Deep Sea Embers

The stars are roaring, emitting a roar that seems to shake the foundation of all things. The truth shines in the brilliance of the stars, filling the field of vision and shining brightly on the soul. Leigh Nora seems to feel that her mind is gradually melting in front of this roaring truth. 1

She was becoming part of the truth, she was understanding the words of the "dry-faced starlight" in front of her, and understanding some knowledge that she would never have had access to. She suddenly understood the logic of how things are executed, and the lavender starlight It was jumping at the end of her field of vision, breathtakingly beautiful.

She slowly raised her head, looked at the billions of eyes twinkling among the stars, and spoke softly as if talking to herself: "I understand—

Those are the ashes that cooled down after the collision of the world, but the ashes do not die, the ashes just need to be reassigned and establish a corresponding relationship.

The unfamiliar words came out of her mouth, and Le Nora had a vague doubt in her heart, but these doubts were fleeting, and she naturally understood what she said, and then she saw the stars in front of her. Flashing approval.

Zhou Ming glanced at Le Nora in surprise. He didn't expect that the Frost Queen could understand what he said so accurately, but he didn't have any extra energy to think about it now - his attention was already completely Placed on the "ashes" that Leigh Nora found "outside".

Pilot 2's theory of "everything is information" is correct. The "world" can be regarded as a "mathematical machine" that contains all data and calculation rules. It is a huge information storage and computing system, so the Great Annihilation The essence can be regarded as the conflicts and serious bugs resulting from the forced merger of several incompatible "systems" -

The collision of mathematical machines caused the "information" that was originally executed in an orderly manner in their respective worlds to fall into chaos. A large number of arguments that could have been "called" normally have now become unrecognizable, and the mathematical machines themselves have also lost the foundation for stable execution.

This "sanctuary" built by the ancient kings is like a sandbox environment that barely maintains execution after the system falls into chaos. This sandbox forcibly retains the mapping relationship of part of the "information", but in essence, the entire sandbox Box remains part of "System Crashes"

Information will not disappear out of thin air. At least in the face of a disaster such as the Great Annihilation, the "information units" that make up the world have not really disappeared. From the perspective of a "mathematical machine", those information units are just lost and " "World Law" (operating system), it was like Zhou Ming suddenly stopped. He raised his head in thought and looked at the computer at the deepest part of the room - that computer was still running, and the cursor on the screen was still there. Life was flickering, and under his gaze, the cursor suddenly moved on its own, and a line of text appeared:

Data corrupted, formatting incomplete - World.

Zhou Ming blinked, and the words on the computer screen disappeared like an illusion.

But he had understood it—and he had understood it correctly.

He exhaled softly and silently sorted out the stormy thoughts in his mind, but as his thoughts gradually became clearer, he couldn't help but frown.

He always felt that there seemed to be something missing in his understanding about the fact that "information will not disappear", and he was a little unsure.

Does information really never disappear? Within the confines of the "world," this seems to be true, but what does it look like outside of the world? In that vast and empty expanse that his creator civilization had briefly glimpsed: "void", what kind of laws are there in all things?

There was no result after thinking hard. A mind that has never jumped out of the world will never be able to imagine the truth outside the world. Zhou Ming frowned and slowly shook his head, but at the same time, he also remembered the time he had with Pilot 2 not long ago. chat.

He thought of the fear and paranoia of the ancient artificial intelligence, and of the eternal worries and vision of Pilot 2 - transcending the world.

We must leave a "possibility" for future civilization to transcend the world.

Zhou Ming's frown slowly relaxed, and after the turbulent thoughts in his heart gradually calmed down, a smile appeared on his face.

What he can't figure out today, there will always be someone who can figure it out someday in the distant future.

Leigh Nora looked at the ancient existence in front of her nervously. She finally felt that the other person's stormy thought process had calmed down again, and then she mustered up the courage to speak cautiously: "What are your plans next?"

Zhou Ming was silent for a moment, raised his right hand, and stared at the palm of his hand silently.

Starlight jumped at the fingertips and filled the palm of his hand. A vague "ash" briefly reappeared in his palm, changing into various forms, and then disappeared like a phantom.

'The most important issue of 'raw materials' has been solved, but the situation of the raw materials is different from what I expected," he said while thinking. "These are the 'cooling embers', their connection with the world's 'underlying system' It has been completely disconnected and has stopped evolving. This is different from the situation of the Four Gods and the Infinite Sea. I cannot reshape these ashes through gentle 'recompilation'. As you just saw, even if the ashes are reshaped, But as soon as my 'sustainment' disappears, it disappears with it. These 'cooling embers' clearly lack self-sustainability -

"Perhaps a 'original breaking point' is needed? The mapping relationships of these 'raw materials' must first be reconstructed in batches and given a 'first driving force'

He said this, regardless of whether the "Frost Queen" in front of him could understand it. Anyway, Her Majesty the Queen seemed to be able to understand a lot of things inexplicably, so he regarded her as "highly savvy"

Leigh Nora was also used to it. She passed a SAN check with ease and understood.

"Do you need to blow up the entire Infinite Sea?" She opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Would this-

I understand, but I don’t understand correctly.

"No, no, no, the 'ground zero' I'm talking about is not really about blowing up anything specific, but a conceptual 'information explosion.'" Zhou Ming quickly waved his hand to correct the other person's understanding, and then continued While thinking, he added, "It may be accompanied by the release of huge energy, but this has nothing to do with detonating the boundless sea."

Although in this process, there must be no one in the boundless sea - Zhou Ming did not say this.

Leigh Nora was still curious, but this time she did not pursue the question in the direction of "should we detonate the Infinite Sea?", but changed the subject after a brief thought: "Do you know where the 'original explosion point' is?"

"I have some vague thoughts," Zhou Ming touched his chin and said cautiously, then waved his hand, "But you don't have to think about these now. My current focus is still on the ashes outside the border." superior. "

Leigh Nora's expression suddenly became serious.

"The Lost Home is sailing at the end of the world," Zhou Ming pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke, "After this voyage is over, I want to personally confirm the situation outside the border. Regarding the 'ashes' you mentioned, I had to see it with my own eyes. "

Leigh Nora reacted immediately: "What do you need me to do?"

'My body cannot leave this place for the time being." Zhou Ming looked at the other party seriously, "So when the time comes, I need you to guide the Lost Home to the ashes. "

After hearing this, Le Nora looked a little confused: "What should I do?"

"Theoretically, this process doesn't require much of your participation - what really matters is your cabin," Zhou Ming said, raising his finger and pointing out the window, "Park your cabin at the edge of the fog. Alice should be able to find it. "

'My house? "Lee Nora was stunned for a moment, but quickly responded, "You mean the connection between it and the 'Alice Mansion'?"

Zhou Ming nodded slightly.

The "room" that Leigh Nora took away from Alice's mansion was essentially the escape cabin of the New Hope, and since it was an escape cabin, it must have functions similar to positioning and emergency calling. Information prompting "illegal release of the escape capsule" has been seen deep in the Alice Mansion. In theory, the Alice Mansion (New Hope), as the mother ship, should have a way to relocate to the location of the escape capsule.

As long as the mother ship can locate the escape capsule, Alice (Pilot 3) who is at the helm of the Lost Home should be able to find Leigh Nora's true location on the border.

This is the best way Zhou Ming can think of to reach the "outside the world" - after all, at the end of this world where order is broken and time and space are chaotic, similar positioning and navigation methods are necessary to reach the destination, and the Lost Home cannot. exception.

Of course, we must also take into account the possibility that the positioning function of the "escape cabin" is damaged, the positioning of the "Alice Mansion" as the mother ship fails, or the communication between the two is distorted and interfered by the special environment of the border - one by one in Leigh No. Before leaving, it is necessary to leave some backup means.

Under Le Nora's curious gaze, Zhou Ming raised his right hand, and a ball of green flame soaked in starlight was burning quietly in his hand.

"Bring this with you. This is a more powerful flame than the fire I left on you before," Zhou Ming said. "If Alice can't find the cabin by then, I will try to build a passage with flames - but This is just an alternative. The power that the flame can transmit is limited. If possible, it is best to let the Lost Home reach that place. "

Looking at the quietly dancing flames in front of her, Leigh Nora obviously hesitated.

The fire was so bright and filled with starlight that it was almost dazzling in this dim and chaotic space. She could feel the huge power filling the flames, and that power even made her a little scared.

She had never had this fear when she decided to dive into the frosty deep sea.

But after a brief hesitation, Her Majesty the Queen nodded slightly.

She held out her hand to the flame: "I will take it with me beyond the borders, and I will wait for you and your Lost Home."