"The last sweet dream?" Hao Ren looked at Nolan in surprise, "What do you mean?"
Nolan held her hands on her chest and lowered her head so that no one could see her expression clearly. All she could see was a pair of thin lips pursed slightly: "Actually... I can occasionally hear voices from the 'waking world' ,Although it is very, very vague, I know that there is a real world outside this false planet..."
Hao Ren was stunned: "You didn't tell me this before."
"I didn't know how reliable you were before," Nolan bit his lip. "You can only retain memories, which doesn't explain your character and will. And I can only hear some 'voices' occasionally. I Not even sure if they are really from the 'waking world', except this time recently, it was clear."
Nolan explained a few more words, and Hao Ren roughly understood the other party's situation. In short: this girl's speciality is not only limited to her ability to retain memories in reincarnation, she can also sense the "simulation program" behind this world. operation.
No wonder she so firmly regards the world as a bad stage, and frequently uses "director" and "script" to describe everything she has experienced. This is not only because hundreds of reincarnations have made her feel this way. , even more because she really realized the existence of the "fabricator".
It's just that her sense of the "awakening world" is extremely weak, not even much more reliable than ordinary auditory hallucinations and visions. She can occasionally hear or see some scenes that happen in the future, or sense a being that is beyond human beings. Consciousness whispered in her ear, and she was like a child who accidentally opened the curtain while running around on the stage, and saw the lighting engineer and prop rack behind the curtain at a sudden glance. Those short and impressive messages made her She realizes the unreality of this world.
The information that is occasionally encountered is very rare, and most of it is accompanied by severe interference and trance. If an ordinary person encounters it once or twice, he will probably directly regard it as a hallucination, but Nolan has been exposed to it many times. Almost every time During the reincarnation, she would hear or see "strange scenes" for a few seconds. After accumulating in this way, she became convinced of the existence of the "awakening world" or the "real world".
Nolan was a little vague when describing the sounds and images, as if he didn't know how to summarize what he saw. Hao Ren had to guide her: "What did it feel like to hear or see those things? You Did you see a scene in the real world? Or was it just a subconscious...intuition that made you feel like you saw something?"
"Probably the latter," Nolan nodded. "Those things are always very abstract, and there are no clear pictures or sounds when I recall them afterwards. Sometimes I feel like I have seen something similar to 'destiny'. Although it is not a specific image. , but directly understand the future direction of this world, sometimes..."
Nolan frowned, and after thinking hard, he knew how to describe that feeling: "It's like changing my perspective, I feel a consciousness that is transcendent to human beings, very vast, very complex, looking down at the whole thing. All the information in the world. I guess that perspective is the controlling 'program' of the world."
As she said that, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Hao Ren suspiciously: "The questions you asked are very specific. Do you also know something?"
Hao Ren waved his hand: "This is not important. I am very interested in the 'transcendental to human' perspective you mentioned. Can you still sense it now?"
Nolan shook his head gently: "I can't sense it anymore. This is beyond my control."
Hao Ren looked into Nolan's eyes: "Then what exactly is the 'last sweet dream' you mentioned before?"
"That was when this new stage was just starting..."
According to Nolan, she heard the voice of the "Fabricator" when the world had just been reset. Although she could not understand what the voice was saying with human understanding, it was a kind of infusion of thoughts.
The feeling made her understand something. That was the thought that flashed through the fabricator's mind when starting this stage: This may be the last reset of the world.
"I don't know what happened in the real world, but it seems that reincarnation is about to end," Nolan's eyes were a little erratic. She was used to the continuous reincarnation, but what happened suddenly broke her habit. These things beyond experience made her
She also felt uneasy, "...the fragments of thoughts that poured into my mind can be summed up in only six words: This is the end."
Hao Ren muttered, almost to himself: "What will happen after reincarnation ends?"
"I don't know. Maybe the world will continue to be peaceful. The current 'script' will be the final stage. If so, that would be great." Nolan seemed to have a smile on his lips, but the smile was quickly turned cold.
Instead, "Unfortunately, such an idea is probably very unrealistic. Maybe the world will end together."
Although I hate to admit it, Nolan's second guess is obviously more likely.
At this time, Nolan suddenly raised his head and looked at Hao Ren: "I have answered all your questions, can I tell you something now?"
Hao Ren was about to answer when he heard the voice of the data terminal coming from the spiritual connection: "Partner! Can you hear me? We are here!"
Hao Ren was overjoyed and said that the situation finally went smoothly for once: "Oh, I can hear it very clearly. It seems that the signal is good this time. How is the situation over there?"
Before the terminal could reply, Lily's voice suddenly intervened: "Don't talk about our situation yet! You are in urgent need!!"
"What?"
The data terminal took over the communication again: "This machine will send you the picture from outside."
Almost as soon as the terminal's voice fell, a set of images from a third-party perspective appeared in Hao Ren's mind. He saw a brilliant golden-red light covering his entire field of vision with an overwhelming momentum, large groups.
The flames spread across the land, the sky was burning with raging fire, and a third of the horizon was ignited by a dazzling arc. Hao Ren was startled by this spectacular sight: "What the hell is this?!
"
"Zroam! This planet is falling into the sun in the real world! The global fire has been burning for an unknown period of time, and the crustal structure is slowly disintegrating!"
Hao Ren was stunned for five seconds this time, and finally squeezed out a few words from his mouth: "...This is not something that a ship can handle..."
Nolan heard his soliloquy and looked over curiously: "What did you say?"
"This world is indeed coming to an end, but it started to collapse from the real world." Hao Ren grabbed Nolan's wrist, "Don't you want to know what I do? Well, whether you believe it or not, I came from
The real world comes from the 'sober' place you mentioned."
Nolan stared: "It's not fun to make this joke suddenly."
Hao Ren slapped his forehead, knowing that the other party would react like this, because in this virtual space where everything is possible, he couldn't prove his identity in the real world, or even prove that he could contact the real universe outside.
Rhetoric and even actual evidence can be regarded as a simulation of this world. This is why he didn't explain the situation to Nolan at first, because he didn't know what to say at all!
When all your actions and evidence are no more credible than empty words, many things have no explanation value.
Hao Ren waved to Nolan to calm him down, and at the same time called the data terminal in his mind: "How long do we have?"
"About forty-eight hours. It's still unclear where the virtual world's main body 'server' is. Let's assume it is deep in the earth's crust, but now the shell of Drom has been torn apart by the gravity of the sun, no matter how many underground equipment it has.
Even if it’s strong, it’s impossible to last more than forty-eight hours.”
"Fuck!" Hao Ren almost jumped up, "It's too late to do anything!"
Not only was he shouting while mentally connected, he even blurted out the shout. Nolan couldn't help but look him up and down with suspicious eyes: "What on earth are you..."
"There is nothing we can do. The situation is urgent. I have to accompany you for a while," Hao Ren said quickly, taking out a small communicator from his pocket and giving it to Nolan, "This is for you, it's a communicator. Press this button.
You can contact me directly. It doesn't matter if you don't believe that I am from the real world, but if you hear the voice of the 'fabricator' again, or see any movement in the background program of this world, contact me immediately, understand? If this
Any other abnormal phenomena occurring in the world must also be reported!”
After saying this, Hao Ren directly issued an order for the dormant cabin to wake him up. His figure suddenly disappeared out of thin air, leaving Nolan, who was still a little unresponsive, watching the scene blankly.
After standing there for a long time, Nolan muttered thoughtfully: "This person really... went to the real world?" (To be continued...)