"What I mean is, how did this guy... survive?"
A deep voice echoed through the entire room, carrying a trace of confusion.
"You think there's something wrong with this Li Nuowei?" Su Mu instantly caught on.
"Isn't it obvious?" Lin Chen's expression was unreadable. "His story seemed fine as a whole, but there's one crucial issue: how did he know everything so clearly? And if he knew so clearly, how did he survive?"
"He said that the Brain in a Vat possessed the ability to control human brains, and that was precisely why this city fell without anyone realizing it. Even Tianhai City's civilization higher-ups never noticed."
"So the question is, how did he know so much about this? In Li Nuowei's earlier account, he escaped disaster because he happened to be home on vacation. But how could he know the entire course of events so clearly?"
"If he knew the full story, why wasn't he controlled by that so-called Brain in a Vat?"
Lin Chen looked toward the door, his gaze dark and distant.
"Everyone who noticed it died. That was why no one reported the city's fall. Those who survived by luck couldn't possibly know the entire story so clearly either... Knowing the cause and effect of everything while surviving completely unscathed among monsters capable of controlling human brains—those two things were a paradox in themselves!"
"Could it have been an accidental coincidence?" Su Mu pondered for a moment. "As long as the probability isn't zero, no matter how low it is, it can still happen. It's not impossible."
"Indeed, I considered that possibility too. Even the smallest probability can occur." Lin Chen nodded, then shifted his gaze. "But the problem is, there might not be any obvious issues with his story from beginning to end, yet when