Chapter Three: The Market Is Not Random
Local rewrites could move its boundary, never erase it, unless Vault accepted a loss equal to its entire manipulated position.
The second ring cracked.
【Proof accepted. Shen Yan: 46.1 percent. Xu Zhi: 17.4 percent. MU-0: 36.5 percent. Second seal released. Reward: one local deletion of probability friction.】
Shen spent his eight dollars on a nearly worthless Northstar call, then anonymously sent the causal analysis to its largest creditor and three financial outlets. Vault responded within four minutes, flooding the dark pools and driving the share down. His option fell to one dollar.
Mu-Zero suggested deleting the probability that people would disbelieve the report.
