Lu Ning can see this building, but it doesn't mean that others can also see it. Garuda was at a loss. He had no idea where Lu Ning was going. When Lu Ning got closer to the building, he finally couldn't help but ask.
Of course he could not see that, although re-adjustment of mathematical cognition was an internal matter of cognition, what had been erased by zeroing was part of the source of contamination.
"I need to enter a secret realm now." Lu Ning said in a way he could understand. "This place may have some valuable information, but your current situation is probably out of reach. I need you here, when Another one of my observation bits.”
"Observation position...what needs to be done?"
"Next, I will go inside, and you need to record everything I experience until it disappears. I will take a look when I come back. And after I leave, you need to build a simple sentry here. The sentry Cancel those general observation functions, and only retain the three detection methods of magic, pollution, and life."
"How long will I have to wait for you?"
"I'm not sure. After all, time may lose its meaning there. I will do it as soon as possible. If you can't wait for me to come back after one day, I will go back and lead the team to continue our original mission." Lu Ning said.
Garuda nodded and bowed slightly to her.
Lu Ning turned around and started walking towards the building.
Even the meaning of things that have been returned to zero has been eliminated in reality, and Lu Ning relies on destroying his own shielding to make this inexplicably contaminated thing reappear within his own cognition, and in this connection I got the chance to make contact again. Just like the doomsday recorder who finally left behind his knowledge, if a city is still in someone's knowledge, then parts other than the relevant numbers can still be described.
When Lu Ning entered the building, she found that there were almost no signs of damage. Time seems to have left no trace on it. The neat interior showed a sense of technology. Even when Lu Ning walked into the corridor, the lights would still turn on automatically.
Is the system still working properly? This is strange. The phenomenon of zeroing will undoubtedly cause the biggest blow to the digital system. Lu Ning was curious about how they ensured the operation here.
After a little probing, she figured it out.
Trigger switch.
Since all the logic of calculations using complex counting methods will be eliminated by the zeroing phenomenon, people here simply designed the switch to only distinguish between yes and no states. Naturally, there are no functions such as identity verification. . Under this triggering condition, as long as it is not completely erased by Zero, various mechanisms of this building can be triggered.
However, all this is almost nothing if the building itself is also reduced to zero. Lu Ning even found a map in the corridor. People here did not use any geometric patterns to draw the map. Instead, they used text - the corridor is an elongated corridor, and functional buildings are directly marked with text.
This seems to be a measure taken to prevent maps with the concept of scale from being erased.
Lu Ning quickly found the location of the data room. This room was placed in the most conspicuous place. The people who built the building obviously knew that this was the most precious thing.
In the data room, there are a lot of white papers stacked up.
For "Return to Zero", in addition to returning the numbers to zero, related records will also be gradually eliminated. Lu Ning can guess that these white papers originally contained information about their civilization, history, culture, science, art and other fields. records. But with the death of those who knew them, they were erased.
All carriers that can be used to record information do not have any text or patterns on them. Lu Ning could see a lot of meaningless scratches on the wall, and could tell that someone had desperately tried to leave some meaningful words on the wall, but "returning to zero" was obviously a phenomenon that transcended thinking. All intentional and unintentional information has been eliminated, leaving only chaotic scratches that still seem to narrate the history of that year.
Searching in the data room yielded no results. I could only see that this place had not been eroded by time, and everything was still in a usable state. Lu Ning even found a glass of warm water. She specially used a freezing spell, but the temperature of the water was not lowered.
They are still in the state of being erased, and things that have been returned to zero will no longer be affected by external objects. Although Lu Ning can touch and move, he cannot affect their status. She could tear a piece of paper into pieces, but she couldn't burn it to ashes.
But contrary to this observation, Lu Ning was able to use magic here.
The essence of magic is a change of state. If this area is completely exiled outside of time, then in theory it is impossible to even use magic here. But Lu Ning clearly felt that the magic power was active, and the magic power she could call was no different from usual.
While she was thinking about this problem, she was also searching the entire building.
When she walked into a dormitory, she discovered an unexpected situation.
The dormitory is a very simple room for four people. On a table that is not too big, there is a book open, and a pen stands strangely above the book, as if it is still holding on to the last moment of writing.
And there are actually traces left on this book...
Although those traces are not formed words, they are different from random scratches. They obviously have a certain order. In theory, this kind of thing should disappear. Has anyone found a way to crack it to zero?
Lu Ning couldn't understand what was written on the page, but she still used magic to carefully rub it down to avoid any accidents. After the rubbing was completed, Lu Ning put the book away. She also tried to decipher the text inside, but unfortunately she failed.
After leaving the dormitory, Lu Ning continued to search, and this time it didn't take long before she found a room that was not on the map.
operating room.
The entire wall of this room was covered with scratches and blank spaces. A quick glance at it would even make people feel a little scary. However, after Lu Ning thought about it for a moment, he knew what the people in this room were looking for. .
Including the operating room that disappeared from the map is a reminder. They even used the record gap caused by zeroing to form the most basic coded expression. Using only presence and absence to convey information is undoubtedly sufficient for encoding.
However, after Lu Ning calculated a certain coding pattern, he suddenly discovered that although the coded text on the wall had recorded certain information, the part involving the number pattern was still changed to "zero".
The power of "Return to Zero" seems to be absolute. People use various methods to try to climb over this mountain, but there is still a mountain outside the mountain, and there is no way out at all.
[...On day zero, I found this method. Whether it is useful or useless, I can no longer judge. I have operated on zero people so far, but after the operation, they are gone, just in the blink of an eye, the person disappears. Scholars still have not come to a decent conclusion, and the living are still in fear. The observation station has gathered the most courageous people, but their courage will eventually wear out. 】
The writing on the wall ends here, there is really no room to continue carving anything. Lu Ning sighed slightly and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly she felt a strange feeling.
It seemed like someone was sighing with her just now?
Lu Ning hurriedly looked around, even spreading out her spiritual sea, but found nothing.
She thought for a while, then opened her mouth and asked, "Is anyone still there?"
No one answered.
Lu Ning closed her eyes.
If someone is there, it is very simple for her to see the other person, she just needs to change her mind again. When her mathematical reconstruction is partially restored, the people who were erased will be in the same cognitive frequency band as her.
But this is dangerous, and she hasn't done this part of the experiment yet.
"never mind."
Lu Ning turned around and walked out of the operating room.
At this time, the feeling that there was someone next to her appeared again, as if those unwilling people had once again managed to penetrate the barriers of the rules and send her a message. Lu Ning looked in that direction and walked over.
"In order to prevent you from misunderstanding, let me make it clear first." Lu Ning said as he walked, "I sympathize with your experience, but I am unable to save you. As of now, we are still under the shroud of doomsday. We are in a state where we cannot protect ourselves. If you want us to solve the problem and save you, that is not what is happening now, and it will not be done by me."
She reached the end and saw the room there. From the map, this is the commander's room.
However, in the general environment of Return to Zero, there is not much difference between the commander and others. Lu Ning pushed the door open and saw three things that looked like coffins in this simple room.
She immediately recognized the material of these coffins. They were almost the same material as the stones used in the doomsday records that Lu Ning had found before, and only these things could leave text normally.
But these things should be "future materials" obtained by the first-generation civilization through retreating from the future. Why are they here? Theoretically, they should all be placed in various doomsday record locations, rather than in such a simple research area. Lu Ning searched all the way and saw no other doomsday-related records.
Lu Ning looked at the words written on the first coffin.
[Today’s technology can no longer restore things to zero. We search to the end of time to find answers to the final crack at returning to zero. We believe that materials, technology and power that can resist zeroing must still exist in time. The Recording Lab was set up to do just that, and what you see is what we found. We have salvaged these coffins that have traveled upstream in time. With our ability, we cannot leave any traces on them. This is a good thing. This also means that perhaps returning to zero cannot shake its existence. 】
Then came the second bite.
[We sent a signal to the deep time and got their response. However, they say that there is nothing at the end of time. The future has disappeared and only these remnants are traced back to the past. We couldn't understand the meaning, but we still got some help. Everything we can still record is sealed in the coffin. If we are destined to return to the starting point, then relying on these, we can start again from the starting point. 】
This was written on the last coffin.
[The surface of the coffin is still affected by zeroing, and relevant information cannot be written, otherwise it will also be reset to zero. The inside of the coffin is in a black box state, and even we don't know what will become of what we put in it. If latecomers need to open it, please be prepared for all possibilities. I believe that if you can find this place, you must have a sufficient understanding of what you may face. 】
There wasn't much content. Lu Ning looked at the words in silence for a moment, then reached out and pressed one of the coffins, and then heard a click.
Such an important thing can only be locked and unlocked with this trigger switch.
After she levitated the three coffins, she said to the empty room: "I saw it, and I will take it back. We have people there who can put it to use, you... don't worry."
There was nothing else in this building that she could take away.
Lu Ning walked out of the building along the way she came, but she still encountered no obstruction. She let the three coffins float behind her, looked back at the clean building, and then closed the gap in her spiritual sea.
The sky and the earth closed in front of my eyes, all abnormalities were hidden back in the space, the whole world returned to normal, and the building was once again shrouded in trees and fog.
"Captain!" Garuda's voice came from not far away.
"How long was I gone?"
"It doesn't take long, about an hour." Garuda said.
"Sure enough, there is a time misalignment." Lu Ning nodded slightly. She went in to search for about three hours, but the time she came out was only so short. As expected, there was something wrong with the passage of time in the building.
Garuda came over and was surprised to see something floating around Lu Ning.
"This is……"
"Brought out from inside, everyone in that era was trying to find something that could overcome the disaster." Lu Ning said, "We still have enough space on the vehicle, let's put it on."
"Yes." Garuda nodded and placed another chip in Lu Ning's hand.
"This is the entire record since you left, and I think you should take another look at it."
Lu Ning glanced at Garuda, nodded, and asked, "You witnessed it, how do you feel?"
"It's very weird... Captain, I have seen a lot of things, but this is the first time such a weird situation, and I don't want to see it a second time." Garuda said with a bitter smile, "There was a moment. , I even thought you were possessed by something evil."
On the chip, a flesh-and-blood monster wrapped in chains was walking towards the deep forest.
