"In the past, I always thought I was a so-called 'reborn one'—that nightmare of apocalyptic destruction was simply too vivid, so vivid it was suffocating, leaving no room to think about what 'rebirth' truly meant."
Meng Chao said, "But the more I did everything in my power to change the future, the more I began to doubt the very concept of 'rebirth.'
"First, unlike traveling through time, rebirth is not something that concerns me alone.
"When I was reborn into my youth, the entire world was reset as well. The dead who had long scattered with the wind all returned to life; buildings that had long turned to ash rose again from the earth in exactly the same form, without even a single screw changed.
"Every random event that had once occurred, from major strategic decisions and natural or man-made disasters, down to someone's smile on a particular day in a particular year and month, even the frequency with which a butterfly beat its wings—all of it would replay with absolute precision.
"I'm not saying that some existence far above us, something like the 'Gods and Devils of the Otherworld,' would definitely be incapable of doing such a thing.
"It's just that resetting the entire world while retaining the memories of only a tiny handful of people would inevitably consume an unimaginable amount of energy—an amount even greater than astronomical figures.
"I cannot see the point of expending so much energy to do such a thing.
"Second, so-called rebirth follows the same logic as time travel. Regardless of whether it is technically possible, it is difficult to avoid the 'grandfather paradox'—do you know what the grandfather paradox is?"
"I seem to have heard of it."
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