Planetary Museum

After going through the Ascension Realm incident, Wu Xiaoqing has already begun to have a certain immunity to the virtual scene.

But what is happening now is far beyond Wu Xiaoqing's imagination.

The rain in the forest was getting heavier, but Wu Xiaoqing was still wearing winter clothes.It is very thick, and the problem of light rain or moderate rain is not too big, and the outer layer of the coat still has a certain rain-shielding function.But after the rain started to get heavier, it inevitably became wet and uncomfortable.

Wu Xiaoqing is almost certain that he is in an illusory world, but everything here feels so real.The rain is cool, and the wind in the forest is cold. When walking along with a, the texture of the mud and weeds on the ground is almost exactly the same as Wu Xiaoqing remembers when he walked on the dirt road when he was a child.He could even smell the mud after the rain in the air—obviously, the illusion here is not just the optical virtual effect of the Nine Heavens illusion.

It is very likely that the other party is directly simulating in his own brain.

"You're smart," said A, turning around, "go ahead, don't rush. Time passes slowly here, and everything can take its time.

The rain has been falling, and the atmosphere is not harmonious...

A seems to be very familiar with the appearance here, leading the way in the forest.Soon, Wu Xiaoqing followed a to a wooden hut in the forest.After entering, Wu Xiaoqing can probably judge from the furnishings inside that this place should be an ancient building.The room was very clean, and it could be seen that it was often occupied by people. A looked very skillful and asked Wu Xiaoqing to sit down, and then went to the kitchen next door to start a fire, as if he planned to use the fish he just caught to cook a meal.

"The life of you people on Earth is very interesting," A's voice came from the kitchen, "The concept of seclusion...is unique to your Earth, it suits me very much, I like it very much. After the museum on your Earth is established , I will definitely build such a real forest..."

"Reclusive?"

"In the universe, every civilization is like a hermit," A said, "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and seeing Nanshan leisurely... Well, in the future, we need to build a mountain and plant some chrysanthemums."

"I haven't said yes to your deal yet."

"I don't think you'll refuse," A said, "You're just waiting for my bid... DNA may have some research value for us, but for you... it's worthless than dust, I'm sure you wouldn't want me to make a deal with other Earthlings."

"You can do this," Wu Xiaoqing said, "Anyway, no matter who it is, it's the same for you."

"Consistency can't be misunderstood like this," A said, "Moreover, it is different from the search and rescue team's trading rules and the earth's trading rules. The latter is a crime...at least in my opinion. "

"I've heard of similar transactions before," Wu Xiaoqing said of his experience in the Ascension Realm, "One civilization bought another civilization's planet, and in the end, only left them with an exquisite zoo. Obviously, in the universe In China, not all civilizations are as conservative as you."

"Morality is a kind of self-restraint," A said, "What kind of civilization will have what kind of morality. The kind of civilization you mentioned will not live long in the universe-your earth is a commercial society, this It shouldn't be hard to understand why."

"Could it be that in the universe, there will be punishments for buying and selling by force?" Wu Xiaoqing smiled, "Then why is there no one to punish the war between b and c?"

"Punishments have always come from civilization itself. A civilization's external moral code is its own survival logic. A civilization that relies on trade to take advantage of it is the fastest dying civilization in this universe... Well, you seem to be concerned about these things I’m very concerned, didn’t the search and rescue team introduce it to you?”

Wu Xiaoqing shook his head.

"I'm afraid to scare you," A chuckled, "Let's not talk about you, even the search and rescue team... This universe is much scarier than we imagined, just like this forest, listen."

Wu Xiaoqing pricked up his ears. At this moment, he heard the long cry of some wolves from a distance.

"In the forest, it is a happy thing to have a hut." A came back from the kitchen at this time, holding two wooden cups in his hand, and he put one of them in front of Wu Xiaoqing—it was tea .

Wu Xiaoqing took a sip, and it was very different from the tea in his impression. It was a bit bitter and salty, and it seemed that salt and other seasonings had been put in it.

"This is the taste of the earliest tea," said A. "In my opinion, it is more interesting than the tea of ​​the 21st century."

Although he was not used to the taste of tea, Wu Xiaoqing's mood calmed down with this cup of tea.As A said, there is no need for him to be anxious here, and being anxious will cause him to miss a lot of key information.After figuring this out, Wu Xiaoqing was no longer in a hurry to ask about the situation of bc civilization, but just started to pay attention to the environment around him, hoping to find some information about a from these environments.

But Wu Xiaoqing quickly gave up on this plan. The whole environment here was considered very carefully. He went around the room a few times, but found nothing beyond this era; he went to the kitchen, looked at the fish, Zuo The materials are all derived from primitive plants; although it is certain that all of these are some kind of illusion created by the other party in his own mind, Wu Xiaoqing is still completely convinced by the reality of this illusion.

Wu Xiaoqing once discussed with Rao Xin a common setting in science fiction, how a person can solve the problem of the brain in a vat, and how to judge whether the environment around him is real.

Rao Xin's answer at the time was to see if the logic set by the surrounding world was self-consistent. For example, if this is a forest, Wu Xiaoqing could check the orientation distribution of trees and the growth arrangement of plant communities to see if these details conform to scientific analysis. Department... As for the architecture, there are more places that can be investigated, such as the processing details of the house, the traces of living, the internal and external wear of the wooden gate, the wear of the doorpost, the damage pattern of the roof covering...

Wu Xiaoqing walked around the small wooden house for nearly half an hour, and he had to admit that everything here looked flawless.Not to mention the meticulous details of the building, even the footprints of the two of them just walking back have begun to fade a little with the washing of the rain...

"Everything here is reasonable, judging from the logic of your earth," A seemed to see the purpose of Wu Xiaoqing's actions, and explained to him, "The birth of this world is not simply to create a little illusion, this The logic of the hallucination world is essentially the same as the growth of a forest on your earth."

"In the virtual world, every tree here grows from saplings, and the materials for building wooden houses come from these growing woods. The only difference is that in the reality of the earth, such a piece of It takes at least 30 years to create a natural forest, but in the virtual world, simulating it takes only a few microseconds."

"For the earth, you can almost be called gods," Wu Xiaoqing said, "creating a world seems to be commonplace for you."

"The fish is ready, do you want to eat it?" A brought up the finished fish.

It's fish soup, but it's a little different from Wu Xiaoqing's impression - just like the difference with tea.After taking a sip, Wu Xiaoqing became more certain—the seasoning was too simple, and the fish soup still had an unprocessed fishy smell. — Obviously this is a standard ancient cooking.

But A didn't seem to mind that the taste was not delicious enough. On the contrary, he ate it very quickly, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time--this is indeed the case, this should be the first time he "eats" thing.

"Next, let's talk about your mission," A said, "Obviously, you want to learn about civilizations B and C first, don't you?"

Wu Xiaoqing nodded.

"Then come with me." A opened the wooden door and walked out.

Wu Xiaoqing followed and walked out, but the moment he pushed the door, he found that the wooden door in front of him suddenly turned into a metal moving door. After touching it with his hand, the door automatically moved away.The forest in front of him completely disappeared, replaced by a strange room, Wu Xiaoqing thought for a moment that he was back in his office in Qingtian Building, but looking out the glass window, he knew it was not here.

Just outside the window, there are hundreds of rails lined up neatly—but they are not attached to the ground, but completely perpendicular to the ground.Countless long things, like trains and rockets, are going up and down the rails, shuttling back and forth like the shuttles of a loom. When they touch the ground and remain relatively still, the train, or in other words, A part of the rocket remained on the ground—soon, Wu Xiaoqing saw a creature similar to a human coming out of it.

But not people.

The same limbs and head, but their skin texture is more like some kind of sea animal.After stepping out of the rocket, everyone sat on a chair—and then Wu Xiaoqing discovered that the chair was suspended in the air, and everyone was driven by the suspended chair to move between the cities under their feet.

"This is Civilization B," A said. "The evolutionary route is slightly different from yours, but not that big. It's part of their race... As you may already know, Civilization B is formed by the union of seven different races. As a result, these races will have slightly different forms, and you will have a chance to see it later. But for this mission, their form has nothing to do with the task-they have reached the end of civilization At a certain stage, the entire civilization began to try to become conscious—of course, they did not have this awareness themselves.”

"Conscious?"

"It can also be called digitization," A said, "The body bestowed on you by natural evolution has gradually begun to become a burden. Do you know why you humans still can't fly to the earth?"

Wu Xiaoqing tried to answer: "Is our body too big?"

"Yes," A said, "if you humans on earth evolved from elephants, then you will not have the idea of ​​spaceflight in another 1 years. On the contrary, if you are a civilization built by ants, you may There will be an air force, imagine the airborne soldiers sitting on the leaves... the form of a civilization is produced, and the development of a civilization is also determined."

Only then did Wu Xiaoqing notice those individuals, as well as the proportions of the buildings here—they looked...

"Isn't it much more refined than you humans? Your living environment is different. Remember, if you want to visit their civilization, you must have a spaceship of your own. Their spaceship cannot hold you humans."

"But there are no spaceships on the earth!" Wu Xiaoqing realized the seriousness of the problem at this moment—maybe this mission will come to naught!

"That's why I will take you to see the situation before the transaction," A said, "Now, open the window and jump out."

"What?" Wu Xiaoqing didn't respond.

"Open the window." A went directly to Wu Xiaoqing and opened it for him.Then, he jumped straight forward.

Wu Xiaoqing turned his head away immediately, wanting to see if there were other intersections in the office.

"The simulation of the earth's power system has not been done yet... so the elevator is sealed. If you want, you can also take the stairs, but it is very slow," although a jumped down, but the voice is still near Wu Xiaoqing, " It's the same even if you go down the stairs... Forget it, let me help you."

Before Wu Xiaoqing could open his mouth, the floor and building under his feet disappeared in an instant, and the gravity much greater than the earth instantly grabbed him, and then he fell rapidly.