Chapter 178: The Language of God

"A Level 6 civilization has actually ascended beyond the multiverse. It's just like someone using cheats to play a game. I use cheats to play a game, I'm a character in reality, and then I use cheats inside the game... Damn, I get it now. A Level 6 civilization can actually be compared to us right now. We play a game, the protagonist in the game is a character we control, and that character's stats are modified by cheats into a superman, allowing us to brutally crush the native NPCs of the game world!"

"The Fourth Calamity, this is definitely a Fourth Calamity-style online game!!!"

"My God, I actually understand now. In a way, a Level 6 civilization is actually us!"

"Don't get excited. A Level 6 civilization is not us, and you must never think it is us. You might think: we create a 'Universe Game' ourselves, and then fly and burrow in the universe game, acting as a Level 6 Creator civilization. But in reality, we, the people living in the real world, are only pseudo-Level 6 civilizations because our technology in reality is very weak. What's the use of being strong only in a game? We need to become strong right here and now, do you understand?"

"Big shot, I was wrong, but I just won't change."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, we are still very weak!"

"Reasonable, Teacher Jiang's explanation is very reasonable. In this way, a super civilization cannot possibly be within our universe; instead, they are outside the carrier that is the universe!"

"Hahaha, this is the civilization that I mentioned before as [Packaging the Universe]. That's right, a Level 6 civilization can package the entire universe, just like the concept of packaging a game save file and sending it to a friend."

"..."

By the Level 6 civilization, most people already felt a deep sense of powerlessness, as this was a possibility that humanity could never achieve in a lifetime.

At least, that's how it appeared in the eyes of most of the audience.

But in the eyes of a small group of hardcore gaming enthusiasts, they suddenly realized: [Is the Creator civilization actually me?]

They were more excited than anyone, and they could deeply understand the example given by Jiang Zhe.

Director Wu witnessed this and smiled happily.

"By the Level 6 civilization, there really is no need for any evidence; it would be strange if one could find any, because that evidence is simply not within the universe, but outside of it."

"This is a [Creator civilization], definitely a Creator civilization!"

"Using us, modern humans, to draw an analogy to people of a Level 6 civilization: the people of a Level 6 civilization are playing a very realistic 'Universe Game', and we humans are just insignificant people on Earth, in the Solar System, in the Milky Way Galaxy within this 'Universe Game'."

"Hmm, this classification of levels is very interesting."

"However, starting from this Level 6 civilization, it is no longer something humans can pursue; only a Level 5 civilization is the final destination for us humans!"

"Because a Level 6 civilization will never be within the universe from start to finish."

In the eyes of the many experts in the lecture hall, the example given by Jiang Zhe was very apt and did not contradict reality at all.

Even though there was no professional evidence to indicate it, it was exceptionally reasonable!

Professor Hua Yunfeng looked at the quiet scene, suddenly grinned, and said two words: "Subject bias!"

Soon, a young scholar reacted.

"Professor Hua, does 'subject bias' refer to us, the current quantum computer practitioners, creating a game with a quantum grand world, where the people in that game, after gaining self-awareness, believe that the universe is exactly as it appears to them; but in reality, the world we are currently in is the truth that they can never achieve in their lifetime?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Professor Hua Yunfeng's eyes lit up, and he praised, "You're good, kid. I only said two words and you could keep up with my train of thought?"

Who would have thought that the young man would smile sheepishly, "Actually, I was still listening to what Teacher Jiang Zhe said before: our human technology tree has indeed gone astray. We humans are currently severely biased towards [Weapons], while biotechnology is so weak that it's not even worth mentioning."

"According to Teacher Jiang Zhe, our quantum computers should have appeared 50 years later. At that time, following the natural course of events, once the full version of the quantum computer came out, everything would have appeared logically."

"Virtual reality, a virtual reality worldview, and then the virtual reality universe, virtual reality intelligent beings."

"For those virtual reality intelligent beings, the world is exactly as they believe it to be."

"Without our help, those virtual intelligences would never realize that they are just within a world constructed by a quantum computer."

"Then... problems come one after another."

"Are we the same? Without the help of an external Creator, we can only constantly guess whether we are inside a powerful virtual computer."

"Perhaps, we might be in this virtual reality world. From when did it start? I'm afraid, as Teacher Jiang said before: from the moment of the first Big Bang Theory of the universe, we were already in a virtual reality world, and everything that followed evolved within this virtual reality universe."

As the series of words fell, the scholars from various walks of life in the scene no longer felt the previous shock; their faces were filled with gravity and seriousness.

Because... whatever is possible will definitely happen!

What Jiang Zhe said will definitely happen at some point in the future.

It's just that no one knows how far this [future] is, and no one can tell.

Suddenly, Professor Feng Zhiyuan on the podium raised a question: "Isn't there one more civilization, Level 7? Level 6 is already a Creator civilization. Could it be that Level 7 is the [Creator] who created the Creator? If that's really the case, wouldn't it return to [Recursion] and [Recursive Effect]?"

"The Creator of the Creator of the Creator, and then who created them?"

"Wouldn't it turn into a new paradox?"

Old Feng didn't speak, and the experts hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter.

As soon as he spoke, he pointed out the core issue.

Many experts' eyes lit up, and they looked at Jiang Zhe with even more intrigued expressions. They were very much looking forward to how Jiang Zhe would explain the Level 7 civilization!

Just then.

Jiang Zhe on the big screen gave a concrete answer.

"Now, it is the Level 7 civilization that everyone is concerned about."

"Please remember the Level 6 Creator civilization."

"The Level 6 civilization I just talked about was just using a vivid example to tell you that they are not within the universe, but outside the universe."

"Then a Level 7 civilization is naturally higher than a Level 6 civilization. What kind of strange existence have they achieved?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhe said with a serious face: "Please put yourselves in the shoes of the people of a Level 6 civilization. Do they not live within their own universe?"

To this question, the experts and the audience nodded one after another.

No matter who it is, they all live within a habitable environment, and that environment is the universe.

As for the Level 6 civilization, it is certainly not the universe that humans can currently observe; rather, it is the universe that the Level 6 Creator civilization can observe.

Through simple substitution of thought, they could understand—a Level 6 civilization lives in their own universe.

"Would a Level 6 Creator civilization create a 'Universe Game' out of thin air?"

"Perhaps they would, but they must have materials to choose from, right?"

"Perhaps this is a bit difficult to understand, but you just need to know that when you game developers create a normal game, don't you have to consider the [Physical Model] within the game's worldview? For example, the speed and acceleration of a character falling from a high altitude; as well as the speed of a character running, and a series of other parameters, right?"

As soon as this question was asked, the audience members who were game developers nodded excitedly.

Because these words from Jiang Zhe spoke directly to the hearts of game practitioners.

"Damn, I get it."

"What do you get? Tell me, I still don't get it!"

"Teacher Jiang is saying—when we create reality-oriented games, we have a choice of material sources. This material comes from our real world. Many of us will refer to the Big Bang Theory model of the real world, and then the first, second, and third cosmic velocities; as well as the acceleration of a character falling from a high altitude, and the speed of running on the road, swimming in the sea; the impact force generated by driving into a wall, these data are all from our reality."

"That's right, this game expert said it very well; I am also a game developer, and I understand Jiang Zhe's meaning—some things, we might be within the universe, and we observe outside the universe. But according to this logic, we can understand the basic laws of the universe of the Level 6 Creator civilization. The laws of that universe are basically exactly the same as the laws of our current universe, even if there are differences, they won't be too big!"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly what the teacher is saying; the Level 6 Creator civilization took the physical laws and a series of data materials from their own world, and then created our universe. In essence: the laws of physics, chemistry, and mathematics within our universe are those of the Level 6 Creators."

"Damn, I only now understand [Mathematics is the universal language of the whole universe], and that sentence said by the big shot [Galileo Galilei]: [Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.]. Taking this sentence of the big shot Galileo Galilei and applying it to the present, it couldn't be more appropriate!"

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, my whole scalp is tingling!"

"I thought Jiang Zhe was talking nonsense, but as he kept talking, he started playing for real?"

"..."

It might have been fine if these comments hadn't appeared; but once they were explained by professional technical personnel, all the experts and the confused audience members were suddenly tingling with scalp-numbing shock and were dumbfounded.