Chapter 133: The World Tree Theory (Please Subscribe and Support)

This orange-yellow crystal was none other than the piece of amber originally embedded in Hammond's cane!

Holding it in his hand and forcefully suppressing the increasingly intense desire to devour it rising in his heart, Sun Cheng looked earnestly at the amber in his hand, his eyes full of confusion.

This was a piece of amber that looked as normal as could be; perhaps because it had formed so long ago, it had completely petrified, and it felt quite cold to the touch like a gemstone, though a long drill hole at the bottom detracted from its beauty.

The amber appeared to have nothing strange about it; if one had to name something, it would be that the mosquito encased within was surprisingly large—it was likely at least half the length of an adult's finger.

After holding it in his hand and examining it carefully for a while, the confusion in Sun Cheng's eyes grew deeper; with his experience, he could naturally tell that this amber was indeed valuable, but that was all. What he couldn't understand was how it could trigger the mysterious Spherical Space within his body, causing it to constantly emit a craving to devour it?

He couldn't understand it!

So he simply stopped thinking about it!

Sun Cheng held it in his hand, and after kneading it gently for a while, he decided not to suppress that increasingly intense desire to devour any longer, actively responding to the Spherical Space within his body to see what it would do.

The next second, feeling only a slight dizziness in his head, when Sun Cheng regained his senses, he saw that he had actually entered that mysterious Spherical Space.

Directly in front, an amber the size of an adult's fist shone brightly within the Spherical Space like the Sun; it seemed as if an inexplicable pulling suction had appeared around the amber, and one could visibly see rays of light being constantly attracted and pulled out from within the amber, merging into the Spherical Space.

The next second, as if the world had been overturned and the sea and sky had changed, a wave after wave of thick, sea-blue cloud vapor suddenly surged from somewhere within the Spherical Space; that vapor constantly filled every corner of the space, and soon after filling the entire space, not only did it not decrease, but it became more and more abundant.

Gradually, sounds like glass shattering came one after another.

Unfortunately, Sun Cheng had already been completely obscured by that thick, sea-blue cloud vapor; he could only hear, but could see nothing at all.

Because of that amber crystal obtained from Hammond, the Spherical Space within his body had undergone a massive change.

This change had been occurring beyond his perception, but fortunately, it did not last too long; accompanied by a series of crackling, shattering sounds, Sun Cheng finally discovered that the thick, sea-blue cloud vapor that had obscured his senses began to fade, and after about two or three minutes, it had completely disappeared without a trace.

After everything ended, he hurriedly looked into the Spherical Space in front of him, and as soon as his gaze swept over it, he couldn't help but let out a soft cry of surprise, finally discovering the changes in this mysterious space.

Everything was different!

This was his only feeling now.

Although it was still the familiar spherical outline and the space was still emitting a faint blue glow everywhere, looking around, the area of the space, which had originally been only twenty or thirty square meters, had likely expanded by more than five or six times; not only was the field of vision broader, but the most striking change was at the center of the Spherical Space.

The three light screens that had originally stayed there had completely disappeared, replaced by a strange blue ball of light floating in mid-air; it looked to be only the size of an adult's fist, yet it gave one a strange, sacred feeling of being vast and inviolable!

Upon seeing that the two light screens that allowed him to travel freely between the two worlds had completely disappeared, Sun Cheng could not help but be greatly alarmed.

He was well aware now that everything he had gained was due to the trans-dimensional ability of this Spherical Space; if he could never return to the other world again, he would be at a huge loss!

While feeling conflicted, Sun Cheng could not help but float in front of the ball of light, staring at it intently, trying to discern some of its miraculous nature.

Unfortunately, to his disappointment, although this ball of light gave one a strange feeling, judging from its appearance alone, it was just an ordinary ball of light.

He circled around it left and right, but it never caused any change.

Just as he was feeling irritable, Sun Cheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking of how he had triggered those light screens in the past.

Immediately, he tried to use his ghostly body to reach out and touch the strange blue ball of light floating in front of him.

The moment the two touched, Sun Cheng felt a roar in his mind, and a massive amount of information surged into his mind like a tidal wave!

It felt like a year, yet it also seemed as if only a few minutes had passed.

When Sun Cheng opened his eyes again, he felt that as he looked around, every corner of this space within the sphere, which had just expanded quite a bit, was fully within his view, without a single omission.

Even the extreme edges that had originally been obscured by the sea-blue fluorescence were clearly visible as layers upon layers of bright, transparent walls, stacked densely, surrounding this mysterious space and separating it from the endless unknown outside.

"A domain? An alternate dimension?" Sun Cheng sighed deeply: "The more I know, the more I realize my own ignorance!"

Sighing was one thing, but his mood at this moment was incomparably excited and relieved.

It had been several months since he encountered the bizarre incident and discovered this strange Spherical Space within his body.

Yet for months, his understanding of this space had remained superficial, not much better than knowing nothing at all.

Not until today, after this Spherical Space was activated by that amber crystal obtained from Hammond, did he finally obtain some information regarding this mysterious space and even that piece of amber.

His gaze lingered on the strange blue ball of light in front of him for a moment, then Sun Cheng quickly moved it away and sighed softly.

"How marvelous..."

If he hadn't experienced this personally, no matter how wild his imagination was, he would never have believed the information that had just been fed back to him from this ball of light.

"The World Tree, is it..."

Muttering softly, Sun Cheng's eyes held realization, shock, and even more, panic.

Just moments ago, he had learned from the ball of light an absurd theory called the 【World Tree】, yet despite all his efforts, Sun Cheng found that he was completely unable to refute any of it; in fact, judging from his recent experiences, it only further confirmed the authenticity of this theory.

The 【World Tree】 theory posits that the world is like a great tree, unique and spanning dimensions and latitudes; only one universe is the main trunk of this tree, but there are still countless universes that exist like the branches of the tree, relying on the main trunk universe—these are parallel universes.

The 【World Tree】 theory believes that parallel universes are, strictly speaking, just the unique main universe branching out into countless possibilities due to the different choices of countless lives at countless different points in time; they rely on the main universe but follow another path to continue evolving and changing, eventually forming countless different universes parallel to the main universe.

"A thought is a universe, a grain of sand is a world?"

Carefully organizing and digesting the shocking theory he had just absorbed, Sun Cheng could not help but think of this saying.

Young people in Eastern countries rarely have religious beliefs, and he was no exception, so he naturally thought of this Zen saying.

The existence of every parallel universe is a possibility!

In the 【World Tree】 theory, in some parallel universes, the Qin Dynasty might not have ended after three generations; in some parallel universes, Cao Cao might have unified the Three Kingdoms and ascended the throne as emperor; in some parallel universes, Emperor Yang of Sui might have conquered Goguryeo and destroyed the Turks, exerting his power within the seas and becoming an emperor for the ages; in some parallel universes, perhaps the Industrial Revolution could have been started based on the Tang and Song dynasties; in some parallel universes, Zheng He's voyages to the West could have brought back thousands of bushels of pearls and ten thousand carts of gold and silver, thus starting the Age of Discovery from the East; and in other parallel universes, the Later Jin might have replaced the Ming to rule the Divine Land and survived for four hundred years without perishing, with the Han people having their fate reversed by heaven, becoming a lowly race for generations!

"... Although parallel universes represent countless possibilities, some paths can be traversed, while others are dead ends. Therefore, those parallel universes that evolve to the point where they can no longer evolve will annihilate, while those that manage to continue evolving will still, due to the overlap of evolutionary paths, eventually intersect with other parallel universes at some point in time, or merge, or be absorbed, thereby creating a new possibility..."

Sun Cheng was no fool, otherwise he could not have been admitted to the top science and engineering university in the country, so as he digested this 【World Tree】 theory, he very sensitively grasped the most critical point: "So, is the world I am in also just a parallel universe?"

That was it!

The main universe is unique and will continue to operate in an orderly manner according to its own trajectory until the day of the world's restart arrives.

But parallel universes are different; the fusion of two parallel universes is not like a math problem where 1+1=2.

There will not be two Suns in the sky, nor will the Earth have a twin brother beside it, each possessing a satellite called the Moon.

When certain parallel universes are evolved along similar paths, an invisible hand will appear behind the scenes to push the two toward cosmic fusion, using the universe with the better foundation as the base to integrate the essence of the other universe into it; then one will gain a better opportunity for evolution, while the other will rapidly head toward annihilation!

And the so-called cosmic essence is the few intelligent beings with special missions from the merged parallel universe, some unique knowledge, technology, and some mysterious, inexplicable laws!

"... This explains it; International Genetic Technologies and Hammond and the others all come from that merged parallel universe—【Jurassic Park】; Major Daqi and the Ghost Hunters might come from 【Predator】?"

As for the amber, because it was very likely an important object concerning the progress of the 【Jurassic Park】 parallel universe, it was endowed with some mysterious laws from the 【Jurassic Park】 world when the two universes merged, which is why it caused such a violent reaction in Sun Cheng's Spherical Space.

PS:

1. Apologies, the world-building in this chapter was a bit of a headache; I worked until three in the morning and still didn't finish, then had things to do during the day, so I only got it done tonight.

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