"Wait! Wait! Why are these stories becoming more and more scattered? Why does 'Player 0' appear again? How many protagonists are there?" Nan Yingjian interrupted You Gege's story.
You Gege looked at Nan Yingjian calmly and said: "Actually, there is no protagonist in this story from beginning to end... Or maybe... everyone is the protagonist..."
"Ah?" Nan Yingjian didn't understand.
You Gege added: "Whether it is Zhang Yi or Chu Yunlan, they are just a microcosm of all the things in this world. If you only focus on these people, you will not be able to see the changes in the entire world at all, let alone
I can’t see the future...so...no one can say that they are the protagonist of the story, including you and me, because there is only one protagonist from beginning to end."
"who?"
"Humanity."
"Humans? Let me go...is your concept a bit too big? I have never seen you tell stories like this." Nan Yingjian couldn't help complaining: "Look, since I came here,
You told me a lot of stories, including Chu Yunlan's, Li Shao'an's, Zhang Yi, etc... I listened to all these stories carefully and sorted them out as much as possible. In the end, you told me that in fact
None of them are the protagonists, so can I think that you have been telling me some innocuous nonsense?"
After hearing this, Yougege asked Nan Yingjian: "Then if I tell you that all these stories are not nonsense, and each of them is crucial, can you share with me what you have sorted out now?
"
Nan Yingjian was very calm: "Yes, but it can't be considered as sorting out by me, but I introduced the story you told into the core of my thinking, and it helped me sort it out."
Yougege nodded: "It's okay, anyone can do it."
After hearing this, Nan Yingjian stood up and took a step back, then turned on the holographic projection and said: "First of all, I condensed and summarized all the stories and divided them into two major categories, namely Gaia and the Earth."
The following is the organized content
Beginning: Chu Yunlan invaded the Central Big Descent and then unexpectedly resonated with the consciousness of the earthling You Gege, and the two identities changed.
The main story that happened on the earth: Chu Yunlan used the advanced knowledge he knew to gradually establish his own power on the earth. During this period, many things happened and many important figures appeared, but there is only one Chu Yunlan at the core of the story.
Unexpectedly, he returned to the earth era, and it was a relatively long time ago, the first generation.
Branch stories: 1. The National Security Department took shape. The key figure Li Shaoan accidentally came to Gaia during the process of tracking down Chu Yunlan.
Second, a series of disaster events caused by "Player No. 0".
The main story that happened on Gaia: Li Shaoan experienced many unexplainable supernatural events after being brought to Gaia. The keywords are "Mysterious Cube", "Hermagnetic Hyper-Threading" and "Hongyan".
Branch story: 1. Zhang Yi, with the behind-the-scenes support of Li Shaoan and others, decided to come forward to establish Hongyan.
Second, the C11 project that Qin Ke participated in was launched, and the interstellar vanguard army went on an expedition to the unknown star field.
The general environment of all the above stories is the period of the Glorious Republic's rule after Victory Day. During the period after Victory Day, the cleanup activities against the disciples continued, and at the same time, the glorious image of the Arbiter in the minds of the people also declined.
Increasingly dark due to cleanup operations.
There are also some important elements of immediate attention: the Seven Houses; the Freemen; the Sojourners; the Disciples.
At first glance, there may not be much connection between these things, but in fact, each one is an essential factor in an avalanche.
Nan Yingjian said: "These are the stories I heard from you. I roughly put them together. In short, Chu Yunlan is a key figure. The accident that happened to her will more or less affect the subsequent story development.
, and these stories are not complete enough, at least I haven’t seen clearly what kind of ending they will have if they continue to develop.”
Yougege looked at the data in front of him and nodded: "You have almost sorted it out, but there are still many key things missing."
"Yes, this is what I was about to say. In fact, these stories are not the key point, or..." After Nan Yingjian thought about it carefully, he reorganized his words and said: "No, these stories are also the key point, but
It's just a small part of it, at least I've only seen a corner of a huge plan. It's like a huge puzzle. I've only seen one or two pieces of it at most, so... I still can't determine what it is!
"
Yougege smiled: "It's pretty good that you can think of this. In fact, including me, everything we know so far still cannot give us a glimpse of the overall situation, but I am a little better than you. At least I know the story of the earth.
Where did it lead..."
"where?"
"Guide to evolution, guide to the future." Yougege also stood up, she looked into the distance and said: "You should know about the 'Flintstone Project', right?"
Nan Yingjian nodded: "Yeah, but I don't know what it is."
"Project Firestone... its predecessor was Project Blue, which aimed to build an elite structure and plan a new blueprint for mankind as a whole... But since the start of the Sino-US trade war, the original beautiful vision has been shelved... The National Security Department has not
After all, it could not exist completely independent of the state apparatus, so it was eventually disbanded."
"Disband?"
"Yes, after the National Security Department was disbanded, a small number of people re-established new international cooperation organizations
The Firestone Council, this organization was the formulator and executor of the later 'Firestone Plan.'" Yougege sighed softly as he spoke: "I have heard so many stories, some about individuals, some about large organizations and directions, and
All of this revolves around a common theme...the finite and the infinite..."
"Finite and infinite..."
"Limited resources and unlimited ambition." Yougege explained: "This is like mountain climbing. The mountain is there. After the first movers reach the top, they summarize a shortcut for the latecomers. After the efforts of countless people, it finally becomes
A smooth road, and then more people came to the top of the mountain. Then people slowly realized a problem. The scenery on the top of the mountain seemed to be infinite, but the space for everyone to enjoy the scenery was limited... Crowding opened up the source,
There are more and more problems...especially when people find out that the original Forerunners are still here, their respect for the Forerunners has disappeared and even turned into a kind of hatred."
Yougege said and waved his hand, and several silhouettes appeared in the room.
"So the forerunners had no choice but to embark on the expedition again. They wanted to find new mountains for mankind as a whole. To put it more grandly, they wanted to seek happiness for more people."
This metaphor seemed far-fetched, but Nan Yingjian immediately understood its profound meaning.
She couldn't help but ask: "Have the forerunners found a new mountain peak?"
Yougege smiled: "Of course, the forerunners have never let us down. Their most dazzling thing is their unparalleled strong will. It's just when they light beacons at new peaks and call people to move forward to higher peaks. In one place
People who have stayed for too long have lost the consciousness and strength to climb and make progress. Most of them believe that human beings simply do not have enough strength to win a new tomorrow, so... rather than going down the mountain and facing unknown dangers, it is better to continue
Stick to it, at least this way...it will allow more people to enjoy these scenery in a limited space."
Nan Yingjian was stunned when he heard this, and his heart tightened for no reason.
"But isn't this the same as choosing the end? If you don't go down the mountain, won't there be no chance?"
Yougege smiled bitterly: "Yes, if we don't go down the mountain as soon as possible, the new road opened by the pioneers will be buried in the wind and snow, and our chances of climbing to a higher peak will become even slimmer... However, in the face of necessary sacrifices,
More people choose silence, especially when a voice appears..."
"sound?"
"To...that voice said, 'Individual will should be respected. We are all relatively independent individuals and equal individuals, so you have no right to order anyone to do something they don't want to do!'"
"Holy crap! How long has it been? Are you still stressing about this? Then if a war breaks out, the enemies are at the door, and the general tells the soldiers to die, are the soldiers still quarreling with the general?" Nan Yingjian is a soldier.
, what she dislikes the most is this kind of overly self-centered speech.
Yougege shook his head and said: "Indeed, this sound is very annoying when human civilization urgently needs the courage to go down the mountain and climb again, but it was also the greatest guarantee for human beings to have happiness! Individuals can strongly radiate their own values,
It depends not only on dedication, but also on this kind of self-awareness! If personal consciousness is not respected, then our civilization process will undoubtedly be retrograde. This is like Duchamp moving the toilet into the art museum.
, and then label it as art! This is definitely not just a 'satire' on art, but a strong statement about humanism! Because of this, our happiness can finally be realized..."
"But……"
"No, but...imagine, if you were standing here now and were a puppet at the mercy of others, and you had no will of your own, would you still feel happy?" Yougege asked rhetorically.
Nan Yingjian was speechless.
Yes... If humanism is really useless, then why do humans destroy the golden birdcage? Wouldn't it be better to continue to stay in the cage and be a canary?
Thinking of this, Nan Yingjian felt extremely complicated and her mind was in a mess.
Yougege looked at her and said softly: "Any system, doctrine, school... in the final analysis is a knowledge about people, a knowledge that pursues the highest ideals and happiness of mankind... But different systems, different schools,
Different teachings have different views on the balance between ideals and happiness, but no matter what they are, they all have a common foundation, which is existence."
"exist?"
"Spiritual existence, or physical existence, in short, my existence, the existence of human beings, is the basis of all human knowledge. Without human beings, even if all this is transcendent, it cannot be perceived by you and me, that is, it cannot be perceived by you and me.
, why bother discussing the controversy?”
Nan Yingjian looked at Youge Ge blankly, and after a long time, she suddenly realized: "I...I seem to suddenly understand the thoughts of Chu Yunlan and her annihilationists!!"
Yougege smiled and said: "Maybe you understand, or maybe there are some differences... But judging from the many years that Chu Yunlan and I have been together, her thoughts have been changing... especially in the last days.
, I found that she seemed to be no longer able to erase herself from the world firmly. Her perception of existence became deeper and deeper, and it became increasingly difficult to let go. Therefore... what she did later seemed to be destruction.
, in fact, it is for activation.”
Although You Gege said so, Nan Yingjian had dealt with the disciples many times after all, and had witnessed with his own eyes what those annihilators did when the Golden Birdcage was destroyed.
So...she still couldn't understand Chu Yunlan, let alone identify with her.
But being able to understand the basic level of "existence" from Yougege, Nan Yingjian felt that many things suddenly became clear.
"Think about it this way...if you take away those complicated things, in fact, if you go back to nature and look at it, it's not that complicated anymore."
Yougege nodded: "Yes, it's not that complicated. I just hope that everyone can contribute to a common future. This idea sounds really too simple... but..."
"But it's too difficult to implement, isn't it?" Nan Yingjian said with a smile.
Yougege smiled bitterly: "After the establishment of the Firestone Council, the 'Firestone Plan' was formulated on the basis of the Azure Plan. The first phase of the 'Firestone Plan' is the further deepening of the Azure Plan, and those children are in the process of deepening it.
The most critical element.”
Finally back to the original purpose.
Nan Yingjian sighed in her heart: 'It's not easy... this is too far...'
Of course, complaints are complaints, and Nan Yingjian is still very happy that she can hear so many stories from You Gege and Granny Zhuo Yun.
If it weren't for these stories, she might have thought this was just a relatively "simple" problem.
"I just came to find them. Do you know where they are now?" Nan Ying asked briefly and anxiously.
Yougege was stunned: "You don't know where they are?"
Nan Yingjian suddenly had a question mark on his face: "Huh?"
Yougege laughed when he saw this: "I'm not kidding you anymore, those children can't go back now. They have to go deeper to find the original beacon left by the forerunners. That is the key to the advancement of our civilization."
"Ah? Then they are still clamoring to come in to save people? Didn't my trip go in vain..." Nan Yingjian was completely speechless.
Yougege said: "Although I'm not sure who asked you to come in to save people, according to the saturation exploration plan we originally formulated, the person in charge of each exploration node will definitely try to save people as soon as possible after encountering a sudden explosion.
people because they are not sure what happened to the children they brought with them."
"Explore the node?... Jump value explosion? Wait! Can you briefly explain it to me?!" Nan Yingjian felt that it was really difficult.
Yougege smiled and explained: "The exploration node... you can think of it as our plan to search for the footprints of the forerunners. It is a general direction of exploration, and the jump value explosion... is possible at any time during the exploration process.
A precursor to the malignant space-time collapse."
The explanation was very clear, but Nan Yingjian still looked confused.
Now Youge Gege had a headache, her eyebrows furrowed, and after thinking for a while, she added: "emmmmmmm... How should I put it... The forerunner I mentioned before is actually not just a metaphor, but a real existence.
"
"Real existence?!" Nan Yingjian was stunned: "I'll go! Do you mean that someone has really found a new peak?"
Yougege: "Don't rush to ask questions, just listen to what I have to say."
Nan Yingjian immediately sat down obediently: "Yeah, okay."
Yougege continued: "After the Forerunners appeared in our world, it took us many years to figure out who they were and what information they brought... The most critical one is that the future path of our humanity is not
It exists in a certain galaxy or a certain planet, and between space and time, this area is what we call the bunker space."
Nan Ying Jian was stunned: 'Yes, it's another new term...'
But this time she didn't ask any questions and just took it as a place name.
"The discovery of the bunker space opened up a new evolutionary path for us, so we created the first batch of explorers through copying. These people are what we call 'children'."
"Um... Explorers are just explorers, why do we call them children?" Nan Yingjian asked a particularly silly question.
You Gege didn't answer, but Nan Yingjian reacted on his own...
"Oh yes……"
Yougege: "These 'children' have the ability to shuttle and survive in the bunker space. They are the best candidates for mankind to pursue the path of forerunners, but the path of exploration is full of dangers... Many nodes may lead to the road of no return.
So in order to ensure the smooth progress of the exploration plan, we decided to use saturation method to fill in these unknown factors, and in the process of filling in, there are also many dangers, the most common of which is the collapse of space and time."
After explaining it this way, Nan Yingjian understood.
"Then...where did this explosion of value that I encountered...happen?"
"It happened in Moscow's Red Square in the winter of 2071, but fortunately the omens this time were obvious, and the children who were looking for clues in this area were still alive."
Nan Yingjian was stunned: "Wait! Where did you say it happened?"
"What happened to the Red Square in Moscow in the winter of 2071?"
"Hiss... the bunker space... how..."
"The bunker space is like a journey through time and space. Our pursuit of the pioneers must start from the top of the mountain."
"Oh! I understand! No wonder you tell so many scattered and unconnected stories! Are these stories one of the nodes?"
Yougege laughed when he heard this: "You are really smart. Except for a very small part of the story I just told, the rest are all nodes that have been explored."