Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Odd said, "If she's not guilty, who's guilty?"

"I think it's a crime to force her into this kind of person." Aaron said.Hearing this, Eros also shouted: "Yes! They are guilty. Lady Laya was not like this at the beginning."

"Even if I believe this, Laya herself won't believe it. As her confidantes, you should know how determined she is to do this." The old man sighed, the solemnity between his brows was like frost "It's not the first day I know Laya. She is a very attractive person. She has a firm will, determination beyond ordinary people, and courage beyond ordinary people. It is all of these that make her and make her what she is today. behavior - she would rather bear the blame, but also try to use the power of the Holy Land to end this war."

Odd is worthy of being one of the three chairmen of the White Clothes Association, he sees everything clearly.Hearing this, Eros felt pain in her heart, and she asked Odd: "What can I do? My lord, I want to help her!"

"Keep waiting." Odd said, "I guess she will come out tonight, every day of delay, the poison of the war will deepen by an inch, this is what Laya absolutely does not want to see."

Odd was right, at dusk today, Laya walked out from the gate of the secret realm.Her face looked haggarder than it had been seven days earlier.Her eyes were wide open and bloodshot, and her hair was unkempt.Eros felt distressed seeing her like this, so she asked, "My lord, what happened these few days?"

"Come into the secret realm with me, you will know when you come in." Laya said.

The magic barrier of the secret realm seemed to have been dispelled by Laya. Eros walked towards the door, but she didn't feel any sense of fear.Others also came over. Laya first saluted Ode and said, "My lord, I still have something to do, please give me some more time."

Odd looked at her and said, "Raya, the war has begun, and the Holy Land can't help you."

"It can help me—now, I need three people to assist me in completing the spell. Who wants to come?"

"I'll come!" said Eros first.Orcs and Veterans followed suit.

"Okay," Raya said, "you guys come with me."

Odd stopped her: "Laya! What are you trying to do? The ancient power is mysterious and dangerous, you are a mortal, you shouldn't touch it!"

Laya turned her head and said to him: "The result will be worse than now, Odd. And I hope you will help me. If you don't help, thousands of people will die next."

"How did you know?"

"I..." Laya hesitated for a moment, "You should also come to the Holy Land, and you will know what's going on when you see the 'Water Droplet World'."

Odd smiled and said, "I really want to see it when you say that."

In the end, Laya led the four of them into this holy place called "Water Drop World".It is named after water droplets, so it is naturally the remains of the sea people.When Eros entered the door, she thought to herself: Is this connected to the deep seabed?

But the reality is completely different from what she thought.

The door opened, bright lights flickered, and they appeared in a small room in a blink of an eye.

This room is only the size of a double bedroom, surrounded by four glass walls, and the blue water outside the walls.

The ground is covered with floor coverings, and some leftover dry food and water are also placed. Obviously, Laya has been living here for the past few days.

"What? This is the Holy Land? So small?" Eros said in surprise, "I don't think this Holy Land is as big as the suite in the tavern!"

"In terms of space, it's not as big as the tavern suite." Laya replied, "But in terms of information concept, this place is almost infinite. Let me explain to you."

Raya came to the end of the room, where there was a large shell, and she knelt in the center of the large scallop.In front of her, there was a small bowl filled with half a bowl of water.

Laya pointed to the half bowl of water and said, "There are [-] droplet worlds in this bowl of water."

Eros and others couldn't understand it, but Ode seemed to understand the meaning, and he said in surprise: "This is the holy thing Limo said? You know how to use it?"

Laya nodded and said: "I have been studying the literature of my predecessors before. In order to find out how to use this thing, I also referred to the ancient books of liberal witches. Before this, I had a general inference, but to really figure out How this bowl of water is used is only yesterday—here is a huge machine, a machine made of water droplets."

water drop world, [-]

water drop world, [-]

Laya turned around, and the big shell spun along with it. She looked at the room surrounded by water and said, "We are not in a room, but in a machine."

The orc asked, "How can water be considered a machine?"

The veteran also said: "I thought the machine must be a metal thing, just like the gear machine of the underground people."

Laya said: "I think all man-made objects that follow the laws of physics can be regarded as machines. If the things that make up a mechanical watch are gear parts, then the parts that make up this 'water drop world' are countless water droplets."

Laya touched the big shell and said: "The world of countless water droplets flows, oscillates, merges, and disperses in this water area. They are simulating a certain movement of this universe. Maybe a water drop is a star, and a water drop There are countless, and there are countless stars. And this huge water tank is the infinite universe."

Eros exclaimed: "Is this magic?"

Laya shook her head and said, "This is beyond my knowledge, and even the cognition of this era. I can't answer you. If I really want to describe it, I think it's more like a 'simulation magic'. Haimin used to Trying to use this method to simulate the operation of the world, so as to avoid the destruction of our own civilization."

Aud stared at the vast and endless water world and said, "It's so great and amazing, but the sea people are still perishing." The old man's face turned very gray.

Laya went on to say: "Through this kind of simulation calculation, sea dwellers can predict the future. From the scattered ancient literature, the water drop world is the core of marine civilization. In that era, every city would have a 'water drop world'. It Housed in the seamen's government department, scholars are here to predict information, process information, and transmit information."

"Information?" the orc asked. "How do you spell that word?"

Laya smiled, and then wrote it with her fingers, "For high-end civilizations, information is an important thing. The world of water droplets is used to predict weather, ocean currents, submarine volcanoes, and biological migration, etc., and may also be used to calculate Fiscal taxation, things used to calculate some mathematics... In short, I guess the life of the sea people is inseparable from it." Laya paused here, her expression became sad, "On the eve of the destruction of ocean civilization, Someone transported a drop of water to the continent to help the next civilization. And we... are the lucky ones."

The veteran asked her: "I still don't understand. What can it do? Predict the future? What's the use of predicting it? Can it prevent the future from happening?"

"Predicting the future is great enough," Ord reminded him.

Veteran Aaron didn't take it seriously, and said, "Everyone knows that the little trident is going to attack the northern border! What's the use of knowing? I also know that I won't live to be a hundred years old."

Raya said: "It can only be predicted, not prevented. If we want to change the future, we need to do it." Her words silenced everyone.Then Laya picked up the bowl and said, "There is our world in this small half bowl of water. I can't read such a huge amount of information by myself. I need your help."

I can help her at last, Eros thought to herself. "What shall I do, my lord?"

Raya said, "I will give each of you a container. Take the container and say the incantation: 'K-617A68xidc, Ri-667A68xidc, TI.' This incantation represents time and space, and time is the 50th of our era. Years, the space is Eagle Head City. Then, the information of these 50 years will naturally flow into your mind like water. It takes a lot of mental power to parse the information, and I can’t do it myself. There are four water separators, each of you One, tell me the future you see."

Hearing this, the orc frowned, and said, "This span is too big. I can't even finish a novel. How can I understand the 50-year history of Eagle Head City?"

"I can't lock on to a more precise range, you guys do your best."

Odd recited the incantation silently, and asked, "Is this the incantation you wrote?"

"This is the spell left by the sea people. I slightly modified a few numbers."

"Do the Sea Folk speak the same language as we do?"

Laya showed a meaningful smile, "No, this spell was written by the sea people in our language. They... predicted that a group of humans would come here tens of thousands of years ago. They even predicted our language."

A great fear crawled up people's backs like a snake, and Eros felt chills all over. "I feel like we're just a bunch of puppets." Eros said to herself.

"Who says it's not?" Laya smiled wryly.

Raya brought them four shot glasses, and then she removed a small needle from the large shell that was attached to the catheter.She used a needle to draw a small piece of water in the bowl, and then dripped an equal amount of water into the glasses of the four of them.

"Now, say the spell just now." Laya said.

The four of them chanted the incantation, and Eros thought to herself while chanting: It would be great if I could see the future of Master Laya and me. Will we still be together 50 years from now?

The moment the incantation finished, the picture in front of Eros disappeared.Immediately afterwards, her spirit entered a wonderful dissociated state.She can see the past and the future, time has become flowing water, space has become frozen bubbles, her soul is drifting in this current, bubbles fly past her one by one, each with an eagle head inside city.

The blisters were moving so fast she couldn't see them clearly.At this moment, her mind is very chaotic, unable to think, and can only remember all the pictures as much as possible.She saw arrows and slings first, and then she saw the dead roll down the wall; she also saw the blood stained the city of Eagle Head, and saw the devil and the god take turns; she saw the red moon, the undead; she saw the yellow Sand, light, and dragons, and huge shadows.

She also saw a foot bigger than a castle.

This threw her into great panic, and she began to scream, but could not make a sound.Then she was suffocated, her eyes turned black, and her mind gradually lost consciousness... Countless bubbles continued to fly by, but she couldn't see any of them clearly.

"Eros!" Laya's voice woke her up.

"Ah!" She opened her eyes suddenly, only to see people staring at her.

"Eros, are you okay?" Laya asked her with concern, "You sweat a lot."

"I...I'm fine." Eros said and wiped her face, covered in cold sweat, "Go ahead, what am I going to do now?"

Laya said: "I need to find your common information. Now answer me, in this big dream, what happened in Eagle Head City? Tell me from the first year, please write it down while talking. ’ Raya gave them pen and paper.

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water drop world, three

Odd took the pen and started to write quickly. He said as he wrote: "I didn't see clearly year by year. I only remember a few important scenes."

The orc then said: "Me too!" Then Aaron said: "I can't tell you year after year, my lord." Eros nodded and said: "The picture will soon become blurred, we can't see clearly. "

Laya said: "Then let me ask, and you guys answer—first of all, did the little trident capture Eagle Head City?"

Odd replied: "I saw a man standing on the wall of Eagle Head City, showing off his power. This man is huge, strong, with skin like copper and eyes like dragons. It seems like a god descended from the earth. I have never seen the appearance of the little trident. , I’m not sure if it’s him. But I think, the little king in the northern border must not grow up like this.”

The orc replied: "I just saw a group of people beating up the city. There are soldiers in black armor, blue flags, and pirates."

Aaron said: "Lord Ord saw the little trident, and I saw it too. He probably captured Eagle Head City."

Laya recorded what they said, and continued to ask: "What happened after the little trident captured the city?"

The orc said first, "I see blood!"

The veteran was second to say, "I see flames."

Eros saw nothing, so she just shook her head.And Odd said: "I saw... the massacre of the city."

Laya's hand holding the pen did not move, she said: "If this is the case, we must not let this happen-go on, what is the next fate?"

The four of them looked at each other, and the memory in Eros's mind was already blurred. "It seems... I didn't see the little trident later," she said.

Aaron asked, "Maybe he's out of town?"

The orc said, "Perhaps he went out to fight."

Ord said: "It is also possible that his rule was overthrown. The dynasty of a tyrant is always short."

Laya sighed, rubbed her forehead with her skinny fingers, and said: "The rotation of the owner of Eagle Head City represents the trend of war. This castle is the crown of the mainland and the epitome of war. If you can't see the small Trident, at least you should see someone else, or something else."

Eros recalled the scene in her mind, and said: "I saw a strange man sitting on the throne. This man... he is not as huge as the little trident, but he looks just as powerful. His skin Just like the steel that has been tempered for thousands of years, he, he..." Eros couldn't think of anything more, "Haven't you seen this person?"

"I saw him," said the Orc, "I saw him standing on the wall with his sword."

"I have a knight in white armor leading Eaglehead City. I only saw the back of him. I don't know if it's the same person you're talking about."

Ord said: "He should be the next owner of Eagle Head City."

Laya nodded and asked, "How many masters have there been in Eagle Head City?"

Eros said: "Three, the little king now, then the little trident, and this knight."

The orc also said: "It should be three." But the veteran said suspiciously: "Three? Why did I see one in the end..."

"What do you see?" Raya asked him.

Veteran Aaron showed a very troubled look on his face. He said hesitantly, "My lord, I may be blinded by the fact that the last person...well...he is not a person. I probably misread it."

At this time, Odd shouted: "I saw it too! It's not that you are blind. The person standing on the wall at the end...is...a ghost!"

Laya widened her eyes and said, "What ghost?"

"He is... a human figure made up of numbers! I can't see his appearance, I only see... a large mess of numbers, letters, and symbols, moving rapidly on the picture of a human figure." The old man described While gesticulating, his face was terrified, "I also saw many things that could not appear, I saw orcs, monsters, underground people and dragons. These are all behind, too many pictures, too complicated, my brain can't In the end, I couldn't stand it. I can't explain this to you."

Eros nodded and said: "I also saw that the history of Eagle Head City became extremely terrifying in the second half. I suspect that the machine made a mistake."

"What's wrong with the machine?" Laya touched the shell and said, "At this moment, I believe that our world has gone wrong."

Eros recalled other images, and suddenly a scene flashed through her mind.She screamed, and suddenly said: "Lord Laya, I saw you!"

"Me?" Raya asked with a smile, "how am I?"

That scene was lingering in her mind, Eros said excitedly: "Yes, my lord! I saw you! I also saw myself, we... we appeared in Eagle Head City, and we ...seems to be getting younger? I..." The picture changed and flickered in her mind. Eros couldn't be sure if she really saw it, but she firmly believed that it was true, "That will be many years later, my lord You are living well, and you are getting younger and younger!" She wept with joy, and plunged into Laya's arms, Laya exclaimed, and then hugged her gently.

"Eros, this is indeed a good thing, but we don't have time to talk about it now." Laya said with a smile.

At this time, Odd said: "Well... at least Eagle Head City can still exist for 50 years. That is to say, we may not see a mass extinction in this lifetime."

Laya looked up at him and said: "The mass extinction is a long process, which may last for decades or hundreds of years. It may not be a flash of lightning that kills all human beings. Civilization slowly retreats, It’s also a kind of extinction.”

"According to you, it has obviously begun."

"Yeah, it might have started a long time ago." Laya leaned on the chair of the big shell with a tired face, "I can't stop this disaster, but at least I..." She narrowed her eyes, "You say Eagle Head City Will be slaughtered by Bagu, right?"

Several people looked at each other and nodded towards Laya.

"I have to stop him. Civilization regresses and the world is destroyed. I can't stop it. However, a tyrant massacres a city. This is a man-made disaster. Man-made disasters can be changed—I need you to do one thing for me." Laya pressed the button on the shell , a fist-sized crystal ball popped out there.

"You take this thing to Eaglehead and smuggle it up on the roof of some house," she said.

Eros asked her, "What is this?"

"A magic device that projects images." Laya touched the crystal ball, the crystal ball glowed, and her reflection immediately appeared on the ceiling. The reflection was a three-dimensional image, just like a real person.

"This projection can be as big as a castle at most, forming a huge portrait projection in the sky. The king of the ancient sea people used this kind of thing to give speeches to the whole people. And we can use it to disguise me as a god. Dangba When Bone decides to massacre the city, you will open the crystal ball and let my projection reflect in the sky. I will pretend to be a god and descend to the earth to negotiate with the Overlord, or to shock his soldiers, intimidate his soldiers, and make him give up such atrocities such as massacring the city .”

Everyone was frightened by this bold plan, and no one spoke for a long time.After a while, the veteran first asked her: "Will Bagu definitely slaughter the city?"

"Not necessarily, the prophecies are not all accurate. Otherwise...the sea people would not be extinct."

Eros asked, "Will you be in danger?"