Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Five

The prime minister's residence and mansion seem to be unscathed at first glance, presumably the earthquake-resistant structure has played an effect, but the most important thing, perhaps, is that it is built on a high place, so it was not flooded. "It's amazing, not even a single piece of glass is broken." Rong Meizi said looking up at the entire glass wall. "This is the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism—it should be said that it is a proud building of the former Ministry of Construction." Toda responded. "Hopefully the generating equipment is not damaged either."

"Looking at the situation, it should be good. The solar cells are unexpectedly durable, and I heard that there are also fuel cell devices here." Xiaofeng turned to Rong Miko. "There should also be kitchen utensils that use electricity. Finally, I can eat hot food that I haven't seen for a long time." But his statement went unanswered.Of course, Fuyuki thought to himself.When they heard the word eat, everyone couldn't help but think of Taiyi.No, even if you don't hear that word, everyone's mind will definitely be occupied by his memories.He was sucked into the deep hole, it was just a few tens of minutes ago, Asuka and Cai Meimei were still red-eyed, and Wei Young, who was burdened by Chengya, was still in tears.

If Makoto hadn't inspired everyone, everyone would still be stuck in that place.Even Fuyuki didn't even have the strength to stand up.In this case, they were still able to move towards the mansion because of Makoto's meaningful words. This world was created to rationalize mathematical paradoxes──Makoto said so at the time. When Fuyuki asked him what that meant, Makoto shook his head. "I can't explain it here now, I'll talk about it when I go to the official residence." "Why do we have to go to the official residence?" Fuyuki asked again. "Because I also learned about it at the official residence, and all the secrets are there. The reason why I suggested that everyone go to the official residence is not only to survive, but also because I think that is the best place to let everyone know the truth. I also I thought about hiding it from everyone, but in the end I decided that hiding it was unforgivable."

Honestly, I didn't give any more detailed explanations.He said that he was not sure that he could explain it well, and even if he could tell it, he didn't think everyone would believe it. Just because he had just witnessed the tragic death of Taiyi, the desire to understand why such absurd things happened became even stronger.The others seemed to have the same idea as Fuyuki, they followed Makoto's instructions and walked towards the mansion with heavy steps. "Everyone, please follow me." Makoto walked towards the entrance of the mansion. "If you want to stay and live, it's better to live in a mansion?" Xiaofeng said. "The mansion should also have complete emergency response equipment."

Makoto stopped, turned around and looked back. "You're right, so you should be able to use the mansion as your base for your future life. But before that, there are some things that must be explained to everyone. That's what I just said." "You said you wanted to tell us the secrets of this world." Fuyuki said. "That's right." Makoto nodded. Let's go, Fuyuki yelled at everyone, and then took a step. Surprisingly, the entrance foyer was lit.Everyone called out. "I didn't expect the lights to be so nostalgic." Cai Caimei said with a sigh.

"Now I can finally live like a human being." Toda looked around the hall. "But the building here is really luxurious. Even if a big earthquake strikes, it must be as stable as Mount Tai." Xiaofeng operated the elevator buttons, but there was no sign of the door opening. "I see. The earthquake must have activated the safety device. As long as the device is disengaged and restarted, it should be usable." "There's no need to use the elevator, we're going to the basement." Makoto pointed down. "Just take the stairs. Please follow me."

Before he finished speaking, he walked towards the stairs, Fuyuki and the others had no choice but to catch up. Everyone went downstairs and walked along the corridor with emergency escape lights on.Thanks to the high-quality carpet, there are almost no footsteps. Makoto stopped in front of the door with the sign "No entry for non-related persons". "It holds all the secrets here." He opened the door. It was dark inside.Makoto turned on the switch on the wall, and white light spread in the room. This looks like a meeting room.There are long tables lined up inside, and a large LCD screen is placed behind it.

"What is this?" Fuyuki muttered. Makoto picked up the booklet from the table and showed it to Fuyuki. "It's P─13 Phenomena Response Headquarters." The cover of the manual he showed was printed with "P-13 Phenomena Contingency Manual", which seemed to be printed by the Cabinet Office. "What is this P─13 phenomenon?" Fuyuki asked. After Makoto showed a sad expression, he looked around at the others. "Everyone, please take a look at this handbook. There are many copies on the table. This is the handbook that our Prime Minister has also read."

Xiaofeng rushed over first, pulled out the chair and sat down.Toda followed closely, and the others finally approached the table. "Look at it too, and I'll explain later." Makoto handed the booklet in his hand to Fuyuki. Fuyuki sat down next to Asuka, she seemed to be sitting in the seat of Prime Minister Otsuki. Open the booklet.Inside are line after line of difficult words.To understand the meaning, one must look at the same place several times. In the end, he only knew that relevant government personnel had known that something would happen at 13:13:13 on March 13th. The Prime Minister and the others seemed to have ordered various ministries to formulate various countermeasures.They also issued instructions to the Metropolitan Police Department, asking the top police officers not to let the police officers perform dangerous tasks as much as possible.

The problem was what happened, but this part Fuyuki couldn't understand.The words in the booklet themselves have no clear meaning. "What the hell is this, I don't understand at all." Asuka said on the side. "All I know is that there are black holes and time jumps and things like science fiction written in it. What the hell is going on?" Nanami and Rongmiko shook their heads, as if they had surrendered. Kawase threw the booklet away and pressed his eyelids with his fingertips.Maybe he just doesn't like reading small print. "To be honest, I don't really understand either. What's going on?" Fuyuki said to Makoto.

Makoto looked down at Omine who was serious and concentrated on reading. "Mr. Xiaofeng, how are you? Do you understand?" He looked up from the booklet. "More or less. In short, a super-massive wave of energy hit the Earth due to the influence of the black hole—it seems so." "I guess so." Makoto replied. "Then, the impact of that energy wave seems to be a time jump of thirteen seconds." "What do you mean by time jump?" Toda asked. "It literally means that the time has skipped a period. Since 13:13:13, it has jumped for 13 seconds." "Is it possible for that to happen?" "It's possible, that's what's written on it." "Wait a minute. That's weird," Fuyuki said. "Didn't we check the monitor screen of the convenience store? Although I don't remember the detailed time, but my impression is that people disappeared at 13:13:13, but the time passed normally afterwards. Thirteen After 13 minutes and 13 seconds, it is 13 minutes and 14 seconds. If you jumped for 13 seconds, after 13 minutes and 13 seconds, it should suddenly become 13 minutes and 26 seconds, right?" "The result does not seem to be the case." Chengya said. "What exactly is going on?" "I don't fully understand either. I'm just trying to explain it based on what's written above. Is that okay?" "Any opinion is fine, just explain it." Makoto nodded and looked around.His eyes rested on the plastic rope.That seems to be used to bundle files or something. "You guys might as well think of this as the flow of time. Then, let's assume that this is the 13:13:13 second on March 13th when something went wrong." Makoto made a mark in the middle of the rope with the marker pen at hand .Then make a mark at a distance of five centimeters from there. "The second mark is thirteen seconds later. According to common sense, it should be 13:13:26. Can you understand it so far?" Everyone stared at his hand and nodded. "Uh, I don't know if there are scissors? Also, it would be more ideal if there is tape." "There are scissors here. Although there is no tape, but there is this." Cai Meimei took out the scissors and the OK stretcher. Makoto straightened the rope in his hand. "If nothing happens, the flow of time just moves in this straight line. But what happens if P─13 phenomenon occurs? First of all, nothing changes before the phenomenon, and time flows normally. At 13:10 Three minutes and thirteen seconds, that moment has come." He picked up the first mark on the rope with his fingers. "Thirteen seconds from here is the time that will eventually disappear." Fuyuki shook his head. "I don't understand." "At this moment, time is still passing normally." Makoto's finger slid across the rope, and then stopped at the second mark. "Thirteen minutes and twenty-six seconds from here." He picked up the scissors and cut it from there.The cut rope fell to the ground. "At this moment, the previous thirteen seconds will disappear." Makoto moved the knife at the first mark, and the rope about several centimeters long fell to the ground. Makoto picked up the first piece of rope that fell, and glued it to the rest of the rope with an OK stretcher. "The thirteen-second time jump is like this, and the time in between seems to be taken out just like that." "So, isn't it the same as I said? The world after thirteen seconds suddenly begins." "No. It should be considered that the world at 13:13:26 seconds teleported to 13 seconds ago." "Teleport?" "Whether it is material or spiritual, everything in this world goes back thirteen seconds. The clock that moves within those thirteen seconds, turns the pointer back thirteen seconds. Light and electromagnetic waves, and other human eyes Invisible energy, everything returns to the position it was thirteen seconds ago. By the way, even human memory." After Makoto finished speaking in one go, he let out a breath and looked at Fuyuki. "Everything in this world goes backwards together, so in effect nothing happens." "How is this possible!" Toda yelled. "Nothing happened... It just happened? All humans except us disappeared. How can this be explained?" Makoto showed a painful expression, lowered his eyes, he seemed to be hesitating.Fuyuki knew it when he saw him like this.It's not that Makoto can't answer Toda's question, it's that he doesn't want to answer. "What's going on? Brother, you talk." Fuyuki said. Makoto raised his face slowly.He bit his lip, thinking silently. Fuyuki pulled his brother's shoulders and shook them vigorously. "Why don't you say anything? Didn't you say you were going to tell us all?" At this moment, Xiaofeng suddenly yelled.He is reading a brochure. "What's wrong with you?" Toda asked. "This booklet, the last page..." Xiaofeng's voice trembled. Fuyuki picked up the booklet and turned to the last page.The article written above was marked with the title "Possible Issues Caused by the P-13 Phenomenon". While suppressing the anxiety in his heart, he browsed quickly.There are still a lot of difficult words in the article, but even so, the following article still caught his heart. "The biggest problem is that people and things that existed when the P─13 phenomenon occurred may not still exist after thirteen seconds. People and things that don't exist cannot be the object of time jump, so they cannot be consistent mathematically with thirteen seconds ago At this time, in order to avoid the mathematical contradiction (Paradox), some kind of phenomenon may occur. The influence of the mathematical paradox at the level of micro-particles can be almost completely ignored, because the micro-particles exist in the continuity of mathematics. The most vigilant The most important thing is the situation that 'things that do not have mathematical continuity disappear within those thirteen seconds'. Dr. Hannu Eisen of Germany cited 'animal intelligence' as a representative example of this kind of thing." Fuyuki read that part several times.The term animal intelligence shocked him greatly. "Could it be this, right?" He stared at Makoto. "Brother, you said it before. When Taiyi died, you said that this world was created to rationalize mathematical paradoxes. That sentence refers to this, right?" Makoto took a deep breath.He blinked again and again, and finally clenched his jaw slightly. "Yes. My words are based on this article." "Wait. Even if this strange phenomenon really happened, why are we the only ones left in this world?" There was a clicking sound.It was Cai Meimei who stood up, and she made the chair fall down with too much force. There was nothingness in her eyes. "I see. Although I can't understand the profound principles, I know what happened to me. I also know why I am here..." "I know too." Xiaofeng hugged his head. "So that's what happened." "What. What do you guys know?" Fuyuki looked at the two back and forth, and approached Makoto.He grabbed Makoto by the neckline. "Come on. You know that?" Makoto licked his lips and finally spoke. "The so-called intelligence of animals refers to the consciousness of animals when they are alive. In other words, the disappearance of intelligence means that the animal is dead. Animals that die within that critical thirteen seconds cannot return to the original time. " "Wait a minute. According to you, don't we..." "Yes." Makoto stared firmly into Fuyuki's eyes. "We're already dead—in the old world."