Chapter 476: The End of the Microscopic_1

Thirty-Six's words carried an immense amount of information, and though it wasn't the first time Dean Lix and the others had heard this conjecture, every one of them remained silent, their expressions grave.

Clearly, they were impressed by Thirty-Six's highly imaginative supposition, and even after hearing it a few times, they were still astonished.

Because it was the best explanation for the three cases of Temporal Chaos that had been observed so far, and more observations of similar phenomena in the future might modify, improve, or even overturn this conjecture.

But for now, Thirty-Six's guess fitted the description of the existing phenomena and could also predict corresponding events.

Jiang Yu pondered for a full minute or two before saying to Thirty-Six Dao, "Continue."

However, it was Jiang Shiliu who carried on with the explanation, saying, "The student who disappeared, as mentioned earlier by Dean Lix, likely had a 'gift' since childhood for entering Temporal Chaos or his development in ordering time was incomplete.

"In any case, he should have entered Temporal Chaos, just like the example Thirty-Six gave—our normal time order is 12345, his might be 15.

"In '1,' we are in a time frame where we can observe each other.

"But while our next time frame is '2,' he has already gone to '5,' so in our observation, he has disappeared during the '234' time frames.

"For us, when it comes to the time frame '5,' the missing person is also in '5,' so we can observe him again.

"There's also the possibility that the missing person's time order is a chaotic one, but there's a chance that his chaotic order coincides with our normal order for a time frame.

"For instance, a normal time order is 12345, while the missing person's might be 23145. At '4,' both of us coincide, and we can observe each other.

"However, at other time frames, we in '1' naturally cannot observe the missing person who is in '2'.

"This could explain both the sudden disappearance and why some people occasionally catch sight of him unexpectedly."

Dean Lix suddenly said, "Based on this conjecture, I've conducted related investigations. Since the advent of the Common Era, many similar baffling disappearance cases have been recorded.

"For example, there was a little boy in North America who, upon waking up, found himself in a Chinese mountainous region 30 years prior.

"There are too many such cases, and it's nearly impossible to verify their accuracy, but if this conjecture holds, then those events recorded as strange occurrences might actually have taken place."

Jiang Yu nodded, "Let's not worry about past records for now; they can't be verified or used as evidence."

Then he asked Jiang Shiliu, "The second situation you just described doesn't seem to hold, does it? If the missing person's timing is just disordered, then we should always be able to observe him.

"When we are in time '1,' his time '1' is just in another location. As long as he also has a time '1,' we should be able to observe each other."

Jiang Shiliu smiled and said, "That involves intelligence we previously acquired: human consciousness exists in higher dimensions."

He released the arms he had been hugging to his chest and began gesticulating with his hands as he explained, "The reason our consciousness needs to exist in higher dimensions is due to the evolution of time-ordering ability in intelligent lifeforms, which likely occurs at the level of consciousness!

"Or to put it another way, when lifeforms developed the ability to order time, they were still in higher dimensions.

"Even though the macroscopic universe has fallen in dimensions, consciousness wasn't affected by the dimension reduction and still exists in higher dimensions.

"According to Thirty-Six's previous theory, the lower the macroscopic dimensions, the higher the microscopic ones, so our consciousness might exist within the high dimensions of the microscopic world.

"In high dimensions, one might directly observe the dimension of time and more easily undergo evolutionary changes on the temporal dimension.

"In short, consciousness exists in higher dimensions, and it always stands high above to look down upon the three-dimensional universe."

"Originally, we should have had a more intuitive understanding of the universe, but the God-level Civilization's Dark Forest Strike with light particles caused us to lose the ability to perceive the true face of the universe."

"I'll explain this in detail later; let's get back to the topic of consciousness."

"Even though we are influenced by light particles and observe the universe in an extremely primitive way, our consciousness still stands in a high position."

"And our body is a product of three dimensions, there must be a close or mutually beneficial connection between consciousness and the body."

"The simplest hypothesis is that the body provides energy for consciousness."

"Yet the three-dimensional body is too basic for consciousness, and many pieces of information obtained on the conscious level cannot be conveyed to the body."

"It's like the human sixth sense, very mysterious but there is evidence to prove its existence."

"The sixth sense should be the way consciousness feeds back information to the body, but unfortunately, the body is too dull to receive anything but vague information."

"With these hypotheses in mind, let's go back to the topic of missing persons."

"The time sequence of missing persons becomes disordered, our consciousness is capable of detecting their confusion, but our bodies cannot interpret the information from our consciousness."

Jiang Yu nodded, "I see, you mean that our body is too low-end to receive information about the missing persons, so it simply ignores it."

"It's like when we see a complex figure, we automatically ignore many details and only present part of the information to the brain."

"So we can only observe the missing persons when we are on the same frequency as the missing person's time."

Jiang Shiliu smiled and said, "That's right."

He paused and then continued, "That missing person must have a disorder of consciousness, which is why such a strange phenomenon occurred."

"It's like some uncoordinated brain disorders, where you intend to move your left hand, but you move your right hand instead."

"Unfortunately, we are now unable to observe consciousness itself, so we can't devise an appropriate treatment plan for him."

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, "The ordeal of the elderly Cheng Ping really has further unveiled the veil of the universe and has indirectly confirmed many of the reports we previously obtained."

"There's more to it," Thirty-Six interjected. "As Jiang Shiliu just mentioned, under the assault of the God-level Civilization, we lost the ability to perceive the universe in its true form."

"Therefore, the area near 'Chameleon' must be a 'Time Torrent' area, where consciousness also loses the ability to sequence time."

"The ability of consciousness to sequence time can be thought of as oars, which allow you to glide forward in calm waters, but in the torrent, consciousness also can't control the direction of progress."

"Hence, the phenomenon occurs where, regardless of how the body's time changes, the consciousness and memory don't change along with it."

"As for the magnificent scene the elderly Cheng Ping saw, it might be the edge of the microscopic."

"After all, our consciousness exists in the high dimensions of the microscopic, and contact with 'Chameleon' caused a detachment between the elderly Cheng Ping's consciousness and body."

"Allowing his consciousness to directly observe the microscopic world."

"But perhaps that is again a view of the macroscopic universe, because the end of the microscopic might be the macroscopic."