36: Chapter 36: The past, present, and future can all be calculated.

Xiao Yu fell silent.

She quickly combined the meanings provided by these five numbers in her mind.

With just a little combination, she could obtain a "shell of causality"—

Who became restless and agitated due to what matter, and what they lost.

Converting this to the netizen Shunfeng Shunshui in the livestream...

It is:

"Shunfeng Shunshui" became agitated because of an incident and lost some things.

Even so, the specific information about the true event of the hexagram was not obtained.

The eyes of Xiao Yu and countless viewers involuntarily turned toward Jiang Zhe.

They all had a feeling that fortune-telling, it seemed...

Was nothing more than this.

"Xiao Yu, let's continue."

"As you can see, what we just did is the basic framework of an event."

"We need to fill this framework with individual pieces of information."

"Next, I need to take these five numbers, begin the conversion using 'Pre-Heaven Bagua Number-to-Hexagram Determination,' and then deduce to find the 'information' that your classmate's brother gave me."

He explained while picking up pen and paper to write on a draft.

"For example, [372], Qian and Kun positioning, the resulting hexagram is [Upper Gen Earth, Lower Li Fire], ultimately obtaining [Mountain Fire Bi]."

"For example, [18], the moving line changes, resulting in the changed hexagram: [Upper Xun Wind, Lower Li Fire], ultimately obtaining [Wind Fire Family]."

"The 'moving line' among these should fall upon the 'Shixiao' belonging to your friend's brother."

"And the 'Shixiao' is the core of this hexagram, determining success, failure, and auspiciousness!"

At this moment, everyone went quiet.

The livestream chat was even more silent; not a single message appeared.

Because...

It was too professional.

Even the three retired professors were constantly flipping through introductory books on the I Ching and Six Lines prediction in sync.

Unfortunately, their reading speed was nowhere near as fast as Jiang Zhe's explanation!

"Xiao Yu, the following decryption is top secret, something you won't see in other classics; do not reveal it to anyone."

Xiao Yu looked at the stern expression of Xiaoyu's brother and nodded repeatedly.

With a casual motion, Xiao Yu blocked the camera view, leaving only the audio.

The three teachers, the three old professors, and countless viewers all sat up straight.

"Top secret?"

"Oh ho, this is getting interesting."

"Is Xiaoyu's brother starting to reveal secrets of the mystical arts?"

"Quick, record it!!"

Xiaoyu's brother was rarely this serious!

It meant that what followed would involve secrets of divination!

"The original hexagram is [Mountain Fire Bi]. 'Bi' means decoration."

"The content of this hexagram is: there is fire under the mountain, the firelight illuminates the ridge; it looks beautiful, but the mountain [Gen] is an obstacle, meaning obstruction, and fire [Li] is empty brightness."

"This directly corresponds to that document of your classmate's brother: [Glossy on the surface, but internal hidden dangers]—a document contract with the brightness of Li Fire and the obstruction of Gen Earth."

"And in modern times, document contracts are nothing more than contracts, land deeds, and the like!"

"It's very difficult for an ordinary teenager or someone in their twenties to encounter land deeds, so I am certain it is a contract!"

"We still need to consider what kind of contract it is!"

"The changed hexagram: [Wind Fire Family]. 'Family' refers to internal affairs."

"Xun Wind enters Li Fire, strong wind aids fire; this is originally a good thing;"

"But combined with the moving line—the core of this matter lies with your classmate's brother himself. Wind governs [instability], meaning this matter will later bring him [trouble, disturbance]—Xun means wind, means instability, means shock."

"As for the red router in the southeast direction beside your classmate's brother!"

"In the Bagua directions, the southeast is exactly the Xun position."

"The upper hexagram of [Family] is Xun, representing that the information in this direction is highlighted, meaning an object that [continuously emits information outward]."

"The Xun hexagram corresponds to the color red [the color of Li Fire] and electronic objects related to electricity [Li Fire is electricity]."

"Now, the characteristics appear—"

"In the southeast direction of your classmate's brother, there is a..."

"An electrified, red object that continuously emits information outward, and an object that has broken down once while emitting information."

"Finally!"

"We get the answer: an electronic device that is red in color and has recently had problems. This imagery resonates perfectly with the hexagram!"

"Therefore, this is a [red router]!"

With this series of statements, it was like a bomb exploding in water.

The chat exploded with messages!

"Holy crap, holy crap, it was actually calculated!"

"My god, that's so awesome! So we are living in a world of [code]!"

"That's incredibly awesome. This is the first time I've known that the underlying logic of fortune-telling is like this. Xiaoyu's brother is so strong!"

"I've realized it. Those fortune-tellers can be said to be hackers invading reality to steal computer data, while Xiaoyu's brother is a white-hat hacker invading reality, stealing all the information from the computer... Huh~ putting it that way, the universe is a giant computer, it seems to make sense. I always feel that there is a super-large thing hanging over the entire universe in the dark. What exactly is that?"

"..."

After Shunfeng Shunshui found out, he felt relieved.

What lousy contract, what lousy router!

In front of the truly grand macro scene, they all seemed insignificant!

Jiang Zhe's performance set this netizen on a different life path!

...

Inside the high school dormitory building.

Old Wang, Old Zhao, and Old Wu, the three teachers, looked at each other and saw the shock on each other's faces.

Old Wang couldn't help but rub his temples and said wearily:

"If human physics and mathematics can really deduce this, then our worldview..."

He didn't finish the second half of the sentence.

But the sense of horror had already rushed toward them!

It completely permeated this small room!

...

Kyoto.

In Professor Chen Runzhi's living room.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Professor Chen excitedly gulped down a bottle of sugary drink.

"Too wonderful!"

Old Qian on the side snatched the cola from Old Chen, "Watch your health, and by the way, don't meow like a cat!"

Old Chen was so excited that he broke his persona.

"I didn't expect that numbers are variables and hexagrams are programs."

"He is not reading from books, but truly understands the core of the I Ching!"

"He has raised the I Ching to a sky-high level of new philosophy and cosmic models!"

"Two old brothers, we might be witnessing the birth of a brand new system!"

Old Qian stared at Jiang Zhe projected on the LCD TV.

"I can see it, don't make such a fuss."

"Xiaoyu's brother has demystified metaphysics and interpreted the profound classics with complete scientific logic!"

"This is even more terrifying than those who play tricks!"

Professor Wang Shouren took a deep breath, his eyes full of admiration,

"He is a genius-level seed of a philosopher!"

"He started with fixed numbers for his sister, then used mathematics to supplement the logic, and finally verified it with actual cases..."

"The logical chain is complete, leaving no loopholes for people to find!"

"Unfortunately, I am not a fortune-teller; I can't find deeper flaws!"

"Even so, I am now gradually looking forward to his next content!"

...

At this moment, in another province, in an intellectual family.

High school student Li Hua was secretly watching the livestream on his phone.

When he heard these "simple and easy to understand" knowledge points mentioned by Jiang Zhe, he was so excited that he trembled all over.

The more he watched, the more he wanted to watch!

And his father was a physics teacher.

He understood these things very, very well!

At this time, the chubby father happened to pass by, "Not doing your homework properly, watching some beauty livestream, you're even drooling, let Daddy take a look!"

When the father walked up to Li Hua, he saw an incomparably handsome man.

Then...

He looked at his son with a strange expression.

He complained.

"What Can I Say?"

"Dad, don't misunderstand, this big brother doesn't like me... No, it's that I don't like him... No, I'm not gay!"

"And don't learn a few internet terms and come here to show off!"

Li Hua hurriedly handed over the phone.

"Look, this big brother says the world is digitized, and that one can use mathematics to calculate fate."

"It fits your major perfectly!"

"Nonsense!"

The father prepared to rebuke...

But when he saw the key replays of what Jiang Zhe said earlier.

His brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his face first showing disdain, then gradually changing to interest, and finally turning into...

Shock and suspicion!

"Man!"

The father, who was mischievous, had fiery eyes and was so excited that he directly elbowed his son, who was as thin as a monkey.

Li Hua was knocked to the ground on the spot, bruised and swollen.

He raised his head speechlessly and complained:

"Dad! Stop hanging out in the meme section, you're already forty or fifty, yet you're still like a child!"

"Hmph! None of your business!"

The father turned his head away proudly, took the phone away, and didn't forget to instruct, "Do your homework properly, the phone is confiscated for now!"

Just at this moment.

Inside the screen.

Xiao Yu on the sofa, holding her phone...

"My god!"

She was shocked for a long time and didn't react.

However, she thought of a deeper and even more critical question!

Xiao Yu raised her head and asked with a look of half-understanding:

"Brother, there is another critical question!"

"Past events, and the fortune-telling masters on the street, and even you, Brother..."

"How exactly do you use a few numbers to suddenly, as if you saw it with your own eyes, tell of the [past] that others cannot know, or even calculate the [future]?"

"As of now, you have indeed calculated the past and present of my classmate's brother, but the future has not been calculated yet; because the future is not yet determined."

"This question, I still haven't figured it out!"