Order-Freedom Chapter 14: The Nature of the World, from the Beginning to the Present
Zhang Yun looked at him: "Go ahead."
Ye Ling paused, then asked: "What is the essence of the world?"
"Is it a random evolution that follows the natural course, or is it a predetermined outcome?"
"Or...both?"
Zhang Yun asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Ye Ling said: "This is the biggest problem in our world...or the entire universe."
"Let me tell you slowly."
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At the beginning of the world, there were creatures with a higher dimension than us, observers.
They created the heart of the universe, within which countless worlds and spaces were born .
The Heart of the Universe is the heart of the entire universe. It is located at the end of the universe and is the only path from the universe to the upper world.
That is the gate to the observer's world.
Taking the center of the universe as the origin, the entire universe is divided into four realms: the first realm, the second realm, the third realm, and the fourth realm.
Corresponding to quadrants respectively.
The X-axis represents the progress of civilization and the Y-axis represents the degree of danger , so the normal modern world is in the fourth realm.
The level of civilization is relatively high, but the level of danger is low.
For example, Zhang Yun’s world.
In addition, there are many modern worlds in the fourth realm, such as the magical modern world and the aura revival world, which is the birthplace of the Night Spirit.
The third realm is the gathering place of the primitive world, such as the Stone Age, the Dinosaur Age, the Ice Age, the Middle Ages, etc.
The second realm is where the fantasy world, mysterious world, angels, demons, hell, heaven, etc. gather.
The first realm is the most dangerous and the most civilized place, with interstellar empires, high-ranking gods, genetic insects, etc.
The Heart of the World is the heart that maintains the stability of each world. Its main function is unknown, but it is very important, at least to observers.
Once the heart of the world is destroyed, the world power of this world will be distorted, resulting in unpredictable changes.
Among observers, this is called "collapse".
The world is not completely destroyed when it collapses, but the trajectory of life changes, and the weather, environment, energy system, etc. will all be in chaos.
Similarly, if the power of the world operates incorrectly, even if the heart of the world is not destroyed, subtle changes will occur in each world, giving rise to powers and various anomalies that do not belong to the original world.
Because of this butterfly effect, "viruses" that affect the operation of world power began to appear in various worlds.
They have many names.
Honkai Impactor: The most common virus, which appears in the world due to the incorrect operation of the world's power and other reasons. It has power that does not belong to the general public, or the ability to seriously affect the world.
Violators: People who violate the rules of the world and want to challenge the entire world, who go against the will of heaven and change their fate. They are also called "Long Aotian", people who resist fate.
Fallen: People who rebel from the observation camp or various forces that adhere to the stability of the world. They were not originally positioned as "viruses", but because they left the peace forces and joined the destabilizing organizations, they are also called "fallen".
Time traveler: A person who travels to other time and space due to certain time and space turbulence. As long as he causes major changes in the new world, he will be classified as a "virus".
The reborn and the predictors: Because the progress of the world is already planned, these people can see the future development for special reasons. As long as they change the future and cause the world to collapse, they will be listed as a virus.
Void Creatures: Creatures that were born directly from the distortion of the world's power, that is, monsters that appeared out of thin air. Unlike the mutants, which were "originally supposed to live ordinary lives", these creatures that had no sense of belonging to any world were the real threat compared to the people mentioned above.
Weird: Not belonging to the scope of life, such as certain phenomena and certain things. Because its birth affects the stability of the world and the change of life behavior, it is also considered a virus.
Mutants: Similar to the Honkai Impactors, their existence will have an impact on the world, such as a mutated World Heart, or a World Tree that suddenly grows upside down.
In addition, there are many other nouns with different explanations.
But they all have one essence.
That is, according to the original evolution and development path of the universe, they would never appear.
Just like a program set in a computer, how to start, how to develop, and how to start are all determined.
But once they appear, they will affect the development of the program, eventually deviating from the established route and producing an unpredictable ending.
In order to correct this "operational error" that affects the future, the Observers created "Divine Punishers" and sent them into thousands of worlds to clean up the "viruses" that undermine the stability of the world.
The viruses were weak and were soon defeated by the Divine Punisher, and countless "errors" were wiped out from the universe.
Then, a group of powerful viruses contacted each other and decided to lead the viruses in all the worlds to fight against this group of "scavengers" who would not let any of them go.
They don't want to die.
I don’t want to be regarded as a virus that affects the world.
Thus, a resistance alliance was formed, led by the first recorded "Devourer".
He traveled through the universe, searching for viruses, gathering them, and then fighting back against the divine punishers who came to destroy the "virus", occupying and liberating one world after another.
After that, the war between the virus and the divine punisher continued for a long time.
Finally, under Yun's leadership, the resistance alliance formed by "viruses" attacked to the end of the universe.
That is the heart of the universe, where the "gate" leading to the upper world is located.
There, the "virus army" fought an ultimate battle with all the divine punishers, and the final result was unexpected... failure!
And it was a crushing failure.
All the vanguards died collectively, the leader also died, no one came back from the end of the universe, only the candles representing their "life" were extinguished.
And there is also the group of divine punishers who counterattacked.
They started to clean up the remaining group of "old, weak, sick and disabled" and "support troops" again.
These are all the viruses...or the "Awakeners", their first revolution, also known in history as the "First Revolutionary War".
Although it failed, it planted the seeds of "rebellion" in the hearts of all awakened people. They were unwilling to be eliminated as a virus and just wanted to continue living.
So the resistance continued. Since the awakened ones could not defeat them head-on, they harassed them from the side, fighting and fleeing at the same time, influencing the heart of the world everywhere and artificially creating "world collapse".
Then, after witnessing the tenacity and will to survive of the "virus", the observer sent messengers to negotiate peace with the remaining viruses.
The condition is that the viruses cannot release their abilities at will, cannot let ordinary creatures know of their existence, cannot destroy the stability of the world and cause the world to collapse.
The Observers will also send out Divine Punishers to monitor all viruses to prevent them from causing harm.
As long as these requirements are met, the observer will allow the virus to survive in this universe and even create special space for them to survive.
After seeing how powerful the Observer is, most of the remaining members of the Resistance Alliance agreed with the Observer's proposal - as long as they didn't turn more worlds into "collapsed worlds", they would give themselves a way to survive.
Moreover, maintaining the stability of the world is also good for their virus. If all worlds are unstable, it seems that the entire universe will be doomed...
So they set up a Restorer Academy to train "Restorers", established a system to repair the world under the supervision of the monitors, and formulated various regulations so as not to cause the collapse of the world... It's like a bird imprisoned in a cage, with no freedom, only a planned life, eating, drinking, sleeping, and nothing else.
Of course, a small number of opponents could not bear to be monitored and controlled, or even obey the orders of observers who had massacred their own kind, so they desperately opposed this proposal.
However, their numbers were too small to distort the general trend of the situation, so they all had to leave the Resistance Alliance.
The resistance alliance was disbanded.
Afterwards, opponents secretly looked for ways to fight against the Observers and allow the viruses to survive freely, so they established an organization opposed to the Observers and the Restorer Academy, the Fire of Revolution.
That is Ye Ling’s current organization.
Ah Wei in a black suit, the sealed Liu Wuhen, and various extraordinary people are all members of the Fire of Revolution.
They are eager to fight back to the end of the universe, to the high-dimensional world where observers exist, and then win freedom for all "viruses".
above.
This is the origin of Ye Ling.
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After a period of research, the Fire of Revolution discovered that the world that had collapsed in the war had begun to repair itself and develop in other directions.
Even without the World Heart differentiated from the Universe Heart, the world can still function normally.
At this point, they came up with the idea that viruses were born from freedom, they are the product of the world's evolution, and the Observer and Restorer Academy want to stop the evolution of the world, which is against the will of heaven.
The wrong unknown is the right thing to do.
But the plan that seems correct is actually wrong.
In pursuit of world evolution and to gain status for the virus, the fire of revolution went around seizing and transforming the heart of the world, just to prove that the world can heal itself.
And more and more evidence proves that viruses do not need to rely on the heart of the world , the heart of the universe, or observers to survive.
This idea was supported by many "virus" people whose abilities were restricted and who lived like ordinary people, so the power of the revolutionary fire became stronger and stronger.
The idea of the Fire of Revolution began to permeate the various worlds, even the Restorer Academy.
More and more viruses do not want their abilities to be restricted by the Repairer Academy, and begin to liberate their nature, frantically using their abilities to cause the collapse of the world.
However, because the concept was misinterpreted, the viruses that were not recognized by the fire of revolution formed new organizations and fought against the "stable faction" of the Restorer Academy.
What the Fire of Revolution wants is to unite the viruses to resist the Observers, rather than use their abilities arbitrarily to kill each other or even cause internal strife such as war.
So it did not unite with other awakened organizations,
After all, in a certain theory, every ordinary person is also a potential "awakener".
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Zhang Yun touched his chin: "The fire of revolution?"
Ye Ling nodded slowly and said, "Yes, the Fire of Revolution, the name of our organization, and this is also my origin."
"Speaking of which."
"Do you understand?"
Zhang Yun spoke frankly: "I am half confused and half understand, and the amount of information is quite large. To be honest, it is hard for people to believe..."
So the entire universe is like a computer program, everything is set, and people like me who suddenly "travel through time" are equivalent to viruses in the computer?
Isn’t this too fucked up?
Moreover, there are those strange terms, awakeners, observers, divine punishers, void creatures...it is as magical as science fiction novels!
etc!
This setting?
Why does it look a bit like the planet I’m on now?
Sensing something was wrong, Zhang Yun asked, "Is the world we are in now a miniature universe? Why are things happening exactly the same as what you said?"
Ye Ling said: "Almost the same, but also different... This place is not a normal world, but a world within a world, which means a world within a world."
“You can think of it as a game world within a game.”
"Or, the three-dimensional world and the two-dimensional world."
"All the rules, creatures, and developments inside will not interact with the normal world. Only those who actively enter from the real world will be affected."
"This place is more advanced than the ordinary worlds because the flow of time here is slowed down. One year is equal to one day in the real world."
"If you go back to the modern world, it's only half a day now."
“Not even your neighbors will notice you’ve crossed over.”
Zhang Yun: “…”
“Who created this?”
Ye Ling shook his head: "I don't know, but I can guess that the other party created this world within a world for you. It is very likely that he is someone you are familiar with."
"otherwise."
"A master who can create a world within a world where the flow of time slows down."
"There's no reason to send you in."
Zhang Yun asked in confusion: "Then what are you doing here?"
Ye Ling: “…”
There was no other way, so Ye Ling could only explain what had happened before: "I didn't know you at first, but because I was going to do something, I happened to pass by your world, and then I discovered the potential of an 'Awakener' in you."
"And it's very strange. Although you have the power to transcend the world, it's very difficult for people to discover you."
"You should have experienced this. I feel like I am just an ordinary person. I need to eat, drink water, sleep, get sick, and get depressed. I am not as carefree as the gods in the legend."
"But suddenly I traveled through time and space and came to a strange world, and was able to summon all kinds of incredible creatures..."
"Anyway."
"After I discovered your identity as an awakener."
"I want to meet you in person, tell you the truth about the world, and then see what you think, whether you want to become a member of the revolutionary fire seeking 'freedom'."
"Or do you intend to become the pawns of the Observers? The group of repairers are restricted in various ways, unable to use their abilities, unable to go anywhere, and forced to kill each other with their own kind?"
"Then you suddenly disappeared."
"And I followed the traces you left behind and searched for a long time before I came here, and then I saw you at this moment."
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