Chapter 912: SCP-C-3999

Having traveled through the vast space-time and experienced a long journey of at least 13.7 billion years, this information, as ancient as the universe, finally reached the hands of the recipient.

Looking at the message in Alice's terminal, the viewers' hearts were surging, and their emotions were varied.

They were both overjoyed at the rebirth of the universe.

And deeply regretted that Alice and Christina no longer remembered their past feats, with a faint sorrow intertwined in their hearts.

At that time, in the previous cosmic era, this pair of partners faced the haze of the end of the world, joined hands to embark on a heroic journey to save the world, experienced thousands of hardships, experienced sacrifice and parting, and finally restarted the universe, bringing new life to the deceased sentient beings.

This achievement was enough for them to lie on the book of merit and live a fairy-tale life.

But in the world after the rebirth, who still remembers this story and knows that the universe once had such an absurd and ridiculous apocalyptic scenario?

The Foundation might deduce this story.

If they developed a parallel space-time jump device in the near future and started experiments.

Perhaps one day, the cross-space-time AG-99 could tell humans that 13.7 billion years ago, in the previous cosmic era, there were once two girls who had a final journey of salvation in the apocalypse.

The Foundation might deduce this story, or use AG-99 to restore the full picture of the event in the near future.

But that was more of a story.

Rather than an apocalypse that once made all mankind feel pain and had a skin-deep pain.

Alice and Christina would also not remember the days and nights spent on the ice sheet, in the ruins, and in the coniferous forest.

Memory is a precious wealth; since the cognition and self-positioning of "153" sprouted, it is the proof that "I" once existed, and also the anchor point for "I" to connect with the world.

Only.

Did they in the previous life really want them in the next life to inherit those old memories?

Hard to say.

Maybe both willing and not so willing.

What they were willing to inherit was their cognition of the apocalypse, that spirit, and the friendship developed in the apocalypse.

What they were unwilling to inherit was the memory of suffering in the apocalypse, that anxiety of not knowing if they would see tomorrow, and the despair and sadness buried deep in their hearts.

But how should these two be separated?

They were each other's surface and interior, finely woven together, and finally constructed Alice and Christina who passed through the "Storm Wall."

Cannot abandon one and leave the other alone.

Or perhaps.

They wanted to let this tragic wish, along with the apocalypse, be forgotten as the universe collapsed and extinguished.

And leave the beautiful blessings and gorgeous colors to the new world.

"Moving."

"Restarting the universe is the destiny among thousands of futures, and it is also a miracle in the journey of the two."

"If there is still time after the end, please don't forget us."

"At the end of all things, in the center of the universe, carrying all the emotions and expectations of the old universe, creating the next world... suddenly thought of a passage: 'When I was young, I felt that such incomprehensible things were suspicious. But now, I understand, actually no one has any malice. The universe is like this, and we are the same'."

"We must understand that love is not something invented by humans. It has always existed and is very powerful, allowing us to perceive its existence across the dimensions of time and space. Perhaps we should believe in it, even though we cannot truly understand it yet."

"Heaven is the boundary between life and death, and also the destination of all happiness. Since heaven is about to fall. Then let us cross heaven and create new stories."

"Every journey has an end, whether it is the girls' journey in the apocalypse or their journey to save the world, they have all ushered in their respective endings."

"Even if the future is already destined, in the present when the future has not yet arrived, every choice made has its unique meaning; no one is a slave to fate, no one is now, and no one will be in the future."

……

Afterward, the players began to discuss some more realistic issues so that their "Foundation Big Game" experience could be simpler.

"So, in the case of uneven time radiation density, besides the 'Messenger Project,' what other methods are there to break through the barriers of communication?"

"Actually, the Foundation has already put the answer on the table—space teleportation. But it's also quite magical; the Foundation has pointed out this technology, but hasn't pointed out the super-distance communication technology,"

"There is still a lot of information that hasn't been explained, such as the principle of the Great Fading, the principle of the Great Rain, how space teleportation accelerated the progress of the apocalypse, why a paradox can exist stably..."

"Since it can't be explained, then leave it to the omnipotent 'Abnormality'... But conversely, if the Foundation really had a theoretical explanation for these, the apocalypse would be solved."

"Well, the 'Messenger Project' only sounds high-end, and the Foundation is a bit unprofessional. The prototype of this thing appeared in the ancient times of many civilizations—'Post Station'."

"Finally someone thought the same as me, 'Post Station'... The Foundation should have started building a fast transportation network when they realized that there was a difference in the flow of time, even if time and materials were not enough to build a new rail transit network, they should at least have prepared more off-road vehicles..."

"Are you talking about 'Death Stranding'?"

"Enjoy, very enjoy!"

"Is he a genius?"

"Can't say it's exactly the same, can only say there is no difference."

"'Death Stranding' with extra time radiation, not delivering packages everywhere, but restarting the universe with beautiful girls."

……

Amidst the discussion and emotion, the screen faded, and lines of text emerged.

【The ██th Parallel Space-Time Jump Experiment Report】

【Experiment Time: ██ Year █ Month █ Day】

【In the ██th parallel space-time jump experiment, we accidentally discovered a parallel universe whose historical trend is basically consistent with ours, but with huge deviations in many details.】

【This universe has a Foundation, but its oath is fundamentally different from all our known versions; upon observation, the behavior patterns of the SCPs in that universe have also changed greatly.】

【It seems that the "Abnormality" in that universe is a special existence engraved with "Love and Peace" instructions.】

【And we cannot explain this phenomenon.】

【Through the "Adita Project," we exchanged opinions with colleagues in the Thaumaturgy parallel universe; they were also curious about our findings and hoped to participate in our research.】

【With the authorization and help of the "Administrator," we worked together to build a new observation device and found that the universe has quite serious space-time anomalies.】

【Obviously, the space-time structure of this universe has been artificially changed.】

【After a series of calculations and inferences, we speculate that in the previous cosmic era of this universe, there existed a super civilization capable of mobilizing the energy of the entire universe.】

【The super civilization conducted some kind of crazy experiment to break through the limitations of the universe, distorted the space-time structure, and indirectly caused the universe to collapse and explode.】

【Based on this inference, we adjusted the time point of the jump and decided to go to before the big bang of that universe.】

【To avoid accidents, we carried out large-scale upgrades and modifications to AG-99.】

【AG-99·Modified can maintain its own existence for a short time even if it falls into a singularity, and return safely.】

【Fortunately, we succeeded.】

【But we did not observe the super civilization, nor did we find traces that could be interpreted as ruins, but instead discovered a series of abnormal phenomena. See Appendix 1.】

【……】

【After a series of observations of the cosmic landscape, we discovered a terrifying fact:】

【The universe of the previous cosmic era and the universe of this cosmic era have basically the same cosmic microwave background radiation; we found galaxies suspected to be the Milky Way.】

【All theories cannot explain this phenomenon.】

【Why would the universe born after the collapse and big bang be basically consistent with the universe of the previous cosmic era.】

【This is too ridiculous!】

【……】