28: Chapter 28: Inside the Brain in the Vat!

As Jiang Xiaoyu's speculative voice faded, the viewers were instantly stunned.

One person, becoming the entire world?

"Wait, one person becoming the entire world? Is that even possible?"

"How is that any different from a deity?"

"Good heavens, my hair is standing on end. This answer is terrifying the more I think about it!"

"..."

The three teachers, the retired professor, and Operator Wang and the others were all dumbfounded.

Upon hearing Jiang Xiaoyu's speculation, they felt a chill run down their spines!

One person, becoming the entire world?

Is that really the interpretation?

On screen.

Jiang Zhe blinked gently. "Jiang Xiaoyu, do you think it's possible?"

"How could that be possible!"

Jiang Xiaoyu shook her head as if crazed.

"One person becoming the entire world and ascending? That's definitely not how you're interpreting it, Xiaoyu's brother!"

"No!" Jiang Zhe suddenly grinned. "It is possible!"

"I know you have many doubts," Jiang Zhe smiled slightly but didn't explain further:

"Keep listening, and you'll understand."

"You annoying brother!"

Not only Jiang Xiaoyu, but millions of netizens and countless professionals were also extremely curious.

What on earth does [One Person Becomes the Great World's Blessing] actually mean!

"Next line!"

"Holding the bamboo lot container and pulling out a bamboo stick."

Jiang Zhe's gaze fell on the historical image of this hexagram.

He didn't choose to ask questions; even if his younger sister's IQ had increased, she couldn't possibly know how to interpret this!

"In ancient times, a bamboo lot container was used for divination and decision-making; it contained many bamboo sticks—"

"Symbolizing countless possibilities and individual destinies."

"Now look, 'pulling out a bamboo stick': this directly means the bamboo stick is separated from the container."

He turned his serious gaze toward Jiang Xiaoyu.

"To put it simply: an individual is stripped from the collective—a single bamboo stick is separated from the bamboo container."

"Applying this to humanity: I use a method to remove you, as an individual, from the great collective society of humanity and move you somewhere else."

"Hiss~"

Jiang Xiaoyu listened, her brows furrowed tightly.

Removing me from the great collective society.

Did it kill me, or did it just change the method?

She shook her head repeatedly, unable to fathom it!

"What does this symbolize—the end of individual life, or the end of individual independence?"

"I won't reveal it yet!"

"Look at the next line!"

"Red, yellow, black, and white are indistinguishable."

Mentioning this, his tone gradually turned icy.

"Red, yellow, black, and white—this refers to race and skin color."

" 'Indistinguishable' doesn't mean that red, yellow, black, and white skin colors coexist in harmony."

"Instead, it means blurred boundaries, the disappearance of skin color characteristics, approaching a state of oneness."

"Is this 'oneness' a voluntary fusion, or is it a forced erasure of all differences in skin color?"

As these two sentences were spoken.

In the livestream, which had been full of information, the chat suddenly vanished.

For some reason, an indescribable feeling washed over them!

They all knew—

In the early Tang Dynasty, there were red-skinned people, or rather—red-haired ghosts.

"Red, yellow, black, and white are indistinguishable" meant that the four skin colors, or the four ethnic groups, were no longer distinguished but were one family.

At least, that was how they understood it.

But the interpretation coming from Jiang Zhe's mouth had a chilling quality to it!

"Next line!"

"East, South, West, and North are all in harmony."

"When there is only one skin color and one consciousness left in the world..."

"Or rather, when everyone is in the same [vessel], there will naturally be no conflict, reaching [absolute] [harmony]!"

As Jiang Zhe pushed forward layer by layer, he instantly turned the original...

positive meaning of harmonious coexistence into...

a terrifying direction!

His voice was like the whisper of a devil.

It was step by step destroying ordinary people's cognition and their understanding of beauty!

At this point, he slowly raised his head, revealing a mysterious smile as he looked at the increasingly horrified Jiang Xiaoyu.

"Jiang Xiaoyu, think carefully now..."

" 'One Person Becomes the Great World's Blessing'—is this really, as you wish, a future saint leading the global population toward a world of great unity?"

He paused deliberately, letting the growing scent of fear ferment and amplify!

"Jiang Xiaoyu, is there any possibility!"

"In this so-called new world of [One Family Under Heaven] and [Reaching Great Transformation]!"

"Actually, there has long been no [everyone]."

"The so-called [One Person Becomes Great]..."

"The root cause has always been that in this world, there is only one.. 'thing' left?"

The only...

one, thing?

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoyu's body stiffened, and her brain instantly crashed.

In the livestream with a million viewers, the chat also vanished without a trace!

After a long while, the chat in the livestream swept down like a flood.

"F...k, what on earth is 'a thing'?"

"Does that mean we all turned into one thing?"

"What does it mean, what on earth does it mean, that we turned into [One]?"

"I kind of understand now; absolute harmony is natural, because humanity has all become one big collective!"

"Dammit, what kind of situation is this? It's even worse than killing me!"

"My brain can't process such terrifying information!"

"We all turned into [One], so are we supposed to go to Chengdu next?"

"Upstairs, are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit my Huabei debt?"

Following the chat were overwhelming small gifts, big and small.

...

Inside the dormitory building.

Old Wu's eyes were bright, but he was already wrapped in a small blanket to ward off the fear.

"Good heavens, am I still watching a program on traditional Chinese culture?"

"Where did this Jiang Zhe take me?"

"Damn!" Old Zhao couldn't help but gasp. "Jiang Zhe's level of interpretation is very high, so high that I dare not even imagine it!"

After a long while, Old Wang finally recovered from the shock and said reluctantly: "Everyone has turned into [One], individuals have disappeared, becoming one big collective."

"The big collective is [One]."

"That's why it's [One Person Becomes the Great World's Blessing]?"

"It's just, what exactly is this big collective, and what kind of thing can make people turn into [One]?"

"You, me, him—we are all [One]!"

Old Wu and Old Zhao nodded. "Yes, we are all [One]."

At this moment, a young male teacher passing by the dormitory was confused.

"What are they talking about?"

He pressed his ear against the door.

A sentence came from inside: [We, are all, One].

The young teacher couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. "Three 'Ones' in one dormitory? Has the world gone this crazy? I didn't expect Old Wang, Old Zhao, and Old Wu, three grown men, to be in one dormitory, and what's more..."

"Hiss~ Unbelievable!"

"Who's there?"

Old Wang's voice came from inside the room.

The young teacher was so scared that he turned and ran.

...

In the retired professor's study in Kyoto.

For a very, very long time!

The old professor finally woke from his shock.

He hurriedly drank a cup of hot tea, stood up, and looked at the night view outside the window.

"As expected!"

"A human society with mortal bodies will never reach a Great Transformation."

"The [Reaching Great Transformation] and [One Person Becomes the Great World's Blessing] that Xiaoyu's brother mentioned seem to be..."

"Individual consciousnesses all disappearing, eventually evolving into..."

"[You are me, I am you, you all are me; we all are you!]"

"What kind of society is this situation, anyway?"

...

Dougou Platform.

Operator Wang and several junior operators didn't even look at the backend data anymore.

Because the million-viewer count remained strong, far from what Supervisor Liu said about it not lasting long!

"What the f**k!"

The junior operator on the side couldn't help but complain: "This isn't traditional Chinese culture at all, it's sci-fi horror. Otherwise, why is my scalp tingling constantly?"

On screen.

Jiang Xiaoyu finally recovered from her state of shock.

"Brother, what exactly is it?"

"Is this huge collective a god, or have we all turned into monsters?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head gently and revealed the truth of the tui bei tu word by word!

"The answer is actually very simple!"

"Those aliens who came from outer space, in order to fundamentally prevent humanity from ever engaging in self-destructive disasters again!"

"They chose a way to end the disasters once and for all!"

Jiang Zhe paused deliberately.

Giving his sister and the viewers in the livestream time to react.

Then he spoke in a resonant voice:

"They, took our human..."

"flesh and bodies, and killed them all!!!"

As these words fell, the entire audience was stunned, their pupils contracted, and a warning bell was struck hard in everyone's hearts!

"But!"

Jiang Zhe changed his tone, introducing an even more terrifying truth!

"Those aliens believed that consciousness is innocent, which means the soul is pure!"

"To prevent us humans from drifting aimlessly like lonely ghosts, or perhaps because our human consciousness possesses some kind of value!"

"They chose the consciousnesses of us future humans, continuously collecting human consciousness, then uploading it, and finally imprisoning it in..."

"One created by the aliens..."

"The Brain in a Vat!"