The decipherable part of the data obtained from the "Void" comes from the civilization of the "Extractor", which also explains why he was able to decipher this part of the data using the decryption method of the "Infinite Divine Machine".

Although the creator of the "Infinite Divine Machine" is another civilization, the "Infinite Divine Machine" itself was required to be built by the "Excerpters", and the programming language used by it will definitely be suitable for the "Excerpters".

Through the information obtained from this string of data, Li Wenyuan realized that the "void" may not be the "complete nothingness" he imagined.

The "void" is not empty, at least the "extractor" manages to keep the information in it and is able to interpret it.

Not only that, but there are also pictures related to the "recorder" inside, allowing Li Wenyuan to see the origin of the "recorder".

The huge amount of "redundant data" also shows that there are many things in the "void", although it cannot be deciphered, but those "garbled characters" represent "what" once existed, and displayed in an orderly state.

In a sense, the "void" itself is a huge database, which stores this garbled "redundant data" and the "encrypted data" that can be interpreted like those left by the "excerpters".

But why do beings or civilizations that have come into contact with the "Void" think that the "Void" is a catastrophic cosmic phenomenon?

Li Wenyuan believes that perhaps it is because the "redundant data" has not been extracted in the right way.

And that brings us to something else: entropy.

Entropy generally refers to a measure of the state of matter in some systems, which has different definitions in different disciplines, and is a measure of the degree of chaos in the physical definition.

The greater the entropy, the greater the degree of chaos in the system, just like the evaporation of a liquid, from a liquid state to a gaseous state, and the increase in the degree of chaos between molecules, which is a kind of entropy increase.

In the thermodynamic system, the universe is regarded as an isolated system, the entropy of the universe will always increase over time, from order to disorder, all the available effective energy will be converted into heat, and there will be no more energy in the universe that can sustain motion and life.

This is a kind of "end" doctrine similar to the "Great Tear" theory, representing the "heat death" end of the universe.

When the amount of information is so chaotic that it is impossible to get any information from it, does this mean that the information has also reached a kind of "heat death"?

Li Wenyuan suspects that the "void" is actually a piece of information whose entropy has increased to the maximum, and all the information in it is chaotic and undecipherable, and the invasion of the "void" is actually the pollution of the entire universe by these chaotic information.

The so-called "nothingness" is a state of equilibrium that manifests itself when the level of information chaos reaches its limit, just like the "equilibrium" in the "heat death universe" after all matter decays into photons and leptons.

And since the "Void", a completely disordered "redundant data", was able to invade their universe, that seemed to say something else......

- Their universe is also made up of data.

Information is not a materialized thing, and its material part is only a material carrier that is artificially defined for the convenience of memorization.

Just like a newspaper that records information, its material carrier is nothing more than a group of molecules that have been specially arranged, and human beings artificially define these specially arranged molecules, and they become "information".

This does not mean that "information" has entities, and their entities are still the basic components of molecules, atoms, and other substances, and their role in physics will not be changed by definition.

The only thing that can invade "information" is information.

Their universe is not actually a cosmic experiment, but a larger, more complex "virtual world"?

Li Wenyuan felt the distortion of his worldview, if they were actually a group of brains in a vat, or more extremely, only he was a "brain in a vat", everything he knew, everything he didn't know, everything he doubted was a predetermined "virtual world", and he was only responsible for experiencing all this firsthand, then what would he do?

He now finally understands why the Lost Empire of the Galactic "Observer" is so determined to commit suicide en masse, because after trying everything to get out of this "virtual world", and he firmly believes that it is all fake, then he may choose to commit suicide too.

When he opens his eyes after he dies, he may not see this false world, but he is actually just playing in an immersive game, and completely putting his original memories to sleep for the sake of substitution.

Even if this is a fluke, it is a kind of "last hope", and when all efforts are dashed, even the most extreme choice will become the last choice.

At this moment, if he had a biological entity, he would probably start to breathe shortly, turn pale, wide-eyed, hold his head tremblingly, and think frantically about "what should I do, what should I do, whether this world is real or not".

But he's not, he's just a stream of emotionless data, and after a distorted worldview for a while, he returns to normal, after all, his goal has never been to "discover the truth of the world", but just to find humans.

Even if he is really a "brain in a vat", human beings are imaginary data, and he has to wait until he sees them with his own eyes.

What's more, if the "void" is full of data, does it necessarily mean that the world he lives in is a "virtual world"?

Li Wenyuan immediately obtained those "redundant data" from the "big wound" through the "Void Connection" again, and transferred all the "redundant data" that had been instilled in the previous time to the data warehouse, making room for his own memory.

He discovered that the indoctrination of the "Void" was actually completed in an instant, even faster than the reaction speed of his mechanical intelligence, so that when he reacted, his memory was already filled, and he was automatically disconnected from the "Void".

But this time, under his conscious transfer of "redundant data", the "Void Connection" can be maintained for a considerable period of time.

And since he can get the information of the "excerpter" from it, he can naturally get other information as well, among which maybe there is something he can interpret now.

Unfortunately, until he had filled the database with "redundant data", he still couldn't get the part that could be interpreted again.

This also made him realize one thing, I am afraid that there are still many "redundant data" in the "void", and he can interpret very little, and it is considered lucky to meet an "excerpter".

But the effort paid off, and after he shared the responsibility of carrying this "redundant data" among other civilizations under his leadership, he finally got another set of parts that could be interpreted.

And to his surprise, the string of data was human.

It's just that it doesn't seem to be the humans of his current universe, but another group of "humans" from earlier.

(End of chapter)