For the memories of the Paradise of the Past, this was indeed a fresh shock, and for Kiana and the others, they also got a good exercise. After all, the battle with Fang Zheng was too unchallenging. Basically, once Fang Zheng attacked, they could only wait for death. The only difference was who could hold on longer.

To put it bluntly, when they were fighting Fang Zheng, the only thing they were inspired by was the desire to survive, not the desire to win...

Of course that's not possible.

This is one of the reasons why Fang Zheng chose the Paradise of the Past. Although the desire to survive can indeed improve strength, it is not good if you always lose. Players are not masochists, so what's the big deal about always losing?

It would be better to adjust the difficulty level for them.

On the other hand, Fang Zheng also held a meeting with Einstein and others, gathering the results of research scholars from the last era and this era such as Cang Xuan, Dan Zhu, Einstein, and Tesla, as well as the information obtained from the people in the sky, to have an in-depth understanding and discussion of the entire collapse and the nature of the world.

After repeated discussions, the two sides gradually reached a consensus.

"So, the current keywords are the quantum sea, the imaginary tree, and collapse."

Fang Zheng stared at the meeting minutes in front of him, then looked at the four people in front of him.

According to the conclusion reached after everyone discussed it, this world was originally a world of quantum sea, and then a tree sprouted. It thrived in the quantum sea, absorbing the power of the quantum sea, and these powers made the tree grow slowly, and then bear fruit.

This is the tree of imaginary numbers, or you can just call it the world tree.

And what blossomed and bore fruit was the civilized world.

But, there is a limit.

As we all know, there is such a phenomenon in horticulture that most fruit trees produce far more flowers than fruits. If there are too many flowers and fruits, the nutrients will not be in sufficient supply, which will affect the normal development of the fruit, resulting in the fruit not being mature enough, and even weaken the fruit tree itself, making the tree vulnerable to diseases and pests.

Therefore, fruit farmers will artificially remove some excess flowers and young fruits to ensure that the fruit trees can produce high-quality fruits and continue to produce high yields.

If we understand it from this perspective, then the Honkai consciousness is equivalent to a "fruit farmer" who is responsible for removing excess flowers and fruits for the Imaginary Number Tree to ensure that the Imaginary Number Tree can grow healthily and continue to produce high yields.

So the next question is, how to judge whether a "fruit" is worth keeping?

This obviously does not meet sufficient standards, but the records of the people in heaven gave Fang Zheng and others another perspective on this matter - that is, to seize nutrients from other worlds and strengthen themselves.

According to the records of the people in the sky, when a fruit is ripe enough, it will fall off the tree of imaginary numbers and become an independent and complete world. It can even fall into the sea of ​​quantum and become the second world tree. This is one of the reasons why the people in the sky attack and plunder the collapse energy of other civilizations. They hope to strengthen their own world in this way, and eventually let it "ripen and fall off" one day, and then form a new world in the sea of ​​quantum.

However, there is a problem with this theory, which is...

"If this theory is true, then your world should also be attacked by Honkai."

Einstein raised this question. After all, if this theory is true, then the world Fang Zheng and his friends are in should also be the fruit of a world tree. However, the world Fang Zheng was in before did not encounter any disasters like this world.

"This is just a theory. If we want to put it into practice, we still have to go to the quantum ocean again to observe the tree of imaginary numbers."

Fang Zheng spread his hands.

"This is not difficult for me, after all, it is just a simple dimensional upgrade, but for you... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

"It's just..."

Tesla's eyes widened when he heard this, and he almost didn't complain.

It is impossible for low-dimensional creatures to observe the high-dimensional world. This is an iron rule. The two-dimensional world cannot observe the three-dimensional world, and the three-dimensional world cannot observe the four-dimensional world. Perhaps it can be "speculated" through calculations and certain formulas, but you can never observe it with your naked eyes.

Of course, there are ways around this.

For example... the last Ancient God Buff or something.

Assuming that the Imaginary Number Tree really exists, then using normal means, I am afraid that humans will never be able to truly see it in their lifetime. Because a tree that can give birth to countless worlds must be located in a higher-dimensional world. What humans can find is only the projection of the Imaginary Number Tree in this plane, not the tree itself.

Just like no matter how hard people on paper try, they can’t interfere with the existence in the real world.

The only one who can do this is Fang Zheng himself. After all, strictly speaking, his current appearance can be regarded as a shadow projected from a higher-dimensional world, and it is of the same origin as the tree of imaginary numbers. Therefore, only Fang Zheng can travel between higher and lower dimensions at will, and no one else has this ability.

But there is a way, which is to create a similar hyperspace tunnel, elevate it to a high-dimensional space in a short period of time, and then observe the low-dimensional space.

But... Fang Zheng doubted whether their SAN value would be directly reset to zero if they were allowed to do so.

After all, the essence of the ancient gods' blessing is to grant the ability to observe higher-dimensional space.

And basically anyone who has this ability... is crazy.

If this assumption is true, then they do have a way to solve the collapse problem currently facing humanity.

That is - transplanting and planting.

If each world is really a fruit, then the best thing to do is to pick it, take it away, and throw it somewhere in the quantum ocean to let it grow.

In this way, the world itself will grow from a seed into a world tree. As the main absorber of nutrients, there is naturally no need to worry about the arrival of collapse.

The prerequisite is that Honkai only targets this world tree, otherwise Fang Zheng can only destroy the fruit farmer's house.

If these assumptions are true, then the next problem everyone will face is another difficult one.

That is – how to deal with the other fruit worlds on the same branch.

Nutrients are something you have but I don't. Otherwise, the people in the sky wouldn't have been so determined to seize the power and collapse energy of those civilized worlds. Einstein and Tesla didn't want to follow the old path of the people in the sky, destroying other civilized worlds and seizing energy to maintain their own world, but ideals are beautiful and reality is cruel. There were also differences among the people on how to do this.

Cang Xuan believed that they should hurry up and expand this world, and then wait until this world matures before letting Fang Zheng take it away and plant it somewhere else in the Quantum Sea.

However, Danzhu thought this method was too slow. She believed that they should take the initiative to find "evil civilizations" like the People in Heaven and then eradicate them - after all, since there is a People in Heaven, there will be a second one. By absorbing the energy of these aggressive civilizations, on the one hand, they can strengthen their own world, and on the other hand, they can weaken the dangers faced by other weaker worlds.

Einstein is considering a comprehensive transformation of the entire world. In her opinion, the safety of this world is the most important. If the Honkai consciousness cannot be eliminated, then no matter what they do, it will be in vain, so Einstein believes that they should strengthen themselves first, even if it means sacrificing one or two world fragments.

Her reason was very simple. Those fragments of the world were just fragments and did not have the ability to grow into fruits. Even if left alone, they would wither and die one day. It would be better to recycle them.

Tesla thought that the culprit was the Honkai consciousness. She insisted that the Honkai consciousness should be killed first, and then discuss how to preserve the survival of this world. Instead of thinking about strengthening oneself in the current crisis situation - after all, it is just a speculation that the Honkai consciousness is a gardener. What if it is not a gardener, but a thief hiding in the orchard waiting to steal the fruit?

Everyone held their own opinion and no one could convince anyone else. In the end, they all looked at Fang Zheng.

"Yuuki, it's up to you to decide. What are you going to do?"

Tesla asked unhappily, while Fang Zheng stroked his chin and thought about it.

"I think... we can first divide the main goals and secondary goals, and then complete them one by one... In this regard, I agree with Tesla's opinion. We don't know whether the Honkai consciousness itself is a fruit farmer or a thief, but what is certain is that it poses a threat to the world. Therefore, eliminating the Honkai consciousness is still the top priority at the moment. As for other aspects, we can slowly study them in the process."

Having said this, Fang Zheng stood up.

"Actually, I have a way to have the best of both worlds."

Looking at the four girls in front of him, Fang Zheng spoke.

"A way to have the best of both worlds?"

"That's right. During this period of time, the Honkai consciousness should not dare to attack this world again, at least before it is sure that I will not invade it again. We can take this opportunity to open the passage to the Quantum Sea, and then follow our branch to find the trunk of the Imaginary Number Tree. If I guess correctly, the Honkai consciousness should be hiding in the Imaginary Number Tree. In this process, we should be able to encounter several world bubbles, and we can determine our final approach by observing their development."

Having said this, Fang Zheng also spread out his hands.

"And I can also find a way to return to our world during this process. What do you think? I think this is a good proposal."