Chapter 34: He dared not speak out, for he would be censored.

Inside the dormitory building of the Shanghai University of Science and Technology.

Professor Li stared at the large screen, lost in thought.

Until a philosophy professor next to him curiously asked: "Is his explanation correct?"

He thought for a moment, looked at the professors around him, and quickly explained.

"Yes, it is completely correct."

"Within our Observable Universe, there is indeed something capable of pulling all superclusters, galaxies, and other matter in the entire [observable] universe."

"It should be said that [black hole no. 1] pulled [black hole no. 2], [black hole no. 2] pulled [black hole no. 3]..."

"Until [black hole no. N] pulled our entire Milky Way Galaxy; after all, there are simply too many black holes in the universe."

"Jiang Zhe is absolutely right!"

As the detailed explanation concluded, the philosophy professors on-site nodded in agreement.

"I thought he was talking nonsense, but it turns out he was actually right."

"Then is there nothing larger than [black hole no. 1]?"

"..."

Professor Li shook his head, "None have been discovered yet, but our scientific community has long made discoveries regarding what lies beyond the Unobservable Universe; the unobservable regions of the universe are all basic particles; no planets or stars have formed. It's fair to say that the regions of the Unobservable Universe still look like they did before the Big Bang Theory."

...

Meanwhile, in the livestream room.

A massive amount of bullet chat messages were being sent rapidly.

"Is what he's saying correct?"

"It's correct, his lecture is spot on; however, his trend seems to be negating the original Primordial Black Hole of the Big Bang Theory."

"What's wrong with the initial black holes?"

"Those initial black holes were formed from basic particles merging together; those black holes were tiny, perhaps only a few micrometers at birth, then slowly growing to millimeters; Primordial Black Holes are not the stellar-collapse black holes we know; after all, there were no stars at the beginning of the universe."

"Hiss~~ I get it now, so this is the basic model of the 'Big Bang Theory'!"

"..."

For now, Jiang Zhe's lecture had not yet exceeded the understanding of the people in this world.

So, people still found it easy to accept Jiang Zhe's viewpoints.

Inside the leadership conference room.

After Lao Zhao and Wang Guosheng sought answers from Wang Lin, they felt much more at ease seeing everything about Jiang Zhe proceeding step by step.

Until...

On the large screen.

The seriousness on Jiang Zhe's face suddenly vanished, replaced by a playful expression.

Seeing Jiang Zhe's expression, Lao Zhao's heart skipped a beat, "I feel like something bad is about to happen."

Jiang Zhe held up a finger to the camera.

"Now, there is a small question."

"Let's imagine for a moment. In our real world, a mysterious disaster suddenly descends upon the entire Observable Universe, instantly destroying all the stars, suns, nebulae, superclusters, and supercluster complexes within it."

"Then, we let all the black holes in this universe remain."

"Finally, where will the stardust and particles—the products of the destruction of these galaxies in the universe—drift to?"

Because Jiang Zhe's explanation was detailed enough, they had already kept up with his pace.

The meaning of these words was simply: when everything in the current universe is destroyed by a mysterious force, what will absorb the products of those destroyed stars, suns, and galaxies?

"Black holes! They will all be attracted by nearby black holes!"

"That's right. If a mysterious force smashed everything in our universe, the matter and information of all objects would ultimately enter a black hole."

"Wait, according to what Jiang Zhe said, looking at it in reverse, I seem to have discovered a principle—in this empty universe, the final outcome must be black hole no. N being forcibly absorbed by black hole no. N-1, black hole no. N-1 being forcibly devoured by black hole no. N-2... slowly returning to the original Universal Source. In the end, it must be [black hole no. 1] and [black hole no. 2], the second largest, colliding; the result naturally being [black hole no. 1] devouring [black hole no. 2]... In that case, wouldn't everything in the entire universe become one thing again?"

"Holy crap, do you mean that the final [black hole no. 1] will devour and then recycle all matter and information in our universe?"

"Exactly, recycling!"

"Doesn't that mean everything will eventually become [One]?"

As more and more people understood, the livestream bullet chat suddenly vanished. Every viewer's scalp couldn't help but tingle.

In the end, all matter and information would naturally be absorbed by the unimaginably massive [black hole no. 1]!

When everything in the entire universe disappears, since [black hole no. 1] is the black hole of the universe's origin, It will grow larger and larger. As for Its limit, it might simply be the sum total of the entire universe!

While the audience was brainstorming, a single sentence from Jiang Zhe set off another wave of shock.

"Yes, it's actually very simple!"

"Just as everyone thought, after all matter in our universe has been absorbed by [black hole no. 1] and after eons of cosmic years, black hole no. 1 will eventually reach saturation."

"I'll mention an important point here: [black hole no. 1] has absorbed all matter and information within the Observable Universe."

"According to the law of conservation of E=mc², all the matter and information we witness will actually undergo wear and tear."

"But ultimately, everything in our universe—such as asteroids, comets, planets, stars, and galaxies—the [Root Information] they carry will definitely be preserved within the black hole."

At this point in his narration, Jiang Zhe frowned. Realizing it might still be a bit unfriendly for the general public, he went into a deeper explanation.

"It's like this..."

He then spent two minutes explaining the key elements, all to prove the importance of the reincarnation of all things later on.

Humans have human Root Information, animals have animal Root Information, and all things have their own Root Information—the [Source Information].

All inanimate and animate objects evolve from [Source Information].

For example: when a person is born, most of their genetic information is fixed.

As time passes and the person grows up, they are gradually tormented by illnesses, such as being infected by viruses or affected by harsh environments and radiation; then, part of that person's genetic information will be altered.

But!

That person's information remains fundamentally unchanged!

What is changed is only some information at the genetic level!

As time goes by, on the day a person reaches the end of their natural life.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust; the human body turns to ash, and the information scatters into the sky.

And the information Jiang Zhe spoke of is naturally this: the Root Information after the death of all things will not change, but will return to the universe in its original form, attracted by massive celestial bodies.

While matter has mass, the information of all things itself has no mass.

Information possesses energy, but it cannot constitute attributes such as space, time, or mass.

Therefore, all [Source Information] will be attracted and pulled into the black hole!

After his impromptu explanation, more and more people understood.

"I see. This explanation means that no matter what, even if our final information undergoes wear and tear, the most basic [Source Information] will definitely be preserved, right?"

"Um... I study biological genetics. I can only say the first part of what he said is correct; genetic information doesn't change except for mutations caused by things like viral infections and radiation. But I don't know a damn thing about the second half; that involves physics. I need a physics expert to explain."

"I don't know, wait, I'll go ask."

"Wait, while he was talking about the Bootstrap Paradox, I came up with a terrifying question. Isn't our human information and consciousness made of information combinations? Could it be our human soul?"

"Holy shit... don't say it like that, I'm getting a bit scared!"

Jiang Zhe's unintentional remark caused the entire livestream room to fall into a panic.

...

In the lecture hall of Kyoto University of Science.

Leng Fei's neck was tired from looking up, so he used his phone to watch Jiang Zhe's livestream.

He quietly saw the questions being asked in the bullet chat, which Jiang Zhe had not explained in detail.

Taking the opportunity, he sent a long bullet chat message.

[Kyoto University of Science: Leng Fei gifted the streamer a 'Seven-Colored Divine Flower' and left a message: Teacher Jiang Zhe is right, but he didn't go into detail. If he were to actually say it, he would be in violation of regulations and would likely be banned for being suspected of promoting inappropriate information.]

Once this bullet chat appeared, everyone became curious.

Exactly what kind of words couldn't be explained in detail without leading to a ban?"}],