Chapter 30: The Concept of the Multiverse
Stewie's secret lab.
Young Stewie was building machines and conducting experiments.
Meanwhile, Chris was holding a tablet and studying, even learning a theory written by Stewie.
It was an argument for the classification of the multiverse.
In Stewie's theoretical classification, he divided the universe into three levels, with the highest level being the Infinite Multiverse.
As the name suggests, universes at this level are infinite, and any universe possessing such characteristics would belong to the large family of the Infinite Multiverse.
Just like humans, any universe world that has humans, regardless of what kind of humans they are, or whether that world is a stellar universe or not, they can all be categorized within the Human Infinite Multiverse.
When Chris saw this argument, he thought of the Eastern-style worlds, those cultivation and fantasy worlds.
They contained humans, but the fundamental structure of their worlds had nothing to do with their kind of stellar universe.
In fact, the humans in those worlds didn't evolve from apes, but were directly nurtured by heaven and earth, or created by gods and demons; they just happened to be called humans.
Therefore, if one were to force a connection between those worlds and their stellar universe, it seemed the only thing they had in common was being humanoid.
So, Stewie only proposed a concept here and didn't expand on it in detail.
Stewie even searched billions of space-times but couldn't find a world without human elements.
In other words, within Stewie's capabilities, he simply couldn't find any Infinite Multiverse other than the Human Infinite Multiverse.
For this reason, Chris could only guess that it was due to Stewie's limited ability.
If he possessed the cosmic power of a Marvel character like the Living Tribunal, he might be able to find Infinite Multiverses beyond the Human Infinite Multiverse.
But Chris felt that would be very difficult, because in Stewie's second-level classification of the multiverse, their multiverse belonged to the Sci-Fi Grand Multiverse.
It was separated by endless space-time from the Fantasy Grand Multiverse, which contained beings like the Living Tribunal; Stewie speculated that he might never be able to leave the Sci-Fi Grand Multiverse in his entire life.
Of course, although Stewie couldn't cultivate to become a cosmic entity, he could achieve the same realm as such beings through scientific and technological means.
But as Chris guessed, Stewie probably had no such intention, otherwise, this genius would have long ago learned from Rick Sanchez next door, running around the multiverse to gain experience and knowledge.
Although before Chris arrived, Stewie's understanding of the multiverse wasn't this deep, with his brain, if he wanted to, and dedicated three to five years to research, he could still create items similar to portal guns.
The fact that he never did so only proved that he simply didn't have such an idea.
But while Stewie didn't, Chris was very interested.
It was just a pity that with his brain, he was completely incapable of developing a portal gun himself.
Fortunately, he didn't need to; with his dimensional traveler talent, given enough time, he would one day be able to freely traverse the multiverse.
Unfortunately, according to Stewie's message on the screen, his ability was only at the multiverse level, not even at the grand multiverse level.
That is, it only had the energy level of a third-level multiverse, and even then, it was only upper-middle tier, not even a top-tier multiverse.
According to Stewie's calculations, Chris's ability limit might only allow him to visit nearby multiverses; he couldn't get to multiverses that were slightly further away.
So, how was this third-level multiverse classified?
Chris scrolled the screen and then saw Stewie's conclusion.
Every universe has its own underlying rules, which can also be called the fundamental nature of that world.
And universes with the same fundamental nature can be called the same multiverse.
Even if the stories that unfold in these two universes are vastly different, even completely unrelated, these two universes still belong to the same multiverse.
Just like their Family Guy World and The Simpsons world, they clearly have nothing to do with each other, and even the animation styles look different, but they still belong to the same multiverse.
And in the world Chris traveled to, there were space-time counterparts of The Simpsons family.
However, Chris learned from Stewie that Springfield had become a ghost town more than a decade ago due to the effects of nuclear radiation.
As for the reason!
Brian said it was because a nuclear power plant safety inspector made an operational error while eating a donut, causing the nuclear power plant's radiation to exceed standards, leading to the death of everyone in that town within a few months.
Chris only felt fortunate about this, because in a certain parallel universe of Family Guy, Peter and Homer had a massive brawl, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties.
Since Homer in this world was gone early, such a possibility naturally wouldn't arise in his world.
After reading Stewie's analysis of the multiverse, Chris also roughly understood the concept of the multiverse.
He could only say it was indeed somewhat different from his understanding, but also largely similar.
At most, he had mixed up the concepts of parallel universes and multiverses, not as clearly defined as Stewie had stated.
In Chris's original understanding, he believed that all parallel universes of Family Guy combined constituted a multiverse.
But according to Stewie, it wasn't like that at all.
If there were only Family Guy's parallel universes, no matter how many of these universes there were, they could only be considered different branches of a single universe, not a multiverse at all.
However, if there were other universes that were different from Family Guy but shared a common connection, then including these universes, that would constitute a true multiverse.
One could only say that Stewie defined the multiverse based on diversification, rather than Chris's understanding of multiple independent parallel universes combined.
And according to this diversified classification, Chris's ability was actually much stronger than he had previously imagined.
Because according to this classification, a multiverse could contain at least a dozen different universes, or even tens of thousands, up to hundreds of millions, which was possible.
And each universe would also have its own parallel universes, making the number even more enormous, to the point of being infinite.
But even with these seemingly infinite universes, Chris's ability could traverse them back and forth.
One could only say that Stewie's standards were too high; he even looked down on an ability of Chris's level.
It made Chris genuinely believe before that he could only wander around nearby universes!
It turned out to be a perspective deviation caused by their different understandings.
What one considered ordinary was an extremely powerful ability in the eyes of the other.
After gaining a preliminary understanding of the multiverse, Chris also had a grasp of the strength of his own abilities.
He could only say that it would at least guarantee his becoming a Galactus-level powerhouse, and a comic-book version of Galactus after a full meal.
Knowing this, Chris immediately felt he had the capital to be confident.
He put down the tablet, looked at Stewie, who had never been particularly polite to him, and prepared to reclaim his big brother authority.
"Ahem!" Just as Chris was about to say something assertive, he heard Stewie speak first.
"It's done!"
Stewie excitedly raised the test tube filled with red liquid in his hand, shouting with excitement.
Chris, seeing this scene, immediately threw his previous thoughts to the back of his mind. What kind of big brother authority was that? Could it bring him any benefits?
The person in front of him was the real genius; as long as he stayed on his good side, he could have anything he wanted.
Moreover, he would still need to rely on Stewie for developing his abilities in the future!
Recognizing Stewie's scientific research capabilities, Chris immediately accepted reality, then quickly ran over and said kindly, "Good buddy, let me try the effect quickly!"
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