This endless world

"What on earth is that-"

Looking at Yang Yun in the broken pages and Chi You confronting Yang Yun, Zheng Zha remembered everything in an instant.

But because he remembered everything, more questions arose in Zheng Zha's mind - why was Yang Yun there? Who is his enemy? What happened? These countless questions almost turned Zheng Zha's not very bright mind into a mess.

"You have a lot of things to ask."

Fortunately, Zheng Zha was not alone. There were others around him who could ask questions. The moment Dr. Manhattan's voice sounded, Zheng Zha turned his head away and asked in a tone that could almost be called "hoarse": " What on earth is going on?”

"The story begins a long time ago, and before that, I should ask you a question."

Dr. Manhattan turned his head and looked down at Zheng Zha: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

"……What did you say?"

Even though he was extremely anxious, this sudden and strange question still made Zheng Zha fall into confusion: "Is this a philosophical question?"

"No, it's not a philosophical question. If possible, I'll describe it in some simple words that you can understand."

The huge blue humanoid turned his palm slightly, and a shadow of a figure suddenly appeared in his palm, lifelike and vivid. That was Murong Ziying, whom Zheng Zha was also very familiar with, having met once in Legend of Sword and Fairy.

——Beside him, there was another white-haired man. No matter in terms of clothing, hairstyle, or attire, he was exactly the same as Murong Ziying beside him. The only difference was that this man had white hair and was obviously older. He looked Just like an older version of Murong Ziying.

"Kunlun Qionghua Sect, Murong Ziying, and the sword-wielding elder of Kunlun Tianyong City, Master Ziyin."

"Is there really Tianyong City?"

Thinking of Yang Yun's use of tiger skin as a banner in Legend of Sword and Fairy, saying that he was from Tianyong City, and his slightly narrow smile at that time, Zheng Zha suddenly understood something: "But, what is this? What do you mean? It’s just that Murong Ziying went to Tianyong City after the story ended, that’s all…”

"In your opinion, this may be so, but in my opinion, and the 'observers' of higher-dimensional existence, this is a paradox."

With that said, Dr. Manhattan didn't seem to expect Zheng Zha to answer. He just turned his palm again, and a miniature world appeared in his palm.

I saw high mountains in the world, birds singing and flowers fragrant, and the words "Tianyong City" hanging in front of the door. It was like a fairyland on earth, a holy land of fairy mountains... But the only difference was that everything in this world was extremely hazy and clearly existed. But it's like there's a layer of gauze behind it, so you can't see it clearly at all.

"Although Tianyong City is among the eight sects of Kunlun, it has never been described positively."

While Zheng Zha was wondering, Dr. Manhattan spoke again: "From my perspective, it is in a superposition of 'existence' and 'non-existence'. And when it appeared in "Sword and Fairy" a few years after the previous work, It was officially mentioned in "Xia Zhuan V", after the game called "Gu Jian Qi Tan" was formed. "

"this……"

Listening to Dr. Manhattan's words, Zheng Zha took a breath of air. Although he knows that the IP of Legend of Sword and Fairy will definitely continue to have sequels, and due to the different speed of time, it will also be known to the outside world, but Dr. Manhattan's perspective clearly puts himself at a higher level, like …

"The difference between 'setting' and 'existence'."

Having completely read Zheng Zha's mind, Dr. Manhattan spoke again. He looked at the two figures on his palms: "So, do you understand now? Which came first, the chicken or the egg."

"...Stories need to rely on characters; and characters must also play a role in the story."

Zheng Zha looked at "Murong Ziying" and "Zhenren Ziyin" in the hands of Dr. Manhattan, two identical, similar, but completely different characters, and seemed to understand something: "Without characters, no matter how good the story is, there is no way to tell it." It arises, and without relevant settings, any existence has no corresponding meaning..."

"That's it."

Dr. Manhattan nodded and acknowledged Zheng Zha's thoughts: "Back to the topic just now, the story you saw has been forcibly ended due to some force majeure...or, in other words, restarted."

"The multiverse is not an immortal existence. Even if measured by physical time, it may be concluded that its time, space, mass and energy are eternal and infinite. However, the multiverse must have its beginning and end. Breaking and reincarnation are higher dimensions. The truth is that the multiverse will repeat this process many times. One era will end and become nothing, and another era will be born soon after.”

"But this is the state of nature. Parts of the multiverse will be interfered by the so-called creators, forcibly changing the process and being forcibly "restarted" before it ends. In such restarted multiverses, the laws and regulations sometimes Completely changed, history can be written at will.”

"The failure of the multiverse to properly come to an end means that the cause and effect has not been completely settled. The cause and effect before the restart will be inherited after the restart, resulting in the reincarnation of similar characters. Such reborn people are attracted to each other, or have experienced the same Similar experiences before restarting will gradually awaken the 'virtual memories' of the previous life."

"Restart, and virtual memory..."

When Zheng Zha heard this, he immediately looked at Dr. Manhattan with a strange look. If he remembered correctly, although the story of "Watchmen" takes place in a separate universe, it is still a work of DC Comics. The earliest method of turning off "universe restart" and restarting the story came from the comic called "Crisis on Infinite Earths"...

"You are right. I have experienced 'restart' many times."

Without Zheng Zha's need to say anything, Dr. Manhattan nodded: "There are endless stories, either due to accidents or due to other reasons, that have ushered in the end and destruction. And if you choose to accept yourself before the restart with your own will, The inherited will to resist the superiors and swear to resist the endless spiral will become the seeds of the "transcendent" and gain the shining fate that will one day be on the same stage as the "Creator."

——In other words, the protagonist.

"Since there are superiors in this world who hate this world for no reason and want to distort it, there are naturally superiors who love this world deeply."

“Since there are creators who want to destroy miracles, there are also observers who want to witness miracles.”

"And this is the reason why I appear here."

The blue giant quietly stated his position. (End of chapter)