Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 169: Filling in the gaps: the missing 1000 years

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Xie Shen said with embarrassment: "Although everything that is happening to me at this moment does seem like I have returned to the past."

"But actually, I'm in my own dream right now."

"In a dream?" Li Xiu asked Xie Shen with great interest, "Can you elaborate on it?"

Xie Shen thought for a moment and said, "I remember that at this point in time, the Chinese government had already done some research on indescribable creatures, right?"

Li Xiu nodded and motioned Xie Shen to continue.

The latter continued: "The reason why I am now trapped in a dream is because I met an indescribable creature called 'Dream'"

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In the following period of time, Xie Shen explained to Li Xiu in detail some information about the indescribable creature "dream".

After hearing this, Li Xiu showed a barely detectable excitement on his face.

He briefly sorted out the information revealed by Xie Shen and concluded: "So what you mean is that you are an immortal cultivator, and when you broke through on a planet called Jingchen, you were contaminated by the indescribable creature 'Dream'."

“As time goes by, the pollution in your body becomes more and more serious.”

"Until it finally exploded."

"Affected by the pollution, you were dragged directly into the dream world."

Li Xiu finally confirmed with Xie Shen: "Is there any detail missing from the above?"

"No." Xie Shen responded: "It is basically consistent with the facts."

In the interrogation room.

Li Xiu was silent for a moment before speaking: "So, do you have evidence to prove everything you said? Otherwise, based on the information you have revealed so far, I am not yet fully trusting you."

Want evidence?

Xie Shen looked thoughtful when he heard this.

Because he is in the dream world, he is currently unable to use either his supernatural powers or his spiritual awareness.

Therefore, it is obviously unrealistic to prove it by showing off one's cultivation level.

Considering this, Xie Shen changed his thinking.

He planned to use his foresight into the future to convince Li Xiu: "I know a lot of things that will happen in the future. This should be able to prove it, right?"

"Like the center of the continent of Antarctica."

Xie Shen gave an example: "In the future, flesh and blood will invade reality from the other world and quickly spread across the world."

"If you believe me, you can send people to search now."

"If nothing goes wrong, you should be able to find some scarlet flesh on the ground in Antarctica."

"That's the proof."

"Okay." Li Xiu nodded seriously and said, "I'll take note. Do you have any other information?"

Xie Shen paused and said, "There is also a mirror world."

"That is also an otherworldly world to be discovered in the future."

"No, that's not right."

As he said that, Xie Shen suddenly changed his words and said, "Shouldn't we say it's the future?"

"As early as the Renaissance in Europe, humans had already discovered the existence of the other world."

"European witches can use human umbilical cords to send ordinary people to the mirror world."

Hearing this, Li Xiu adjusted his glasses on his nose out of habit.

He remained calm and said, "Many high-ranking officials in human society have already known about the mirror world."

“It’s not really a secret.”

"But it is indeed rare for you to know these secrets."

To prove myself.

Xie Shen continued: "Then I will just tell you a few more things. You are the only one in the world who knows them!"

"Li Xiu, you grew up in this military base since you were a child."

"Your favorite anime when you were a kid was Dragon Ball."

"The reason is that there aren't too many emotional scenes in Dragon Ball. They don't emphasize bonds and friendships, so the plot is easy to understand."

He continued: "Then"

"As a product of a laboratory, you don't have many emotions, but you still have the sense of touch and pain."

"You can still feel pain like a normal person."

"But because there are so many missing emotions, you can't express these feelings."

After hearing this, Li Xiu completely believed everything Xie Shen said.

Just because of the secret that Li Xiu "has no emotions but can feel pain", apart from Dr. Min who created him, only he himself knows it.

However, this is not the end.

Xie Shen then threw out another incredible secret: "In addition to the above secrets, I also know that before Dr. Min died..."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Li Xiu interrupted Xie Shen and said, "There is a recorder installed in this interrogation room."

"I don't want too many people to know this secret."

"I understand." Xie Shen understood what he meant and said, "Then I won't continue."

"Anyway, now you can trust me completely, right?"

In the interrogation room.

Li Xiu said to Xie Shen, "From now on, I will choose to believe everything you say for the time being."

"Because your previous behaviors really can't be explained by common sense."

"But there is a problem that I need to help you sort out first."

"You say." Xie Shen said cooperatively.

But Li Xiu slowly spoke: "I personally feel that the world you are currently in is not an illusion derived from the 'dream' of an indescribable creature, but the real reality."

"How is that possible?" Xie Shen frowned and asked, "Didn't they say that time travel is impossible?"

“Anyone can only travel into the future, but not back into the past.”

"Otherwise, problems like the grandfather paradox cannot be solved."

"Theoretically, it is indeed impossible for people to go back to the past." Li Xiu continued Xie Shen's words: "After all, as you just said, problems such as the grandfather paradox will arise after traveling through time."

"Nothing"

As he spoke, Li Xiu suddenly changed the subject and said, "The grandfather paradox is not completely unsolvable."

"How to solve it?" Xie Shen was stunned when he heard this.

Li Xiudao: "You should have heard of the 'Schrödinger's cat' theory, right?"

“It’s just putting the cat that has been fed poison into a black box.”

"Since the poison has a lethality rate of only 50%, the cat will remain in a quantum superposition state between life and death until the box is opened."

"I've heard of this theory before, and it seems a bit weird." Xie Shen asked Li Xiu, "So is there any connection between this theory and the grandfather paradox?"

Li Xiu replied: "According to the information you just revealed to me, you traveled to the world of cultivation in 2025 AD, so you don't know what happened on Earth after 2025. Am I right?"

"No problem." Xie Shen nodded in response.

Li Xiu continued, "Since you don't know the history after 2025, then this period of history is like Schrödinger's box to you."

"Everything you do in the future will become part of history."

“You can’t change history.”

"Because you don't know what will happen in the future." "So for you, traveling back to the past is completely possible."

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After hearing this, Xie Shen retorted: "Not necessarily?"

“In fact, I still vaguely remember some major historical events that happened after 2025.”

"For example, the 2133rd Convention signed in 33 AD."

"For example, in 2233 AD, the end of humanity will finally come to Earth."

"These are all the information I learned from the future."

"So what?" Li Xiu followed Xie Shen's lead and said, "So what if you knew this in advance?"

"You are just an ordinary person now."

"It is impossible for you to live to the year 2133 and influence the course of human history."

Xie Shen still refused to accept.

He continued to refute: "I can't live that long, but I can always influence the course of history to date, right? In this way, wouldn't the grandfather paradox still occur?"

"You can't influence it." Li Xiu said firmly: "If I'm not mistaken: the human leaders are likely to deliberately erase all the history related to the future for you."

"This includes, but is not limited to, destroying all historical documentary records, such as paper documents and various electronic archives."

"Then you won't be able to learn anything from historical documents about what happened after 2025."

"As long as you are unaware, Schrödinger's box can be realized, and going back to the past can be realized."

Li Xiu finally asked Xie Shen, "Am I right? Did humans in the future really deliberately erase a large section of history just for you?"

"Don't say, it's true!" Xie Shen was a little surprised at Li Xiu's reasoning ability.

He said incredulously: "In the future, due to some unknown reason, the history from 2233 to 3233 AD was indeed erased by the human leaders."

"Everything. It all coincides with what you are reasoning now!"

"Li Xiu, you are indeed smart!"

[In order to prevent someone from not understanding this short paragraph, here is a reminder: this foreshadowing is buried in Chapter 87 of Volume 2]

After some emotion.

Xie Shen couldn't help but doubt again: "But the question is, would the human leaders really make such a big fuss just to help me travel back in time?"

"But the question is, will the human leaders really take the initiative to erase nearly a thousand years of history just for me?"

"Why not?" Li Xiu asked back, "If your contribution to mankind is great enough, even to the point where you are indispensable, then let alone erasing nearly a thousand years of history, even if it is an outrageous thing, the human leaders will be willing to do it."

"Is it because of the contribution I made?" Xie Shen muttered to himself in a low voice.

Li Xiu then emphasized: "Yes, because of your contribution."

"Don't say anything else."

"Just the Tiangong Space Station that you mentioned when you talked to me before."

"You may not know yet."

Li Xiu Chong reminded Xie Shen: "In fact, the human leaders do not have such a plan in their plan to deal with the end of the world."

"They never thought about expanding the space station."

"So I boldly guess that the space station of the future was born because you traveled back to the past."

"So from this point of view, your time travel is really important."

"That's why the human leaders are willing to erase more than a thousand years of history just for you."

"In this way, Schrödinger's box is artificially created, which perfectly solves the grandfather paradox."

After listening to Li Xiu's explanation, Xie Shen suddenly thought of another question.

He wondered, "Speaking of which, since everything I'm experiencing right now is real reality and part of history, why don't you recognize me when I meet you in the Tower Prison in the future?"

Li Xiuli said as a matter of course: "Although this is something that happens in the future, I don't know the details very well."

"But if I'm not mistaken"

"The reason why I don't recognize you in the future is most likely because I'm pretending."

"The purpose is to avoid affecting the development and direction of all subsequent events."

Hearing this, Xie Shen suddenly discovered another loophole similar to the 'grandfather paradox'.

He took the opportunity to refute Li Xiu: "What if you suddenly change your mind and choose to meet me in the tower prison?

"Even telling me what might happen in the future."

"If you really do this, what will the future be like?"

"I can't do that." Li Xiu replied: "If my true self does that, there will be a problem similar to the 'grandfather paradox', which will prevent you from traveling back in time."

Xie Shen was a little confused.

He spread his hands and said, "But I have traveled back in time now. This is an established fact, isn't it?"

In the interrogation room.

Hearing what Xie Shen said, Li Xiu's mouth corners suddenly raised, revealing an ugly and forced smile.

He said meaningfully: "Why do you think that everything you are experiencing now must be reality?"

"Remember," Li Xiu emphasized, "You are now like Schrödinger's cat trapped in a box."

"Schrödinger's cat is in a quantum superposition state between life and death."

"And you are in a quantum superposition state between the real world and the dream world."

"Everything you do will have extremely serious consequences for yourself."

“If you follow history and make the right choices.”

"Then everything you are currently experiencing will become reality."

"Since this is reality, I am confident that I can return your consciousness to your future body."

As he spoke, Li Xiu suddenly changed the subject.

“And if you make the wrong choice, you change history as it should have been.”

"Then everything you are currently experiencing will become a dream."

"Then you will be trapped in this dream forever, forever."

Xie Shen is not a physicist.

He didn't understand the so-called 'quantum superposition' theory.

But he still understood what Li Xiu wanted to express.

In short, in one sentence: Don't try to change the course of history, otherwise he will be trapped in the dream world forever.

After understanding the key point, Xie Shen did not continue to ask.

He just expressed his willingness to fully cooperate with all of Li Xiu's arrangements.

But Li Xiu said, "Then."

"In the following period of time, I will try to arrange for you to meet with the official leaders of various countries in the world as soon as possible."

"Whether it's a real conversation or a conversation online."

"In short, tell them everything you know as soon as possible and truthfully."

"Only in this way can our human leaders, with foresight, make various arrangements for the future in advance."

Xie Shen is still quite willing to help all mankind overcome difficulties.

Without hesitation, he replied to Li Xiu: "Okay then, you are in charge of the arrangements and I will just cooperate."

After talking about the major events concerning the future of mankind, Xie Shen turned the topic to himself.

"Then, there is only one problem left to be solved." Xie Shen said to Li Xiu, "You just said that you are sure that you can send my consciousness back to my future body, so how do you plan to do it? Can you tell me the details now?"

(End of this chapter)