Evolved From Polluting the World

Latest URL: Qiao Xun leaves from the steam power area.

Did not continue to follow Coles. The reason to pay attention to Coles for a while is just to further confirm that the "weather" cloud is related to him.

Now, the answer is pretty clear.

The "weather" cloud is 100% pointing towards Coles on the current timeline. Just need to wait a while.

However, waiting aimlessly has never been Joe's style. Taking advantage of this time, he was going to meet someone.

…

The Ring of Truth, the first ring outside the core of the central planet.

The first ring outside the core, as the ring belt closest to the central planet, any energy and power from the central planet will be the first to be utilized by the facilities here. Unlike the others, the first loop is not accessible to everyone.

Because of its unique environment and other conditions, this place has been built by itself and has always served the most honorable group of people in this world—

Gods and those who serve them.

The "God of Bonfire" believed in by the Bonfire Education Institute where Coles is located is one of the supreme gods of the First Ring.

Temples stand at different positions in the first ring. Almost every area is divided by the realm of the gods and does not interfere with each other.

In the center of the ring is an independent temple. Not on the belt, but the center of the binding force of the entire belt. It can be said that it is the best place in the entire ring of truth.

The temple is called:

Temple of Truth.

It can also be understood from the name that this is a unique existence in the Ring of Truth world.

The person Qiao Xun wants to see on this trip is here.

After leaving the second belt, he modified his cognitive characteristics. Ordinary disguise is useless to the gods in the first girdle. Only "the disguise of desire" can penetrate their cognitive limits from the conscious level.

As long as there is a desire in the heart, no matter what the status, no matter the level of ability, can not see the essence behind the disguise.

Standing on the steps of the gods outside the Hall of Truth, Qiao Xun raised his head. The palace towers into the sky, and the head can't be seen at a glance.

Each step of the ladder represents a god. Every time a **** is born in the world, there is an extra level here.

And the rank is changing anytime, anywhere.

Even God is divided into high and low.

"God of Red and Blue", "God of Scorched Earth", "God of Dehydroxylation", "God of Spinning Day"..."God of Distress in February", "God of Protection in March", "God of Returning in April" "…"God of Campfire", "Goddess of Prayer", "God of Steam and Machinery", "Rational Giver", "Mechanical Sensation Giver".

Qiao Xun went from the lowest level to the highest level. See all the gods in this world.

Of course, most of these gods perished in the wars of God's calendar. There are not many gods who have survived until now, and who have just recovered not long ago.

Lighted steps are living gods, dull ones are...dead, or not yet revived.

There are not many lit steps on the ladder of the gods, only about one tenth of them.

Even among the top five supreme gods, only the steps of "bonfire god", "prayer goddess" and "mechanical perception giver" are now lit. The other two have not recovered, or in other words, have already died.

Joe patrolled the last step.

The two knights at the door stood upright with spears in hand.

When they saw Qiao Xun coming, they immediately gave a knightly salute, and then opened the door of the Temple of Truth for him.

In the eyes of the two knights, Qiao Xun was a priest who came from other places to report to the gods.

Qiao Xun smiled at them, and then said:

"Someone may come to make trouble during this time, it's going to be hard for you."

The two knights said:

"This is our duty and honor!"

Qiao Xun nodded and stepped into the hall.

The Hall of Truth is so large that it cannot be viewed as "architecture" at all. It's more like a stable fragmented world. The people who enter here have different purposes, and the places they go to are correspondingly different.

Qiao Xun is going to the place where the "mechanical perception giver" is.

After passing through a thick fog filled with the smell of motor oil, he went to the place where the supreme **** was.

The so-called "oil taste" is actually the manifestation of the taste of the nature of truth at the conscious level. Only those who possess the nature of truth can smell this kind of smell, and in general, it is still "the smell of a human being."

Here is a city.

It is very much like the European "Civilization Capital" on Earth in the 1970s and 1980s. The iron shoe of industry is recklessly transforming people's culture and life.

The dirty sewers were full of coal slag, and the roaring steam engine spewed black dragons all day long. On the streets, horse-drawn carriages compete with mechanical carriages, and newsboys hold a newspaper in their hands and shout today's hot spots.

In the "Gloria Church" in the center of the city, a woman wearing a lady's gauze hat and a long skirt with her waist crossed her fingers and prayed to a gray-white plaster statue.

Qiao Xun walked into the church, sat in the last row of seats, and waited quietly.

After about ten minutes or so, the praying lady lowered her hands and raised her shoulders. She took a deep breath. Then he turned around and was stunned when he saw the person sitting behind him.

Qiao Xun said to her with a smile:

"It seems that you are very focused, and you don't find anyone watching you. Lady from the fairyland, praying in some nested world of the ring of truth... This is really too much. I don't know for a while. How to complain, Miss Anyang."

The lady who prayed was Lu Xianyi's mother, An Yang.

An Yang lowered his eyes and thought for a while,

"Since you can come here, it means that you have become a god."

"Yes."

"Unimaginable promotion speed."

"However, Ms. An Yang has become a **** too."

Anyang shook his head,

"This is different. I have long been able to become a god, but the earth does not have the conditions to become a god. But... Could it be that the earth has broken through the limit?"

"I'm not a **** on Earth. But that doesn't really matter."

"So, what are you doing here?"

"Find something."

"what?"

"One that hasn't appeared yet, but is on the ring of truth. It shouldn't be interesting to Ms. Anyang."

An Yang looked at Qiao Xun seriously,

"You have become more confident. Qiao Xun, to be honest, I always thought you were a very mysterious person. I couldn't see through you on the earth, I thought it was because the earth was restricted. But now, you seem more It's mysterious, and the disturbing aura about you is gone."

"Does Ms. Anyang have a guess about my identity?"

Anyang shook his head,

"Qiao Xun, I will not make uncertain guesses. This is not in line with the ability I have cultivated. What I am convinced must be certain."

"All right."

"Go outside for a drink. It's not easy to meet an acquaintance here."

"Happy to accompany."

…

An outdoor cafe.

Qiao Xun and An Yang were sitting in the garden, and someone was playing music not far away.

"Life here is very comfortable, there are no worries." Qiao Xun said.

"No change. Since you can come in here, it means you know the situation here."

"Um... a map of consciousness fragments nested in the world of the ring of truth... a small world."

"The owner of this consciousness map is called the giver of mechanical perception. He also has an identity, you should be very interested."

Qiao Xun smiled and asked:

"The first conductor of the sea train?"

"I really can't hide it from you."

"You can tell just by reasoning. Last time you left, didn't you say you were going to find the first train conductor?"

"I found it. But ah, it's not what I thought. This old man has not survived the winter of consciousness in the end."

"What is the cold winter of his consciousness?"

An Yang stirred the coffee,

"I don't know. Maybe it's an unfulfilled wish, maybe it's an unbearable guilt. In short, the emotional part is the most difficult to sort out."

"Too."

An Yang raised the corners of his mouth,

"Are you and Xianyi okay?"

"broke up."

"really."

"really?"

"It's normal to break up in an unequal relationship. Xianyi is just an ordinary child, but you are different. You can easily change her, but she can't shake you in the slightest. If a love falls into this situation, it will be broken. "

Qiao Xun took a sip of coffee,

"What about Ms. An Yang and General Lu?"

"We are different. We can't compromise on the environment and things we face. He was born in a military and political family, and the blame of the family is more insurmountable than the blame of love."

"Ms. An Yang is indeed not the kind of person who is willing to compromise."

"I have no room for compromise."

"So, what is Miss Anyang running around for?"

An Yang's gaze swept across Qiao Xun's profile, looking into the distance,

"I was born in the immortal world, but I don't know any power in the immortal world, whether it is magic or Taoism... It seems that everyone has been placed in a certain mold from birth, and no matter how they grow, they can only grow into a mold. look. I don't like that."

"Ms. Anyang is also good at such ambiguous descriptions."

"Qiao Xun, many things are not clearly stated in a few words, so we have to use some useless words that others see as 'hypocritical and hypocritical' to satisfy the desire for communication and expression. Try to find out for yourself."

Qiao Xun nodded,

"you're right."

"Let's go and see the mechanical perception giver with me."

"OK."

"That's a strange name, too. His real name is Lytton Nigel."

"Mr Nigel."

"It's not a gentleman anymore, just an old man with Alzheimer's disease."

After An Yang settled the bill, he stopped a rickshaw on the side of the road and left with Qiao Xun.

"Ms. Anyang is really like a local."

"Do as the locals do. It is a pleasure to obey the order of a world."

"I thought you would be freer."

"People who have been wandering for a long time are actually more eager to return home."

"That's it."

"...I accidentally said what I said in my heart."

"Then I didn't hear it."

"…"

After a while, An Yang remembered something, she rummaged in her handbag for a while, took out a brooch,

"This brooch was left by Qin. I forgot to give it to you on Earth before, but I will give it to you now."

Very beautiful brooch. In the middle is a blue gem.

As soon as he saw this gem, Qiao Xun's heart was filled with indescribable emotion. He seemed to have seen Agnes' eyes full of fantasy again.

"give to me?"

"I don't think there's any room for anyone. I found it when I was packing up her belongings. Her room was completely empty, and only this brooch was in the most conspicuous place."

"I've never seen her wear it."

"I heard her talk about it. This brooch is the dowry given to her by her family. On the wedding day, wear it on the chest of your lover." An Yang put the brooch in Qiao Xun's palm, "Qin is an emotional world and is not Rich people. I've thought about it and this is the best thing for you."

"You are Lu Xianyi's mother..."

"It's two different things. Of course I like that my daughter can reach the end of her longing for love. But I will spare no effort to satisfy my old friend's legacy. When I chatted with Qin before, when you mentioned your name, she always looked at her. There are completely different colors. I've hardly seen anyone who can move her... Honestly, if Jean hadn't had such a helpless experience, I think she'd be your best companion."

Qiao Xun looked at the brooch without speaking.

Ms. Anyang was unaware of his relationship with Agnes. In her eyes, Agnes is just Agnes.

"Thank you."

"No. I'm just doing my own right thing."

Qiao Xun put away the brooch and looked outside the carriage,

"How long will Ms. Anyang stay here?"

"do not know."

"Where are you going next?"

"My journey is uncertain. I never plan a journey for myself."

"Really? This is really cruel to Xianyi. She longs for her mother, but she can't meet her no matter what."

"I'm not a good mother."

"It's meaningless to just say something like this. It's not necessarily a mistake, just a little apology? You can't even apologize to her face to face."

An Yang did not refute Qiao Xun's intentional or unintentional criticism.

In the second half, she didn't speak, until she reached her destination, she said lightly:

"arrive."

After the two got off the carriage, a newsboy happened to pass by, trotting and shouting:

"Great news, great news! Mr. Ansel successfully developed an improved motor, which nearly doubled the energy consumption ratio!"

Qiao Xun looked at the newsboy and said:

"The world is interesting."

"For Nigel, this is what he longed for, but ultimately a broken world."

"So, does this world exist because of his unfulfilled wish?"

"It seems to me so, but not necessarily how."

She walked to the door of a room, knocked on the door, and whispered:

"Mr. Nigel! Mr. Nigel!"

After a while, the sound of slow footsteps came from the door.

An old man with messy hair opened the door and looked at An Yang for a long time before he remembered who she was.

"It's you, have you come to see me again? It's nice, it's nice."

"Mr Nigel, there is a new guest."

Nigel looked at Qiao Xun and pushed his glasses tremblingly with his right hand.

"Oh, it's you."

Qiao Xun was slightly surprised,

"Does the old man recognize me?"

"You, aren't you the dung worker in this street? It's just right. The dung bucket in my house is almost full. Come and take it away."

Qiao Xun's face stiffened slightly.

"Sir, I'm not a dung worker."

"Ah, have you already resigned? It's okay to resign, you are so young, how can you keep doing dung work. You should go to a factory to learn some skills, or study hard, and be an inventor. This era is moving fast, every day There are new tricks appearing, you see, this city is full of inventors, physicists, chemists... Every day there are new theories, new machines. These things will make our lives bigger Another way. Young people just don’t do things that waste time, study more, and enrich themselves, otherwise…” Nigel rambled a lot, and finally whispered: “Like me… I regret it when I get old. ."

After speaking, he turned around tremblingly and walked into the room where the lights were not turned on.

Anyang says:

"As you can see, one of the greatest supreme gods in the ring of truth, the giver of mechanical perception, is now just an old man with dementia to the point of being unable to take care of himself."

She said, shook her head, and walked in,

"People's hearts are impermanent." She said as she walked, "Qiao Xun, emotions are a hurdle that people cannot escape, even gods."

Qiao Xun raised his chin, slightly propped up the brim of his hat, and said in a low voice:

"I feel it deeply."

Even said, no one knows better than him.