Chapter 131: A Thought, A Lifetime

At this moment, in the live stream, the chat was flying by rapidly.

"Once the internal universe is destroyed, the super brain of the external universe will naturally awaken."

"Yes, yes, yes, it should wake up; the brain of civilization should wake up."

"Oh my god, the answer he hypothesized actually hits the truth head-on; it makes me have to agree."

"Hiss~ This is too sharp. The destruction of an internal universe is actually the moment of awakening for the external universe's brain; my god; this answer makes me tremble all over."

"..."

The audience, who previously thought they had barely grasped the truth.

Were all extremely excited at this moment.

The loose string in their minds had completely snapped!

In this instant, it was as if they had witnessed the moment the universe was unraveled.

...

Jiang Zhe's final question pushed the traffic in the Television Station and the live stream to new heights.

Those viewers from other cities who had arrived inexplicably were all dumbfounded after watching the stream.

"Holy crap, what a sharp local Television Station, what a sharp host!"

"Internal universe and external universe, first hypothesize an answer, and then provide irrefutable logic for that hypothesized answer; is this really Jiang Zhe's level?"

"Amazing, my brother, I have to admire him!"

"Followed, followed!"

"..."

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

The entire venue was in an uproar, buzzing with heated discussions.

Amidst the noisy debate, a young psychologist wearing glasses suddenly stood up and excitedly analyzed:

"Let me sort out Jiang Zhe's rhythm and how he decoded this..."

"He started by adopting—macro origins and micro origins."

"Using the micro to verify that the macro does not exist; only the fake macro exists."

"First, he hypothesized a first intelligent consciousness; after the first intelligent consciousness was born, the universe appeared."

"After the universe was born, supergalaxies appeared, then galaxies, and finally Earth, human civilization, and then modern humans."

"After modern humans existed, then came the dreams that humans have; the civilizations of the dream worlds, the dream worlds, the humans of the dream worlds."

"After establishing the dream, he adopted the time ratio difference between dreams and reality."

"Through the ratio of time in extreme multiple dreams to reality—he told everyone: there will always be a dream that reaches the ultimate 'A Thought, Eternity'."

"The 'A Thought, Eternity' of a single human dream corresponds to the [A Thought, Eternity] of the fake macro universe, or rather, the universe's extreme lifespan: 1 trillion years."

"1 trillion years corresponds to [a few minutes], or even [shorter] time for the outer universe!"

"Overall, Jiang Zhe first hypothesized an intelligent consciousness, then used Brain in a Vat to extrapolate the dream, and everything derived from this brain within the cosmic dream."

"To the external universe's brain, our internal universe—it is just a dream."

"The dream of the internal universe ends, which is the moment of the universe's destruction; afterwards, the brain of the external universe should awaken."

Having analyzed up to this point, the psychologist's eyes suddenly lit up, "This is completely identical in effect to Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly!"

Following this series of analyses, Professor Hua Yunfeng, Old Feng, and others pondered for a moment and couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Professor Hua Yunfeng revealed an unprecedented smile, "Yes, the dream is shattered, so the person should wake up; the universe is shattered; the people outside the universe should awaken even more!"

"It's hard to imagine, this hypothesized answer leaves me unable to refute it!"

Old Feng, standing to the side, was shocked repeatedly, "It's too astonishing, his analysis is very surprising, and your explanation makes people even more aware of the shock within it."

"The destruction of one world is actually the awakening of someone in another world."

"Isn't this connection between the internal universe and the external universe the essential truth of the virtual and the real in Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly?"

Just as the experts were heatedly discussing, on the big screen, Jiang Zhe put an end to this fake macro and micro [discussion].

"As everyone guessed in the chat—"

"If the universe is also a life form, then it also dreams. According to M-theory reference: it dreams once every 1 trillion years."

"The universe's 1 trillion years = 2 minutes of human dreaming."

"Only a few seconds have passed in human reality; for the universe itself, only a very short time has passed!"

"Every time the universe dreams, it means a new universe is born, and the total lifespan of this new universe lasts about 1 trillion years."

"After 1 trillion years, the universe's dream shatters, and then this super-civilization brain should naturally awaken."

"When that super-civilization brain awakens, the internal universe falls into a reorganization of order again."

"When that super-civilization brain falls into slumber again, the internal universe makes a comeback; it will form again."

"This is similar in effect to the 'Theory of Cosmic Circulation' I mentioned in previous episodes."

Having explained up to this point, he knocked heavily on the table and continued his analysis:

"If we replace the universe with an individual person."

"Then, we will get the answer to Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly—"

"[Whenever we enter a dream, we are creating a world.]"

"[This world is completely independent of our reality; it might resemble the real world, but it is absolutely not it!]"

"[That dream world might have independent world rules and order; but it will eventually collapse at some long moment!]"

"[When will it collapse?]"

He just smiled and gave the final answer: "That world, along with the dreamer's awakening, will also shatter."

"Therefore!"

"The ending of Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly after hypothesizing the answer is—"

"[Every world in your mind is a real world; it's just that for us people in reality, that world—is very short, very short, as short as an elusive bubble.]"

"[That world, as short as being within a single thought of ours.]"

"[So short that, as soon as a thought arises, the world is born; when the thought ends, the world shatters.]"

Speaking up to this point, his expression was exceptionally serious as he held up one finger to the camera.

"Yes, each of us, and at every moment, is creating a world!"

"For the people in that dream world, I'm afraid it is extremely long!"

"But!"

"For us, that world!"

"Is very short, very short, so short that it shatters in a single thought, that is all!"

Hearing this, everyone's faces revealed unprecedented solemnity.

Yes, the dream world, for people in reality, is of course very short, very short!

But conversely, for the people within the dream world, it is long, long to an unimaginable degree.

"By comparison, everyone will naturally discover—"

"We Earthlings are actually the dreamers within the entire Observable Universe and the unobservable universe."

"In this 1-trillion-year cosmic dream, whether it is the first single-celled organism, the dinosaurs of the ancient era, the tribes of the prehistoric era, or us in the present era."

"Or even the people of the future world!"

"Everything, for the universe, is but a drop in the ocean; we are hurried travelers in the long river of time."

"All of us, everyone, are playing time travelers with specific identities at specific times."

"When time and space fade away with the universe..."

"The person who is dreaming us will naturally awaken."

"When He awakens, even if He is a brain, I'm afraid He will find it endlessly thought-provoking."

"To Him, one of His dreams actually gave birth to a great human civilization."

"Perhaps He cannot directly intervene in our existence—but He can witness the splendid events that existed from the birth of Earth to its destruction."

"Our existence, to Him—is perhaps a fleeting moment; or perhaps a thought in an inconspicuous corner; or even a corner in the background of His dream."

Speaking to this point, he closed his eyes and then took a deep breath.

"Yes, this is the life of the external universe."

"We are just the dust in the world of the dreamers of this person named [Professor Zhuang Zhou]'s universe."

"This is the truth of the world of the hypothesized [first intelligent consciousness]!"

"I know that at this time, someone will definitely ask: [If we do not hypothesize that the universe has a first intelligent consciousness, then what would the subsequent truth be?]"

Having explained up to this point, he faced the camera and blinked gently.

As the final words fell, all the viewers and experts took a deep breath; the confusion that had been weighing on their hearts was finally answered at this moment!