Darkness is Coming

   Seeing that Yang Xiaoqian covered the street lights with black fog, creating a good atmosphere for telling ghost stories, Yu Qian teased and thought about what to say, but when he ran to his lips, his expression changed.

   "Oh? All ears."

   Having said that, Yu Qian's behavior did not seem to be respectful, but rather frivolous like "you have a story, I have wine, let's start".

Yu Qian unscrewed the cork of the wine gourd and took a sip. There seemed to be a lot of wine in his gourd. If we really want to make statistics, Yu Qian's most frequent actions are probably pouring, toasting and drinking. On the other hand, Yang Xiaoqian touched, lit and smoked cigarettes.

"The world you came from is another earth, and the historical trajectory of the earth we are on is exactly the same. It didn't suddenly change until four hundred years ago. Do you think that in such a short period of time, it is really possible that there will be someone Overturn all known systems in the past, discover and use rune technology?" Yang Xiaoqian asked.

Yu Qian won't take it for granted to give a reply now, after thinking for a while, Yu Qian shook his head and said: "It's unlikely, in retrospect, the technology used in the Star of Hope Base continues the previous scientific system in the main body, but in In some places, there are inexplicable technologies like rune bracelets."

   Yang Xiaoqian gave an example at the right time: "For example, the crossing gate that sent you here."

"Yes, with the technology level of the Star of Hope, it is impossible to develop the crossing gate, old animal, ahem, the crazy old man said before sending me here, this is the most precious treasure and the most magical gift he has obtained in his life. "..." Yu Qian asked if he realized something, "I seem to know what you are going to say. Do you suspect that these technologies were sent or left on the earth by other intelligent civilizations?"

"There seems to be no doubt about this, right? No matter whether we can understand the way of the existence of higher intelligent creatures, everything we have encountered now, through the door, the dome, the T primarch, more or less has the shadow of advanced technology, at least more than us Existing technology has advanced a few times, I don’t know about it, it’s very likely that the real situation is ten times higher than I estimated.” Yang Xiaoqian nodded and shook his head again, “But this is not what I want to say. ."

   "Then what is your guess?"

"Tan Zong, the human from another world who ran out of the crack in the magic tide, all the situations he showed show that the world behind the crack is likely to be extremely similar to the earth, or even another earth. Do you agree with this? "

"I agree." Yu Qian frowned and asked, "You mean, he came from my world? I don't think it's possible. In my world, the magic tide has subsided for many years, the founder of Star of Hope. He and the first-generation leader won the adoration of the people because of the destruction of the demon tide, and became one of the few great forces. Besides, a savage who doesn't even have clothes and shoes, speaks a language that is incomprehensible, and uses the same kind of monsters..."

Yu Qian stopped talking abruptly, he suddenly understood the meaning of Yang Xiaoqian's words, and his tongue froze in his mouth. Earth?"

"I think so." Yang Xiaoqian began to do his most frequently repeated actions, and then said, "Suppose there is such an earth, long ago, before the history we know existed, it encountered various This kind of invasion happened, and the rune technology happened to fall on that earth. Some humans were lucky to survive, and discovered the mysterious power in the mysterious rune, and began to learn to use..."

"Later, one of them, or some of them, came to my world with rune technology through the door or the crack of the magic tide, and taught the rune technology." Yu Qian widened his eyes, at this moment , he felt that he was close to the answer, but he couldn't get excited because the answer seemed to be hidden in the abyss.

"Later, when it was our earth's turn to encounter a crisis, the ruler of the Star of Hope learned about it in some way and sent you over with the incomplete crossing gate." Yang Xiaoqian put together the final piece of this vague puzzle. One piece, blowing a smoke ring, said, "Every fruit has its own cause, and all technologies will not emerge out of thin air. An unknown technology like Rune Technology that looks like fantasy and magic can only be a traveler. Bring it back, follow this clue all the way up, and sooner or later you will find the answer."

   Yu Qian didn't speak, he didn't know what to say. Retroactive? Where to trace back? Build a complete crossing gate, fight back to another earth, and then fight back to the third earth? Even the mutant crisis and magic tide crisis encountered in this world have not been completely resolved, how can we mobilize enough power to fight back? Even if it takes a lot of hard work and countless sacrifices to finally find the answer, so what?

"Yeah, even if I find the answer, what can I do?" Yang Xiaoqian understood Yu Qian's expression and sighed deeply, "Since there can be two earths and three earths, there may be ten, a hundred, ten million, Countless. Parallel universes? Mirror space? The enemy who can master this technology is definitely not something we can shake. Even if we give Earth humans another 10,000 years, no, a million years, we probably won’t be able to match them.”

"One million years? There are probably no human beings for a long time. Our human civilization is too delicate and fragile." Yu Qian actually said a philosophical sentence, "The universe is so big, time and space are infinite, and we can't touch and feel it when we can't touch it. I don’t know how many civilizations have prospered and prospered, and I don’t know how many civilizations have perished and died. Who knows if there will be a day when we suddenly become like those civilizations that have passed away and become an inconspicuous object sunk into the sea. gravel."

  Yu Qian's words made Yang Xiaoqian silent, just in the tens of thousands of years of human development history on earth, there have been many dazzling civilizations that collapsed in an instant. If the earth is measured on the scale of the universe, it is not even qualified to be a microcosm. The gravel sinks into the sea and will cause a ripple. What imprint will the destruction of the earth leave on the universe? I am afraid it is not as good as a ripple in the vast ocean.

"Heh." Yang Xiaoqian held a cigarette in his left hand, stretched his right hand to his forehead and pushed back his hair bit by bit, with a sad expression, "It feels like one earth after another is like a guinea pig in a petri dish, Add different influencing factors as variables at different stages to observe the results. Maybe the emergence of so many Earths is just a college student of a higher civilization doing a graduation thesis, and the only thing we can do is to pray for his defense to pass smoothly, pray for He can be very kind after that.”

   "What a mess, this is not like you." Yu Qian stared at Yang Xiaoqian dissatisfiedly, "I think you are too tired and need a good rest."

  Yang Xiaoqian nodded, this is really not like himself, just thinking of the insignificance of the individual when facing the universe, the powerlessness when facing the unknown, the indescribable complex feeling in my heart, it is too uncomfortable.

   In the words of an old acquaintance, **** it.