Chapter 130: It's time to wake up

Hearing Jiang Zhe's brand-new interpretation of dreams and reality caused many viewers and experts to reflect once again.

The Xia Kingdom in the dream, Jiang Zhe in the dream, everything in the dream.

When all of this faded with the passage of time, when all of this transformed into bubbles of time, the dream shattered.

In the lecture hall.

The previously buzzing scene.

Every expert had an unprecedentedly grave expression on their face.

"Yeah, aren't we currently just a dream unable to wake up?"

"The eternity of a dream aligns with our present; we are now experiencing the passage of countless years, and the world will eventually reach its end; at that moment, we will truly cease to exist."

"No, we exist, we will still exist; perhaps we will exist somewhere else."

"..."

Inside Room 808 of the Huaqing University faculty dormitory.

Hearing this, Professor Zhuang could not suppress his emotional reaction.

He wanted to reach out and grab something, but after extending his hand, he grasped nothing.

Originally, Professor Zhuang believed—dreams are virtual illusions of beauty, and one should cherish the reality of the present.

But as Jiang Zhe deepened his interpretation of dreams, this gold-medal professor discovered a different kind of world.

This world was somewhat ethereal and impermanent, yet also somewhat real and tangible.

At this moment, a certain string in Professor Zhuang's mind seemed to loosen.

He was only one step away from the truth.

As for the two women beside him, they were already dumbstruck and unable to speak.

Just then, Jiang Zhe spoke again, breaking the silence.

"Alright, please keep this concept in mind as you listen to what I have to say next."

These words brought Old Zhao, Old Wang, Wang Lin, Xiao Shiyi, and the others in the conference room back to their senses.

Old Zhao shook his head with a smile, "It feels like those words have a magical power that I can't extricate myself from."

Old Wang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, this feels even more philosophical than philosophy itself; it makes me grasp something, though I can't put it into words."

At this moment, in the live stream, everyone shook their heads, waking from the train of thought triggered by Jiang Zhe's previous ethereal words.

"Holy crap, those few sentences seemed to have a hypnotic effect."

"Yeah, it left me dazed for a moment."

"What kind of subject is this? Is this still philosophy? I feel like it's even more powerful than philosophy!"

"It's like having a dream that made my restless heart neither calm nor agitated; this feeling is very complex."

"Does it feel a bit like achieving enlightenment?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly it—like achieving enlightenment; it feels like I'm just one step away from grasping something."

"..."

It wasn't until Jiang Zhe broke the silence that the live stream became active again.

By now, the number of viewers in the live stream had unknowingly surpassed 5 million.

Jiang Zhe smiled and spoke again.

"We have now calculated that the ratio between the limit of an individual human's dream and real-world time is: An Eternity in a Thought to 1 second."

"An eternity of time within a dream is equivalent to 1 second in the real world."

"Now, let's return to the topic of the universe level."

"We don't care how big the internal universe or the external universe actually is!"

"According to M-theory references: 1 trillion years is a limit within the Observable Universe."

"We don't care how long the true lifespan of the universe is, whether it's the 140 billion years calculated from the Big Bang theory, tens of billions of years, or even 1 trillion years; we won't investigate its actual lifespan, only calculate the present."

"What does this mean?"

"It means exactly this: 1 trillion years is the limit of time that the universe can survive."

"After exceeding 1 trillion years, the universe collapses and returns to nothingness."

"This also means: the universe has died; the universe will enter the next cycle."

"This cycle will become the Great heat death of the observable and unobservable universe. We only have theoretical data on how many years this heat death will last; there is no exact value to tell us."

Having reached this point, facing the camera, Jiang Zhe's expression was exceptionally serious:

"Now, we know that the universe will die in about 1 trillion years. After it dies, we will temporarily disregard the external universe brain from our assumed answer."

"However!"

"We can infer that—"

"After the internal universe perishes, only a very, very short amount of time will have passed outside the external universe's super-civilization. For the external universe's time, that single super-civilization brain will still exist, and it won't even have changed in the slightest, right?"

Hearing this, the experts in the lecture hall nodded repeatedly.

Professor Hua Yunfeng and Old Feng, in particular, were quite in agreement.

Jiang Zhe had first calculated the limit within the human limit multi-layered dream: An Eternity in a Thought.

His previously assumed answer: there is one or countless super-civilization brains in the external universe space.

Within each brain, a complete, independent universe is evolving.

When an internal independent universe perishes, the external brain will continue to exist.

Because!

The flow rate of the internal universe, theoretically speaking—no matter how long it lasts, even if it is An Eternity in a Thought.

The external universe has probably only passed for a few hours; even shorter durations like tens of minutes, a few minutes, or even a few seconds are possible.

At that time, the super-civilization brain in the external universe space remains safe and sound.

"Our internal universe, regardless of how it was born, we only need to know that after the internal universe was born, everything that evolved—all superclusters, all supergalaxies, all stars, all planets; these were all formed within a very, very short time for the external super-civilization brain, right?"

"There's no need to even think about it. Yes, everything formed in our internal universe was certainly formed within a very short time for the external universe's brain."

"How short exactly?"

"No one can give an exact figure. We only know it's very short—perhaps a few hours, tens of minutes, a few minutes, or even a few seconds."

At this point, Jiang Zhe suddenly grinned, "So, now, have you all discovered the truth?"

"The human limit multi-layered dream has shattered, it has ended, so shouldn't the dreamer also wake up?"

"The internal universe has died, so what about the super-civilization brains in the external universe? What will happen to them?"

After saying this, he gently winked at the camera and said no more.

As the last two sentences fell.

All the experts and viewers felt their hearts tremble inexplicably, their pupils constricted, and their expressions suddenly turned horrified—

They, in hindsight, discovered a fact.

No, it was highly likely not just a fact, but the truth!

The observable/unobservable internal universe has died, and until nothing remains, as the super-civilization brain of the external universe...

They should naturally wake up too!

In other words, the universe has shattered, so the external civilization brain should naturally wake up.

Having realized what was highly likely the truth of the world, everyone was dumbstruck once again, shocked beyond words.

It was as if an eighteenth-level typhoon was sweeping through everyone's hearts!

For the super-civilization brain of the external universe—the Big Bang of the internal universe, the superclusters of the internal universe, the supergalaxies of the internal universe, the stars of the internal universe, the planets of the internal universe, the destruction of the internal universe...

All of this, for the external brain—was merely, just, a dream, nothing more!!!

After reacting, a strained smile appeared on everyone's faces.