"Hello, Lin Feng."
Who are you? Do you know me?
Lin Feng asked cautiously, but he wasn't overly wary. If the other party wanted to kill him, they would have done so already. Why should he be wary? But he had his own circumstances to consider.
This is how civilizations fight in the universe. When a civilization is about to launch an attack, everything happens so fast that the target is unaware that it is already dead.
However, Lin Feng was still very surprised that the other party knew about his other identity, which must have meant that they had investigated all of his memories.
“I am an individual from the race group ‘Radiance.’ You humans have had contact with us in the past,” the sphere of light introduced itself.
“We’ve reviewed your memories. Although you’ve always referred to yourself as ‘Maple Taylor’ in your own civilization, your inner thoughts have always considered you to be an individual named ‘Lin Feng,’ so I think that name suits you better,” the orb of light explained.
Lin Feng considered for a moment, then asked, "What was that war about? Was it an encirclement and suppression campaign against us? Or was it a war on a cosmic scale?"
The light sphere did not hesitate to explain, "Light is the scale of spacetime. Time and length have meaning because of light. Light is also a display board for the universe's information to all individuals. Light can penetrate from high dimensions to low dimensions, and its frequency band can range from absolute zero to quantum black holes. It is easy to observe. The special nature of light allows all individuals in the universe to reach a consensus. Light is a display surface for the universe's information."
"What does this have to do with war?" Lin Feng asked, puzzled.
The sphere of light continued to explain, “Countless races and communities are constantly improving their technology, and eventually they will inevitably touch upon the rules, master the rules, and integrate into the rules. However, the rules of light are not suitable for integration because too many races and communities have focused their attention on light. When a sufficiently large number of races and communities integrate into the rules of light, it means that the universe is full and another round of survival games on a cosmic scale is needed.”
This is a tacit understanding. Even though the once photonic civilization realized this long ago, before it expanded on a larger scale on a cosmic scale, it transformed into a microscopic civilization in other forms.
But humans are an exception...
Lin Feng fell silent. He felt like he had shot himself in the foot; this time, it really was his fault.
He suddenly felt exhausted. No matter how much he struggled, humanity was still doomed in the end. Most of the people who left the solar system with him did not survive.
Even Haruhi Suzumiya and Edith...
Lin Feng forced himself to pull himself together and asked the light sphere, "Is the Unified Body still there?"
The light sphere replied, "That race lost a portion of its inhabitants, and another portion escaped. Some chose to become gravitons and were never heard from again. Some created miniature universes and escaped, also disappearing from our observation. Others retreated to the macroscopic scale to face fierce cosmic competition. Your group was preserved by us; you are the last of the photon people."
"us?"
Lin Feng was taken aback. Then the ball of light showed him the photon people they had saved, including Liang Gong, Edith, Davis, Luo Ji, and others. Lin Feng recognized them all at a glance.
His initial melancholy vanished, but Lin Feng didn't feel relieved because it was too coincidental.
If Hui Wenming only casually saved some people of light, how could they all be people he knew?
Isn't this a bit too much of a coincidence?
Considering his current situation, Hui Wenming's willingness to answer every question suggests something fishy is going on.
"The individual named Lin Feng, just as you suspect, was arrested by us in order to get you to cooperate with us."
The light spheres saw through Lin Feng's thoughts, or rather, they had no intention of hiding anything from the beginning, so Lin Feng's discovery of the clues was also within their consideration.
"Cooperate with you in what way?" Lin Feng asked.
The orb of light replied, "An enemy wants to harm us. We need your cooperation to help eliminate the enemy."
The Radiant Civilization had contact with humanity during the Milky Way period and had faced the Black Tide together. If the enemy was the Black Tide, the Radiant Civilization could directly refer to it as the Black Tide, rather than using the vague term 'enemy'.
That's not surprising. The universe is so vast that the Hui civilization's enemies couldn't possibly be limited to the Black Tide alone, and the Unified Body's enemies are also everywhere.
Chapter 382 is resolved.
"I want to know who the enemy is," Lin Feng said frankly. He felt that if he was asked to help, he should at least be given some information.
"I don't know," the orb of light replied.
Lin Feng was taken aback, then asked curiously, "How are you sure the other party wants to harm you?"
You don't even know who the other party is, yet you want to be their enemy?
"Because of you," the orb of light replied.
"I?"
Lin Feng pointed at himself in astonishment; he was completely bewildered.
The orb of light replied, "Your name is Feng Taylor, but you believe your name is Lin Feng, and you have a very strange memory that records the ancient myths of our race."
"Couldn't it just be a coincidence?" Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
The sphere of light replied, "There are no coincidences in the world, only inevitabilities. Everything is just a probability distribution, and the probability that you possess this information is enough to restart the world trillions of times."
"..."
Lin Feng chose to remain silent. When it comes to probability, things become unpredictable; that's a matter of metaphysics.
The orb of light continued, "Based on your memories, we have reason to suspect that information about our own race has been leaked and used by an unknown hostile race to inject into your memory through fabricated memories."
"You're not trying to say Kuroshio, are you?" Lin Feng asked suspiciously.
The sphere of light replied, "It's most likely them."
Lin Feng asked, somewhat annoyed, "Can't this be my own memory?"
The sphere of light replied, "Your memory interprets the universe as nothing more than books and stories for other intelligent beings to enjoy. This is an extremely absurd idea. We have been beyond the universe and have arrived at this universe from other universes. Those are not stories or books, but real history that exists in reality."
“Individual cognition is extremely unreliable because individual memories can be fabricated and modified. If we wanted to, we could make you completely become ‘Feng Taylor’ instead of ‘Lin Feng’ right now. Only powerful racial groups will not change easily, because when a racial group becomes powerful, the cost of changing the memories and cognition of the entire racial group will also increase.”
Good heavens, they came from another universe! Lin Feng's understanding of the Hui civilization was refreshed to a new level, and at the same time, the existence of multiple universes was confirmed.
However, Lin Feng remained steadfast in his belief regarding his memory: "I still don't think there's anything false in my memory."
The orb of light did not argue with Lin Feng, but instead asked, "Another meaning of firm will is stubbornness. The working environment you experienced as a Wallfacer shaped your way of thinking. How about we talk about facts?"
Based on the information gathered from the photon people saved by the Radiant Civilization, Lin Feng understood the meaning behind the other party's words. After hesitating for a moment, he cautiously asked.
"If I help you, will I die?"
"It's possible, it's not possible. We can't give you any guarantees. In conflicts between civilizations, we can't guarantee your safety 100%."
Lin Feng nodded; that answer was enough.
……
Following Hui Wenming's instructions, Lin Feng entered a strange place that he couldn't quite place.
I can't quite put my finger on it.
It means that you don't need to move at all to see yourself up, down, left, right, front, back, and even inside and outside, from the macro to the micro, from birth to the present, from the enlightenment of thought to the maturity of thought at this moment.
In Huiwen's control room, Huiren was operating the equipment methodically and reporting to his supervisor.
"The causal reverse loop has been formed into a closed loop."
The supervisor commanded, "We cannot break the closed loop. If the closed loop is broken, a new cycle will be formed, and we will completely lose the causal line."
"Understood, circuit number eight is now in standby mode."
The supervisor said, "Notify Lin Feng, the individual, and have him find the node that exists in his mind according to our arrangements."
This was precisely the purpose of Hui Wenming waking up Lin Feng and talking to him. There were some things that Lin Feng had to help them with. If they acted recklessly, they would break the closed loop and form a new causal closed loop, and the causal line would be completely lost.
At this moment, everything in front of Lin Feng flickered like a revolving lantern, and finally, the scene froze in one place.
The old man lowered his head and sipped his tea, then asked with a kind smile, "Young man, why do you want to pursue archaeology?"
"Is that even a question? You can make a fortune by legally digging up graves," Lin Feng said matter-of-factly.
The next moment, the old man spat out the tea he had just drunk.
"puff--!"
"Cough cough cough... Young man, your thoughts are dangerous," the old man said, coughing as he spoke.
Lin Feng scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, "Professor, I was just kidding. You can't take a joke. Actually, I'm just curious about aliens."
"Then you should study aerospace engineering, instead of messing around on the ground like us," the old man said, shaking his head.
Lin Feng replied nonchalantly, "If there are aliens in the sky, why can't there be aliens on the ground? I think the ground is closer."
[Beep—!]
A series of noises shattered Lin Feng's memory, while Hui Wenming was also extremely busy.
"Shut down! Shut down! The fluctuation value is outside the normal range! Shut down the probe immediately!" The supervisor helplessly directed his subordinates.
Unfortunately, it was all too late. On a scale invisible to the naked eye, a huge hole had been torn in the causal line, and something ominous was seeping in from the other end of the hole.
Something's about to come out!
Those who could see what was on the other side of the hole cried out in even greater panic, "Myth... Myth is actually real! This is impossible, this is impossible!"
The people wanted to escape, but they couldn't because they were all too slow.
Everything fell into absolute stillness; the entropy value seemed to be branded, without even the slightest fluctuation.
……
"I need to know what's going on, why there are humans, Earth, solar system, and Milky Way in another universe? And why the causal backtracking there can trace back to me."
"Who did this? Who has the audacity to toy with humans?"
A raging fury echoed within the Amoeba's communication network, terrifying all the successors into not daring to reveal even the slightest information. This resentment from the Supreme Will struck each successor like a series of heavy hammer blows.
"Sustainability, answer me."
The gaze of the Amoeba's supreme will pierced through countless ages, locking onto the successor.
Yongxu, trying to remain calm, quickly explained, "The matter has been investigated and clarified. It was due to an experiment by a certain group. This experiment aimed to lock the upper limit of civilization development and use the development of civilizations born in this universe as a tool to explore the lower limit of a universe."
"What we didn't expect was that a single universe would split up as entropy increases. Civilizations within the universe created a composite universe structure by constantly dividing the original universe and shrinking their own scale. As it continues to evolve, we suspect that intelligence similar to cosmic life might emerge."
"So the experiment continued in this way."
The rage of the supreme will subsided somewhat with the explanation of perpetuity.
Encouraged, Yongxu continued to explain, "The emergence of humankind should be an accident. Because the upper limit of that universe was locked, the civilizations in the universe could only continuously create small universes. When the small universe was about to reach heat death, they would either restart the cycle or create an even smaller universe, and continue to spiral downwards."
"With the blessing of endless cycles of reincarnation, it is not surprising that human civilization, the solar system, and the Milky Way have been born in this universe, which has become a complex structure."
"Will and probability explain that anything is possible. Once infinity is introduced into it, any possibility will become a certainty."
The Amoeba's supreme will, its anger subsided due to the explanation of perpetuity, but not completely. It questioned its successors, "Then why did their causal regression trace back to me? If it was generated randomly, why is the causal line directly related to me?"
Yongxu hesitated, then replied with difficulty, "This... we find it strange too. Logically speaking, there's no reason for this to happen. The situation over there is under control now, and the entire universe is frozen, so there won't be any entropy increase."
The supreme will directly ordered, "Investigate all individuals who participated in the experiment; someone must be sabotaging it."
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