"I remember John Titor saying something similar in 2000."
"2000? I'm sorry, I still don't remember going to that era, but maybe the person you saw was me in another world. If there's a chance, I'd like to talk to you in person. By the way, this is my email address, please keep it. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly and I'll try my best to answer them."
"… "
The exchange with John Titor ended here, but both Okabe Ryotaro and all the audience could not help but feel a sense of enlightenment.
…
In many movie theaters in the South, audiences who watched this segment couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"World line? SERN, a dark organization that controls the world in the future? A time traveler who travels back from the future and hopes to save the world?"
"What? This setting is so cool!"
"Is the true content of this story so shocking?"
"Oh my god, now I'm really looking forward to what's next."
"Is the protagonist going to start fighting against the dark organization?"
“I’m so excited!”
"… "
All of a sudden, the audience uttered all kinds of excited words, obviously not expecting such a shocking turn in the plot of Steins;Gate.
The magnitude of this change can almost be said to be a sudden jump from "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" to "Goblin Slayer". The transformation is so great that it has completely changed the type of story.
At the beginning, the audience regarded this film as a mystery, suspense, and even a horror film, but now everyone has finally realized that this is actually a classic and passionate film about saving the world.
Of course, unlike the general hot-blooded films, the setting of the time machine and the design of the world line in "Steins;Gate" are quite hardcore, which gives all the audiences a refreshing feeling, and the more they think about it, the more awesome it seems.
At the same time, King Hubbard showed a surprised expression when he saw this part. He obviously did not expect that this story was actually related to a dark organization that attempted to control the world.
"Using a time machine to control the world, if such a thing really exists, it might be possible to do it."
King Hubbard said with emotion:
"For example, using the time machine to kill many of the great men who had just been born in our empire, fundamentally destroying the soil on which the empire was born. This method can almost destroy any dangerous opponent without any injury."
In response to King Hubbard's speech, General Wilhelm frowned and said:
"I think this kind of behavior is uncontrollable. After all, history is often not driven by one or two people. If you want to change history on a large scale, you probably need to travel back to a specific time and kill all the important people at that time. Otherwise, there are too many uncontrollable variables. It's hard to imagine how you can rely on this kind of thing to rule the world."
"Yeah, I think so too."
The orc prophet at the side couldn't help but say:
"If I change history too much, maybe even the fact that I own a time machine will be completely erased, and that would be putting the cart before the horse."
"Well, it's all about settings after all. There's no need to pay too much attention to the things in the story. Just make your judgment based on the settings given by the story."
Many knights nodded in response to King Hubbard's words.
The orc prophet's brows were furrowed all the time. Obviously, he couldn't treat this time machine as an ordinary setting.
In his opinion, there must be a deeper meaning behind the making of every movie, and it may even be a projection of reality.
At this moment, he even seriously thought about what a devastating blow it would bring to the Orc Kingdom if the Human Empire really possessed such a dangerous weapon.
…
Imperial School of Magic.
Now that the magicians have learned about the core setting of "Steins;Gate" - the world line theory, they are almost completely excited.
No one expected that the impact of time interference could be understood in this way!
"World line theory, that's true. If there is not just one world, but countless parallel worlds, then time interference is possible, because the interfered world will quickly jump to another parallel world line. In this case, no matter what kind of impact it will have on the past and the future, it can be established with this theory."
"But there are still some questions. If a time traveler interferes with the past and makes his future self non-existent, then who interferes with time?"
"Well, perhaps when interfering with the past, the action has already been recorded by the world itself. Although the self has been corrected, the impact left on the world is real."
"The biggest question now is actually why the male protagonist Okabe Ryotaro can still retain his memory after the world line jumps, and why everyone else has forgotten the events of the previous world line, but only he remembers everything before."
"Is this, in some sense, a special ability, or a special physique?"
"In short, if what the time traveler John Titor said is true, then the future world will be a mess, and everyone will be at the mercy of the dark organization SERN. After all, although SERN dare not go back to the past in order to prevent the fact that they created the time machine from being changed, the history between the time created by the time machine and 2036 is at their disposal."
"But this also means that as long as we change the fact that SERN created the time machine before everything happens, nothing will happen afterwards. From this point of view, the conditions for saving the world are quite simple."
"If only it were that simple. If it could be done easily, the world line would have already entered a beautiful world. But judging from the current situation, the time traveler John Titor obviously has no way to change the history of SERN's rule over the world, because once SERN's actions disappear, he, the time traveler, will no longer exist."
"That's right. Since John Titor still exists, the future of this world line is destined to enter an era ruled by SERN."
"… "
The magicians' thinking was obviously quite clear. In a short period of time, they analyzed the impact of the world line theory and gave their own judgments on how to change the future ruled by SERN.
Of course, no matter how they judge, since the information provided by the movie is relatively little, they still cannot find a truly reasonable method.
During this time, Scar, who was on the platform, suddenly looked at Durin beside him and asked:
"What kind of machine is that that Okabe Ryotaro uses to search for information?"
"Ah, you mean a computer. In simple terms, that thing is just a large mobile phone. Not only can you access the Internet to check all kinds of information, but you can also connect many people to communicate and pass messages with each other."
"computer?"
Hearing this new concept, Scar's eyes lit up immediately, but he soon realized how difficult it was to create such a computer, and said with a slightly frown:
"It sounds great, but it should be difficult to make, right?"
"Well, of course it's difficult. After all, the most critical problem with computers is that I haven't found the carrier of the processor yet. If I only rely on magic stones and imaging crystals as the processing core, the information that can be processed is too little and has no practical value at all. Therefore, this thing should only appear as a setting in movies in the short term."
"I see."
Scar nodded and finally said nothing more.
After all, he knew very well that even the manufacturing of television mobile phones had not been completed yet, and the training of talents in the discipline of magic alchemy had not even been completed for the first batch. Many things had to be put aside for the time being and left for future attempts and explorations.
Of course, Scar also believed that although many things looked magical and would never appear in reality, sooner or later, even in the near future, the changes brought about by magical alchemy would make all these magical items become reality!
He believes that this day will come!
…
"World line theory..."
At the top of the Mage's Tower, the great sages were surprised and shocked when they saw the theory presented in the movie.
It can be said that the entire "Steins;Gate" movie took a step forward the moment this concept was proposed, from an ordinary mystery film to the realm of hardcore fantasy films.
After all, the world line theory proposed by the time traveler in the story was something that even these great sages had not thought of.
Of course, this does not mean that the great sages lacked wisdom, but that the limitations of the times caused them to fail to come up with corresponding ideas.
The moment this setting was proposed in the story, they immediately understood the concept of the so-called world line.
"If the world line theory really exists, then perhaps we can understand why no one has been able to explore the magic of time so far."
In response to Dean Hohenheim's sigh, the great sage of the special elements discipline, Pollock, nodded and said:
"Yes, after all, although we have defined time as one of the special elements in the past, we still essentially regard it as the same substance as ordinary elements. Now it seems that time may not only be an element, but also one of the cornerstones of the world. Once touched, the laws of the entire world will undergo fundamental changes."
"But even so, there is still a question. The basis of the world line theory is countless huge parallel worlds. In what form do these parallel worlds exist? Could it be that at this moment, there is another world where our group of great sages also exist, but they are doing completely different things?"
"this… "
Thinking of this, many great sages felt horrified.
Even these great sages at the pinnacle of human wisdom could not easily figure out the exploration of the essence of the universe. After a brief thought, they gave up and continued to enjoy the content of the movie.
Chapter 190: Steins;Gate is released! (VIII)
Chapter 190
After learning about the topic of the future world from John Titor, Okabe Ryutaro thought about it and finally decided to first find out what kind of organization the so-called SERN is.
According to the information on the Internet, he found that SERN is the abbreviation of a world-class nuclear research institute, headquartered in another country, which has been conducting various cutting-edge research in the world.
Regarding this organization, he asked Hashida Satoshi, who had in-depth knowledge in this area, and found out that the other party did know the SERN organization.
To this end, Okabe Rintaro immediately asked Hashida to hack into SERN's website, and successfully logged into the other party's website after a few hours.
After hacking into SERN's website, the two immediately checked SERN's recent experimental records, but found nothing.
Hashida wanted to look for further data, but found that the database was encrypted in a strange language, and even he could not crack it.
The investigation has reached a dead end, but Okabe Ryutaro suddenly remembered his conversation with John Titor.
“Perhaps, IBN5100 can decrypt this language!”
Thinking of this, Okabe Rintaro immediately tried to take action, but in fact, they had no clues about IBN5100 at all.
In desperation, Okabe Rintaro had to give up.
The next day, when Okabe Rintaro went to the laundry to do laundry, he met Makise Kurisu on the way. The two talked about whether the time machine exists, but no matter how Okabe Rintaro explained, Makise Kurisu said that she would never agree with this pseudo-research.
To this end, Okabe Rintaro said that sooner or later he would make the other party agree, and told him about IBN5100 and the evil conspiracy behind it.
But needless to say, this was refuted by Makise Kurisu, who thought it was just his idle fantasy.
At this point, Okabe Rintaro realized that only by finding IBN5100 and completely decrypting the SERN database could all problems be solved.
So he desperately searched for the whereabouts of IBN5100, and was surprised to find that Mayuri's friend Felice in the maid cafe had clues about IBN5100.
What surprised Okabe Rintaro even more was that IBN5100 was originally enshrined by Phyllis's father in the shrine where the pseudo-mistress Urushihara Ryuka was.
After some negotiations, Okabe Rintaro finally bought the IBN5100, and excitedly called Makise Kurisu, intending to let her witness this historic moment.
…
Together with the reluctant Makise Kurisu, he moved the IBN5100 back to the research institute. Just when Okabe Rintaro was excitedly preparing to decrypt it, Hashida Satoshi told him that the IBN5100 was too old and a lot of accessories were needed to use it.
For this reason, the original decryption was forced to be suspended. Before Hashida completed the purchase and assembly of the accessories, Okabe Rintaro and Makise Kurisu could only chat helplessly.
Time passed little by little, and it was probably late at night. With a surprised scream from Hashida, everyone in the institute was startled and immediately gathered around the computer.
"Successful? What does it say?"
"Well, let me see..."
Makise Kurisu stared at the contents on the screen and said:
"The control of time and space, and the destruction of history based on time and space, in other words, the establishment of an utopia that includes the past and the future, this is the meaning of SERN's existence 2000 years later!"
"Utopia? Despair?"
"How is that possible? It's just a coincidence. Let me read the full text."
Having said that, Makise Kurisu immediately searched the entire document and successfully found the specific text.
"The plan this time is to use high-energy matter collisions to conduct experiments on time and space transfer."
"Time transfer? Isn't this time travel?"
"No... This is a lie, right?"
"How can it be a hoax? SERN really started researching time travel 40 years ago."
"Wait, let me take a look. The first phase of the experiment is the construction and practical application of a large collider. The second phase is the practical application and adjustment of the lifter. The third phase is animal experiments. The fourth phase...ah..."
Suddenly, Makise Kurisu covered her mouth in shock and spoke subconsciously:
"Human Experimentation..."
"This... can I see the specific contents of those experiments?"
In response to Okabe Rintaro's remarks, Hashida Shigeo hesitated for a moment and then opened another document, which recorded the results of fourteen space-time transfer experiments.
He opened one of them at random.
"In the eighth experiment, the experimenter died. After the experiment, a body that was suspected to be the experimenter's was found in an old newspaper on April 3, 1921. The body was shaped like gelatin and was stuck in the wall, which caused a sensation."
"Isn't this it?"
"Plantana?"
"So, although not completely, they did complete the time travel?"
“Keep watching!”
All of a sudden, they finished browsing through all fourteen experiments and found that the contents of each experiment were similar. Most of the subjects were teleported back to a certain point in the past in a distorted posture. When they were found, their bodies were like gelatin and their consciousness had long been dead.