Chapter 974: Changing the Past |
“Xiao Yu, when you see this message, we will have already voyaged far away. We have left these things for you, hoping that they can bring you a little help.”
“We are the music civilization. We are the music civilization loyal to the Spokesperson and filled with goodwill toward you. And the one going to the Feiyuan Galaxy to confront the Level 8 Civilization of the Rebel camp is the universe civilization of our camp. The universe civilization is filled with malice toward you. They may possibly cause some unfavorable influence upon you. In order to prevent such a thing from happening, in order to preserve you, we left this information. We hope you will not need to use this information, but if matters truly develop to that point, then we hope this information can bring you a little help.”
“We are very sorry. Limited by the internal rules of the camp, we cannot give you too much help. We can only hint to you a little regarding the weakness of the universe civilization. As you can see, the universe civilization is skilled at creating Rules that are beneficial to their own environment. Any civilization whose mastery over Rules is inferior to theirs will be restricted when battling the universe civilization. Even among Level 8 Civilizations, the universe civilization is a rather powerful civilization, let alone when you are merely a Level 7 Civilization.”
“But you also have your own advantages. Your strength lies in your vast computational power. So, use your vast computational power to search for the weakness of the universe civilization… The universe civilization is not the main universe itself, after all. No matter how rigorous the Rules they formulate are, they cannot be like the Rules of the universe itself, which have undergone the test of more than ten billion years. Within these Rules, there will inevitably be places where they contradict one another, and places where they are not mutually harmonious. What you need to do is find these mutually contradictory places, then reproduce them within the space controlled by the universe civilization through experimental methods. In this way, all the Rules formulated by the universe civilization will collapse. The universe civilization itself will also perish because of this. This is the only method to destroy the universe civilization.”
“This flaw of the universe civilization is not any secret. Level 8 Civilizations with even a little history of existence all know this point. However, throughout this long period of time, no civilization has ever found this flaw. But you are also unique. You possess computational power that all other civilizations have never possessed. So go destroy the universe civilization, and do not worry about the consequences. All consequences of the universe civilization’s destruction will be borne by us civilizations loyal to the Spokesperson, as well as by the Spokesperson herself… However, if you cannot find these flaws, then regrettably, we also have no way to help you any further.”
“That is all, Xiao Yu. Good luck.”
This segment of information ended abruptly here. Judging from the content, it was very clear that this information had been quietly left inside Xiao Yu’s storage equipment by the music civilization in the past. The meaning of the information was also very easy to understand. But in Xiao Yu’s heart, another thought arose. This thought caused even greater clouds of doubt to appear in Xiao Yu’s heart, regarding the Logic Weapon, and regarding certain so-called universal truths that he had always firmly believed without doubt.
First, regarding this segment of information, Xiao Yu very easily understood the meaning contained within it. The Rules followed by the universe were strictly self-consistent. What Xiao Yu needed was to find the non-self-consistent places within the Rules formulated by the universe civilization. That was all. This was very clearly also the most important matter at present. However, the thought that appeared in Xiao Yu’s mind together with this information left by the music civilization was truly too astonishing, causing Xiao Yu to involuntarily carry out some simple thinking about it.
This thought, simply put, was this: did the information left behind by the music civilization appear because the Logic Weapon had appointed him as the executor, or was it because this information existed that the Logic Weapon appointed him as the executor? Of these two matters, which one was the cause, and which one was the effect?
Although the possibility of this possibility was small, Xiao Yu still had no choice but to consider this aspect. Because the meaning contained within this possibility was truly too astonishing. This meant that not only could the future be changed, even the past could also be changed. Because very clearly, according to the timeline Xiao Yu had experienced, the matter of ‘the music civilization leaving information inside his storage device’ happened before ‘the Logic Weapon appointing him as executor.’ According to the timeline, the matter of ‘the Logic Weapon appointing him as executor’ was the effect, and the matter of ‘the music civilization leaving information inside his storage device’ was the cause. But the Logic Weapon was truly too mysterious. Who knew whether it was because the Logic Weapon now wanted to appoint him as the executor, and therefore, in the past, the music civilization left information inside his storage device?
This speculation, simply put, meant that originally nothing had happened. The music civilization had not left Xiao Yu any information. All events were advancing according to the timeline, and then time developed to the present. Out of the need to appoint him as the executor, the Logic Weapon changed the past, and therefore the music civilization left him information.
The logical relationship contained within this was truly too chaotic, and this matter was indeed too inconceivable. Therefore, at this moment, Xiao Yu did not invest too much energy into thinking about this matter. Xiao Yu temporarily buried this doubt in the depths of his heart, forcibly gathered his thoughts, and began thinking about how to respond to the current predicament.
The reality of the situation made Xiao Yu feel a little despair. Xiao Yu had already found the method to oppose the universe civilization: find their Rules loopholes. But this required large amounts of observational data and a large amount of time to calculate. Xiao Yu had to examine all the Rules and physical laws currently operating in this stretch of space, and carry out comprehensive calculations on them. This was undoubtedly a massive project, and it was also undoubtedly a matter that consumed a great deal of time.
But the current Xiao Yu had no time. Under these chaotic Rules, Xiao Yu could determine that even the Human Star Cluster-Class spaceship could not possibly hold on for more than three days, and merely three days of time, what was that enough to do?
“It should not be like this. I need a method to defeat the universe civilization. Now the music civilization has told me this method, but I currently have no time to carry out this method. No, it cannot be like this. There must be a way to buy me enough time…” Xiao Yu murmured to himself, working hard to think about this matter.
“The only category of Rules I can currently touch is to detonate space through numerous supermassive chain-reaction Spatial Bombs. Only by using this method can I temporarily disorder the Rules within a stretch of space. Leaving aside whether this method is feasible or not, at this time, I have no possibility of arranging enough Spatial Bombs. This method is not feasible. Then what method should I use?” Xiao Yu silently thought.
Xiao Yu did not stop the work in his hands. From the moment he saw the information left behind by the music civilization, Xiao Yu had already begun this work. Xiao Yu was rapidly observing the Rules currently operating in this stretch of space, and had begun using his vast computational power to calculate these things. Even though he clearly knew that there was not enough time, Xiao Yu did not stop this work. Perhaps he could be extremely lucky and discover these things in an extremely short period of time?
The universe civilization’s ability to master Rules had clearly reached an extraordinary level. Xiao Yu even detected that the Dark Star Civilization, which was only a few light years away from him, had not been affected in the slightest by the change in Rules. Only the Rules of the region where he was located had changed. This phenomenon made Xiao Yu’s heart even heavier.
“Perhaps I can obtain a little more information through the Logic Weapon?” Xiao Yu silently thought, and rapidly issued a command to the leader of the Ideal Heaven organization who was inside the Radiance, before the Logic Weapon. “Immediately issue the following command to the Logic Weapon. Request the Logic Weapon to provide me a method that can allow me to endure under the universe civilization’s attack for enough time.”
Fortunately, even though the Rules had changed greatly at this moment, the impact on the transmission of information was still limited. Xiao Yu smoothly transmitted this information into the mind of the organization leader.
“Very well.” The organization leader agreed, and immediately transmitted this command to the Logic Weapon. But an unbelievable scene appeared. The Logic Weapon, which had always only obediently accepted commands, unexpectedly refused Xiao Yu’s command at this moment. Xiao Yu detected a message filled with mechanical and rigid meaning. “Apologies. The Logic Weapon is currently in a state of extreme energy overload, and temporarily cannot accept any commands.”
“Extreme energy overload? Is it because the execution difficulty of the command to destroy the universe civilization is too great?” Such a thought rapidly flashed through Xiao Yu’s mind. Xiao Yu had no way to verify this speculation. Xiao Yu only knew that at this moment, he could not count on the Logic Weapon.
Then, who else could he count on? At this moment, in this stretch of space, aside from the Logic Weapon, who else could buy him enough time and let him peacefully search for the flaws in the universe civilization’s Rules?
At this moment, Xiao Yu saw that bright point wrapped around the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization, that soap bubble. At this moment, this soap bubble was still continuously approaching Xiao Yu. At this time, Xiao Yu only felt his eyes light up.