The Star Knight

There are more than 17007 administrative stars in the Milky Way Republic. Apart from the more than [-] planets around the source of floodlight, there are [-] administrative star provinces scattered in other galaxies.The source of floodlight is the planet with the highest degree of artificial transformation in the universe. Since [-] in the Era of Light, the Milky Way Republic moved its administrative center here, and the entire planet began to undergo reconstruction.

After thousands of years, the source of floodlight has been transformed into a metal planet similar to a comprehensive fortress, and the reconstruction rate has reached 37%. This once caused protests and condemnations from many members of the Star Alliance, and the Great Astronautics Association re-established the planet transformation law. , clearly stated that it is not allowed to over-modify the planet, so as not to cause the environment and the planet's gravitational system to collapse.

However, the fruits of the Republic have been preserved, the commercial star Uther United System, the residential star Andoranka, the agricultural and resource planet Sebes...more than a thousand planets of various kinds are under the rule of the Republic, surrounded by floodlights The giant stars in the galaxy where the source is located revolve, echo each other, but are independent of each other.

After entering this star system, there is no need to apply for a visa to travel between planets.

Due to the special status of the Source of Floodlight, the surface of the entire star is covered by 400 million pieces of Versatile metal plates. They are interlaced with each other to build a corresponding number of platforms. Each platform is an independent area. The support of the field is staggered every hour and the position is changed once.

As soon as Opal got off the spaceship, he was attracted by the sky, the ground, countless maglev vehicles and small robots coming and going. There are iridescent maglev vehicle light tracks everywhere.

The ground can be moved by itself. Cologne took him to stand on a direction board marked "passing", input the ID code and destination, and the surrounding area will be automatically covered with transparent boards to become a closed room, and the sofa will pop out from the ground.

"Welcome to the source of floodlight." The female voice said: "The number of passengers: 2. They are waiting in line, and there are 41 seconds before you enter the passing line."

Corolin sat down on the sofa, put her arms domineeringly on the back of the sofa, and signaled Opal to come and sit.

Opal looked out curiously and said, "There are no cars here?"

Ke Luolin said: "The maglev vehicle has a dedicated track, just above our heads. I will find someone to borrow a car. Now I will try their public transportation. I will show you around and experience civilian life."

Opal sat down next to Cologne, imitating him to put his arms on the back of the sofa, but his hands and feet were short, and he couldn't put it on after a few times, so he had to put his arms on Corollin's shoulders, and turned his head to look at the sofa. glanced at him.

Corinne stared at Opal, seeming amused by the look in his child's eyes.

Opal: "What are we going to do?"

Corollin: [If I were you, I wouldn't say something about subverting their country's government in a public passage room with monitors. ] Opal laughed, and asked in his mind: 【Is the monitoring here very strict? 】

During the exchange, the countdown on the glass house reset to zero, the scenery outside changed, and the two Velvin-colored metal plates supporting the tall buildings rotated out of place.

The glass room moved forward slowly, at a faster and faster speed, shuttling through a pipe, the wall behind it changed into a milky white background, and the wall in front showed a floor-to-ceiling light screen, playing entertainment programs.

Corolin adjusted the playback mode to holographic and then back to flat. Opal rubbed his eyes and said, "Three-dimensional looks dizzy."

"I think so too." Cologne nodded approvingly, and changed a few channels, which showed a riot that occurred on a small planet a few months ago.

"Come to a strange place." Cologne said to Opal: "If you want to know about this planet, you can read the local news first."

Opal said, "I can't believe you didn't do your homework before you came here."

Corolin said with a smile: "Of course, this is for you to see."

Opal watched the news for a while, and began to keep distracted. He was not interested in the things above. After a while, the glass room would stop for a while, waiting in line for other rooms to pass.

Knowing that he couldn't understand, Corolin patiently explained to him.

"Their government follows the joint parliamentary system of the interstellar community 1 years ago," said Kollin.

Opal saw a person talking on the news, surrounded by a ring of seats, and there were people arguing loudly, and asked: "What is this doing?"

Corollin said: "When listening to the budget, all the planets in the entire republic have their own parliamentarians. Every few councilors represent one or more joint planets and participate in the decision-making meetings of the central government. The planets pay taxes, and these taxes are centralized. Together, they can be used for public resource construction, military expenditures, etc.”

Opal asked, "Then what are they arguing about?"

Corolin: "Arguing about how to spend the money."

Opal asked again: "How should I spend it?"

Coroline shrugged.

Opal listened to it for a while, and after roughly understanding it, he said, "I'm arguing about military expenditures."

Cologne hummed, and said: "The person who is making the report is named Bordeaux. He represents a certain force and demands an increase in military spending for the next year and the use of the Panoramic Goddess."

Opal: "What is the Omnigoddess?"

Corolin: "A very large aircraft carrier, equipped with enough weapons to destroy a galaxy."

Opal: "Why enable it?"

Corolin: "I want to attack the Meteor Empire."

Opal: "..."

Corolin crossed his legs and said leisurely: "The king of the Meteor Empire is a big villain, so he must be exterminated... Let me think about it, it should be a guy named Corolin."

Opal said worriedly, "Is it really possible?"

Speaking of Opal, he glanced at Cologne, who changed the channel, shook his foot, and said: "Representatives from the surrounding galaxies have asked for an increase in funds to meet the upcoming joint military with the Empire. action, while representatives of the central galaxy of the Milky Way do not think it is necessary, why do you think such a situation has arisen?"

Corolin looked at Opal, which made Opal a little nervous. After thinking for a while, he said, "It should be... that they haven't hit their heads yet?"

Corolin nodded, and Opal said: "The central planetary system of the Milky Way is less threatened by the Meteor Empire. So they want to save money."

"This is one of the factors." Cologne changed the channel, and said: "Secondly, if war starts, part of the power of the Republic must be handed over to the military to change the current situation. Thirdly, some galaxies do not want to fight with the Meteor Empire. Going to war involves their respective positions and issues left over from history. Some people are still doing business with the forces in Cologne in private, and they will lose a lot of money if they go to war."

Opal: "Some people are afraid that they will be retaliated by Corolin if they lose."

Corolin hummed, continued to switch channels, and said: "Currently, I tend to use economic sanctions to make Corolin suffer a bit. Block all foreign trade including the female star..."

[They didn't take any action when I invaded Liexing. 】Colorin used the power of faith to say in Opal's mind: 【Once you miss it, you will never have another chance. ] Opal: [Fire Star?I seem to have heard you say that. 】

Corolin: [The mercenaries are very united, and they don't abide by the dogma. They fought and fought, and they filled in desperately.Thankfully I've settled the planet. 】Opal: 【Have you ruled it? 】

Corolin: [No, but soon, everything is under my control. ] Opal didn't ask any more questions, the two of them stared at the light screen, on which was the advertisement of Fantasy Paradise Company.

Opal: "What is this?"

Corolin: "Fantasy music, things for dating, and using with people you like."

Opal: "Do you have someone you like?"

Cologne nodded and looked at Opal like a gentleman. Before Opal could ask, Cologne smiled and said, "You can invite me when you grow up. Is this the answer you expected? My apprentice."

The corner of Opal's mouth twitched, and neither of them continued this topic.

Opal: "What is this?"

Corollin: "Vacation machine, connect your thoughts to the terminal, and you can go on vacation in a virtual world."

Opal: "What about this one?"

Corollin: "A breeding service that uses genes to find good mates."

Opal: "What about this one?"

Corolin: "Sixteen forms of deformable assembled household service robots that can be transformed into sofas, tables, bathrooms...etc."

Opal: "Looks bulky."

On the screen, a huge cabinet is walking awkwardly with people.

Corolin: "It can also be used as a private car."

Opal: "This... oh I see, it's a drink."

Corolin said with a smile: "It's a conceptual advertisement, and you will feel very happy after drinking it, but I think this drink is simply terrible."

"what about this?"

"A real estate advertisement, you can buy a small planet for 400 million credits, including simple decoration..."

"Why did the one just now only cost [-]?"

"That's the virtual world, this is the real world, it's different."

"..."

Opal was a bit confused, and Cologne said casually: "Actually, it's all the same. Many people would rather stay on the planets under the jurisdiction of the Republic around the Grip of Light, and connect to the Internet for the rest of the day except eating and sleeping. Buy an Internet planet. Plant flowers and harvest vegetables on it. It can save a lot of money.”

Opal nodded, and the voice in the glass room reminded: "You have arrived at your destination, Xingfu Street."

With one hand in his pocket, Cologne led Opal down with the other. The lights on this street were flickering, and it was night time. The whole block was well planned, and every store had the same layout, with warm neon lights shining outside the door.

"Eat first." Corolin went to a restaurant and sat down with Opal: "This is a poor area. I'll take you around and go to the rich area tomorrow."

Opal looked around curiously, the restaurant was as bright as day, the desert scenery on the surrounding glass walls changed, and the setting sun in the distance reflected the silky sand and the blue sky.

Coroline pushed a button, and the glass wall faded away to reveal the desert scene, revealing the scene beyond the street.

Pedestrians on the street wore very similar clothes, with only minor differences in color and color. Everyone had the same expression—numb and indifferent.

Opal began to feel a bit uncomfortable here, and the people in the restaurant also ate their own meals, and occasionally had a whisper or two.

The robot waiter came over, and Cologne pressed his finger on a small screen, and it was completed with a beep.

Opal imitated him and pressed his fingers.

"Don't you need to order?" Opal was a little confused.

Corolin waved his hands, leaned back in the chair, folded his arms and waited.

A few minutes later, the robot brought two cups of milky white drink. Opal tried to stir it with a straw. Corolin beckoned him to drink, and Opal drank some.

"Is there no other diet?" Opal waited for a long time, but found that no new food was served.

"No more." With a smile in his eyes, Cologne drank the liquid in the cup with a straw in his mouth.

Opal drank some more and said, "What is this?"

Corolin pressed a button next to the table to call the robot, and Opal searched in the robot's information database.

"We just pressed our fingers." Corollin explained: "The robot detects the lack of nutrients in your body through micro-sweat secretion, and prepares this drink for everyone, vitamins, proteins, amino acids, cellulose, etc... …to adjust the food in the most suitable proportions for you to eat.”

Opal said: "This... feels really good, neither malnutrition nor obesity due to overeating."

Coroline hummed and said, "Everything is just right. Live healthily and live longer."

The robot came again, this time it was food feedback. The two pressed their fingerprints, and the robot served supplementary drinks again according to the degree of absorption of the customer.

Opal: "Is this the only thing they eat every day? Nothing else?"

Corollin said: "Of course there is. When you go home and connect your mind to the Internet, you can enjoy a variety of delicacies on the Internet. Overeating in the virtual world will not make you fat or have diarrhea."

Opal felt that this model really subverted his own worldview.

"It not only saves natural resources, is environmentally friendly, and is healthy." Corolin smiled and said, "It also meets everyone's needs."

Opal: "It feels a little...unreal."

Coroline: "True, 100% real."

Opal: "I mean it's all in the virtual world..."

Corollin: "Stimulate your nerve center directly through the sense of taste, isn't it all the same?"

Opal: "It's different."

Corinne: "Same."

Opal: "It's different!"

Corinne: "Same."

Opal: "Oh, same."

The two walked out on the road after eating. Most of the people living in the Happiness Zone are poor people. They use the same memory cloth and wear relatively simple clothing styles. There are almost no people in the neighborhood park, only Corolin and Ou Park sat on the bench.

The huge Vail color plate in the distance moved again, moving sideways with a steel building standing in the night, blocking the moon.Opal notices that everyone here seems to be different from other places.

The residents of the Republic seem to have shorter hands and feet, a slightly fatter figure, and a shorter neck?The space between the eyes is also slightly narrower.

Opal looked at the people passing by outside the street, yawned, and said, "Where are you going now?"

Coroline: "Practice."

Want to kill?Opal tensed up involuntarily.

Corolin gave him a slightly strange look and said, "No, why would you have such an idea? There are many people here, practicing what I have taught you."

Corollin said in the conscious world: [Read the hearts of passers-by and see what you can get. 】Opal narrowed his eyes, trying to exude the power of faith.

Corollin: [Your beliefs don't have a fixed characteristic yet, now is the time to acquire spiritual characteristics. ] Opal: [What are the spiritual characteristics? 】

Corolin: [Spiritual characteristics are the manifestation of the power of faith in each different star knight. For example, my teacher Rector, his spiritual characteristics are hypnosis.My psychic trait is dream control. ] Opal: [What is mine? 】

Corolin: [I don’t know, it needs to be discovered. 】

Opal: [Is there any other form? 】

Corolin: [Ledgerson's memory influence and modification...]

Opal: [Isn’t Legason the one who sings?So singing is his part-time job? 】Colorin:【I think Star Knight is a part-time job for him. You know that a person is always half-hearted and can easily do nothing well... Now try yours. ] Opal took a deep breath, and Cologne said in his consciousness again: 【Don't be too nervous, you're going to pee soon. 】Opal: "..."

Corolin made a gesture of giving way, signaling him to start, Opal's heart was pounding, and the belief followed Cororin's guidance and spread out.

Corolin: 【What is that woman thinking? 】

Opal: [She is thinking of going home quickly and falling in love with... the beautiful man Li Wei.Who is Levi? 】Kororin: 【It's a general of the Republic. 】

Opal: [Is her love partner the general? 】

Corolin: 【It’s just in the dream machine. Li Wei was once very angry about being stripped naked in other people’s thoughts, but he couldn’t stop the public opinion from obsessing over him. Continue, that man over there is What are you thinking? ] Opal: [Thinking that his little planet still needs a sum of money to build... a defense network. 】【Well, that is a game in the virtual world. 】Colorin got up, and Opal followed suit. They walked along the long street, with a maglev vehicle flashing overhead, and countless people passed by. Opal began to read everyone's inner world one after another.

There was a man sitting in the glass window looking numbly at them, Opal said: "Teacher, that man wants to play fantasy music with me."

Cologne nodded, and said, "Your image of a child makes one imagine... You need to protect yourself."

Opal read the thoughts of another person, who wanted to hang him under the lampstand, take off his clothes and beat him.

【unacceptable! ] Opal couldn't help being angry, the man in the restaurant suddenly spilled his drink all over him.

Corolin frowned slightly, and stretched out a hand to calm his restless emotions. Some passers-by were thinking about how to get more money, and some people were upset that the work content was always the same every day. repeat.

"Everyone has their own thoughts." Corolin said, "I seem to see your spiritual characteristics."

Opal nodded. When he saw a person, he couldn't help but read his heart, and almost all he got were negative emotions.

"It can be seen that not all the people here are living happily." Corolin said in a low voice: "Next we will change the place, and the place where the rich gather will be a little better."

They got in the car and walked to another block, where there was a large square with neon lights, surrounded by many shops, Opal looked at the displays and furnishings inside through the window, and a gentleman was trying on clothes in the shop.

Corollin: [Try hacking into his mind and see what you can do. 】

Opal read his heart: 【He is a tourist, he wants to buy a handmade dress here, and show it off to his companions when he goes back to his hometown. 】Colorin: 【Well, yes, but this dress is too expensive, almost equivalent to three months of his salary, can you help him make a decision? 】Opal said silently in his heart: buy it, buy it.

The customer still hesitated a bit, called the sales robot, took out the card, and pressed a few times on the light screen.

Corolin: 【Tell him not to swipe his card. 】

Opal said silently again: Don't buy, don't buy.

The customer puts the card away.

Coronne: 【Very good, Opal.You are a genius. 】

Opal heaved a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Cologne, and suddenly felt Cologne's joyful emotion, which was direct and strong, and infected Opal instantly.

【try again. 】Colorin said: 【Let him take his clothes and run away. 】

Opal's lips trembled slightly, and Cologne said again: 【Listen to me. 】

Opal released the power of faith, the customer hesitated for a moment, then suddenly ran out of the store, the robot inside immediately sounded the alarm, and the security robot outside the store came over and knocked him down.

The chaos attracted many customers and tourists. They all turned their heads and glanced at the store with indifferent expressions.

【very good! 】Colorin directly used his consciousness to say in Opal's mind: 【Now, let's get out of here. ] Opal followed Corolin through the commercial square, he felt that Corolin was very excited, and asked: [What is this? ] Corollin: [Behavior control... Your mental characteristics are very useful. You can directly influence his heart and control his actions without talking to others.This spiritual trait is stronger than my teacher, and I am very satisfied with it, Opal. ] Opal heaved a sigh of relief and laughed. He didn't know what this meant, but he could feel that Cologne was very satisfied with him, so he was also very happy.

Cologne glanced at him with a smile, but said nothing.

When the night of the source of floodlight came, Corolin took Opal to a hotel, where there were many strange non-human intelligent life forms sitting in the lobby, a blue-skinned murloc with fins and gills Lying in a large tank filled with seawater, speaking to a round object beside him.

[That's the Water Blue Star. 】Colorin put his hand on Opal's shoulder: 【Don't look around, the other is Lin Fengxing people, you can't read the thoughts of these living beings just yet. ] Opal was about to control the water-blue star to stand up from the fish tank, when he heard the words, he stopped moving, and asked in his mind: 【Why? 】Colorin:【Their thinking activities are different from that of human beings. The Shuilan people evolved from humans, but the Linfeng people do not present their thinking in the form of pictures. I will teach you how to read in the future. Come here. ] Opal and Corolin swiped their ID cards at the reception, and their names appeared on the light screen.

Corolin: [Now you and I are uncles and nephews. My name is Kelin Enminor, and your name is Ivan Enminor. ] Opal: [Okay, I see. 】

The two entered the vertical tube-shaped passage, and there were countless branches in the passage, and there were honeycomb-like personal rest rooms on both sides. Opal watched curiously as the tenants slid into the small passage, entered the small capsule-like space, and looked around. , found that each rest room can only accommodate one person.

Opal: [This is the hotel? 】

Corolin: [Well, every inch of land is very expensive on the source of floodlight, and it costs [-] credits to stay in this kind of room for one night. 】Opal: 【What will they do after they go in?like a...]

Corolin: [Like a coffin?There is the Internet system built by the Republic, which can access the Internet and find entertainment items to play. ] Opal: [We also want to? 】

Corollin: [No, all language and behavior on the Internet are monitored by a central system, we don’t live in that kind of room. 】The lifting platform stopped at the highest level, and the female robot said: "Welcome Mr. En Minor from Irish Star."

Corolin opened the door with her fingerprints, and the two of them entered the room, which was a very spacious suite. Opal finally arrived at a place where he felt more normal, and he let out a sigh of relief.

"You can talk freely here." Cologne went to the wine cabinet to get a drink, and said to Opal: "The retro VIP suite for alien visitors, the government of the Republic does not set up monitoring facilities here."

Opal said: "This planet is too strange, like a dead city."

Cologne went to the bathroom with a drink. After a while, there was the sound of water. Opal heard the sound of him urinating, and couldn't help thinking about it. I met a different kind of him.

"The development of Internet technology." Cologne undressed in front of the mirror in the bathroom, said: "The human soul has gradually become accustomed to abandoning the body, and the spirit is free to roam in the virtual world."

Opal thinks of the inhabitants on the source of floodlight, their food and shelter are almost all rationed in the most reasonable proportion.So they also live in these small capsule-type spaces?

"Yes." There was the sound of rushing water in the bathroom, and Cologne said in a thick voice, "Come in and take the teacher's clothes to wash, and take a set of memory cloth to choose clothes that fit me."

Opal went into the bathroom, tiptoed to take off the clothes on the shelf, and saw Corolin's hazy, naked male body in the swirling water from the reflection in the mirror—bronze skin, clean and strong ankles, slender Legs, beautiful glutes and back, broad shoulders, beaded neck.

Same perfect body as Raymond.

Corolin turned her head and said, "Go and choose clothes."

Opal blushed and nodded, knowing that his thoughts must be exposed to Corollin's mind-reading skills all the time, and Corollin knew what he was thinking, so he simply thought about it openly.

He ran back to the living room, pulled the chair and padded a pillow and sat on it. He sat on the chair with his feet hanging in the air, turned on the projection light screen, and set the pattern of the long memory cloth.

"Choose a dress for a formal occasion," says Coroline.

Opal chose a silver-white imitation moonlight cloth product, and Corolin said again: "Underwear."

Opal chose underwear, and called up the body proportion information from Corolin's ID card. After a while, the robot made a formal silver-gray dress.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and Cologne walked out of the bathroom naked. Opal immediately froze and didn't dare to look back at Corollin. Cologne put on a vest and underwear and said, "Humans are also constantly evolving. You see The citizens of the republic who have arrived are the evolved appearances after entering the virtual fantasy world for a long time."

Opal said: "So their hands and feet should be shorter?"

Corolin nodded, put a bottle of snowmelt wine on the coffee table, and shook at Opal. Opal took his dress over and said, "Wear it now?"

Cologne waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow, when the sun comes out, I will go out."

Opal yawned again. He felt that he was always sleepy and hungry easily, or that the body of a child was not used to it. He would always ask endless questions, which even made him a little bored. , The new environment he entered was too strange, so strange that he was a little scared, but fortunately, Corolin was there, and he felt like his only life-saving straw.

He lay on the sofa, pillowing on Cologne's thigh, feeling the warmth of his skin, and wanted to climb up to hug him, but he didn't dare.

While drinking, Cologne reached out her hand and patted him on the back reassuringly.

Boring, Opal thought.

He didn't dare to think about anything, especially those fanciful things.

"You can think about whatever you want to think about." Corolin said with a smile.

Opal felt even more boring, but Corolin said: "On this planet, as long as you use brainwaves to access the Milky Way Internet for activities and entertainment, the whole process is monitored by the government, but many people don't know it and don't bother. Just know."

Opal asked: "Is this the trend of the evolution of human civilization?"

Coroline nodded approvingly and said, "Why do you ask that question?"

Opal was a little dazed, and Cologne explained: "The Republic is actually using mind reading. They monitor the thinking of every citizen through a virtual spiritual network, and make them unable to leave this illusory spiritual world, so all People's psychological activities are all under the control of the government, which inadvertently promotes the slow evolution of the whole society towards 'common knowledge'."

"What is common knowledge?" Opal asked.

"Common knowledge." Cologne took a sip of the snow mountain wine and said, "It is the social form of the Phantom Star, you know my thoughts, and I know your thoughts, and every Phantom Star can know the thinking activities of other individuals. Absolute honesty, no fraud, no misunderstandings caused by language, and no framing and competing with each other."

"There is no right or wrong, there is no right or wrong, there is no need to persuade anyone, each becomes an independent existence, and does not depend on other individuals and social relations to survive..."

Opal was instantly shocked.

Opal frowned and said, "Is this really good?"

Corollin said: "What do you think? Maybe human beings will become like this in the future. When the soul breaks away from the shackles of the body and becomes a free brain wave individual in the universe, just imagine, if one day in the future, everyone How will this society become if they all become phantom stars and have the ability to read other people's hearts?"

Opal said: "Yes... it must be messed up, teacher!"

Corinne: "Are you sure you're going to mess up?"

Opal was already in confusion, and Cologne said again: "Phantom Stars don't need water, land, air and food, they don't need shelter, and they don't need material conditions. Many differences in cognition have no absolute criteria for judging. A unified concept needs to be formed, because there is no need."

Opal thought for a long time and said, "What about love? Family affection, love, friendship and other things that make people feel beautiful."

Corollin said: "Nolan believes that the phantom star people no longer have emotions, and emotions will inevitably fade away in the process of evolution, but I think there are."

Opal: "Then what's the point of them being alive?"

Corolin: "Pursue the truth of the universe and find the meaning of your own existence."

Opal thought for a while, and said, "I think there should be feelings too, because creatures have feelings and desires through evolution..."

Cologne nodded and smiled, and said, "You are very smart, do single-celled creatures have feelings? No, so the evolutionary history of human beings and all living things is a gradual transition from survival responses to emotional needs. I have carefully discussed with Nolan. After discussing this issue thoroughly, he thought I was right. When he was born, the phantom star race had completed the last step in the evolution from living beings to spiritual life forms, and history was lost. He passed thousands of years of human evolution Look at history to identify their forks."

Opal's thoughts were in chaos, and he asked again: "Are they...spiritual life forms still human?"

Cologne took a sip of the wine and said, "What do you think?"

Opal said again: "The phantom star people I know don't seem to be like this."

Corinne said: "That's just a small group. About their origin, I will explain to you later when I have time."

Opal asked: "Did the phantom star tell you this?"

Cologne nodded and said, "It was Nolan who told me that he was the founder of the Star Knight, established the Sekria Temple, and brought mechas from the high-dimensional universe."

Opal asked: "What is their world like?"

Cologne shrugged and said: "There is no detailed description, but the only thing we know is that they have entered a dead end of evolution, and many of them perished in the end. Nolan's father brought the phantom blue fluorite and the entire race to a low-dimensional leap, and came to us. world."

Opal said: "Why did it perish?"

Corollin said: "You still can't understand it now, I will tell you slowly in the future, first use your eyes to see and perceive the universe, I will tell you my inferences and conclusions, try to question, just like this , you say 'no, teacher, what's wrong with this', that's fine, not everything the teacher says is right, and one day you will understand and form your own beliefs."

The two turned their heads to look at the night view of the Republic outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. From here, they could see the bright lights of the whole city, but there were not many people. Opal yawned again and fell asleep lying on Corolin's lap.

Cologne drank alone for a while, carried him into the room and put him on the big bed, the lights were turned off, and the room was silent.