"When I was young, I liked bees very much," Shuiyue said nostalgically, "One morning I arrived at school very early, and there was no one in the classroom. I saw a bee being locked in a teacher by chance, hitting the window, clearly through the glass, but this cute little thing still hit her desperately, simply yearning for the light. If others saw it, they would definitely go to the teacher's office to find insecticides. I opened the window and let it go. What is the world in the bee's eyes? I really want to know. This is what I thought at that time."

Shuiyue started his explanation with such an irrelevant thing.

Oh, I encountered the same thing when I was a kid, and then I let the bee go.

"Actually," Shuiyue looked at me, "This is your memory, and it is also my memory. I, Xiao Ai, and Leng Yu were all created by you."

"Maybe you don't believe that the future you - for convenience - is called 19a - although it is not aggressive, it has the ability of a creative person. At the scene of an accident, you used your dead body to create the present me. Although you inherited that person's body, your head was seriously damaged and you didn't even have normal physiological functions. In order to maintain my life, 19a repaired my brain."

How did I do this to repair the brain?

"It's not as difficult as imagined. Not only those who are capable, but even scientists of this era can do it well. The brain uses protein form to change to achieve various functions. Just copy the protein form of your own brain to me. After the car accident, my brain has been destroyed so that I don't even have breathing reflexes. In that case, I can only copy your own to me in this way to rescue me."

Copy it...

A very strange feeling surges in my heart. If you suddenly find that another person knows what you have thought and done (such as a secret thing like a girl you have had a crush on), no matter who you are, you will feel uncomfortable.

"That's not," Shuiyue smiled, "This kind of replication is not 100%, it's just to restore basic functions. Some of your memories are mixed in when repairing my basic reflexes, so it can be said that I have part of your personality, but the part I inherit is less than 10%. For example, I still remember my name is Shuiyue, and I also vaguely remember some things when I was a child. Although the story of the bee I just told will come to my mind, I will realize that these memories are foreign and do not belong to me."

"In our eyes, the awakening of the ability of 19a was the night when you and we first met. However, at the time of 19a, I, Xiao Ai and Leng Yu, did not exist, and it was A Feng who discovered you. She was seriously injured at that time, and the native species was about to give her the last blow, and the native species happened to pass by. Most of the matter in this world cannot be perceived by an ordinary person. The two people should not be noticed by 19a, but he saw it, just like a bee seeing ultraviolet rays. So the native species thought that 19a was also a abilities and was ready to slap him together. But strangely, no matter how he attacked 19a, the result was invalid."

"Is invalid meaning?"

"Whether it is physical attack or information interference, it seems that it cannot continue halfway, and it is replaced by hard time. In other words, if you want to punch a 19 A, you will stop there halfway as if you are frozen, and you will not be able to move until the normal time you complete the attack."

This is really a convenient ability.

"Who said no," Shuiyue also smiled, "At that time, you were squatting on the ground with your head in your arms, but the native species could not attack you. A Feng succeeded in the sneak attack behind her back, and she saved her life."

On the other hand, I was just holding my head and preparing to be beaten. On the other hand, I tried to attack but couldn't hit me. When my body was frozen, I was killed by the dying ability behind me. In any case, my first appearance last time was not gorgeous.

"Why do those native species chase after abilities?"

"The specific situation is not clear, but it seems that they have made a mistake. They keep calling us secondary seeds, but the so-called secondary seeds should be another group of abilities that have long been extinct."

Things seem to be getting more and more complicated.

"The word Naga comes from the Sanskrit word नाग (naga), which refers to a holy object similar to a dragon or a snake. In ancient times, those who are capable of praying for rain often use their abilities to pray for rain, so ordinary people think that they can talk to the dragon, so they call their abilities Naga."

"And the word Naga comes from the Akkadian language used by the ancient Babylonians. Do you know what the word Babylon means?"

"have no idea."

"Gate of God."

This word naturally made the mask-like smile in my mind, and the saying "The door is about to be opened again."

"In the past history, even the legendary records were scattered and full of contradictions. But it is easy to think that the opening of the door of God is related to those who use Naga's powers, and it is not clear what the secondary seed refers to. I just heard that there was such a group of people who also used Naga, but the method used was different from ours. It was extinct before the Babylonian dynasty."

"Anyway, let's just tell them that you are not the second child? Why do you need to fight and kill?"

"They can come directly from their planet to the earth. I'm afraid the level of civilization is much higher than ours," Shuiyue smiled bitterly. "They want to destroy us, just like we hunt and kill flies and mice, and they ignore our attitude at all. Have you ever explained the reasons to the ants when you see humans destroying an ant hill?"

Hello, we are still humans after all.

"The problem is that the other party is completely another species. What we are has nothing to do with them, and the level of civilization is much higher than that of us. Think about it, in the colonial era, European civilization only surpassed the Inca civilization for 200 years. How did the colonists treat the Indians? So it is understandable that we were massacred without saying anything."

It's so shameful. If humans themselves still kill each other, how can they blame another species for fighting against them?

"Then they don't know what their purpose is? They won't come from afar just to find water or precious metals."

"Of course not. Those are everywhere in the universe. Of course, they come to Earth specifically and naturally will not be such a worthless thing. Think about it, what are unique to Earth but not other planets?"

That goes without saying that it is life.

Life is a negative entropy system, and the ability of these native species is to use Naga, which is the embodiment of negative entropy.

I suddenly thought of a very terrible explanation.

"So," Shuiyue seemed to read out my thoughts, "The native species we see may play the role of the oil exploration team in the human society, searching for life in the desolate universe, then decomposing life and collecting negative entropy to develop its own civilization."

"What we said below is a more unfounded conjecture. Perhaps the native species came to the earth in the Babylonian era and helped the earthlings develop a high degree of civilization. This is like sowing seeds. After we have a social form with a high level of information, it is time to harvest. We are like the cattle on the farm: raised and then slaughtered. At first, we are those with relatively high abilities of negative entropy, and we may decompose other lives indiscriminately in the future."

"After all, this is just your guess." As if I resisted this terrible argument from the bottom of my heart, I retorted, "Aren't they looking for a secondary seed? If we were not a secondary seed, they would sooner or later. After discovering it, they might feel that we have no value to be collected. Maybe they will leave themselves without paying attention."

"In fact, I think they knew that we were not the true secondary seeds," said Shui Yue. "Before half of the world's ability players disappeared, we didn't even know the existence of the native seeds. When we realized that the disappearance of the ability players was due to the hunting of the native seeds, there were very few capable people in the world. It can be seen that they would not have discovered that we were not the secondary seeds. If we had not discovered it for such a long time, we might not have discovered it until we were extinct; otherwise they would not care whether we were the secondary seeds, they killed us just to collect negative entropy. Although the two assumptions are opposite, they both pointed to the same result, that is, we must die."

Oh my God, I am just a sophomore physics student. My future ideal is to pay off my loan from the cake shop at home and inherit my family business and live a peaceful life. If you have any other luxury, you can just occasionally travel overseas or date Sister Lin. This kind of problem should be solved by Clark, Kent, or Bruce Wayne. I am neither Kryptonian nor Batmobile, so why should I fight with aliens?

"Sometimes, people can't choose it themselves," said Shuiyue. "It was not my intention when I resurrected me in 19a, but since it has happened, I have to live like this."

Although you can't understand your memory transplant with empathy, this sentence does have a very good style. Is it 19a's personality in you who is talking now?

"And, as I said, you have already made a choice once, and this time it's just repeating your last choice, it shouldn't be that difficult."

Choose... choose? It seems like I have heard of it somewhere.

It seems like I have chosen it.

A faint sense of déjà flickered through my mind. But my attention was immediately attracted by Shui Yue's words.

"19a's ability is almost absolute defense and possesses a large amount of Naga. His Naga is so large that some people doubt whether the capacity is infinite. But accordingly, 19a has no attack ability. In order to be able to fight, he created me, Xiao Ai and Leng Yu. We fight for him, and as a backup, 19a provides us with Naga in battle."

It sounds like an aircraft carrier, and it's hard to imagine what kind of scene it would be during a battle.

"Is there really the ability of a creative person?"

"It's not so much about ability, but rather about acquired technology. Based on information theory, 19a was finally successful after many experiments."

Is information theory? I have no idea at all.

"Of course, you have not yet come into contact with this theory. The so-called ability actually depends largely on the ability's understanding of the world. If you don't believe in information theory, you will naturally not have this ability."

In order to resolve my doubts, Shuiyue continued: "You know the Schrödinger cat paradox. What do you think of the fact that the Schrödinger cat has been made in the laboratory?"

Schrödinger Cat, a seemingly ridiculous hypothetical experiment, was actually implemented by scientists on the nanoscale. Several ions in an entangled state, without the participation of the observer, will always be in a chaotic state that is neither "yes" nor "non". That is to say, the results of the experiment are determined by the participation of the observer. Or in a sense, the appearance of the world is determined by the observer.

Void, self-consciousness, brain in the tank... Some words are repeatedly intertwined in the brain for no reason, making me feel overwhelmed.

"The same is true for those who are capable. If even those who use Naga do not believe that they can use their abilities, then this ability cannot exist at all. For example, Afeng is limited by her growth era, so she cannot have the ability to operate information. For her, Naga is a completely different thing."

In other words, I only saw A Feng and Tian Tui once. The last time I fought on campus.

"So, because of the limitation of the world view, she cannot move as easily as I and Xiao Ai. She is the granddaughter of Doctor Avisonna. How can she believe that Naga is a lie?" Shuiyue's words were a hint of mockery.

Doctor Avicenna? I remember seeing this name in the book, it seemed like a very amazing person.

"That Arab alchemist named the son of China."

Impossible! Avicenna was an alchemist in the eighth century AD. How could Afeng be his granddaughter?

"Under normal circumstances, those with ability are immortal. After all, we can control Naga and keep the body young."

Thinking that such a cute girl had lived for more than 1,000 years, a complex feeling arose in her heart.

"So, I..."

"Hey, as long as you are not killed by the native species, you will never die. Although it is difficult to accept, your family and friends will grow old and die, and in the end you are the only one left. This is why people with abilities spontaneously look for similar people. Friendship and love with ordinary people in this world can only last for decades at most. Afeng has existed in this world for 10 centuries. These so-called emotions are fleeting for her."

So her present is also my future...?

"Although you can't really experience the feeling of being separated from your family and being alone now, you may also resent us to turn you into a capable person so that you cannot die, but for these capable persons and for the lives of the earth, please."

Even if you say that, I don’t know anything now. I don’t know how to help you. What should I do if there is a cake shop?

"These problems are easy to deal with. If you help us, the bank's deposit and loan records can be changed." Shuiyue smiled subtly, "After all, my ability is to operate the information directly. If you want, not only will the bank mortgage be cancelled, but Lingtang will also get a considerable pension."

No wonder Metasequoia likes to say that she doesn't care about boring things like Lotto. It turns out that they can get money so easily.

"Generally speaking, those with ability do not need money: eating and sleeping are not necessary for us, they are just a physiological residue; they will not get sick and do not need transportation."

You must have a place to live in, what should you do with the house?

“There are ownerless houses everywhere in this world, and if you want, you can go back with us today.”

What about my exam? What should I do with my mom?

"No one will remember you, and from then on, this man will disappear from the world as if he had never been born."

From now on, I will no longer belong to this world, and from now on this world has nothing to do with me. Is that true?

"Not necessarily. I heard that the abilities have just ended the so-called 'Millennium War' and there is not much time. Then this is the native war that almost completely destroyed our abilities. If we can successfully close the door this time, we will be idle for a while. Then we will restore your family's memory about you. If we are lucky, we may be able to close the door soon."

I hope so.

"Okay, if you decide, then let's go. Let's start training to concentrate tomorrow. Since the door is about to be opened again, let's close it."

When I went out, I looked back at the shop where I had been working for four years. The staff room was spotless wooden floor, shabby sofa, and dim incandescent lamps. I was about to leave here. When my mother woke up tomorrow, she would not be surprised to see the huge deposits in her bank. She naturally thought that her cake shop had paid off the loan a few years ago. Of course, she would also forget that she had such a son, just like I had never been born. Sister Lin no longer remembered that there was a childhood sweetheart who was two years younger than her.

Goodbye, everyone. I will be back soon.
Chapter completed!