The Star Knight

"I don't understand at all." Raymond said helplessly.

Opal devoured the dinner on the plate. He always felt that he was getting hungry very easily recently. He didn't know whether it was because of his growing body, or because the environment in the Kingdom of Light Arc was very good. .

Opal said: "It can be seen that you are not a teacher, do you have any more? Let me have some baked noodles, thank you."

Raymond thought for a while and said, "But there is one question I have thought about, and I have thought about it more than once."

Opal: "Second question?"

Raymond nodded, and Opal knew that he couldn't think about it. It was the question of Raymond or Corolin, and it must have troubled Raymond more than once in a period of time.

However, Opal never cared about theoretical things, he only relied on a pure intuitive judgment on Raymond's soul.

"I think." Raymond said: "My soul existed before I opened my eyes. At that time, I didn't have any memory of Coronne, and I didn't have any special thoughts. My mind was completely blank. It's like waking up from the dark and not knowing anything, it's weird..."

Opal couldn't remember that he was still a baby, no, the state of the fetus, but Raymond knew!

Raymond must remember!

"How is it? Describe it." Opal stopped eating and looked at Raymond.

Raymond said: "It's dark all around, I... feel very quiet, how should I put it, it's strange, I..."

Opal said: "Isn't this kind of time driven by survival instinct? For example, you need to drink when you are thirsty, and you need to eat when you are hungry..."

Raymond frowned slightly, as if he was considering his words.

"No." Raymond said, "I feel my own existence first, not the outside world. It's a very hazy consciousness. I know myself first, and then I wake up and feel the surrounding environment."

Opal said: "Which time?"

"The first time." Raymond said, "When it was in the experimental field."

Opal said: "You know the surrounding environment before you open your eyes?"

Raymond said: "No, I know that I am a human, and I cannot say that I know that I am a human, I know myself..."

Opal grasped the center instantly and said, "You are aware of your own existence."

Raymond said: "Yes! That's what it means! Then I opened my eyes, and the training cabin opened. I felt that when my first thought came up, my own soul was born at that time. It might be like this. Later I I often wonder, am I part of Coronne? I think so, because the idea was created out of nothing..."

Opal was a little confused, and said: "When a fetus is able to realize its own existence, does it have a soul? Then? When you come back to life for the second time..."

Raymond said: "The second time I felt like this. I drove the mech to Kolorin, and it was dark in front of me. At that time, the surroundings quickly became dark. I moved, and the thought I had was that I would die. Is it? It’s just a short moment, and when I open my eyes, I will see you as a child, and myself.”

Opal caught a sentence, he fell into a brief shock, and said, "What was that sentence you said before?"

Raymond said, "When I opened my eyes..."

Opal said: "No, it's not this sentence! The previous..."

Raymond: "The second feeling is..."

Opal: "Before."

Raymond said: "This idea came out of nowhere? I think it feels amazing, to be created from nothing..."

Opal said: "Yes, it was created out of nothing, consciousness."

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Opal vaguely thought of something, but couldn't articulate clearly. He remembered a passage that Cologne said to him a long time ago.

At that time, they crash-landed on an unknown planet, the primeval forest and the ancient lake reflected the moonlight, Cologne returned to the castle with the Opal in his arms, and told him that the universe was created from nothingness, and Luo Root believes that the forerunner who ignited the fuse for the universe was the intelligent life bred in the universe-this is obviously not in line with causal inference.

His mind was in chaos, as if through this question, he understood something, the soul is born from nothing, even a sleeping fetus will know its own existence, and the moment it realizes its existence, the survival instinct will be will be excited.

Is that so?Opal answered this when he decided to confront the Pope, but how does this relate to his father's journey of discovery?

While he was still thinking, Raymond's communicator rang.

Opal said: "Teacher?"

Opal didn't care about eating, got up and went back to the room with Raymond, and turned on the projector.

Rickett, wearing a baseball cap, leaned halfway on the hood of a hover car and said, "Opal, Raymond, how are you doing?"

Opal described the Pope once. Rector crossed his arms, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let me talk about my situation first."

Raymond is hugging Opal, and the two are sitting by the bed. E7 shoots out Rector's holographic projection. Behind him is a very beautiful city. From here, Rector seems to be on a mountain road and can overlook the whole city.

"Justin and I took the lead and came here from the ring wind, the sub-star system." Rector said: "Justin came to test Alex's intentions through the pastor and was instructed by the Pope. As a follower Accompanying him in action, and in contact with Alex, I read some of his thoughts, Cultus is about to abdicate, and Alex is very hopeful to become the next emperor of the empire. The Rotman family's respect for the Holy See Having been afraid of power for a long time, they decided to unite with Queen Inne of the Empire and fully support her youngest son Alex."

Sure enough, Rector can get the most important news.

Raymond asked, "Where's Legerson?"

"This interest group involves a lot of people." Rector looked a little tired, and said: "There is a long list of representatives from the Alex camp, and they all have their own goals. Most of you don't Yes, let me make a long story short. Legerson is Alex’s mentor, and he has considerable influence in the Holy See. After the end of the Dark Ages, he used his influence to cultivate many cronies. Lorraine implanted the anti-hypnotic head of the Galactic Diocese, Bishop Kane."

Opal: "No wonder! I know who the Pope is talking about!"

Raymond said: "I remembered that guy. He competed with us for the fragment of the star map of the Eye of Igna and fell from the sky."

Rector shook his head and didn't speak for a long time.

Opal was separated by millions of light-years, as if he could feel his disappointment in Legason. He pondered over and over again, not knowing what to say to Rector, but Raymond said: "Where is Baroque? I think he It shouldn’t be so miserable.”

Recht said: "Barok has support from the entire Galactic Republic. They contacted him through the Republic's ambassador Kashtelan and observed him. Tiergart fell, and the new parliamentary leader Geng Wen formulated peace diplomacy. A new strategic goal for the development, peace talks with Kolorin. They believe that after Baroque takes power, they will reduce their armaments for a period of time. But Baroque lacks the support of the military, so Justin is his only reliance."

Raymond said: "Is Justin sure to support him?"

Rector said: "Yes, after the conversation with Alex, I think Justin will indeed support him, because Alex's ideas are not in line with him, and the people in power with Innie as the faction unite the Rotman family , intending to weaken the influence of the Holy See, and gradually expel the missionaries of the Holy See of the Stars in the Lion Galaxy."

Opal said, "Where's Kaltus?"

Rector said: "The Lion King's attitude is very difficult to figure out. He let Justin enter the army and gave him a position with real power and charisma, and he let Alex do what he did. No one knew he was in the army. What to think. Sometimes no attitude is an attitude. I guess he also regards the Pope as an opponent. Both sides negotiate good terms, put pieces on the chessboard, and wait for the right time to play the game. Let Alex represent himself, Let Baroque represent the Pope."

Opal said: "This is really stupid... The Pope is also in charge of him, isn't he? I suspect that he has some kind of unknown arrangement and conspiracy."

Rector said: "Don't forget, Drummond still has a lot of influence in the empire. Even the adventurers have many believers in the stars. If Cultus doesn't follow the rules, it is very likely that Drummond will Violence will also be used, and based on your description of him, it is very likely that he will."

"Yes, yes." Opal agreed, "He is indeed a little neurotic."

Raymond laughed and said, "What about the pirates?"

Rector said: "It was the Rotman family that led to the alliance between Liexing and the Great Astronautics Association. This plan had been proposed as early as Azeroth's reign, and Azeroth agreed to Rotman's proposal at that time. , plans to gradually merge Lie Xing and the Great Astronautics Association in a peaceful transition within the next hundred years, and finally completely merge into the empire."

Opal: "..."

Rector said: "But Cologne launched an invasion of Lie Xing, and Azeroth had to interrupt the negotiation and return home immediately. I found out in the Great Astronautics Association that Rotman had started six years ago. Glory plan."

Opal said: "Actually, I think what Azeroth did was right, Lie Xing can at least..."

Rector said: "It's hard to say who is right and who is wrong. The late mercenary king had his own considerations. On the one hand, the mercenaries can go ashore collectively and no longer need to be lawbreakers in the universe. From my own standpoint, Lie Xing after being merged into the Great Astronautics Association must abide by the imperial law and will no longer retain its original characteristics. If Azeroth also has ambitions, I guess he may have thought about letting Lie Xing annex the Great Astronautics Association, rather than simply handing over the mercenary country to the empire."

"I always thought that Sauron's appearance was at the behest of Cologne, but now it seems that this matter has nothing to do with Cologne." Rector said: "Sauron interfered with Liexing through the youngest son of a fallen pirate family. , As for whether he colluded with Baroque, further investigation is needed. It's your turn."

Opal said: "We just arrived one afternoon, and the Pope assigned me three questions."

He posed the question to Rector, who only answered him after a brief consideration.

Rector: "The pope's first question, Nolan also once raised, the greenhouse represents a four-dimensional space, and the world outside the greenhouse represents a higher dimension, Nolan believes that this is one of the choices that natural population evolution must face [-]. Primitive life evolves into animals, animals evolve into intelligent animals, intelligent animals evolve into intelligent life, and after a long period of evolution, intelligent life begins to look for a new way out."

"The current situation, and the situation after leaving the greenhouse, represent the life and death of human beings." Rechter said: "The short life is the confined area inside the greenhouse, and the long death represents the borderless outside the greenhouse. Space."

The shock in Opal's heart when he heard this question was indescribable.

Rector said: "What is life? What is death? Nolan found the answer in their parallel universe. The death of human body is the process of soul leaping to a higher-dimensional world. After death, we leave our universe. , you can’t come back, so you can’t tell whether the world of death is good or not, and you can’t get the situation of another world, you don’t even know whether that world exists. This is the worry of the monkeys.”

Opal said: "So the phantom star people from the fifth-dimensional world...God, in the information I read, it was mentioned that the break between the ivory tower and the scientific research association...was after Nolan's father's...report? "

Rector said: "Perhaps the Phantom Star brought the answer to this ultimate question. Nolan didn't mention the details to me because I didn't understand it at the time. Of course, I still don't understand it now."

Raymond said: "This is too outrageous. It means that if you want to explore the five-dimensional space, everyone will have to commit suicide?"

Rector said: "Suicide is the only serious philosophical question, but I don't think he meant it that way. The Pope may give you another answer. Disciples, the teacher has limited time, I told Justin that I was just going out for a walk. He is Tifeng's favorite student, I don't want to let him know that I am in contact with the Pope too early. Opal, you need to convey a very important matter to the Pope. The situation may not be completely under his control. As Natasha My friends will provide her with some assistance when appropriate, but they are not necessarily on the side of the Pope. We all need to rethink and position ourselves on the differences in the relationship with Corolin. We can only put it on hold for the time being."

"What about the second and third questions, teacher?" Opal realized that there was still a chance to contact Rector in the future, so he switched consciously.

"I don't know about the second one. I haven't been in touch with it." Rector shook his head and said, "As for the third one, I think maybe the rules themselves are the creators who restrict everything? Justin?"

Justin’s voice came from over there, and his voice was very polite, saying, “Sir…”

Rector cut off the communication.

Opal lay on the bed, seemed to understand something, and seemed even more confused.

Raymond said, "Have you figured out the first two questions?"

Opal said: "The Pope told me not to use the teacher's answer, I don't know how to answer him. Go to sleep first, maybe you will have new ideas tomorrow."

When the light arc star fell into the night, Lei Meng simply packed up his things, Opal did not go back, and simply lay on Lei Meng's bed, and the two fell asleep with their arms around each other.

Opal was very sleepy on the first day when he came to the Holy See. He hadn't slept well before, and soon fell asleep in a daze.

In the dark, he felt Raymond touch his forehead, and when he opened it, he found that he was slowly shrinking!

Until the appearance of the 12-year-old, he was a little at a loss, and he lifted the quilt and got up.

"Long time no see, Opal." Raymond's voice sounded. When Opal looked up, he saw that it was still in the dormitory room of the Holy See. Raymond was half-sitting at the desk with his arms folded.

"Teacher?" Opal recognized Corolin almost instantly, and now finds that Cororin has many small details that are exactly the same as Recter, perhaps it is a habit developed after thousands of years of getting along.

"The Pope sent me a message." Corolin said in the dark, "Have you come to Carina?"

"Is this a dream?" Opal looked around, snapped his fingers, and the blue light of the stars lit up in the room: "Well, I saw the Pope, and asked him to collect information about my father. What about you? Where are you? place?"

"I'm in the female star, tracking down the whereabouts of Keirlei." Corollin said: "Sauron and him are in the same group. Sauron is the old lover of the mother of a prince of the empire..."

Opal asked, "Baroque?"

Corolin was a little surprised, then smiled and said, "Are you also investigating this matter?"

Opal nodded. He originally wanted to ask something else, but was distracted by something, and said, "Zoro is very old..."

Corollin said: "Do you think he should undergo genetic surgery? After all, not every old man is as attractive as the teacher."

Opal laughed, and Cologne said solemnly: "The pope's troubles are coming soon, Cultus is planning to deal with him, and now I give you a task. If something happens, I suggest you take Drummond away." Valuable property, run away quickly, I will recover the collection of the Star Cathedral from you according to the auction price..."

"Oh teacher." Opal said: "You are too inhumane, his apprentice is still in your hands."

Corolin was silent for a short moment, as if thinking, Opal suddenly remembered that in the dream, their communication was completely at will, and each other could read each other's thoughts, so they directly read Corolin's consciousness.

In his mind is the country of the arc of light that has become ruins, and the succession of priests leading monks and soldiers.

"Is it so serious?!" Opal said: "But the teacher's inference is...he thinks that Cultus will follow the rules, let Alex represent himself, and Baroque represent the Pope in the game, because Cultus will not Dare to challenge the Pope's authority..."

"No." Cologne shook his head and said, "If I were Cultus, I wouldn't do this. After all, he has been bullied by the Pope for too long, and this is the only chance to turn around."

Opal said: "But both are his sons, no matter who wins, the empire can continue."

"No, no." Corinne said, "Teacher, his thinking is too simple. He underestimated the role of a person. This person is very important."

"Who?" Opal asked.

Corolin was silent, and Opal went to read his mind, but the thought was fleeting and had already passed away.

Corinne said: "Just thinking about it, what else did the psychotic Pope say to you?"

Opal laughed, and Coroline said: "Now you have got your wish. Teacher Rector and I have joined together. You have to explain the information clearly, otherwise I think Natasha might go to the Empire to stab people with a fork. She Very angry now."

Opal said: "I haven't asked the Pope about these things. He seems to be under surveillance and only asked me three questions."

Corolin frowned and said: "Surveilled? Impossible, who can monitor him? His consciousness is not in his body at all. As long as he wants, no one in the Holy See can know what he is thinking."

Opal said: "What?!"

Corolin seemed to be having a headache on how to explain this question to Opal, and then directly pressed his palm on his forehead, and transmitted the image of a person.

It was a girl holding a black cat.

Opal knows her, she is the prophet on the crimson star!

Cologne let go of his palm and said, "Dramon's existence is the same as that of the old witch. You can't understand it now, you just need to remember it."

Opal nodded slowly, and Coroline asked, "What three questions?"

Opal answered those three questions.

Corolin was silent for a long time, and finally said: "The first question is Nolan's answer, but I don't quite agree with his idea. Mr. Rickett never questioned Nolan's point of view, because he felt that Nolan was better than us. Higher creatures, and I think there is still some common factor between us and the phantom star, do you still remember the 'common knowledge' form I mentioned to you in the source of floodlight?"

Opal: "Remember, in the entire civilized society, you can read my heart, and I can also know what you are thinking. There is no conspiracy, no frame, and no desire to conquer and power. I always feel that there is something in it. wrong."

Corollin said: "Yes, there is no sensibility, only rationality, sensibility is born of physical experience and the pursuit of pleasure, while rational civilization is the final destination of human spirit after it is separated from the body, beyond the limitation of the body, leaving the four-dimensional world, just like The phantom star group is also looking for a new way of life. This is a trial, and the trial is approaching. The first trial was stopped by Nolan, and now Nolan is dead, the wheel of time is missing, and the ivory tower says that human beings have no future. Do you believe it, Opal?"

Opal said: "Wait... I don't quite understand, what kind of method?"

Ke Luolin said: "The way of evolution from four-dimensional life to five-dimensional life, and then continue to move in dimensions, and finally..."

He stopped talking, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Opal asked, "What happened in the end?"

Corollin said: "No one knows, because there is no precedent. If it succeeds and replaces the existence of the highest dimension, then maybe all dimensions will collapse and disintegrate layer by layer, creating a new big world, or maybe everything will return to zero and disappear. , from 'being' to 'nothing' again, it may also open up a new dimension, and increase beyond the eleventh dimension..."

Corolin pressed Opal's forehead with his palm again.

It was pitch black all around, and there was a spot of light in the distance, and in the next second, it circled in place, Opal saw the white shining star lines burst out, and then turned into countless faces, and then unfolded into a body, Countless individuals are created layer upon layer, transforming into a magnificent and magnificent world.

"After the four-dimensional life forms evolve to the fifth dimension." Corollin said: "They will exist in all parallel universes at the same time, and each soul dominates the projection of itself in all worlds. But they failed, which proves that No way, the pope was the second to get the news. That's my answer to the first question."

"Why did you fail?" Opal said, "Is this your belief? Trial, what do you mean?"

Corolin thought for a while, looked at him seriously, and said: "The Pope will tell you, but now Opal, I also want to ask you a question. If you don't understand, you might as well ask the Pope, see Let's see how he responds."

Opal nodded, and Cologne said: "Suppose there is a 'you' in complete darkness, you can't touch the outside world, you don't have the five senses, you can't see, you can't hear, you can't touch... There is no 'environment' at all. The concept of 'world', can you realize your own existence at this time?"

Opal thought for a while and said, "Yes, maybe. Because my past memories are still there."

Corollin said: "What if you are just a fetus? The memories of past experiences have not yet formed in your mind. A lonely brain that has grown enough to think. The brain is blank, and no memory has been added. Existing in the endless void, can you realize the existence of 'I'?"

Opal thought for a long time, and said: "Yes, I think it is still possible."

Corinne asked, "What if you don't have a brain?"

Opal said: "This is too hard to imagine, teacher, I have never experienced it..."

Corolin said: "This is my answer to the second question. The third question, Raymond has already answered you."

Opal said: "What?"

Corollin said: "The world is a soul, a consciousness, and it is created from 'nothing'. You can regard the world including all dimensions as a consciousness that is completely different from our human form, where intelligent life ascends the dimension. The process is a journey infinitely close to this great consciousness. Assuming that our world is the greenhouse where monkeys live, then this greenhouse may only account for 4/11 of the world. The intelligent life is constantly evolving, and the purpose is to strive to integrate itself into the complete world. , or make yourself a complete world.”

Opal said: "I... don't quite understand, what will happen after evolution?"

Corollin said: "For example, I exist in the four-dimensional world. If you decompose the four-dimensional universe, then you will find me in every moment of the three-dimensional universe. I also exist in the three-dimensional world of yesterday and the three-dimensional world of the day before yesterday. , the three-dimensional universe of the day before yesterday..."

"When you decompose these three-dimensional worlds into plane slices spanning the entire universe according to an axis passing through my body, you will find that there is a part of me in each slice...Similarly, when you are in my Set a center of circle in the center of the slice, and decompose the plane into countless radius lines, and you will also find that there is a part of me in each line——I am everywhere after step-by-step dimensionality reduction. But this is only limited to four-dimensional, three-dimensional , two-dimensional, descending order of the lines of the world."

"And we don't exist in the fifth dimension. Only creatures that exist in the five-dimensional world—let's just put it this way, assuming there are creatures, such creatures will exist in every dimension below the fifth dimension. At the same time In principle, the existence of six dimensions is also inclusive layer by layer—until the highest dimension, which is the root of the world. The existence and designer of all rules.”

"The original consciousness is everywhere, and the world of all dimensions has its projections. As the ancient philosophers said, gods exist everywhere, and we can only exist in the fourth dimension at the highest. Intelligent life must be integrated or replaced, step by step towards Go up and merge with it, you will be rejected by it, this is the fate of the phantom star, goodbye, Opal, I have to go, the water is boiling. The beautiful president of the Plant Promotion Association is waiting for me to drink green leaf coffee with her."

Opal: "Wait, teacher, I seem to understand something... Isn't the chairman Kaiser's lover? How did you snatch Kaiser... Don't go!"

Coroline smiled at him and said, "We'll meet again."

Opal said: "Finally! One more thing! I won't be a child when I wake up!"

"You have grown up and left me." Cologne left Opal's dream, the last words still echoing in his mind: "Only in my dreams and memories, you are a child."

Opal opened his eyes, and Raymond whispered, "What's wrong?"

Opal stared blankly at Lei Meng, and Lei Meng leaned over to kiss him, Opal felt a strange feeling, he turned Raymond's head and looked at it for a long time.

Lei Meng whispered: "What did you dream about? Are you okay, wife, you have been smoking from time to time when you sleep recently, are you growing up?"

Opal laughed, nodded, put his arms around Raymond's neck, and kissed him reassuringly.

The next day, Opal still didn't understand many things, but he knew it was not important, the Pope would tell him something.After all, Drummond asked him to come here because he needed an assistant.

Raymond still sent Opal outside the study of the Pope. When Opal opened the door and entered, he found that there seemed to be something invisible in the room.

Grebini didn't even look at Opal, and said to the air: "I agree to this condition, but I don't have much time, you better hurry up."

In an instant, a slight change occurred in the study, and the three Phantom Starmen appeared. Opal was shocked, and found that it was the main form of the Phantom Starmen - the nucleus with the arc and the blue light lingering around.

He felt that the three phantom stars were paying attention to him.

"This is Wagner, the great lord of the phantom star, and this is Corinne's disciple, Opal." Grebini said.

Opal bowed slightly, and Wagner directly oscillated in the minds of the two through conscious communication: "Goodbye, Drummond."

The three Phantom Stars disappeared. Opal knew that the abilities of these higher creatures were extraordinary, and they couldn't read Grabini's thoughts?

"Sit down." Grebini said, "Do you still drink coffee today?"

Opal said: "I'll do it myself, do you have to drink medicine every day?"

Grabini nodded, making coffee by the opal window sill, watching the fish swimming in the spherical goldfish tank, and heard Grebini's voice say behind him: "When I was young, I always had a strange thought. "

"Huh?" Opal said casually.

"I wonder if everyone around me can read minds, everyone can read the mind of anyone in the world, and I'm the only one born without that ability," Grabini said. So although everyone knows what I'm thinking all the time, no one exposes me, and plays to match me every day, pretending that everyone doesn't have this ability, so the whole world is unreal."

Opal laughed and said, "So the person who leaks this ability occasionally is the Star Knight? Everyone is also cooperating with the Star Knight acting?"

Grebini nodded and said, "But I've finally worked it out. Do you want to try to read my mind?"

Opal's heart skipped a beat, remembering the analysis with Corolin and Rector yesterday.

"I don't read people's minds very often anymore," said Opal, "except when my life and my friend's lives are at stake."

"Ah, no problem." Grabini said: "Come on, try to read my mind, I allow you to read, you can see me completely, and see what I'm thinking under my serious surface ..."

Opal: "..."

Grabini urged again and again: "Come on, try."

Opal then unceremoniously invaded Grabini's mind with the power of faith, and read a blank.

This is the first time he has encountered a situation after gaining the power of faith in his life. The belief of the strong is like a fortified wall, making it difficult to invade their hearts, but their thoughts still exist.

But Drummond has no soul!

His consciousness is not there at all, so what is going on? !

Opal said: "What about your consciousness? You have no consciousness at all, you..."

Grebini smiled and made a shush gesture at him, and said mysteriously: "Of course I have a soul, but I'm not here. Actually, I'm hiding in a place you can't see."