Chapter 126: 8 Billion Independent Worlds

At this moment, inside the lecture hall of the Kyoto University of Science.

Listening to Jiang Zhe's incisive explanation.

The experts at the scene fell silent for a moment, then smiles of realization appeared on everyone's faces, and the venue erupted in thunderous applause.

"Good, good, good!"

"No wonder he didn't go into detail about precognitive dreams in the last episode; it turns out he was saving it for today."

"This guy is really shrewd; if he had finished talking about it in the last episode, the ratings for this episode definitely wouldn't be as good as the previous one; he's a professional at keeping people in suspense."

"But come to think of it, this really seems to be able to decode the formation of precognitive dreams—after all, near celestial bodies with greater gravity, it really can allow our consciousness to travel through time and space to the future."

"That's a given; because there's no need to travel to the past. In dreams, we can constantly recall the past and change the regrettable progression of the past. But in the future, our physical bodies haven't experienced it yet, so we can only get a glimpse in precognitive dreams. Then we bring the information from the future back. If brought back well, the dreamer gets promoted and gets rich. If the dreamer ignores it after bringing it back, then nothing happens."

"Is there a possibility?"

"What possibility? Young man."

"Could the possibility be: we had a dream about the past in our dream, and then changed the course of that past dream, causing a deviation between the past and the past in our memories; is there a possibility—that we actually changed the past, rather than just dreaming? Only, it wasn't the past of our world that was changed; but the past of a parallel world?"

"This... the past is something we have experienced; influenced by many factors, we cannot distinguish whether the past has truly been changed; at least in our world line, our past has already become a [fixed fact], and for us, it has not changed."

"Wait, young man, does your meaning also translate to—precognitive dreams are dreaming about the future of a parallel world, not the future of the current timeline?"

"Yes, yes, yes, sir."

"Actually... it's indistinguishable; if one were to write a major paper following this, the evidence that needs to be collected is just too much; as far as I know, at the very least, it's not changing the past and future of our timeline."

"..."

At this moment, on the podium.

Professor Hua Yunfeng spoke thoughtfully: "Actually... through this point from Teacher Jiang—one can also discover a possibility hidden behind precognitive dreams."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked towards the stage.

Professor Hua Yunfeng scanned the scene and began to explain:

"Following this understanding, each of us dominates our own world."

"What does that mean?"

"Just like in Quantum Mechanics—if I die, this world disappears; if I live, this world still exists."

"That is, like a sentence Teacher Jiang said in a previous episode—"

"[The world exists because of me.]"

"It directly indicates: consciousness is superior to matter."

"Your [consciousness] creates a [world] that belongs only to you."

"If we calculate it more carefully—our 1.4 billion people in Xia Country, each of our [consciousness] has constructed an independent [world]."

"Taking 1.4 billion people as the target, each of our current first-person perspectives is actually [a world], it's just that these 1.4 billion worlds are all happening simultaneously within this region of Xia Country."

Speaking to this point, Professor Hua Yunfeng's expression became increasingly solemn.

Because he discovered—this, it is highly likely to be the truth, after all, Quantum Mechanics has long since given this possibility.

He looked pained, and very reluctantly said:

"If this is truly the case, this directly overturns the [matter dominates consciousness] that we are currently teaching students."

"The truth is very likely not [matter dominates consciousness], but [one consciousness dominates one world]."

"[1.4 billion consciousnesses dominate 1.4 billion worlds]."

"[1.4 billion worlds are undergoing 1.4 billion threads of chaotic development that intersect within the same three-dimensional world]."

"8 billion people globally."

"That is—"

"[8 billion people dominate 8 billion worlds, and 8 billion worlds are undergoing 8 billion threads of chaotic development that intersect within the three-dimensional world]."

"Damn it, this seems to seriously involve [dimensions]."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the physicists were stunned for a moment, and soon fell silent.

"Because..."

This concept had already exceeded the understanding of the physicists present.

They could not say whether it was right or wrong.

Vaguely.

Professor Hua Yunfeng's words shattered their remaining [Materialism] worldview.

Just as the experts were silent, on the screen, Jiang Zhe spoke again.

"The explanation of precognitive dreams is complete."

"Next, is the concept and experience of multi-layered dreams (dreams within dreams)."

"As the name suggests—"

"Multi-layered dreams, also known as dreams within dreams or multi-layered dreaming, refers to waking up from one dream only to discover that you are actually still in another dream."

"This process may repeat many times, and each 'waking up' increases the sense of reality of the dream, making it difficult for people to distinguish whether they are in reality or in a dream."

"Usually, it is possible to wake up from a second-layer dream, but waking up from multi-layered dreams of three layers or more becomes difficult."

Facing the camera, he thought for a moment, pointed at himself, and continued his narration.

"Let's use myself as an example."

"A few years ago, during a certain New Year, I was alone in a rented apartment."

"At that time, I was still a university student, working a part-time job; because my parents had both passed away, Prof. Wei Min invited me to spend the New Year with him."

"But I refused, because I was a rather solitary person, and I was quite indifferent to friendship and relationships."

"I refused Prof. Wei Min—let me explain: Prof. Wei Min was my physics professor at the local Communication University of China."

"At that time, I was alone in the rented apartment, contemplating life: what exactly was I born to do?"

"Go to school? After completing my studies, find a job? After finding a job, then save money, get married, and have children?"

"I was still young then, and I couldn't quite figure out what the meaning of life was."

This was indeed true; the older generation of viewers in the live broadcast room certainly had deep feelings about this.

Regardless of gender, upon reaching a certain age, one will indeed experience feelings of confusion.

Some in their teens, some in their twenties, and some in their thirties.

For more people, it happens after graduation, especially during the period when they cannot find a job.

If one cannot overcome these feelings of confusion, pessimistic feelings will arise, one sadness after another, and the outcome is: suicide.

"However..."

"99% of people are able to directly overcome this period of confusion."

"So!"

"That night, I was cooped up in the rented apartment, smoking frantically."

"I only opened a crack in the window to let in fresh air."

"I remember..."

He said thoughtfully, "That night I smoked 4 packs, until I felt nauseous, then I turned off the lights and went to sleep."

"It was also at this time that I entered a dream, and something so terrifying that I will never forget it in my entire life happened!"