Chapter 209

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    Chapter 209

    Can the Marble Space really record the consciousness of other living beings?

    Ever since this question first occurred to him, it had resurfaced in Su Hao's mind from time to time.

    The reason was simple.

    For the first time in a long while, he felt a genuine threat—a threat to his very existence.

    Previously, Su Hao had always believed he was unique. His consciousness alone existed within the Marble Space, making it his exclusive domain.

    Because of the Marble Space's extraordinary properties, eternal existence had seemed like the natural conclusion.

    But once this doubt appeared, he could no longer remain completely at ease.

    The future stretched on endlessly.

    If, someday, another consciousness accidentally entered the Marble Space...

    What would happen then?

    Could it be that, just as he had gradually assimilated the information stored within the Marble Space, another recorded consciousness might one day assimilate him instead?

    The universe was unimaginably vast.

    Who could say with certainty that no being more powerful than himself existed?

    He didn't need countless enemies.

    He only needed a single existence stronger than himself to appear, and everything he had built could be lost.

    That was precisely why Su Hao had made the firm decision to completely rebuild Little Light.

    The fifth module he added—Permission Management—existed solely for this purpose.

    Its only objective was to establish permissions for any consciousness intentionally or unintentionally recorded inside the Marble Space.

    Now...

    The project had entered its testing phase.

    Permissions were divided into multiple levels.

    The first level completely isolated consciousness. Even if it were successfully recorded inside the Marble Space, it would never realize where it was. From its own perspective, nothing had happened.

    The second level allowed limited awareness of the Marble Space, but the consciousness remained confined inside a sealed black room. It could perceive nothing beyond it and had no access to any functions.

    The third level still restricted the consciousness to the black room but granted limited authority to alter its virtual surroundings.

    Each higher permission level simply unlocked a few additional privileges.

    These permission levels existed purely to test the black room itself and eliminate any potential flaws.

    Regardless of the permission level...

    Everything had to remain inside that black room.

    Su Hao absolutely refused to share the Marble Space with anyone.

    Yes.

    When it came to something this fundamental, he readily admitted that he was extremely possessive.

    That led to another question.

    How could a recorded consciousness be permanently confined inside the black room without ever escaping?

    After much thought, Su Hao arrived at two possible solutions.

    The first was to construct an endless mental maze, trapping every thought inside an infinite loop.

    However, controlling permissions within such a maze would be extremely difficult.

    The second solution was far more practical.

    By relying on Little Light's immense computational capabilities, he could construct an information access protocol based on the positive and negative properties of the Marble Space.

    Every request would pass through two permission gates.

    Permit.

    Reject.

    Everything inside the black room would default to Reject, preventing any information from crossing its boundaries.

    Even then, Su Hao still wasn't satisfied.

    One layer wasn't enough.

    Neither were two.

    Or ten.

    He intended to stack black rooms within black rooms, nesting them layer upon layer.

    Every layer would execute different permission rules while reinforcing the command to reject all outward access.

    Even if a consciousness somehow escaped the innermost room...

    Another prison would immediately await it.

    On the tenth layer, he even installed an automatic information erasure mechanism.

    Should any consciousness somehow break through ten consecutive layers, the escaping fragment of information would be destroyed immediately.

    The process would then repeat endlessly.

    Even so...

    Su Hao still wasn't satisfied.

    His ultimate goal was to create no fewer than ten thousand nested layers.

    The more secure, the better.

    As for destroying information...

    He had already confirmed it was possible.

    By using an overwhelming flood of information to collide with an existing information structure, its logical framework could be shattered, dissolving into meaningless informational chaos.

    That was true deletion.

    ...

    Su Hao quietly observed the little round mouse lying motionless inside one of the black rooms.

    "The current black room completely blocks all information exchange."

    "Even if the little round mouse's weak consciousness can enter the Marble Space, it won't perceive anything at all."

    "To it, entering the Marble Space is no different from closing its eyes and taking a nap."

    Su Hao looked quite satisfied with his work.

    Next came the second phase of testing.

    This time...

    He would grant one of the little round mice Level Two permission, allowing it to realize that it had entered an unfamiliar enclosed space.

    "Little Light."

    "Grant Subject G-3 Level Two permission."

    "Command received."

    "Level Two permission granted."

    "Attempting forced consciousness transfer for Subject G-3."

    "Transfer successful."

    "Subject G-3 has entered the black room."

    "Constructing the test environment."

    "Beginning behavioral observation and data collection."

    Little Light responded instantly.

    Without requiring additional instructions, it automatically carried out every step according to Su Hao's intentions.

    Su Hao smiled.

    "The upgrade really makes a tremendous difference."

    Within his observation window, the little round mouse labeled G-3 suddenly became active.

    Only moments ago, it had been happily playing with the other mice inside its cage.

    The next instant...

    It found itself alone inside a dim, cramped room.

    It froze.

    Then panic erupted.

    "Squeak! Squeak!"

    The little mouse spun in circles, crying loudly as though desperately calling for its companions.

    After frantically running around the tiny room for quite some time, it finally exhausted itself.

    Trembling, it curled into a corner, too frightened to move.

    Su Hao's emotions, however, became extremely complicated.

    By this point...

    The answer was already obvious.

    As long as the proper method was used...

    The consciousness of any living creature could indeed be recorded inside the Marble Space.

    He...

    Su Hao...

    Was never special.

    He had merely been the first.

    He truly was nothing more than an ordinary person.

    That realization filled him with both fear and relief.

    The fear came from understanding that he was not truly immortal.

    He could still die completely.

    The relief came from something equally important.

    There was no hidden higher existence that had deliberately created the Marble Space for him.

    His encounter with it had genuinely been an accident.

    The logic was simple.

    If Su Hao truly possessed some unique destiny, then unimaginable secrets—and perhaps unimaginable manipulation—would inevitably lie behind it.

    That possibility was far more terrifying.

    But if he was ordinary...

    Then everything that had happened was simply coincidence.

    Perhaps...

    The first coincidence of its kind in the history of the universe.

    The odds of his consciousness accidentally colliding with the Marble Space were unimaginably small—so small that they were practically impossible.

    That accidental encounter was fundamentally different from his current experiment, where he deliberately recorded the consciousness of a little round mouse.

    Even so...

    If such an impossible coincidence had happened once...

    Who could guarantee it would never happen again?

    That thought made Su Hao more vigilant than ever before.

    "Perhaps..."

    "Someday in the distant future, while I'm completely unaware..."

    "Another consciousness may enter the Marble Space."

    "I have to prepare for that possibility."

    For the first time, Su Hao truly understood what a sense of crisis felt like.

    He silently made a promise to himself.

    "I must become stronger."

    "As quickly as possible."

    "I must become like the divine beings of myth—unshakable and impossible to destroy."

    "Only then can I truly protect everything I've accumulated."

    He had spent countless lifetimes gathering knowledge from one world after another.

    The last thing he wanted...

    Was for all of it to become someone else's inheritance.

    Even imagining such an outcome left him feeling strangely bitter.

    Taking a slow breath, Su Hao spoke again.

    "Little Light."

    "Grant Subject G-3 Level Three permission."

    "Level Three permission granted."

    Moments later...

    The interior of the black room began to change.

    The scene that unfolded before Su Hao's eyes instantly left him completely dumbfounded.

    (End of Chapter 209)
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    Pinball space kinda looks like a 4th dimension thing
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    Imagine then mouse take over 😂😂
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    Pinball space is such a shit name
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    Dude seems to spiral into doom posting at the drop of a hat…
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      it's a nice quality
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