Free Web NovelChapter 546: Chapter 313: The Truth of the Relic Civilization (Part 2)
"It seems you understand." Chu Lin said softly, "This is why we want to transform such a universe. This world is vast, with infinite universes beyond it, infinite wonders. Civilization, especially our human civilization, should not be trapped in a single universe. If we succeed, then this universe will become more and more wonderful, and civilization will continue to grow stronger until one day, following the path we have laid out, it will finally break out of the universe, come to our side, and explore the infinity beyond with us."
"..." Shen Shi indeed understood.
If it were him, he would do the same.
In fact, the reason why he established the Human Interstellar Empire and shared technology with the civilizations that joined largely revolves around this point.
One day, when the Human Interstellar Empire defeats Mude, defeats the Thousand Alliance, defeats all visible enemies, and truly becomes the sole overlord of this universe, the next path for human civilization, the next enemy, will be exploring the unknown!
Exploring the truths of the universe, exploring all the unknown secrets.
And for this, companions are needed, the strength of all civilizations is needed.
If there are none, then they must be created and nurtured by themselves.
Shen Shi firmly believes this is the most correct path, this is the only hopeful future for this universe.
Therefore, he can completely understand the methods of this so-called Pan-Humanity Guardian Association—if they truly have already transcended beyond the universe and are that powerful.
"So, what do you mean by transformation failure?" Shen Shi brought the topic back to the main point.
In his heart, he actually already believed four or five tenths of this person’s identity and words.
Because the power demonstrated by the other party and the information they knew seemed to have no reason to deceive him.
"We neglected the rules this universe was originally giving birth to." Chu Lin sighed softly, "It was a kind of power based on the soul, based on emotion." fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"Primordial Energy?" Shen Shi thought of this immediately.
"Yes and no." Chu Lin shook his head, "Primordial Energy is the best result after we discovered the rule conflict and transformed, but it is not the original power of this universe. Its original power united the entire universe into a single unified, conscious life form."
"What do you mean?" Shen Shi’s pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.
"To put it in words you can understand, it is ’Heavenly Dao’, the Heavenly Dao of this universe." Chu Lin said, "According to our terms, it is a naturally born Level 8 Life Form. You should understand, if human consciousness is composed of connected neurons, then when countless forces similar to Primordial Energy pervade the entire universe, can they also form a true ’cosmic life form’?"
"There is indeed such a theory..." Shen Shi recalled the related ideas.
Some people believe that the incarnation of Primordial Energy can isolate and still instantly receive information from countless light-years apart, which means that in this universe, there actually exists an unnoticeable ’Sea of Primordial Energy.’
Or rather, a Sea of Consciousness.
If the universe is regarded as a separate, huge life form with self-awareness, the Sea of Consciousness is the consciousness itself of this life form.
All the primordial energy of intelligent life forms actually belongs to this consciousness.
In other words, it is like the existence within the consciousness world of a Master of Primordial Energy, where everyone is just living within the consciousness world of the universe.
And now it seems, if what this man in front of him says is true, is this universe originally like this?
"So... you killed this universe?" Shen Shi asked slowly after a while.
"It’s not wrong to understand it that way. In fact, the word ’stifle’ is more appropriate." Chu Lin said, "Because during rule conflicts, the consciousness of this universe had not yet formed. Of course, it can never form afterward. However, the conflict of rules was so chaotic, so intense, that it reached a point where just our existence would cause bursting destruction. So, we could only rush to apply patches and leave hurriedly, not even daring to leave behind some remnants, things attached with rules—the timeline of human extinction you experienced should have been destroyed by one of those things."
"Indeed... that thing is not something easily resolved." Shen Shi recalled that Bronze Sword and couldn’t help but nod.
He has now understood the general idea from the other’s narration.
However, there is still one extremely critical aspect he does not understand.
"So, what about us?" Shen Shi slightly narrowed his eyes, "According to what you say, you left twelve billion years ago, but humanity’s birth is only tens of thousands of years ago. Why are we so similar? Or are we actually just your backup for your eventual return?"
Shen Shi had to ask this question.
Because from the beginning, the other party had always communicated with him using standard Eastern Country Language.
There was no use of consciousness communication.
That familiar and natural feeling, also different from other races, this feeling of using his mother tongue, Shen Shi would not mistake.
So, not only is history the same, but even the language is the same?
"The reason is simple." Chu Lin explained as if it were a trivial matter, "The birth of humanity was also engraved in the rules of other universes. This rule includes the birth of the Milky Way, the birth of the Solar System, the birth of humans, and the earliest history of humans. However, it only continues until modern times, which you refer to as the Earth Star Period. The development of humanity after that is all freely chosen."
"What..." Shen Shi was stunned.
"It’s easy to understand, isn’t it?" Chu Lin said, "Since you are nurturing companions, naturally, you nurture your kind. The same culture can create the same understanding, can naturally draw us closer. Moreover, we originated from the Pan-Humanity Guardian Association, which originally evolved from a super-large universe with countless parallel worlds. Even now, we still have not abandoned the duty of guarding humanity. This time, we rushed over because we detected the extinction of humanity... though the complexity exceeded my expectations."
"..." Shen Shi once again fell into silence.
To engrave the birth of humanity into the rules?
It even includes the birth of the Milky Way? The birth of the Solar System?
So to speak...
The other party actually also comes from a Milky Way, Solar System, Blue Star, and might even also be an Eastern Country Person from some universe?
Shen Shi had to admit.
Once this understanding was established, he did naturally feel a sense of closeness towards the other party.
In this universe, culture is originally the strongest force to connect a massively large Interstellar Power into a whole.
"I roughly believe what you say." Shen Shi finally said in a muffled voice, then stared closely at the other, "So, you came to solve the future of human extinction? What is the method? If you truly are from the Relic Civilization, you should easily resolve the danger, right? The destruction of humanity was caused by the thing you left behind."
"In theory, that’s indeed the case, but unfortunately, we have no way to directly intervene." Chu Lin instead sighed, "Did you not notice? I don’t even dare to go to your main world line. Even in this world that still exists within the timeline, I only dare to use this Void Dao Artifact, remaining just outside the crevices of the leftover world... this universe still retains traces of us, and it can easily resonate with our strength, subsequently breaking the fragile balance and entering an irretrievable abyss of destruction, which is why I say it’s troublesome."
