"The final outcome?" After hearing this, Zhang Yu smiled coldly and said, "I am standing here because of Brother Sen. There is no need to tell me anything else."
The mysterious man also smiled, "Indeed, Lin Sen said that you can't agree so easily, but that doesn't matter. For us, days, months, years, and even decades are just a short time."
For a moment, we can afford to wait and are willing to wait.”
Zhang Yu and Jin Yuan looked at each other, and Jin Yuan said, "Then you may be disappointed. We are not turtles, and we don't live that long."
Mysterious Man: "Let's be honest... I'll be honest. I'll put this invitation here. When you figure it out one day, you can open it at any time. We welcome you to join us at any time."
Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "So generous?"
The mysterious man smiled slightly and said, "That's how generous you are."
Jin Yuan didn't quite believe it, so he said, "Don't think that the beautiful words you said are from our side. I still suspect that you are related to Lan Mo's disappearance!"
The mysterious man said, "Is the Lan you are talking about the mistress of those free people?"
"Mistress?" Jin Yuan was stunned.
The mysterious man laughed and said, "It seems you don't know much."
Jin Yuan's expression changed, and he said coldly, "Stop smiling like this with me. Don't think I'm afraid of you because you have a big dog!"
The mysterious man was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed even louder, "It's not a big dog, but my friend. Without it, the journey of hundreds of millions of years would be really long."
"Hundreds of millions of years...well..." Zhang Yu was startled when he heard this, then he laughed and said, "You're just kidding!"
The mysterious man didn't explain much and said, "Okay, okay, this box has been opened. There are still many things waiting for you to deal with, and I... have to leave."
"Go? Where?" Zhang Yu was wary. He didn't want to keep this guy, but he always felt that this guy had secrets hidden all over him, so it was really inappropriate to let him go like this.
But if the mysterious man really wants to leave, Zhang Yu and Jin Yuan really can't stop him. This man... is really terrifyingly strong.
"I came here because my friend smelled some variables, but now it seems to have disappeared again, so I have to hit the road again."
Kanehara chuckled and said, "You said it's not a dog?"
The mysterious man rolled his eyes at him and did not argue. He waved his hand casually, "Then, I'll be waiting for you. Goodbye!" After saying that, he took a step back and disappeared.
It felt really like seeing a ghost.
Zhang Yu and Jin Yuan looked at each other, and then they both spoke at the same time.
"Are you looking for Lan Ya again?"
"You said you saw a door?"
After saying that, the two of them frowned at the same time, and followed Jin Yuan and said, "Don't mind my business. If I don't find her in this life, I will never rest in peace."
Zhang Yu said with a cold face, "Do you think I am willing to take care of you? I think you are too boring! We have been brothers for so many years, and you still hide this kind of thing from me?"
Jin Yuan felt hot in his heart, but his face did not relax. He said with a straight face, "Okay, okay, I'm so annoyed! Well... you said you saw a door and got caught before you met the guy walking the dog."
?”
Zhang Yu recalled for a while and said, "Yes, but he was not walking the dog at that time, but staring at the sky in a daze."
"Well...this guy is definitely sick! I went to a very weird place with him. There was nothing there, just like a piece of white paper. I thought he would explain it, but I didn't expect that he would be in a daze after entering.
, I was so angry that I had a fight with him!"
Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? What's the result?"
Jin Yuan's face turned red, "In the end... I haven't been beaten..."
"puff!"
"Hey, hey, hey! You are so ridiculous! It would be the same for you, do you know? You have never seen his dog! He is really invincible!"
Zhang Yu had actually met him, but he was not as impulsive as Jin Yuan. He was just curious about who this person was.
However, he said a lot of strange and even inconsistent things, and he was completely "crazy".
So Zhang Yu began to look for the twin brothers, but after a long search, there was no trace. Instead, the mysterious man staring at the sky suddenly appeared behind him and said to him, "The time is up, I will take you to see something."
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Afterwards, Zhang Yu was brought back to Ailub, and witnessed two consecutive strange disappearances and reappearances of the world.
As for that box…
After the world disappeared and reappeared twice, it completely disappeared. Now the people on the entire experimental site were in a mess, and an energy base station in the distance had turned into an oversized ice sculpture.
Zhang Yu sighed and said, "Do you believe what he said?"
Jin Yuan was startled, "What do you mean?"
"Humanity was actually exiled a long, long time ago..."
Jin Yuan laughed when he heard this, "I don't believe it."
"Why?" Zhang Yu was a little curious.
Kanehara asked, "If humans are all exiled, what will happen to us? Are we all fake?"
Zhang Yu was startled, then fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he said, "Maybe it's true..."
The words were spoken in such a low voice that Jin Yuan did not hear them clearly, and the main control room was also surrounded by ground troops. The protective area above the experimental site was opened, and a team of streamer guards rushed in and stopped around the main control room.
Upon seeing this, Jin Yuan raised his hands and said, "Don't shoot! We are one of our own!!!"
Zhang Yu regained consciousness and slowly raised his hand.
Minori, the temporary combat commander of the Interstellar Army, Qi Xuan frowned, and then asked in surprise, "Isn't this Jin Yuan and Zhang Yu? Why did they suddenly appear again?"
…
Yes, why did they suddenly appear again?
The mysterious cube disappeared without a trace after two powerful penetration experiments... But at the same time, the two arbitration executives who had disappeared before... Zhang Yu and Jin Yuan returned to Elubo intact.
Over the next month, they underwent various inspections and interviews, and it was finally determined that they had indeed not lied and that they had not brought back any useful information.
Because their review of the days when they disappeared can be summarized in two sentences: "One, they saw a mysterious person, and two, it felt like only one day had passed."
…
One month after the cube disappeared.
Manny led her team back to Aisinvar, but the research on the mysterious cube was not over. Even in Manny's view... it had just begun.
"All the data is here. The data sampling equipment seemed to have received strong interference at that time... so..." Zyra was helpless, but that was the truth.
Manny has recently returned to the kind of research life where she has irregular meals and no awareness of the change of day and night.
She said thank you, then took a sip of coffee.
It's cold...and it seems like too much sugar was added, it's too sweet...there's no taste of coffee at all...
Seeing Manny like this, Zierra felt a little anxious. She came over and took Manny's cup and poured her a new cup. Then she said, "I have invited some friends to watch a play this afternoon. You can come too."
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Manny smiled apologetically, "No, I don't really like that kind of occasion."
Zyra sighed, "Well, try not to conduct experiments by yourself when I'm not around, okay?"
Manny nodded.
Zyra left, and the laboratory became empty.
Days like this have been repeated countless times.
Although sometimes Zyra recalled that she still had a daughter...and many friends...but she always felt that everything had changed since Lin Sen and Dongfang Ruo left.
The daughter who inherited the power of Dongfang Ruo took the people of that world to the depths of the Ogu Ocean, and is probably now on an island with her family and children, so sometimes Manny doesn't think about her, but feels that
There is no way I can integrate this emotion.
As for friends... Manny is a person who stands at the pinnacle of scientific research. Perhaps when she was brought to Qingyu Building by the "Lord" and brought to Lin Sen, she still had many friends and knew what she was working hard for every day.
But now... her original client is no longer there. She chooses to stay for a more distant goal with no visible edge, and her friends are becoming fewer and fewer.
So sometimes Manny thinks...
What exactly am I insisting on?
Without the most basic seven emotions and six desires as a human being, where is the other ladder of sublimation?
Just like this time...
Manny suddenly felt a little scared.
While everyone praised Manny's wisdom, only she knew how she resolved this "crisis".
Those mysterious codes appeared without warning, and there are still many places that Manny cannot explain but still work...
What does this mean?
Manny remembered something the "Lord" said to her when he was still alive.
A successful person must be a person who is not afraid of failure and persists in struggling! But a loser is often not because he does not work hard enough, but because...
He saw his own limit.
…
This is how Manny is today.
In fact, this was not the first time she had felt this way.
I vaguely remember that when Lin Sen was still there, Manny’s main focus on the Sunless City project was the neutron warp engine.
At that time, this technological achievement could be said to have doubled human speed!
However... since the base number is relatively low, this doubling does not essentially solve the problem of human beings being trapped in the vastness of the stars.
Therefore, there is always a fact that we have to face in the original return home plan, that is, this plan may take a lot of time due to engine speed issues... and these times are precisely the times that human civilization is overwhelmed.
That time, Manny saw her limit.
She felt that it was not that she lacked knowledge or that she did not work hard enough, but that she simply could not see further ahead, and therefore could not talk about designing or creating.
This requires not only technical power, but also imagination.
…
Reload that set of mysterious data into the calculation core.
Watching the simulated data begin to stack up, Manny sighed and felt extremely melancholy in her heart.
"Why on earth...why can't I see more things..." Manny muttered to herself, then sighed. Just as she was about to close the core, she suddenly felt a ball of light appear in front of her eyes.
Then everything around her disappeared, leaving only the light in the distance and herself immersed in darkness.
At that moment, Manny felt as if she had disappeared... Not only could she not feel her body, she could not even breathe.
But she didn't suffer or die because of it. Instead, she felt that her thoughts became clearer.
The group of light gradually shrank until it became a distant point, no longer dazzling or dazzling, and then a voice appeared.
"I'm really surprised that I have guests here." The voice was gentle and slightly magnetic, and it sounded very comfortable.
"Who...are you?" Manny asked.
"I?e... I forgot... It seems like it happened a long, long time ago... I don't remember it at all..."
"Um...really...then...where is this place?"
"Here? It's so strange...well...it's so strange...you don't even know where this is, but you can come here."
"Uh... yes, I feel strange too. I just clearly..."
"Oh! I seem to feel it! It's Mr.'s breath! Hmm... It feels so familiar... It feels so nostalgic... Unfortunately, I can no longer remember Mr.'s appearance in my memory... Moreover,
I have been around for too long, my husband is no longer alive."
"Sir?" Manny was a little concerned about this title.
"Well, yes... I know who you are, but I still don't know how you got here. This is wonderful, but it does not hinder our communication. Really, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you.
You don’t have that ability either, you are my guest, please do as you please.”
After hearing these words, Manny felt that the other party might have been alone for too long and had lost basic communication skills, so his words were a little weird, but the basic ideas of speech were still clear.
"I really want to know, who is this gentleman you are talking about?"
"Well... sir... he is not someone... not a specific person... he is the only one... certain... respected by us."
What I said... is inconsistent.
Manny began to doubt her previous judgment. Maybe this person was crazy, otherwise how could he say such a thing.
But Manny still asked again, "I can hear that you respect him very much, so I'm even more curious. Can you tell me about his personality or his story?"
"Well... no, there are too many stories and they are very complicated. I don't know how to tell them..."
"Uh... you can give me a rough example." Manny didn't give up.
"Well... no... I can't compare. I think all of this is worth talking about... but I can't say... I want to say... I'm afraid to say... I shouldn't say..."
Manny was impressed that a person could be so conflicted. It seemed that she couldn't ask anything about this gentleman.
So Manny was about to change the topic, but he suddenly thought of the mysterious code from before.
Those things have been firmly recorded in her heart, and now maybe she can find someone to help her answer them. After all, all these experiences are too strange, just like when she got those codes.
"Okay, let's change the question."
"Well...I know what you want to ask...it's about time and space, right?"
Manny was startled and thought to herself, 'Can it hear the voice in my heart?'
After thinking about it, Manny had to remain calm on the surface. She praised, "Yes, you are really a prophet. I really want to ask some questions about time and space."
"Well... it's very complicated and very simple at the same time. The complexity is all terminology, some terms that are incomprehensible but seem to make sense..."
Manny wanted to curse, but she held back. She kept smiling and said, "Then make it simpler. I like simple things."
"Well... there are many simple things. Just imagine and specify one thing."
"A specific thing?"
"Yes... it's like a mountain. If you are too far away from it, you can only see its outline, but that is just its appearance. When you walk in, you will find that the mountain is very high, right...
Relative to you...it's very, very high...so you have to find a way to climb it...
But when you start climbing, and you get close enough, the mountain seems to disappear, it has no outline, and it is no longer so tall, but more dangerous... You clearly remember that it is that mountain, but you don't.
You recognize it... The process of climbing is very hard. You can't determine your direction because your eyes are trapped, trapped on specific things, and the distance or space makes you lost...
But time helps you...you finally conquer it, and when you reach the top of the mountain, you suddenly remember that you saw this mountain in the spring and then climbed it in the winter! Standing on the top of the mountain...you realize
Time... What has time taken away from you? Do you start to think? Start to give meaning to a past, give details... Time helps you make the whole process meaningful... You know how you came and how you made it
decision, and how to climb successfully... This is time, to... the time we understand...
Standing on the top of the mountain, you find that there are many silhouettes in the distance, some of which may be bigger and more distant! So you start to go down the mountain. The way down the mountain is also very long, but it no longer makes you expect anything. Your heart and brain clearly understand
It is very small, but it can hold a mountain far larger than your size. At that moment, you begin to realize that there may be two mountains, one under your feet and one in your heart. But is it the mountain under your feet or the mountain you are climbing?
The mountain in your heart... You are confused and have no answer... You come to the bottom of the mountain, but you feel like you are still at the top...
The space at this time seems to disappear, and you begin to realize... space is also a meaning... proves existence, reflects existence... the heart and all things... the meaning of all things and the heart...
You leave it and start to climb repeatedly, to the top and down the mountain... During the repeated process, the mountain in front of you disappears, and the mountain in your heart becomes clear... You begin to feel its grandeur without having to climb.
Specifically...but when you look back...you find...the mountain is still a mountain...far away from you...never at your feet..."