Chapter 179: The Shocked and Delighted Experts

To the experts in the lecture hall, Jiang Zhe's words hit like a thunderbolt.

With a single rhetorical question, the physicists present almost instantly understood where the laws of the universe came from!

All the astronomers and physicists present could not help but breathe rapidly, their gazes burning with intensity.

Their original understanding was that knowledge such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry all originated from the natural world, because the natural world was filled with their presence everywhere.

Without these laws, the entire universe would cease to exist.

They had never delved deep into where these laws actually originated.

It wasn't until Jiang Zhe's question and the series of bullet comments on the large screen in the lecture hall appeared that they suddenly understood everything.

Professor Hua Yunfeng and Old Feng stared blankly at the screen, unable to speak for a long time.

Below the podium, the experts were already extremely excited.

"That's right, that's right! These laws exist in our universe, and the origin of these laws must be the laws within the civilized world that created all of this!"

"Good heavens, I used to look down on games, thinking they were a waste of time and ambition. Who would have thought that a game could give an old guy like me such great inspiration."

"Engineers must combine the fundamental laws of reality when developing a game. To the NPCs in the game, they are the world created by the engineers; and the engineers are living people in our real world, naturally living within the framework of these physical laws as well. Oh my god, I understand, I understand everything."

"Exactly. The fundamental laws of our world are just as the bullet comments say—they come from the laws under which the creators of the outside world live. In essence, we are the same as the creators' world."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"..."

On the podium, after Professor Hua Yunfeng reacted, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"He's just decrypting the fermi paradox, yet his words can strike directly at the origin of the world. No wonder quite a few foreign scholars previously said that the probability of our world being real is actually very low; if you look closely, it's full of loopholes."

Beside him, Old Feng let out a deep breath, and then the smile on his face grew even wider: "Hahaha, the laws of a Level 6 civilization are manifested within our lower-level civilization universe; our universe's laws are displayed within the game world. Ultimately, these fundamental cosmic laws are passed down, ring after ring."

"One day, when the game NPCs we create develop intelligence, they will discover those laws; those laws are simply the painstaking efforts poured in by the engineers of our real world."

"Hahaha, I've realized it!"

Experts and ordinary people who reacted like them almost all implicitly grasped the truth.

The laws of nature are not so-called laws at all, but merely one of the languages connecting to the divine realm!

At this time, in the Su City Astronomical Research Institute, Director Wu was also filled with disbelief; he had originally held the belief that a Level 6 civilization was something humanity could not achieve.

Who would have thought that a simple little question would provoke fierce discussion among countless viewers.

"That's right, absolutely right. The laws of the world are a legacy from outside the world."

"By the way, Xiao Gang, didn't you use to work in gaming? What do you think of this rhetorical question from Jiang Zhe?"

In the office, the man in the black suit, Xiao Gang, already had a wonderful smile on his face. He nodded repeatedly, "Director Wu, I completely agree. You can even broaden your thinking; the authenticity he speaks of—the games we create are all based on the appearance of real humans like us."

"For example, I once worked part-time as an astronomical consultant for a space game."

"Their game editor-in-chief once proposed aliens of various skin colors, but the origin of those aliens could not escape the human model."

"They had faces based on the human model, but their skin color and height were different."

"I only realize now that if we were a Level 6 Creator civilization, the game characters we create would, regardless of how they change, always be based on our human appearance."

"Through reverse deduction, we know that the appearances of people in a Level 6 Creator civilization, and even all intelligent civilizations below Level 6, are actually about the same size as humans."

"But that doesn't rule out some energy-based life forms, as well as some [magnetic field intelligent creatures] that cannot be observed by the naked eye, and even the [planetary life forms] that our institute is researching."

Having received a positive answer from his subordinate, Director Wu was suddenly enlightened, "This Jiang Zhe has indirectly indicated that if there are aliens in the universe, they are carbon-based life forms. It is highly probable that they are carbon-based life forms; some silicon-based life forms, energy life forms, and even planetary life forms are not within the scope of what the fermi paradox examines."

"I understand, I understand everything!"

In the leadership conference room. Old Zhao and the others had originally been watching the live broadcast quietly.

Until Jiang Zhe's question appeared, Wang Lin was the first to stand up and applaud enthusiastically.

Following closely behind was Xiao Shiyi, then Old Zhao, Old Wang, and the others.

After the enthusiasm died down, Station Chief Old Zhao asked: "It's not that serious, is it, Little Wang? I've never seen you react this strongly."

"No, it is very serious!" Wang Lin's smile remained undiminished from beginning to end, "It is very serious; Jiang Zhe has implicitly told us the origin of the laws of our world."

Old Wang took over the conversation, "Using the basic model laws of a game to trace the origin of our real world—isn't that a bit too exaggerated?"

Before Wang Lin could answer, Xiao Shiyi, who was beside him, said with a serious face: "Broadcast Minister, have you heard the saying that everything has a beginning and an end, and every matter eventually has a beginning? For example, how were you born? Naturally, it was the combination of sperm and a fertilized egg. Where do these come from? They come from your parents; and where do your parents come from? Parents come from their parents. Recursively going up, you will eventually return to the initial single-celled organisms on Earth."

"And Brother Jiang just used a simple little question to strike directly at the origin of the laws."

"From whose hands do the laws of our world come? Not from the hands of our universe; but from the hands of the observer world of the universe."

"This is a result obtained directly through reverse deduction, without a doubt!"

Broadcast Minister Old Wang's expression was a bit strange and somewhat serious; he felt offended.

Even if he didn't quite understand, he could understand the gravity of the situation.

Jiang Zhe had invisibly inspired most people, making them realize that everything has a beginning, and even the laws of the universe have a beginning. The laws were not settings generated out of thin air!

Jiang Zhe had even invisibly helped people find the beginning of all things.

No, perhaps they hadn't found it yet, but they were close!

"I see. Little Xiao is right to lecture me; I really should read more."

At this time, in the Tsinghua University faculty dormitory building. Professor Zhuang, who had suddenly awakened, looked at Zhou Qing and then at Zhou Qingqing with a blank expression.

The older sister, Zhou Qing, asked: "Teacher, why are you looking at me like that!"

The younger sister, Zhou Qingqing, asked: "Teacher, I've never seen you with this expression before. Have you realized something?"

After a long while, Professor Zhuang suddenly grinned, "I've realized it. My previous dream is not worth mentioning in the face of what Jiang Zhe analyzed today."

Zhou Qing replied incredulously: "Huh? It's not that serious, right? It's just a law. Our laws come from the laws of the Level 6 Creator civilization world. Although I also agree with what he said, that everything has a beginning, you don't need to be like this, right?"

"You don't understand!" Professor Zhuang sighed: "This kind of transmission and inheritance of world laws actually points directly to the origin of the Great Dao. His little question did not deny the existence of God, but indirectly proved that there are deities and order dominating the myriad worlds. According to my guess, Jiang Zhe's next Level 7 civilization will be: [The order of how all things in the world operate]."

As his words fell, Jiang Zhe on the mobile phone screen immediately continued speaking.

"I can see that the bullet comments in the live broadcast room have already grasped it, and you are all cooperating very well."

"Yes, everything has a beginning."

"Just like the cliché of which came first, the chicken or the egg—the answer must be that the egg came first. The egg was initially just a single-celled or multi-celled organism of a few millimeters or even smaller."

"Moreover, the [egg] did not appear as the first one; if it were to appear, it would appear as [a group of eggs], and only then would there be [egg-laying animals]."

"Just like the origin of the universe, the laws did not naturally appear as just one world law initially, but as [a bunch of laws]. Only with [a bunch of laws] did the derivatives like chemistry, physics, and mathematics come into existence, and only after those derivatives existed did we have the present us."

"Therefore, the laws of the universe did not appear out of thin air; they are constantly passed down in different worlds."

"The Level 6 Creator civilization passed their cosmic laws down to our world, and the engineers of our world passed the laws of the Creator world down to the [online game world]."

"One day in the future, when the [NPCs in the online game world] develop intelligence, they will also pass the cosmic laws down to the [game within the game world]."

"Gradually, everyone is silently observing the [inheritance] and [transmission] of the world. This is the true meaning of the existence of intelligent creatures: [Transmission]."

In fact, by the time Jiang Zhe narrated up to this point, the bullet comments in the live broadcast room had all disappeared.

In a short moment, he had explained the laws of living in the world, invisibly allowing the program to reach a brief sublimation.

"Alright, the Level 6 civilization has been thoroughly explained. Now we welcome the final Level 7 civilization."

"Note: Beyond Level 7 civilization, it cannot be further divided. Any further division can only serve as settings for science fiction movies, television dramas, and games, and will lose its true meaning."

"So, what exactly is a Level 7 civilization?"