Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 171: No superstition of science!

Under the influence of that huge attraction, Xie Shen felt that everything in front of him gradually became blurred and distorted.

Along with waves of distortion, all matter in the world turned into liquid and mixed together at this moment.

Xie Shen felt as if he was at the bottom of the sea.

At this moment, he suddenly realized:

The liquid seawater formed by matter is actually the material manifestation of the concept of time.

The agitation of the sea water is the ocean current formed as time flows.

Xie Shen was carried away by the current of time, passively traveling through the long river of time.

So, I don't know how much time has passed.
When Xie Shen opened his eyes again, he found that he had woken up from the secret room of the Ark spacecraft.

He is back.

...

In the secret room.

Seeing Xie Shen open his eyes, Li Xiu asked through the camera: "How do you feel? Are you okay now?"

Xie Shen did not rush to respond to Li Xiu, but just looked thoughtful.

He murmured to himself, "Don't talk to me yet. I just realized a law related to time. This is very important."

Understood the law of time?

As soon as these words were spoken, the monks and researchers in the laboratory all looked at each other at the same time.

Among the crowd.

Zhuge Fu subconsciously glanced at Yi Yuankui, who was at the Spirit Transformation Stage.

He asked, "Do you know what Xie Shen meant?"

"I don't know." Yi Yuankui shook his head and said, "But if I'm not mistaken, Xie Shen should have comprehended some time-related magic in the process of traveling through time and space. For example, he can turn back time or speed up the passage of time."

"No way?" Zhuge Fu said in disbelief, "You, the cultivators of the Spiritualization Stage, can really use magic to turn back time. Isn't this too outrageous?"

Yi Yuankui explained: "It's not what you imagine, making the time of the whole world go backwards."

"The time spell I'm talking about is, at best, an effect within a certain range."

"For example, if you were killed by someone, Xie Shen could use the time spell to refresh your body to the state it was in one minute ago."

"Or if a magic weapon is damaged by accident, Xie Shen can also use time magic to restore it."

Zhuge Fu nodded after hearing this.

He thought thoughtfully, "If it only takes effect in a small area, or affects a certain person or object, then it's not too outrageous."

Just when Zhuge Fu was talking to Yi Yuankui.

In the secret room, Xie Shen suddenly opened his eyes.

But then his whole figure flashed.

The next second, he left the secret room and came to the laboratory where Li Xiu and others were.

The first thing Xie Shen did when he arrived here was to confirm with Li Xiu: "Everything I experienced in the dream world, was it a dream or reality? Did we really meet more than 4000 years ago?"

Li Xiu replied: "Strictly speaking, we did not meet each other more than 4000 years ago, but we only communicated at the level of consciousness."

"Consciousness level?" Xie Shen asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Li Xiu said: "I'll show you a video and you'll understand."

As he spoke, he operated the public terminal in the laboratory and retrieved a video from the spacecraft database.

As soon as the video was played, Xie Shen could see it clearly - what was shown in the video was the military base from more than 4000 years ago.

From the video we can see:

In the base, Li Zhengxiu sat upright in the interrogation room.

He spoke as if talking to himself: "From what you said, you are a time traveler? You returned from the future to the present?"

With just this short clip, Xie Shen was able to see the problem.

He asked Li Xiu, "What's going on? Why are you talking to the air in the video? I remember that I should have been sitting opposite you during that time period."

Li Xiu replied: "At that time, you were indeed sitting opposite me."

"It's just that you just sat opposite me consciously."

"And your physical body is still on the Ark spacecraft in 6288 AD."

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"I see." Xie Shen suddenly realized, "So from the beginning to the end, it was only my consciousness that traveled back to the past, not my physical body?"

"That's right." Li Xiu nodded and said, "Since consciousness can affect the human brain, even though your consciousness traveled back to the past, people can still see you with their naked eyes."

“On the material level”

"For example, the cameras in the interrogation room won't be able to capture your presence."

"That's why I'm the only one shown in the video."

"It looked as if I was talking to myself in the interrogation room."

reasonable.

After hearing this, Xie Shen asked again: "So time can only flow backwards at the level of consciousness, or at the spiritual level?"

"Yes." Li Xiu gave a direct conclusion: "On the material level, time is absolutely irreversible."

"If matter can travel through time, it means that everything can come into being out of nothing."

"Just give me an analogy."

Li Xiu gave an example: "Suppose time could go backwards."

“那么1月2日的我，完全可以穿越回1月1日，并给1月1日的我一个时间机器。”

"The next day."

"On January 1, I will take this time machine, travel back to January 2, and return the time machine."

“Can you see the problem?”

Li Xiu glanced at everyone present.

He explained: "If time can be repeated, then everything I just said makes logical sense."

"And, under the premise of logical necessity, I created a time machine out of nothing."

"I can even nest dolls infinitely and generate all the materials I want out of thin air."

"But matter cannot be created out of nothing."

"So on a material level, going back in time will always be a paradox."

“As for the level of consciousness?”

Li Xiu continued to explain: "Because time travel on the level of consciousness does not directly affect the material world."

"So as long as we can artificially create Schrödinger's box and form a quantum superposition state at the level of consciousness."

"So theoretically, human consciousness can travel back to the past."

“That makes sense.”

"Uh..." Hearing this, Xie Shen couldn't help but ask again: "Why in theory?"

Li Xiu said without hesitation: "Because with the current level of human technology, it is impossible to send human consciousness back to the past."

"No, not now."

Li Xiu added: "Even in the future."

"Even in 1000 or even 10000 years, it is unlikely that humans will be able to create a machine that can travel through time and space."

"Even if it's just a journey on the level of consciousness."

"Looking at the entire universe, I'm afraid only indescribable creatures can send human consciousness back to the past."

Although Li Xiu's explanation was a bit confusing, the examples he gave were easy to understand.

After Xie Shen figured out the fundamental logic of time travel, he stopped worrying about it.

He then asked, "Speaking of which, why did that indescribable creature 'Dream' send me back to the past?"

Li Xiu explained: "According to my analysis of the pink mist, the indescribable creature 'Dream' on the Quiet Morning Star feeds on the emotions generated by humans when they dream. Therefore, the pollution it causes to humans is specifically manifested by pulling people into dreams."

"Because you are a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage, your mental strength is strong enough." "Plus, you also have the power of the indescribable creature 'Dream', and the Schrödinger Box artificially created with the joint efforts of all mankind."

"When all of this is added together, your dreams will indirectly affect the reality of the past."

Given the power of the unspeakable creature, it is truly too mysterious.

Therefore, Li Xiu's explanation is already the most concise and clear answer. There is no need to keep digging into the details.

It is impossible to understand everything.

Xie Shen no longer dwelled on the issue of time travel.

He glanced at everyone in the lab and asked in confusion, "By the way, where is Dunbin? Why is he the only one not in the lab?"

"Dungbin is still in seclusion." Zhuge Fu answered from the side: "He has now reached the most critical moment of seclusion. According to him, he seems to be integrating the totem derived from the indescribable creature."

Xie Shen was speechless after hearing this: "So, in the end, Deng Bin chose to take the quick and evil path of 'stealing the power of indescribable creatures'?"

Yi Yuankui also said: "Deng Bin's choice can achieve rapid success and break through to the Spiritual Transformation Stage in a very short time."

"But he will end up like me, fellow Daoist Xie Shen, and my master."

"It's only a matter of time before he is attacked by unspeakable creatures."

"Nothing can be done." Xie Shen said with a bitter smile: "Now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time."

In the laboratory.

Seeing that Xie Shen was safe and sound, everyone chatted for a few minutes and then dispersed to do their own things.

...

After this incident, the Ark spacecraft continued to sail in the vast universe towards the Aldebaran star system.

time flies.

period.

The indescribable creature 'Dream' on the Quiet Morning Star seemed to be in an inactive state again.

It did not attack Xie Shen again.

Now that he was safe, and considering that the cooldown period of the Butterfly Dream Technique had passed, Xie Shen continued his spiritual practice in the Spirit Transformation Stage.

He sat cross-legged in the secret room and silently practiced the enhanced version of the Butterfly Dream Technique.

Lean less.

After a dizzying moment, Xie Shen once again entered the familiar darkness.

There are countless stars in this darkness.

Each of these rays of light represents a person's soul.

Xie Shen used his spiritual sense and quickly found a soul among those light spots that was highly compatible with him.

He reached out and touched the light.

next second.

The light spot was infinitely magnified in front of Xie Shen's eyes until it swallowed him up completely.
...

"Brother, are you okay?"

In a daze.

Xie Shen could feel that he seemed to be lying on a dry plank bed and was being shaken wildly.

He opened his eyes with difficulty and found that there was a boy of no more than fourteen or fifteen years old beside him, looking at him nervously.

house.

Seeing Xie Shen wake up, the young man quickly showed a happy expression and said: "Brother, you finally woke up, are you okay?"

Xie Shen didn't say anything, but just quickly looked around.

Can see:

The walls of the house he is currently in are made of loess and adobe bricks.

The house was empty.

Apart from an earthen stove for burning wood, there was only a pile of dry firewood in the corner of the room.

It would not be an exaggeration to describe the family as being penniless.

Through the window, you can also see the houses outside, which are also made of loess and adobe bricks.

Obviously.

This is a village similar to that in ancient China, with very backward technological level.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his head.

He subconsciously reached out to touch it and found that the back of his head was wrapped with cloth, and it looked like he was injured.

Seeing Xie Shen touching the back of his head, the young man hurriedly warned him, "Brother, don't keep touching the wound on the back of your head, or it will heal slowly."

"Ugh."

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed.

"It's all because Dad studies science in private every day."

"Not only did we get caught by the villagers, but we also implicated you."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have been pushed down during the argument."

Studying science in private?

What is this all about?

In order to find out what the original owner had experienced, Xie Shen hurriedly searched for the memory fragments remaining in this body.

By reading the remaining memory fragments of the original owner, we know that the original owner was named Geng Huan, and he grew up in a village called Banshan Village.

There were five people in the original owner's family.

In addition to his parents, he has a younger brother and an older sister.

My sister's name is Geng Tao.

The young man who just spoke to Xie Shen was the original owner's younger brother Geng Yizi.

Xie Shen was thinking.

But his younger brother Geng Yizhi urged Xie Shen, "Brother, can you still walk now?"

"If possible, let's go to the village entrance first."

"My elder sister and mother have already passed away."

"We have to hurry, too."

"Otherwise, if it's any later, I probably won't be able to see my father for the last time."

See you for the last time?
Because what remains in the original owner's mind are just some memory fragments, not complete memories.

So Xie Shen now has no idea what exactly happened.

To obtain more information.

Xie Shen held his forehead with his hand and pretended to have a headache and said to his brother Geng Yizhi: "Brother, my head hurts so much. I can't remember what happened before. Can you tell me briefly?"

"Then let's talk while we walk!"

Perhaps the situation at this moment has really reached a critical point.

Geng Yizi didn't dare to stay in the house any longer.

He pulled Xie Shen's arm and explained as they walked: "It probably happened the day before yesterday."

"It's mainly because Dad is too superstitious about science."

"Even when someone from the village came to check, he didn't notice."

“So he was caught red-handed.”

"You know, there are rules in the village."

His younger brother Geng Yizhi said with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Anyone who studies science privately will be tied to a wooden frame and burned to death if they are caught."

Ah this
Studying science can actually get you burned to death?

After hearing this, Xie Shen didn't know what to say for a moment.

(End of this chapter)