The crazy guy from Hakoden, defeated the millions of gods!

"You who come from outside the universe, can you tell us what is outside the universe?"

Dark Forest: Liberating the Three-Body: Chapter 225 The universe is reincarnated but not destroyed, which can be called transcendence!

Survival is the first need of civilization and the foundation of civilization, but the first is not the only one.

Only a civilization in a state of primitive ignorance would regard survival as the only necessity of civilization.

In the scope of the universe, human civilization is a weak civilization in its primary state, with a history of less than 10,000 years.

Initially, survival was the most intense struggle for this civilization. Humankind’s weak bodies struggled among wild beasts in the wilderness, and plague, hunger, and natural disasters threatened human survival at all times.

But even in such circumstances, the first generation of humans did not stop at survival. After they left the most primitive stage, they immediately began to pursue things beyond survival.

Throughout the tens of thousands of years of history, many people have pursued an existence beyond survival.

Poets carve emotions with words, philosophers outline truth with thoughts, soldiers pursue freedom and dignity in blood and fire... Even ordinary people are willing to sacrifice for the beliefs in their hearts and the happiness of their loved ones.

In this civilization, there were countless ordinary people who were willing to sacrifice their lives for their beliefs, pursuit of truth, pursuit of beauty, freedom, or other things.

This is the case even for a primitive civilization like human civilization.

This is especially true for those super civilizations standing at the top of the starry sea.

When civilization develops to a certain level, their needs are no longer limited to the instinct of survival, and the basic needs of survival will gradually retreat into the unconscious.

What these powerful civilizations desire is no longer food, shelter and reproduction; it is not “how to survive” but “why to live”.

They looked up at the starry sky and wondered where its origin came from.

They explore the microscopic world, asking themselves if they can escape the constraints of matter.

They looked down at the universe and questioned what the purpose of its existence was.

They master the rules and calculate what is the ultimate truth of the universe.

The Zeroer civilization is such a civilization that can be called a "God".

They have existed for so long that they have long forgotten the specific moment of their origin. Their history permeates the birth and extinction of galaxies, recording the cycle of burning and falling of the universe.

Their social structures, consciousness grids, and information algorithms have been evolving and recursively optimized over endless years until they became the supreme observers and explorers in the universe.

And at the end of all this evolution, what they desire is no longer self-continuation or survival, but an unsolvable mystery - [outside the universe].

"What is outside the universe?"

Mu Yuan knew from the beginning that the representative of the Zero Civilization, "Zero", would definitely ask this question.

Observations are always relative.

The consciousness of the Zero-Returner civilization is spread throughout the universe. Their information network is woven into a dense web, which is omnipresent from the low-dimensional particle level to the high-dimensional law level.

The most incredible thing is that they were able to collect and master information from the entire universe, carry out reverse calculations on an immeasurable scale, and finally observe the existence of Mu Yuan.

This is the oldest civilization in the universe and also the most powerful one.

With the help of his talent of [Humanitarian Authority], Mu Yuan separated countless tiny seeds of humanitarian power and came into contact with many super civilizations in the universe.

Each of these super civilizations can easily change the rules of the universe, and a single action can cause the creation and destruction of millions of galaxies.

But only [Zeroer] has achieved anti-memetic deduction on a cosmic scale.

Observations are always relative.

When the Zeroers "saw" Mu Yuan's existence, Mu Yuan also "saw" them, penetrated the barriers they had built, stirred up subtle ripples in the Zeroers' consciousness network, and peeked into the foundation and essence of this great civilization.

After developing the power of [Humanitarian Authority], Mu Yuan touched the secret of [three-digit numbers] and he had already stepped half a foot into that omnipotent realm.

It's just half a step, but in Mu Yuan's opinion, the word "transcendence" can be used to describe this transformation.

The dominant civilizations that roam the starry sky look up to the super civilizations that can change the laws of physics and mathematics at will, like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky.

However, when these super civilizations that master the laws of the universe saw the seeds transformed from Mu Yuan's humanitarian power, they were like tiny mayflies looking at the endless sky.

This is the huge difference that this half step brings, which can be described as the difference between the mortal world and transcendence.

Therefore, Mu Yuan was very surprised that [Zero Returner] could actually observe his existence.

Can the being in the painting observe the person outside the painting? Of course not, the two are completely in a different dimension.

Since they can be observed, it actually shows that although there is a gap between the existence of the two, it is not to the point of being immeasurable.

With a hint of curiosity, Mu Yuan followed the traces of observation and began to analyze the origin of the existence of the Zero-Returner civilization.

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For billions of years, countless civilizations have been competing in the sea of stars. Some super civilizations have walked out of the quagmire of war and are no longer entangled in disputes. All they think about and seek is the ultimate truth of the universe.

This truth is everything known in the universe, the origin of the universe, and the complete explanation of all the rules in the universe.

Once you master this complete answer, you will uncover the secrets hidden behind dimensions and time and space. You will be able to understand the structure of the universe, the formation of rules, the origin of dimensions, and even grasp the movement trajectory of every speck of dust and the flow and pulsation of every beam of light.

However, what these super civilizations pursuing the truth do not know is that the complete solution they are striving for has already been mastered by the Zero-Returner civilization.

Within the universe, the Zero-Returner civilization has already achieved [omniscience].

From their perspective, all the rules of the universe, changes, life, and even the flow of time are no longer secrets.

The twinkling of stars, the rotation of galaxies, the surge and decay of particles - everything became "known" in their consciousness.

Those beings who are powerful enough to change the laws of physics, whose desire for knowledge and will are as blazing and persistent as the stars, are still searching in the vast sea of stars and climbing the ultimate mountain of truth. But in the eyes of the Zeroers, this behavior is just like the afterimage of a child exploring the primitive world.

The Zeroer had already stood at the top of the mountain, like a spectator looking down at the chess game, watching this endless chase with cold eyes.

Only after trillions or even ten trillion years, the dimension of the universe will gradually fall to a point close to zero dimension, and expand to a terrifying limit, until all matter is so thin that it is almost imperceptible, as if the entire universe is left with only nothingness and darkness.

Only at this time will they reveal a transcendence that no other civilization can match.

They will forcibly eliminate all small universes attached to the membrane of the big universe and bring the matter of these small universes back to the big universe.

Then, they will use an inverse singularity technology related to the Big Bang singularity to forcibly restart the universe and return to zero.

Such a long period of time from the birth of the universe to its restart and reset to zero can be called a [Cosmic Era].

The origin of the Zero Returners comes from the first cosmic era which can no longer be traced back.

This is why they are the oldest and most powerful.

If you want to master the complete answer to a large universe, you naturally need to master all the information about the evolution of the universe from its birth to its death.

And this information includes the destruction of civilization itself.

At the end of the first cosmic era, the Nullifier civilization reached unimaginable heights.

At the quantum time point before their own destruction, they completed the last piece of the puzzle through calculation, and in this short period of time that was almost imperceptible to any living thing, they calculated and obtained the [complete solution] of the universe.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's a miracle.

When the universe is heading towards annihilation, everything will return to nothingness, the laws of physics will collapse and disappear, any existence will turn to dust and be annihilated into chaos, and everything is destined to be annihilated.

But in this mighty force of the collapse of the universe, a tiny trace of "information" remained and was not annihilated.

In the first cosmic era, after the universe expanded to a certain critical value, it began to shrink, returned to a point, and finally restarted.

However, this remaining "information" was integrated into the root of the universe in a completely compressed way, and intertwined with the new laws of the universe in an unobservable subtle form.

When the universe expands again, forming stars and galaxies, and giving birth to new life and civilizations, the remaining "information" is like a seed rooted in the birthmark of the universe, constantly replicating and growing.

This is an everlasting echo. Billions of years later, the Zeroer civilization successfully revived in the new universe!

And in another restart of the cosmic cycle, the Zero-Returner civilization grasped that chance, that miracle.

From then on, no matter how the universe is born and destroyed, they will always retain a trace of information that will not be destroyed and will be able to revive in the new universe.

This is the immortality of information.

"The Immortal Qualities..."

Mu Yuan exclaimed.

After going through countless disasters and dangers, even if my soul is scattered, my spirit remains.

I will fight against reincarnation for hundreds of lifetimes. Even if the six paths are impermanent, I will still be immortal!

This is the [Immortality] that cannot be killed by the cycle of time and the birth and death of the universe!

In the small garden, the synonym and pronoun of immortality is [omnipotent domain].

That is a three-digit number.

Dark Forest: Liberating the Three-Body Problem: Chapter 226: The Great Ocean of the Universe, the Grand Unification of All Human Races in the Universe!

"Outside the universe is the 'universe'."

Mu Yuan withdrew his gaze, and the depth of exploration in his pupils gradually calmed down.

He looked at the representatives of the Zero Civilization and slowly answered their question.

"'Universe'?" A resonant sound of connection came from the Zeroer's consciousness network.

Mu Yuan nodded slightly: "That's right."

The ocean of consciousness of the Zeroer shook, and the huge computing power rolled like a surging tide.

What is outside the universe? Nothingness? An immaterial universe that is the opposite of the material universe? Nothingness? Or a more majestic multiverse?

Any definite result is not a completely unfamiliar concept to them. In their long exploration and deduction, all possible assumptions, including this one, have been included in the framework of possibility.

However, assumptions are always just assumptions. The universe is "finite and unbounded". Any means of observing outside the universe will return to the inside of the universe.

Since they cannot observe the universe outside, these hypotheses will always lack direct evidence and verification methods.

And now, Mu Yuan's answer provides them with the key original parameters.

The Zeroer civilization quickly input this information into their huge computing matrix. Countless complex formulas and structural diagrams emerged in their consciousness network. Using the narrow perspective of being trapped in one universe, they deduced the entire picture of the endless universe!

The appearance of this multiverse soon appeared in their ocean of consciousness with many possible structures, and each possibility operated according to different rules and logic.

One of them is the true picture of this multiverse.

Looking at all this, Mu Yuan's expression was calm, but he showed a hint of appreciation.

This is the beauty of intelligent life: events that have zero probability in the physical world become miraculous once the variable of life is added.

And the civilization formed by intelligent life is the most perfect crystallization of this possibility.

Just like the civilization before us, it should have been destroyed in the first contraction of the universe, but it began a miraculous cycle of reincarnation and eventually had the possibility of transcending the universe.

Three-digit numbers...

"Look."

Gui Ling raised his head and saw Mu Yuan gently raised his palm, his fingertips sliding across the void, and as his palm slowly turned over, a miniature model of the universe appeared in his palm.

Although this model is small, it is extremely delicate. The galaxy is vast, the Milky Way rotates, the stars shine, and the planets revolve around their orbits. The rules of the universe flow in it, and behind the trajectory of each star, there seem to be countless complex rules and logics supporting it.

Guiling looked at this scene, and the fluctuations in his consciousness paused for a moment.

Mu Yuan smiled slightly and tapped his fingers lightly.

The model of the universe suddenly trembled, and as the light and shadow flowed, it began to shrink rapidly, as if it was compressed to the extreme by some incredible force.

However, as the model shrinks, the perspective suddenly rises, crossing the galaxy, transcending the rules, and entering a higher level.

From the perspective of the Zero-Returner civilization, the vast universe they are familiar with suddenly shrank and became an insignificant existence.

And beyond it, an endless expanse emerged—it was densely packed with countless large universes of the same size.

Those vast universes seem to be connected to each other, with interlaced brilliance and ripples of time and space rippling among them. They exist independently yet influence each other, like an endless ocean, layer upon layer, boundless.

"This is……"

Guiling's voice trembled slightly. They had never witnessed such a magnificent sight before. Awe almost overwhelmed his consciousness.

Mu Yuan nodded and continued, "This is the true appearance outside this universe."

Guiling watched silently, the magnificent scene made him unable to look away - countless universes existed close to each other, reflecting each other, and the light flowed, forming an indescribable harmony and magnificence.

The infinite universe rises and falls in the boundless ocean of time and space, and a universe is just a drop of water in this cosmic ocean!

"The structure of this multiverse is similar to the ocean." Mu Yuan retracted his palm, and the miniature multiverse model gradually dissipated in his palm, like a drop of water merging into the vast ocean.

"So I call it——'The Great Cosmic Sea'."