Old Els stared at the gray fog, and in a trance he seemed to see the sea.
Yes, he was back on the sea again, on the sundeck of the yacht, with a similar deck chair layout, and even the people talking to him were the same, but time had passed coldly for more than ten years.
The old Els tried hard to show off his health, but now he can no longer pretend it.
But Levi on the other side still looks like a young man, as if time has never left any traces on him... I can't say it too definitely. At least there are a lot of abnormal cracks on his body, even if it's the vibration of speaking,
From time to time, new wounds would break open, even to the extent of damaging the bones.
But not a drop of blood was shed.
Old Els looked horrified, but also had strong curiosity. He tore his chest hard and forced him to ask a series of questions that were destined to never be answered:
"During these years, did you stay in the Deep Blue World to recuperate from your injuries? When you lost contact in 1959, were you fighting a powerful enemy? Was it that Liang Lu? That round... that Aurora Light, was it you who created it?
"
Sure enough, Li Wei ignored these questions and didn't care. He still sat there in his accustomed posture and said calmly: "Your situation is very special. Maybe this is God's will - you want to become a god, even if it is just inferior.
The imitation is destined to receive 'extra attention' from this universe. Well, you don't need to worry about this, it's just my habitual thought.
"Since it's my plan that went wrong, I should give you a solution. This is a kind of 'uploader' route. Yes, you can no longer take the 'trust power' route. The ruins are better than the wasteland.
It's more difficult to deal with... The 'uploader' technology I have mastered is not perfect, but it can allow you to continue to pursue something."
In another trance, Old Els was already lying in the nutrition cabin as cold as a coffin. In the deep silence, Levi's voice came in: "'Upload' is the integration and recording of life, but 'download' is optional.
, you will have an easier time next.”
The rare emotional statement made Old Els feel very uneasy. He subconsciously wanted to struggle, but at this time, it was too late to say anything.
The bubbles of memory exploded rapidly, and Old Els gasped violently. Luo Yuan's thin, cold face with well-defined muscles appeared in front of him again. When he laughed, the outline of his muscles was especially obvious:
"Yes, this is your own memory, but it was copied by Levi and your original ones were erased. Now I will bring it back to you as an expression of goodwill... You need
It?"
"...Yes, very much needed."
"But you have already forgotten it, let alone thinking about it day and night."
Old Els was still panting, laughing while panting: "Yes, you are right."
"I'll tell you the truth, these memories of yours are very useful. They have allowed me to see some real aspects of the world, and I also have some chips on the gambling table. Moreover, I found that we are quite compatible and can cooperate."
"Yeah?"
"You see, you are a hyena that has lost its hair, and I am a lost dog. You desperately want to return to the most noisy center stage in the world, and I also want to do something there. Let the world follow us
It can be turned by one’s own will, no matter whether it is real or false... Isn’t this reason enough?”
Of course it's not enough, but... the means are enough.
This is the struggle history of an old man who is unwilling to withdraw from the center of the stage.
Ronan looked at the series of churning and exploding memory bubbles and confirmed that the arrangement of these memory information was quite confusing. The reason was also very clear: Levi believed that Old Els had partially glimpsed the true structure of the "Inner and Outer Earth", so
Through the transformation of the "uploader", a copy of his memory was made, and then the original memory was erased.
But for some unknown reason, Luo Yuan later retrieved this part of his memory and returned it to Old Els, which led to their close and covert cooperation.
However, this also became the decisive factor that led to Old Els's fate.
What Levi said is actually the truth: Old Els no longer has the physical and spiritual foundation to carry out "credibility building".
It is already a miracle that he started it when he was eighty-three years old and achieved certain results; if he does it fifty years later, not to mention the physical and spiritual framework issues, the high-energy environment of the earth is completely different from that of the past - the fact is that in 2059
Years are the last chance for old Els. If you lose it, you will never get it back.
It's just that old Els spent all his stubbornness and fell into it again and could never get up again.
Well, later on, the Amaterasu Order suddenly emerged, and the "True God" also adopted a trust structure that absorbed faith. Could it be that it was a replacement - occupying the ecological niche that Levi had arranged for Old Els?
Ronan could understand this at a glance, and even if there were some ambiguities, he could roughly guess it.
In addition to these, there is some information, some unexpected and some important:
He did not expect that his grandfather Luo Yuandao, Professor Pan Wen's younger brother, and now Professor Pan De, the chief expert of the military's AB team, and old Els would have some intersection; in addition, Ronan nominally joined Zhixing Academy
The club, the Order Club that has been absorbed by the Occult Research Society, actually had old Els investing in it in the early years.
Of course, this is normal for a big investor. Xie Junping also said at the beginning that during the heyday of the Order Club, there were many big financiers who went around and around to get to Old Els, which was the most normal thing.
This is a small thing, but some things are very sensitive:
An Shunji, the first generation chief priest, did know about the "inner and outer earth", and at least noticed the clues. This can be verified with An Dongsheng's statement, and it is more certain that it is because of the "Scale of Truth (Artifact of the Rebirth)".
Also, Old Els actually saw the "Black Sun", and it was at the critical time point when the auroral lights appeared in 2059.
When Ronan sorted out the relevant information, his first reaction was: Sun Wheel Absolute Realm!
That is, the "Dark Side of Akama" identified on the "Dynamic Space-Time Map" is the mapping of this space-time.
As for why old Els can see it but others can't, Ronan has a rough guess:
It is very likely that the time and space that was being "separated" or "intertwined with reality" at that time happened to allow Old Els's "believers" to be divided on both sides of the "inner and outer earth" - just like some things, you can see them with only one eye.
There is a blind spot; only two eyes working at the same time can observe.
Think more: What is the connection between this "Black Sun" and the "Black Sun Sect" that Ronan heard about on the "outer earth"?
Is it the "Black Sun deep in the world" promoted by the "Black Sun Sect"?
Did old Els have any connections there?
Ronan thought about it and felt that this old gentleman most likely did not have the time, energy and ability to take care of the "Black Sun Sect" over there. If this "Black Sun" is that "Black Sun", and there is indeed a "Black Sun"
The influence from the "Inner Earth" side will most likely be found in Li Wei, or Luo Yuan, who once held the memory of old Els.