|||->-> "What you are saying is that we finally defeated the Central Curtain and ushered in victory. If we don't recuperate and recuperate, are we still going to carry out humanistic reforms in a big way?" Nan Yingjian couldn't help but complain.
Jin.
Bai Jin said: "This is different. Victory Day has passed for a long time. Judging from various data analysis results, our top management has not focused on revival and development in recent years, and a large number of resources have gone unknown.
, and many innocent people died inexplicably, it can be said...the entire glorious republic we see before our eyes is like a dream, the real world is collapsing, but it is still as beautiful as ever."
"Isn't this good? As long as most of them are living a good life, isn't it fine? Does it have to make a big fuss?" Nan Yingjian deliberately looked for trouble.
Bai Jin also knew that Nan Yingjian was pretending to be confused, and she did not intend to argue with Nan Yingjian. She only said: "No matter what you say, I am just expressing my opinion, and if my opinion is in the right direction, then
It proves that the current C-suite is still executing on a grand plan that affects the future of each and every one of us."
Nan Yingjian immediately broke the news and said: "Hey, don't talk about the fate of mankind, the meaning of existence, human nature, family and country. These concepts are so big. It can be written in textbooks for students to read. How can you just open your mouth?
come?"
Bai Jin didn't say anything, but Yin Cheng couldn't stand it anymore: "Xiao Jian! Can't you wait for her to finish what she said?"
Nan Yingjian snorted and stopped talking.
Bai Jin suddenly felt a sense of relief, and she continued: "Okay, let's put down all these big concepts and just take the simplest one. The cause of the central curtain is the incompatibility between the arbiter and the disciples.
Caused by the contradictions of reconciliation, after Victory Day, we ushered in our own life, so now, if a group of people plan to make a bet on the fate of all mankind, and make a big gamble, each of us has to care about this
A big gamble is won or lost! Isn’t it?”
This time Nan Yingjian had nothing to say, but what she was thinking about now was not at all why Bai Jin suddenly revealed the truth, but that the development of the entire incident was very different from what she and Han Kongwen planned.
"Well...then what does this have to do with the predicament we are facing now?" Yincheng asked.
Bai Jin said: "I am just making a bold guess now. I don't know the specific details, but I have a hunch that the truth lies in the deepest part of the ruins. And now, those traitors have found what they want most."
"What? Xue Ming didn't catch them?"
Bai Jin sighed, and then briefly told Yincheng and the others what happened deep in the ruins.
Nan Yingjian was moved in her heart and said to Yincheng: "Do you want to go underground to take a look?"
"What about the alien species on the ground?"
Nan Yingjian thought for a while and then said: "If things are really as she said, then these alien species are not our enemies, and the real threats to us are buried deep underground."
Yincheng was shocked and asked Bai Jin, "Is this the purpose of telling us this?"
Bai Jin pondered for a while and then said frankly: "Yes, I need help. I am not willing to become a victim like this."
This sentence contained a lot of information, but neither Yincheng nor Nan Yingjian asked any more questions.
Yincheng understood.
"Where are you now?"
"The base's underground security fortress."
"Well... I'll send someone to pick you up, and you take us underground."
"good."
With that said, Bai Jin exited the call band.
At this time, Nan Yingjian said: "You believe her so easily? And she hasn't said the second guess yet!"
Yincheng said in a deep voice: "Actually, she doesn't need to tell us this. We should also know that things are developing towards a situation beyond our control. If we can't make a decisive decision now, it will be too late for disaster to occur."
Yin Cheng's meaning was very clear. What he cared about now was not why Bai Jin knew this or how he broke into their encrypted frequency band, but that he himself was curious about what secrets were waiting for them in the deepest parts of the ruins.
Maybe they should figure things out and be fully prepared before going out, but as Yincheng said, maybe it's too late...
"Okay, I'll go back to the base right now. In addition, you contact the Interstellar Army and ask them to try to prevent the alien species from approaching the base. If you encounter someone who is difficult to deal with, just let them greet you casually and try not to cause casualties."
Yin Cheng was stunned after hearing this. After being silent for a while, he asked Nan Yingjian: "You...are you hiding something from me?"
"Hiding it from you? Yes? No." Nan Yingjian pretended to be relaxed, but she forgot that Yincheng had been with her for so many years, and Yincheng knew best how she would behave when she lied.
So Yincheng said: "If it's really inconvenient for you to say it, I won't ask, but you have to remember that I will always be there when you need me."
This sentence is really heart-warming.
But Nan Yingjian just smiled bitterly and said silently in her heart: 'It would be great if that was really the case...'
…
In mid-June, the weather in the northern waters of the Ogu Ocean is pleasant.
In the Xuan'ao Sect, Bai Ze and Niyun Ji sat across from each other.
A game of Go was placed in front of the two of them.
Just looking at the chessboard, the black stones held by Bai Ze obviously outnumber the white stones owned by Niyunji.
The two sat facing each other for a long time, and Niyunji still didn't let go of the white piece in her hand...
In the end, Niyunji put the chess piece back into the ebony darkness beside her.
Bai Ze saw Niyun Ji's
Feeling uneasy, he asked softly: "Junior sister, what are you worried about?"
Niyunji raised her head and glanced at Bai Ze, then said softly: "Brother, why do we have to stand by and let them continue to make trouble like this?"
Bai Ze also put the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess box, and then asked: "Yunji, do you know that when the master was still here, he often took me to sit in Zhuoyuan Temple for several months.
, In these few months, we basically didn’t talk. The master and I just looked at the sky quietly, watching the stars twinkling in the universe, and feeling the existence of people from it.”
"Human existence?"
"Yes, human existence is very subtle and mysterious. If we are unable to fight against the laws of this world, why are we given knowledge and feelings?" Bai Ze raised his hand as he spoke, and the jade-white palm turned slightly, and actually spontaneously
Green branches grow from the fingertips and flowers bloom.
If ordinary people saw this scene, they would definitely be surprised, but Niyun Ji has long been used to it.
Since Bai Ze took over the Xuan'ao Sect, he has gradually separated from the human realm.
At this time, Bai Ze can not only change his palms at will, but his body has also been integrated with all things, and he can copy all things.
But copying is just copying after all, and there are still many differences between Bai Ze and Luo Shengtian.
Niyunji said: "Senior brother, you and I are both members of the Mysterious Sect. Logically speaking, everything in the world has nothing to do with us. Even if their civilization is completely destroyed, it will not affect us, but don't you think
...They are like a group of growing children, they need someone to help them, and someone should help them."
Bai Ze smiled, nodded and said, "You are right, but the problem is that the problems faced by human beings are far more than just social and humanities, they are also related to the scale of existence."
"The scale of existence?"
"Well, the scale of civilization's existence can be regarded as the time interval from the birth of a civilization to its destruction, and there are many factors that determine this scale, both external and objective, and internal and subjective."
"for example?"
"For example...human beings have fought many wars because of different ideologies. In the end, those that are in line with the overall progress and survival of human society are retained and become the victors. Of course, this is not the only cause of war. It is comprehensive and multifaceted.
, but all of this revolves around existence and progress! When Columbus set foot on the American continent, he saw resources. When Nazi soldiers killed Jewish children, it was only because of their extreme ideological guidance... Although later, slowly
Slowly, the giant in the East awakened, proposed "harmony without difference", and tried to build a community with a shared future for mankind. However, the consequences have matured: resource depletion, great power competition, rampant diseases, distortion of consciousness and other factors have continued to entangle and merge, ultimately determining the fate of mankind.
The scale of civilization will not be very long..." Bai Ze's words left Niyunji speechless.
She has all the knowledge reserves of Dongfang Ruo, so she naturally understands what Bai Ze is talking about.
"Senior brother...is there really no way to reverse it?"
Bai Ze smiled: "Everything has its bad side, and naturally it has its good side. When we fight and cause massacre for different ideologies and to occupy resources, the new power and ideas
Awareness is also being nurtured. War does not only bring destruction, it also brings transformation and evolution... Of course... this is just an analytical theory based on statistics and reality, and it does not mean that war is progressive.
The premise is that war will definitely promote human progress."
"Then...isn't this an endless loop?"
"Yes, this is an endless cycle. The birth, existence and scale of civilization are often constrained within a framework. Only by breaking this framework can we achieve real progress." Bai Ze pointed out the key point.
"Then go ahead and break it. Why do you have to use such an extreme method?"
Bai Ze smiled bitterly and said: "The concept is clear and the direction is certain, but when it comes to the problem, how easy is it to break this framework? Moreover, the smaller the tie, the more likely it is that unimaginable power will accumulate inside it.
! This is like nuclear fission. Such a small thing can release such terrifying energy! It is like the cause of all these disasters... In fact, it was originally caused by the breakup of one small family after another."
After listening to these words, Niyun Ji understood a lot.
Bai Ze added: "In addition, why do we think that our cognitive abilities are enough to interpret everything in the universe?"
Niyunji was shocked when she heard this, with a faint hint of fear in her eyes.
"In fact, many times, our cultural promotion is a kind of self-praise. We think that we are unique, and even more arrogantly believe that science should be the only belief. But in fact... all this self-praise is a kind of self-identification.
A kind of self-identification without comparison, without direction, for the stable operation of the overall order! That is what I said at the beginning...feeling the existence of people."
Niyunji frowned deeply.
Bai Ze took a deep breath, sighed and said: "If the people at the front tell you that the road ahead is the deep source, or our destination, then the people behind will no longer move forward with hope, so
, in order to find a way out of the maze of evolution as much as possible, we must make everyone believe that we have enough time and strength to get out, and hope is such an existence."
When Niyunji heard this, she suddenly raised her head and said, "Senior brother, are you saying that... hope... is actually a lie to oneself and others?"
Bai Ze shook his head: "Any simple and one-sided understanding is wrong, so...it doesn't matter whether hope is a lie, what's important is that we get a sense of existence from it."
"Oh..." Niyunji said
She was a little discouraged. She just didn't want to see more people sacrifice, but she didn't expect that while chatting, she would return to such a heavy topic.
Bai Ze seemed to have seen Niyun Ji's thoughts, he smiled and said: "Back then, Ruo'er was full of doubts like you, but she never thought about it and went straight down the mountain to do what she wanted to do, so...
…If you could make the same choice.”
Niyunji was stunned when she heard this. She looked at Bai Ze, and after a long time she said: "Senior brother...senior sister...where did she go?"
Bai Ze was startled for a moment, then smiled: "She should be where she wants to be now... there should be a place for him..."
Niyunji understood, she stood up and said: "Brother, I'm going down the mountain."
"Well, take care of yourself."
"Um."
…
Under the steps, in the deepest part of the darkness, Xue Ming and others saw a huge stone tablet with a humanoid burning mark.
It stands on the edge of the Lost Land, with many blood heir corpses lying scattered nearby.
Judging from the degree of decomposition of the corpses, these things were dead not long ago, and it seems that they were killed by the traitors before.
Xue Ming said in a deep voice: "Continue to go deeper, and we must stop them before they do."
"yes."
…
The Land of Oblivion is a palace shattered in the dark void. It is fragmented and even upside down in some places, completely violating the principles of mechanics.
The man holding the survey equipment looked at the data and said to the others behind him: "The pollution here is very serious, we have to find another road!"
"No! They have already caught up. If we look for another way, we will definitely run into them." A woman with a fiery figure in the team immediately objected. She snatched the equipment from the man's hand and said, "Just go this way.
Life and death matter!"
As she said that, she moved forward first.
The sloping corridor was broken into dozens of sections, with large cracks left between each section. The breath of void seeped from the cracks, causing visible corrosion to the protective clothing of these people.
Not far away, a team member fell down. He was like a piece of paper that had been set on fire, and his body turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
The others didn't stop, didn't even look at him, and continued to move forward.
Finally, after paying the price of three lives, they entered the main hall of the Shattered Palace.
In the main hall, which is full of mysterious marks, the ground is full of kneeling believers.
Their bodies are haggard, and they are muttering words. They have been kneeling in this hall for countless years... Time has forgotten them, and death has never come to them.
After avoiding these cursed believers, the woman led the team and continued deeper into the hall.
Then on the throne, I saw a king who had turned into a skeleton and was sitting at the highest point of the hall with a golden Holy Grail in his arms.
The moment they saw the Holy Grail, the woman and the team behind her were filled with joy.
But soon, this excitement was diluted.
The moment he stepped into the inner hall, the king and the Holy Grail in his arms disappeared, and the main hall was infinitely stretched into an endless corridor.
Countless silent heroic spirits were awakened, and the cheers of the blood heirs came from deep underground because they tasted blood!
The team immediately fell into chaos.
The woman reacted quickly and said immediately: "Don't panic! This is the maze of the string dimension. As long as we find the right mark, we can get out."
A member of the team heard this and said: "Yes, don't panic, everyone! We are in the Forgotten Land now. Everything here is extraordinary. You only need to follow the team closely to find the exit."
The team became more stable now.
"Now... where should we find the mark?" someone asked.
The woman looked around, and now a golden beetle-like emblem lit up at the entrance of the hall.
Then there was a faint "buzzing" sound in her ears.
The woman's expression changed and she immediately said to the others: "It's a crystal beetle! Let's go quickly!"
After hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately changed, and they all turned around and ran towards the road.
But at some point, the journey became extremely far away. At that moment, they felt like they were being shrunk.
The overwhelming crystal beetles are loyal guards of the royal tombs. If they catch up, they will probably even chew up your bones.
…
"Minister, the traces are here, we can't find them." The leader of the special task force reported the situation.
Xue Ming looked at the palace in the shattered void in the distance and said, "No need to look for it, they must be over there." After saying that, Xue Ming led people to rush towards the palace.
But before they reached the palace, Xue Ming and others heard bursts of horrifying laughter coming from all directions.
After scanning around, no threatening target was found.
But the laughter was so annoying that Xue Ming asked the team to stop and then asked: "Who is laughing?"
The laughter stopped suddenly, and many figures appeared from around.
They squat or stand, like shadows.
"Minister Xue, long time no see?"
This time Xue Ming heard clearly, his expression changed, and he understood who was coming.
"Mei Rui...why are you here?"
"Giggle, shouldn't I ask you this? You guys are leaving the good window period to explore the deep areas of the ruins, and you are bringing so many people walking at night. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, it's really worrying.