When Yuan Quan hesitantly walked towards the command bridge hatch, at the other end of the passage, Aru poked his head out from the corner, looked at Yuan Quan's back and said hesitantly: "Li Liang has entered Chico for two days, and now We haven't come out yet, Andy, are you sure Director Yuan can convince Li Sen to send us down?"
He looked back and found that there was only Hans behind him, and Andrea was standing in the distance with his arms folded, obviously unwilling to be as sneaky as them.
"Of course," Hans looked like he knew the inside story, "Don't forget, Yuan Quan has another identity, the adopted daughter of General Robben. How dare Li Sen not give him face? Humph, you think we can be here Are you filming because "Hans" is popular? Don't be stupid, it's because Li Liang doesn't trust..."
"Hey, stop, I don't want to know this." Aru looked around in a panic, and then breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the passing crew members didn't pay attention to them. "To be honest, I kind of regret coming with you. The big shot's business has nothing to do with us. It doesn’t matter, we should wait for the notification honestly.”
Hans curled up his lips: "It's as useless as mud. Are you willing to spend your whole life filming TV series and making those idiotic audiences laugh like a clown? We are the protagonists of this era. Do you understand? We command wars like heroes and rise to the center of power. , that is our real career.”
"We are just the protagonists of the TV series," Aru smiled bitterly, "Hans, I am different from you. I grew up in a gang and I know very well how cruel gang fights are. As for war? Don't be kidding. Those big shots, you only see They look so glamorous, but do you know how terrible the struggle between them is?"
"Coward," Hans snorted, "Then why did you come anyway?"
Aru was speechless.
"Ha, I got it," Hans understood. He patted Alu on the shoulder and said in a serious tone, "Give up your fantasy. Li Liang is a straight man. If you don't believe me, ask Andy."
"Shut up!"
Aru and Andrea cursed in unison.
At this time, the unique heavy footsteps of the bionic sentry came from the passage.
Aru glanced over and said nervously: "Come out."
moment.
Yuan Quan followed the two bionic sentries to the corner. When he passed the three of them without looking away, he quietly hooked his right hand twice behind his back.
Success!
The three people's eyes met and they quickly followed. The journey was smooth and smooth. When they arrived at the main take-off and landing platform, a "Hummingbird" assault ship was ready.
Five minutes later, the assault ship flew out of the main landing platform. Through the portholes, the four people crowded in the equipment cabin finally saw the scene outside clearly and were stunned.
The Nautilus, which was approaching Chi Chi, was no longer sleek and elegant, but looked like an angry "hedgehog". All the long-range weapons all over the ship were in a ready-to-fire state, along with several huge main guns, pointing neatly downward.
As the assault ship continued to descend, more and more warships appeared in the field of vision, and there was an urgent atmosphere of being ready to attack the Chico Spiritual Gate at any time.
"Have we reached this point..." Andrea murmured to herself, holding Yuan Quan's hand, clasping her fingers tightly but still felt it was not enough, and finally leaned against Yuan Quan's body.
At this moment, she clearly realized that if that man died in Chico, the two mountains of the human military would immediately go to war, losing the support of the Twin Gods. Even if they had the authority advantage, the side headed by Cain and Zorge would probably It is difficult to resist Robben's Outland Legion.
The building is about to collapse, and she must hold on to the girl next to her.
"Andy, are you feeling unwell?" Yuan Quan adjusted his glasses with some confusion and patted the back of her hand gently, "You seem to be shaking."
"It's okay," Andrea forced a smile, but cold sweat had already wet her temples.
Hans stared at the scene outside the porthole and said casually: "Are you feeling seasick? It's okay. We are almost there."
"..."
Looking at the excited Hans, Andrea suddenly felt that it would be happier to be childish.
Soon, the assault ship passed through the thin clouds of the Chico Spiritual Gate and flew to the designated landing point.
"Look!" Aru suddenly lay down on the porthole.
Others looked in the direction he pointed and saw a huge magic talisman array appearing on the endless water. It was still far away, but dazzling.
It wasn't until they walked out of the cabin door after landing that they saw clearly that all employees of the KGB security company were out and scattered within a few hundred meters to maintain the operation of the talisman array. Only one person was doing nothing, wearing headphones on his head and looking at his hand. The tablet inside twisted around.
They came to this man and found that he was actually watching a group of girls dressed in "cool" clothes singing and dancing...
Yuan Quan shouted in confusion: "Mr. Allen?"
"Ah?" Allen looked up and was stunned. He hid the tablet behind his back, took off his headphones and said seriously, "Hey, why are you here?"
At this time, intense music came from the headphones hanging around his neck.
"..."
Allen silently closed the tablet with his hands behind his back and asked nonchalantly, "What's the matter?"
"Well..." Yuan Quan glanced at the magic talisman formation, "Li Liang has been in there for two days, and we are a little worried about him, so..."
"Don't worry, the professional team of KCB Security Company has strictly assessed the risks of the 'Thinking Field' in advance, and after Li Liang enters the 'Thinking Field', Tripoca will pay close attention to the changes in Chico's consciousness structure. The magic talisman array we have set up here will ensure nothing goes wrong."
Hearing these words, Andrea lowered her head and tucked the hair stuck to her cheek behind her ears, took a long breath, then raised her head, with a hint of admiration and intimacy in her eyes, and asked timidly: "Mr. Allen, What is a 'thought field'?"
Allen hurriedly puffed up his chest: "The 'Thinking Field' is a special ability possessed by Chico. Using this ability, it can make the structures generated in consciousness appear directly in Aqilu."
"Wow," Andrea's eyes widened, "Is it a kind of magic?"
"No, it is the ability brought about by its own life characteristics," Allen explained patiently. "From the classical science you can understand, the consciousness of most carbon-based intelligent life forms arises from the topological structure of the neuron network. , such as humans, so you can imagine Chico as a human with only a head and no body. The entire basic universe is its brain, and the dense particle cloud forms a 'neuron network'.
When humans carefully recall something they have seen before, the brain's neuron network will activate the corresponding topological structure, associate the visual, auditory, tactile, etc., so that the thing can be reproduced in the mind, and when Chico focuses on imagination, the particles The clouds change drastically, and the 'thought field' will cause the basic particles to gain mass and form corresponding macroscopic matter. "
"..."
There was actually such a life. The four of them looked at each other, and their hearts were extremely shocked.
"Of course, there is another explanation for the magic theory," Allen said, "Tlipoca told me that the reason why Chico was born was essentially the infiltration and infringement of 'Achilu' by 'Yeqira'. This situation is very rare, and relevant research can be traced back to the era when the Gate of Spiritual Principle appeared, and its 'thinking field' has the distinctive characteristics of 'Jeqira', such as..."
"Mr. Allen," Andrea bit her lip and showed a wronged expression to show that she didn't understand the magic theory at all.
"Sorry, Andy," Allen ignored Yuan Quan, Hans and Aru, smiling broadly at Andrea, "If you have anything else you want to know, just ask."
"Hey, I'm a little curious as to why Chico let Mr. Li Liang enter the 'Thinking Field' alone."
"It's very simple. Humans can't imagine something they haven't seen before. The same goes for Chico. Before meeting the goblin, the things it created with its 'thinking field' were twisted and dark and meaningless until the goblin provided it with some civilized information." Basic information, it was the first time it understood life and matter, and realized that it was originally an intelligent life. Later, it created a universe and imagined that it was a life living in that universe. Then, unfortunately, it encountered Most intelligent beings are confused about whether 'I' gave rise to consciousness, or whether consciousness gave rise to 'I'.
It began to doubt the authenticity of the spiritual world, and suspected that it was just a figment of the 'thinking field'. It asked Li Liang to enter the 'thinking field' alone in order to get an answer, 'Is there a clear boundary between reality and fiction?' …”
Hearing this, Yuan Quan's eyes turned red inexplicably, and he asked softly: "Didn't the fairy give it an answer?"
"No, the way elves generate consciousness has always been a secret. They may not consider this issue," Allen said perfunctorily, then turned to Andrea, "Is there anything else you want to know, Andy?"
"Hmm... Then how will Li Liang answer? Conversation?"
“It’s not that simple, he could be experiencing triple realities.
When assessing the risk, Trippoca, I, Cain, and Chico communicated the entire process. First, Chico asked us to provide detailed information on human civilization, as well as all the images and videos of this expedition so far. Data recording, secondly, it hopes that Li Liang will temporarily disable the Horcrux after entering the 'Thinking Field', actively disconnect from the gods, and at the same time put down all psychological alert, allowing it to read all memories and subconscious..."
"This is too much!" Hans said angrily.
"Yes," Allen shrugged, "It doesn't matter to temporarily remove the Horcrux, but it is very dangerous to completely open the memory and subconscious. Fortunately, Tlipoca carries the 'Grapple of Flora's Tracing' with him, commonly known as the 'Meditation Hourglass'. Then It is a common auxiliary device. Many temple priests inject their memories of meditation or prayer into it for the 'listeners' to observe and learn. Therefore, Li Liang finally chose this compromise plan. Through the "meditation hourglass", It provides his memories from the time he entered the spiritual gate of Gaius Stolet to the present."
Andrea wondered: "Why start with Gaius Stolet?"
"Going further forward, the details in human memory will become vague and inaccurate."
"Then, what is triple reality?" Yuan Quan asked.
"The real world is the first reality. After that, based on the information we provided, Chico used the 'Thinking Field' to construct every real scene that Li Liang experienced from the beginning of Gaias Stolle to two days ago.
Since the magician will lose the protection of his faith after removing the Horcrux, once he enters Chico's basic world, the neuron network in Li Liang's brain is temporarily suppressed by the 'thinking field', and he loses all memories until he is awakened by Chico in a certain scene. , he will naturally remember the process of arriving at this scene, including all the previous memories, but the subsequent memories are still blank, so he will continue to act without noticing.
This is the second reality.
Next, Chico will construct another universe and let Li Liang enter it in a logical and self-consistent way. That is the third reality. "
Andrea wondered: "But the last two are fictional, how can they be considered reality?"
"In the eyes of onlookers, yes, but for Li Liang, his memory is coherent and all his feelings are real. This reality is not an illusion created by magic or Taoism, but the structure of the 'thinking field' The real material existence of Chico can even simulate the power of gods, allowing Li Liang in the second reality to use magic freely..." Allen paused, "By the way, just like when you make a movie, the characters and plot are Fictional, but the sets, props, and actors are real.”
Yuan Quan adjusted his glasses and said: "There is an ancient movie that tells a similar story. The protagonist finally found a flaw and left the prison. However, the fictional scene in the movie has boundaries..."
"The thinking field has no boundaries and covers the entire Chico universe. Within the 'thinking field', Chico is the supreme king," Allen said in a relaxed tone, "So, it is impossible for Li Liang to distinguish between reality and fiction. He may be able to detect I realized that the world I was in was fake, and I even guessed that Chico was up to something, but I couldn't find any flaws unless..."
"Unless he can jump out of the second and third realities and stand on the sidelines of the first reality like us," Andrea looked stunned, "So Chico asked him to disable the Horcrux, because real magic can make him Determine the existence of the real world.”
"So smart, Andy," Allen gave an exaggerated thumbs up, and then sighed, "But...as I said at the beginning, Chico's problem is a problem that most intelligent life will encounter. 'Is this world the only reality?'
Before the Gate of Spiritual Principle appeared, every civilization was trapped in its own fundamental world, knowing full well that if they could not escape from the universe, they would never know the full picture of the universe. When the Gate of Spiritual Principle appeared, they thought that the world of Spiritual Principle was the answer. Eucalyptus, the Creation Titan is the Creator. It turns out that the Titans are just a group of powerful and ancient beings, and the spiritual world is just another cage. Then, they sensed the call of the gods and created the "Four Existences" theory and the magic and Taoist system. He believes that Axia is the ultimate answer. As long as you enter Axia, you can see the full picture of all existence.
However, "Ten Questions of Banbo" records that Banbo also asked this question to the demigod Kuye, and Kuye replied, "When I was transcendent, I saw both ends of the sacred timeline in Axia, and I also saw When I reached the origin of all things, I heard the gods speaking in my ears. I am them and they are me. But all this still exists. As long as it exists, I will still worry about whether there is a gaze that will last forever outside of this existence. gaze……"
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At this time, Allen looked into the distance behind his hands, his vision became extremely far-reaching, as if spanning endless time and space, beyond Aqilu, Jezila, and Belaiya, arriving at the ultimate realm of Axia.
A solemn symphony came from the tablet behind him, accompanied by passionate drum beats and heavy horn sounds, swaying far away.
Andrea, Yuan Quan, and Aru followed Allen's gaze. The human fleet that was blocking the sky became irrelevant. They were immersed in the grand issue of "existence", as if they saw hundreds of millions of creatures in the spiritual world. .
Suddenly, a voice broke the atmosphere at the moment.
"Isn't this a trap?"
The music stopped suddenly.
Hans rubbed his chin and frowned: "The goblin has ruled Chico for so many years. Maybe it has been bribed long ago. Let Li Liang take the initiative to remove the Horcrux just to make him lose the ability to resist..."
At this point, he realized that the four people around him were all staring at him angrily, and couldn't help but wonder: "What are you looking at me doing? Maybe something has happened to Li Liang."
"Perhaps in your eyes, the essence of life is desire and the pursuit of profit. But in fact, not all intelligent life can be bribed. Many aboriginal languages do not even have the word 'profit'. For a life like Chico For it, benefits or threats are meaningless. Perhaps only the promise of the gods can move it. The elves obviously failed. Chico did not believe in Elune, otherwise it would not have become a spiritual core mine, let alone be so easily Ceded to humanity.”
Allen looked into the distance again, and "background music" sounded again.
"The scale in time and space determines the cognition of a life. When you stand at the foot of the Creation Mountain and look up at the arc of order crossing the scale of the pilgrimage stairs, when you are in Makosik and look at Na Spirit of Lu, when you come to Capital City and touch the majestic sword that pierces the earth, when you sit among the elves and bathe in the magical light of Nordrassil, when you listen to the whispers of the Undercity, Nidhogg The low roar, the bells of the United Kingdom, the oscillation of the eternal magnetic field, the distortion of fire, when you witness the swaying of the shore of the eternal tide, the all-devouring whirlpool in the void sea, the words of Merikundi engraved on the boundary monument of the Emerald Dream Ancient epic.
When you stop at the end of a long journey and examine the narrowness and shortness of life, you will understand the true meaning of existence, which will be the beginning of your eternity. "
At this moment, the tablet's external playback volume suddenly increased, and the music became more magnificent.
"Mr. Allen, that's so well said," Aru said sincerely.
"Uh... ha, right," Allen laughed dryly. "Actually, I saw this passage on the cover of a book. Last time I went on a business trip to the United Kingdom, a black market boss gave me a dozen This is a pirated book, what does that book seem to be called..."A Travel Guide to the Spiritual World: One Hundred Places You Must Visit in Life"."
"..."
Andrea and Yuan Quan's eyes met, and they burst into laughter at the same time.
"Wait a minute," Hans came back to his senses, "could it be a trap?"
The two girls were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"That's bullshit. Can you be more artistic?" Allen said angrily. "I told you that Tlipoka is in there, so what the hell is the Holy Priest of Chaos doing for a living? Our KCP is still there. What about here, a trap? If you don’t accept it, do it. Do you understand this time?”
"Understood," Hans nodded obediently.
Phew~
Allen couldn't hold back either. After laughing, he put on the headphones again and said casually: "Just wait, Li Liang will come out soon."
However, six hours later, the spiritual door remained unchanged.
On the assault ship's exit pallet, Hans was lying stretched out, already asleep. Aru was sitting next to him, looking down at a paper book.
Andrea sat hugging her knees and nestled against Yuan Quan's side.
The surroundings were very quiet. Occasionally, water washed over the pallets, making a slight gurgling sound. In the distance, the magic talisman array was still dazzling, and Allen's lingering figure could be vaguely seen.
"Yuan Quan, do you think Chico's question has been answered?"
"have it."
"What is it?"
"The highest metaphysics,
At the turning point of time,
Your shadow is everywhere,
Through the dust of centuries,
Because of one thought, your light shines all the way
In the Garden of the Human Spirit
You are an evergreen leaf
i think, therefore i am
The babble from philosophy, whose voice is like a shuttle,
At every intersection,
So say the wise. "
"Oh," Andrea rubbed her head on Yuan Quan's shoulder and found a more comfortable position, "Did you also read it on the cover of the pirated book?"
"Yeah, it's a pinch," Yuan Quan smiled and whispered, "I think, therefore I am, Rene Descartes."
next moment.
Dark clouds suddenly rose, heavy rain poured down, and the entire Chico Spiritual Gate shook violently.
A figure slowly emerged from the stormy waves.
