Popular science says oxygen is poisonous, and the whole internet scolds me for being sick

You need to get many people to stop using their phones and watching short videos.

This is simply unacceptable.

Even if you talk to him about it, it still won't change anything.

"So shouldn't we be working on virtual universe technology?"

"Is all of this a conspiracy by higher-dimensional beings? Why would they do this?"

"Going directly into the virtual universe doesn't seem like such a bad thing, does it?"

Many people share this view and can't wait for the virtual universe to arrive.

In the early years, some online game novels used a type of holographic projection with helmets.

It's a one-to-one real experience.

The same applies to famous science fiction movies, such as The Matrix.

It's a virtual universe, and the world inside is all fake.

Many people feel that the real world is too depressing and hopeless.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people addicted to short videos seeking thrills.

Short videos utilize all sorts of eye-catching elements.

It constantly stimulates your nerves, causing you to release dopamine.

To raise your threshold higher and higher, you need to watch more videos.

But people still keep refreshing it.

"But once the virtual universe is created, won't we be able to enjoy all sorts of things we couldn't enjoy before?"

"That's right, there's no more pain, no more overtime, and no more worrying about hunger inside."

"Virtual universes are great, why not continue?"

Some people play the game in real life like it's a creative mode.

Some people suffer terribly in real life and find solace only in the virtual world of the internet.

It can make them feel a little warmth.

So why can't we create a virtual universe?
"Is this what they call a brain in a vat?"

"If there is no difference between the virtual world and the real world, is it still necessary to care about the difference between the real and the virtual?"

This led many people to blame Ye Zhen.

Why not let us achieve a virtual universe?

"Exactly, in the virtual universe, we can do anything we want."

The metaverse is actually a concept preceding the virtual universe.

However, due to limitations in technology and software, it remains just a concept.

The virtual universe is actually a path to mechanical ascension.

In the end, everyone's consciousness was uploaded into the virtual universe.

Everyone can achieve immortality.

Some philosophers know why Ye Zhen strictly forbids the existence of virtual universes.

“Illusory things are just that, illusory, and can never replace the truth.”

"But what most people need is reality, not something virtual."

"Furthermore, if we abandon our physical bodies and our brains, are we still ourselves?"

The ultimate problem is that the brain has been abandoned.

Are we still human if we completely transmit our consciousness to the cloud?
Are we still ourselves?
This is not just a philosophical question.

It also concerns the question of whether we are human beings.

Are we still ourselves?

There are some religious people who previously worshipped a particular god.

Now that they have a physical form, they are even more convinced that their faith is sound.

"Let higher-dimensional life forms rule us."

"This world is too miserable; it would be better to just turn it into a virtual universe."

Ye Zhen certainly knew what everyone was thinking.

"Many of you probably think so."

Isn't a virtual universe a good thing for us?

Countless servers were built.

Blurring the lines between the real and virtual worlds.

Use artificial intelligence to help us maintain everything we need for our virtual universe.

In the virtual universe, any fantasy can become reality. Each of us is a creator god within it, omnipotent.

At the same time, we have achieved immortality, becoming neither dead nor indestructible.

According to Ye Zhen's description.

How wonderful is this future of mechanical flight?

We are moving step by step towards a virtual universe.

By uploading one's consciousness to the cloud, one can achieve immortality.

It's not just about immortality, it's about making your dreams come true.

All fantasies can become reality.

In a virtual universe, everything is possible.

Some viewers were clearly swayed as well.

It seems that there's nothing wrong with a virtual universe.

At least it's better than them being alive now.

However, Professor Yan Xin, who is now an academician, shook his head in the psionic laboratory.

"Everyone takes it all too for granted."

"We are reducing ourselves to a lower dimension."

"What is virtual will always be virtual; it will never be real."

Just like an illusion is an illusion, it can never be real.

"In the virtual universe, you are just a piece of code, a piece of data, that anyone can manipulate." Professor Yan Xin was very clear about this.

In the mechanically ascending future depicted by Ye Zhen.

Only in an extremely idealistic scenario is it possible.

Even if you upload your consciousness to the cloud.

What if someone else traps you in an endless cycle of suffering?

"What if we simply erase your consciousness?"

"Have you forgotten what Mr. Ye mentioned before?"

"The blue planet is meant to wear down the souls within it."

The soul is conserved and immortal.

After achieving mechanical ascension.

The most fundamental logic is that we have figured out the essence of the soul.

The path to mechanical ascension is, in essence, the path of the soul.

In a virtual universe, wouldn't that be like being at the mercy of others?
You deliberately lowered your own dimension, thinking that you are omnipotent in a virtual universe.

Others can be all-powerful towards you.

At this point, your soul becomes nothing more than a toy to be manipulated at will.

If you download your consciousness into a robot.

Is this still you? If there are countless versions of you like this, which one is the real you?

That's where the danger lies.

There are others who still remember the existence of the imperial civilization.

"Didn't Professor Ye tell us that back then?" Professor Zhou looked at Ye Zhen, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, on the screen, his expression very complicated.

"The Imperial civilization originally aimed to eradicate the souls of the Blue Star."

"They directly set up a spirit-catching net, turning Blue Star into a prison."

"Now it seems that the purpose of the virtual universe is the same: to completely destroy our souls."

From this perspective, in the real material world, the soul is an extremely difficult thing to destroy.

Even higher-dimensional life forms have no way to deal with it.

In fact, no one knows the true nature of the soul.

Whether it exists or not remains an unknown.

Is there anyone now who wants to actively destroy their own soul?

To hand over the power of one's life and death to someone else?

This is incredibly foolish.

However, we are now in the extraordinary era, and gene serums have begun to be produced on a large scale.

The original path has been reversed. (End of Chapter)