Evetrona's old stories

"I can't explain this clearly. Time and space are very complicated, and the dimensions we can intuitively feel are limited. How to extract a sample of uncontaminated time information from a ruin is not as easy as it is said. "Aisin said, "Observation and access means permanent pollution and destruction."

"What does this mean—you mean, the world I lived in before doesn't exist anymore?"

"Did yesterday really exist? And where does tomorrow exist?" Aisin shook his head. "Time is in your mind, and it has acquired subjective continuity through the increase of entropy. Your consciousness is like a pile of firewood, which is being burned by the flame called 'time', and 'past' is just a pile of ashes that cannot be burned again. For human beings, its process is no longer reversible. Time has created piece after piece of ruins. How do you define 'existence'?"

"You mean, I'll never go back?"

"Theoretically, you have the opportunity to go to any fragment of the past, but—what's the point of this. The background energy is constantly bursting out in nothingness, but in these trillion years, there has never been a day when it emerges; Fragments of the future have already appeared in front of your eyes, but you can't bring any changes back to the past—the tiny and short-lived creatures only care about their own sorrows and joys, and they can't make any waves in the vastness of the world."

What is he saying?Eve didn't quite understand, but from his emotions, Eve seemed to understand something—this was probably the wonderful use of the preacher's copper coin.

At this time, she realized that what Aixin meant was: even if a person goes back to the past, what he can change is only his own situation, and it does not affect the ending of the universe more than a quantum fluctuation.

"What does this have to do with me? I never thought about changing anything...I just know that there are people I miss."

"The person you miss." Aixin looked at her and nodded, "How long have you lived here...?"

"Almost seven years."

"So... there is still nothing worthy of your memory here." He was like a doctor who was inquiring about a patient, with professional numbness and indifference in his tone.

"Yes, but I'm not sure... whether these things really belong to me."

Aixin was silent, then laughed.

"Take a seat, boy," he said. "Let's sit down and talk."

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I didn't intend to talk about the creations of Karoqi, after all, their existence made me feel at a loss, but on the other hand, I shouldn't ignore them, because the fourth era, or in other words, the future - I have to admit that they have had a big enough impact on this world.

In order to avoid completely forgetting certain things like before, I need to record at least the following things...

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The Fox Clan and the Crow Clan acted as guardians and monitors respectively. We were originally incompatible with each other, but the birth of Raphro shook the original position between the two clans, allowing us to try to learn to understand each other, and Respect each other's way of life.

When the dawn of the fourth era has not yet appeared, Karoqi entered the dilapidated "Kingkong" with the help of the builder. He obtained the blueprint of the ancestors from the ruins and built a new incubation facility—— But most of his experiments failed. After all, the birth of Rafleur was a miracle.

I can imagine the cruel scene behind his experiment, and the ending that is doomed to be destroyed in the end, so I very much disagree with his behavior—if he created them, he did not endow them with human dignity and freedom of behavior, but only drove them with lies... I think, even if we only talk about the consequences, this matter is destined to be bad.

The Fox Clan, and the Formers of the Fox Clan—there is a factor in their bodies, and these active factors can weaken the unstable factors in Rafro's bloodline.Karoqi called his method "pull the side frame": use the "blood" of a fox descendant to dilute Lafleur's bloodline, so that the bloodline of the fox tribe can be expressed more strongly than the bloodline of the crow tribe ——In this way, Karoqi successfully got his first creation, and I still remember the child's name——Aurosa.Orosa looks exactly like Raphro, except that, like the fox clan, she is born with white hair.Karoqi's creations are not exactly the same as Lafleur, because part of their genes come from a fox family, and because the contributors of the samples are not the same, they also have their own characteristics... They are not Lafleur Lowe's copy.I understand Karoqi, so I also know the flaws of his plan—as Rafro's father, and as the only "Black Feather" among the Crow Clan, only I can give these "creatures" real power— —that is, the kind of power that has the same origin as Rafro and is enough to attract the attention of "cultivators". That's why Karoqi sent them to me again and again, in order to let their abilities be truly realized. liberation.

But I have always been skeptical about this—these created children are not as powerful as Lafleur, and the chances of using them against the "Sky Plow" are obviously slim... And in the end I also realized that Karoqi was going to sacrifice them in exchange for Lafleur's return.I can't accept this - but at the same time, I can't bring myself to destroy Kroach's masterpiece, because I have no position in this regard.

At one time, I thought—time would increase my rationality and make me better balance, but the result is not like this, as time accumulates, I will only make more and more mistakes—and in the end, I just become more tolerant of my own mistakes; now it seems that I will be blamed whether I do or don’t do this thing, because I can’t separate myself from the incident and be responsible to everyone... But in other words, after all these years, I am still a human being with feelings, and I am also grateful for this ——Yes, I am still just a mortal, how can mortals stop making mistakes?

If I want to say how I saw through Kroach's tricks, it is thanks to a child from Kroach... Her appearance is somewhat different from her sisters-her With black hair, when I saw her for the first time, I had an illusion as if I saw my own daughter.Her name was probably Iftrona—I was enlightened by Iftrona's account of her situation with her sisters, as well as some of her own speculations.I don't know how keenly she was aware of this—or if anyone tipped her off.

Iftrona told me she wasn't going back to the teacher (they all called Karoch the teacher), and she gave me another copper coin because she thought I'd lived here too long, Few people could understand me when I spoke, and the "preacher's copper coin" was just to prove that I, a man "dressed like a savage with a knot in his tongue", was not really a savage in thought. prepare.

Iftrona has a whole bag of evangelist copper coins. She revealed to me that there are a total of 140 of them, and more than 60 of them have been distributed now. One day, sooner or later, she will distribute all these copper coins without leaving any.

This is full of symbolic meaning, and her behavior reminds me of my beloved disciple who died young—Pulwara of Makawin—he once told me that the copper coin of the preacher he created is " The seed of trust" will only take root and germinate in the right hands.

I looked at the bag in her hand and was amazed at her courage.In the past, Karoqi had shown off his collection to me many times-a precious magic weapon that could draw blood into rivers with just one piece, but now it is being squandered by this bold girl-among the crows, Karoqi Roach is famous for his coldness. When I thought about the possible consequences of Iftrona, I even felt horrified... Without any hesitation, I decided to cover her up and immediately let her hide with me... Later , she followed me for a while, and learned the knowledge of the Overseers here. I taught her the skills of fighting and escaping until she was truly full-fledged.And for a long and short time, I often lost track of time and thought she was my Raphne...

Added: It suddenly occurred to me that I had indeed been calling her "Ruffalo" since then, so much so that I forgot her real name, I hope she didn't feel bad about it.

(Aisin - "Central Valley Observatory Audio Log 051-12807")

"I know that people always think that they belong to a certain place... and this place is called hometown." Essin said to Eve, "This is not the end, the place where a person first lived, the early experience , may become an inseparable part of him, and no matter how old he lives, those experiences have deeply affected him."

"Yes, that's it." Eve nodded, she thought so.

"Then do you think these things that bother you are a kind of wealth or a burden?"

Eve thought for a moment, then asked, "Can't it be both?"

"If you think so——it means at least it's not just a useless burden." Aixin said, "If you have nothing, you might as well keep it as a memory; if it makes you difficult to walk, then throw it away and just be yourself—since it's embarrassing you now, then don't keep it."

Eve fell silent.

"If you have any concerns, you might as well tell them straight up." Aixin smiled, "Eftrona...I know what she is, if that's what you're worried about——I can vouch for her."

"So, can you tell me..." Eve asked him, "What role do I play? In front of you? In this world?"

"A very inconspicuous role." Aisin replied, "Just like me, even if I created the beacon system, even if Yudi was named because of my existence, I will still be forgotten. In your world, the so-called heroes and great men living in the world today are being praised and worshiped by people, and the country is thriving. But in the eyes of Yafantu, the fourth era is destined to be abandoned... The end is coming under their control. That's why I said, in such a world Under the environment, everyone is very inconspicuous. At this moment, everything that happened on that land is unimportant, and it must be difficult to leave traces in the future. Iftrona has carried too many heavy things, but she did not impose those burdens on you. She doesn’t ask you to do anything, and in the eyes of Yafantu, you don’t even have any use value. other people's eyes."

Eshin's way of speaking was incomprehensible, but it seemed to convey some very scary information, which made Eve, who was already a little irritable, even more upset at this moment.

"The end is coming?" Eve's expression was a little dull.

"It's still early, you don't have to worry about it now." There was an unknown smile in Aixin's eyes, "Do you feel scared?"

Of course Eve was scared, but she didn't answer Aisin, she asked, "What will happen in the end...?"

"As the name suggests, that will be the last day of a civilization." Aisin said, "Wars will always stimulate and force human beings to create inspiration, making civilization move to the next level, and one day, the reapers will be attracted by the fragrance of this ripe fruit...and pick it off."

end.This word sounded so illusory and unimaginable to Eve that she didn't have the courage to continue asking.

There was a bang, and the sound of Essin uncorking the bottle brought her back to her senses.Seeing the girl's ambiguous expression, Essin said, "Whether the end comes or not, life will always go on—have a drink together?"

Eve shook her head, but Aixin ignored it, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go out and get two glasses."

In an instant, the man disappeared. Eve sat on the sofa, looking at the starry sky above her head in a daze.

Eve never thought that she would meet such a person tonight.She couldn't connect the scholar's words with her current life—is it divorced from reality, or is this what the world really looks like?

Soon, Eshin came back, but it was as if he had changed his face. His disheveled hair was neatly combed at this time, and the beard on his face was completely shaved, so Eve was able to see his true face— —A melancholy and calm expression appeared on a handsome face at the same time, and judging from his shiny black hair and those blue eyes similar to his own, this person may have some blood relationship with Evetrona contact.

He put the glass on the table and poured a glass of wine for himself and the girl sitting on the sofa.Eve looked at the amber liquid in the glass, but didn't drink it... She seemed to be thinking about something.

"People always want to find a place for themselves in this huge world..." Aixin said while drinking, "Wandering may be the normal state of a person's life, but in the final analysis, survival is still about seeking——Du Yuan For an unsatisfied heart—therefore, the wandering of the soul stems from the confusion under the fog of knowledge, rather than the goal from beginning to end...man, asking for the years to flow through his body, and then to achieve perfection."

Eve raised her head and looked into Aisin's eyes—she had never looked directly into a stranger's eyes like this.

"So many things will happen in the future, but you know very little about them. You solve one of the mysteries, but you get more unsolved." Aixin asked her with a smile, "That's why you have to learn a lesson, Ask those pioneers—your name is Eve...then Eve, are you willing to stay here?"

"Stay here? Why?" She couldn't guess his intention.

"You can stay here until the end of the Fourth Era."

"No..." Eve subconsciously shook her head.

"A child, someone gave him an orange—he put the orange by the window, and looked at it every day; others persuaded him to eat it, but he refused, and finally one day, the orange rotted, so he threw it away." Aixin advised her: "The world is always going to decline inevitably, and a civilization does not necessarily live longer than a person. What does it have to do with us? Or, are you willing to be like other people, and in a few decades, or a year or two, be reduced to a pile of ashes early without leaving any traces?"

"Thank you for your kindness, but no matter what, there are still people waiting for me to go back, and I can't let them down."

"You mean...the people outside?"

"No, I mean, my...family." Eve's voice trembled because of excitement, "Although there is no blood connection, I can't live without them."

Aixin nodded, "I understand." He stood up and put the wine glass aside, "Although you are not sent by Karoqi, you have come from a long way... yes, very far, so I should give you a gift." He raised his hand, but after a long pause, he put it down again, and the man seemed to be talking to himself, "No, she doesn't need anything, what should I give her?" Woolen cloth?"

"Then don't give it away." Eve couldn't help but said.

She didn't realize what she missed at this moment.

"That's right." Essin said, "How about...let me give you a piece of advice - in the solidified sea of ​​rocks, there is a sleeping person, she looks very similar to you, please remember, no matter what, don't get close to her, no matter what anyone says to you."

"The solidified rock sea? Where is it?"

"To the north of Yudi, that area is probably covered by ice and snow now, and it is a fairly wide area...in terms of area, it is about twice the size of the ring continents combined."

The so-called ring continent refers to the entire area enclosed by the three continents of Heiyu, Qiyang, and Tianyi, including Sun Island and the surrounding sea areas.

"You mean the Boundless Mountains?"

"Boundless, a very vivid name." Aisin said, "But this matter may not be your responsibility at all, so I have one more thing to say... This can also be regarded as my promise: what I want to say is-this place will always welcome you, just like welcoming Yvetrona and her sisters... You can use it, even if I am not here, it is also open to you."

Eve wasn't sure if she would have the chance to revisit, but she still said "thank you" to Eshin.She vaguely sensed the man's inconsistency, and she really wanted to ask Aixin—ask him if he felt lonely here.

Scholar Eshin... is indeed a duplicity guy.He is not as he said, always maintaining a cold-eyed attitude towards this chaotic and changing world. On the contrary, his heart has not become cold due to the washing of the years. Let Iftrona fend for herself?

"Can I trust Evetrona?" Eve still couldn't help asking him.

"So...you seek my advice because you trust me?" Aisin asked back.

"I don't know, but now I can only ask you."

"I trust Iftrona, so I suggest you trust her too."

"Are you guys in the same group?" Eve asked.

"And I also believe in you." Essin raised his glass, and he said, "You are a visitor from the 'other world'... No matter who you were before or what you have experienced, that is all in the past... And Since we can’t go back to the past, let’s enjoy the present.”

Encouraged by him, Eve also picked up the cup and drank the thick amber liquid in one gulp.

［207］Rebirth under withering: the microscopic stalwart of the stalwart·Part [-]

That bottle of wine seemed a bit weird, Eve only drank a few sips, and she actually got a little drunk, so she didn't plan to drink any more.

"Let's have some music, it's soothing," said the scholar.

Eve thought he was talking to herself, but the next moment, a soft melody sounded in the room - like a string sound, but the tone made Eve feel strange.

Essin was drinking, looking at the stars above his head. He was immersed in the lazy melody, and he didn't say a word for a long time—he seemed to forget that there was someone sitting beside him.

"What are you doing here, is it astronomical observation?" Eve asked him.

"It can be said that, but in fact... I have nowhere to go." Essin said, "The universe is boundless. Sitting here can just be used to kill time."

"Oh……"

"Not many people have seen such a starry sky. After the first era, civilizations of all generations generally lack the corresponding vocabulary." Aixin took off the copper coin on his wrist and rubbed it in his hand, "In this world , the so-called astronomy... is not a subject that can be systematically studied, it is usually classified as archaeology."

"Because there is no real starry sky to study?"

"This is basically the case." Aixin said, "but the word 'truth' is not used appropriately. In fact, we are only looking at the past at this time—these lights from the past show the origin of the creation of the world. In their original glory, they came to us, perhaps flying 3000 billion light-years, or billions of light-years... more likely somewhere in between. Beneath these illusions of the past, today's Maybe that's how it should be—the star has collapsed, the nebula is dimmed, and we're trying to warm ourselves to some embers."

Eshin's words reveal a fact - a universe that has existed for trillions of years is still expanding today.

"You mean... the universe is coming to an end?"

"I don't know if the universe will have an end, but one day, it will become something we humans don't understand." Essin said, "The starry sky above our heads exists somewhere billions of light years away. This is probably what the universe you are familiar with looks like, but it is not for me. The universe I know is more empty."

"Is this starry sky really so far away from us?" Eve asked him, "What exactly is the Ether Eye?"

"For what purpose this thing was created, I'm still not sure. I only know that it seems to be tracking a certain kind of thing." Aisin replied, "It's like a huge telescope, The objective is very far away, and its size is... unimaginable, about the size of a galaxy or a galaxy group. My guess is that the objective is composed of a decay product - how can I explain it to you ——They are invisible and intangible, but they have mass, and it is these extremely tiny things that gather in large numbers and cause disturbance to the space, but from the distribution of the gravitational potential well, you cannot call it a 'black hole'—— It is a very uniform gravitational lens, and it is non-spin. These particles are escaping, colliding with particles of different flavors at the periphery, annihilated and flashing at the edge, forming the light-colored bright ring at the outermost edge of the etheric eye... …Some particles are eliminated, but some are supplemented, so as to maintain the dynamic stability of the curvature of the lens. Besides, between the lens and the eye of ether, there are probably other particles that can change the space structure. Things—these things are exquisitely designed. Judging from the imaging effect, this huge deep-space mirror is definitely not a natural celestial body that was formed by chance... After all, it also has the functions of tracking stars, image enhancement, and protecting the brightness of nova explosions ...thanks to this, for a while even determining the standard candle was a big problem."

"Could you put it more simply?"

"It can be said that the Ethereal Eye was designed to observe this remote area, but I can't imagine what kind of civilization can create a device of this scale."

"Is there a more advanced civilized race?"

"I think so. After all, with the objective conditions of human beings, this kind of thing can never be created, unless human beings can surpass themselves, complete the double evolution of material and spiritual levels, and become another existence... If you want to use a To describe it in one word, that is—ascension.”

"Why do you have to 'ascension' to create this kind of thing?" Once upon a time, Eve also had a strong interest in the universe and extraterrestrial civilizations.

"This issue, I have discussed with a fellow... He has some very interesting ideas, I can tell you now."

Maybe it was because of the music playing in the room, the two of them relaxed, and they no longer spoke carefully as before.

"This friend believes that the development of civilization will always have an end, but it is not because civilization has reached its apex, but because we will eventually encounter a bottleneck that cannot be overcome. The information that humans can process is limited. Up to now, the tree of knowledge has stretched out countless branches, and branches are born within the branches, and in addition, they are intertwined and fused with each other—this is the discipline that we have been subdividing for thousands of years."

Essin uses a lot of analogies so that Eve can understand his point of view, and the content is roughly as follows:

Just like the universe itself, or the human brain - the universe experienced inflation in the early days, and the brain also experienced a period of rapid growth of dendritic spines and synapses; when the environment gradually stabilized, unstable or unnecessary structures Will slowly wither, or be eliminated, thus, a complex system finally obtains a stable and efficient structure, and gets rid of chaos and disorder.The same is true of civilization and science. During the period of enlightenment, they grow rapidly. This process may last for thousands or tens of thousands of years, until the era of interstellar migration comes.From the perspective of human beings, M dwarfs and K dwarfs are undoubtedly the best places to immigrate, because they can exist stably and for a long time, and considering cost and stability, the new home of mankind will be built along the ecliptic plane, starting Sometimes it is some artificial asteroids that share orbits, and then develops into a belt-like and ring-like structure. When civilization develops to a certain extent, the net-shaped stellar spherical shell will be completely closed, enveloping the star.In fact, if civilization develops to this stage, human beings may encounter some unsolvable problems-limited by the speed of light, information transmission will be delayed, which may be tolerated in the spherical shell of a low-temperature M dwarf star , but if civilization wants to continue to develop, the structure of the spherical shell must continue to expand outwards—for example, if the furthest transmission of information has a delay of one-tenth of a light-hour, the structure of civilization may need to be changed , at this time, the transmission of information is still controllable, and can still be predicted by calculation; if the delay increases to a quarter of a light, the structure of civilization needs to be pruned, and the research of minutiae needs to be supported by mainstream technology and its ethical review. Make concessions, because only in this way can the development of civilization return to the efficiency of the past; and when the civilization continues to grow, the collapse will begin-the mistakes and chaos hidden in the rapid development are like plagues, corroding the branches of civilization , causing those high-rise buildings built on fallacies to collapse...

He said: "Civilization was built on an isolated island, but science is constantly developing. If one day, the number of disciplines developed is far greater than the total population that this isolated island can support, where will our civilization go?"

The so-called "isolated island" does not just refer to a piece of space, but also symbolizes all possibilities limited by the speed limit of information transmission.

Of course, maybe the ending doesn’t have to be like this—after the civilization structure composed of human individuals develops to a certain stage, it is more likely that high-level structures and new individuals will emerge to fight against the limitations of the current stage.

What will this new entity be? ——Maybe it is the consciousness that human beings turn to their creations, which is created beyond human beings; it may be a transcendent individual born from human beings, a new human being that surpasses all people from mind to body, and is the further existence of Nietzsche’s so-called “Superman”;

"Consciousness is born in the brain, and we think about what consciousness is in our minds; human beings are born in the universe, and study everything and the truth in the universe." Essin said, "So how can we understand everything?"

As a result, human beings will no longer be the darlings of the world—or become slaves, or become consumables... No matter what the ending is, human beings will be abandoned, will decline, and will decline along with their old civilization.

"The development of this kind of civilization... really existed?" Eve asked him—thanks to the effect of the preacher's copper coin, Aixin's words were not too difficult for her to understand.

"Usually, the development speed of civilization is unpredictable, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and sometimes it does require a little luck." Essin replied, "But now it has spanned hundreds of billions of years, and different universes have different civilizations... Everything that can be expected may have happened—so it probably existed."

"Different universes? Parallel universes?"

"It can be understood in this way, but it is not 'parallel', it can only be regarded as 'equal level'. At the beginning of the universe, the spontaneous symmetry breaking made different universes have different constants and different particle distributions, and they finally evolved into different universes. Some of them formed planets, some became voids, some remained dead from beginning to end, or were in chaos... Some of them had the right conditions, and thus gave birth to some life that we can understand, and we The time and space that can be perceived. If we compare the collection of all universes at the same level to a beach, those chaotic time and space that we cannot understand are sea water and sand, those that cannot breed life or can breed life that can be understood The time and space of the human body are pebbles, and the time and space that we are familiar with are shellfish - we will never know whether it is really alive until we pry it open, but prying it represents an irreversible Destruction. We can pick out pebbles and shellfish, but not sea water and sand, because to humans, they are the same, this is the universe under the anthropic principle. By the way...you have heard of 'crabification' ?"

"Generally know something."

"Many crustaceans are evolving towards the appearance of 'crabs'. Perhaps, the civilization development of intelligent life will have the same ending. Those life forms that we can understand will eventually abandon their own bodies and achieve immortal consciousness. They can understand each other because of the same evolutionary results. Therefore, they can cross the barriers of equal time and space and complete higher-dimensional mental fusion."