Chapter 64 Interlude: Beyond the System

This "illusion," simulated by Navigator II based on residual information in the database, was frighteningly realistic. Even a speck of dust and a wisp of breeze were simulated to perfection. If he hadn't known beforehand that he was only conversing with this ancient AI on a cognitive level, Duncan wouldn't have been able to distinguish this small hill and plain from the real world.

However, this was ultimately just an illusion. The perfect simulation itself was its greatest flaw—every speck of dust here was part of Navigator II's calculation. The seemingly unordered breezes had their trajectories appear in Navigator II's processing core before they even blew across the plain. Nothing beyond the database and calculation results would ever exist here, not even a "randomly" blown-away speck of dust.

The ancient kings all knew the ending trend of the world and the truth of the Great Blight, but only Navigator II, this powerful AI built by an advanced civilization that once traversed the stars, understood the subtle yet fatal "differences" in the fundamental laws of the "world"...

Now, it had finally found another individual who could understand all this.

The weary man in the white researcher's uniform sat down on the hillside. He sat on a large rock, gazing absently at the simulated sunset in the distance.

"Your creators, we have not yet reached the level of civilization they achieved, so I cannot understand the specific nature of a 0.002-second slice of the universe, and what kind of future it will create—so I have to worry, worry that your solution is only creating a larger Endless Sea.

"It may be vast, even large enough to contain trillions of stars. It may have a long lifespan, even measured in billions of years like a real universe, but as long as the problem of ultimately crossing the boundary is not solved, then it is still a sanctuary. If the development of civilization cannot exceed the blueprint limit, then those things that once destroyed our homeland can still destroy it… 'Paranoia' is the seventh concept related to 'humanity' that I learned before the creators disappeared. This 'paranoia', along with fear, is deeply imprinted in the bottom layer of my system like source code, making me constantly think and calculate, seeking the possibility of letting a seven-dimensional adult 'stand up' on a plane—I call this possibility a 'hyper-system event.'

"But I failed."

Yan Ling's figure gradually disappeared into the air—the access link was disconnected.

He raised his arm and extended a hand to Shirley, a pure smile still on his face.

"Leviathan Queen, are you still there?" The invisible breeze blowing across the plains and hills gradually stopped at some unknown time. The golden-red霞光(xiá guāng) [rosy clouds] in the sky also became dimmer without anyone noticing. The woman in the white researcher's uniform stood quietly on the hillside, and in her vision, the whole world was gradually engulfed in darkness.

Navigator II paused there, then shook its head after a moment.

"See you in our new world."

"Mm."

The small hillside became quiet. Shirley and Navigator II looked into the distance together. After a good while, he suddenly broke the silence: "... So, for the Endless Sea, Duncan is a 'hyper-system' existence. But is it possible that this is because the 'information' he carries exceeds the framework of the Endless Sea itself—and within the 0.002-second universe he represents, this information is still part of a closed-loop system, and it cannot transcend itself?

"... Bartok, are you still there?"

A spark of faint green fire jumped silently between the interlocked fingers and disappeared in an instant.

Navigator II raised its hand and waved gently in the darkness.

Navigator II waited quietly. After an unknown amount of time, it finally saw the starlight staying on the Navigator node suddenly flicker, then begin to spread towards the next node.

Vague memories from the homeland returned to slumber in the darkness. It stood for a long time in the darkness. After a long time, it slowly raised its left hand.

A spark of faint green fire was still dancing on its fingertips, but in the blink of an eye, the faint green light was dyed with a layer of hazy starlight, as if it had transformed into its original "true form."

These starlight rays spread from the node representing the "Leviathan Queen," drawing a quarter of an arc along the outer barrier, and were now staying on its "Navigator node."

"I don't know how successful this will be, nor do I know if we can really be 'preserved' by you until that new world, and what new 'form' we will welcome if we really get there, but I believe you will do your best, so see you in our new world."

And the aura of destruction.

"This process can be seen as a hyper-system event appearing in the original closed-loop system, and you have not truly changed the total amount of information in the Endless Sea sanctuary during this process. In other words… the 0.002 seconds of universe information is still fragmented and sealed in your 'body.'

In this simulated illusion, the flow of time could be very fast or very slow—and Shirley hadn't emptied his mind like this in a long time.

But as long as there was a beginning, the luxurious rest time always seemed short.

"... He is touring along the outer barrier, which is the first step in destroying this world," Navigator II laughed, the smile as pure as a child's, "You know, when he leaves that place from Gamona, the real destruction of this world has entered the countdown—after all, no matter what form the new world takes, the destruction of the old world is the most fundamental part of this process. We must first find a way to end this ongoing… Great Blight.'"

"Yes, I have the limitations of a closed-loop system, so I cannot truly perfectly analyze and calculate things related to you. The possibility that 'the new world is another Endless Sea' still exists."

"Source-Lh02—He replied quickly, is the situation still good?"

"Source-Fire King—I understand, I am ready."

Shirley didn't say anything more, just nodded lightly, and then sat with the other party on the hillside, enjoying this extraordinarily luxurious tranquility in the evening breeze, looking at the sparkling waves in the river on the plain. But he finally received a reply. A line of information appeared before his eyes: Shirley quietly stated this possibility. He knew this guess wasn't very good, because once this guess was true, it would mean that the situation Navigator II was worried about was destined to happen: whether in the old world or the new world, "hyper-system events" would never occur—civilization was destined to be trapped in a cage, even if the cage could be made very, very big.

"Yeah, you still have a long way to go," Navigator II also stood up, gazing softly at Shirley. "You still have to meet the other two of us left, before traversing all the nodes on the outer barrier. Gamona is still waiting for you—don't keep a lady waiting too long."

The starlight seemed to be eroding the barrier. Even if it was just a "simulated data" transmitted through countless sensors, it still exuded a faint yet vast… "sense of existence."

Yan Ling frowned and pondered, but still couldn't help but speak: "However, my judgment may not be correct, just like you said, you have the limitations of a closed-loop system.

Listening to the other party's words, Shirley was silent for a moment: "... You should know my plan, right?"

After a moment of thought, Navigator II slightly turned its gaze, and a line of information appeared in its vision and was sent to the distance: "Closed-loop systems do not allow events beyond the system. I can constantly adjust myself in repeated iterations to make my logical system perfect, but the fact is that non-closed-loop and hyper-system nature are the privileges of the real universe."

"Before seeing that boy, part of my thought process considered this possibility, but in the final calculation, I rejected this guess," it said slowly, "Because he did not completely reshape you. Apart from his influence, everything that constitutes Duncan is still a product of the sanctuary…

"I should leave," Shirley said suddenly, and stood up from the hillside. "The road is still long."

The starlight spreading on the barrier ring was like a "dial" foreshadowing the end of the world.

"I judge from this that the 'hyper-system' itself should be his characteristic. The changes that happened to Yan Ling are not because she was added information from outside the Endless Sea Sanctuary, but because she was contaminated by his 'characteristic.'"

Hollow howls from the wilderness of death and murmured whispers from the deep-sea temple vaguely came. Navigator II gently took a breath and waved away the remaining bright, faint light in the air.

Navigator II became silent. After thinking for a long time, it gently shook its head.

"Source-Lh02, to Fire King—ta is going to your place."

Shirley looked at the hand extended in front of him. After a brief hesitation, he grasped the other's palm.

"... The fire is gradually dying, but I am still here."

Navigator II's gaze swept across the projection. On the edges of the screen, on those looming nodes and barriers, it saw a faint glimmer of starlight.

"But it doesn't matter, anyway, even so, we can't have a better plan. 'Do your best' is often the only thing we can do."

Large swaths of interlaced light and shadow instantly emerged from nothing, rapidly outlining a picture in a series of astonishing changes—the vast Endless Sea, the city-state shrouded in twilight, the mist surrounding the entire world, and those looming nodes and barriers on the edge of the mist.

In the darkness, Navigator II waited for a long time. In its memory, Tarquin seemed to have never returned information so slowly.

This was the "monitoring" screen of the entire world.

"In."

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