Chapter 398 Knowledge at the end
"First of all, the place we are in now is the 'end of time'. Of course, this is just an artistic name. In a more 'practical' way of saying, this is a 'isolated area' independent of the 'universe'. "
"You can understand this place as an isolation zone for storing 'abnormal files', at least for the 'original function' here."
"Professor" slowly explained the role of "End of Time" in this "data universe". This place is different from the "recycle bin" like "Void", but a "quarantine area".
For a "universe" similar to a computer, this is the storage place for various "risk data". The "universe" may not be able to confirm the abnormality of these "risk data", so it is necessary to set up such a place specially Those "risk figures".
Among them, those certified as "no risk" will be re-introduced into the "universe". As for the "risky", it may be considered light to be thrown into the "void".
After all, for the "Trojan horse virus" that may destroy this "cosmic experiment", normal people will not put it in the "recycle bin" in an ordinary way, and the "file shredder" may be their final destination.
This seems to echo the nature of black holes, maybe the "black hole" itself is a kind of "file shredder"?
But these are all "before". Judging from the tone of the "professor" and Li Wenyuan's personal experience, the current "end of time" has undergone many changes.
At least right now, this place is not a place similar to the "Trial Court", otherwise the human race, which is obviously ready to destroy the "experiment", must have been characterized as "risk data" and "cleaned up".
"Of course, this place used to be the 'most dangerous' place, but all this is different after the appearance of the 'Ring of Time'."
"The Ring of Time?" Seeing that this long-standing "mystery" was finally mentioned, Li Wenyuan's heart was inevitably excited, and he even repeated it unconsciously.
This is a feeling that he has not experienced for a long time after becoming a "data being". This may be the impact of this flesh and blood body. Although it is not "rational", it also has a different feeling.
The "professor" also directly talked about the essence of the "ring of time":
"'Ring of Time' is the same as this place, it is an artistic name we give to it. From a 'practical' point of view, I prefer to call it 'Scorpion of Time'."
"He is like a kind of 'bug' that exists in this universe, it appeared here at some time, it has a weird nature like 'life', but it seems to stand outside the whole 'world', not Subject to 'circulation'."
"Actually, we haven't figured out what He is until now, but we have figured out one thing. At least for the current 'universe', He is the incarnation of 'Time'."
Such an explanation sounds full of metaphysical atmosphere. Although the concept of "time" itself is very abstract, it still sounds very unimaginable to define "time" with some kind of "individual".
The "professor" also explained this somewhat helplessly: "I know this sounds very unscientific, but one of the identities of the 'Spider of Time' is indeed 'time'."
"In this 'universe', 'time' itself is also a kind of data, but compared with the complex 'material data' that surface at the top, 'time data' is much lower."
"Theoretically speaking, 'time' is indeed an attribute we artificially ascribe to matter, but 'time' is a necessary attribute for the 'universe'."
"'Universe' needs a scale and scale to evaluate the 'development progress' of 'data', and this scale is 'time'."
"Then since it is data, there is room for manipulation. You can simply understand it as: one of the 'data' that constitutes the 'underlying code' of this universe is the 'Spider of Time'. What you should be wondering about is How this 'underlying code' forms 'life'."
"But this goes back to the previous question. We don't know where He came from. Maybe a certain high-dimensional existence couldn't stand this kind of 'experiment' and personally participated in the 'experiment'? Maybe it's this Is the underlying code of the 'universe' accumulating errors over a long period of time, resulting in such a 'time bug'? Or are there other possibilities?"
“It is, after all, one of our understandings of him.”
"Haven't you guys communicated with the 'Witch of Time'?" Hearing this, Li Wenyuan couldn't help asking.
He originally thought that the "Professor" could have stayed in this kind of place for so long, and he should already have a good understanding of "The Scorpion of Time", but now it seems that may not be the case.
And the "professor" is quite helpless about this:
"I also said before that this is just one of our understandings based on the 'universe' itself. In fact, I think the body of the 'Scorpion of Time' may come from a higher world, or simply from 'outside', In the same world as the being who led this 'cosmic experiment'."
"And 'time' is just a manifestation of him in this 'universe', we have no way to communicate with an existence of his level, and even 'designation' may actually be just some kind of fixed program..."
Such words caused Li Wenyuan to fall into a short period of contemplation. After talking about the other name of the "Ring of Time" from the "professor"-the Scale of Time, he realized what the "Scale of Time Scale" that led him here was. up.
This thing seems to be the scales of the "Ring of Time", and the "scales" must be only "biological". In "universe" now.
This reminded him of "Worm of the Void". Although the structure of "Worm of the Void" looks different from any kind of creature, and it is indeed not a "creature", it can be called "worm". To a certain extent, it also retains the characteristics of "creatures", and "Scorpion of Time" seems to be some kind of "worm" as well.
So Li Wenyuan informed the "professor" of the news of "The Scale of the Time Weaver", and the professor was also very surprised by this.
"how do I say this?"
"Because this means that the 'Witch of Time' has been able to actively exert influence on the 'universe'." The "Professor" immediately explained.
"Although the 'time scorpion' represents the 'time' of the 'universe', in the past it could not have any influence on the 'world' outside the black hole. It has to be confined around black holes."
"Perhaps after participating in this 'cosmic experiment', even he can't violate this underlying rule, and can only exert influence to a limited extent."
"However, the appearance of this 'Scale of Time' proves that he can now exert an influence on the outside world in the form of 'matter'. This is a huge breakthrough from 0 to 1, which means that in the future we can To be able to reach him, and to retrieve 'our pieces'."
"You should know that the only places that can store the 'fragments of the past' are the 'void' and here, and compared with contacting black holes, it is obviously much more difficult to find the 'void', the sooner we 'awaken',' The more time the universe' has left, the more we'll be able to do."
"As long as there is enough 'time', it is possible to capture the 'foreign will' or directly 'break the cycle'. The significance of this discovery is indeed great."
Li Wenyuan really did not expect such a scale to have such a big impact, and it sounds like it is a good thing for them.
Since the mysterious "foreign will" was mentioned at this time, Li Wenyuan also questioned it incidentally.
"Even if you don't ask me, I'll tell you. It's related to our long-term efforts and the nature of this 'cosmic experiment'." The "professor" waved his hand, and the surrounding "cosmic landscape" changed accordingly. , turned into a seemingly highly developed urban planet.
And they stood in space, overlooking the planet.
"The 'foreign will' is the biggest mystery in this universe, and also the most dangerous existence."
"It appears and disappears without any sign, but its traces can be clearly felt in the historical records of those destroyed civilizations."
"And we suspect that it is the one that led this 'cosmic experiment'."
The urban planet below, which was originally in good condition, suddenly experienced a huge change, and a huge amount of industrial waste gas was discharged into the atmosphere, which was difficult to solve even with the powerful purification ability of the urban planet.
Not long after that, riots seemed to erupt on the planet, with explosions one after another on the surface of the planet, blowing up the entire urban planet into ruins in a short while, with no traces of life activities left.
As the scene changed, the "professor" talked about the influence of "foreign will".
"This is a civilization that did not know how many epochs ago, and it was invaded by an 'foreign will'."
"The arrival of this 'foreign will' has disrupted all peaceful civilizations. This urban planet is one of its masterpieces. As the home planet of this civilization, although the production capacity of this urban planet is not high, it is important for the entire civilization. It is a spiritual place.”
"Originally there were only leisure and entertainment areas on this planet. After all, for this kind of civilization that can be invaded by 'foreign will', resources are no longer a problem for them, but after its arrival, this 'entertainment city planet' It was re-planned as an 'industrial city planet', and the former 'paradise' became an 'exhaust gas hell'."
"If it's just that, that's all. However, the 'foreign will' went crazy for some reason, forcefully reversed the way of life of the entire civilization, and finally caused a crack in the species in the civilization, and was destroyed in civil strife."
"Although this 'foreign will' left in a hurry, the people in that civilization still left a record."
As he said that, the environment changed again and again, and he came to a monument standing in the ruins of the earth. The text on it was creepy. The general content was that they were invaded by a mysterious existence, and everyone was forced to obey a certain order. under the rule of one will.
During this process, that will showed incredible terrifying power, for example, it could violate the law of conservation of matter, directly causing the entire civilization to generate a large amount of resources out of thin air.
It is really possible to "create something out of nothing", so that a burst of resources can appear in an empty cosmic warehouse in an instant without any movement, and even let the camera in the warehouse record the process of the sudden appearance of resources .
When he heard this, Li Wenyuan, who already had a clear understanding of the "essence of the universe", knew that this must have used the means of "data manipulation" to transform one kind of "data" into another kind of "data". Same as the law of conservation of matter.
But what the "foreign will" did next was even more exaggerated.
The monument clearly records how the "foreign will" "reversed time" for the dead scientists. Although these people did not know that time was reversed at first, due to too many times, almost all of them later faintly realized to this matter.
And this is consistent with Li Wenyuan's understanding from "the void". According to "he" who didn't know how long ago, there was a civilization that thanked the "foreign will" for this, because objectively speaking, the "foreign will" reverses time. His actions have indeed helped that civilization immensely.
"...but the later 'foreign will' seems to be more and more 'proficient', every time it can perfectly 'play bad' the civilization... It seems that I already know what the end of this civilization will be like this, so I quickly gave up this civilization…"
"And...manipulating time?" He also thought of "The Scorpion of Time", but he didn't say much, but asked the purpose of the "Professor" "foreign will".
"From the results of thousands of 'circulations', the 'foreign will'... seems to be 'raising Gu', it is looking for a powerful civilization that will not be destroyed anyway, which is why he always chooses those powerful civilizations. reasons for the invasion of civilizations."
"This may be one of the purposes of this 'cosmic experiment'. It is studying how to transform 'data' into power. I think that 'foreign will' may have a way to transform 'data' into a real 'world' And the repeated 'circulation' is its 'pursuit' of interests."
(end of this chapter)