"Alright, what I'm going to say next is the truth about the changes of the entire universe. It's more important than everything you've experienced in the past and now. Let me tell you in advance, if you have any meetings later, cancel them all."
Han Xiao saw the disapproving expressions of the three of them and shook his head. His tone was unquestionable.
"The truth of the universe?"
Marbruce and the other two 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. On it was a virtual scene of the birth and death of the universe.
He explained, "When the universe comes to an end, everything will return to nothingness. Heat death, the Great Collapse, and other phenomena are the end of the universe that many scientists have guessed or foreseen. All kinds of signs and experiments show that these are very likely to be correct doomsday models, but this is only under normal circumstances … However, the direction of our universe doesn't follow the most primitive laws of nature. A long time ago, our universe was modified by an ultimate civilization. The underlying laws of the Information Form changed. On the day of the end of our universe, what awaits us is not heat death or collapse, 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 guesses, but it was not a mainstream theory, and there was no conclusive evidence to support it. Most of the evidence came from some unknown items produced by Information Form disturbances, such as the Virtual Mutiny Virus, which was suspected to be from a civilization before the Great Reboot. However, it was not enough to be used as irrefutable evidence because it was uncertain if it was a civilization in the unexplored universe or a civilization from an earlier timeline.
Therefore, Marbruce and the other two were not unfamiliar with the concept of this term. They were just puzzled as to why Han Xiao was so certain of the existence of the Great Reboot.
Han Xiao glanced at the expressions of the three of them and slowly said, "The Great Reboot I'm talking about …
"The Great Reboot I'm talking about is different from what you guys understand … The transformation of the underlying laws of the universe by the ultimate civilization caused the universe to deviate from the laws of the natural end. Therefore, the time of the end was much earlier. Every Great Reboot is a brand new iteration, and new civilizations reproduce in the universe that has returned to zero. However, due to the greatly shortened development time and other factors, the possibility of the civilizations of each iteration surpassing the ultimate civilization that established the Great Reboot is infinitely lower."
"So, this is bad news?" Marbruce pondered. "If that's the case, if all civilizations develop from scratch, won't no one be able to survive the end of the universe and achieve the so-called … what's the popular word again? Transcendence?"
Han Xiao shook his head. "This is what I want to say … Although the Great Reboot has returned the universe to zero, things from different Iterations will be passed down to the new Iteration through special methods, and this medium is the Sanctum that you have been longing for."
The three of them were slightly taken aback.
Han Xiao continued, "The goal of the original Ultimate Civilization to transform the universe was to continue their civilization through the reboot. They failed, but their efforts were not in vain. The Sanctum is the legacy they left behind. It was originally a reserved Tinder Vault, but during the Iterations, a special information mutation appeared and turned into the Sanctum of today. This is the only thing known to not disappear in the Great Reboot.
"The function of the Sanctum is to store the Information Form of every Iteration, and during every Great Reboot, a portion of the information will be randomly integrated into the laws of the universe of the new Iteration. "Therefore, the Great Reboot of the universe will not completely return to zero. Instead, the underlying laws will constantly change in one Iteration after another. In this way, the results of each Iteration will be passed down to the subsequent Iterations. For example, the current secondary dimension world is the legacy of the previous Iteration and is not a natural phenomenon."
"So, what you mean is … 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, processing device? "Louis asked tentatively.
Han Xiao nodded. "More or less. Generations of civilizations have treated the Sanctum as a breakthrough to survive the Great Reboot, so the Sanctum has continuously mutated and developed various new functions. The Sanctum Revival is just one of them. "The most important thing about the Sanctum is that it stores all the information of all the civilizations of the past Iterations, as well as their last words before the end of the world. It's all for the future generations to refer to. This is a long relay across countless Iterations, just for someone to break this cycle one day."
Hearing this, the three of them were surprised. Although Han Xiao's tone was very calm, when they thought of the scene of generations of civilizations relaying the same goal, they could not help but be stunned by this magnificent undertaking.
However, after two seconds, the three of them came back to their senses, and their breathing suddenly became heavy.
At this moment, they suddenly realized that if what Black Star said was true, then the information stored in the Sanctum of the various Iterations was an inestimable amount of wealth.
Black Star was holding this wealth alone. If he did not say it, they would not be able to touch it at all. However, instead of developing it himself, he chose to say it. Was he so selfless?
It was precisely because they had figured this out that the three of them were even more shocked. They fell silent for a moment, silently digesting the shock in their hearts.
After a while, the Ethereal Pope said hesitantly, "You want to cooperate with us to develop the Sanctum. Is it because you want to survive the Great Reboot? Although what you said just now is indeed shocking, allow me to be frank. The so-called Great Reboot should still be very far away from us, right? Isn't it a little too early to worry about this? "
Hearing this, Han Xiao smiled faintly. "You think it's too early?"
"Hmm …" Seeing this, the Ethereal Pope could not help but widen his eyes in shock. "Could it be that our universe has already reached the end, and the Great Reboot is coming?"
The other two trembled, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.
"It wasn't easy for us to defeat the World Tree Civilization and enjoy a rare moment of relaxation. I didn't expect …" Marbruce had mixed feelings.
However, Han Xiao shook his head. "You're mistaken. It's still early for our Iteration to reach the end."
The three of them heaved a sigh of relief.
However, before they could completely relax, Han Xiao suddenly said something shocking, stunning the three of them.
"But you've already rebooted."
As soon as he finished speaking …
The Ethereal Pope's body trembled, and his face was filled with shock.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Four times." Han Xiao raised four fingers and slowly said, "Our universe has already been rebooted four times … In the previous Iteration, you were the ultimate civilization. You activated an Information Form Stripping Plan and successfully survived the Great Reboot. However, you did not truly enter the new universe of the next Iteration. Instead, you became a sealed dark side universe, circulating and rebooting on your own … In other words, you're all people who have died a few times, but you don't know it yet!"
The three of them were dumbfounded, and they did not know what to do.
Han Xiao had been farming the First Sanctum's authority all this time, going in and out. Each time, the time spent was getting shorter and shorter. When his authority reached level fifteen, the flow of time finally converged. The time ratio between the main universe and the Sanctum was one to one, and the contents of the message board were all unlocked.
At this point, Han Xiao gradually understood everything. The messages from the fourth to the last paragraph of the Sanctum were actually all left behind by the 'three Universal Civilizations' Iteration!
The Celestial Star Alliance was located in the fifth last paragraph, which was the previous Iteration of the three Universal Civilizations. The fourth last paragraph was the new Iteration after the Great Reboot. The three Universal Civilizations were the ultimate civilizations developed by the new Iteration. At that time, there was no such thing as a 'World Tree'. The three Universal Civilizations slowly multiplied and finally successfully discovered the Sanctum, understanding all the information about the Iterations.
Because the plan of the Celestial Star Alliance in the previous Iteration was very feasible, the three Universal Civilizations inherited it and improved it, forming the 'Information Form Stripping Plan'.
However, the three Universal Civilizations at that time knew very well that with their accumulation, they did not have absolute confidence in surviving the Great Reboot, so they did not want to put all their eggs in one basket. Therefore, the real goal of this plan was not to completely overcome the Great Reboot but to buy more time for themselves. They stripped the multiverse of the Information Form and tried to imitate the operation of the Celestial Star Alliance, existing in the form of secondary dimensions and dark side universes in the new Iteration, continuously rebooting.
However, the difference was that the three Universal Civilizations followed the Celestial Star Alliance's train of thought and stood on the shoulders of giants to carry out almost perfect improvements. Thus, they successfully stripped the entire Iteration's' Information Form 'and formed a closed dark side universe in the next Iteration. It existed based on the Information Form, like a' virtual 'world,' parallel development 'with a faster flow of time … Just like parallel lines, it was difficult to intersect with the' real 'Iteration's main universe, and it was difficult to interfere with each other.
After Han Xiao learned about the contents of the message board, he sorted out the time relationship. If the Celestial Star Alliance was the first Iteration, then the three Universal Civilizations would be the final civilization of the second Iteration. They would activate the Information Form Stripping Plan and transform into the dark side universe of the third Iteration, and the third Iteration would be the current true Iteration.
It was also here that Han Xiao realized that the Sanctum would not actually leave an empty Information Form shell for the current Iteration. There was no such thing as a 'tombstone'. The empty light spheres of the three Universal Civilizations and the World Tree Civilization that he had seen in the Sanctum were actually remnants of the second Iteration. The reason why there was no content inside was because they had been 'stripped' and became the dark side universe of the third Iteration.
However, the cycle of the dark side universe was not as unchanging as the Celestial Star Alliance. Instead, it formed a 'Small Reboot' operating law. The three Universal Civilizations of the second Iteration made use of the characteristics of the Sanctum to add new laws every time the universe was' rebooted ', allowing the cycle of the dark side universe to be affected by the Sanctum.
What was different from the 'Great Reboot' was that every 'Small Reboot' of the dark side universe did not return to zero but was formed based on an established Information Form template. In other words, there would definitely be forces such as the 'three Universal Civilizations'. Before the three Universal Civilizations came into contact with the Sanctum, their development trajectory was basically the same … Han Xiao called this situation the 'Dark Side Iteration'.
Therefore, every time the dark side universe was rebooted, it would add a dark side Iteration's improvement result. It was just that there was a probability of 'Information Form Mutation' happening … The three Universal Civilizations used this method to buy time for themselves and obtain more trial and error opportunities.
However, this plan could not bring eternity. After calculation, there was a limit to the Information Form Stripping Plan. Their dark side universe would at most exist in the third Iteration. If there was another Great Reboot and they entered the fourth Iteration, their dark side universe would disappear … unless they could enter the real Iteration's main universe from the dark side universe and turn from 'virtual' to 'real'.
Therefore, after the three Universal Civilizations successfully entered the dark side universe, their goal became to break the seal of the dark side universe and return to the real main universe of the third Iteration.
The third to the first message on the Sanctum's message board represented the three dark side Iterations of the dark side universe. Currently, Han Xiao was in the fourth dark side Iteration, and these four dark side Iterations all happened during the third Iteration.
Because the Sanctum was not affected by the Iterations, the three Universal Civilizations used the Sanctum's message board to record the experience of every trial and error, allowing the next dark side Iteration's' themselves' to improve the route based on the previous experience. They also created some key devices to improve the situation of the next dark side Iteration … This was the origin of the World Tree.
The three Universal Civilizations added an Information Form Materialization device in the second dark side Iteration (the second to last message), but in the third dark side Iteration, an Information Form Mutation occurred. It turned from a mechanical device into a World Tree with life and went berserk … This was Han Xiao's experience when he was a player in his previous life.
In the end, the three Universal Civilizations of the third dark side Iteration still opened the Sanctum and understood everything. Thus, they left behind the control valve of the Information Form Materialization device. In the current fourth dark side Iteration, an Information Form Mutation occurred and inherited the nature of restraint. The only change was that it became the natural enemy of the World Tree, which was the Pivotal Snake.
On the other hand, in the second dark side Iteration, the three Universal Civilizations used the Information Form Materialization device that had yet to mutate and failed in the end. They discovered that the reason was that they lacked a bridge to the 'True State'. Han Xiao also understood the concept of the so-called 'True State'. It actually referred to the information carrier that existed in the real universe of the Iteration.
In other words, the dark side universe had to form an information connection with the real universe of the Iteration and be able to interfere with each other for the Information Form Materialization device to work. Thus, the three Universal Civilizations of the second dark side Iteration carried out a plan to change the underlying laws of the next dark side Iteration, causing the two 'parallel lines' of the dark side universe and the real universe of the Iteration to shift and eventually intersect.
The result was that in the third dark side Iteration, the underlying laws of the dark side universe changed, and it successfully projected itself into 'reality'. It successfully obtained a portion of the information carriers of the real universe of the Iteration, which was the existence of 'players'. Through the method of 'logging in', this group of individuals living in the real universe of the Iteration transformed their 'True State' into an 'Information Form' and pulled them into the dark side universe, forming an information intertwining and acting as an information interface … This was what countless players in Han Xiao's previous life had experienced.
However, the World Tree went berserk in the third dark side Iteration. After the World Tree War in his previous life, the three Universal Civilizations obtained the Sanctum pathway from the Holy Covenant organization and learned everything. They inherited the foundation of countless civilizations, and their technology improved by leaps and bounds. On a level that the players could not come into contact with, the three Universal Civilizations formulated a new plan. They gathered the power of civilization and created the 'control valve' of the World Tree. At the same time, they reduced the cost of dealing with the World Tree's berserk in the fourth dark side Iteration.
Other than that, due to the players' version update, the three Universal Civilizations of the third dark side Iteration felt that this form of 'True State' bridge was not stable enough, so they decided to spend a huge amount of resources to strengthen the 'True State' connection in the next dark side Iteration.
Because the dark side universe and the real universe of the Iteration had already formed a preliminary information interference, the three Universal Civilizations decided to build a stable interference bridge instead of intermittent like logging in. The only targets they could choose were these information individual records that had already logged into the dark side universe. Thus, they randomly selected targets and completely entered the dark side universe, forming a stable connection.
As long as this train of thought was correct, the dark side universe could be reversed through this interference bridge, transforming from the 'Information Form' to the 'True State', escaping the seal, and returning to the real universe of the Iteration … To put it in a better way, it was like installing a loading pack for the so-called 'reality'. The content inside included the entire dark side universe and the entire Galaxy World.
This was the truth that Han Xiao knew from the Sanctum. As for what happened after that, there was no record of it on the Sanctum's message board.
After learning all of this, he had a rough guess of what happened after that. He suspected that the reason he was' reborn 'was actually because he was randomly selected to become a' stable interference bridge 'that strengthened the information entanglement between the dark side universe and the real universe of the Iteration.
His Information Form had been completely captured, and he had come to this dark side universe from 'reality'. Therefore, his' reality 'had disappeared, and there was no more information about him … Han Xiao suspected that this was the reason why he had not seen his other self who should be a' player 'all these years.
As for the fourth dark side Iteration of the dark side universe, it caused the time of the real universe to go back ten years. There were no records or explanations on the message board. Han Xiao did not know the reason, but he guessed that it was because when the third dark side Iteration 'captured' him, the information interference with the real universe of the Iteration deepened, so it affected the other party's time. However, he did not know if this was a universal reversal of time or a small-scale change … However, from another perspective, this was also proof that the dark side universe's idea of using the 'True State' to create information entanglement was correct. It could already produce substantial changes to the real universe of the Iteration.
Han Xiao had roughly pieced together all the causes and effects through the Sanctum records and his own guesses. In his opinion, the reliability of this series of guesses was more than 70%.
Han Xiao hid a portion of his speculations and explained the secrets to them.
After hearing all of this, Marbruce, Louis, and the Ethereal Pope only had shock and disbelief left on their faces. They looked at Han Xiao blankly with their mouths slightly agape. They were completely dumbfounded.
"This, this …"
The Ethereal Pope was dumbfounded.
Although they were the leaders of the three Universal Civilizations and had seen countless storms, the information that Han Xiao had given them was already beyond their acceptable range. Their brains short-circuited.
After a long time, Marbruce turned to look at Louis and said hesitantly, "Uh …
"That … Do you understand?"
"Wait for me to think about it …" Marbruce replied blankly.
I participated in the event in Hainan and finished a little late. I finished writing a little late today.
Thank you to the leader of the Writer's Assistant for the 100,000 reward!
(End of chapter)
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