The word "world" has many meanings, but the most familiar interpretation is that it refers to the environment in which we live. The world of the Earthlings refers to the earth, and the world of the Terrans refers to Terra, the planet that allows all life to thrive.
But in fact this is just a very general explanation, a shallow meaning that can be accepted by a wide range of people. Going deeper, the world can be seen as a sum of perceptible and imperceptible objective existences and concepts used to describe these existences and their relationships, including the planet and all meaningful existences on the planet.
The world is one individual, but there are also an unimaginable number of tiny individuals living in this huge individual. If the "world" is compared to a human being, then the human being can be seen as a cell.
This metaphor is not appropriate, but it allows the listener to intuitively understand how small and unimportant the individual "human" is in front of the individual "world".
Tens of thousands of cells die every minute and every second in the human body, but at the same time, a corresponding number of cells are born. The death of a cell will not have any impact on the human body; its position will soon be replaced by new cells. This cycle continues.
But this does not mean that the group of "cells" is not important to humans, because these tiny existences constitute the most basic life-support tools of the human body such as organs and tissues. If a considerable number of cells mutate, the person's life will be in danger.
"After all, on Earth, many people die from colds every year."
Jiao Zhengyu summoned an interface and drew it in front of Valentine. On the interface are results filtered by a well-known search engine, all of which are related to "death from colds."
"but……"
Valentine stretched out his index finger and slid the screen, scanning the contents one by one. His movements were a little stiff, and the Originium crystals had been connected to the dark orange skin on the surface of his arms, just like Jue's arms.
Fortunately it wasn't too serious, it was just a thin shell that cracked with a little force.
"Few of these search results are people who actually died from colds."
He clicked on a link and presented the content in front of their eyes.
This is a Zhihu question, asking which celebrities died of catching a cold. The answer captured by the search engine did mention a cold, but the final cause of death was pneumonia.
“Cheese is power, France is bacon.”
Jiao Zhengyu looked at the line of small words under the picture and smiled.
"The direct cause of Bacon's death was indeed not a cold, but his road to death began with a cold."
The screen disappeared, and Jiao Zhengyu started answering questions again.
"A small illness and a series of improper treatments can ruin a fresh life."
"Whether you are an ordinary person living at the bottom of society or a person with global fame..."
"Just like Mr. French Bacon who used cheese as his strength."
Jiao Zhengyu wanted to laugh when he thought of those words.
"Everyone will die."
Death will not look at what kind of person you are or how much you have contributed to human society. All living beings are equal under his sickle.
Perhaps, this is also the only fairness between people in a turbulent world.
"Throwing away extremely abstract individuals such as "rules" and "meanings", all individuals we see every day will end. Under the scythe of death, not only are people equal, but all lives are equal. are equal, they will all perish and cease to exist.”
Jiao Zhengyu raised his hands and stretched them outward.
"Including this world, this huge entity composed of all life."
"Well……"
Although there were almost no people left, Valentine's spirit of arrogance still did not disappear.
"The Immortal?"
…
Jiao Zhengyu took a deep look at Xiaolongren, and the smile on his lips gradually disappeared.
"He's truly an exception."
However, Jiao Zhengyu did not change his mood, and his voice remained relaxed.
"But this exception is only for you."
"Summer insects cannot speak of ice, human beings are too insignificant. Even if the appearance of the immortal is no different from yours, the meaning of his existence is as grand as the universe."
"But the universe will also die, and so will the immortals. It's just that you have been gone for an unknown period of time by then, and maybe not even the atoms are left."
"That's really enviable."
This is Valentine's sincere words.
Who doesn’t want eternal life? These two words can be said to be the ultimate goal of all life.
Especially for Valentine, who is about to die at this moment, his desire for eternal life is also rising, but the established facts in front of him suppress the increasingly hot fire in his heart.
He was RUA, and a character he had conceived in his mind actually existed, and was truly "immortal." However, his "biological father", the immortal, was going to die in the most beautiful youth of his life.
Oh, yes, I originally wrote a vampire wife for the Immortal...
So angry!
…
But there was no way to vent.
Because I am willing.
I exchanged my own life for two lives, I made a profit!
Big profit!
…
"Okay, don't think about being sad."
Jiao Zhengyu patted Valentin on the shoulder.
"Eternal life is not a good thing. Think about the process of gradually losing your sense of death. Would you still be envious?"
"That guy hasn't come out of the quagmire of being 'ruthless' yet. What you see is all pretense and you're lying to yourself."
"So, don't underestimate any small thing. Maybe your unintentional actions will cause turmoil in the whole world."
He brought the topic back and continued talking about "the world".
"The cause of World War I was the Sarajevo incident. A stupid man assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, which triggered chaos in Asia and Europe."
"The economic crisis of 1929 led to World War II, and almost the whole world was devastated."
"Of course, it's also for you humans. I'm afraid Earth just feels a little itchy."
"But in the end, didn't you humans still perish? It took a hundred years to regain prosperity."
"But does this have anything to do with the prophecy?"
Every time they communicated with Jiao Zhengyu, they would always twist the topic to an incredible degree, but it seemed that every time before the communication ended, the topic would return to the original direction at an extremely weird angle.
"What I want to tell you is to look at the world from a different perspective and treat it as a 'person', a living being that can speak, move and have its own thoughts."
These words confused Valentine. He looked at Feilin in front of him, and the light of wisdom slowly appeared in his eyes.
"Do you treat the planet as life?"
Jiao Zhengyu's next answer shocked Valentine again.
"why not?"
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"I told you not long ago that the world will adjust itself as it gradually collapses, and select a few chosen ones to end the chaos."
At that time, Valentine had just finished fighting the Patriots and ran to the side to look for the discarded M500. After the pistol was returned to its original owner, the affectionate conversation between Kelsey Amiya and Rosemary hadn't ended yet. Valentin sat aside and watched them chat while chatting with Jiao Zhengyu.
It was at that time that Valentine gained a new understanding of the world.
Now this understanding has been refreshed.
"Looking at the world as a living thing, you can think of this process as his immune system starting to work."
"But it sounds too abstract..."
The corners of Valentine's eyes twitched, and his heart was full of WTF.
"Don't worry about whether it's abstract or not, just look at it like this. Treat the world as a life, a 'person'."
Jiao Zhengyu explained very patiently.
"Look at the current situation in the world of Terra. Does it look like someone has a cold? And it is getting worse."
"At this time, Tyra will definitely not sit back and wait for death. His immune system will be activated. He will select a few potential people to end this 'disease' and let his body return to normal."
Seeing Jiao Zhengyu's serious expression, Valentin tried his best to turn his little head and digest these words that he could understand but not understand.
"Of course, this is just a metaphor after all. The immune system in the Terra world does not work the same as your human immune system, but the purpose is the same, which is to drive away the 'germs' and make yourself better."
The human immune system drives away cold viruses, and the immune system of the Terran world drives away the dregs of Terran civilization.
"Furthermore, as a life form that is many times more powerful than humans, you don't really think that the people of Terra can be 'devastated' and 'enslaved' as mentioned in the prophecy, right?"
When he said this, Valentin heard a trace of ridicule from Jiao Zhengyu's words.
"Even if all the people on Terra are dead, this planet is still alive and well. It just doesn't look as vibrant as before and it will take some time to recover."
"After tens of millions of years, it will be a good planet again."
He put his hand on the ground hard, grabbed a handful of dirt and held it up in front of the two of them.
The gray-brown soil fell from the cracks between the fingers, like a shallow waterfall.
"So far, I have not seen a primitive civilization that can completely destroy the planet they live on. There are many examples of civilizations being destroyed by angry planets."
"To sum up, if the last two sentences of the prophecy are talking about the end of the world, it is simply not true, and you can't do it."
"Tyla won't like it, she'll let her immune system correct it."
After some explanation, although Valentin didn't understand what Jiao Zhengyu wanted to say specifically, he understood his general meaning.
"In other words, these last two prophecies are actually a hopeful scene?"
The first two sentences talk about Terra's illness, and the last two sentences talk about Terra's cure.
"I see you, with the black crown on your head, turning thousands of lives into memories."
Jiao Zhengyu repeated a sentence, and then said: "Since Terra's immune system has worked, the disease must have been cured."
"The one with the black crown on her head can only be Amiya at the moment. After all, everyone has seen it."
"Then think about it, what did Amiya do to turn living beings into memories?"
"What does this have to do with Rhode Island?"
Boiled into memories, thousands of living beings, Rhode Island...
Valentine frowned, thinking about the meaning of these words. It was obvious that he could no longer think with normal thinking, and he had to find another way.
"Prophecy is a whole. You can think of these four sentences as a description of a person's process from illness to recovery."
From illness to recovery?
A thunderbolt flashed in Valentine's mind. He raised his head and looked at Jiao Zhengyu with an excited expression.
"Is this third sentence saying that Amiya has ended the era of infected people?"
"She led Rhode Island to make infected people and ore disease a thing of the past??"
"She...she will end the curse of ore disease in the future?!"
One sentence after another, the voice gradually became higher.
Jiao Zhengyu didn't speak, just nodded slightly.
"This is so fucking amazing..."
Valentine's eyes widened and he gasped, his heart beating like a drum. Although he was a time traveler, he had no hope from the beginning that Rhode Island would develop an antidote to mineral sickness, but he was very interested in Dr. Noah.
This is not because Noah is a soju with white hair and red eyes, but this guy who fishes all day long is probably the real antidote to ore disease. Perhaps Rhode Island is so confident because of his existence.
But now, the third prophecy tells the future of Amiya ending her ore disease. Valentine is filled with infinite longing for the future, hoping that day will come sooner.
if that is the case……
Xing Yihuang's illness can be cured!
She can, she can become a normal person, no longer affected by the ore disease, and return to the Yan Kingdom!
She will not have any psychological burden, and her parents, who have not seen each other for many years, will accept the daughter they have not seen for many years with peace of mind and achieve a happy ending of reunion.
In this case, he would not be breaking his promise.
Moreover, Raphael will no longer be at risk of infection. Whether she is working in Rhode Island or continuing to travel around the world, there is no fatal threat.
She can stay healthy forever and not suffer from illness.
The haze in Valentine's heart dissipated, and Jiao Zhengyu could see clearly. He sighed softly, with a complicated expression.
Although Xing Yihuang and Raphael gradually healed this guy's psychology, they also made him become more and more humble...
If this continues, the relationship between Valentine and these two girls will deteriorate sooner or later.
If it's a bit extreme, it could become the relationship between Makima and Denji...
They won't want to see a partner who doesn't value themselves so much.
Whether it can change depends on the next test.
"If you think about it this way, what do you think the fourth sentence means?"
After regaining his composure, Jiao Zhengyu gently squeezed Valentin's shoulder, causing him to recover from his joy.
"This fourth sentence..."
Valentin frowned and quickly gave an explanation: "Could it mean that Amiya finally unified the world... ah no, unified the Terran civilization and led the entire civilization to the sea of stars, right? "
The prophecy does not speak of the end of the world, but of the rebirth of Terran civilization. This interpretation of the fourth sentence is the most reasonable.
The demon king is Amiya, and all species refer to the Terran civilization. Slavery is definitely not a literal meaning. It is very likely that she unified the entire civilization and everyone is under her control.
"There is nothing wrong with thinking this way. After all, all civilizations that have left their home planet are unified civilizations."
These words made Valentine think of the stars.
"Only a unified civilization has enough cohesion to change its stage from the planet to the universe."
"Hey, so Amiya will be the queen of Terra civilization in the future?"
If you think about it this way, it seems quite exciting.
Queen Amia of Terra, Prime Minister Kelsey, Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Military Affairs Dr. Noah, Minister of Health Warfarin, Minister of Sports Huang, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zi Lan...
The entire Terra Star version of Yes, Prime Minister.
"The idea is good, but the reality is always not what you want."
Jiao Zhengyu poured cold water on Valentine who started to fantasize again.
"What?"
Valentin, who was dragged back to reality, once again entered a state of confusion.
"It is said in the game plot that the last Wendigo will be killed by the king of Sakaz, also known as the Demon King."
"But one very strange thing is that 'Demon' is a derogatory name for Sakaz from other races. Is this how the Sakaz people who made the prophecy call their king the Demon King?"
"Isn't this too weird?"
"What's so weird about this?"
Valentin didn't think there was any problem with Jiao Zhengyu's question.
"Look at the earth, black people can call each other 'Nigo', which is a relatively close name, but people of other skin colors cannot call them that, because it is racial discrimination."
"Maybe the 'demon guys' in the world of Terra are also called this type of people."
This example is very convincing because it actually existed in a civilization.
"But that doesn't mean that the 'Demon King' is talking about Amiya."
But Jiao Zhengyu still doesn't think so.
"There are many people involved in the Patriot annihilation battle, the most important of which are you, Amiya and Rosemary."
"Since another prophecy says that the last Wendigo will die at the hands of the Devil, then the only one who kills the patriots is the Devil."
"But think about it."
Jiao Zhengyu nodded his head.
"The patriot died on his own in the end. Amiya didn't do anything. You and Rosemary were watching from behind."
This is true.
Valentin believes that the devil is Amiya not only because this little girl has a pure inheritance of King Sakaz, but also because of the black crown on her head and the last conversation between the patriot and her.
But if it really goes according to what the prophecy says...
He thought of the double that Rosemary threw into the Patriot.
"Perhaps the prophecy mentioned not the Demon King but the Cute King. The pronunciation of these two words was almost confused by the later Sakaz people."
Jiao Zhengyu suddenly laughed.
"Rosemary is also very cute. She is a lolita with white fur, cat ears and no mouth. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she is the king of cuteness."
"Perhaps after the ore disease disappears in the future, Terran people's lives will get better and better, and they will pay more and more attention to spiritual needs. The super cute Rosemary will debut and become a much-anticipated idol, enslaving the spiritual world of all Terran people. "
"This is quite in line with the prophecy, isn't it?"
…
Although it sounds like nonsense, Valentine unexpectedly thinks it makes sense.
"The development of human beings is a roller coaster, with bad times and good times. The social system has become better even after the ore disease disappeared, but Terran civilization will inevitably slide towards destruction again."
"More and more people are giving up the pleasures of material needs because they can no longer afford them, and are instead turning to spiritual entertainment that is easier to obtain and more satisfying."
"Your earth is on this dangerous path... There are more and more games, more and more idols, more and more anchors, and materials are getting more and more expensive."
"The younger generation is attracted by the colorful virtual world and is less and less interested in the real world. This is not their problem, it is a problem in the entire world."
Speaking of this, Jiao Zhengyu suddenly closed his mouth.
"...It seems that I have said a bit too much, so don't worry about it anymore."
He smiled and told another story.
"Now that the battle is over, it's time to fulfill my promise and let you experience what world consciousness is like."
Jiao Zhengyu raised his head and looked directly into Valentine's eyes.
"Feel the great life of this world."
