Darkness is Coming

   Ever since he first learned about the existence of the rune bracelet on Paradise Island, Yang Xiaoqian was full of doubts.

   There is no doubt that this is a brand new technology. The universe is vast and infinite, and there are always many things that current humans cannot perceive and understand, so Yang Xiaoqian did not question the authenticity of the rune technology. What makes Yang Xiaoqian puzzled is: Why is Yu Qian's hometown, another earth, capable of researching the rune system?

  Writing is the carrier of language. The birth of a language requires the inheritance and accumulation of several generations or even dozens of generations, and the corresponding characters also take a long time to breed. Moreover, the rune system is not a simple text system, but a mysterious existence with unknown energy and magical effects. It is impossible to suddenly appear overnight in an unprecedented situation.

   At first, Yang Xiaoqian guessed that there was a ghost who changed the world on the earth where Yu Qian came from, and developed the rune technology, which was attributed to him. Such characters have also appeared in this earth. For example, Einstein, the best and worst physicist, published four consecutive world-shattering papers in the miracle year, confirmed the existence of molecules, and overturned the etheric medium theory (the ancient The Greek philosopher Aristotle once proposed a hypothetical substance called ether. This concept has accompanied almost the entire development process of physics and has continued to evolve. When Einstein was a teenager, most scientists believed that light traveled through the ether. As a medium), established the theory of relativity, which has become one of the two theories that dominate modern physics so far, and has made great contributions to another theory (quantum theory).

But after thinking about it carefully, Yang Xiaoqian felt that this assumption was illogical, whether it was Einstein who wrote the mass-energy equation to reveal the burning mechanism of stars, or the invention and creation of nuclear weapons and changed the pattern of the world, led by Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Many scientists, their discoveries and inventions are built on the basis of their predecessors.

   Without Newton's miracle year, there would be no Einstein's miracle year.

   Without Aristotle, who enlightened the physical mind, there would be no latecomers who overthrew him and found the right path.

   Without the first Homo sapiens who learned to use flames, humans may never be able to master the use and conversion of energy, and they are always low-level creatures that drink blood.

   It can be seen that the development of civilization and technology is gradual, there are traces to follow, and there must be cause and effect between every drink and every peck. If the earth where Yu Qian came from has seriously deviated from the development trajectory of this earth from thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years ago, then the birth of Rune Technology is not surprising, but that earth has been walking on the same development trajectory until 400 A few years ago, the wheel of history suddenly turned, and then overturned, taking the humans over there into the abyss.

   In other words, the natural science process of that earth should be consistent with this world, until the cataclysm happened four hundred years ago. In a mere hundred years, it is possible to completely overthrow the scientific system that has lasted for thousands of years, and instead develop a brand-new rune technology that may also take thousands of years to accumulate precipitation? This is simply a fantasy.

  The emergence of rune technology is complicated and confusing, like water without a source, which is logically unreasonable.

   Now seeing the mysterious rune engraved on the inside of the silver ring on Tan Zong's ankle, Yang Xiaoqian was overwhelmed and suddenly enlightened.

   The rune engraved on the silver ring in front of him contains a higher level of rune technology than the rune bracelet. The runes on the silver ring are more "good-looking", which is of course not enough as a basis for judgment, but the specificity of the silver ring itself has proved its cleverness: it does not need to be embedded with a brain nucleus to function, compared to Yu Qian's belt The "inferior defective products" that are easy to consume, the practicability and durability of this rune bracelet are significantly higher, which is the embodiment of technological improvement.

This makes a new hypothetical conjecture formed in Yang Xiaoqian's mind. Yang Xiaoqian hopes that it is right, so that his confusion can be answered, but at the same time, Yang Xiaoqian hopes that it is wrong, because the concept hidden behind it makes people dare not dare Ponder.

"It took me so much effort to make a model, and it doesn't work at all." Yu Qian's complaining words pulled Yang Xiaoqian back to reality from his contemplation. Looking up, Yu Qian was sitting on a flying saucer-shaped metal circle. On the plate, while muttering, he played with a silver ring in the palm of his hand.

At this time, the two of them are no longer in the camp, and the commissioner responsible for transferring Tan Zong has arrived. Before there is any new discovery or demand, the matter will come to an end temporarily. After each recorded the key information they needed, everyone cooperated with the relevant departments. Sign a non-disclosure agreement and then leave.

   In order to ensure that Tan Zong will not face danger to his life, Luo Yingnan will transfer Tan Zong to Shangjing with the team. Qi Lie and my uncle and nephew rushed back to Zijin Villa to prepare for the return trip to Beijing tomorrow. Fang Yu went back to his house impatiently to see his fiancée Ning Siyu, while Yang Xiaoqian and Yu Qian were walking on the edge of the secret camp—accurate Said that Yang Xiaoqian was walking, while Yu Qian was sitting on a flying saucer.

"Ding"

  The silver ring was thrown into the air by Yu Qian and made a rotating movement. The frequency of rotation was so fast that it left an afterimage on the retina. It did not look like a silver ring, but a sphere between the virtual and the real.

This silver ring is not the silver ring worn by Tan Zong, but there is no difference between the two. Yu Qian, through his liquid metal shaping ability, imitated a completely identical silver ring with runes, but this counterfeit in Yu Qian's hand The goods did not play any effect, and it may be that the "activation" method is incorrect.

After the rune is inscribed, it needs to be "activated" by special means to really take effect. This is the case with the rune bracelet made by Yu Qian and the rune dagger developed by Professor Dai and others, but the activation method used previously. It doesn't seem to apply to this silver ring that can function without inlaying the brain nucleus, no matter what I try, there is no reaction at all.

   This is like a mouthful of fine wine, but he can't drink it, Yu Qian is inevitably depressed.

"It's very likely that the rune technology has been upgraded, so it can't be activated." Yang Xiaoqian put forward a hypothetical explanation for Yu Qian's complaint, "For example, look at our computer technology here, which is changing with each passing day. If nothing else, it's short. In a short period of ten years, the deciphering methods of encryption methods have undergone several subversive changes. The information you have obtained is still recorded many years ago. Perhaps during this time, Rune Technology has obtained A new breakthrough, you use the previous activation method to activate the current new rune device, which is equivalent to using an old rusted key to open an electronic security door equipped with a facial recognition system and an iris scanning system, which will not work. Of course."

"It makes sense." Yu Qian nodded, put away the bracelet, suddenly remembered what Yang Xiaoqian had asked before, turned his head and asked, "By the way, in the tent before, the sentence you asked me was very interesting, did you think of it? what?"

"Yes, I was just about to talk to you about this." Yang Xiaoqian walked to a secluded and uninhabited place. The dark fog formed a lampshade, covering the light of the street lamps. In the darkness, Yang Xiaoqian said slowly, "I have a lampshade. Hypothetically, related to our respective worlds, and of course, to rune technology."