200: Chapter 200 A Glimpse from Beyond the Universe

"The Creators?"

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, clearly very interested in this topic.

Jiang Zhe nodded slightly. "Yes. If a Level 5 Civilization is a world administrator, then a Level 6 Causal Technology Civilization is the designer of the world—the designer of the multiverse!"

"They only design the most fundamental operating rules of our cosmic world: how much gravity there is, how fast speed is, and what form life takes."

He looked at Xiao Yu, ensuring her mind could keep up. "To us, the speed of light being the fastest, the conservation of energy, and even 1+1=2 are all ironclad laws inherent to the universe that must be obeyed."

"But in the eyes of a Level 6 Civilization, these are merely parameters they can modify. They can start from a mathematical concept, write a brand new and completely self-consistent set of physical rules, and then let a brand new universe be born and run according to those rules. They define the laws themselves."

Xiao Yu and countless viewers felt their scalps tingle. "Then, Brother, what do they look like themselves?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head gently.

"They can no longer be imagined as biological or physical entities."

"What is certain, however, is that they must be existences without physical bodies, because as the level of civilization increases, the pain and illness of a physical body only become more torturous!"

"It is certain that they have no physical bodies!"

Xiao Yu and the viewers fell into deep thought.

Indeed, a physical body cannot be measured by perfection or imperfection.

Any carbon-based life will inevitably have an upper limit; for example, no matter how much one strengthens cells or bones or replaces parts, a body will eventually be annihilated in the torrent of time.

Therefore, people of higher civilization levels cannot be simple silicon-based life, or even mechanical life, but must be at a higher level, a dimension unimaginable to humans!

As for what that specifically is, no one can provide the truth!

Without giving Xiao Yu more time to ponder, Jiang Zhe continued to push forward: "If a Level 6 Civilization is already the creator of an infinite multiverse, able to define the rules of any universe within it—for example, Universe A has normal gravity, Universe B has a hundred times gravity, Universe C has five fundamental forces, Universe D has six fundamental forces..."

"Then a Level 7 Civilization is on an even more fundamental level!"

"They are no longer participants or managers of the infinite multiverse."

"They are the underlying framework of reality itself that allows the very concept of 'infinite multiverse' to be established and exist."

Seeing Xiao Yu's confused expression, he knew this explanation was a bit difficult, so he changed his approach: "If a Level 6 Causal Technology Civilization is a super author capable of writing countless different cosmic novels!"

"Then a Level 7 Civilization is the original civilization that invented writing, grammar, and story structure, and defined what 'a book' actually is—all Level 6 Civilizations must use this basic system they invented to create."

As Jiang Zhe described the levels of the last two civilizations, the livestream fell into total silence.

"Xiao Yu!"

Jiang Zhe called out softly.

Xiao Yu turned her head mechanically, looking a bit dazed. "Hmm?"

"Xiao Yu, from Level 0 to Level 7, whether calculated by old energy standards or by my system of causal manipulation, have you noticed the most fundamental commonality?"

Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes and finally snapped out of it, a clear thought emerging. "The most fundamental thing is that regardless of the standard, at the highest level, that civilization must no longer be inside our universe. They've jumped out. Where they jumped to, I don't know, but they've jumped out."

"Correct." Jiang Zhe nodded. "Once they jump out and stand outside, what can they do?"

Xiao Yu said with some surprise, "They can see the birth and death of countless universes, like watching a grand performance, seeing the sum of all possibilities—even, they themselves are the 'sum of all possibilities.' They might be every blade of grass, every tree, every grain of stardust within the Omniverse..."

"So!" Jiang Zhe nodded slightly. "Then, where should the the first observer, the one who caused our universe to collapse from infinite possibilities into reality, be?"

These words immediately made Xiao Yu subconsciously cover her mouth, her beautiful eyes shimmering. "In... in... in the future; out... out... outside the universe!!!"

Instantly, countless viewers couldn't help but widen their eyes, their breath hitching in an instant.

But before they could speak, Xiao Yu excitedly interjected: "Heavens! Brother, so following this logic, the the first observer of the universe exists, but that observer isn't inside our universe, right? It's outside, looking in, constantly watching every move within the universe?"

Jiang Zhe looked at the flushed Xiao Yu but spoke to refute her. "Your direction of understanding is correct, but thinking of the observer as a static audience member already sitting outside the universe is wrong."

"For Earth life like us, trapped in the arrow of time, it's easy to bind the 'first' with the 'beginning.' But for that the first observer, time isn't a track it must walk from start to finish, but more like a vast prairie where it can wander at will or even enter from any point!"

"After all, Quantum Delay has already told you that the future can change the present and the past. For any super civilization that proficiently uses Quantum Mechanics as a foundation, changing the past from the future is very easy!"

"The beginning of the universe can be without an observer, but before the end of the universe, an observer must be born!!!"

Xiao Yu savored these words, finding them infinitely profound; the certainty in her eyes wavered. "The beginning of the universe can have no observer, but the end must have one... It's not the starting point, so, where... where does it come from?"

"Remember that number I calculated with you before?" Jiang Zhe reminded her. "The total number of intelligent civilizations that could theoretically evolve since the birth of the universe, that massive data set based on probability and physical parameters."

Xiao Yu nodded; those astronomical possibilities, both pessimistic and optimistic, were fresh in her memory.

"The the first observer is likely not a fixed, unique entity set at the beginning of time."

Jiang Zhe threw out an even more startling answer: "It might not have been born yet!"

Xiao Yu and the viewers were instantly stunned. Not born yet???

Suddenly, Xiao Yu thought of something her brother had said before.

The the first observer is in the future!!!

Could that be exactly what he meant—a future super civilization that hasn't been born yet?

After a long while, Xiao Yu regained her composure, her gaze landing on Jiang Zhe.

"Xiao Yu, or rather," Jiang Zhe's gaze gradually sharpened, "the the first observer isn't a pre-set identity, but a qualification that all civilizations are desperately competing for!"

"From learning to use fire to flying into the starry sky, we and all civilizations have been struggling forward in the lightless forest. Do you think everyone is just seeking survival and development?"

"No! In essence, we are all participating in a cruel and ultimate race!"

"There is only one finish line for this race: before the universe completely dies, can your civilization become the first to develop ultimate technology sufficient to jump out of this universe?"

"If in the future, a certain civilization, at its own future moment, finally completes that ultimate leap and is the first to break through the cage of the universe and jump outside!"

"Then, it stands outside and looks back at the moment the universe was born!"

"For that civilization, at that moment, it logically becomes the [the first observer] of its own universe's birth!"

"Its act of glancing back after jumping out of the universe during its 'aging phase' or 'end'—looking back from a level beyond time—actually 'anchors' the history of the universe. It confirms that the universe began with a Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, began to form galaxies, began to form the Milky Way, the Solar System, Earth, and finally the emergence of human civilization!"

"So, that super civilization that jumped out of the universe is the winner of the [Future]. Their backward glance defined the starting point of the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago!"

"In the end, there is no audience member who has been sitting outside all along. The the first observer is the unique throne that all our civilizations are racing madly along the timeline to seize!"

"Just like countless expedition teams desperately searching for an exit in a dark maze; whoever can find it first and light a flare to illuminate the path of the entire maze is the [First Discoverer] of the maze."

"This 'First' isn't the first to be born within the universe, but the first civilization to successfully jump out of an aging universe."

"Therefore, the the first observer isn't within the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang, but rather the group of super technological civilizations that jump out just before the universe is about to reach the end of its life!"

"And our Earth Civilization might still be stumbling around in the maze, among the group that doesn't even know they are participating in a race that determines the ultimate fate of the universe!!!"

As the series of words fell, Xiao Yu, the countless viewers, teachers, and experts were all left dumbstruck.

The the first observer isn't the first civilization born within the universe.

But rather...

Among the countless civilizations born within the universe, the first civilization to [Jump] out!

They are the the first observers of the universe!!!!