Global Collapse-Chapter 458 - 433: Gu Mian in the World_1

"Anything is possible, you know," Gu Mian said knowingly, "I've already experienced countless serendipities. What do you think is more likely: eighteen flower pots, which you've never seen before, continuously falling on your head, or your mysteriously disappeared parents leaving you a twin brother?"

Fatty pursed his lips. "I think...the latter is probably more likely."

But it might not be a twin brother, right?

Fatty's mind raced. "After all, Doctor, you don't know who your parents really are. Plus, that person who looks exactly like you clearly exists in an instance world, which is a bit strange... But then again, does that person exist only in the Death Scene instance world?"

Gu Mian watched the two ghosts in the water, who were now almost water ghosts. He stared at the two heads in the water and said, "Actually, I have a guess, but I'm not entirely sure about it."

Fatty looked at Gu Mian curiously. "What's your guess?"

Gu Mian stared into the water. "I think perhaps the instances we've entered are all in the same world?"

What? Fatty widened his eyes slightly.

Gu Mian continued, "I think those instances might all be in the same world, just scattered in different locations. If we investigate carefully, we might find information about another instance within one."

"For example, the Death Scene instance is one of the rare ones where we can use the internet. So I used Chu Changge's computer to search for Songwen Academy, and I actually found it."

Found it? Fatty's eyes widened slightly. He still remembered that Songwen Academy was the school where they played the game in the Close Your Eyes instance.

Who would have thought that one could find the location of another instance within an instance?

Fatty spoke cautiously, "Could it be a coincidence that the names are the same?"

Of course, Gu Mian had considered that possibility. "You know that when you search for a school's name on the computer, pictures appear in the search results. I've seen the pictures of Songwen Academy from the search results; it's exactly the same as the school where we played the game."

"Ah—" Fatty let out an almost inaudible sound. "That's really strange. We can find buildings from instances in the real world, and now we can also find the location of another instance within an instance. Ignoring the first point, just considering the latter suggests your guess is correct, Doctor. The instances we've entered are all within the same world. I wonder if other players have discovered this..."

"But there are also strange things," Gu Mian continued. "I've found that the worldviews of many instances clash. For example, the Death Scene instance we just passed through—its worldview is similar to the one we had before the game started: a society under the rule of law in a technological era."

"The Slaughter Game instance couldn't possibly exist under the worldview of the Death Scene instance. Furthermore, the Mr. Green word-guessing instance we experienced together, and the Sweet Lovers instance I entered solo, are both themed around variety shows. These don't fit with the worldview of the Death Scene instance, nor are they compatible with the Slaughter Game instance's worldview. And the Angel Redemption instance is primarily game-based, which also seems incompatible with the worldviews of the previous three I mentioned."

Just as Fatty was listening with wide eyes, Chu Changge, beside him, pushed up his glasses. "Indeed. Even though we could find the location from the Close Your Eyes instance within the Death Scene instance, the worldviews of all the instances we've experienced so far can't be unified. So, Gu Mian, you must have another theory."

Gu Mian nodded and said, "I speculate that the instances we enter come from several different worlds. Right now, we can at least deduce four different worldviews."

"I don't really care how many worlds there are. I'm just curious. This global game was initiated under the pretext of human evolution. However, so far, I haven't seen any obvious signs of evolution in humans. This might be related to the time frame, as only half a year has passed. But setting that aside for now... I'm rather curious about where these worlds originated."

Gu Mian stroked his chin. "If this were just a simple game, the organizers wouldn't need to divide the instances into different worlds before letting players enter. They could have simply created each instance as an unrelated minigame, like those on the minigame websites we played as kids." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"But the game went to great lengths to first categorize different worlds and then let players enter the instances. For this, I think there's only one explanation... these worlds already existed. For some unknown reason, they became instances within the game."

Fatty nodded, seeming to understand for a change. "Listening to you, Doctor, it sounds a bit like parallel worlds. Could they be several parallel worlds of Earth?"

But how did parallel worlds become a game?

Gu Mian pondered, "If they are parallel worlds, then those worlds are on the same level as ours. Our world wouldn't have the ability to turn them into a game."

Fatty frowned. "Then could they be... Low-Dimensional Worlds?"

But the instances did enhance the players' physical fitness. Can a Low-Dimensional World do that?

Seemingly sensing Fatty's thoughts, Chu Changge suddenly spoke. "Don't underestimate Low-Dimensional Worlds. Sometimes, the lower the dimension of a world, the more terrifying it can be."

Huh? Fatty looked confused.

"If it's a Low-Dimensional World..." Gu Mian suddenly pulled a book from his lab coat. It was *Second World*.

Fatty stared at the book in Gu Mian's hand. "How did you hide that in your clothes?"

Ignoring Fatty, Gu Mian looked at the book in his hand. "I guess this book is a world."