Chapter 745: Chapter 15: Lostbelt—Moon Sea Ascension True Country (Part 3)
"Of course they know this, but they also said it might be an autonomous machinery crisis..."
Sakura showed a slight smile, coughed a few times, and cleared her throat, then spoke quite seriously.
This idea isn’t exactly far-fetched, but it’s indeed a possibility. Since there aren’t many people left on the ground, only autonomous machinery and synthetic golems are at work—
So when the Earth-Moon flight suddenly halted operations unilaterally, suspected to have been attacked and lost contact, it’s only natural for people to think of it in terms of an artificial intelligence crisis, right? After all, it’s not like we’ve been attacked by aliens, is it?
Moreover, although an autonomous machinery crisis has never occurred in history, there have been several instances of such potential budding signs.
The Empire has always been impressive in creating entertainment in this regard, from classic novel formats to the nostalgic era of old 4D movies or games, and even to the latest virtual reality creations based on the pseudo-spiritual network...
That is to say, in terms of materializing imagination, there’s never a shortage of creative endeavors.
If it weren’t for the significant breakthroughs on major projects based on the "anomalized parallel domain" in recent years, and the great progress the Empire has made in the summoning ceremony, allowing ancient heroes to be called forth, igniting a wave of fervent excitement across the nation, the theme of an autonomous machinery crisis would still be very popular...
Of course, it’s still quite popular now.
Primarily because the creative wave around stories of ancient heroes seems to be waning in the past few years.
After all, many heroic myths and epic legends are well-known, and recreating them exactly as they are without any change is pretty dull. If one wants to artificially embellish and add some clichés, one must realize one thing.
The protagonists in those tales might be summoned or already summoned—
Even just replaying their stories exactly as they were doesn’t necessarily mean these ancient heroic spirits would be willing to authorize it, let alone dramatically alter their life experiences. Such as creatively giving Sun Wukong a few Fairy girlfriends, probably few can completely disregard such a re-creation.
That’s precisely why there have been many lawsuits over such matters in recent years...
Because stepping into such a big trap has indeed dragged down some gigantic enterprises with astronomical compensation fees, no matter how glorious the series they created was, or how popular the gold-mix games based on such themes were... whatever they swallowed, they had to spit it out with blood and teeth.
Subconsciously glancing at the Rider in front of her, Sakura couldn’t help but think randomly in her heart.
Her acquaintance with Rider was a coincidence, but she also knows very well who the other party is, seemingly one of the earliest ancient "rare people" to be summoned...
"That’s impossible either, but anyway, you’ll all know soon..."
Rider sighed and seemed to be troubled by the recent incidents: "It’s not just about the Earth-Moon route being cut off. We’re facing an unprecedented crisis, possibly losing Earth."
Losing... Earth?
Seeing the expression on the violet-haired girl freeze for a moment, Rider continued to comfort:
"But don’t worry, Sakura, there won’t be any problems... A hundred years ago, His Majesty had already made the response, moving the entire country to reside on the Moon. At that time, many might not have understood, but now it only proves His Majesty’s decision was correct."
This was a troublesome shock, even a disaster—
But it was something accurately foreseen as early as a hundred years ago, even earlier, and preparations had long been in place.
Sakura was slightly stunned and immediately recalled the discussions about the Second Ascension Era in the history books.
The First Ascension Era, five hundred years ago, opened the Chapter of human prosperity and a new technological era. An unprecedented gigantic Empire completely integrated everything known in the world, uniting all under one banner, bringing everything within its territory.
And the Second Ascension Era, the collective migration to the Moon pushed by the emperor, took place a hundred years ago.
The entire True Country ascended from the ground to the Inner Sea of the Moon...
This was naturally another ascension era; however, compared to the first ascension era, the second was met with mixed reviews, many couldn’t understand and strongly opposed it at the time... After all, Earth was viewed as a far superior home compared to the Moon.
The Moon can be colonized, can be a second home.
But a complete national ascension with no alternatives seemed too poorly considered, and naturally, many couldn’t comprehend it.
Moreover, the Empire of "Ming" implies the union of heaven and earth, brightness of the sun and moon, overseeing and illuminating the land. Wherever sun and moon shine, mountains and rivers reach, all are Han soil. It was the first Only True Country to unify humanity... suddenly moving to the Moon was something citizens could not accept emotionally.
But ironically, the decision was made by the highest authority.
No matter how fierce the opposition was then, it couldn’t ultimately change the situation.
Thanks to the highly advanced technology and Immortal Technique, the Sea of the Moon has become another artificial paradise, but this historical event was recorded and there have been criticisms up to this day... Yet now, listening to Rider, it seems it was all in preparation for this day?
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Meanwhile—
"How are the compiled phenomena and pruned phenomena of this Dungeon World defined exactly? And what causes these two situations?"
With such questions, the black-haired, white-robed figure quietly stood atop a Giant Tower, overlooking the giant city below, eyes seemingly piercing through layer after layer of integrated vertical structures, seeing Makoto Sakura and Rider in conversation, a doubt arising in mind.
"Is there a sort of transcendent will existing within the universe itself, capable of deciding which records to prune? Constantly building this tree known as time?"
Anomaly Zones are hypothetical premises using "IF" lines, assuming history veered in a completely different direction at one point and continued to the present day world line.
Anomaly depth is related to the growth condition of the Imaginary Tree.
The higher the maturity of the Imaginary Tree, and the deeper the roots, the greater the anomaly depth, and the more severely this Anomaly Zone’s history diverges from Pan-Human History.
When an Anomaly Domain appears, it’s a sudden and strange phenomenon from Pan-Human History’s perspective, but for those within the Anomaly Domain, history had continued from ancient times to "now", with no blank gaps, and records are unequivocally realistic.
This is a setting known to Gu Mo, and after making his decision, he’s mentally prepared.
——This will be yet another long dungeon conquest...
——He needs to traverse a journey of five hundred years from nothing...
But this doesn’t count for much; with a genuinely Immortal perspective and mindset, he doesn’t take a mere five hundred years seriously.
However——
"Five-minute world hypothesis?"
Gu Mo placed his hand on his chin, looking thoughtful.
The world line of the Anomaly Domain was born five minutes ago, including all human memories and historical evidence created five minutes ago, emerging from a segment of records, directly turning possibility into definite reality... If it weren’t for his particularity, using self from other dimensions as a reference—
Perhaps, he too would’ve thought that all memories, all history...
Were events he genuinely experienced through.
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(PS: Sorry, that’s all for today. I’m really bushed, and I feel like I’m getting heatstroke; my eyes went blurry when moving the desk and bed upstairs this afternoon. There’s no way to install air conditioning yet. After finally sitting down, the only old fan broke down after a short squeaky spin... I really...)
