Chapter 150: New Ability, Entering Dreams with a Single Thought

"Seven days... It's going to take another seven days before we see Jiang Zhe again."

"I don't know how I'm going to get through these seven days. Wang Lin is up next, but his ability really isn't up to par."

"Yeah, forget it. I'm going back to the forums to continue discussing this with like-minded netizens."

"..."

As the evening program ended, the experts and citizens who had been lingering in front of their televisions and phones reluctantly dispersed.

Staring at the advertisements on the screen, many people recalled the content of today's science popularization and decryption.

To them, it truly exceeded their conventional understanding.

Viewing the universe as a massive computer, the periodic table of elements limits the development of all intelligent civilizations in the universe.

Of course, this is assuming that alien civilizations actually exist in the universe.

Once the restriction of the periodic table is in place, it means all universal intelligence can only play around with technology within the elements of that table.

No—not a single civilization can break through the limitations of the periodic table of elements.

This means the development of technology is always controlled within the boundaries of the universe, thereby greatly reducing the universe's computational efficiency.

Jiang Zhe's words left the public in deep thought, and they didn't change the channel immediately.

Soon, Wang Lin appeared on the screen.

"Hello everyone, I am your host, Wang Lin. Today, we will expand upon Teacher Jiang's analysis."

"Just how likely is it that our entire universe is a Brain in a Vat!"

Watching Wang Lin's appearance, the citizens began turning off their televisions and phones one after another.

They knew Wang Lin's original content was weak. Watching further would be equivalent to prematurely exhausting the content Jiang Zhe would talk about later.

"Leaving, leaving. See you next time, Wang Lin."

"I really want to support you, but your show really isn't as good as Jiang Zhe's."

"Sigh, seven days. Seven days until we meet again."

"..."

...

Inside the auditorium of Kyoto University of Science.

Seeing Wang Lin take the stage, the experts on site stood up and left one by one.

Professor Hua Yunfeng stood up reluctantly. "It won't be for another seven days until we see him again."

Old Feng couldn't help but sigh with emotion. "His analysis today gave me a lot to think about. Even if many of the conjectures don't necessarily have to exist, what Jiang Zhe said does make sense."

"There are 94 natural elements in the periodic table of elements; everything after that is synthetic."

"He was indirectly telling us how difficult it is for humans to want new elements to appear; they can only be created through synthesis."

"Furthermore, astronomers have conducted external probes within the Observable Universe, and in reality, they haven't discovered any new elements."

"I even have reason to suspect that the Observable Universe—and perhaps even the stars and planets within galaxies in the unobservable universe—only possess those 94 natural elements."

"The new technologies discovered in the future will actually all require us to find ways to synthesize and stabilize those superheavy elements."

Hearing this, Professor Hua Yunfeng agreed. "Yes, all of us are developing technology within these elements. Eventually, there will come a day when there are no new materials and no new elements—that will be the limit of what an intelligent civilization can achieve. At that time, I'm afraid it truly will be as Jiang Zhe said: civilization will be destroyed, and we will have no choice but to settle for the [Quantum Great World]."

Scenes like the one with these two elders were happening in auditoriums large and small across the country.

As time passed, the experts who were originally reluctant to leave also departed from the auditoriums.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night!

...

Monitoring Department.

Old Wang was at his desk, urgently detailing today's traffic data.

"The peak number of online viewers in front of televisions broke 8 million, reaching a high of 8.47 million."

"53% came from Su City, 17% from Shanghai, and the rest were from Kyoto and other small cities."

"The number of online viewers in the live streaming room broke 12 million, and it didn't drop sharply until Wang Lin came online."

He summarized today's peak traffic. In the past, he would have been ecstatic.

But having seen it so often, Old Wang had become numb.

As usual, he picked up the walkie-talkie to report to Station Manager Zhao Ming.

Upon receiving the results, Station Manager Zhao also replied somewhat indifferently, "Understood. This is still far from the limit. If there hadn't been an accident during the interactive segment causing some traffic loss, this peak could have been even higher!"

Old Wang asked curiously, "Station Manager, how was that interactive hotline segment restored? I heard from my apprentice that the phone lines were actually disconnected at the time."

"It was indeed as you said, but I don't know the details yet. It seems it was restored out of thin air."

"Oh right, my damn memory... the backstage director seemed to say that Jiang Zhe solved it."

Hearing this, Old Wang suddenly remembered something. "He solved it... Wait, Station Manager, when the Television Station was held up by robbers last time, wasn't he also in the lounge using a computer to urgently hack into our lighting department and turn off all the lights in the station at once?"

The other side went silent for a moment before responding, "Yes, he was the one who solved it last time too."

"So, with the phone lines missing, could we really still connect to the audience's calls?"

"Theoretically speaking, no. But there is one other possibility: he directly connected to the satellite our local Television Station launched years ago. But satellites have encryption keys, how could he possibly..."

At this point, the expression on Station Manager Zhao's face in the meeting room shifted wildly.

"Could it be?"

He suddenly realized a possibility.

Jiang Zhe seemed to have some secret skills that weren't written on his resume.

To verify it, he quickly looked at Old Wang beside him. "Old Wang, how many skills did Jiang Zhe list on his resume?"

Old Wang noted the Station Manager's anxious expression and replied directly, "Voice acting, hosting and crowd control, basic computer skills, basic vocal music, powerful memory... yeah, that's it."

"What about hacking skills?"

"That's not written on the resume. Is it possible he's hiding something?"

"It's nothing."

As he spoke, Station Manager Zhao's expression became increasingly serious.

Others might not know Jiang Zhe's abilities, but it was impossible for him not to know.

In the previous robbery case, after Jiang Zhe hacked the lights, the Mysterious Person appeared.

This time, he and his subordinates had offended some powerful figures, and those figures had sent someone to mess with him slightly.

Jiang Zhe stepped in again, and the problem was quietly resolved.

Thinking of this, Station Manager Zhao's expression became even more solemn.

...

Inside the dressing room.

As usual, Jiang Zhe removed his makeup with the help of Make-up Artist Xiao Mei and then let her head home.

"System, settlement!"

He closed his eyes and sent the command with his mind.

[Ding! The 5th live broadcast has ended. You have gained +14.76 million audience emotion points this time.]

[Congratulations! Your decryption of the Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly paradox reached 80% audience approval. Issuing special reward: Dreaming with a Thought.]

[Current Progress: 20%!]

[Current Remaining Emotion Points: 16.87 million.]

[Dreaming with a Thought: The user can make the target enter a dream with a wave of the hand. The target will have a dream corresponding to your thoughts. As mental points increase, the number of people that can be controlled simultaneously increases. Currently controllable: 11 people.]

[Currently available for trial: 1 time. This ability has been added to the reward pool!]

Looking at the skill reward, Jiang Zhe rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought. "Hypnosis and mass hypnosis? My mental points exceeded 100 and reached 115, so I can control 11 people."

"System, if I use it once on a single person, can I continue to use it 9 more times?"

[Searching... No. You can use it once, regardless of the number of people controlled—only once. After the dungeon descends, all abilities will be fully unlocked!]

"I see."

"Last time, the emotion points were deployed in Kyoto. This time, deploy 10 million to [Yang City]. With saturation coverage, it's only a matter of time before I become famous nationwide."

"By the way, exchange for one bottle of Junior Genetic Serum and multiple bottles of Stamina Potion."

"Since I've become so much stronger, it's time to give something back to society."

[Deployment successful!]

[Congratulations! You have exchanged for 1 bottle of Junior Genetic Serum and 10 bottles of Stamina Potion... In view of your intention to give back to society, the system extra-sponsors you with 100 bottles of Stamina Potion.]

[Congratulations! In view of your actions, an additional System Space has been opened: 100 cubic meters.]