Not a god

Chapter 235 Infinite Universe
"Dependent origination and emptiness?"

Chen Xi actually knew about this.

There were a few construction workers in the store. He was talking to a water dispenser, which seemed a bit strange to others, so he took out his headphones, put them on, and spoke to the water dispenser next to him:
"This is from Buddhist teachings. It says that the existence of all things is the result of causes and conditions coming together, therefore their nature is empty and they have no inherent existence."

Buddhism emphasizes the concept of karma, believing that karma is the root of everything and attributing all events to karma. Zen Buddhism believes that all things do not exist, and the temporary appearance of things is only due to karma. This is also the meaning of one of the four-line verses of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng: "Bodhi is not a tree, nor is the bright mirror a stand." This means that all conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows.

This is an insight that only a truly wise person would have. Chen Xi doesn't possess great wisdom, and he even finds it absurd. It's like you're very thirsty, so you draw a ladle of well water, drink it, and feel refreshed. You tell the person next to you, "I just drank this water, and it's very sweet." But the person next to you shakes their head and says, "You're wrong. What you just drank wasn't well water."

You looked completely bewildered. What was that if not well water? He said that water was just his current outward appearance. In reality, it was a collection of trillions of oxygen atoms and trillions of hydrogen atoms, a bunch of atoms and molecules. Trillions of years ago, they were scattered all over the universe. Perhaps they had formed dust, perhaps a leaf, a flower, or perhaps nothing at all. Today, they have gathered here by chance, presenting the form of well water. The well water you mentioned is like the dust and leaves of the past, just a dreamlike bubble.

He said this wasn't water; water was just the appearance at this moment. You can't say he's wrong, but from the perspective of an ordinary person, you'd just think this person is a bit crazy.

Later, Chen Xi lost interest in Buddhism, feeling that those who studied it possessed profound wisdom that he lacked and could not comprehend.

"I never knew the boss knew about Buddhism!"

Chen Xi asked, "Your ability seems to be seeing the future and choosing the future, which is related to destiny. How does it relate to Buddhism?"

"Fate is destiny, boss. You should know about Laplace's demon in physics. If someone could know the position and momentum of all physical particles at a certain moment, then he could know everything in the future and the past."

"..." Chen Xi now felt that she might also have a mental illness, otherwise why would she accompany a mental patient to talk about Buddhism one moment and physics the next.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I'm monitoring the world lines! Damn it, it's already June, and the world is going to end in six months! You guys don't care about my predictions at all, do you?!"

"Your prophecy...?"

Six months ago, it was because of her prophecy that the Great Luo Heaven of the country gathered together to discuss the matter of the future being nothingness a year from now.

After half a year of hard work, the country has now deviated from the development of its previous life, avoiding chaos and nipping countless future natural disasters in the bud. However, Su Qingyue's ending of the future becoming nothingness has not appeared even a trace.

No one has forgotten her prophecy, but everyone is already doing everything they can. As for that future that points to nothingness, there's no use in worrying about it.

"Then have you found it?"

"It's hard!"

The water dispenser pondered for a moment and said, "No matter how I observed it before, no matter how many times I observed it, the future remained unchanged. Later I realized that the fate of the world is predetermined, and even I cannot change it."

What I've always relied on—the so-called seeing of an infinite future, the future I've chosen—is, in the context of this universe, nothing more than an inevitable outcome. I am already part of fate, and my so-called changes are merely contributing to that 'predestined' outcome.

The future of this world is already predetermined, and I, living in this world, have no way of finding a way to break it, so…” “So?”

"Therefore, I chose to leave this world and contact myself in a parallel universe to seek opportunities!"

"..." When Chen Xi was telling this person these things, she also had to constantly analyze whether the other person was experiencing an attack or was in a normal state.

"My ability to see the future allows me to see parallel universes, infinite possibilities with infinite probabilities. In other parallel universes, there will definitely be endings different from our world. So I contacted my parallel universe self. The person in front of you now is Su Qingyue from a parallel universe."

Parallel universes are a common concept in Marvel and American comics. One Marvel movie features Spider-Man from hundreds of parallel universes appearing together, with all sorts of different Spider-Men in various forms.

Chen Xi looked at the water dispenser in front of her, feeling a bit of a headache, and said:

"...Are you saying that the water dispenser in front of me right now is Su Qingyue from a parallel universe? And that you brought her to this world?"

"Boss, you're very perceptive!"

"...Why a water dispenser?"

"In parallel universes, any 'me' in Su Qingyue's form, or even a 'me' close to Su Qingyue's form, will see nothingness in the future. The 'final fate' of this universe is too strong, like a black hole swallowing up countless universes. I can only find parallel universes with greater deviation, like the 'me' in this universe who is a water dispenser. Only when the deviation is large enough to escape the fate of destruction can I see the possibility of breaking the cycle."

Chen Xi still found it unbelievable. Even if he accepted the concept of parallel universes, he couldn't understand why Su Qingyue in this universe was a beautiful young woman, while Su Qingyue in the other universe was a water dispenser.

"Boss, for a universe, the future is predetermined, but every moment of extension will give birth to infinitely possible parallel universes. How much is infinite? It's not a hundred thousand, not a million, not a billion. No matter how many zeros you can keep talking for a hundred years, they are negligible in the face of infinite. The probability of infinite is so great that every atom of that tree over there can, by chance, form a person in another parallel world, and that person might be named Chen Xi. Do you understand?"

This is what was mentioned at the beginning as dependent origination and emptiness. In that parallel universe, everything that made up Su Qingyue came together under the convergence of causes and conditions to form a water dispenser.

"..." It sounds ridiculous, but when you think about it, it's Su Qingyue, and everything seems strangely normal.

Is this the power of someone at the same level as Chen Yan, someone who also cultivates the mind? One can transform into all sorts of creatures, while the other can even appear in the form of a water dispenser.

"So, is this water dispenser a representation of you in this timeline or in a parallel universe?"

"It's all the same. This is the power of the Unseen Fate. I possess infinite universes and infinite bodies. As long as I connect with each other in every universe, we share a common consciousness. This is probably why I was mentally unstable when I was a child... Hey! Boss, what are you doing? Turn it off, turn it off! This is so strange!"

Chen Xi quickly turned off the water valve.

"Oh, sorry, I'm getting a little thirsty talking to you... Let's not talk about that now. You said you're using yourself in a parallel universe to find the right future. Have you found it yet?"

"found it……"

(End of this chapter)