"Everyone will die."
"But you won't." She looked at Shangluo, "Your hair is a sign of your ascension to heaven, isn't it? You have entered the door of immortality. After the success of the Water Dragon, you can still be in the sea of stars. Seeking eternal life for all. And we, we gave up. Because there is no place for us in the sea of stars, because there is no night in the universe."
"But we also say that the universe is 'Xuan Ye'. Isn't this all night?"
"That's a way of saying it. The actual definition is: the night is the shadow of the earth, and there is the moon in the night. In fact, the moon is not important at all, it is just a satellite of the earth, isn't it? Looking for the shadow of the earth in the vast sea of stars, This is somewhat...somewhat."
She covered her forehead. This was the reality that she and countless Romans had to face: "Looking for the sun in Cathay is the greatest ideal, because every star you see when you look up is a glorious and glorious star. . But we only have a small earth, and we still have to look for the shadow of the earth. Looking for the shadow of the earth in the sea of stars is such a narrow and sad path. But..."
"but?"
Victoria slowly raised her head and joined the infinite mirror image in the mirror: "However, there is more than one road to eternity, and we already know what we want to do. So I submitted my credentials - this heart is bright, and the moon is full. "
"I have also read this letter of credence. So, what does this mean?"
"It means looking for the shadow of the earth, looking for the moon, looking for the eternal night, we have already counted them. We will stand side by side with Cathay again, because we understand that the road that belongs to Rome is not to the sky, not upward. But - Down! Now, please allow me to formally welcome you here." She looked into Shangluo's eyes, and Victoria in countless mirror images also looked at him:
"Friends who are about to go to the 'vast sky in the sky', welcome to the 'infinite universe in a nutshell'. This is the cornerstone of New Rome, City Zero in Cyberspace. Welcome to Cyberspace Renya!”
The mirror is broken. The shining mirror collapsed, but the mirror image did not disappear. Behind Victoria, he saw his back. Up, he saw the soles of his feet, and down, the top of his head. This is a transcendent perspective that has never been seen before——
"This is?"
Victoria said calmly: "Maybe there is only one earth, but there are infinite shadows of the earth. Up or down, you can lead to infinity. By searching downward, we find the infinite eternal night. Here, the sun will always be It will never rise, and time will never pass. Everything is waiting for us to redefine, create, and develop. In the endless night, we are as immortal as the heavenly beings in Cathay. This is our response to Cathay Dan’s answer.”
"You want to give up the material world and upload yourself to the virtual cyberspace???"
"Not uploading, but entering. We will sink our whole body and mind into the night. Sinking into the infinity under the River Styx."
"But..." Shangluo recalled that feeling - the harshest extreme cold, the most lonely loneliness. It was the feeling of drowning.
"You will die. All of you will die." He looked into Victoria's eyes.
"That was just a ritualized death, and it was also the road to eternal life. Because the dead are immortal, they will never die again after dying once. But it was indeed a difficult decision. After giving up the material world, Rome really perished. Well. This is the end of the old Rome, but the new Rome will be reborn from the ashes in Cybernia, and the phoenix will eventually emerge from the ashes. So when we choose to go to the dark night, everything under the sun will be you That’s it.”
"This is really shocking." Shangluo was shocked.
"It's just that we may not move so neatly. In return for selling the world, we hope that Cathay can help us at the last moment and buy us a little time. Just a little time, let us complete the construction of Cyberspace .A little bit is enough. What do you think?"
"I was shocked. I need to report this kind of problem to the emperor."
Slowly, she took a sip of tea: "Okay, that's business, but there are also some private matters between friends. At the end, I wish us a happy trip, old friends who have only met once. They are called old friends. Because all Cathayans are our old friends. But we have met once. Well, not counting this time, actually I have met you before."
"Have you seen it? Where is it?"
"At the Constantinian Airport. I saw you calmly practicing with the shirtless soldier. Your sword skills were as elegant as the ethereal ether. Your optimistic eyes took in everything, and your body It has an air of high spirits.”
"Ah, thank you for the compliment."
"Actually, they asked me to go on a blind date. They hoped that we could reach a marriage and ensure that the royal blood of Rome would be within the empire. At that time, I said, no. But actually, I like you. Really, I like you very much."
"ha?"
"I'm serious. Although I only had a vague feeling, I took 4 seconds to factorize my psychology at that time: I saw wisdom, strength and calmness in you. This is what the Roman Empire in my dream should have. So I have a high degree of recognition and recognition for you, and I also have a strong emotional and spiritual attachment. This externalization and psychological visibility of self-awareness is a psychological phenomenon called romantic love. But I I also know that Rome is about to travel far away, and the blood of the earth is no longer important, so I rejected their proposal. I didn't want to say this at first, but your heavenly hair and red pupils made me... give me another hormone-based... An impulsive emotion.”
Shangluo heard this series of words clearly.
However, he felt no joy at all, only sadness. He knew that this was not love at all. A person may fall in love at first sight with countless people in his life, but not everyone will turn their love at first sight into action. Unless...she is saying goodbye to her life, a kind of emotional catharsis.
[When a person is about to die, his words are also good. When a bird is about to die, its song is mournful. ] Apollonia also saw what she meant.
Rome was about to leave the world and travel far away, and their connection with the world would gradually fade away. He left the world under the sun to his old friends, but that was the end of it.
"Wait." Shangluo suddenly raised his head, a light flashed in his eyes.
【ah! ] Apollonia also thought of it, [That! That, that, that! 】
"Victoria!" Shangluo stood up pressing the desk, "I have a question for you!"
"Ahhh???" Victoria, whose image was blue, turned her cheeks into dark blue, "I, I."
"Can you log in some new people to your Cyberspace?"
"Huh?" The dark blue face returned to normal, but was a little disappointed, "You mean, you want to bring people in? How many people?"
"827,213,139 people!" He confirmed to Apollonia the total number of "Kinei" people living in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, as well as those from Southeast Asia and overseas.
(End of chapter)
