The vehicle stopped after not driving for long, and a paper guard opened the door. Yun Ming and Bai Fei got out of the car and took a look. They both knew the building in front of them - the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.
In reality, this temple has gone through more than two thousand years of vicissitudes. The temple roof has collapsed, the statues are gone, and the reliefs are severely eroded. Of course, the one here is the complete paper version.
"Two guests, come with me." Zhi Ban greeted: "This is the imperial palace and meeting hall of Zhiren Kingdom. His Majesty Zhi Aotian lives and works here."
"Okay, please ask Elder Zhi to lead the way."
Zhi Ban was about to lead Yun Ming and Bai Fei into the palace when Yun Ming suddenly asked: "Elder Zhi Ban, where were my works taken?"
Paper Dragon was taken to another car by Zhi Ban's entourage when Yun Ming and others were invited to board the car. The car carrying Paper Dragon followed at the back, but Yun Ming did not see it at this moment.
"Oh, that dragon," Paper Spot replied, "it was sent to the royal garden. Don't worry, there will be someone to take care of it."
"That's it, then I'm relieved." After Yun Ming finished saying this, he asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Elder Zhiban recognizes this creature. The dragon is a unique creature in our hometown. I didn't expect such a distant origami." There are also people on the planet who know each other.”
"Ashamed, ashamed, I actually don't know this thing." Zhi Ban's tone did not sound like he was lying: "His Majesty Zhi Aotian is knowledgeable and has a strong memory. It was he who saw through this thing and told us ministers about it."
"Oh? It's really admirable that the king is so knowledgeable." Yun Ming flattered Bai Fei lightly, and looked at each other. The meaning in his eyes was: "It's okay that Zhi Aotian has a problem."
Yun Ming had just asked about the whereabouts of the paper dragon. He called it "work" instead of "dragon" because he wanted to test Paper Spot's reaction. The result was accurate.
The three of them walked through a corridor that was not too long. At the end of the corridor was a bright hall. It seemed that this was a place for meetings and receptions. Yun Ming saw that Zhi Aotian was already standing in front of the throne and waiting:
"Guests who have come from afar, I, Zhi Aotian, the King of the Paper Man Kingdom, welcome you."
Yun Ming and Bai Fei really didn't expect that Zhi Aotian used the old man's voice. They were in a daze for a moment before replying: "I have met His Majesty the King."
"Well," Zhi Aotian sat down and waved his hand: "Give me a seat." Immediately, maids on both sides moved two paper sofas, one for each of Yun Ming and Bai Fei.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." According to the old rules, Yun Ming was responsible for communicating with the NPC: "I wonder what your Majesty brought us two here for?"
"To tell you the truth, the entire top management of our paper human race is very interested in your works."
"Oh?" Yun Ming thought to himself, and the expression on his face remained unchanged: "That's it. I didn't expect that a creature that is a household name on our planet can be discerned by the nobles."
"Creature? It should be said that it is a totem. Dragons come from people's imagination and do not exist in reality."
"Your Majesty, you know so much."
Yun Ming's words were a compliment, but his tone...
"Earthling, what do you mean by this tone of voice?" Zhi Aotian said in a bad tone.
"It doesn't mean anything." Yun Ming didn't seem to understand the threat in Zhi Aotian's voice: "I just think it's strange. Your Majesty's understanding of the earth is too detailed, right?"
"Joke!" The person who spoke was not Zhi Aotian, but the elder Zhi Hata: "Do we, the Zhi Human Race, have to be deaf and blind, so we will call ourselves deaf and blind?"
"That's not what I meant," Yun Ming shrugged: "At least I'm sure that His Majesty Zhi Aotian's knowledge reserves are much richer than those of everyone sitting here."
"For example, Your Majesty knows that it is a dragon, but you don't; His Majesty also knows that dragons are dangerous to the Papermen, but you don't know either."
Hiwata Hibata and other elders were stunned: "Dragon is dangerous to the Papermen?"
"Your Majesty, at the moment when our negotiations broke down, I felt that the connection between me and my works was broken." Yun Ming said unhurriedly: "You probably didn't expect that I would take time out during the competition. I broke off a little bird and released it on my own initiative."
"The moment I released the bird, I lost control of the bird, and I just felt that sense of loss of control again. There is no doubt that this feeling came from the paper dragon I made."
"First of all, I didn't release it; secondly, I don't think it was demolished, because the biological instinct will make it resist. The way a dragon resists is something you paper people can't afford."
"So, I can only think of one possibility, that is - it lost the static energy given to it and became a dead thing again."
"Your Majesty, you did it, right?"
"Come here! Drag this nonsense guy out and lock him up!" Tabata shouted. His mind and mood were confused by Yun Ming's words, and he decided not to care whether what the stranger said was right or wrong, and get out before talking.
Two paper-figure guards with powerful figures walked toward Yun Ming, trying to grab his arms and pull him out. But...the guard stopped when he was less than one meter away from Yun Ming.
They didn't stop, but were completely still. Also in a still state were the maids, ministers and elders. These people all maintained their movements and expressions from the previous second, like insects in amber, their lives frozen in that moment forever.
This scene was a bit scary. Just a moment ago, the hall was filled with the noise caused by Yun Ming's words. In an instant, there was silence. The sudden silence made Bai Fei a little scared.
"Don't be afraid," Yun Ming noticed Bai Fei's uneasiness. He smiled at the girl and said, "It will be over soon."
"Yes." Bai Fei nodded. She didn't understand the current situation, but she knew that Yun Ming was about to reveal the truth about the Origami Star.
"Your Majesty, you are so rude to my fellow countrymen." Yun Ming stood up, raised his hand and pushed the guard in front of him, and the two of them were easily pushed down: "Although they can't cause any harm to me, that's it. .”
"It's actually possible," Zhi Aotian said. He was the only paper man in the hall who could move freely. His voice at this moment actually changed, replaced by a deep, wise middle-aged man's voice: "Although it is true that they are hollow bodies made of paper, I can make them weigh the same as ordinary people on earth. Don't think that they are made of paper." A hit with a fist will be fine.”
Yun Ming touched his chin: "Oh, I thought the paper figures' bodies were filled with paper, otherwise the wind would have blown them all over the sky."
"Earthling," Zhi Aotian said without answering Yun Ming's words: "You are very smart. The fact that you call yourself a fellow countryman in front of me... shows that you have seen something."
"I want to know how much you can see, and...how you can see it."
"Well, it's easy to talk about." Yun Ming didn't give in and explained a few doubtful points (since I have already written about the doubtful points in the previous article, in order to avoid the problem of shortening the word count, I won't repeat them here).
"What you said is indeed reasonable, but is it far-fetched to conclude that I am from the earth?" Zhi Aotian still had questions.
"Then let me tell you my reasoning," Yun Ming began his performance.
"You," Yun Ming pointed at Zhi Aotian, "are the god or creator in the mythology of the paper people."
"Here," Yun Ming pointed at his feet again: "This is the earth."
Not to mention Zhi Aotian's expression, Bai Fei on the side was already confused.
"Of course, what I said is actually a bit inaccurate. This planet is not the Earth we know well, but the Earth in a certain multiverse, and it is still in the Stone Age at this time."
"The specific time... I guess it was between 120,000 and 30,000 years ago."
"After all, Neanderthals lived during this time."
Bai Fei obviously also has some biological knowledge. When she heard the word "Neanderthal", she understood: "The clay figure the commentator mentioned...is the ancient human?"
"That's right." Yun Ming turned around and explained to Bai Fei: "Neanderthals are close relatives of the ancestors of modern Europeans, and their abbreviation is Neanderthals. This is actually a reminder given by the system to our players, because historically , Neanderthals are distributed throughout Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa, but eastern Asia is not included.”
"The system should have considered that neither of us has players from those places, so it positioned the Paper Man Country in eastern Asia and allowed Neanderthals to appear in this area that should not exist. This way It is convenient for players to start with climate and clay figurines, and think of the fact that the so-called origami star is actually the earth."
Words like "system" and "player" appeared in Yun Ming's words, but Zhi Aotian couldn't understand it: the content heard by the NPC has been processed by the system, and those sensitive words have been removed. .
System processing will not change the meaning of the player's words. If the sensitive words are discarded, Zhi Aotian can still understand the rest of the content. He knows that Yun Ming is not deceiving him, but is well-founded.
"You human being is really terrifyingly smart." Zhi Aotian gave up pretending: "Yes, as you said, this place is indeed an Earth-like planet hundreds of thousands of years older than the earth where I was born." Starting from this sentence , Zhi Aotian no longer calls himself "I" or "朕", but changes it to "wu".
"My name is Pepper. I used my divine power to build a clan of paper people and a kingdom of paper people."
"I am among the Twelve Gods of Chaos, you can call me..."
"God of life."
