Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 4907

Chapter 4907: The Information Paradox III

His smile grew melancholic.

"This view of Determinism suggests that Observable Existence operates like a grand mechanism, each part moving according to laws that were established at the moment of THE First Cause. Every Embodiment we speak, every Apophasis we declare, every word you say, Osmont... all of it merely the unfolding of patterns that were set in motion eons before any of us existed to perceive them."

He paused.

"And yet."

His eyes grew sharper.

"There are phenomena that challenge this understanding. The undifferentiation of THE Prima Indifferentia introduces randomness that defies prediction. The proto-matter that floods across Observable Existence at this very moment carries potential that cannot be calculated in advance. At the most fundamental level of reality, events occur not according to fixed laws but according to probabilities that resolve only when observation forces them to choose a state."

He turned to face Noah directly.

"Does this randomness allow for genuine choice? Or does it simply make our actions random rather than predetermined? THE Undivided Ones and THE Primordial Architects of Prima Indifferentia have debated this question since consciousness first emerged from the chaos of early existence. Some argue that if our choices are not determined by prior causes, they must be random, and random is not the same as free. Others argue that randomness creates space for genuine agency to operate, for consciousness to insert itself into the gaps between predetermined outcomes."

His voice dropped to something almost intimate.

"And then there is what some call THE Cascade Effect. Even if Observable Existence operates deterministically, even if every cause leads inevitably to its effect, the complexity of these weavings is so vast that tiny variations, invisible and unmeasurable, can lead to drastically different outcomes. A single thought held for a moment longer. A single step taken in a different direction. A single choice that seemed insignificant at the time. These small things cascade through existence, creating futures that could not have been predicted even with perfect knowledge of all prior states."

He spread his hands.

"This makes the future functionally unpredictable to us, even if it is technically fixed. We experience choice because we cannot see the chains of causation that bind us. We feel free... because the complexity of our constraints exceeds our capacity to perceive them."

BOOM!

Feeling free..because the complexity of the constraints exceeds the capacity to perceive them!

Oh!

His smile became something between wisdom and despair.

"But ultimately, if the physical and existential weavings of Observable Existence dictate all outcomes, then our feeling of making a choice might simply be a story we tell ourselves. A narrative constructed by consciousness to make sense of movements that were always going to occur exactly as they did. We believe we decide, but perhaps we only discover what was already determined."

...!

THE Living Paradox let these words settle before his expression shifted to something more focused, more immediate.

"Which brings us to you."

He pointed at Noah with a finger that seemed to hold the weight of eons behind it. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"And your Choice."

His eyes gleamed with intensity that pressed against Noah’s illusory consciousness.

"What I initiated was grand. The flooding of corrupted proto-matter across Observable Existence, the spreading of my Information through THE Fallout, the consumption and release of weavings that would carry my signature throughout reality. Your authority burning with Infinity was an unexpected variable, yes. And while I cannot fully reject it, it would have just spread across a few regions of Observable Existence by itself as you scattered it through the corruption."

"But I am not rejecting it."

BOOM!

"Now that I know what its inclusion allows for, I am embracing it. Your Infinities are accelerating the process I initiated and giving it wings that I could not have provided on my own. If before I would have achieved a boon of perhaps ten percent of what I truly sought, what you have just done is taking this boon to one hundred and ten percent if not more. In a manner that you cannot even begin to understand."

"So I am embracing your authority that you are putting out. I am pulling it to spread freely and fully across Observable Existence alongside my corruption. It will not cover as much territory as the proto-matter that has already permeated far and wide, but it would still cover a great deal."

"And you would be made grand from it. We would both benefit tremendously from this arrangement."

BOOM!

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