Indeed, if the underground shelter is eventually flooded with the paint of the Parallel Shadow, there will be no open space left for them to explore.
And if the paradox of world destruction dissipates or retreats after completely destroying the refuge, then there is no reason to leave some traces of the past.
"That's the hint left by Lamarck's game," Zhen Cheng's answer gradually became very certain from more speculation and self-questioning at the beginning:
"There is no fatal situation in Lamarckian games. Lamarckian games will definitely provide corresponding clues for the rules. Cai Pixiu, are these two rules I speculated and summarized before real?"
Cai Pixiu nodded: "Although this is not without exception like the three laws of the universe and cannot be considered to be interfered with or changed, these two rules do exist."
"How?" Zhen Cheng frowned. She had a vague hunch that this exception was closely related to what she wanted to do in the future.
Cai Pixiu gave an ambiguous answer: "The laws of Lamarck's game are not laws of nature, but man-made laws. There are indeed some beings in the world who have the ability to intervene.
For example, the 'fate' that you must escape now; such as our great teacher who is beyond the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements; another example, the person who theoretically holds the supreme power in all the heavens and realms.
Since the teacher doesn't think it's appropriate to tell you directly, I naturally can't reveal too much. When you reach a high enough level, you will naturally be able to get the answer on your own.
Now, let’s focus on our credit issues.”
When she said the last sentence, Zhen Cheng felt that the little Lolita's eyes were shining. She understood that it would be useless to ask any more questions, so she sighed, glanced at the three new candidates who looked confused, and continued to explain:
"Since these two assumptions are established, it is obvious that the pass standard of this game is related to the secrets buried in this civilization.
If all clues have been wiped out by the paradox, and following the above rules, the game system must provide enough clues for the candidates...
I don’t know if the game system has the power to counteract or even rewrite the paradox phenomenon. But regardless of whether it can be done, the most cost-effective way is to reproduce some necessary but possibly erased clue details to achieve the goal of participation.
The game provides basic clues to the rules of the game.
This may be the true origin of the old paint traces we saw in the large pits on the ground and in the triangular shelter.
The Lamarckian game system reproduces for us important traces that once existed but have been erased."
"No one can truly rewrite the paradox. This is a headache for all beings at the top of the universe." Cai Pixiu affirmed.
She did not tell her about the shocking news that her mentor told her privately two days ago after studying [The Body is Inanimate]. Perhaps in the future, there will really be a being born in the world who can actively influence and change the paradox.
Zhen Cheng nodded and continued: "The survivors on the surface invaded the shelter at the last moment, even occupied it and collected all the supplies.
But in the end, they desperately discovered that even if they captured the underground shelter, it was meaningless. There was no way to survive here.
When they smash or explode the soil several floors deep on the ground, it already means the final demise of everyone, because after collectively grouping together to seize the same kind of livelihood through violence, it is impossible for them to find a voluntary return to the surface again.
He buried the voluntary martyrs.
As a result, the ocean of paint that melted from the city gathered into a tsunami, and finally poured into the entrance of the shelter. Without the cover of natural soil, the thick concrete door could not block the shadow paint for long.
The three entrances started out just like what we had just experienced, from dripping water leakage to pouring water. People who were unfortunate enough to be splashed with paint melted and looked for a way out in panic.
They left traces of dragging each other while rescuing each other, leaving handprints of struggling and crawling, and eventually turned into traces of human figures on the ground.
However, has the civilization of this world really become extinct so far?
The space we are in now gives the corresponding answer.
It is impossible for people living in a triangular shelter to give up monitoring the surface of the earth. After all, this annihilating paradox only targets the humans and man-made objects it comes into contact with, not all 'observers'.
So after discovering that there were actions against them on the surface, the underground refugees also launched their own actions.
They spent the last of their productivity digging downwards, hoping to escape to a deeper place.
Finally, the stepped funnel-shaped space we are in was excavated. I think this was in people's plan from the beginning, but it may not be the shape we saw. The upper level is missing, but there is something reserved here
The ventilation ducts are proof.
As for the excavated earth and rocks, they were probably filled around the three walls of the upper shelter. In other words, the upper shelter was probably originally a much larger space than what we see, and it may not have been originally
Triangular structure.
People have perfect underground greenhouses to provide sufficient oxygen, or the technology to synthesize oxygen from the soil or other nutrients necessary for the metabolism of native organisms.
The ventilation channels reserved in the depths are just a backup plan. This plan was launched when the shelter residents desperately discovered that the survivors on the surface were about to dig out the protective layer of soil and cut off their last way of survival.
The evidence for this conjecture still exists, that is, the traces left by the building itself.
You should have noticed that the entrance to the surface, that tight structure that is a combination of heavy steel and cement, is a product that can only be made by a highly developed heavy industry.
The walls of the triangular shelter we just passed have been turned into relatively simple prefabricated concrete panels, like the product of a relatively hasty completion.
But even so, there is at least a uniformly arranged and reasonable enough pillar structure. But now, this most basic architectural common sense has been ignored.
An underground space of this size uses an extremely unstable inverted cone-shaped structure. Any earthquake may cause a large landslide in the entire area, burying the entire place.
I think the most likely cause is that the engineering design talents in the shelter unfortunately died before the deep space was excavated."
As soon as Zhen Cheng finished speaking, the three new candidates began to look around uneasily. They cast their fearful eyes towards the rock and soil above their heads.