It took the three of them a while to process the information Han Xiao had revealed.
Louis hesitated.
"Black Star, you're not kidding us, are you...?"
"Unfortunately, not this time." Han Xiao shrugged.
Mabrus looked puzzled and pondered, "So, in other words, we've all died and been reborn several times, essentially trapped in a closed Secondary Dimension, and our ultimate goal is to break through this Secondary Dimension and return to the main universe?"
"Well, although the difference is quite big, you can understand it that way if you want." Han Xiao blinked.
"Does this mean that everything our civilization has gone through from nothing to something was a predetermined trajectory, something that has happened several times before, and something that we 'personally' created in the past?"
"That's about it." Han Xiao nodded.
"Wait for me a moment..."
The leader of the Arcane Sect pressed his forehead, feeling his blood pressure soaring.
Overwhelmed by the sudden influx of information, the three felt their worldview shattered. Faced with this situation, they realized that the political and military issues they usually considered had all become insignificant.
"Wow, we're actually this amazing..."
Mabrus's face still showed shock as he muttered to himself.
Han Xiao ruthlessly interrupted his imagination, "It's not that you are powerful, but that the Three Universal Civilizations are powerful. Compared to your past peak 'selves,' you are just three little brothers. Don't try to glorify the current Three Universal Civilizations. Without me, you would know nothing."
"..."
The three of them felt a little hurt.
While this is the absolute truth, can't we at least indulge in a little bit of wishful thinking?
Regardless of the circumstances, upon suddenly learning these secrets, the three of them inexplicably felt a sense of pride, as if their ancestors had once been wealthy, and their backs straightened a bit.
"Black Star, you really gave us a scare..." Mabrus smiled wryly, "My mind is a mess right now, I don't even know what to do."
Han Xiao raised an eyebrow and teased, "Didn't you say you've seen all sorts of storms? Have you seen this?"
"Well, I think we should talk about how to break the closure of the Dark Side Universe and return to the Real Universe..."
The leader of the Arcane Cult's face darkened, and he quickly changed the subject, unwilling to admit his carelessness.
Han Xiao did not answer directly, but changed the subject and slowly said:
"I know you still have some doubts, thinking I made this up. Let's talk about what to do next once you enter the Sanctuary and confirm that the information I provided is accurate... By the way, I should remind you that accessing the iteration messages in the Sanctuary requires authorization. When you first enter, you can only know the basic situation, such as iterations and Great Restart. As for information like Dark Side Iteration and loop Restart, you won't be able to see them for now. I only know these things after I fully unlocked the authorization."
"Oh, I see..."
The three of them had not witnessed the effects of the Sanctuary firsthand, so they could only obediently listen to Han Xiao's explanation. However, they believed most of it, because Black Star had no reason to lie to them about something so easily verifiable.
However, Mabrus and his two companions were still itching to find out more. It felt like watching a suspense movie where they had only seen the beginning, while Black Star knew the whole Vein but wouldn't tell them who the killer was, leaving them incredibly curious.
However, the three of them still had concerns and dared not completely believe what Han Xiao said. Only by entering the Sanctuary and seeing for themselves could they feel at ease.
"I will send you the instructions on how to enter the Sanctuary in a while, and I will also synthesize three Sanctuary Key for you. You can enter on your own, so that you won't accuse me of doing anything wrong later."
Han Xiao waved his hand and said casually.
Only he can quickly generate the Sanctuary Key. Even the Three Universal Civilizations need time to collect materials. Therefore, without his help, the Three Universal Civilizations cannot frequently enter and exit the Sanctuary. This is the source of his current confidence in controlling the Sanctuary, and he does not mind allowing the Three Universal Civilizations to enter the Sanctuary at this time.
"That's for the best."
The three nodded hastily, like obedient children.
"Alright, you guys digest the truth about the Universe Iteration first. I won't disturb you any longer; I'll send you the data later."
Han Xiao nodded and hung up the call.
The remote projection disappeared, Mabrus and his two companions looked at each other with varying expressions.
"I didn't expect Black Star to bring this kind of information... If what he said is true, then we need to rethink our plans for future development."
"That's right. If that's true, then there's no point in us developing peacefully here. We must break free from our destiny, fulfill the wishes of our past lives, and enter the so-called Real Universe."
"Let's not talk about that now, let's go through it from the beginning again..."
The three of them huddled together and began a heated discussion.
Super Sanctuary, Leader's Office.
Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he returned to his room, a complex emotion immediately appearing in his eyes.
He appeared calm and composed in the face of the Three Universal Civilizations, but in reality, when he learned the truth from the Sanctuary, he was equally shocked, which also resolved his long-standing doubts.
In fact, Han Xiao had many secrets he hadn't told the Three Universal Civilizations earlier. For example, regarding the existence of the panel, he believed there were three possibilities.
First, the panel is a special product formed when the Real State of the iterative universe is transformed into the Information State of the Dark Side Universe. It is like a high-dimensional object descending into a low dimension and having special advantages, just like a piece of paper that is completely visible to humans, or information that cannot be expressed in a low dimension.
The second possibility is that it is a product of Information Mutation.
The third hypothesis is that the Three Universal Civilizations of the second Dark Side Iteration projected the "information collection" of the Dark Side Universe into the Real Universe, and pulled the Real State by "logging in". The panel is the necessary medium to complete this step, which can be regarded as a special "traction device" or "recorder". Therefore, it may be a product specially made by the Three Universal Civilizations to ensure that the Real State is preserved in the Dark Side Universe for a long time.
However, regardless of the type, the panel is something unique to the Dark Side Universe and cannot enter the Real Universe. The evidence that led Han Xiao to deduce this was the phenomenon that the panel would disappear when he entered the Sanctuary... because the Sanctuary does not only exist in the Dark Side Universe, so the panel becomes ineffective there.
Han Xiao also had some guesses about his own "special" panel.
In his view, this is either a life guarantee deliberately created by the Three Universal Civilizations of the third Dark Side Iteration in order to build a stable interference bridge for the "information individual" who has fully entered the Dark Side Universe, to ensure that he can live "stable" in the Dark Side Universe and reduce the chance of him dying due to various accidents; or it is the result of the Information Mutation after the Dark Side Iteration.
Based on the panel's various behaviors, Han Xiao was more inclined to believe the former. When the panel triggers a mission, it often reveals more information in the mission description. Since the development trajectory of the Dark Side Universe is almost fixed, it is entirely possible for the Three Universal Civilizations of the third Dark Side Iteration to improve the panel to have a "prophet" function... Of course, it is also possible that the panel itself has a hidden principle for monitoring the entire Dark Side Universe.
Furthermore, he can only access the player forum through the panel when players log in (when the Real State are heavily involved), allowing him to observe the information exchange among a group of "Real State." During version updates, the forum is also frozen for him. In this respect, his special panel does indeed act as an important medium and channel for communicating with the Real State.
This reminded Han Xiao of the two information threads he saw on the panel when he used the Information State Erasure his vision. One thread was connected to him, while the other extended Infinite outwards. Now that he thought about it, the connection represented by this end was probably the entire Dark Side Universe... This seemed to corroborate this idea.
On the other hand, Han Xiao also speculated on the principle of the version update time flow... In the mainstream scientific theory of the Galaxy, time is relative, not absolute. From this perspective, and based on the content of the Sanctuary message board, he deduced that the time of the Dark Side Universe and the Real Universe are not related, but only have a difference in relative speed.
The Real Universe is the foundation of the Number Three iteration, and the Dark Side Universe must exist in relation to it. However, the relative time flow of the Dark Side Universe is faster, and the two cycles Restart without affecting each other. But when players log in, causing information entanglement between the Dark Side Universe and the Real Universe, their time flow merges, and the time of the Dark Side Universe and the Real Universe flows synchronously at a stable ratio, that is, one to six... The reason behind this is that the Real Universe still occupies a dominant position, and players whose "foundation" exists in the Real Universe will not be affected in the opposite direction.
When the players, who are temporarily "logged Real State," disappear, the level of information interference drops drastically, and the flow of time in the Dark Side Universe becomes decoupled from that of the Real Universe... This conjecture manifests as the fact that for players, version updates only take one or two days, while many years have passed in the Galaxy World. Han Xiao thinks this possibility is quite high.
He even suspected that the frequent Information Mutation in the Dark Side Universe starting from the second Dark Side Iteration were likely due to the changes brought about by the introduction of the Real State at the beginning of the third Dark Side Iteration... If the Real Universe and the Sanctuary are regarded as higher-dimensional existences, then the projected projections will be distorted, resulting in a "distortion" phenomenon, causing the Information Materialization Device of the third Dark Side Iteration to become the World Tree, and the control valve of the fourth Dark Side Iteration to become the Pivot Snake.
"Besides this reason, perhaps the Dark Side Universe, like the original Federation of All Stars Dimension, requires external information carriers to drastically alter its development trajectory, bringing new variables and unexpected events... Even if the Dark Side Universe isn't a rigid cycle, perhaps it still needs such variables."
Han Xiao's eyes flickered.
Although these claims were all conjectures he deduced based on the truth revealed by the Sanctuary message, he believed they were highly probable.
Even though this is a long relay race spanning iterations, every civilization certainly hopes to be the last one to leave the baton. As long as there is even a glimmer of hope, every civilization wants to continue. No one wants to go extinct. It's understandable that the first Three Universal Civilizations did this, but...
Han Xiao shook his head, his feelings complicated.
If all the deductions are correct, then I am essentially the hope of the entire Dark Side Universe...
But for him personally, this is a choice.