I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 643 Scholar

"Of course it's different. Every place in the Pipeline Fortress is different."

The old man heard his mumbling and immediately spoke to him seriously.

"What's the difference? Aren't they all pipes?" He didn't care about the persuasion task at this time and directly confronted the old senior.

"All pipes? That's just a physical appearance! What you see, hear, and touch are all pipes, so you think they are all pipes, right?" the old man questioned.

"Why not?"

"Then you are trapped in your perception, right? When you reach the fourth level of the abyss, you can no longer simply use your perception to understand the world. You have to look for things beyond your perception, such as the Pipeline Fortress. Do you know how the Pipeline Fortress was formed?"

"I don't know. I heard it was made by relics."

The old man shook his head after hearing his answer. "Forget it. Let me tell you. In fact, the pipeline fortress is the remains of a creature. This kind of creature can collect all kinds of knowledge. Although they are dead, the knowledge will not disappear, but hidden in a place beyond perception."

Listening to the old man's weird words, he inevitably revealed an expression of contempt.

This expression seemed to irritate the old senior again.

The old man took a book directly from the bookshelf at the back and put it in front of him.

"Let me ask you, what is the title of this book?"

"'Legend of the Demon Mountain', it looks like some kind of novel about cultivating immortals." He answered truthfully.

"No, this is the racial history of a 'mountain life'. They are born from the mountains, gain intelligence, and then gradually become powerful..."

"Isn't this a novel about cultivating immortals? Sun Wukong is also like this, jumping out of a stone, finding Patriarch Bodhi to practice his 72 transformations, and then causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace... Niangniang Shiji is also like this, living in the White Bone Cave on Skull Mountain, and has been enlightened for tens of thousands of years, but unfortunately she was burned to death later..."

"..."

The old man was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he knocked him on the head with the book again.

"This book is not a fictional novel about cultivating immortals, nor is it a fantasy story. The creatures in the book are real, and they are on the fourth layer of the abyss, in a place called Demon Mountain Island. Humans have just discovered it."

"really?"

"Of course it's true. Do you know where I found this book?" the old senior continued to ask mysteriously.

"From a rock?"

"almost."

"what?"

"It appeared out of nowhere, right here in this room, Room 0123. It suddenly appeared on the bookshelf that day, and on the same day, humans discovered the Magic Mountain Island... Humans had already explored the area of ​​the Magic Mountain Island, but on that day, an island that had never been discovered appeared in the empty sea, and there were creatures recorded in the book on the island. Tell me, is there really such a coincidence?"

"Old man, do you mean that the Demon Mountain Island was brought about by this book? The creatures recorded in this book are becoming reality?"

"This is something beyond our perception. Who knows whether these books have become reality, or reality has affected the books..." The old man turned his head and glanced at the books in the room, and said in a trance: "Most of the books here appeared out of thin air. The creatures in the books can basically be found in reality. There are some that have not been discovered, perhaps because humans have not found them yet."

Listening to the old senior's words, he was a little shocked, but more of a doubt.

"These books only appear in room 0123?"

"Yes, that's why I said that every place in the Pipeline Fortress is different. This place is special. If I leave here, I won't be able to see these books. Once the Pipeline Fortress begins to be renovated, the structure and spatial position will change, and the place where these books appear may not be in this room..."

The old man's words were full of worry. He really wanted to explore the mysteries of these books. The desire in his expression could not deceive anyone. "Why don't you report to your superiors? Ask them to protect this place."

"Of course I reported it, but the researchers at the core of the fortress explained that the knowledge carried by the biological remains had been leaked and was being expressed in a form that could be understood by the surrounding creatures. Because the people living in the pipeline fortress are all humans, this knowledge appeared in the form of 'books'. They said this was a normal phenomenon and asked me not to worry about it..."

Listening to the old senior's words, he immediately understood that the old senior was just obsessed with the mysteries behind these books and was unwilling to let go.

"These are all valuable knowledge..."

"You should just obey orders. Perhaps humans don't need this knowledge."

Even though it’s a bit of a pity, since my superiors have said so, there’s no need to worry about it anymore.

There are so many secrets in the abyss. Do we have to figure out every one of them?

All humans need are those things that are useful.

The resources and energy for exploring the abyss are limited. The superiors have already figured out the origins of these books and must have weighed the usefulness of this knowledge. They must have made such a decision after careful consideration.

The transformation of the Pipeline Fortress is imminent, and humans need enough space to build facilities. Once the transformation is completed, the Pipeline Fortress will become an extremely important outpost for humans, which will have far-reaching significance for the study of the abyss.

With the pipeline fortress as the base point, humans can completely fix the spatial coordinates of the entire fourth layer of the abyss, and use beacons as nodes to build a map network of the entire fourth layer of the abyss.

But all this is based on the premise of transforming the pipeline fortress.

With such a vision, all sacrifices and costs are worth it.

Believing in the orders and decisions of their superiors is the only thing that ordinary members of the pioneer group can do.

"Old man, I hope you can move away. This is for your safety. I know you want to explore the mysteries of the pipeline fortress more deeply, but this is not the most important thing now."

“Isn’t it the most important thing? If we lose the curiosity to explore the abyss, what else is left?” the old senior said sadly.

"There are many things more important than curiosity, such as the future of mankind... The top leaders of the fortress core also hope that you can move out. They have been delaying for a long time for you, and the transformation must begin."

"Delay?" The old man shook his head. "They won't delay. When the renovation plan is up, they will start the renovation without hesitation. Even if there are still residents in Residential Area Zero, the renovation will not stop."

The old man walked to the bookshelf dejectedly, stroked the books and sighed.

"I know them, they are always so rational..."

"I have always felt that they are not like humans. They do not have human curiosity or human compassion. All their decisions are cold and based on profit."

"But I also understand them. If humans take one wrong step, they will fall into an endless abyss."

"You don't need to persuade me, I know what is the 'right' thing to do, and I know what 'putting the overall situation first' means, but people are always selfish and stubborn sometimes, and I just can't accept it."

"I've been in the pioneer group for such a long time, and I understand everything I need to understand. It's just a pity to waste these books..."

"Oh, forget it..."

The old man put the "Legend of the Demon Mountain" in his hand neatly, then took out another book from the bookshelf, walked to the door, and put the book in his hand.

"I will move out. Please take a good look at this book..."

(End of this chapter)