Chapter 1450 - I gradually understand everything (1/2)
“Alright, what I’m going to say next is the truth about the transition of the entire universe. It’s more important than anything you’ve experienced in the past and present. I’ll say this in advance. If you have any schedule later, clear it all.”
Han Xiao saw the look of disapproval on their faces and shook his head.
“The truth of the universe?”
The three of them looked at each other. Seeing that Han Xiao did not seem to be joking, they could not help but be skeptical.
Han Xiao snapped his fingers and summoned a virtual screen that was playing the virtual image of the birth and death of the universe. He then explained, “When the universe comes to an end, everything will return to nothingness. The phenomena like the heat death of the universe and the Big Crunch are the result of many scientists’ guesses or foreseeing of the universe. All kinds of signs and experiments show that these are all very likely to be the correct doomsday models, but this is only under normal circumstances… The direction of our universe does not follow the most primitive laws of nature. Long ago, our universe was modified by a final civilization, and the fundamental laws of the Information Form changed. On the day of the end of our universe, what awaits us is not the heat death of the universe or the Big Crunch, but a phenomenon called the Great Reboot.”
“The Great Reboot?”
The three of them were confused.
It was not that the scientific research community did not have similar speculations, but it was not the mainstream theory. Without conclusive sources, most of the evidence came from unknown items created by the information state disturbance. For example, the Virtual Mutiny Virus from back then was suspected to be from a civilization before the Great Reboot. However, it was not enough to be ironclad evidence, because it was not certain if it was an earlier civilization or a civilization from the unexplored universe. Thus, Marbruce and the other two were not unfamiliar with this term. They were only confused as to why Han Xiao was so certain of the existence of the Great Reboot. Han Xiao looked at the three of them and said slowly,
“The ‘Great Reboot’ I’m talking about is different from what you guys understand… The final civilization’s modification of the underlying laws of the universe has caused the universe to deviate from the laws of the natural end. Therefore, the time of the end has been brought forward by a lot, and every Great Reboot is a brand new Iteration. New civilizations reproduce in the universe that has returned to zero. However, due to the shortening of development time, the strength of each of the iteration civilizations is infinitely lower than the Final Civilization that had initially established the Great Reboot.” “So, this is bad news?” Marbruce pondered. “If that’s the case, all civilizations will develop from the beginning, and no one will be able to survive the end of the universe and reach the so-called… what did that popular phrase say, transcend worldliness?”
Han Xiao shook his head and said, “This is the main point I want to talk about. Although the Great Reboot causes the universe to return to zero, things from different Iterations will be passed down to the new Iteration through special means, and this medium is the Sanctum that all of you are longing for.”
The three of them were stunned.
Han Xiao continued, “The initial goal of the final civilization to modify the universe was to continue their civilization through a reboot. They failed, but it was not a waste of effort. The Sanctum was their legacy. It was originally a reserve storage for life tinders, but a special Information Form Mutation appeared during the changes of the Iterations and became the Sanctum today. This is the only thing that is known to not disappear during the Great Reboot.
“The purpose of the Sanctum is to store the Information Form state of the development of every Iteration, and during each Great Reboot, a portion of Information Form will be randomly integrated into the new iteration of the universe. Therefore, when the universe is rebooted, it will not be completely zero. Instead, its underlying laws will constantly undergo changes in the Iterations. In this way, the achievements of each iteration will be passed down to the later iterations. For example, the current secondary dimension world is the inheritance of a past Iteration and not a natural phenomenon.”
“So, you’re saying that… the universe we’re living in now is not the most primitive universe but a world that has been changed countless times? The Sanctum is equivalent to a… uh, processor?” Louis probed.
Han Xiao nodded. “More or less. Generations of civilizations treated the Sanctum as a way to get through the Great Reboot, so the Sanctum continued to develop all kinds of new functions. The Sanctum Revival is just one of them. The most important thing about the Sanctum is that it stored all the information of the Civilizations of the earlier Iterations, as well as their last words before the end of the world, all for future generations to refer to. This is a long relay that spanned countless Iterations, just for someone to break this cycle one day.” Hearing this, the three of them were shocked. Although Han Xiao’s tone was very calm, when they thought of the scene of generations of civilizations working together toward the same goal, they could not help but be stunned by such a grand undertaking. However, two seconds later, the three of them came to their senses, and their breathing suddenly became heavy.
At this moment, they suddenly realized that if what Black Star said was true, the information stored in the Sanctum would be an immeasurable amount of wealth.
As for Black Star, he could have held onto this wealth alone. If he did not say it, they would never have been able to get a share of it. However, he chose to say it instead of developing it himself. Was he that selfless?
It was precisely because they had thought this through that the three of them were even more shocked. For a moment, they fell silent, silently digesting the shock in their hearts.
After a while, the Pope said hesitantly, “You want to work with us to develop the Sanctum, is it because you want to get through the Great Reboot? Although what you just said is indeed quite shocking, let me be direct. The so-called Great Reboot should be very far away from us, right? Isn’t it too early to worry about this…”
Hearing this, Han Xiao smiled faintly. “You think it’s early?”
“Hmm…” Seeing this, the Pope could not help but widen his eyes in shock.” Could it be that the end of our universe is coming, and the Great Reboot is here?”.
The other two trembled in shock and disbelief.
“It wasn’t easy for us to defeat the World Tree Civilization, and we enjoyed a rare moment of relaxation. I didn’t expect…” Marbruce had mixed feelings.
However, Han Xiao shook his head and said, “You’re mistaken. It’s still too early for us to reach the end of this Iteration.”
The three of them heaved a sigh of relief.
However, before they could completely relax, Han Xiao suddenly said something shocking, stunning them.
“But you’ve already been rebooted.”
As soon as he finished speaking…
The Pope was stunned.
“What do you mean?”
“Four times.” Han Xiao raised four fingers and said slowly, “Our universe has been rebooted four times… In the previous Iteration, you guys were the final civilizations. You guys used an Information Form Stripping Plan and successfully passed the Great Reboot, but you did not really enter the new universe of the next iteration. Instead, you guys became a sealed dark universe that cycled and restarted on its own… In other words, you guys have died a few times, but you don’t know it yet!”
The three of them were dumbfounded.
During this period of time, Han Xiao had been trying to gain access to the First Sanctum. Every time he went in and out, the time he spent became shorter and shorter. When his access reached level fifteen, the flow of time finally converged. The time ratio of the main universe to the Sanctum was one to one, and the contents of the message board were finally unlocked
At this point, Han Xiao finally understood everything. The messages from the bottom fourth to the last paragraph of the Sanctum were all left by the ‘three Universal Civilizations!