It was a virtual timeline, just one big immersive game. Some things with an extremely high level of mystery couldn't even be simulated. How could anyone take something like that seriously?
Yu Lian really wanted to explain it that way. But when he considered the so-called "higher-dimensional" setup, he realized he had no way to defend himself.
From a dialectical perspective, half the information he'd gained in that virtual timeline was real. So how could it be called virtual?
Philosophically speaking, since he had gained something from it, then it must have existed. Truth and falsehood no longer mattered.
Practically speaking, who could guarantee that the Void Crown hadn't been hiding in a higher dimension, watching the whole story unfold?
Maybe it had even watched him and Brunhild have children from beginning to end.
The thought made Yu Lian shudder. He "gazed" at the ruby that existed in a higher dimension. Beyond its crystal-clear surface, he could still see a boundless universe, but there was no emotion in it.
It knew neither sorrow nor joy, neither good nor evil. It acted on instinct.
Yu Lian sighed softly. He was glad it knew neither sorrow nor joy, but what frightened him was that it knew neither good nor evil.
He thought of what Ankaragon had said earlier and couldn't help falling into thought. "So, about Brunhild..."
Little Gray corrected him. "I told you, it's an artificial idiot. Its mysticism clearance is very high, and so is its authority, but it's still an idiot. Its mechanisms are passive, and it's deeply bound to the Dawn royal bloodline and the Tirillo people's aspirations. It cares about possible outcomes, not the specific process. So observing multiple key variables at once makes perfect sense."
This time, Yu Lian understood.
He was obviously a key variable,