Chapter 430: Knowledge at the End (1)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Firstly, we are currently at the ‘End of Time.’ Of course, this is just an artistic term. To put it in a more ‘practical’ way, this is a ‘Quarantine Zone’ that is independent of the ‘universe.'”

“You can think of this place as a quarantine zone used to store ‘abnormal files.’ At least, that’s the ‘original purpose’ of this place.”

The ‘Professor’ slowly explained the role of the ‘End of Time’ in the ‘data universe.’ That place was different from the ‘Void,’ which was like a ‘Recycling Bin.’ It was a ‘Quarantine Zone.’

For the ‘universe’ that was similar to a computer, that was the place where all kinds of ‘risk data’ were stored. The ‘universe’ might not be able to confirm the degree of abnormality of those ‘risk data,’ so it needed to specially set up such a place to observe those ‘risk data.’

Among them, those certified as ‘non-risky’ would be thrown back into the ‘universe.’ As for those that were ‘risky,’ perhaps being thrown into the ‘Void’ was considered a not-bad option for them.

After all, for ‘Trojans’ that could potentially ruin a ‘universe experiment,’ no normal person would put them in the ‘Recycling Bin.’ The ‘File Shredder’ might be their final destination.

That seemed to resonate with the nature of the Black Hole. Perhaps the ‘Black Hole’ was a kind of ‘File Shredder’?

However, that was all in the ‘past.’ From the tone of the ‘Professor’ and Li Wenyuan’s personal experience, there had been many changes in the current ‘End of Time.’

At least that place was no longer like a ‘Tribunal.’ Otherwise, humans, who were obviously prepared to destroy the ‘experiment,’ would have been classified as ‘risk data’ and ‘cleaned up’ long ago.

“Of course, this was indeed the ‘most dangerous’ place in the past. However, everything is different after the appearance of the ‘Ring of Time.'”

“Ring of Time?” Li Wenyuan couldn’t help but get excited when he saw that they were finally on the topic of the ‘mystery’ that had been going on for a long time. He even repeated it unconsciously.

That was a feeling he hadn’t experienced for a long time after becoming a ‘data lifeform.’ That might be the influence of the physical body. Although it wasn’t ‘rational,’ it still had a different feeling.

The ‘Professor’ also directly talked about the nature of the ‘Ring of Time.’

“The ‘Ring of Time’ is the same as this place. It’s an artistic name we had for ‘Him.’ From a ‘practical’ point of view, I’m more willing to address ‘Him’ as the ‘Time Ephemera.'”

“‘He’ is like a ‘bug’ that exists in this universe. ‘He’ has appeared here at some point in time. ‘He’ has the strange nature of ‘life,’ but ‘He’ also seems to be standing outside the entire ‘world,’ unaffected by the ‘cycle.'”

“In fact, until now, we still haven’t figured out what ‘He’ is, but there’s one thing we’ve figured out. At least in the current universe, ‘He’ is the embodiment of ‘time.'”

Such an explanation sounded metaphysical. Although the concept of ‘time’ was very abstract, it was still hard to imagine that ‘time’ was defined by an ‘individual.’

The ‘Professor’ explained helplessly, “I know it doesn’t sound scientific, but one of the identities of the ‘Time Ephemera’ is indeed ‘time.'”

“In this ‘universe,’ ‘time’ is also a type of data. However, compared to the complex ‘material data’ that appears on the surface, ‘time data’ is much deeper.”

“Theoretically speaking, ‘time’ is indeed an attribute that we give to matter, but for the ‘universe,’ ‘time’ is a necessary attribute.”

“The universe needs a scale to evaluate the ‘development progress’ of the ‘data,’ and that scale is ‘time.'”

“Since it’s data, there’s room for manipulation. You can simply understand the ‘Time Ephemara’ as one of the ‘data’ that constituted the ‘underlying code’ of this universe. What you should be wondering about is how this ‘underlying code’ formed ‘life.'”

“But that brings us back to the previous problem. We don’t know where ‘He’ came from. Perhaps a certain higher dimension existence couldn’t bear to watch such an ‘experiment,’ and hence personally participated in the ‘experiment’? Perhaps the underlying code of this ‘universe’ had accumulated errors over a long period, resulting in such a ‘Time Bug’? Or are there other possibilities?”

“In short, this is one of our understanding of ‘Him.'”

“Haven’t you communicated with the ‘Time Ephemera’ before?” Li Wenyuan couldn’t help but ask.

He originally thought that since the ‘Professor’ could stay in such a place for so long, he should have a good understanding of the ‘Time Ephemera.’ But it seemed like that wasn’t the case.

The ‘Professor’ was also quite helpless about that.

“I’ve said before that this is just our understanding based on this ‘universe.’ In fact, I think that the main body of the ‘Time Ephemera’ might have come from a higher world, or simply from ‘outside,’ the same world where the existence that led this ‘universe experiment’ was from.”

“And ‘time’ is just a manifestation of ‘Him’ in this ‘universe.’ We have no way of communicating with an existence of ‘His’ level. Even the ‘nomination’ might actually be a fixed program….”