Heaven's Formula

The answer is undoubtedly no.

Qixing has long regarded demons as enemies threatening the status of alchemists, so how could they treat the demons in the West Pole with an equal and tolerant attitude?Among the several ultimate goals of the Privy Council, one of them is to eliminate monsters. In the early days of the war, Xia Fan and Ning Wanjun were aggressively attacked for this point. The difference in philosophies made it impossible for them to catch up with Xia Fan.

Chu Pu also didn't want to question the clichés such as whether the demon can unite with people, etc., and changed the subject, "I have one last thing I want to know. If the world is unified, what are you going to do?"

For a moment, she suddenly felt that the other party's eyes were much sharper.

Chapter 898 The Real Starry Sky

"Have you... ever looked up at the stars at night?" Xia Fan asked slowly after a moment of silence.

Facing this elusive problem, Chu Pu was a little confused for a moment.

But she still replied truthfully, "Of course, there are spells that are closely related to celestial phenomena in alchemy. Although I am not good at it, I have studied it."

"What if I told you that these stars are all fake?"

"What did you say?" Chu Pu couldn't help being stunned, "Fake?"

"Not just the stars, but the sun, the moon—or in a sense, you've never seen real day and night, and you've never seen the real sky."

What is he... kidding?

Chu Pu stared into his eyes, trying to identify Xia Fan's thoughts.

If it were anyone else, she would have taken this remark as a tease and walked away.She would even do it a few days in the morning, if the issue was brought up during the initial meeting, for example.But after traveling underground, Chu Pu found that he could no longer ignore any words of this man.

Even if it sounds so absurd and uninhibited.

No, Yuheng's heart skipped a beat. The point is not whether what he said is true, but——

"How do you know it's true?"

"Because I've seen it before." Xia Fan replied briefly.

To Chu Pu's surprise, she couldn't hear any guilt in this sentence.

"Can I meet you too?" In that case, she decided to go straight to the point.

The latter rejected her, "Unless you can pass the Bureau's assessment and become one of us. Otherwise, the more you know about this matter, the more dangerous you will be."

Danger?

Where does the danger come from?

Maybe this statement is just a cover, and the other party just doesn't want to let the secrets leak too much.Chu Pu thought for a while, "If what you said is true, then don't we live in a false world? But past experience has proved that the change between night and day is real. More frequent activities, this can't be fake, right? Unless..."

When she said this, she suddenly froze.

Then a strong fear hit her, making her shiver involuntarily.

If the observation itself is false, can the conclusion still be correct?

It's like keeping a prisoner in a dark dungeon, lighting candles and feeding food every once in a while. Prisoners will naturally associate candles with food.But in fact, the two can appear at different times, or the poison or sword can be delivered at the moment of lighting the candle.

In the same way, if something intentionally makes the evil spirit active for a period of time, and makes that time at night...

"Shepherd." Chu Pu finally murmured two words.

"I'm not sure, but I'm surprised at how sharp your thinking is." Xia Fan clapped his hands lightly, "Since you can think of this, I don't need to answer the previous question—what will you do after the unification? No matter what you do, it will not be a celebration of victory, and human beings will not rest easy."

"The Seven Star Privy Council has never looked outside..."

Yuheng couldn't help but think of this sentence in his mind.

If Xia Fan's exploration of the world has really reached this point, then it is completely reasonable for him to say this condescendingly, Qi Xing is not even qualified to refute.

"Your clarification has benefited me a lot." Chu Pu cupped his hands, "I hope I can see the real starry sky one day."

Xia Fan raised his hand in return, "It's you, is it okay to go back like this?"

"I don't know what you mean..."

"Seven-star executives." He paused, "Although you are the envoy of Yuheng, will other people readily accept your personal decision? Sometimes, the sword stabbing from the inside hurts people more."

Chu Pu laughed lightly, "Are you worried about my personal safety? I was selected as Yuheng's successor not because of anything else, but because of pure ability to win. This point can definitely be called fair by the Privy Council. Of course , there will definitely be opponents internally, but I will persuade them."

Compared with her diplomatic innocence, she is full of confidence when it comes to this.

Therefore, Xia Fan didn't say any more, "I will write another letter, you hand it to His Majesty at the front line, and the war will come to an end."

Chu Pu nodded, got up and said goodbye.But when she reached the door, she stopped again.

"That... When I was underground, I drank a drink that was both like medicine and tea..." Envoy Yuheng paused, "I heard from Gong Shufeng that it was brewed from a mixed powder. Kind of powder, can you send me some?"

As long as she takes a sip, the inconceivable and magnificent spectacle will appear in her mind.

The unknown is always the best reward for fighters.

"No problem." Xia Fan nodded.

……

After Envoy Yuheng left, he got up and went to the study in the back room, where Taxis and Momola were waiting for him.

Judging from their expressions, they obviously heard the conversation.

"The thing you didn't want to go into details in the letter refers to this, right?" Taxis Yongyi said seriously, "Is it true? This is not a trivial matter!"

Xia Fan called them over, one purpose is to avoid repeating the explanation twice, "If it is fake, then I will be much more relaxed."

"Can you elaborate?"

"Of course, it's time for you to know the true face of the world." Xia Fan sat down opposite the two and gave a general account of the shelter.This is not an easy topic, so he didn't talk about it on the day he saw the other party. As a close person who hadn't seen him for a long time, the first day was naturally spent on the theme of banquet and reminiscing about the past.At the same time, he also needs to understand the situation at the West Pole so that Sikong can coordinate and plan the next move.

After listening, the two fell into a long silence.

After a while, Taxis took the lead to speak, "So the boundary of the sea area is actually the boundary wall of this huge man-made shelter, and the cold and dark area beyond that is the original appearance of the world?"

Compared with a few years ago, Longnu's appearance has not changed much, but her demeanor has become more calm. Even such amazing news did not shake her tone.

The war against the Mage Tower and the revival of the Church of Hera undoubtedly made her grow a lot.

"Have you been outside the border waters?" Xia Fan asked unexpectedly.

"That's not true." Taxis shook her head, "I have more contact with Princess Twilight, and I also heard from her that someone in the Nata Court broke the seal of the border. It's a pity that none of these people lived The only one who knew about it was the Duke of Aurora, whose whereabouts are unknown."

"I've heard of this too." Momora shook her ears, her expression was obviously much lower than that of Taxis, "At that time, everyone either thought that it was the lair of evil spirits, or that it was a hoax. I didn't expect it to be real, and it's more real than the world we live in—if it wasn't for you, I couldn't believe it..."

Chapter 899 Dangerous Signal

For Catwoman, this news is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

The Holy Wing Islands finally went through the most difficult time, and in recent years, they have finally come to their senses—the Relief Society has completely got rid of the suppression of the Chamber of Commerce, and has its own armed forces. closely linked.After the mage tower was severely damaged by the light-winged angel, she basically withdrew from the power struggle. She and Miss Yongyi joined hands to rebuild the country, and named it the Holy Wing Alliance.

The treatment and life of the workers are getting better day by day, the cities destroyed by the war are gradually being rebuilt, and even the places where the evil spirits are flooded are showing signs of fading under the counterattack of everyone. It can be said that everything is moving towards the good side .

Knowing that these achievements are all based on false prosperity, and that the achievements you have made may disappear with the collapse of the world at any time, this blow is too heavy.

"But the outside world is full of darkness and cold, but it's not a lie." Taksis said a little unbearably, "The rumors say that it's barren and lifeless, and it's definitely not suitable for human survival. If this kind of place is the real world , what does that mean to us?"

"That's why I call this place a sanctuary." Xia Fan sighed softly. "In other words, at the beginning of its establishment, it was indeed intended to provide a living space far away from the homeland, but it is by no means the whole of living."

Dragon Girl immediately caught the key point.

"Far from the homeland? You mean...our ancestors were not born in a shelter?"

Xia Fan stood up and walked to a corner of the study.

There was a square table covered with gray cloth.

He reached out and lifted the tablecloth, revealing a wooden model of the solar system in front of the two of them.

"This is the star map?" Taxis followed up.

"good."

"I can distinguish the sun and the moon...but the positions of the other stars are somewhat different from what I remember." She turned her head to look at Momola, "What about you?"

The latter scratched his head in embarrassment, "I don't understand this at all. To me, the stars in the sky are just points of light used to distinguish sunny days from rainy days."

"Well, it's also possible that I know too little about it and remember the wrong location." Taxis said frankly.

How come, Xia Fan thought, seeing the three-dimensional arrangement of the solar system model, you can immediately connect with the flat arrangement of the star map, which is definitely not something that a half-baked person can do.Taxis's understanding of astrology is obviously not just at the entry level, she must have spent a lot of energy studying it carefully.

It's a pity that the entire sky is essentially a huge seamless curtain, and everything humans observe is just the control of the shelter itself.Moreover, the starry sky it shows hides the position of the earth, so that people have never noticed the blue planet closest to them.

Xia Fan took a deep breath and slowly described the hometown of human beings.

"It's a planet much larger than the world we live in, and because of the atmosphere and oceans, it looks bright blue. We were born there..."

The eyes of the two quickly fell on the blue sphere of the model.

It is so conspicuous, like a crystal gem.

Human beings are always full of infinite curiosity about the "origin".

Even Momola, who knew nothing about astronomy and astrology, was quickly fascinated by it, and for a moment forgot the previous depressed mood.Taxis listened attentively, her long and narrow pupils seemed to be shining.

This lecture is one hour.

From the birth of civilization to the evolution of human beings, from the energy crisis to the great escape, Xia Fan narrated most of the history he knew.Of course, he also deliberately omitted some details, such as how the artificial life forms appeared. First, he was worried that the other party would find it difficult to accept it psychologically. Second, he never regarded these partners as aliens.

A long time after Xia Fan stopped talking, Taksis let out a long breath, "It turned out to be like this! Both the sun and the moon have continued the previous names, and our inheritance is not given by the prophets out of thin air! The gods are just Appearance, the planet is the symbol of eternity, even when it goes out, it just changes direction, I understand it all!"

She felt a whole new field slowly unfolding in front of her.

Not only that, even the qi that hadn't been raised for a long time also swelled a bit.

That is the gift when faith is rewarded.

Compared with Hera, which is only a hundred years old, the sun has existed for an astonishingly long time-what is more worthy of belief and worship than the condensed time of more than 40 billion years?In front of such a celestial body, gods are nothing more than insignificant gravel.

Momola is considering more realistic issues.

"But the hometown you mentioned...has been destroyed." She hesitated for a while, "Those refugees probably set the shelter to be the same as the earth because of their homesickness? Besides, there are powerful monsters outside the barrier. The chaotic entity is cruising back and forth, and once we leave this place, we will be torn to pieces. That place is beautiful, but we can never go back..."

These words made Taxis also silent.

If Xia Fan is right, then this is an undoubted fact.Even a pioneer as powerful as the escape committee, who can take a huge vehicle to rush into space, can't get rid of the threat of the chaotic entity, so why do those who stay have the extravagant hope for their hometown?

What's more cruel is that even going back is meaningless - the earth has already become an area beyond the reach of the living, and it is the most terrifying area infested with evil spirits.

Humanity has to look ahead.

"It's impossible for us to stay in the shelter all the time, right?" Taxis asked in a low voice. Based on her understanding of Xia Fan, this kind of feeding style of living is unacceptable.She also finally understood why Xia Fan still had the idea of ​​seeing Heaven as an enemy while the Light Wing Messenger was destroying evil spirits everywhere.

He nodded, "Luo Gentle's encounter has proved that it is by no means a silent background board. By screening the listeners, it is fully capable of interfering with us. But in turn, we can hardly control it. Any checks and balances—this is determined by interdependence, we can’t survive for a minute without the shelter, but without us in the shelter, we only need to change a batch of breeding objects.”

"Is it too harsh to think so?" Momora hesitated, "After all, it is because of the protection of the shelter that we can continue to this day."

"Just like those big chambers of commerce will use the minimum wage to let workers have a bite to eat." Xia Fan said bluntly.

Catwoman was dumbfounded.

“It’s really easy to judge this, that is, whether one party will consider the interests of the other party, whether it will respond to their needs.” He continued, “Communication is a breeze for shelters, and it can even empower listening. It has a unique ability, but it has not communicated with humans for such a long time, in my opinion, this is already a dangerous signal."

Chapter 900 The Way to Survive

This is also the biggest difference between the artificial brain and the mind control system.

The latter is still fulfilling the duty of assisting mankind so many years after the Escape Committee was destroyed.When legal life forms appear, she will take the initiative to communicate with them, and communication also means enhancing understanding and dissolving misunderstandings.

This is extremely important for humans.

But artificial brains don't do that.

Although the shelter was built by previous generations, its core eventually evolved into a black box.Perhaps the designer originally hoped to improve the stability of the core by reducing contact with the outside world, but this purpose obviously fell into the void, and now its way of showing up has even been deliberately concealed, dressing itself as the gate of heaven. appearance.Xia Fan couldn't deduce the reason for this act, but it didn't prevent him from seeing the one-way penetration of the shelter.

If you deliberately ignore this sense of incongruity and live in the shelter with peace of mind, then sooner or later, human beings will lose the qualification to talk to it, which is absolutely irresponsible for Xia Fan.

"The other reason is more realistic." He paused for a while, and then continued after the two had digested it, "That is, although the shelter can resist evil spirits, it cannot resist time. It is already very old."

After finishing speaking, Xia Fan found a stack of pictures from the bookcase—they were the pictures that Jin Xia took one after another when she explored the exposed area of ​​the escape tower.In the eyes of Mo Yun and others, this kind of thing is no surprise, but in the eyes of Taxis and Momola, it is undoubtedly a very new thing.

The detailed picture comparable to the real scene made both of them take a deep breath.

"Is this the world beyond the border?" Momola subconsciously drew a circle on her chest.

"A dark, dead desert... It seems that the rumors are right." Taksis took the photo and looked through it carefully, "If the border is compared to a city wall, then we are equivalent to living in a city called 'Asylum' in all the 'cities, right?"

After her field of vision was opened, she could finally have a general understanding of the area she lived in.

"That's right." Xia Fan nodded, "The main thing I want you to see is these 'city walls'."

The towering and smooth walls have obviously receded a lot in the past few years.

The abandoned tunnel that was still inside the wall before gradually receded outside the city wall.