Altering a creature's expression of a certain law of nature would affect the entire universe.
However, this only sounded scary, but it didn't make much of a difference whether it was the entire universe or the entire civilization, because there was no civilization that covered the entire universe.
The anomaly's tampering was only the tampering of cognitive records, it wouldn't affect the law of nature itself.
To put it bluntly, if a formula was written and a certain quantity was changed, only the civilization that used that method to express the law of nature would be affected.
For example, although Arabic numerals were widely used throughout the world, aliens wouldn't use Arabic numerals, so the aliens' expression of Pi wouldn't be affected.
Furthermore, the effect wouldn't be a big deal, the only thing that would change was the 'record'.
Because memories were also a type of record, the world's people's perception would also change, making it very difficult for them to realize that a certain theorem they had learned since they were young wasn't what they remembered.
Of course, since the law of nature itself remained unchanged, once an error or mistake was discovered, scientists would easily realize that the formula or constant was wrong.
They would then recalculate and correct the mistake.
Therefore, Frank himself knew the correct ratio of pi because they had already corrected it internally in advance.
It ignored personal strength, and even Bai Ge was affected by this terrifying cognitive tampering. While monitoring the meeting, he felt that 1415929 was correct.
It wasn't until Ling Dang noticed the mistake and recalculated it that Bai Ge's mistaken perception was corrected.
"Lord, it does have the ability to severely affect the scientific development of a civilization. Without knowing what has been changed, we have to first discover the error and suffer a loss. Then, we have to spend a large amount of time to recheck and find the correct answer. This is a waste of time."
"However, it doesn't work on me, because I can verify every formula and theorem in a single second, it can't possibly waste my time" Ling Dang replied.
Bai Ge thought briefly and asked: "If I know how a civilization's words and numbers are expressed, would I be able to remotely tamper with their perception?"
Ling Dang replied: "You can, but it must be written words and numbers. If a civilization's method of communication is through telepathy or the exchange of pheromones, such as ants, we wouldn't be able to write it into this book"
"There's one more thing, Overlord. This book's capacity is limited. It has a total of 1080 pages. If it's full, there won't be any more space."
Bai Ge nodded. This book was simply a book of truth. Of course, it was fake.
It did not shake the real objective laws, but only affected the relative truth that life knew. Even if the truth itself was wrong, it did not matter, because it could still be wrong.
"What are the side effects?" Bai Ge asked.
"The Seven Sins Meme. It has defined the ethnic range of all life forms that can use it. It is determined based on cultural identity, and then corresponding the ethnic group with a sin, such as arrogance. When infected by the meme, the arrogance will take root in people's hearts and grow rapidly. The more arrogant a person is, the more arrogant they will be … the effect spreads through their behavior," Ling Dang explained.
"Behavioral transmission!" Bai Ge was stunned.
Ling Dang said, "Yes, for example, if a person is arrogant, the people next to him will imitate his arrogance and then be infected, becoming the source of the sin of arrogance. After that, he will spread it to others, and it will spread exponentially. "
Bai Ge solemnly said, "The members of the shelter also need to make a living, so they must have spread to the government and even society, and then to other countries. Just the arrogance of the Frankish representative at the international conference not long ago, isn't that also a form of infection? "
Ling Dang replied, "Although everyone has the Seven Sins, when magnified within the cultural circle, the manuscript will only choose the most representative of the Original Sin. What is spread is not the Original Sin represented by one's own cultural circle, which is natural immunity, but rather the effect of cultural meme isolation. "
Meme isolation, to put it bluntly, was because when an anomaly infected a user with a meme, the reference data of the designated Original Sin was the cultural circle. Therefore, during the process of transmission, it was equivalent to a natural setting of different compatibility for people of different cultural circles, and only ethnic groups with the same compatibility would be infected.
For example, the Frankish nation's meme was known to be arrogance, and any ethnic group with the same compatibility would be infected.
But on the other hand, this also meant that, except for arrogance, the other six Original Sin memes were all immune to the Original Sin.
All ethnic groups in the universe had a corresponding Original Sin. When encountering this meme effect, they would have no resistance against the Original Sin of their own ethnic group, but they would be immune to the other Original Sins.
"What is the corresponding Original Sin of China?" Bai Ge couldn't help but ask.
Ling Dang replied, "Gluttony."
"Huh? How could it be Gluttony? "Bai Ge was a bit surprised.
Gluttony was gluttony, an extreme indulgence of one's appetite, wasting food while satisfying one's appetite. Excessive greed for pleasure was the Original Sin of Gluttony.
Eating well wasn't a sin, but if it was magnified to an excessive extent, it would be terrifying!
According to the characteristics, the more capital an infected person had, the more terrifying the Original Sin would be. If a poor person was infected, they would only become a foodie. But if a capable person was infected, they would definitely dare to eat anything, including their own kind.
As a Seven Sins meme, once infected with the Original Sin corresponding to one's ethnic group, there would be no cure, and it would become a terminal illness.
"Is there no cure? Who the hell knows how many people in Frank have been infected with the meme! "Bai Ge felt that the situation had become troublesome.
There was no doubt that the Pride meme had already spread. Although many ethnic groups of different cultures were immune to it, just the Frank people being infected was already a big deal.
The government must have already been infected. A national government that was arrogant to the point of looking down on everything and blindly believing in self-power was bound to break out into a war.
"We must cut the Gordian knot and immediately deal with the Pride meme, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable." Ling Dang said.
"But the meme is unsolvable!" Bai Ge pondered.
Ling Dang said, "We have enough energy right now, we can set up a meme collector to seal this concept of spread."
"Do we use the Hand of Seizing Reason? No … the Hand of Seizing Reason has a time limit … do we have to create another anomaly for the sake of one? "Bai Ge frowned.
Having a meme collector once and for all was undoubtedly the best way to maximize the benefits.
Ling Dang replied, "With your current speed, you can leave the Solar System in a short amount of time. Or you can simply materialize in a lower dimension, allowing the anomaly to appear elsewhere in the universe. At least … it's a bit better than appearing on Earth. "
At this point, Bai Ge had basically come up with a few patterns, one of which was the location of the anomaly's appearance.
When he activated his imagination ability on Earth, the anomaly could appear anywhere on Earth, but it would still appear on Earth.
According to Ling Dang's analysis, the anomaly would choose the closest item or area it wanted. Even if it was a conceptual anomaly, it would choose a nearby life form as its host.
There was no doubt that within a radius of who knows how many light years, there was no other planet with more items and more forms of life than Earth.
So even if Bai Ge flew to the neighboring Centaurus A system, or even further away … without any surprises, the anomaly would still appear on Earth.
In the desert-like space, Earth was undoubtedly a magnet due to its abundant life forms and civilization.
So unless Bai Ge was close to another planet with a civilization, he could only randomly scatter the anomaly in a lower dimension to a random corner of the universe.
"This kind of thing has its pros and cons …" Bai Ge was a bit troubled. Subjectively, he wanted the anomaly to be within his control.
"Let's capture all the infected first, then decide."
…
Coming out of his imagination, Bai Ge teleported to Paris.
In Bai Ge's senses, the Survivor Corps was a bright signal source.
But as soon as he arrived and saw Song Lan, before Bai Ge could figure out the situation, he heard Ling Dang's urgent report.
"Lord, Frank's five land-based missile silos and a strategic nuclear submarine launched intercontinental missiles at the same time … locking onto the capitals of four countries."
"That's crazy …" Bai Ge was stunned.
For the time being, he didn't know how many high-ranking officials were infected by the meme, but at least half of them were infected. Otherwise, Frank wouldn't have done such a crazy thing.
How arrogant did he have to be to start a nuclear war? Bai Ge immediately understood the meaning of 'the greater the power, the greater the effect of the meme'.
The representative of the shelter only used the threat of anomalies to show off, but the head of state directly used a nuclear bomb to show off his boldness …
He couldn't even imagine what would happen if he was infected by this meme. With his recognition of Huaxia, he would definitely become a super glutton … combined with his ability, the universe might not even be enough to fill the gaps between his teeth …
Ling Dang reported: "The four targeted countries have already discovered it. Although we don't know whether or not the intercontinental missiles contain nuclear warheads, this is enough to force them to enter the highest level of counterattack procedures. The other four countries have already passed 12 of their 16 launch procedures … Among them, the Ministry of Harmony has already decided to counterattack, because they've confirmed through the Flying Noodle God that the missiles contain nuclear warheads."
Bai Ge glared at Song Lan and asked: "What's going on? Why haven't they been caught yet? Why did they launch the nuclear bomb? "
Song Lan's headset kept ringing with the message sent to him from HQ, and hearing Bai Ge's questioning, he was so anxious that he started crying.
She really didn't know that a country's government could be so crazy. It's one thing for one person to be crazy, but a group of people to be crazy as well? It's one thing for the people at the top to be crazy, but the people at the bottom to be crazy as well?
Song Lan had just arrived and informed him of the meeting, but before he could do anything, the nuclear bomb was launched.
The decisiveness was unbelievable.
"I, I, I, I …" Song Lan wanted to calm himself down, but there were too many messages coming to him. His headset, cell phone, and wristwatch were ringing everywhere.
Ling Dang said: "Lord, it's not her fault. You took in the Shelter too quickly. She didn't have time to control the Frank higher-ups before they discovered the location of the base and launched an unknown attack. Then, they launched a decisive counterattack.
"According to the Flying Noodle God's intelligence, the person who issued the order for the nuclear strike, on the one hand, made this decision because the Shelter was destroyed. On the other hand, whether it succeeds or fails, history will remember this man as the only person in the 21st century who dared to launch a nuclear strike against all the permanent members. This desire to show his boldness even overshadowed other factors.
"Including the next series of executors, they also had the same mentality. They wanted to be the creator of history! The 'Pride' meme gave them all sorts of strange insights, they could no longer use the normal way of thinking to look at these infected people.
The people who controlled the anomalies were dominated by the anomalies' effects and even spread to the outside world, severely harming society. This was the 'Shelter Failure'.
This' Shelter Failure 'was without a doubt a huge one.
Ling Dang and Bai Ge's conversation only lasted for a split second.
At the same time, Song Lan heard the highest order from the chaotic communications, then jumped in front of Bai Ge and shouted.
"Ascendant! Can you intercept a nuclear bomb? If you can intercept a spaceship, you must be able to intercept a nuclear bomb as well, right?
"I beg you, this isn't a cooperation, we don't want any technology from you, please!"
The interception technology of each country still wasn't mature enough. Even if they managed to intercept a nuclear bomb, a pre-detonation would still be a disaster.
Bai Ge scowled: "Stop wasting time, tell me the location and speed of all the nuclear bombs!"
Saying so, he turned into a streak of light and flew away.
In the blink of an eye, he had left the atmosphere and looked down at Earth from outer space.
With Ling Dang's reminder, he quickly locked onto a missile that was over 10,000 meters in the air.
Bai Ge hurriedly chased after him and hugged him: "What about the others?"
"Lord, this won't make it in time, Frank is about to launch a second round of missiles. Not only that, two countries have already passed the launch procedures, 108 missiles are expected to be launched in 30 seconds" Ling Dang replied.
"More trouble …"
Bai Ge raised his eyebrows. At this time, a message from the Ministry of Harmony came, directly reporting the location, speed, and direction of all the nuclear bombs.
Obviously, they used the 'Flying Noodle God' to easily pinpoint the location of all the nuclear bombs. Ling Dang immediately shared the location with Bai Ge.
However, it wasn't a matter of location, but rather time.
Bai Ge was fast, but too fast, he could easily escape from Earth … and if he couldn't get rid of all the nuclear bombs in 30 seconds, there would only be more and more of them.
Thinking of this, Bai Ge threw the missile in his hand into the brain hole and said: "Can you change the direction of the missile?"
"The missiles that have been launched can't be changed on a large scale, but I can change the target of all the missiles that are about to be launched," Ling Dang said.
"That's enough, adjust all the nuclear bombs and aim them at me."
Bai Ge said and licked his lips.
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