Seeing Qingmu's blank expression, Saladin suddenly asked, "You should know about the Awakeners' Alliance, right?"
Qingmu remained silent.
Saladin laughed, "You don't need to admit it or deny it, I know you're a member of that organization. Oh, I almost forgot you have amnesia, maybe you don't even remember yourself. Okay, let me help you remember..."
Hmm, this organization is very mysterious. I've heard that all their communication is done through dreams; they don't need to write letters, make phone calls, or use the internet. They use something called Dream Corridor to connect their respective dreams. So my understanding of them is also very limited.
Of course, in modern society, completely blocking the Internet is impossible. Even if they use independent encrypted networks and databases, they can't stop me. I even managed to get into Professor Mei's Dreamnet!
Qingmu exclaimed in surprise, "You've already taken control of the Space Box and the Dream Guide?"
He knew that Professor Mei's greatest concern wasn't the Parasites, but the Internet, which was why he went to great lengths to build an independent quantum communication network. Once the Internet entered the Dream Guide's space, it meant he could influence the consciousness of every player.
"Hmm, still a little short. Right now we can only go in and take a look around; we're far from having any control over it. The Space Box is far more complex and advanced than I imagined; it's the most ingenious and futuristic thing I've ever seen."
When talking about the Space Box, a special light appeared on Saladin's face, like a musician hearing Beethoven's Third Symphony, a painter seeing Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, or a calligrapher seeing Wang Xizhi's original work... A scientific giant and genius inventor saw a design that truly transcended the times, and the complex emotions of envy, jealousy, and love could not be concealed even in the virtual world.
"Let's talk about the Second Space!" he continued. "In that ancient organization, they divided the universe into many layers. The real world we live in, including the Earth, the Sun, and the vast starry sky, is what they call the First Space."
Human dreams are called the Second Space, or the Narrow-Chamber Space. As for why it is called a narrow space, perhaps it is because each person's dream is independent and small, like a small cabin on a ship. But the cabins are always on the same deck, so this deck is the foundation that supports these cabins. This is the Space Base, also called the Dream Base.
When all the cabins are interconnected, they form a complete space together with the Dream Base, which is called the Third Space. Therefore, the Third Space is also called the World of Great Unity, or the Dream of Great Unity.
Within the Awakeners' Alliance, there's a concept called ' Zero Space,' which the Japan Awakened seem to prefer calling the Underworld. The Dream Corridor they use to communicate are made using Zero Space. It's an ancient technology, and we all hope to restore it and create more Dream Corridor as spatial connection points. Unfortunately, this technology is beyond our current scientific understanding, and I suspect it was created by another civilization.
In addition, there is a concept called ' Original Space '. It is said that this was created by a guy named Nanke, the leader of the Awakeners' Alliance back then. He believed that above our real world, there is another space that we do not know about, and it is that universe that determines the appearance of our world.
Based on this, he also proposed a Multilayer Dream Entropy Equilibrium Theory and Tushu. This theory is very bold and also very metaphysical. Logically speaking, a scientist like me would never spend time studying such ethereal things. But it just happens to meet my needs.
I have achieved immortality. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, my life will continue indefinitely, until the end of time. With the advancement of technology, I will no longer be confined to living on Earth.
Do you know how many deep-space spacecraft humanity has launched during the years you've been missing? China, the United States, Russia, Israel... the space race is nothing new. Those things that fly to the moon, Mars, and even beyond the Solar System are also part of me! My tentacles have already reached into space. One day, I will be found throughout the entire Milky Way, even the entire universe. I will live and die with the universe!
However, the universe will eventually experience heat death!
This is something I cannot stop. Perhaps to humans, it is something very, very distant, so distant that it can be ignored, so distant that it is not worth thinking about. But for an immortal being, I must think about how to avoid death.
Unfortunately, I couldn't stop the heat death of the universe. Do you know how frustrated I was? It's like a poor kid who, after decades of hard work, struggles his way up from the slums to become a super-rich person, only to suddenly learn that he has a terminal illness and only a few months to live!
However, Nanke's Multilayer Dream Entropy Equilibrium Theory gave me hope.
"If there were a continuously amplified dream world that is symmetrical to our universe, and the information of the universe were input into its symmetrical mirror image, we could keep our universe at low entropy and prevent it from heading towards heat death."
Qingmu seemed to recognize this theory. He had heard Situ mention it once back in Ramla. But at the time, he had only listened casually, as everyone was focused on how to deal with Ramla's predicament and hadn't given it much thought. Hearing this theory again now, especially on Earth, was still quite shocking.
If this theory is true, then could dreams have more spatial layers? Could the universe be composed of layers of dreams? Are we simply living in a negative universe that exists to maintain the low entropy of another universe? Is the universe's entropy only increasing and never decreasing because the entropy of another universe is constantly being fed into it? Is our fate irreversibly heading towards death, just so that another world can live on forever!?
"Have you ever considered that this theory might be false? Nobody can prove it!" Qingmu said.
Saladin's enormous face swayed, revealing an indifferent expression. "It's alright! At most, it's just a failure; it's no loss to me."
"But humanity may very well be drawn into a shared dream!"
Qingmu didn't know if the entropy of the universe could maintain balance, but after experiencing everything in Ramla, he knew that Group Dream were feasible and extremely powerful and terrifying. Moreover, Kitano Masatake was able to create a massive Group Real-Scene Dream in Southern Yunnan seventy or eighty years ago, which made him very worried.
Saladin laughed, "So what? At least you can stay awake in your dreams."
Qingmu knew this guy was no longer human, or perhaps never was, but merely a consciousness born from a chance reduction in information entropy within a vast network world, and wouldn't truly care about human life or death. So he stopped talking about it and instead asked:
"How far has your collaboration with Kitano Masatake progressed?"
Saladin seemed taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter, saying, "You don't need to test me. I won't tell you the name of my collaborator, at least not now. Unless you agree to cooperate with me."
"How do we cooperate? What do you want to get from me?"