Luo Binhan was unwilling to call his behavior "premeditated," but he had to admit that it was not purely a temporary move. When he tentatively proposed to contact Black Star Lufo, the vague motive indeed contained such a wish: he was increasing his importance, perhaps it should be said that it was his sense of existence. Anyway, both of them were not accurate enough. . This thought had been brewing since they parted ways in Sugar City and Upsilon, and it had become extremely clear now: in short, he didn't want to be sent away by Jing Huang again.
Regarding the strange image shown to him by Demon Star Lufu, although Jing Huang claimed that he had never seen him in person, he admitted that the attire was characteristic of the Dwarf Star guest. And unless Luffy just wanted to play with them (that's not impossible), it couldn't be dressed up like that for no reason - could this winged head suspected of being a dwarf star guest be the target of Upsilon? Or could it be that it was following Upsilon, but didn't realize that its whereabouts were being noticed by the eyes in the sky? In any case, this thing gave Luo Binhan a bad impression.
"...What you are talking about is a bit like the 'Holy Spirit'."
After listening to his description, Jing Huang said: "The form of that structure is not very similar to the life form formed in the mortal world. Although it may be artificial life, the dwarf stars don't like to use that kind of thing. Most of them are The Holy Spirit somewhere degenerated and joined the Dwarf Star Guests. Xuan Yuanhui likes to turn this kind of life that is hostile to him into the same kind."
"Then why don't we accept you?" Luo Binhan asked. He was driven away by Jing Huang's side kick while lying on the chair. Then he came back from the other side and pulled Jing Huang's hair.
Another of his questions was also answered. Jing Huang claimed that there was always a loud sound that transcended the stars here, but just like the ancient language of Baihe he said, it could not be heard by mortals without talent. That statement made Luo Binhan very skeptical, but in the end he got the support of Momolo. The latter said that although he could not hear the echoes from the high spiritual belt all the time like Jing Huang, as long as his spirit sought resonance, he could definitely hear where the sounds came from - although sometimes he could only hear one or two. The distance between stars depends on the degree of distortion of space.
Luo Binhan had little doubt about Momolo's honesty, but he was still puzzled by his statement. He asked Momolo to try to imitate the sound he heard, but Momolo expressed embarrassment that he couldn't do it.
"You can't hear the frequency of that sound, Mr. Luo. It's a very low sound now, but there are also high-pitched sounds mixed in."
Luo Binhan initially imagined the sound as a chorus of a bass and a soprano, but Momolo said it was actually more like the sound of waves in a conch. Luo Binhan didn't think about this problem at first. It wasn't until he ran to the warehouse and chatted with Li Li that he finally realized: Is that a poetic metaphor? Or is it a literal conch?
"Celestial rhythm." Li Li said.
"What?" Luo Binhan replied absently. He was still wondering about the conch.
"I'm talking about 'the loudest song,' sir."
Luo Binhan finally turned his attention back: "Can you hear that sound too?"
"No. I'm afraid all I hear is what's going on in this warehouse, as long as the sound picker is not malfunctioning - however, celestial rhythms are not a completely untouchable concept for you, sir. Since ancient Greek times..."
When Luo Binhan heard this, he asserted: "This must be a concept that I have never been exposed to."
Li Li smiled implicitly. She continued as if she heard nothing: "Music was once regarded as a higher form than language, sir. At that time, it was believed that music could convey more emotions and information than language, and therefore it was the language of the world. . But even music is classified by them: some are noble and beneficial, used to educate people's virtues, and others are vulgar and low-level, they will corrode people's minds. They do not think that music should be a kind of music. Entertainment, but more serious...I guess you don't like the word 'educational tool' too much. And the form they use to express that seriousness is 'harmony.'"
Luo Binhan thought he had some experience of harmony, especially on the Internet in his hometown. But Li Li seemed to deliberately not give him time to express his opinion. Her image flashed suspiciously a few times, triggering Luo Binhan's stress response to the nightmare of the Demon Star. He jumped up from his seat and hid behind the shelf.
Li Li still said as if he hadn't seen it: "According to the point of view at that time, sir, you can roughly regard 'harmony' as a kind of mathematical rationality. Some philosophers believe that everything in the universe has order, and music is the formal embodiment of it. ——That means that they only admit that music that conforms to order and logic is beautiful, and in this regard, from a more modern point of view, they are claiming that mathematics is the aesthetic standard of music.”
"Does this have anything to do with celestial bodies?" Luo Binhan asked tremblingly, hiding behind the cabinet.
"They say everything is number, sir. People once regarded the movement of the universe and the celestial bodies as a certain number relationship. When the movement of the celestial bodies formed a rhyme according to some mathematical conversion, they believed that it would be perfect music with perfect harmony. ——The music of heaven, the song of celestial bodies, the language of reason.”
Li Li suddenly stopped. She stared in a specific direction for a long time, making Luo Binhan think she had discovered something. When he asked, Li Li shook his head and said, "I just thought of some past events, sir."
This sentence aroused Luo Binhan's curiosity more than anything she had said before. He immediately asked: "What happened in the past?"
"A question about nature."
"What?"
"Is number the essence? Or is the image the essence?"
Luo Binhan said to her decisively: "My essence is to give up."
Li Li started laughing again. “We can explain this in a more self-conscious way,” she said. “There’s the idea that our world is just a…degraded projection, like a sandcastle on the beach, or the inside of a distorting mirror. Above us is a more perfect 'archetype' - we can call this concept of perfection a 'rational formula'. On the issue of 'harmony' we can say this: the rhythm of the celestial bodies is perhaps the closest Logical music, from a harmonious aesthetic point of view, is considered the most beautiful music - even though we are not even capable of appreciating it."
"Really?" Luo Binhan said.
"I can tell you don't like this theory, sir."
Luo Binhan couldn't say for sure. He couldn't tell whether he would like something he didn't know at all, but Li Li seemed to be sure of it. She said: "If we admit the existence of 'reasons', it almost means that everything has the only solution, a certain form or value must be the highest, and the rest are all distortions."
"Oh." Luo Binhan said, "Let them have a fight."
"That just shows who is better at persisting."
"Don't mean the same thing?"
"That's the problem, sir." Li Li said, "Death is a contradiction in Li style, for the time being."
Luo Binhan wanted to say something, but finally gave up. He almost forgot why he came to see Li Li in the first place, but the word "death" reminded him.
"I always dream about you." He blurted out. Seeing Li Li raise his eyebrows, he quickly added, "Just in that kind of dream."
"I guess that was Black Star's dream."
"Yes, yes. You show up as soon as I'm done. Do you know why?"
"I guess it was just someone borrowing my image."
"Then do you recognize a big bald guy? His name is 'Fake'?"
Li Li blinked and said, "I remember he made a certain Mr. Hacker very angry."
Luo Binhan didn't know what she meant, and Li Li refused to answer carefully. She announced that she could not give Luo Binhan any more help, and then disappeared into the warehouse. Luo Binhan had no choice but to go back to Jing Huang to exchange feelings.
"What's going on with Li Li in the back warehouse?" He asked, pulling Jing Huang's hair.
"Picked it up on the road."
"Which way?"
"Turn left after leaving your house for sixty kilometers."
"Then aren't we all in Aries City?"
"That's right. If you don't like it, go pick it up."
"Which hacker has Fake been angry with?"
"That guy was working as a network security officer at the time."
"Then what's the contradiction between Li Shi and death?"
"Ignore your mother." Jing Huang couldn't keep his eyes open as he said, "Get out of here."
Luo Binhan was unyielding and made full use of the three hair-pulling opportunities every twenty-four hours, but he rarely used Silence at other times. Every day he had no choice but to train Fina or find Yaleriga to guide her in training. There were only two or three opportunities for him to see the scene of the planet Silence was exploring through the lens controlled by ∈: there was a tunnel-like artificial building structure lying alone on the seemingly deserted planet. ∈ claimed that there was a space anomaly inside, and a robot sent in Neither came out; there were several nearby extremely cold planets, the ground covered with crystal clear white sand like ice grains. After taking samples, it was announced that this is a heat-reflective material with a special structure that allows the emitted thermal radiation to be at the window wavelength of the atmosphere - which means that the heat given to the planet by nearby stars will quickly dissipate into the universe.
"Oh, I know this one." ∈ said happily, "Planet cryogen, some places call it cursed frost. The fruit-granting demon likes to use this thing to create scenery. You understand, right? Get a few. Ice age extinction points, excess species or something.”
He enthusiastically found a hemispherical glass bottle, filled it with a small amount of white sand and gave it to Luo Binhan. As decoration, the bottom of the bottle is painted with ice seas and glaciers, and there is also a frozen plastic dinosaur carcass. Luo Binhan shook the bottle and saw white sand flying all over the tragic dinosaur corpse, and then expressed his sincere feelings to ∈.
"I'm not a beast." ∈ corrected. But in the end, the dinosaur carcasses were replaced with a small group of penguins.
The Silence moved on after discarding the dinosaur carcass. The trip was generally uneventful, but there was no sign of Upsilon. It wasn't until Luo Binhan began to doubt Lu Fu's integrity that they finally discovered signs of life of other travelers on a sea of bright red ice.
