Chapter 3630: The Simultaneity of Unlikelihoods

“Negatron core… it adds up, that is indeed irrefutable evidence,” the Divine Doctor murmured. “On top of that, given that we know that Gaia has gotten larger in the past, we can almost certainly attribute it to the negatron matter which would undoubtedly have an outward pushing effect, making Gaia larger and larger. At the same time, we know Gaia’s mass has grown too, thus a growing amount of negatron matter would be necessary for Gaia’s gravity to have remained stable over the past one hundred and eighty thousand years.”

Rui nodded with an impressed expression. “That is exactly what we have concluded. The amount of negatron matter in Gaia must be constantly growing through some dynamic process producing negatron matter. We just don’t notice it because the growth in the size of the planet must have happened over a whopping one hundred and eighty thousand years.”

“Gaia growing larger and larger, barely experiencing a balance between matter and negatron matter to balance out her gravity. What are the odds that this process just so happens to ensure that gravitational acceleration doesn’t change?” The Divine Doctor pondered aloud. “Think about it, if there was a random negatron creation process at the center of the world and a random mass-increasing process in Gaia, then what are the odds that they would cancel each other out just to produce stable gravity?”

Rui had considered this line of logic himself. “Very low. I’m personally convinced that the increase in Gaia’s mass and the deduced increase in Gaia’s negatron matter to balance out the mass are both connected processes. The odds of them randomly balancing each other out to produce life is very low.”

“That may not necessarily be the goal,” the Divine Doctor further deduced. “It may not be even by design, two events happening simultaneously may be correlated, but may not necessarily be done due to some intention from some conscious actor. However, if there were a goal, then…”

The Divine Doctor’s tone grew more certain. “I would think it has more to do with ensuring Gaia doesn’t turn into a star and, perhaps most importantly… it would have to do with the orbit of Gaia.”

“Orbit?” Rui raised an eyebrow. “As in, the goal would be to ensure that Gaia doesn’t fall out of her orbit and dive towards the sun?”

The Divine Doctor nodded. “Or dive away. If the mass-increasing process of Gaia exceeds that of the negatron-producing process, then Gaia’s gravity would grow continuously until she would collapse into a star or the increased gravity would pull her towards the sun, since the centrifugal force would no longer match the increased centripetal gravity, causing Gaia to be pulled into the sun and destroyed.”

Rui’s yes lit up as he pondered this possible ’intention.’ He hadn’t considered it before. Of course, there was no proof that there even was ’intention’ behind what could easily be a coincidence.

It was entirely possible that the reason Gaia’s gravity had remained stable throughout the eons was simply a cosmic coincidence. A miracle that had allowed all life on Gaia to enjoy a relatively stable gravity and flourish and thrive.

And yet, neither Rui nor the Divine Doctor could bring themselves to believe this. It was too absurd, even if they acknowledged it was not impossible. The odds were likely astronomically against such an event happening.

And perhaps they would have considered this option seriously if not for the surrounding circumstances that made it all the more suspicious that this wasn’t a natural coincidence.

“…Gaia began growing in mass around 187,000 years ago, based on prehistoric records from ancestral humanity shortly after the Epoch of Evolution occurred, and an unknown apocalyptic event that gave rise to the Age of Tumult,” the Divine Doctor thought out loud. “At the same time, the Lost Continent was known to have disappeared, corresponding with the Epoch of Evolution. Which meant that our continent grew trapped in the Greater Manifold at the same time that the negatron-producing and mass-producing processes began on Gaia.”

Rui nodded. “This simultaneity is also truly difficult to chalk up as a coincidence. I cannot fathom what the probability of not one but two highly esoteric phenomena changing the world occurring at exactly the same moment as each other, but it is surely microscopic. This is on top of the mass-producing and negatron-producing processes being equal and balanced. If both of these are coincidences, then it means two events that were individually exponentially unlikely happened together.”

This further made the probability of it being a coincidence truly mind-bogglingly unfathomable.

“…We don’t know much about the negatron core yet, I presume,” The Divine Doctor remarked. “But we do know a lot about the manifold event. We know the origin of this event was otherworldly due to the alien manifold flora species.”

Rui nodded. “That tree came from another world. No doubt about that. Thus, if all of this isn’t a coincidence, then it means that even the negatron anomaly is also caused by an otherworldly source that came to this world. The same source, most likely.”

“More importantly,” The Divine Doctor remarked. “If these are likely connected, then it means that there is an element of intentionality even with the Gaia expansion processes. After all…”

He turned towards Rui with a knowing gaze. “You and I both know that there is definitely intentionality with the Panama Manifold.”

Rui nodded with a serious expression. “Yeah, it is hard to imagine otherwise. We had a manifold tree planted exactly at the very epicenter of the planet, anointing a guardian in the form of the chimera species. Then, in both the Mellow Manifold and the Panamic Manifold, both manifold trees adapted to their alien environment and then began creating a kind of… kingdom.”

“Kingdom… indeed, that is an apt word to describe it,” the Divine Doctor mused. “The manifold trees and the chimeras in both the Mellow Manifold and the Panama Manifold had ways of controlling all other fauna and flora lifeforms within their domain.”

Rui nodded. “The Eldritch Chimera could directly control all animals with its Authority of Alpha. And the manifold trees created an incentive structure that caused creatures to want to draw closer and closer to the center for more and better resources, sustenance, and growth. That’s what the Beast Convergence existed.”