357: Chapter 357: He Explained the Way of Heaven Clearly

As the series of explanations concluded, the viewers in the livestream immediately felt a creeping sense of horror.

"Déjà vu is paying off debts for the dead—this is way too creepy!"

"Earlier, Brother said in another hypothesis that déjà vu is a flashback of reality while in a revolving lantern state. How do you explain that?"

"To the person above, what Brother said before was also a concept within Quantum Mechanics, and this concept is just one of two hypotheses within the same physics; it depends on which one you subscribe to."

"Hiss~ I see."

"Wuwuwu, I'm never going to say 'I've had this dream before' again. I don't want to pay off the 'debt of observing the universe' for the dead!"

"Damn, now every time I have déjà vu, I feel like a death creditor is standing behind me."

"..."

In the living room, many experts were also stunned by this new theory.

They had previously watched that episode: 'Fate, Quantum Delayed Choice, and the revolving lantern.'

Professor Chen Runzhi's face was filled with disbelief. "Following this logic, Jung's collective unconscious isn't the boundary of psychology, but the balance sheet of the universe!"

Old Qian, standing nearby, took over the conversation. "Then Freud's theory of 'repression' is essentially the brain actively declaring bankruptcy—forcibly separating high-interest debts and turning them into the zombie observations that Jiang Zhe mentioned."

Lin Chen saw the lively discussion in the front row and couldn't help but say, "Déjà vu isn't a memory error, nor is it a revolving lantern, but paying off a debt for someone else. This is more terrifying than any psychological explanation, but logically, it is shockingly self-consistent—it fits Quantum Mechanics very well."

Zheng Ming looked at Celestial Master Zhang beside him and shook his head repeatedly. "So, every time I feel 'I have experienced this scene before,' I'm actually paying off a debt for some ancient person? Or even someone who died not long ago? According to this, how much debt must that person owe the universe!"

Ouyang Baili, Old Wu, Professor Guan, and Li Mo were also discussing it enthusiastically.

They ultimately reached a conclusion: the rationality of this theory was actually more reasonable than the previous 'Fate, Quantum Delayed Choice, and the revolving lantern'!

Because Jiang Zhe's insight this time made it difficult for Ouyang Baili, a master of Quantum Mechanics, to refute. "Perhaps, what he said this time is the truth!"

Celestial Master Zhang, who had been silent for a long time, did not participate in the discussion, but his expression was changing rapidly.

Until the voices of the crowd gradually subsided, his gaze fell on Jiang Zhe, who was sitting on the sofa in front. "Our Taoist theory of 'Chengfu' (inheritance of burden) speaks precisely about the karma left unfinished by ancestors being borne by their descendants."

"So this isn't a moral debt, but an observational debt!"

Hearing Celestial Master Zhang's insight, Jiang Zhe nodded slightly. "Celestial Master Zhang puts it very aptly. Now, Celestial Master, have you found what your Taoist tradition calls the 'Heavenly Dao' in my remarks?"

Except for Celestial Master Zhang, Academician Zhang and the others in the front row frowned for no apparent reason.

They didn't hear any so-called Heavenly Dao from these words; they only heard cutting-edge Quantum Mechanics insights from a 25-year-old young man.

As for Celestial Master Zhang, he was stunned at first, and the next moment, he seemed to have realized something.

His pupils suddenly constricted, and then he stood up abruptly.

He wanted to speak but hesitated, his eyes filled with horror!

He couldn't speak at all, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

Many professors saw him in this state and were filled with confusion. The twenty-nine-year-old Grand Master of Metaphysics, who had been invited by Xiaoyu, was now standing frozen in place as if struck by lightning.

There was no other reason; it was all because Celestial Master Zhang had suddenly realized one thing.

He had practiced for over twenty years, read the five thousand words of the 'tao te ching,' recited the 'Qingjing Jing' three hundred times, and meditated for over ten thousand hours.

The departed Old Celestial Master taught him, 'The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao,' taught him, 'The Great Dao is formless, nurturing heaven and earth,' and taught him, 'If a person can always be pure and still, heaven and earth will all return.'

He thought he understood; he thought he had touched the ineffable thing the Old Celestial Master spoke of.

Until what Jiang Zhe just said—observation, debt, interest, restructuring, bankruptcy.

These were not metaphors at all, nor were they philosophy, and certainly not religion.

They are mechanisms!

This is the true mechanism by which the real universe operates.

In an instant, Celestial Master Zhang's mind became clear, and everything before his eyes became lucid, as if he had experienced sudden enlightenment.

"The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things—this is a description of the universe."

"But what you are talking about is the principle!"

"Why can the Dao give birth to One? Because of observation."

"Why does One give birth to Two? Because of debt."

"Why does Two give birth to Three? Because of compound interest."

"Why does Three give birth to all things? Because of the exponential diffusion of collective observation."

"Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows Nature—this is the methodology within our Taoist school."

"But what you are talking about is the underlying code of the universe!"

"Why must man follow Earth? Because of reducing observation."

"Why must Earth follow Heaven? Because the cost of passive observation is lower than active observation."

"Why must Heaven follow the Dao? Because the essence of the Dao is the ground state of zero observation."

"Why does the Dao follow Nature? Because Nature is the only state that does not borrow!"

Having said this, his throat felt as if it were being gripped by someone.

He remembered what the Old Celestial Master said while holding his hand before passing away: 'Our lineage has been passed down for two thousand years, and we have all been waiting for one person. Waiting for someone who can explain the Dao clearly. Not waiting for someone who is better at practicing, but waiting for someone who can translate the Dao into human language.'

He had thought that was the Old Celestial Master's obsession, thinking that there would never be such a person!

And now, that person was sitting right in front of him, twenty-five years old, looking at him with a smile, as if it were the appreciation of a superior for a subordinate.

Thinking of this, Celestial Master Zhang trembled violently, his voice ethereal.

"Mr. Jiang, no, Master Jiang, what you just said, it's not a hypothesis."

"It's not a hypothesis at all!"

His speaking speed became faster and faster!

"What you described is the Heavenly Dao itself, something our Taoist school has pursued for two thousand years, Buddhism has pursued for two thousand five hundred years, and Confucianism has pursued for two thousand three hundred years; and you have explained it all clearly using just one cosmic debt model."

He said this all in one breath, his breathing nearly stopping, his face flushed.

"The Old Celestial Master told me before he died that the Dao cannot be spoken of; I thought that was the end."

"Today I finally know that it's not that the Dao cannot be spoken of, but that we hadn't met someone who could explain it."

As these impassioned remarks concluded, the entire living room fell into dead silence.

All the professors looked at Celestial Master Zhang with astonished expressions.

The usually dignified, calm, and wise Celestial Master Zhang had completely lost his former composure at this moment, appearing just like a pilgrim who had finally seen the saint in their heart!

Even though they didn't understand why Celestial Master Zhang was so excited, they were shocked by this fanatical display of being moved.

And all of this was caused by the smiling young man sitting in front of them!

Ouyang Baili, Old Wu, and Professor Hans were even more solemn.

This twenty-five-year-old young man had used a debt model to turn the ultimate questions that humanity had been asking for thousands of years into...

Physics!!!

After a long while, the barrage in the livestream suddenly exploded.

"Celestial Master Zhang stood up. Damn, he is the number one person in metaphysics!"

"Holy shit, even he has broken down. What Brother said isn't a hypothesis; this is the truth!"

"Brother translated the Dao into physics, wrote the Heavenly Dao into an equation. I'm kneeling, I'm actually fucking kneeling!"

"My scalp is tingling. I finally understand what the legendary sudden enlightenment is really like!"

"..."

Xiaoyu sat in front of the living room door. Having listened intently the entire time, Xiaoyu watched the millions of barrage comments surging crazily.

Perhaps they didn't know how shocking the fanatical words of Celestial Master Zhang were after his sudden enlightenment on the scene, but Xiaoyu knew clearly!

Celestial Master Zhang wasn't acting; it was a real sudden enlightenment!

At this moment, she looked at Brother, and Brother seemed to be emitting a golden light!