Lost Narrative Poetry

The first thing that needs to be clarified is that Xia Ran definitely does not have any parallel existences wandering outside, or different time and space homotopes that have not been contained and are not under his control.

——This is a completely certain fact.

After all, the legal characteristics of the second magic locked this result from the conceptual level. From the day he achieved the realm of magic, he was the only existence in all worlds. Whether he would accept the theory of parallel worlds only depends on his own will...

Therefore, he can more or less guess about the existence of "Xia Ran" who seems to replace him. It is estimated that he has integrated all phases with himself and gathered infinite parallel existences, resulting in all his different time and space homotopes. Related to the phenomenon of disappearing from the infinite world line.

Because magic is an absolute miracle, a mystery of a different dimension.

Beyond the laws of the world, like the principles of gods from outside the sky, it uses completely different laws and breaks through completely different limits... So after Xia Ran puts an end to all parallel existences, all "others and me" should be The moment the second magic was activated, it disappeared from other world lines.

For those worlds, this phenomenon is not a simple disappearance of a person who suddenly disappeared at a certain point in time and can no longer be found, but simply leaves no traces or records. It's as if it never existed.

But in this case, there will inevitably be contradictions and conflicts at the level of causal logic. After all, a butterfly flapping its wings in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America may cause a fire in Texas in the United States two weeks later. A tornado, let alone a person?

Perhaps Xia Ran's different time and space counterparts in other worlds are ordinary ordinary people themselves, insignificant to society or history, but this does not mean that his existence is dispensable.

If you suddenly disappear from the world without leaving any traces or records, then there will be unexplainable gaps in the things you have done, the intersections with other people or things, and the impact it has had on the world... The impact is step by step. The scale of the chain reaction will be expanded based on the butterfly effect, and eventually the entire historical process will change accordingly.

If Xia Ran is like Gemstone Weng, although he can travel through different parallel time and space, he is actually always active in the same world, then this situation can also refer to the status of Gemstone Weng, even if he is not in a certain world line , but as for the closed system of the world itself, he has always existed in it...

But Xia Ran is not, and the second magic can also start to affect other dimensions outside the realm. Therefore, under the premise of this unique law characteristic of all worlds, the "he" in the unselected world is the real one. completely disappeared.

so--

It is very likely that a corrective force in the direction was activated, the world line was closed, and logical corrections were made to the impact and distortion caused by the Sword of Akasha, in order to "round" the destroyed records.

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At dusk, the bell rang throughout the campus.

Not long after, the crowd of students surged out of the teaching building and rushed towards the main entrance of the school like a torrent. It was so bustling and crowded that it was almost impossible to move forward.

In the corridor outside the classroom, a tall girl with long straight black hair and a quiet temperament was lying on the railing, weakly facing the afterglow of the setting sun, looking at the road between the teaching building and the school gate. There was a huge crowd.

This is a phenomenon that happens at the end of every month, and she is used to it, because this high school is a boarding school, and there is only one holiday on the last weekend of every month... Of course, In fact, it’s not really a “holiday” at all, just “weight-bearing training” once a month.

Because students are only allowed to leave school and go home after five o'clock in the afternoon on Saturdays, and then on Sunday, that is, before eight o'clock the next morning, they must report back to school... Basically, students are allowed to go home and take a nap. It's just the nature of sleep, it can't be called a holiday at all.

If that's all, that's it. The most terrible thing is that teachers will seize this rare long vacation and give students a lot of homework——

The teachers of each subject are very considerate and feel that the homework assigned by them is very small. After the students go home and take two hours before going to bed at night, they can easily complete it... This is true for all nine subjects. Really He is an old master of time management, so the students mocked him and said that this was a weight-bearing training once a month.

Xia Ran did not board at the school because her home was near the school, so she applied for day study and did not live on campus.

As she can go home after school every day, she is naturally not as anxious as other students, and she doesn't want to squeeze in with everyone...

"Sure enough, there is still a big difference..."

At this time, there was a soft sigh, which sounded very suddenly next to her, and the girl was immediately startled.

She straightened up from the railing, turned her head, and found that at some point, there was a figure standing next to her, watching her quietly.

Monk?

How did you get into the school?

After seeing the other party's appearance clearly, Xia Ran was stunned for a moment. The other party was a young man, and he was also a monk. The black cassock on his body was obvious enough... But, isn't this Kazuma too good-looking? She had never seen such a good-looking person before, and even his temperament was so good.

Such a little brother actually wants to become a monk? What are you thinking? Isn't it too wasteful?

Looking up and down at the girl in front of him, Xia Ran's mood has returned to calmness, and all the distracting thoughts have been cut away directly. There is no ripple in the lake of his heart. If it was still a guess before, then now he is true. confirmed.

It is like the "torch" in "Shakugan no Shana". It serves as a substitute for the person who suddenly disappears and does not exist in this world, to alleviate the distortion of the world and replace the existence of the disappeared person. However, it is not really as cruel as the fate of the "Torch".

At least for the girl in front of him, he will not disappear inexplicably, nor will his sense of existence become weaker and weaker, and eventually disappear completely without leaving a trace.

She will continue to exist, no different from a real natural person...

As for why it was such a girl? It's a very simple reason. Since he wants to replace the existence of his disappeared different time and space, then it cannot be said that a brand new person is created to fill the gap.

——Because what disappeared was Xia Ran and a series of life "records" that changed accordingly, so it is this specific part that needs to be corrected.

But the problem is that the passive effect of the second magic has not ended, but continues to be activated. Once the correction power really fully reproduces another Xia Ran, it will inevitably be reunited and unified again, and the world will be transformed again. Disappeared online...

Therefore, the world correction power cannot truly reproduce Xia Ran's different time and space body, but can only create a highly similar but absolutely different inverted individual.

"Who are you?" The girl looked at him warily, her eyes somewhat sharp. "Let me tell you first, religious people are not allowed to promote religious ideas in schools. You'd better leave as soon as possible..."

"Well, how do you know that I came to school just to promote religious ideas? Couldn't it be something else?"

Xia Ran collected her thoughts, smiled calmly, and asked with interest.

He actually doesn't have much impression of this school, because as he just said, the process in this world line and his experience in the main world are still quite different after all, not only the one in front of him The existence of the girl, and some differences that can be seen after she takes over the position.

For example, this girl is now in her second year of high school.

And Xia Ran had not yet entered junior high school at this age...

What's more, this girl obviously doesn't have any health problems. At least she doesn't look like the kind of person who is often tortured endlessly by the reincarnation of nightmares. Unless she has also awakened and become a lost person. By……

Of course this is impossible.

"Isn't it?" The girl curled her lips, "A monk ran into the school. Are you going to say that you are here to pick up your child? Anyway, I don't believe this statement..."

"This is indeed not true, but why do you just conclude that it is impossible?" Xia Ran blinked and did not pretend to be a monk. He neither claimed to be a monk nor chanted sutras and chanted Buddha's name. Unlike before, he tried his best to act like a monk. The style of my current identity.

"Aren't you a monk? A serious monk can't get married, right?"

Xia Ran looked at the young monk in front of him up and down, feeling slightly confused.

This person's words and deeds don't seem to have the demeanor that a monk should have, but the pure temperament on his body makes it so that he doesn't need to be artificial in terms of verbal language, posture, words and deeds, etc., just like Those monks in my own impressions should be more credible.

There is no reason for people to believe that this young man is indeed an enlightened monk who has achieved enlightenment through meditation. In the novel, he is the kind of true Buddhist character who wants to achieve the supreme bodhi in this life.

"It is true that serious monks cannot get married...so what?" Xia Ran nodded and continued to ask.

"Are you pretending to be stupid? Master." The girl suddenly became angry. "Since monks can't get married, how can they have children?"

It would not be unreasonable if I had children first and then became a monk. But the person in front of her was obviously not a few years older than her, so no matter how much she thought about it, there was no such possibility.

"You are already in love. Does it matter whether you are married or have children?" The young monk smiled slightly, his eyes were clear, pure and natural, and there was a faint hint of the Buddha holding flowers and smiling.

What he said was not only not profound Buddhist principles, but also quite rude.

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The corners of Xia Ran's mouth twitched a few times, and her eyes became more suspicious: "You...are you really a Buddhist?"

Looks like a fake monk.

So what does such a fake monk want to do when he comes into school? And why should I talk to myself specifically?

"It depends on the needs. I can also be a Taoist priest or a magician. I will be treated specially in special circumstances." The young monk thought for a moment and gave such an absolutely unreliable answer. "But for now, I ” He is indeed a Buddhist practitioner. "

He is the Buddha, he only cultivates himself and has nothing to do with Buddhism or Buddhism.

"It doesn't look like anything at all to me, and master, are your beliefs so unstable? I won't talk about Taoist priests, but what the hell is a magician..." Xia Ran suddenly burst into laughter and couldn't help but complain, At the same time, I felt a little surprised.

This monk seemed to have a strange affinity, which made her unconsciously feel that he was very close and trustworthy. She was inexplicably drawn closer to him, and even her initial vigilance was gone...even now. She was vaguely sure that the other party was coming for her, and she still didn't feel any nervousness.

"Monks don't lie..."

"Okay, okay, stop pretending to be a monk. Tell me, why did you come to me?" The girl gently used her slender white fingers to twist the black hair hanging on her shoulders. Her eyes were staring at him curiously.

She was also thinking subconsciously in her mind. Could it be that the other person knew her and was a former classmate or good friend? Is it a junior high school or an elementary school?

But I really don’t have any impression at all. Although I feel that the other party does have an inexplicable sense of familiarity, I just can’t think of anything... Well, if I change my mind, could it be a relative at home or something like that? My parents want Get to know yourself, maybe my mother will call you later.

"Let me ask you a question first. How did you feel when you were up here just now, looking at the crowd below?" The young monk pondered for a moment, and did not answer directly, but asked an inexplicable question.

Are you ready to practice Zen at this time?

"...It's almost like herding sheep." Xia Ran glanced at him strangely, but she was also a little interested and wanted to see what the other party was going to say, so she looked at the crowd downstairs that had become sparse. , after recalling it for a while, I couldn’t help but complain.

Of course she couldn't have any deep philosophical insights about this kind of thing. The only feeling she had was this.

"Yes, they are like a group of sheep, or to put it more simply, they are just a group of rabble..." Xia Ran nodded with deep understanding, "Actually, not only in this school, but people outside are also the same...animals" In this way, people are not necessarily smarter.”

"What do you want to say?" The girl frowned.

"Sheep are a very scattered organization. They usually rush left and right blindly when they are together, but once one sheep starts to move, the other sheep will rush forward without thinking, completely ignoring the wolves and other sheep that may be nearby. Better grass not far away..."

"Herding effect? ​​Is this what you want to tell me?" Xia Ran looked confused as to what was going on with this man.

She naturally knows this theory, which is a metaphor for people having a herd mentality, which can easily lead to blind obedience, and often results in falling into scams or failure.

Because the most important factor that affects conformity is the number of people who hold a certain opinion. The large number of people itself is persuasive. Few people will insist on their own different opinions even when everyone agrees.

"That's right, so a rumor will become a recognized fact through newspapers, and an opinion will become truth through television. All political tactics are based on the herd effect." The young monk nodded calmly, "What you saw It’s just that what they want you to see is the behavior of being used and guided by others..."

"Let me guess, are you going to tell me a shocking conspiracy theory next?" The girl felt angry and amused. Is this some novel deception that has been invented recently?

"This world... is going to be destroyed." Xia Ran didn't care and said very calmly, "But since I'm here, there is naturally a glimmer of hope. Since some people are using the herd effect to deceive the people and prepare to sacrifice you. With these people, we can naturally take the initiative to save the world in our own hands."

If someone is willing to cooperate, then he can provide a more reliable way to save the world, without even using people from this world to shatter the three views.

But since he has to choose an agent, he is naturally inclined to choose the girl in front of him instead of going to other people or forces to play intrigues and battles of wits with them, trying his best to eliminate their doubts and try his best to Try your best to win their trust and so on...

"Stop, stop, stop! You'd better be more direct, stop beating around the bush and just say what you want to do? Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to be more sincere?" Xia Ran felt a little headache and raised her hand to stop. gesture, said so.

"Okay, then I'll just tell you—"

The young monk seemed to think about it for a moment, so he nodded.

"I am a person from another world. I traveled to this world and accidentally discovered the huge crisis your world is about to encounter, so I want to help you. If you are willing to cooperate with my plan, I will help you become the savior... …”

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"I thought it was some novel trick, but it turns out it's the same trick. Please, it's all been made into a joke, okay!"

The girl looked at him with a strange look: "Last year, Qin Shihuang asked me to send him three thousand yuan to help him overcome difficulties and re-unify the world. He asked me to wait at home to become the prime minister. It's still there, but the troops haven't been sent yet..."

(PS: Plans have changed and departure is postponed)