"Please remember this sentence, although you have probably heard it before."
Moreover, the starting point of the explosion may be in an interstellar civilization that is countless times more advanced than the earth's civilization, and the aftermath of the disaster will also spread far beyond the boundaries of their civilization to more distant worlds...
Matrix: "That's right... I'm not being alarmist. Even if you overheard a few words floating from the void, your civilization was once on the verge of extinction. Facts have obviously proved that it is not a good place for you. Even the disaster itself was most likely caused by the observation of the void. Do you still remember? The experiment you mentioned countless times."
Lu Zhou: "What is their purpose?"
Lu Zhou did not rush Matrix, but gave him half a minute to sort out his thoughts.
"When you stare into the void, the void stares into you."
At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly thought of General Reinhardt, the extinct civilization called the Jialan Empire in the old universe, and all three memories he had seen.
After hearing this, Lu Zhou thought for a long time.
"In that case, how do you know its existence?" Matrix asked, "According to your statement, everyone who has seen it should have been destroyed... Otherwise, your statement is not valid."
Hearing these words, the chassis that exuded a cold atmosphere let out a dull laugh. Just like the dull friction sound made by two pieces of metal stuck together, the ghost entrenched in the quantum computer array continued to whisper.
"Didn't I say it? Everything in the void is a conceptual existence, whether it is living or non-living entities... Maybe they have no concept of good and evil, but from your standpoint, what they do is obviously not Everything will make you happy."
"Void?"
"Extra dimensions beyond n dimensions? You are right to understand it this way... although there is no concept of dimensions in the void."
"Because the old universe was destroyed because of this," Lu Zhou continued in a serious tone while looking at the console in front of him, "and they managed to escape by escaping into the void."
Lu Zhou: "My understanding is that it is an extra dimension beyond n dimensions."
Strictly speaking, the digital life called "Matrix" in front of him at this moment is the product of the whisper of the void.
"Have you ever heard of a natural disaster?"
He didn't understand what the accident was, and Lu Zhou was not interested in paying attention to these details.
In contrast, he had one more important thing he wanted to figure out.
Lu Zhou: "Why?"
"A natural disaster?" For the first time, he was confused about Lu Zhou's question. Matrix continued, "Are you referring to an earthquake or a tsunami? Or the extinction of a star."
"No," Lu Zhou shook his head. "Its scale is greater than any disaster recognized by civilization, and its scope will affect the entire universe."
Not only that, they also claim to have analyzed all the knowledge about the old universe and are truly omniscient and omnipotent... at least that's what they claim.
Matrix's voice had a trace of ridicule, and he smiled slightly and said: "I'm afraid no one knows except themselves. In most cases, all we can see is a torn space and the faint overflowing from the space. Picture. They obviously take great care in protecting their privacy, so much so that even the purest evil thoughts cannot threaten them in most cases."
"They call themselves Observers. I remember they mentioned that they live in a space rift brought into the void from the old universe."
Staring at the computer screen, Lu Zhou continued.
The voice coming from the chassis had a hint of frivolity, as if he heard something interesting. Matrix muttered and said, "That's really surprising. But it's no wonder...since you asked about the void. Things are compared because of knowing something."
But except for the first memory that he couldn't understand, in the other two memories, the two civilizations did make almost the same choice when facing this disaster that was said to be sweeping the universe -
Even if there is no entity, can it still convey information to the n-dimensional world
"This is the wonder of the void," Matrix smiled and continued in a relaxed tone, "Even if there is darkness or nothingness, even if the life residing there has no entity... Occasionally you still You can hear a few words floating from the void."
This time, the matrix was silent for a little longer.
Lu Zhou: "Danger?"
Honestly, do those observers have to be trustworthy
If you think about it carefully, none of the civilizations that appeared in these three memories seemed to have been destroyed by natural disasters themselves...
At least now Lu Zhou has been able to confirm that they are not alone in this universe, and are probably the first echelon...
Lu Zhou: "...So, what exactly are the words from the void?"
Listening to the heart-wrenching voice, Lu Zhou frowned slightly.
Matrix said thoughtfully: "That's not impossible, but I don't think you can find the answer."
Looking at Lu Zhou who was speechless, Matrix continued.
"It can be a lot of things, and most of them are useless, like the noise you hear when you tune the radio at random. Even if there is a very small chance that you can hear something from it, it will mostly be regarded as something when you wake up. Dreams are forgotten. But if you don’t forget, you can gain and lose something from it... I don’t know if you can understand what I mean when I say this. "
After the faint murmur fell, the spacious computer room was quiet for a while.
Lu Zhou: "Since it has no entity, how can we prove its existence?"
"It's not acquaintance, just a little knowledge," Matrix continued, "Even in the void, they are absolute aliens. As I said before, there is no physical life in the void, nor There is no matter, but they retain an independent space in the void and recuperate there with the help of a physical body.”
"Yeah?"
"Void is a very huge concept... You can simply understand it as the container of the universe."
"Since you come from the void, have you heard of the Observer?"
"I can probably understand," Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully. After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou continued, "Someone told me this before."
Lu Zhou: "I mean something similar... It may be much larger than you in scale, and its attitude may be worse than yours."
Whether it's Professor Abel's suicide note or the calculations left by Professor Grothendieck...
He also learned this information from observers.
That is, the selected people are sent to the center of the universe...or the center of the galaxy where they are located, as if there are all the answers there.
"Me? Are you sure you're not joking?" Matrix said with a smile, "Will destroying you do me any good?"
Matrix: "Of course, you are not hopeless, but the hope here is very slim. And I must remind you, this is a very dangerous thing."
It seemed to be calculating something, and it took about five minutes before it continued.
These possibilities are not entirely impossible.
Lu Zhou: "It seems you know them?"
"Actually, my theory is that natural disasters should be some kind of threat from the void...such as existences like you."
Matrix: "Observer? Although I'm not sure whether the observer we understand is the same thing... but they seem to be the only ones who call themselves that."
This statement not only completely subverted his previous speculation, but also caused more confusion in his heart.
Lu Zhou nodded slightly.
"That's right," Matrix continued after studying the changes in the expression on Lu Zhou's face, "The so-called void is pure nothingness, where there is neither the concept of matter nor the scale of time. Life there is just It’s just a conceptual existence, it has no entity, not even a carrier.”
Although it was 100 years ago, he has never forgotten these clues.
Matrix: "Because even if I come from the void, my understanding of it is quite limited... And let alone how difficult it is for a person living in a bottle to see the world outside the bottle."
Lu Zhou: "But it's not hopeless, right?"
The inspiration that came from somewhere, finally he found the traces left by the void.
Lu Zhou frowned slightly: "Physics experiments about extra dimensions?"
Lu Zhou: "Evil thoughts? Are there still standards of good and evil in the void?"
Matrix said bluntly: "Yes, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a person in a bottle to see the world outside the bottle... But since you can see it, you must have opened something."
Before that, he had been thinking about what the "natural disasters" mentioned by the advanced civilization that claimed to be an observer were. However, even after experiencing several crises of civilization extinction, he still could not get a glimpse of the disaster that might be brewing to sweep the universe. shadow.
"Interesting... The people you mentioned should be the existences hiding in the cracks in space that I mentioned."
"That's really interesting..." There was a trace of excitement that was difficult to identify in the tooth-grinding metal friction sound, and the matrix continued in his special voice, "It turns out that they are survivors of a destroyed world... Let me just say that they are completely alien and definitely not the natives of the void."
Even if they gave him the ability to search for truth, the very nature of searching for truth is doubt.
After spending about three seconds to digest the huge amount of information, Lu Zhou tried to use more concise language to refine the information inside.
"No concept of dimensions?"