Chapter 529: Detailed Explanation of the Final Real Civilization Plan

(PS: The amount of information in these two chapters is massive, so I've combined them into one update. I'll try to resume three chapters a day by the day after tomorrow or the day after that, and then resume at least two extra updates per week after a few more days. Thank you all for your understanding and support these past few days; I'm almost back to full health!!!)

"I have about 90% of my existence left. I must reserve about 30% to send you to where my civilization is located. The remaining existence can answer three to five of your questions, depending on the depth and breadth of the information you seek."

Per looked at Wu Pifu and said, "So, what are the key questions you want to ask?"

Wu Pifu knew that this was the real deal. He didn't ask immediately, but instead said solemnly, "Reciprocity is the essence of virtue. Since you are giving your all to me and my civilization, what is it that you want?"

Per showed an appreciative expression. He paused and said, "Mutual help... that's the polite way to put it. To put it bluntly, if my civilization still exists, I pray that you can help them, provide them with 'reality,' so that my people and civilization won't be wiped out. That is the only thing I want."

Wu Pifu did not give a promise immediately. He thought for a long time before saying, "I cannot give you a promise right now. I need to observe your people and civilization first before I can decide if I can help them. However, I can promise you something else: I will not abandon them because of the dire situation they are in, no matter how grim it is. I will only consider whether to help them—or... exterminate them—based on their actions, how they conduct themselves, and whether they are truly 'human'."

This was said with absolute frankness, and crucially, Wu Pifu appeared completely righteous. Per was stunned for several seconds, then burst into laughter. "Exactly! That is the right way. When I left, my civilization still possessed morality and conscience. If even that is gone, then it deserves to vanish into nothingness. I have no objections!"

With this consensus reached, it was time for Wu Pifu to ask his questions. However, he wanted to ask so much that it was all too chaotic. Crucially, he didn't have his external brain with him in this space, so he felt a bit lost. He thought for a moment and said, "I have too many things I want to ask, but I don't know how much of your existence these questions will consume. How about this: What do you want to tell me? What information do you think is vital and must be known by me and my civilization? I leave it to you to choose for me, how about that?"

Per looked at Wu Pifu in surprise, then fell into deep thought. A few seconds later, he smiled and said, "You're quite bold. You have such a good opportunity, yet you let me choose for you? Aren't you afraid I might mislead you?"

Wu Pifu shook his head silently, saying nothing.

Curiously, while he couldn't perceive Per's emotions outside, he could vaguely sense them now that he was here, so he didn't fear that Per would deceive him.

Per stared at Wu Pifu for a long time, then laughed. "Since that's the case, I'll take the liberty... Your civilization is currently at the 1.0 Absolute Real World level. This means you and your civilization are not lacking in 'reality' and possess a vast surplus of it. You also have the 'Super-Brain,' which means your civilization has at least several powerhouses as strong as, or even surpassing, you. That's why I believe you when you say you aren't the leader of your people. This situation truly exceeds my imagination; I even suspect you are the legendary Final Real Civilization..."

Having said that, Per thought for a moment before saying to Wu Pifu, "I think I know what I should tell you. The first thing is the 'Final Real Civilization Plan.' It concerns the landscape of the entire world, the strength of various factions, their alignments, and so on..."

Wu Pifu listened attentively as Per continued in a calm tone: "The so-called Final Real Civilization Plan is a joint plan implemented by multiple civilizations a very, very long time ago. According to the explorations of my civilization, it has been in effect for at least fifty epochs."

"To this day, it is impossible to verify how many real epochs have existed. There may be countless civilizations that have fallen to the bottom or been lost halfway. My civilization's exploration discovered that there was a period when the source of pollution was not yet so rampant and insane, and most 'Roots' possessed a certain degree of rationality rather than being ignorant chaos. Below the Root level, it was not a place of absolute despair."

"During that long period, many powerful civilizations possessing Roots united. They implemented various plans: some formed coalitions to explore regions deeper than the 0.1 world, some powerful Roots sought the traces of lost civilizations and lost Roots, and others captured powerful Nightmares to modify them... In short, for a very long time, 'Root' did not mean a monster that brought despair, and civilizations existed below the Root level."

"Among these countless plans, one was called the 'Final Real Civilization Plan.' Its core was to manufacture a real civilization capable of rivaling the source of pollution. After all, reality and illusion are the two poles of the entire world. Logically, they should be able to rival each other. If the illusion underwent a drastic change and produced a source of pollution, then the reality side might also produce a similar 'Source of Reality.' This is the core of the plan."

Hearing this, Wu Pifu couldn't help but interrupt: "But how can this be done? Has there ever been such a civilization in all these epochs? I'm afraid not, otherwise the source of pollution would have been solved long ago, right?"

Per nodded in agreement. "Yes, my civilization and I thought the same back then. However, this plan was just one of countless plans by that powerful alliance. The principle was to iterate through countless cycles to screen civilizations in the real world. Then, before they were targeted by the source of pollution, information about powerful Roots and civilizations would be disseminated to them, allowing them to possess a certain degree of resistance to pollution from the very beginning, and allowing the main race of the civilization to cultivate multiple paths of extraordinary power..."

Wu Pifu interrupted again: "But how is this possible? Before being targeted by the source of pollution, the Dream World doesn't even exist. The entire world has no extraordinary power. A real civilization exists independently. Those Roots couldn't possibly disseminate information to a real civilization!"

Per was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head solemnly. "No, they could. At least some did. Through the combined efforts of many powerful and ancient Roots, they continuously disseminated information about their respective civilizations and Roots into the infinite reality side. While disseminating without the goal of pollution-based absorption, they also consumed a vast amount of 'reality.' They turned the tables and defined the real world, using their information as the underlying logic of the real world. As time went on, the real world changed accordingly... Three changes indicate that the Final Real Civilization Plan truly had an impact."

"The first change: The real world gradually shifted from multiple forms toward a 'Great Universe' structure... A long time ago, when real civilizations were at the Absolute Real level, their cosmic forms were all different: there were sacred mountain structures, tree structures, web structures, multi-void structures, crystal wall system structures, multi-layer ascension structures, and super-large flat world structures... and so on."

"But with the implementation of the Final Real Civilization Plan, the Absolute Real level gradually unified into a Great Universe structure—that is, stars, solar systems, and multi-galaxy forms. At the same time, in the Great Universe structure, trillions of life-bearing planets could appear at once. One in ten thousand would give birth to intelligent life, one in ten thousand would evolve a civilization, and one in ten thousand would evolve that civilization to a high level... Through countless iterations like this, one civilization that was most infected by the information would survive in each epoch, only to be targeted by the source of pollution and eventually fall as the real civilization of that epoch."

Having said this, Per paused again. "My civilization was a real civilization born in a Great Universe structure. Through our exploration, tracing back from my civilization's epoch, there have been at least ten consecutive epochs that were Great Universe civilizations."

"The second change: Humanoid form... Similarly, a long time ago, the main bodies of real civilizations in various epochs were not the form you and I have now. Famous ones included the Demon Clan, the Buddha Clan, the New and Old Angel Clans, the Devil Clan, the Titan God Clan... and so on. They were not humanoid. But with the iteration of epochs, more and more real civilization forms converged toward the human race. And the later the civilization, the more this was true. According to my civilization's records, tracing back ten epochs from my own, all real civilizations were humanoid."

By the time he heard this, Wu Pifu was dumbfounded. He also believed Per's claim because the Alchemy Civilization was also humanoid, and when the Alchemy Civilization was at the Absolute Real level, it was also a Great Universe worldview.

Per continued: "The third change: The later the epoch, the more abundant the information about those ancient civilizations and Roots within each civilization... Take my civilization as an explanation. Since ancient times, my civilization has had myths, legends, religious stories, folk tales, urban legends, and so on, about gods, immortals, Buddhas, demons, monsters... And when my civilization fell to the lower layers, the ancient civilizations and powerful Roots we encountered and explored were just like those myths and ghosts coming to life!"

Wu Pifu narrowed his eyes.

This had been his constant doubt. Back in the 0.9 world, he learned of the existence of the Wusheng Laomu, and later learned that this terrifying existence in the 0.2 Dream World was actually Guanyin from mythology. The more he explored the Dream World, the stronger that feeling of 'familiar yet different' became. The Seven Deadly Sins, the Buddha Realm, the Heavenly Court, Western fantasy, Eastern fantasy, elves, dwarves, goblins, demons, dragons, magic, alchemy, curses... It was as if these myths and legends were being reenacted.

Only now, from Per, did he understand the reason... All of this was because those ancient civilizations and Roots had persistently rendered information on the reality side. The birth of humans—no, Gaia humans—was just a grand experiment by these countless ancient civilizations and Roots!?"

Per bowed his head slightly. "I suspect your civilization is the Final Real Civilization because of the ultimate result of the plan... A civilization that can give birth to almost all extraordinary paths while still at the Absolute Real level, without any pollution... Your civilization's 'Super-Brain'!"

Wu Pifu opened his mouth, but Per interrupted him: "Not to mention anything else, just look at the 'Past Immutable' and 'Present Invincible' special Super-Brains you described. Do you really think they conform to the physical laws of absolute reality? Isn't 'Past Immutable' a powerful extraordinary path of the causality system? And isn't 'Present Invincible' a powerful extraordinary path of the space-time system!? As for the 'Future Infinite' you mentioned... that is an even more powerful extraordinary force that aggregates prophecy, destiny, space-time, causality, logic, and so on!"

"So... don't you really think so? Your civilization might be the Final Real Civilization!"

Wu Pifu was silent for a long time. He shook his head and said, "I don't know how to refute you, but whether it is or not, Gaia humans are Gaia humans. I, and my civilization, just want to survive. It's that simple."

Per laughed appreciatively. After a long while, he shook his head. "I haven't finished telling you the information. Having introduced the content of the Final Real Civilization Plan, now I must tell you about its side effects and dangers..."

"With the implementation of the Final Real Civilization Plan, the interval between each epoch has become shorter and shorter, the number of Nightmares has exploded, the source of pollution has become more active, and ancient civilizations and Roots have fallen into slumber one after another, or become terrifying, grotesque, and lost their rationality and intelligence. At the same time... the most terrifying thing has happened."

Per looked at Wu Pifu and said extremely solemnly: "The source of pollution has manifested in many different forms. Lost pollution..."

"... is merely the mildest form of its manifestation!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 530 =====