Volume 3 Chapter 262: Laplace's Demon Exists
"Get ready, we're about to set off." Inside the universe-traveling fortress, Lin Xu controlled the huge fortress. Following the light spots rushing towards the new universe, he also rushed towards the strange universe ahead.
These are the last batch of light spots from the arrival of the Overmind. If they are any later, they may not be able to achieve their purpose of passing off fakes as genuine and may be discovered.
Then the vast, boundless universe ahead crashed into the fortress.
Seeing the entire universe expanding rapidly before his eyes, even Nanzhu couldn't help but reach out and pinch Lin Xu's arm.
Moss, Mello and Kyle were also observing the outside world through the projection screen set up in the fortress that resembled a porthole, but they had no idea what it was. They just felt inexplicably shocked, as if a frog in a well saw the real sky. Although they could not understand it, they were shocked from the bottom of their souls.
Lin Xu had no intention of explaining to them.
Until the universe-traveling fortress finally rushed into a new universe.
Lin Xu observed from a high-dimensional perspective that Moss, Mello, Kyle, himself, Miss Qiu, and Nanzhu, who also had Domination Beacons placed, all emitted a faint light that could only be seen in high dimensions.
"Okay, let's go." Lin Xu finished speaking.
The six people instantly turned into a point of light and disappeared into the universe-traveling fortress.
"Lord Lin Xu." Mu Xiyue, who took over the control of the universe-traveling fortress, shouted subconsciously.
But Lin Xu and his companions had already disappeared.
"Okay, we still have our work to do. To put it bluntly, the dominant civilization wants to destroy the universe, which has nothing to do with us. We don't have any special feelings for this universe, but there are human relics in this universe. So, if we can stop the dominant civilization, it would be great. But if we can't stop it, we must get the human relics back, so our mission is also very important." Lu Yao patted Mu Xiyue on the shoulder and said.
"I understand." Mu Xiyue nodded.
The cosmic fortress crossed the starry sky of a new universe, and the light spot of Lin Xu had disappeared in front of it.
However, the high-dimensional power recorded by Lin Xu in the universe-traveling fortress is marking Lin Xu's current location at any time.
So as long as they want, they can find Lin Xu at any time.
There is no need to worry about getting separated.
So the three people who stayed behind, Mu Xiyue, Lu Yao and Arisa, gathered their thoughts and started their work.
Open the high-dimensional resonance device in the universe-traveling fortress and search for the relics left by humans in this universe.
Compared to the aimless searches before, with humans’ increasing maturity in the application of high-dimensional power ten thousand years ago, it is now much easier to find human relics.
As long as we find a high-dimensional resonance of the same frequency through a resonance device , it is most likely a relic left by humans.
Even if it is not a relic, it is definitely an existence related to humans and contains high-dimensional power.
Not to mention the work of Mu Xiyue, Lu Yao and Arisa, Lin Xu only felt that his body merged into the space where the light spot was.
As the light spot shuttled through the universe, it arrived above a planet in the blink of an eye, and then the light spot moved towards the planet.
All these are phenomena that can only be observed by Lin Xu with the help of high-dimensional power. Lin Xu thought about it and awakened the high-dimensional power in the high-dimensional organs of Miss Qiu and Nanzhu beside him, so the two of them also woke up in the light spot.
Then, like Lin Xu, he observed the process of the light spot moving towards the planet below.
"I actually lost consciousness? Are we there yet?" Nanzhu asked in surprise.
"Remember to get used to it in the future and activate the high-dimensional state at any time to guard against the Overlord's secretive actions." Lin Xu reminded.
"I understand." Miss Qiu nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's waste the high-dimensional power. Safety is more important." Nanzhu also nodded.
"However, this planet doesn't seem to have an advanced technology level, or even very backward. There is nothing useful in space except for some satellites. Isn't the purpose of the Overlord to send in conquerors to help him destroy the universe? What's the point of sending them to a planet with only this level of civilization?" Nanzhu asked doubtfully.
"It seems that we can't judge the intention of the master now, so let's wait and see." Lin Xu replied.
Then, the light spot landed on the planet, in a corner of a ruined city, and turned into a barrier that enveloped the six people.
Time in the outside world is frozen and has not yet begun to flow.
Or to put it the other way around, the time inside the barrier is accelerated to the extreme, so that while tens of millions of years pass inside the barrier, only one second may have passed in the outside world. Thus, during the short ten minutes or so inside the barrier, it seems as if time has been frozen to the outside world.
Lin Xu stood at the edge of the barrier, observing the subtle passage of time in the outside world. Even though time seemed frozen to ordinary people, Lin Xu could still detect a slight trace of the passage of time.
This method is very interesting. Lin Xu recorded it down. It can be regarded as another means of fighting against high-dimensional enemies.
It has to be said that the Dominant Civilization is worthy of being an old-fashioned transcendent civilization. Although it has not completed the dimensional upgrade, it does have many skills in the application of high-dimensional power that Lin Xu does not know.
This also made Lin Xu even more wary of him.
"Has a nuclear war happened here? How did it become like this? No, it hasn't reached the level of a nuclear war, otherwise there wouldn't even be ruins left. But the fighting is indeed very tragic." Nanzhu also stood beside Lin Xu and observed the situation outside.
However, compared to Lin Xu who was observing time, she was observing the ruins outside.
Outside the barrier, the shock wave caused by the explosion of artillery shells in the distance was only a spent force when it reached the barrier, but as time stood still, the ripples of the shock wave were clearly visible.
The large ruins of buildings all show the cruelty of war. Although there are not many broken limbs on the ground, the faint traces of blood flowing from the buildings still hint at what is buried in the buildings.
While Lin Xu and Nanzhu were observing outside the barrier, Miss Qiu suddenly spoke.
"Master, they are awake."
"Yeah." Lin Xu nodded and turned around.
So Moss, who had just woken up on the ground and wanted to continue pretending to be unconscious, had to open his eyes and crawl up from the ground.
He was not surprised that Lin Xu and the other two woke up earlier than him, but he secretly wondered how long they had been awake.
But I never expected that Lin Xu had never been unconscious from the beginning.
Soon, Melo and Kyle also woke up.
Melo rolled over and stood up from the ground, then recalled everything. He silently nodded to Lin Xu and the other two as a greeting, and stood next to Moss.
After a while, Kyle also woke up.
Normally, it should be time for Moss to introduce the situation of the Dominant Domain.
But this time, Moss and Mello inside the barrier just stared at each other, not daring to say a word.
It was as if the two of them had become a new couple.
"Try to do everything according to your previous habits, or the rules of the master. I don't want the master to find out anything." Lin Xu reminded.
"I see." Moss nodded.
So he began to explain as usual, the explanation to the newcomers that he had given before in the space-traveling fortress.
Kyle was very clever in cooperating with his performance.
There was just no ups and downs in the voices of both of them, as if they were reading in a stick.
Moss stopped only when he felt that it was enough.
"According to the rules of the Overlord, the senior ones need to explain the basic information to the newcomers, and then they will start assigning tasks." Moss finished speaking.
Lin Xu felt that a force from a higher dimension, with the beacon from the Lord in his body as an anchor, was descending into his mind.
Lin Xu could feel that the force was extremely weak compared to him and had no malicious intent, so he did not stop it and allowed the high-dimensional force to transmit the information to his brain.
At this time, Moss's voice also sounded.
"Here we are. The master has issued a mission. Have you received it?" Moss looked at Lin Xu and the other two nervously.
In fact, he was the one who was most afraid of being discovered by the master.
If he was discovered by the master at this time, let alone the benefits promised by Lin Xu , the master would probably kill him as a traitor at the first opportunity.
“Main Mission: thwart the Federation’s counterattack and assist the rebels in capturing Fort Crowe.”
"Side quest: Kill as many of the Federation's active forces as possible. Killing one Federation soldier will earn you 10 points."
"Tip: There are multiple teams of conquerors participating in this mission, and they can cooperate with each other."
"Multiple teams participating together? And it's not a group fight where they kill each other, but a coordinated fight? It seems that this mission is very difficult." After Moss read the mission, his face suddenly changed.
"I don't think it's that difficult." Mello next to him reminded him calmly.
Just as Moss was about to retort, his eyes glanced at Lin Xu, who seemed to be studying the task with an amused smile not far away.
"Well, it's not that difficult."
Yes, with these people here, it would not be difficult for a small expedition team to coordinate operations.
He should be thinking about it, what should he do when these people officially turn against the master?
Unfortunately, that was not a level he could participate in at all, and all he could do was pray that everything went well.
Thinking about it this way, the task at hand, which would have been difficult in the past and would have even resulted in the loss of most of the staff, now seems like a small matter.
"Is there anything different about this mission?" Lin Xu asked.
"In a normal Domination mission, there is only one team of conquerors carrying out the mission in each world. Like this, there are multiple teams deployed in the same world. And it is not a group battle mission where they kill each other, but a group battle mission where they cooperate with each other. This can only mean that this mission is very difficult." Moss answered honestly.
"A team battle mission of killing each other? Why does the Overlord want you to kill each other?" Lin Xu was a little puzzled.
Since the Overlord's goal is to destroy the universe through these conquerors, what benefit can be gained by letting them kill each other, other than consuming their own cannon fodder?
"Who knows, maybe the Lord just finds it interesting." Moss said with a wry smile.
Lin Xu nodded without commenting.
"The barrier is about to disappear." Moss looked around at the barriers that had begun to shake and reminded based on his experience.
The next moment, the barrier turned into spots of light and disappeared into the air.
In an instant, time in the outside world began to flow again.
The shells that exploded not far away just now, with their spent force shockwaves, finally hit several people. Although it was only like a gust of strong wind, the smell of gunpowder it brought with it clearly told them that they were already on the battlefield.
"What should we do?" Moss looked at Lin Xu.
He still knew who should listen to whom now.
"Just like just now, everything should follow your previous rules! Just do what you should do under normal circumstances." Lin Xu replied.
"Under normal circumstances, we should first determine which side of the warring parties is the Federation and which side is the rebel. Since we are assisting the rebels and there are rewards for killing the Federation troops, we should try our best to kill the Federation troops, obtain intelligence, and figure out the current situation. Then find a way to contact the rest of the team. Since it is a collaborative mission, there will be penalties for fighting each other, so we can boldly cooperate with them and coordinate with each other to better complete the mission." Moss said it very clearly, wondering what he would do now if it were him in the past.
"If you contact the other teams, I know where they are." Lin Xu suddenly said.
"How did you know?" Moss asked subconsciously in surprise.
Then he realized that he seemed to have asked nonsense. Although many of the veterans in their conqueror team had ways to hide their bodies, it was impossible to hide it from someone like Lin Xu.
Sure enough, Lin Xu smiled and didn't answer.
In fact, the answer is very simple. All the incredible abilities of conquerors like Moss are given to them by the dominant civilization through the high-dimensional power that distorts reality.
This ensures that their abilities can still be used normally in universes with different rules.
But at the same time, the reality around every fighter who has been given abilities by the Master is distorted.
Ordinary people naturally cannot observe this kind of distortion, but in Lin Xu's eyes it is like a torch in the dark night, as bright as a target.
Lin Xu didn't even need to release nanorobots to search deliberately. As long as he paid attention to where there were signs of distorted reality like those on Moss and Mello, he could easily find the rest of the conquerors.
At the same time, for the sake of caution, Lin Xu did not release a large number of nanorobots as soon as he arrived on the planet.
First of all, he didn't know whether the sudden change in the environment of the entire planet, especially such a major change as being filled with nanorobots, would attract the attention of the dominant civilization.
After all, nanorobots can be considered high-dimensional objects, and the dominant civilization must be sensitive to them.
Secondly, he didn't know why the dominant civilization chose to cause trouble on this planet. He also didn't want a large number of nanorobots to bring about changes.
Just as Nanzhu had quietly asked him just now.
"Lord Lin Xu, shouldn't the Overlord's goal be to destroy the universe? What's the point of participating in a small-scale war on a planet?"
"Let's wait and see." Lin Xu could only shake his head. He also didn't understand it clearly now, but he believed that there must be a reason why the Lord did this.
He needed to take another look.
"The nearest team of conquerors is not far from here, just ten kilometers away. Should we go over there?" Lin Xu looked at Moss, waiting for him to make a decision.
After all, he is nominally a senior.
Suddenly, Moss felt under great pressure. Ever since the death of all the senior members of this team, he had always been the one who had the final say. This was the first time he felt such great pressure.
"Go ahead." Moss nodded under the pressure.
He didn't want Lin Xu to treat him as a useless waste.
As a fighter, he had seen a lot about how some teams dealt with waste.
Compared to those teams, he can be considered a good guy in his own team.
So the group followed the direction pointed by Lin Xu, bypassed the bomb crater and headed east, where the other team was.
Along the way, following Mello's instructions, everyone kept dodging the shells that could fall from the sky at any time.
Every time a shell exploded not far from him, Kyle would tremble with fear, secretly regretting his previous decision. Why did he stay? It would be bad to go back to his original life.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine, he can only grit his teeth and persevere.
Lin Xu was observing the ability that Mello was using at this time, which was similar to the ability of precognition.
"What kind of ability is this?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"The basic version of prophecy can predict good or bad luck. In my eyes, I can see where the probability of danger is higher next. However, this kind of prediction is only probabilistic and not very useful in battle, but it is still very useful for avoiding artillery shells in this environment. It is said that the complete version of prophecy can even predict every move of the enemy in battle, but it is a pity that the points required to exchange are also astronomical." Mello explained, and at the same time he was full of yearning for the complete version of prophecy.
"Prophecy, a very interesting ability." Lin Xu nodded.
But in Lin Xu's eyes, this is not a prophecy at all. It is clearly a deduction of what might happen in the future using a high-dimensional perspective.
Theoretically, if we can accurately understand the exact position and momentum of every atom in the entire universe, then we can theoretically predict everything that happens in the universe.
This is the legendary Laplace's demon.
Once upon a time, Lin Xu was just a part of the universe, so he had never thought about these things.
But now, from the perspective outside the universe, the so-called Laplace demon may not be impossible.
So, is it possible for the dominant civilization to use high-dimensional power to precisely control the operation of the entire universe?
Is there any connection between this and the tasks they are issuing now?
Could the battle on this planet be the key node of something happening in the future of the universe?
Just like Lin Xu once changed a key node in history, causing future cause and effect to change?
What happens on a planet may not affect the entire universe.
However, no one knows how many conquerors the dominant civilization has sent into this universe.
If so many conquerors change historical nodes one by one, what will the future of this universe become?
Lin Xu thought about this possibility seriously.
But I'm not sure yet.
Just one skill of Melo doesn't explain much.
He needed more intelligence.
