Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 1004: Will the gods in foreign lands miss their hometown?
The bridge to heaven.

Hearing this name, everyone looked at Tiandis on the other screen. If I remember correctly, she had mentioned this name when they were confronting the real witch on the Indorsis Bridge. Linger was particularly impressed, because according to Tiandis, the Sky Bridge was the passage connecting the Mirror Star World and the Earth World, and it was after she saw the appearance of another world that she came up with the idea of ​​severing magic power, formulated the Eden Plan, and began to implement it secretly.

Alice also came to Mirror Star from Earth through the Sky Bridge. In this way, the beginning of the two things, from the past to the present, are actually closely related to it.

Could it be that the goddess is also...

A flash of surprise flashed across the young man's face. Although it was only for a short time, it was still caught by Tiandis. The Witch of Reality smiled slightly, temporarily melting the cold expression, and said to everyone: "Just as you thought, the first person to discover the Earth world was not me, but Mother."

The characteristic cold voice of Themis from the heavens was also heard: "Genesis Archive Records, Phase 1: Through observation, research and analysis of the Bridge to the Heavens, the goddess discovered the existence of the Earth world. In theory, the Earth universe and the newborn universe are coexistent, like the relationship between the inside and outside of a mirror, but it was born earlier than the newborn universe, and the basic concepts such as order and time and space are also inconsistent. Therefore, when the goddess was still exploring the limits of the newborn universe, life forms with self-awareness had naturally evolved in the Earth universe. Even the most spiritual race among these life forms has transcended the primitive stage and begun to move towards a prosperous and powerful civilization stage. That race is human beings."

In the picture, the beam of light that symbolized the concept of the goddess's existence had passed through the bridge of heaven and landed in an unprecedented new world. It still looked like a beam of light, but because the concepts of light and darkness, cold and warmth were already very mature in the basic laws of the earth, this beam of light released a stronger light, even illuminating the entire sky, allowing everyone to see the city that had sprung up from the ground: skyscrapers hundreds of meters high, the endless stream of cars on the tracks above the city, the holographic images that kept flashing all kinds of bizarre pictures, and the people walking, chasing, strolling, or shopping in the streets and alleys of the city, small but clustered like ants, all raised their heads at the same time, and cast a blank or astonished gaze at the beam of light in the sky.

This was the first contact between the two universes. For the goddess from the new universe, everything she saw was fresh, wonderful and incredible. She used to live in a void and never thought there was anything wrong with it. Only occasionally, the throbbing in her heart would remind her that she was missing something. But what exactly was missing? Without a reference, the goddess could not get an answer, and naturally could not explain where the palpitation came from.

Until this time, after witnessing the prosperous civilization of another world with his own eyes, He finally understood that what He lacked, and what were even indispensable to the entire newborn universe, were actually: matter, life, communication, and civilization.

He finally understood how to describe that heart-pounding feeling, and the concept of loneliness was born. In the countless years that followed, whenever a self-conscious life form raised its head and gazed at the starry sky alone, it would be able to experience the loneliness bestowed by God.

For the earthlings, this contact must have left a deep impression on them. Even through the screen, everyone could feel the shock and helplessness in the eyes of the earthlings when they looked up at the light of the goddess. Because this was the first time in the history of the earthlings that the sky they were familiar with was overturned. A beam of light illuminated the entire planet from the South Pole to the North Pole. At the same time, some people lost the day, while others lost the night. For the first time, the earthlings who advocated science and rationality saw the power of concepts.

Tiandis looked at this scene and sighed: "There are also various creation legends on Earth, such as God creating the world in seven days, or Pangu creating the heavens and the earth and dividing the turbid and the clear... However, in reality, there is no root life form like Mother in their universe that integrates all concepts, or should we use the word God. Because Mother called herself a goddess after she understood the concept of God in Earth mythology."

Therefore, in the newborn universe, only the concept of God was not created by Him, but came from the Earth civilization.

Ling'er's heart skipped a beat. His previous thought seemed to be verified: Pangu created the world and divided the clear and turbid, which was very similar to the goddess creating the void and dividing chaos and order; God created the world in seven days, and the goddess also left the myth of the seven-day creation in the "Canon". This subtle similarity undoubtedly pointed to the same fact -

"Goddess," the young man pursed his slightly dry lips, his voice was light but weighty, "Could it be that our world was created by imitating the myths of the Earth world?"

This is not an association without reason, but a conclusion drawn by many clues. As we all know, the breakthrough from zero to one is often the most difficult. When there is only nothingness in front of you, even creating a stone or a blade of grass can be said to be a great achievement. However, the goddess created a complete world from scratch, and formed a self-consistent system within it: the rising and setting of the sun and the moon, the movement of the stars, birth, aging, illness and death, prosperity and decline... From individuals to civilizations, everything is included in it.

Even the best artist cannot create the most perfect work right away unless he is referring to existing works, and the goddess's reference is obviously the earth.

"Is that so?" The corners of Tiantis' mouth curved into a subtle arc. He did not answer directly, but looked at everyone meaningfully, especially at Alice: "If you say there is no reference at all, it is obviously impossible; if you say it is completely based on the myths and history of the earth, it is biased. This is a relatively complicated and contradictory process. I will not express my opinion, lest you think I am deliberately misleading."

Her statement was very ambiguous, leaving everyone confused, but her refusal to explain was already very obvious, and her reason was also very legitimate. After all, the two sides were still in a hostile position. Even if she told the truth, it would probably be difficult to gain trust.

Only the neutral observer, Themis, could continue to interpret the records in the archives for them without any personal emotion.

"Genesis Archive Records, Phase 2: After arriving on Earth, the goddess developed a strong interest in this completely unfamiliar but vibrant civilization, so she decided to stay on this planet temporarily to learn about its culture and history. Because when she first came to Earth, it caused a lot of commotion, shocking and frightening the people on Earth. In order to facilitate communication, the goddess decided to change her life state, incarnate into a human image, and naturally integrate into Earth civilization."

A sentence can change one's life form. This kind of thing can probably only be done by the root life form that has mastered all the concepts in the universe. Although according to Tiandis, the underlying logic of the earth world is physics, which is different from the magic rules of the mirror star world, the goddess is probably not subject to these restrictions. On the screen, the picture turned, and in an alley squeezed by the city's high-rise buildings, a beautiful silver-haired girl walked out. She was wearing the same clothes as the pedestrians around her: a light green mint-edged short-sleeved shirt, an off-white coat, and a long skirt of the same color. She was wearing a pair of sandals with bows on her feet, and a sun hat on her head. She looked like a normal earthling. But she held her hat with one hand to prevent it from being blown away by the wind, and the other hand was gently clenched into a fist and placed on her chest. She looked up and looked around, as if she wanted to deeply imprint all the scenes she saw with her naked eyes in her mind. The curiosity and interest overflowing from her golden eyes made her look like she had a natural noble temperament, which was clearly distinguished from ordinary people.

That was the human form of the goddess. Everyone subconsciously opened their eyes wide, as if they wanted to remember that figure well, fearing that it would be drowned by the endless stream of people on the street in the next moment. However, this was actually an unnecessary worry, because the girl's temperament was the most unique. It seemed that even among 10 billion people, you could accurately see her back and it was hard to ignore.

Ling Ge always felt that he saw many familiar shadows in the human form of the goddess. Sometimes he felt that Her calm and elegant aura was exactly the same as Saint Shallia, and sometimes he felt that her long hair gently scattered when she walked reminded him of the night when the beast was sealed, when Shino took the initiative to take off her headband to fight against Chimaira; Her curiosity about everything may have been inherited by Rorona in the future. When she kept looking at the holographic images on the roadside and carefully analyzed the images and language in them, she felt very similar to Olvera who studied hard all night.

This is of course a reversal of cause and effect. It's not that the goddess and the young royal powers are very similar, but that the young royal powers each inherited some characteristics from their mothers. There are many other similarities. Ling Ge has not seen many chaotic young royal powers, so it is difficult to judge, but Tiandis must be very familiar with them, so when he looks at the screen, he can't help but show a look of nostalgia and emotion.

Of course, the most similar people are not these young queens, but——

Lingge couldn't help but glance at Themis in the heaven.

The pure silver hair and clear golden eyes were exactly the same, which was the most distinctive feature that could be seen with the naked eye. The young man imagined in his mind that if Themis grew a little bigger, from a girl to a young lady, and changed her usual cold personality, it seemed that she would be very close to the human image of the goddess on the screen.

Themis from the celestial world noticed Linger's gaze, but she didn't take it to heart. She continued in a cold voice, "Since she came to Earth, the goddess has used Themis as her pseudonym and lived in Earth civilization for a total of 135 years, 11 months, and eight days. She has come into contact with the history, mythology, literature, psychology, politics, economics, and art of human culture, and has a deep understanding of them. It was during this process that she gradually developed the idea of ​​creating a world of her own."

Even the names are similar.

Linger complained in his heart, then turned his eyes back to the screen and saw that the picture was constantly changing. The girl, who went by the pseudonym Themis, was sometimes in a library with tens of millions of books, patiently flipping through them one by one; sometimes she was in a laboratory surrounded by supercomputers and various complex machines, looking carefully at research reports full of academic words; sometimes she strolled on the school's tree-lined avenue, smiling at the students coming and going; sometimes she even appeared at a famous singer's concert, curiously studying the excited crowd around her, waving her light sticks...

The goddess' life in the earth world should be wonderful and fulfilling. Only at this moment, she became a concrete image, a girl who is always accepting new things and full of curiosity and interest in the unknown. She is no longer the one who integrated all the concepts in the new universe but did not even understand loneliness and joy.

Therefore, the concept of satisfaction should have been born at this time. Even in later generations, whenever people get what they long for or fulfill their dreams, the sense of satisfaction that arises in their hearts can actually be traced back to the distant past, when everything was still in ignorance and nothingness, and the goddess experienced an incomparable wonderful life in another world.

"In fact, sometimes I wonder if it would be better for mother to stay on Earth."

Tiantis suddenly said something shocking. She stared deeply at the back of the silver-haired girl on the screen. The smile on her lips had disappeared without her knowing when. "And I believe that when Mother lived on Earth, she may have had similar thoughts more than once. To her, the things she saw on Earth, whether good or bad, were all so wonderful that it was unimaginable. This was an experience she could not have had when she was wandering alone in the empty universe as "Him."

"But I know very well in my heart that it is impossible, because no matter how beautiful the earth is, it is not her home after all."

Tiandis sighed softly and looked at the screen. Everyone's eyes froze as they saw a beautiful silver-haired girl sitting on the edge of a tall building in the city, staring blankly at the starry night above her head. At her feet was the magnificent city outline and the endless stream of people; and above her head, the stars in the night sky and the neon lights of the metropolis flickered together, reflecting a blurred illusion.

However, among so many stars, not one belongs to her.

The concept of missing someone was born.

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