Did the world end today?

Chapter 118 The Secret of Pollen, and the Starship Age!

"Higher-dimensional influence is not guiding."

On the bus, Jiang Xingye sat opposite Lin Xu and said, word by word:

"I'm sure it's not a guide, it's a verification."

"I have to do the right thing first before it will tell me in a special way that I did the right thing."

"For example, I have to get to Beishan Laboratory to find out that I can find higher-dimensional passages here."

"For example, I need to see the engine ignite and test run before I know that this road is viable."

"The information I received was prior."

“Last time at Beishan Laboratory, I knew exactly when and where the high-dimensional channel appeared.”

"This time, I clearly understand the future development path of Star Travel No. 1."

"The engine is the most crucial element, because if it follows the established development path, it will crash in the first test."

"I changed the outcome of the crash, but what I could change was not the engine, but the flight control system."

"The impact I experienced was not temporary, but a one-time event."

"However, most of the information has been sealed and can only be viewed with a special key."

"And the main purpose of unlocking is not for guidance."

Its purpose is to increase possibilities!

Jiang Xingye spoke faster and faster, and his palms began to burn.

Lin Xu gently patted the back of her hand, comforting her as he said:

"Take your time and don't rush."

"I'm listening, don't worry, I can understand."

Jiang Xingye took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

The look in her eyes as she gazed at Lin Xu carried an indescribable tenderness, and Lin Xu even felt a slight sense of bewilderment and panic when he met her gaze.

It was as if Jiang Xingye was about to do it to him right there.

No, aren't we talking about higher-dimensional influence?

What does that sudden expression and look in his eyes mean?
He wanted to speak, but Jiang Xingye raised his hand instead.

"Wait a minute, let me catch my breath."

"I need to think about how to tell you."

Jiang Xingye closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time before finally opening them again.

Then, she said to Lin Xu, word by word:
"Lin Xu, we're bound together."

"Because you chose me from all the worlds."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu stared in astonishment.

"You chose me from all the worlds"?
Wait, isn't there something wrong with this statement?
Shouldn't it be "You from all the worlds chose me"?

He looked at Jiang Xingye, about to speak, when Jiang Xingye spoke first:
"I know what you want to ask."

"You want to ask, why not 'all the worlds of you chose me,' right?"

???

Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

"No, this high-dimensional channel even transmits this kind of information?"

"of course not!"

Jiang Xingye glared at Lin Xu, then said:

"I guessed that based on your thought process!"

".Reasonable."

Lin Xu gave an awkward smile, coughed, and asked:
"So what? So what does this sentence actually mean?"

"The meaning is very simple."

Jiang Xingye straightened up slightly, a gesture that indicated he was about to get down to business.

"Because you, this butterfly, are not conveying information to me through a higher-dimensional channel, but rather possibilities."

"Everything you transmit is in a state of information entropy that is close to a superposition. Only when it triggers a certain observation effect will it collapse into specific information."

“You did not send a message to me, to the only me in front of you.”

"You have conveyed the same possibility to me in all my worlds!"

"However, because of the different choices I make in different worlds, different development paths will be triggered."

"So now do you understand?"

"Butterflies, pollen, killer bees—let's leave killer bees aside for now."

"However, the role of pollen is clear."

"The role of pollen is not the 'backup' you mentioned before, but rather... acceleration."

"My purpose is to ensure that you have a relatively mature starting condition when you arrive in any world."

"Because your time in the other world is also limited, you need sufficiently mature conditions to allow you to gather information as quickly as possible, right?"

".right."

Lin Xu let out a long breath.

At this point, he finally understood the connection between the butterfly, pollen, and killer bee.

Similarly, the logic behind how killer bees find pollen is quite obvious.

"Interaction with the world".

When pollen begins to receive or unlock the influence of higher-dimensional channels, the collapse of information entropy will inevitably cause changes in the world.

This change is without a source.

In theory, killer bees can easily find pollen by relying on their influence to chase this sourceless change.

Because, in most parts of the world, Jiang Xingye probably wouldn't be in the classified sequence.

Just like twenty years later in the world of the bracelet, instead of establishing cooperation with the authorities, she became a target of their pursuit.

Lin Xu kept wondering how this kind of thing happened.

If I did indeed convey the information to her, how could I not tell her the most efficient and profitable path?

This is the reason.

The path they are conveying is not a standardized one.

As for why.
Because even they themselves don't know which path is right.

One must rely on pollen to pave the way, and must use these "randomly dropped" pollens to depict and change worlds, so as to obtain the most complete result under all possibilities.

"I understand."

Lin Xu stared intently at Jiang Xingye and said:
"You have worked hard."

"We've worked hard."

A smug smile appeared on Jiang Xingye's face as she secretly pinched Lin Xu's hand hard with her fingernail.

Lin Xu grimaced, but then suddenly asked:
"So how do you know my time is limited? Is that information also derived from the collapse of time?"

"Not this one."

Jiang Xingye shook his head.

"Because if you had the 'rebirth attribute' of a killer bee, and experienced decades or centuries of living in other worlds..."

"You wouldn't be the stupid person you are now."

".Reasonable."

Lin Xu leaned back in his chair and then asked:
"So which one do you choose? Me at hundreds of years old, or me at 24?"

"I chose you when you were one year old, and I'll pick up sheep droppings and feed them to you like candy."

Jiang Xingye rolled his eyes at Lin Xu, and then said:

"Now let's get back to the most crucial question."

"You want that node, not the spaceship launch."

“It won’t take that long.”

"The real turning point is when the overall design scheme is finalized."

"Right now, there are only two that haven't been finalized."

"Flight control system and engine."

"I will solve the flight control problem."

As for the engine

"This engine is not yet finalized. As you just saw, during the testing process, the combustion chamber was reported to have material creep."

“I think you can ask Xu to solve this problem; he has the ability.”

"And this process will be very quick!"

Four days later, at Lin Xu's residence.

He lay quietly on the bed, raising his hand to look at the numbers on his wristband.

It was a flashing "4".

After two days of rest, the number on the bracelet finally returned to "4".

This means that he has at least three opportunities to enter the world of the bracelet.

But in reality, he only needs two times now.

A farewell, a beginning. He closed his eyes slightly and exhaled softly.

Immediately afterwards, he touched the bracelet, and his consciousness was drained.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in that familiar world.

"So you mean, the entire human world only has one hour left?"

Qi Yuan's voice reached his ears. Looking at the skull mask on his face, Lin Xu shook his head and reached out to grab it off.

Then, he spoke:
"Qi Yuan".

"Your wife's name is Su Yuchen, and she currently lives in a villa at a meditation center on the Thai-Myanmar border, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the skull stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

He looked at Lin Xu warily and asked:
"who are you?"

Why are you investigating me?

How do you know where my wife is? What do you intend to do to her?

"Don't be so nervous."

Lin Xu raised his hand to interrupt Qi Yuan, and then said:

“I’m from the Coast Guard. I’m investigating your wife only to ensure her safety.”

"She's currently under the control of some forces, but don't worry, I'll save her."

As he spoke, Lin Xu got out of the car.

He approached a passerby and politely "borrowed" the bracelet from him.

He then spent 4 minutes and 20 seconds contacting Bai Mo and asking her to initiate a full mobilization.

This time, however, Lin Xu did nothing else.

He simply asked Bai Mo to organize the meeting and wait at the Zhongshan Sanatorium.

Then, send out another maritime security team to rescue Qi Yuan's wife.

After the order was given, Lin Xu led the skull all the way to Zhongshan Sanatorium.

The car was still driving very fast. When Lin Xu walked into the conference room that had been prepared in advance, the holographic projection in the conference room showed that the raid on Su Yuchen's villa by the Coast Guard team had just ended.

Looking at Bai Mo, who seemed slightly bewildered and unsure of what to do, Lin Xu casually said:
"We should have an aircraft carrier strike group on combat readiness duty nearby."

"Send a few planes and bomb the area around the villa."

“Someone has organized more reinforcements, and the few Coast Guard members we have now can’t stop them.”

"clear."

Bai Mo turned and relayed Lin Xu's order, while Lin Xu took off the bracelet he had borrowed and handed it to the skull, then said:

"Find a place and call your wife."

"Tell her that everything she saw before was real, that higher dimensions really exist, and that the end of the world really does exist."

"Most of the time, she was right."

"She was simply misunderstood, or perhaps she was simply influenced by a higher dimension, which made her unlike herself."

The skull took the bracelet blankly and nodded slowly.

But in that instant of turning around, he suddenly realized something and asked Lin Xu:

How much time do we have left?

Lin Xu glanced at the time and replied:
"43 minutes."

"43 minutes until the world is destroyed."

"clear."

The skull turned and left, while Lin Xu sat down next to Bai Mo.

At this moment, Bai Mo seemed to have seen through everything.

She turned around and looked quietly at Lin Xu, asking in a slightly low voice:
"How many times is this?"

"Can not remember."

Lin Xu shook his head slightly, while Bai Mo continued to ask:
"So, there's really no hope left? You have to give up?"

"give up?"

Lin Xu was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head.

"No, it's not about giving up."

"I have obtained all the necessary information from this world and am about to begin the next phase of the world."

"The world has been completely drained of information, you all."

Lin Xu originally wanted to say, "You can't help me anymore," but after the words had circulated in his mind, they came out as a more solemn statement.

"Your mission is complete."

"You in this world have completed your mission."

Bai Mo nodded slowly upon hearing this.

She had been breathing heavily, but in that instant, her breathing suddenly became steady.

She gently tapped the armrest of the wheelchair and remained silent for a long time, as if she wanted to ask something but didn't know where to begin.

It wasn't until half a minute later that she spoke and asked:
So, did we do a good job?

"I mean, when we arrived in this world before you, did we do well?"

Lin Xu nodded.

"It's the best I've ever seen."

"That's good."

Bai Mo suddenly laughed.

She reached out with some difficulty and patted Lin Xu on the shoulder.

"Don't be sad, don't be pessimistic."

"The farewell is temporary. One day, we will meet again in a better world."

"Our mission is complete, but yours is not yet over."

"We must keep going, keep moving forward."

"Until those who cross this world cross the insurmountable barrier."

"I see."

Lin Xu nodded again. He was about to speak, but Bai Mo didn't give him the chance.

"So you came here just to say goodbye? If there's no other purpose, it seems a bit of a waste, doesn't it?"

"No waste."

Lin Xu shrugged and replied:

"It's not just about saying goodbye. There's something I've always forgotten to ask—of course, not that I forgot, it's just that it wasn't a high priority."

"So today, I'm going to get to the bottom of this."

"what's up?"

Bai Mo looked at Lin Xu curiously and asked.

"I want to ask you when your health started to deteriorate, what the specific reasons were, and whether there was any chance to prevent it?"

"I don't know."

Bai Mo shook his head and replied:
"What is certain now is that I cannot have an MRI, cannot be near strong magnetic fields, and perhaps cannot be near gravitational anomalies."

"In short, I cannot get close to anything that could cause fluctuations in the four fundamental forces."

"understood."

Lin Xu seemed to be deep in thought.

"Therefore, you can no longer approach the higher-dimensional passage."

"I'll pay attention to it in the future."

"Thank you."

Bai Mo smiled gratefully, then asked:
"So, is the me in that world useful?"

Lin Xu nodded and replied:
"A mainstay."

"That's good."

Bai Mo breathed a long sigh of relief.

"That's settled then, 36 minutes left."

"If you have nothing else to say, tell me about the new world you're about to enter."

"I've never been to that new world either."

Lin Xu leaned back, tilted his head back, and then turned to Bai Mo.

"But we can guess."

Thirty-five minutes later, Qi Yuan, the skull-faced man, walked into the conference room and sat down next to Lin Xu and Bai Mo with a relieved expression.

Thirty-six minutes later, a white light descended, and the world of the bracelet was destroyed.

Lin Xu returned to reality.

Half an hour later.

At 10:00 AM on June 6, 2025, the second ground test of the YF-025 engine was completed, and the engine was finalized.

Lin Xu entered the world of the bracelet once again.

This time, when he opened his eyes, what greeted him was...
A dazzling galaxy!
(End of this chapter)