Chapter 304
The number of silicon-based life forms and the coordinates of the Blue Star... all relate to the ultimate answer of the universe. Yet, even now, neither the Ancients nor the Stars have uncovered its true significance.
Amidst the flood of information, Ye Bai raised the most critical question:
"Why is the silicon-based civilization doing all this? Restarting the universe, implanting the genes of carbon-based civilizations, Epoch 01... it seems like an experiment on their part. What role do you, who appear to be in opposition to them, play in this?"
"No, it's not an experiment; it's a war."
The Ancients' response left Ye Bai momentarily speechless, utterly astonished. "A war?"
One of the Ancients explained, "Our conflict with the silicon-based civilization is not merely one of opposition; more accurately, we are engaged in a war. However, this is a 'four-dimensional war' that is difficult to perceive and observe from the perspective of our three-dimensional universe."
"For instance, the Star Network is one of our offensive strategies, while the disruptors are their form of 'defensive weapons.' As for wormholes... you can think of them as the scars left on the battlefield after our battles with them."
The realization that the formation of wormholes was, in fact, a remnant of a battlefield between two high-dimensional civilizations left Ye Bai both shocked and oddly amused.
So, the task of the Stars Church to close the wormholes could also be seen as cleaning up the battlefield, right?
"The silicon-based life forms will not close the wormholes outside the chaotic star sea, to prevent interference with the development of normal civilizations. We have deliberately initiated localized wars multiple times, incurring costs to create wormholes, all to achieve strategic objectives. For example, using the Star Network to activate the mental power switch, sending you from Epoch 00 to Epoch 01, or leaving this channel for communication..."
"In terms of time, the historical Epoch 00 is our occupied territory, while the newly opened Epoch 01 is the territory of the silicon-based civilization. As you can see, we, who are in the already destroyed Epoch 00, are at a disadvantage, while the silicon-based civilization occupying Epoch 01 holds the advantage on the battlefield."
"As long as they complete their final plan, our information—our very existence—will be reset to zero, equivalent to a complete erasure on the material level."
The information struck Ye Bai like a thunderbolt. If the Ancients, who had already ascended, had lost in this dimensional war, then what could be said for the other carbon-based life forms still trapped in the three-dimensional universe?
"But... why did the war happen? What was the cause?"
"What does the silicon-based civilization want by restarting Epoch 01? Is it merely to establish a strategic base?"
The Ancients replied, "These questions actually have a single answer— to seek the truth of the universe."
"Once we became four-dimensional beings, not only the silicon-based civilization but we ourselves too, found our material and survival needs completely liberated. As four-dimensional beings, as long as our consciousness, or 'information,' exists, there is no death. Thus, we are left with the singular pursuit of knowledge that all intelligent life shares—the quest for ultimate truth."
"To explain the cause of this dimensional war, we must start from the moment we first discovered the silicon-based civilization."
"When we found the silicon-based civilization, they had already crossed the boundaries of the universe and begun exploring dimensions. We, who had not found any other forms of life, started searching for other life forms. It was only through the overarching effect and gravitational waves that we first discovered them and established communication."
"When we first discovered other forms of life in the universe, we were excited to communicate with them. Interestingly, do you know how they evaluated humanity?"
"Brutal, selfless, chaotic."
"The silicon-based civilization has no class distinctions. Whether a large planet or a small one, they do not harm, exploit, or destroy their own kind for personal gain, nor do they make sacrifices that violate the instincts of life for emotional connections, groups, or meaning."
Ye Bai was momentarily taken aback, then found himself at a loss for words at this assessment, as he had to admit that humanity indeed fit that description. "Was this the reason the war broke out?"
"No, whether humanity is brutal or selfless, it holds no distinction or significance in the eyes of silicon-based life. They are different from carbon-based life forms that evolved from chaos and weakness. Even in the three-dimensional universe, they had long since liberated themselves from material and survival needs; the meaning of life for them has been reduced to a singular pursuit of knowledge."
"After discovering the silicon-based civilization, we even had a period of collaboration and mutual exchange, a 'honeymoon phase,' until we calculated the ultimate answer of the universe and ascended dimensionally, becoming the four-dimensional beings we are today."
"Only after becoming four-dimensional beings did we realize that this was not the 'peak' we had imagined. The true significance of 6895134 is neither the coordinates of the Blue Star nor the fixed number of silicon-based life forms. It may be related, but it is not the answer."
"At this stage, both we and the silicon-based civilization are left with the singular need to find that answer."
"Then, in a sudden moment, the silicon-based civilization began to wage war against us, who were lower in information depth— in other words, the weaker us attacked, consuming our information."
Ye Bai was puzzled. "But haven't four-dimensional beings achieved liberation in survival?"
"We initially did not understand why this was happening. We even thought it was a war caused by ideological differences. After paying a heavy price in the war, we discovered that it all stemmed from a weakness in the silicon-based civilization."
"What weakness?"
"They cannot 'make mistakes.'"
Ye Bai was taken aback by this revelation. Not being able to make mistakes—how could that be a weakness?!
One of the Ancients explained, "Or to put it another way, the silicon-based civilization lacks creativity... The consciousness and thought of silicon-based life are rooted in a perfectly logical chain. If any link in that chain goes wrong, then thought cannot proceed."
"In the past, they relied on this perfect, orderly logic to stay ahead of us. However, upon reaching the four-dimensional universe, they became trapped in their own perfection, unable to break through the limits of their thinking. Their species has reached its upper limit."
"Carbon-based civilizations are different. We often make mistakes in the process of progress. You could say that the development of carbon-based civilizations is completed through making and correcting mistakes. In fact, we have even saved a significant amount of time by stumbling upon the right path through our errors. This is what making mistakes means, and conversely, it signifies creativity."
"It is foreseeable that as we continue to develop, even if we make mistakes, it is precisely because we can make mistakes that we might see the 'end' that the silicon-based civilization cannot."
The strength of the silicon-based civilization is also its limitation... Ye Bai asked, "So, did this create a sense of competition in the silicon-based civilization towards you?"
"No, the silicon-based civilization does not experience this kind of 'chaos,' nor will they reach a cooperative viewpoint with us. In their consciousness, encountering a problem means solving the problem."
"Upon realizing their own weaknesses and understanding that they might never reach the end, they, who have traveled further in the four-dimensional universe than we have, decided to seize our creativity."
"In addition to plundering our information in the four-dimensional universe, they also restarted the universe, constructing the current Epoch 01, preparing to create an 'entropy-reducing universe' that is the opposite of the entropy-increasing universe of Epoch 00. The entropy-increasing universe moves toward an uncertain and chaotic reality, while the opposite, the entropy-reducing universe, moves from disorder to order, where everything in this universe is a definite answer."
"When the entropy of this universe drops to zero, the matter, life, and time of Epoch 01 will all transform into completely retrievable information, including all the 'errors' that exist within three-dimensional and four-dimensional carbon-based life, which is to say, creativity."
"To put it simply, this is equivalent to adding a layer of 'dimensional wall' to the current universe, turning it into a story, a game, or a movie."
Ye Bai's heart trembled violently. This was the true horror of 'dimensional reduction'!
The Ancients continued, "In fact, mental power is a form of energy that represents creativity."
"We cannot stop them in the four-dimensional universe. Thus, we initially deployed the Star Network to open this switch early, hoping that the carbon-based life forms of this epoch could break through the gradually forming blockade. But as you know, this became a war. We took action, and of course, they retaliated. Except for you, the 'stowaway' we brought from Epoch 00, all other carbon-based life forms in this universe cannot break through A-level mental power."
At this point, Ye Bai asked, "If the Star Network is the 'switch,' then why does the game on the Star Network only have a significant effect on enhancing mental power in the myriad realms?"
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