conveying this message.

The representation of a certain existence gradually becomes clear.

It's... a mirror.

It reflects the brilliance of the stars, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the cycle of time. It reflects everything in the universe as if to recreate a vast universe in the mirror!

However, this mirror that reflects the universe spanning hundreds of billions of light years cannot accurately reflect the tiny flame in front of it.

what is this?

Long ago, the Mirror Civilization had almost understood all the known mysteries of the universe, but now, such doubts have reappeared in their consciousness.

"There are civilizations above civilizations, and there are universes beyond universes. To you, I am the unknown that transcends all known things in this universe."

After the flame conveyed this information, it turned into the outline of an intelligent life form.

The Mirror Civilization has a broad view of the endless civilized world and is familiar with the entire picture of the universe. Within a single thought, it has also adjusted its own representation of existence to such an outline.

Then, they felt that along with the change of this representational form, the essence of their lives also began to undergo a miraculous change.

This change is both mysterious and simple.

"This change... makes us human? Human is where your path is, the ultimate of the path you are on?"

Mirror inquired.

When civilization develops to their level, they no longer care about body shape or race.

What they pursue is only truth, only the ultimate question that transcends life and death, and beyond existence.

Therefore, they transformed their own representational existence into a mirror that reflects the universe, and used the image of "mirror" to interpret a truth that encompasses everything in the universe.

In their view, the same is true for so-called [people]. This is another path leading to the supreme truth of the universe, and it seems to go further than the path taken by the [mirror]. Therefore, even if there is a spark that contains the root of its essence, the mirror cannot reflect it all.

"An interesting path, an alternative path, a path we have never imagined."

At the edge of the universe, this mirror that seemed to have existed since time immemorial, with a thickness of 0 and an area of hundreds of trillions of square light years, fluctuated slightly and then quickly shrank.

The human figure transformed by the flame quickly merged into the mirror when it saw this, like a drop of deep ink that dyed the entire vast ocean.

Soon, a blue planet emerged from it, with 10 billion humanoid life forms living on it.

The pursuit of truth is the only obsession of this mirror civilization that has existed since the pastoral era of the universe.

The truth portrayed by [man] is even better than the truth portrayed by [mirror].

Therefore, the Mirror Civilization chose to transform into human civilization in order to pursue higher-level cosmic truths.

“After this, we are human beings.”

In an unknown time and space, as the light flows, the genealogy of mankind shines brightly, mysterious runes appear, and begin to record the chapters of civilization.

The name of another human race was registered and appeared on the first page.

[Mirror people].

...

...

Countless galaxies twinkle in the boundless universe, and stars are like candle flames, alternating between birth and death in the long river of darkness.

The secrets of time seem to be hidden in the glow of every star.

Everything within the cone of light is destiny.

The intersection of countless light cones contains the fate of endless stars.

However, if the perspective is expanded, then expanded.

Look at it from a higher dimensional perspective.

Consider this endless and vast star field as a whole.

A galaxy is a neuron that receives and transmits information, and each star is just a component of this neuron.

The flow of galaxies and the changes in star fields are like the transmission of signals between neurons. Every twinkle of the stars is a ripple of thought, spreading in the vastness of the universe, delivering vast amounts of information that no one can decipher.

Countless interconnected star neurons and ten trillion galactic star fields eventually built up such a majestic brain!

[The Thinker], an ancient and magnificent civilization called this terrifying existence this way.

"Thinker, I talk to you."

"..."

Ten trillion star fields vibrated, and layers of surging waves of consciousness surged in, forming a grand melody.

Billions of stars resonate, the universe flickers, and turns into an invisible language, which seems to penetrate the endless universe in an instant, and will echo in the universe for tens of millions and billions of years.

The Supreme Being who was conversing with the Thinker nodded slightly after receiving such a response.

"it is good."

At this moment, a super civilization that observes all realms cast its observant gaze from billions of light years away, staring at the changes in the thinker.

Using the galaxy as a pen, carving in time and space, trillions of star fields are moving!

Eventually, a human-shaped outline was formed.

Just like the gods and demons who created the world, they learned how to transform themselves into humans.

Dark Forest: Liberating the Three Body: Chapter 224: Zero-Returner Civilization, What is the Purpose of the Universe?

There are trillions of civilized worlds in the universe, and countless galaxies float like dust in this boundless void. Prosperity and desolation exist alternately, and life and death flow like a cycle.

And from a certain moment on, a perfect sphere quietly and unnoticed appeared in these civilized worlds.

This sphere is composed of countless "0"s and its external shape is flawless. It seems to be the connection between the beginning and the end, or it seems to be immeasurable infinity, or it seems to be the countless cycles of time and space, or it seems to be the singularity of the origin of the universe.

Its form is invisible and intangible, yet it is everywhere, as if it exists in all dimensions and levels at all times. It is like an eye in the sky overlooking the vast universe, observing the various changes in thousands of civilizations. It is also based here, tracing and recording its past history in the light of time.

Existence alone and coexistence...these are two opposing paths.

In the past, most civilizations chose to survive alone, with survival as the first need of civilization.

In this concept, any other existence that intersects with one's own civilization is a threat to one's own civilization. In order to protect itself and for sustainability, all external civilizations must be eliminated to ensure its own independence and stability.

The initial conflict became the initial dispute, and the initial dispute became the initial war.

Since the first conflict in the pastoral era, the war between civilizations has never stopped.

Countless civilized worlds were either destroyed in this war, or forced to hide in secret corners, or chose to join this endless dispute and participate in the endless struggle that seemed to be stopped only by the destruction of the universe.

This is the dark forest era of the universe, and countless civilized worlds can only choose to "survive alone", with no other choice.

Of course, with such an innumerable large base, there were civilizations that chose other paths, wanting to bring more light to this darkness, but none of those civilizations survived, and there was no trace of them left inside or outside the starry sky.

In order to survive, one civilization after another joined this dark war that swept the universe, and eventually, over billions of years, an irreversible cosmic trend was formed!

Even a super civilization that can change the laws of physics and watch the creation and destruction of dimensions can only transcend itself, jump out of the general trend, and stay away from this endless battlefield, but cannot reverse this trend.

but...

"The stars share the same writing system, the universe shares the same orbit... the fate of the universe has actually changed."

The Zeroer civilization, the most powerful civilization in the universe, discovered the cosmic-scale changes and thus set up observation "eyes" in countless civilized worlds.

Their eyes penetrate the star fields, cross dimensions, scan the secrets of all civilizations, and peek at the changes in every corner of the universe. The changes in thousands of star fields, the actions of super civilizations, and the changes in countless civilized worlds cannot hide from their observation.

I see...

In an instant, trillions of spheres vibrated, and countless invisible "zeros" intertwined into a huge net, quickly covering the entire universe from planets to star fields, from low dimensions to high dimensions.

Finally, on this web of information that shook the universe, a message with terrifying power was woven!

It was horrifying. This piece of information seemed like the ultimate secret of the universe. Just by revealing it, the space-time structure of the universe was distorted and shattered. Countless laws materialized, like silk threads falling and then collapsing one by one.

The Zeroer civilization, after gathering information from the entire universe and making deductions and calculations, finally found out that this is... the true name of an indescribably terrifying being!

“…■..Source!!”

The appearance of this name caused the pulsation of all laws in the universe to suddenly stop.

The twinkling of countless stars seemed to be stopped by an invisible force, losing their constant rhythm.

The consciousness of the Zeroers was almost frozen, and they looked up at the indescribable existence in disbelief.

"You, what's the matter?"

An unimaginable existence lowered its eyes above the ultimate dimension of the universe.

Billions of galaxies dimmed, as if they had lost their luster because of its existence.

Endless laws turned into strings and began to vibrate, emitting a profound melody, playing a piece of mysterious music, offering the supreme praise for it!

Those who praise its true name will obtain eternal life in reincarnation!

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...

In the courtyard, the breeze blows gently, bringing the fresh breath of early spring. The clouds in the sky move slowly, and the sunlight shines through the bamboo shadows in the courtyard, casting a mottled light.

Mu Yuan stood in the middle of the courtyard, raised his hand slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and signaled the "man" in front of him to sit down.

"Please take a seat."

The man nodded and walked forward slowly, seeming to be a little curious about the surrounding scenery.

He sat down at the seat that had been prepared long ago and picked up the teacup on the table. Temperature...323.56K...

Steam rises from the cup, and the fragrance of tea diffuses in the breeze. Diffusion molecules... The atomic structure is...

He took a sip, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

“It’s an extremely novel experience for us to use our human senses to access the world.”

He put down the teacup, his eyes flashing with a strange light, and every detail of his expression had been precisely adjusted - posture, expression, gaze, every part was constantly fine-tuned, as if trying to conform to human manners and etiquette.

It was as if he was really a visitor from afar, who appreciated the cup of hot tea carefully prepared by the host out of politeness.

He smiled slightly and greeted Mu Yuan: "Mr. Mu Yuan, my name is [Gui Ling], surname Gui, given name Ling."

The being that appeared on Earth in human form deliberately used the traditional way of self-introduction, solemnly uttering the words "return" and "zero".

"good."

Mu Yuan looked at him, nodded slightly and praised him.

In Su Yan's culture, these two words carry a hint of antiquity and possess a lasting and absolute aftertaste.

The only drawback is that when these two words are combined, they look more like a code name than a person's name.

The Zero-Returner civilization is the oldest civilization in the universe. There is no other civilization that can be described as the “oldest”.

The planets will disintegrate and break apart after billions of years.

The star will fade away in ten billion years.

The deepest natural black hole in the universe will gradually collapse under the erosion of the long years and turn into mist-like nothingness in the universe.

The universe itself is not eternal.

The Zero-Returner civilization... Their history is as old as dust before the stars were lit. They watch the birth and death of galaxies as people watch the withering and blooming of a flower. Countless civilizations have quietly risen and fallen over the long years, but the Zero-Returner civilization still exists, seemingly beyond the constraints of all decay.

[Four-digit·Peak], measured by the system of the box garden, this civilization has already reached this terrifying level, and has already possessed a trace of the quality of "information immortality".

Therefore, they can collect all the information in the universe and reversely deduce the information related to "Muyuan".

Calmly looking at the "man" sitting opposite him, Mu Yuan smiled and said, "Zero, what do you want to know?"

This formal inquiry made the man straighten his back and straighten his posture.

"【Master】, please allow us to address such a great being as you."

The Lord of Man, the Supreme of the trillions of galaxies, the Infinite One who cannot be replicated, the One who transcends dimensions, the Master of the universe...

There were no pretentious compliments, nor were there any of the roundabout and obscure habits of human society.

Gui Ling raised his eyes slightly, with a look of inquiry and eagerness that he had never seen in billions of years of exploration and observation.