Chapter 180: Divine Civilization

After saying this, he leaned over the whiteboard and wrote a few large characters.

All the experts and the audience leaned in to watch.

Jiang Zhe held up the whiteboard, upon which four large characters appeared: "Cosmic Divinity."

"As you can all see, a Level 7 civilization is a Divine Civilization."

Inside the lecture hall, the experts, led by Professor Hua Yunfeng and Old Feng, were stunned for a moment before looking at each other in confusion.

"Divine Civilization?"

"Isn't a Level 6 civilization already a Divine Civilization?"

"That's right, could he have written it wrong?"

"..."

"Perhaps many people are saying, 'Isn't a Level 6 civilization already a Divine Civilization? Why is it that only a Level 7 civilization is a Divine Civilization?'"

Jiang Zhe smiled gently, voicing the confusion in everyone's hearts.

"No, you have misunderstood. A Level 6 civilization is not a Divine Civilization at all."

"A Divine Civilization refers to an existence that transcends physical laws and dominates the universe."

"Such a technological existence has completely mastered the essence and truth of the universe, and is able to influence its development and evolution."

"They can make everything in the universe obey their will; such beings are the creators and rulers of the entire universe."

"A true Divine Civilization has always been: 'I am the universe, and the universe is me.'"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone couldn't help but look stunned.

They could not understand it. Although the words used were simple and easy to understand, when combined, no one could grasp the meaning—except for Professor Zhuang.

Director Wu asked with a puzzled expression: "What kind of existence is this exactly?"

This had exceeded his imagination; even after working in the astronomy industry for so long, this was the first time he had heard of the existence of a Divine Civilization.

Professor Hua Yunfeng and Old Feng both shook their heads, unable to make sense of it at all.

Only Professor Zhuang's eyes lit up, and he revealed a smile: "Just as I guessed, they have already transformed themselves into the existence of the universe."

Sure enough, Jiang Zhe spoke, echoing Professor Zhuang's words.

"As you all guessed, in reality, upon reaching a Level 7 civilization, every single individual within that civilization becomes an independent universe."

"If we use a Level 6 civilization as an example, they can create a universe, but what is created is always just a creation; it is controlled by them, but it is not owned by them."

"What does that mean?"

"If a Level 6 Creator Civilization possesses basic cosmic laws in their world, then where do the Creator's laws come from? Were they generated out of thin air?"

Speaking up to this point, Jiang Zhe shook his head repeatedly, "They are definitely not generated out of thin air."

"Those laws of all things in the world—objects falling downwards on a planet instead of rising; carbon-based organisms being able to swim in the sea; large Gravity celestial bodies attracting smaller ones, and other such basic laws—are actually all Level 7 civilizations."

He frowned in thought, deciding to switch to an even simpler explanation to make it easier to understand.

"Perhaps this is a bit difficult to understand."

"But as long as you all know that they, the Level 7 Divine Civilizations, are omnipresent."

"You can also understand it as every universe being the one and only independent person within a Level 7 Divine Civilization."

"This independent individual of a Level 7 Divine Civilization stands above a Level 6 Creator Civilization; the universe where a Level 6 Creator Civilization resides is a single person within a Level 7 Divine Civilization."

"In countless multiverses, there are countless Level 6 Creator Civilizations, and the people of these countless Creator Civilizations live under countless multiverses."

"These countless multiverses themselves have always been: the carriers within a Level 7 Divine Civilization."

"From everything in the world down to the microscopic world, all of this is some individual within a Level 7 Divine Civilization."

"Extrapolating such an existence to the multiverse, then a Level 7 Divine Civilization is the aggregate of an infinite multiverse."

"Regardless of the so-called 'Box Theory' where one layer nests within another, in this classification of civilization levels, it does not exist."

"The highest existence is only the 'Infinite Multiverse'; there is no 'beyond' the infinite multiverse. Even the 'Brain in a Vat' thought experiment is feeble and powerless within a Level 7 Divine Civilization."

"If the public and experts in front of the screens really want to categorize it..."

"The first independent universe naturally born in the infinite multiverse is the first person of that Level 7 Divine Civilization."

"After the first person was born, very quickly, much like the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, countless 'eggs' followed closely behind, expanding frantically outward, eventually evolving into the 'Infinite Multiverse'."

"Every egg looks extremely similar, but they vary in size."

"Every universe looks extremely similar, and the events occurring within them are also extremely similar. Different people become different things in different parallel universes, and the space within these universes still varies in size."

"Does everyone understand now?"

Facing the camera, he revealed a serious expression.

As the series of explanations concluded, the scene in the viewers' field of vision gradually shook, and they looked on in disbelief.

They originally thought that a Level 6 civilization could not be further divided, but they didn't expect that there really was a Level 7 Divine Civilization.

It's just that...

Every individual in such a civilization is an individual universe.

After deep thought for a moment, the audience suddenly realized.

"I think I understand."

"What do you understand? I really find it hard to comprehend; this has already exceeded the scope of what humans can understand."

"Teacher Jiang is actually being very considerate of us. People of a Level 7 Divine Civilization can completely say: 'Born at the finish line, everything is already fixed.' All levels of civilization within our universe, even Level 6 or Level 5, have always been developing within the carrier of this Level 7 Divine Civilization—no, not a carrier, but the body of the universe; yes, that's it, the body!"

"Absolutely correct. I share the same view as the person above. They were born at the finish line, and it is something that we, the civilizations that appeared later, can never surpass. Even if we were to individually break open a universe and go outside to take a look, we might be able to see infinite multiverse egg-shaped universes, and perhaps those multiverse egg-shaped universes are chatting: 'Have there been any anomalies in your body lately? Has a Level 6 Creator Civilization been born?' 'Hey, hey, you there, how are things in your body lately? Has it been sabotaged by a Level 6 Creator Civilization? If they are causing trouble, just launch a natural disaster and wipe them out. If they run to another universe, just let us brothers know, and we will unite to help you wipe them out.'"

As soon as this anthropomorphic barrage appeared, it instantly left millions of viewers bewildered.

Although it was plain language, it was so easy to understand that it was completely comprehensible!

"Damn, so that's how it is! Now that you put it that way, I get it. No wonder every structure and existence in the universe is similar to intelligent beings!"

"Yeah, black holes swallow surrounding matter, while white holes are actually ejection sources in the universe. They can provide matter and energy to external regions but cannot absorb any matter or radiation from external regions. Therefore, a white hole is a special cosmic celestial body that only emits and does not absorb, which is exactly the opposite of a black hole. This perfectly corresponds to how intelligent beings need to consume food to fight against entropy increase, which is fighting against death!"

"Besides that, I've also discovered that our Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and even the collection of larger superclusters are actually like—damn it—the brain of an intelligent life form."

"That's right, the universe must be alive. Only in this way can many things that are difficult to explain be explained; the universe thinks, it definitely thinks!"

"..."

A portion of the audience had unprecedentedly proposed the concept that the universe is "alive."

Fortunately, they weren't in any other livestream room; if others had seen this, they would undoubtedly have been rendered speechless by the retorts.

But this was a science livestream room, and since the host happened to be Jiang Zhe, Jiang Zhe had something to say.

Jiang Zhe suddenly smiled mysteriously, "The barrage is very interesting. I heard someone saying 'the universe is alive.' Since everyone is interested, I will talk about it during the break after deciphering the fermi paradox."

"Yes, as you guessed; the universe is a constantly expanding network of stars and galaxies!"

"As for why I am certain, it is because the human brain is composed of neurons, and these neurons communicate with each other through an underlying connection network."

"And the galaxies in the universe form galaxy clusters, which then connect to each other through complex networks. This is highly similar to the neuron patterns in the brain."

"Perhaps you don't quite understand and might have doubts: 'Does similarity alone prove that the universe is alive?'"

"Don't be anxious, everyone. Actually, there is relevant theoretical support. Without discussing right or wrong for now, let's analyze it further."

This question was also what the bewildered audience was thinking in their hearts.

Hearing about theoretical support, many experts and members of the public had their eyes light up.