The ancient children's songs swayed in the clouds, and they were wild and unscrupulous, with a bit of hoarseness and harshness during the period of voice change. After being spread far and wide, the remaining sounds turned into dull thunder, superimposed back and forth, buzzing.
, the empty clouds actually have the reverberation effect when singing K.
Ronan, who was singing children's songs loudly, was still leaping up and down in the clouds, doing somersaults, and seemed to be making a scene in heaven. Until he got tired from the tossing, he spread out his limbs and floated freely in the depths of the clouds.
At this time, the sun disc above the head also projects restless pressure in the form of light and heat.
Ronan half-closed his eyes and felt the slight warmth on his face. After calming down for a while, he felt that his behavior was absurd and even more ridiculous. He really laughed out loud until he was out of breath. Finally, he said with "Ah
"Ahhh" ended with a howl.
It wasn't until he roared out the last bit of air in his lungs that his body curled up, his face turned red, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. Then he stopped, returned to the state of spreading his limbs, and gasped for breath.
Ronan no longer has anything to worry about. Anyone who can stop him is dead. The cloud world is finally back under his control...
This place should be his, because this is the magical world discovered by his mother and father!
Ronan insisted on this logic. Because of this, when Gong Qi was around in the past, he felt a weight in his heart. He had to be cautious here and hide in Tibet. Now Gong Qi is completely dead, and his depressed heart swells and curls up.
A variety of emotions, and there is no reason to restrain them.
However, it was too deserted here and he didn't receive any response.
Will this happen again in the future?
Following the clues of his parents, he stepped into one field after another, thinking that he could touch more of their breath. However, when he overcame many difficulties and even himself was moved by his family's rapid progress and upgrades, he rationally reflected the reality of his birthplace.
:
After all, it's just clouds and nothingness.
Ronan's eyelids drooped again, but even so, the gap between the half-closed eyelashes was still filled with red light. The irritating color was like a dark fire under fresh charcoal, and there was a fine crackling sound.
, quietly swallowing the newly added fuel.
His heart is not pure.
Even though he had just got out of the stressful work and had a big vent in this boundless cloud world, the fire in his heart was still burning.
His eyes opened again, Ronan's pupils narrowed, and he stared at the big round sun wheel that was slightly distorted in the clouds and special void environment: Speaking of which, the emotions that had just been accumulated, released but rekindled, and the top of the head,
Toys are also closely related.
Staring straight for too long may not hurt your eyes, but it can cause heartburn!
Ronan could not be pure, but he could keep his mind calm, and he quickly made a decision:
Well, since he's in a bad state, let's take a break for a while. Speaking of which, since the execution of the plan to kill Gong Qi, how long has he not slept?
Seventy hours? Eighty hours?
Go to sleep, go to sleep, maybe you will have a good dream that you don’t want to wake up from!
Thoughts flashed twice, Ronan closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
While sleeping, Ronan's body lost conscious control and sank naturally. However, it only sank a few meters. It seemed that it had lost its weight and was lifted up in the howling wind. It was not that light and fluttering.
It is the action of multiple forces, coming and going, swinging and swaying, forming a dynamic basic balance.
Time passes slowly, but there is no difference between day and night in the cloud world, and the position of the sun wheel in the deep sky does not change. There is only turbulence in the clouds, changing into various shapes, which becomes monotonous over time.
The environment in the cloud world seems to be monotonous forever, but there are always some variables.
After a while, near the area where Ronan was sleeping, a red shadow suddenly flew over. It was a rotten-mouthed ape. Not counting outsiders, this was the only living species visible in the cloud world.
The huge body, which is more than seven meters tall, is wrapped in layers of scales and muscles. On the sunken head, which seems to have had its brains hollowed out, the crimson pupils rotate. Even though they are thousands of meters away, they are still quickly locking onto the target floating and undulating deep in the clouds.
.
Prey confirmed.
The pulpy snout and nose area, saliva flowing from the mouth, and multiple signal stimulations from the prey increased the appetite of the rotten-mouthed ape. Driven by desire, the rotten-mouthed ape only paused briefly at a high position in the distance, then suddenly accelerated, facing the
Ronan swooped down from his position.
The distance of several thousand meters was reduced by more than 90% in the blink of an eye.
Ronan still had his eyes closed, his breathing was long and even, and he was in a deep sleep, seemingly completely unaware of the crises and changes in the outside world.
At this time, the surrounding clouds were slightly disturbed, and the light refracted, as if bubbles burst. Ruiwen's slender figure came out of it, turned from virtual to real, and stood between Ronan and the Rotten Mouth Ape.
In terms of visual effects alone, there is a huge difference in size between Riven and the Rotten-mouthed Ape. However, she is calm and silent from the inside out, letting the high-altitude wind blow the hem of her knee-length school uniform, and only locks eyes with the invading attacker.
Evil thing.
The surrounding clouds were empty and suddenly darkened.
Ruiwen's eyes moved slightly, but she had not made any substantial move yet.
The change occurs at the light and color level, a bit like clouds blocking the sun and casting a layer of shadow. But to be more precise, it is more like a dark color seeping in, confusing the primary color and messing up the foundation.
This round of changes is also limited. The positions of Ruiwen and Ronan have hardly changed. Compared with the changing void environment, it looks particularly bright. The ferocious body of the rotten-mouthed ape that rushes towards us seems to be gray.
The color soaked through the entire place, and no corner inside or outside was spared.
The reason for this feeling is that from Raven's perspective, the body of the rotten-mouthed ape is becoming transparent and distorting, and the degree of distortion is getting larger and larger.
At this moment, except for the rushing clouds, there were empty clouds, as if embedded in an invisible and terrifying whirlpool. There was a huge tearing power, and there was a magic power that could erase the truth.
When everything was normal before, the physical distance between the Rotten Mouth Ape and Ruiwen was only about thirty or forty meters at most. With its speed, it could hit them in the blink of an eye. However, when the void changes, these thirty or forty meters
The distance becomes an insurmountable natural chasm, which can isolate any rushers and even swallow them up.
The mouth of the rotten-mouthed ape screamed, and the sound waves deformed in the twisted void, intermittent, sometimes sharp and harsh, sometimes dull and mute, sometimes it seemed to be close to the eyes, sometimes it was far away in the sky.
For Rui Wen, who has been studying vocal music recently, she can imagine the complex physical environment that caused this series of changes. But all of this happened in an empty cloud...
It can only be said that the person behind her made the world around her abnormal.
Raven rarely did a common sense comparison, but her thoughts quickly disappeared.
Because at this time, Ronan let out a long breath and woke up from his sleep. His own breathing seemed to be affected by the abnormal world around him. It was as dull as thunder, and his mouth had been twisted out of shape.
The ape suddenly decomposed in this "thunder" and turned into a steaming gray-white smoke, which was swept up by the high-altitude clouds and disappeared without a trace.
"Ruiwen... skipped class?"
"After school."
"Really? There is no sun or moon in the clouds!"
With the "Sun Disk" above his head, Ronan mumbled words without sincerity, and his consciousness had not yet fully awakened. His body seemed to be in a weightless environment, he rolled in the air, and awkwardly changed to half sitting and half sitting.
Standing posture.
Just at this time, another strong wind hit from high in the sky, and the flowing clouds and the girl's pleated skirt undulated together. In the surrounding gray background, a section of the snow-white body was reflected just right, and even with only the eyes, you can feel the delicacy.
texture.
"Ugh...it's a matter of angle!"
"Um?"
Under the gaze of Raven's cold and clear eyes, Ronan actually broke out in a thin layer of cold sweat, and subconsciously grinned: "I mean, the current coupling between multiple time and space and me is not very smooth.
It seems that the gears are out of alignment and need to be constantly adjusted... Were you not scared just now?"
After saying this, Ronan looked at Raven again and knew that he had said something stupid again: Does the little girl have the concept of fear in her heart?
"Okay, I mean thank you for your help. But you still have to focus on your studies now and don't pay too much attention to me. If you suddenly disappear in school, many people will have a headache!
"
Raven lowered her head, quietly and obediently, which made Ronan even more embarrassed. The lonely and heart-burning feeling before going to bed was unknowingly diluted. He subconsciously reached out and touched Raven's head. In the process
However, I heard a strange "creaking" sound coming from the muscles and joints on my body, and I felt uncomfortable no matter what.
Ronan was already used to it.
"Look, every time you find a balance, if there is a slight external stimulus, you have to break it up and start over again.
"There are basically no problems with the divine wheel. Only the body wheel involves basic physical limitations. It is simply impossible to adjust it once and for all.
"Also, the coupled space-time environment is like covering it with several layers of thick quilts. Especially in the fog maze, there is no quilt cover at all. The cotton wool fluff is flying around. Every time it shakes, it is particularly difficult to clean up."
Ronan rambled on and on, mainly talking about how before and after he killed Gong Qi, he used his own large coordinate system to integrate the rules and regulations of the fog maze and even the earth's time and space, including "little plug-ins" such as the Blood Soul Temple field.
The "Roche Domain" constructed.
As for the unlucky rotten-mouthed ape from before, there is no value in discussing it at all.
"With the current set of field construction, there is no problem in digesting Gongqi's 'gambling capital'. The most important thing is to constantly adjust ourselves and deal with various stumbling blocks in the process of expansion and integration.
"Then again, the imbalance of body and soul is an old problem. This core problem cannot be solved in a short while. Just walk. What is more important now is 'exploration and discovery'.
"Come on, let's go inside and talk... Hum, I don't need your help now."
As they spoke, the gray void in front of the two people melted and sunk, revealing a portal gap that could accommodate two people entering at the same time.
"Well, my 'Roche Sandwich Field' has basically been able to perfectly perform the function of a transfer station."
Relying on the interactive interference between his own structure and various time and space environments, Ronan easily opened the passage to the fog maze without the help of Riven.
"There's no problem on the Earth side, it's just that it's a little more troublesome to make adjustments afterwards... Thanks to the special nature of the 'cloud world', the rules are not strict enough."
Raven didn't say anything, and Ronan held her shoulders and stepped into the portal. When they saw the mist maze again, it was no longer a scene of "sand dust" raging, at least in the area in front of them.
What hit us was the morning mist-like haze, which inherited the gray-white tone of "Roche's Sandwich Realm" and was even thicker. A bunch of twisted shadows vaguely appeared in front of us. At first glance, they looked as ferocious as dancing ghosts.
Terrible.
"Tsk, it's dirty again."
Ronan said and blew a breath, and then a strong wind swept away, and the mist that filled the air dissipated in just one breath.
In this regard, Ronan explained: "After every fine-tuning, this place is just a piece of chicken feathers. There is no way, the fragmented rules in the maze are seeping everywhere, and in my 'sandwich field', the only place that can be adjusted on a large scale is here
. Just like a bearing, no, it's just lubricating oil. It has no stable form at all. Wherever it feels weak, just pour a pot of it... It's freshly prepared."
Raven smiled lightly, and she could probably feel Ronan's deliberate humor. She did not speak, but only looked at the huge object that appeared in the central area after the fog cleared.
The outline of the shape over there is clearly like a big tree, and it's a dead tree.
Dead tree?
Rui Wen was very familiar with this. She went to the North Shore Gear every day and looked across the lake at the sandbank in the distance. There was such a dead tree standing alone on the lake, but it also hid the secret of Ronan's parents.
"Did you recover well?" Ronan led Ruiwen and walked toward the dead tree.
When walking in the hall, Raven was a little cautious.
Because for her, there were too many details in this special space. Every movement seemed to touch the fine and densely woven spider silk, but she couldn't see the exact object, which felt weird.
However, she could also notice that this place felt more real than before.
The so-called "hall" was originally a trap designed for Gong Qi, which was built from fragments in the mist maze. If at that time, it was just a circle of land, now at least a rough house has been built.
For now, Ronan is quite satisfied with this rough room: "This is equivalent to a multi-functional hall, which can be used as a reception room, activity venue, laboratory... Well, it currently does not meet the requirements to support the operation of instruments.
Of course, the easiest thing is to do it on the battlefield, but I can’t bear to do it anymore.”
It's probably because of the tree hole.
Raven's eyes focused on the strange creation shaped like a dead tree in front of her.
Looking at it from a close distance, compared with the real object, this thing is still somewhat different, and it is not lifelike. But everything here is made of broken configuration fragments, pieced together one by one, like mosaics and building blocks.
It is tens of millions of times more complicated, and it is also a huge project, and it was all built in just a few dozen hours.
Ronan is calm and much more skilled in this field.
"Come on, let's go in and take a look. Function is the key."
With an obvious intention to show off, Ronan knocked on the "bark of the dead tree". Just like when entering the fog maze, a portal that could accommodate two people in parallel opened, waiting for them to enter.
In the local time and space, Ruiwen had entered tree holes several times. But they were all from the lake bottom passage of the gear building. It was quite new to go directly through the "trunk", which also reminded her that this place was indeed very different from a real dead tree.
no the same.
The judgment I just made becomes a little blurry after entering the first level range.
The first floor was the layout of the lounge. Under the dim light, the small and exquisite layout was almost perfectly reproduced in front of her eyes. For a second, Raven almost thought that Ronan had taken him through the time and space barrier again and returned to
Go into the tree hole on the dead tree sandbank.
"These are just decorations. If they are really completed, they won't look like this." Ronan reached out and touched the inner wall of the tree hole, and ripples appeared. "The current functional construction is mainly concentrated on the upper floor. Come on, come on.
, Brother will show you something new."
Rui Wen followed Ronan up the stairs. Just after taking a few steps, before actually entering the second level, her five senses and six consciousnesses suddenly changed.
Raven blinked, as if she had accidentally fallen into a starry sky. The surrounding area was dark and deep, with hundreds of thousands of cold-light stars sparsely arranged. The sense of distance in space became a little blurry, so she subconsciously stepped on another step to find it.
A real feeling.
When you calm down, you will no longer feel like you are trapped in the starry sky. You will only feel that it is a sensory effect similar to virtual reality.
Her sight quickly focused on the most conspicuous area in the center of the "starry sky".
The light there is the brightest, but relatively restrained. There are light areas with dark spots, a relatively smooth outline, and a slightly expanded halo. At first glance, it looks like a post-processed astronomical picture, representing a distant and distant place.
Another huge galaxy.
"Come here and take a closer look." Ronan called Ruiwen forward.
When you look at it up close, the angle changes and the impression changes. It becomes a translucent entity smaller than the palm of your hand, with a distinct texture.
"This is the core work area. As for this little thing, it is my latest work. I currently call it:
"lens."
Raven moved closer and was quite interested in the so-called "lens". Well, of course she had to pay close attention to the things Ronan paid special attention to.
If you look closely, you can see that this gadget really does have the meaning of a "lens", at least it is similar to the teaching aids brought by the teacher in physics class... except for the transparency.
So, is it a concave lens or a convex lens?
Ronan was not in a hurry to explain the beauty of the "lens" to Raven, but stretched out his hand across the surrounding dark area. His fingertips seemed to move the starlight spots that were vaguely perceived from a distance. A smile spread on his face, becoming more and more...
brilliant:
"Ruiwen, you know, this is the true face of the 'Tree Hole'. I built it based on my parents' design and painted a gourd. In Grandpa's laboratory in the wilderness, the 'Tree Hole' at the end of the corridor contains
This tool can only be regarded as its prototype, much behind this version. After all, this is... the result of many years of research after my father returned from the wilderness.
"Hey, have I mentioned this before?"
Raven shook her head slightly.
"Ah, I must have been too busy the past few days and forgot to tell you. Let me tell you, there is also Jerry's scene here, which is super complicated..."
Ronan started nagging mode, talking about whatever came to his mind.
As he said, the incident itself is very complicated, takes a long time, and jumps frequently in space. Some of it is still guesswork. When expressed, the logic is confusing, which sounds very laborious.
But as long as Raven knew that Ronan was in a better mood and more positive than before, that was enough.
"So, my dad made such an arrangement. It's too complicated. I still don't quite understand the twists and turns in it. But it's lucky anyway. Withered trees and sandbanks, format theory, structure
Shape knowledge and a database like Jerry... All the conditions were put together, and the result was really spliced, and it was finally passed to me. Maybe this is fate?"
Raven met Ronan's gaze and said "hmm" lightly. She felt that this should be the answer Ronan wanted to hear the most.
As expected, Ronan smiled again, stretched out his hand to rub Raven's head, and temporarily ended the topic: "We will investigate and sort out the situation later. Let's look at the most practical ones first. The information he left behind is very practical and very practical.
The essential.
"That 'Century Sequence' question bank, I've mentioned it before, right? It's a good thing! And it's at the basic level of 'General Education'. Ruiwen, you have to study it too. It's much more advanced than what is taught in schools now.
"I now firmly believe that there must be a highly developed civilization system in the distant starry sky beyond the earth. It has already established intersection with us, and the possibility of further exchanges and interoperability will continue to increase in the future. If that happens one day, now
If you study and understand its information in advance, you can be one step ahead and take advantage of it!"
Ronan took on the posture of a parent preaching, and Ruiwen nodded obediently, cooperating very well.
"The content here should be very complex, involving all aspects of social construction, but there is an inexplicable 'seal' on it, which is very unpleasant. Fortunately, it seems to be gradually unlocking now.
"When I was doing the questions before, I only had the content of configuration theory, but in the past two days, I have quietly unlocked the knowledge of creation. I also read some, and it was very useful. As for why I unlocked it, I suspect it is directly related to this...
…”
Ronan pointed to the "lens" in the center of the work area and winked at Raven: "How about it, do you want to try it first?"
"Um?"
"This thing is just a semi-finished product, but it's very interesting. I can't explain the details at the moment. You can come over and give it a try. It's very interesting, really!"
At this time, Ronan looked like a child who couldn't wait to recommend his favorite games and toys to his friends, wishing he could blow up his "lens". Raven still didn't understand many of his words, but she would never refuse his request.
.
Raven leaned her upper body forward again, narrowed the distance from the "lens", and observed carefully. However, she was still confused about how to operate it, so she turned her head sideways and cast a questioning look at Ronan.
Ronan laughed: "Wait for me to teach you. It's actually very simple. Your sensing ability is so good. You just need to concentrate... There is a lot of interesting information in this little thing. It is difficult to understand, but I can do it at any time."
explain."
Raven hesitated for a few seconds, mainly to extract the true spirit of instructions from Ronan's words.
She stared carefully at the "lens" in front of her, looking at the continuously flowing light under the translucent surface, as well as the looming lines and dark spots. These were changing dynamically, and no rules could be seen for the time being.
Ronan quickly corrected: "Not with eyes, not with physical intuition, oh, it can't be completely separated from this, but with 'synesthesia' of mental induction. My idea is that the collected information can be understood and classified by ordinary people.
And use it, after all, the workload is too much, it would be better if it could be converted into a code recognized by the machine..."
Fortunately, Ruiwen finally understood the messy explanation.
She remained silent and stared at the lens, but it was no longer her sight that pierced through, but the power of her soul to perceive all things.
The moment this power came into contact with the "lens", Raven almost instinctively used the "blurring of form and spirit" technique to find the special wave frequency of the wonderful creation in front of her, and formed a full interference with it.
In an instant, the light waves and shadows reflected from the "lens" are translated into a torrent of information with extremely rich details and an extremely large amount, and it is still growing with explosive momentum.
Even in Ruiwen's special condition, she subconsciously frowned.
"Careful, careful!"
Ronan was also shocked. He didn't expect that Raven's soul power interfered so efficiently and directly, and that the fit with the "lens" was also first-rate. He was afraid that the little girl would be hurt by the torrent of information, so he hurriedly stood by
Regulate information flow
Even at this time, Raven turned to Ronan and smiled before she really gathered her energy and discerned the core images in the torrent of information.
Ronan stared nervously. After about ten seconds, he finally couldn't help but ask: "How is it? Is there anything I can describe?"
"...conflict, impact."
"Very good!" Ronan clapped his hands: "That's it, are there any more?"
"It's very dense, as if it's raining or windy, and the water droplets are hitting each other."
"Yes, yes, continue, continue!"
"There should be two directions, two forces. They are mixed together and conflicting fiercely. They are constantly yearning to throw things, but they are also absorbing..."
Ronan suddenly stopped talking. At this time, Ruiwen saw that the "lens" that was fully interfering with her soul power had undergone a series of changes in its original structure.
The original relatively clear outline boundary has been blurred, and there is an obvious tendency to graining as a whole, as if a layer of frosted effect has been added. At first glance, it looks more like a sparkling nebula.
Moreover, the structure of this nebula became unstable and became restless. There seemed to be continuous explosive conflicts inside, so that it swayed irregularly without a clear direction of rotation.
Yes, the "lens" is changing, and it changes correspondingly with the situation Raven perceives, almost perfectly reproducing the scene she described.
"Don't be affected, continue!" Ronan ordered.
Raven was startled for a moment, and then she closed her eyes. She was not affected by the changes in the "lens" and could only use the power of her soul to sense and restore the image contained in the torrent of information. Soon, she captured another key:
"Two forces are in the center, dominating everything. They are also converging. In addition to collision, there is also a resonance pulsation..."
Raven thought of the observation experiment in the biology class not long ago, and found a ready-made example: "It's like a pregnant rabbit, the fetal heart is beating."
Ronan exclaimed: "Perfect!"
In fact, Ruiwen still had some opinions, but it was difficult for her to find the corresponding words to describe them, so she stopped talking and opened her eyes again.
At this time, the "lens" no longer looks like a lens at all. It has completely turned into a nebula shape. The center is shrunk and the brightest, and the periphery is like dust and mist. It seems that it wants to pull out a few spiral arms, but due to the unstable state
And give up.
"Do you know what it corresponds to?"
"Maze of Mist." Raven already understood.
"Yes, it is the image of the fog maze. Of course, it is depicted by our perception... based on the signal waves coming from every corner of the fog maze.
"They are collected from the 'tree hole', amplified, and gathered in the 'lens', and then we analyze, classify and reproduce them."
Ronan faced Ruiwen and showed a big smile: "A very useful tool, right?"
Raven nodded.
Ronan snapped his fingers, and a set of projections of a double helix pattern appeared on one side of the "Lens Nebula": "Here, this is the design of the tool. The key information left by my father."
As he said that, Ronan enlarged the projection at the right time. Now you can see that in the structure similar to the DNA double helix, the nodes connecting the two long chains are definitely not base pairs like actg, but magnified to see
It is also a complex three-dimensional figure that is so complex that it makes your eyes jump.
Similarly, they are also paired up and connected with each other, showing an extremely direct correspondence.
“These two chains, one is a collection of tool drawings, and the other is a collection of surveying drawings. Each version of the tool should have a version of the surveying and mapping results; each link to each other represents a set of surveying and mapping experiments.
"I looked at the date. The earliest it can be traced back to 1975, and finally stopped at June 1990. In 15 years, hundreds of versions have been changed, with a total of more than 2,000 sets of experiments... What is this?"
Rui Wen was silent, while Ronan asked and answered himself:
"Treasure!
"Treasures of Cognition."
"We can make corrections based on the experimental results to see what the world we live in actually looks like."
Ronan waved his hands heavily, and in the central area, the seemingly regular structure of the "Lens Nebula" was instantly distorted, as if it had hit a barrier. In fact, there was indeed a faint arc touching the edge of the "Lens".
There are also traces of depressions, forming an intuitive impact scene.
"We cannot describe the real structure of space and time, we can only reduce the dimensionality. But I think it is relatively close to the reality... The relationship between the fog maze and the local space and time where the earth is located is roughly like this.
"An intimate contact on a space-time scale.
"The broken mist labyrinth fully interferes with the earth's time and space. Oh, there are also interference and friction fronts..."
When Ronan spoke, a thin layer of aperture lit up at the outermost edge of the "Lens Nebula":