134: Chapter 134: Everyone's life has ended

The viewers were frightened by Jiang Zhe's guidance, and a chilling realization began to set in.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"I don't believe it. Could the Déjà Vu and Prophetic Dreams we experience really be memory glitches from our future revolving lantern?"

"Damn, this is scarier than a ghost story. Does it mean my future is already over? Is the real [me] currently on a hospital bed reliving my entire life? And my 'right now' is just the future [me] reliving this exact moment?"

"That's terrifying. Are Prophetic Dreams not about predicting the future, but rather the future [me] leaking future plot points into the dreams of the [current] me?"

"Help! Help me!!!"

Clearly, the viewers were startled by Jiang Zhe's remarks!

Meanwhile, in the office.

Principal Fu rubbed his chubby arms, which were covered in goosebumps, and looked at Old Wang helplessly. "Haha, this Jiang Zhe really has a knack for telling scary stories."

"Déjà Vu might be nothing, but when you link it to Prophetic Dreams..." Old Wang couldn't bring himself to laugh; he just kept shaking his head. "Because Prophetic Dreams simply cannot be explained by medicine or psychology!"

Elsewhere, in the Kyoto Family Quarters.

Professor Chen Runzhi couldn't help but shiver.

Professor Wang typed [Memory Confusion] on his computer and added several question marks next to it.

"Using a revolving lantern to explain Déjà Vu..."

"And Prophetic Dreams... my old heart can't take this kind of scare!"

Professor Qian gasped and shook his head repeatedly. "Emotionally and cognitively, I cannot accept that Déjà Vu and Prophetic Dreams are actually memories of us lying on a hospital bed at the end of our lives."

...

In the lounge of Huaqing University.

Everyone present looked at each other, seeing the same disbelief on each other's faces.

Professor Zhao Chengfeng analyzed with a solemn expression, "From a classical psychological perspective, Déjà Vu is generally considered a glitch in the memory system."

"It might be that sensory information is momentarily and erroneously sent to long-term memory, making one believe they have [seen it before]. It could also be related to a lapse in attention; it's a very common and basically harmless psychological phenomenon."

Then his tone shifted, and his brow furrowed. "But, if we place it within the framework of this Jiang Zhe person's theory that 'everything is a memory,' then Déjà Vu becomes something entirely different. It wouldn't be a glitch, but rather... information from a future near-death moment leaking into the present!"

"As for Prophetic Dreams... they're a bit too transcendental. I can't accept that for now."

Professor Guan and Dr. Li Mo looked at each other, both feeling a sudden chill.

...

Meanwhile, inside Qingfeng Temple.

Hearing the answer Jiang Zhe was leading them toward...

Zheng Ming was about to say something when Wang Chongyang cut him off. "Don't talk nonsense."

"I... Understood."

The two of them then turned their attention to Dr. Zhou Ming.

Dr. Zhou recovered from his brief shock and slowly began to explain, "From a purely medical and neuroscientific perspective, the physiological mechanism of Déjà Vu is highly debated. However, most theories lean toward it being the result of momentary abnormal discharges in the temporal lobe or specific neural circuits, which doesn't point to anything supernatural."

He paused for a moment, his gaze sharpening. "In contrast, to modern medicine, Prophetic Dreams are..."

...quite supernatural, even attributed to extrasensory perception. It simply can't be explained!"

"A person dreams of a specific future scene or event, and then it actually happens in the future. Excluding low-probability coincidences and memory embellishment, the medical community cannot provide an answer for the remaining cases that would satisfy the general public!"

His tone shifted as his expression suddenly became serious. "But, if we try to answer this using the framework provided by Xiao Yu's Brother..."

Dr. Zhou Ming took a deep breath. "Then the answer becomes very intriguing!"

"Suppose our entire life, from birth to death, is a movie that has already been filmed."

"For the [consciousness/soul] that eventually [watches] this movie, all the plot points..."

Realizing he wasn't being specific enough, he added, "Let me use myself as an example: I am 56 years old, and I will live to be 80."

"This movie about me includes all my experiences from age 0 to 80. To the 80-year-old me, these are all things that have already happened; they are fixed [past memories]."

"So, if the current 56-year-old me [predicts] events from the next few years in a dream, it might not be a [prediction] at all!"

He looked at Zheng Ming, Celestial Master Zhang, and Wang Chongyang. "It might just be that my [current] consciousness, under extreme circumstances, accidentally perceived [life segments] that already exist in my 'life movie' at future points in time, such as when I am 60 or 70."

"In this way, both Déjà Vu and Prophetic Dreams can be rationally explained within the theoretical framework of Xiao Yu's Brother!!!"

*Hiss—*

This deduction caused all four people present to gasp in unison.

Zheng Ming's lips moved slightly as he tried to argue back, but he found this deduction to be terrifyingly logical within the framework Jiang Zhe had provided!!

Finally, he shook his head vigorously. "Impossible. This is just a terrifying conjecture that is logically self-consistent. If the premise is wrong, then no matter how scary the process and conclusions are, they remain unverifiable!"

Meanwhile, in the living room.

Xiao Yu recovered from her earlier state of disbelief.

"Bro, setting aside the akashic records, if Déjà Vu and Prophetic Dreams are experiences that are bound to happen in our future, then for some reason, those future experiences are leaking to the current me in advance."

At this point, Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly lit up. "This explanation is certainly novel, and it seems like a decent way to understand it..."

"But!"

She looked at Jiang Zhe and said with a dismissive expression, "This framework is perfect, but it's too perfect. It's so perfect that it seems like a [universal answer] fabricated just to be self-consistent!"

Xiao Yu solemnly picked up her Small Pink Hammer, preparing to tap Jiang Zhe. "Bro, if we go by what you said—that we are in a state of revolving lantern—it indeed explains Déjà Vu, Prophetic Dreams, multiple dreams, and you could even toss anything else into this 'revolving lantern' state."

"Because no matter how you explain it within this framework, the final answer always comes out 'correct'."

"A theory that can explain everything often explains nothing at all. Because, Bro, you can't use it to predict a single thing that hasn't happened yet, nor can you test whether it's right or wrong. Bro, don't think you can fool me this time!"

With that, she lightly tapped Jiang Zhe's head with her Small Pink Hammer.

The viewers and experts were stunned; Xiao Yu had voiced exactly what they were thinking.

Seeing Xiao Yu's reaction, Jiang Zhe nodded with satisfaction. "Very good. You've grasped the most fundamental principle of science: falsifiability. If this were merely a framework, it would indeed be worthless."

Then Jiang Zhe's expression tightened, and his tone shifted. "But what if what I'm referring to isn't just a theory, but an objective fact that can be indirectly verified by millions of real cases?"