"Shadows of billions of silent planets...?"
Angel whispered in a low voice and repeated Gleipnir's words.
There are two key words in this sentence that make Angel very concerned.
"Billions and billions" seems to be an extremely large quantifier that is almost never used.
Angel paid attention to this word because it was used in the first sentence of the prologue of "The Starry Sky Book" - "I bring billions of star spirits with me to provide continuous help to those who use the power of the starry sky."
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Angel didn't believe that Graipnir would mention such a huge quantifier that was difficult to comprehend.
It certainly has a deep connection with the Starry Sky Book.
The second word that Angel paid attention to was "planet".
In other words, the concept of "planet" concerned Angel very much.
If it were the universe in Jon's hometown, almost everyone would understand the concept of "planet", which is a huge celestial body in the universe.
It can even be said that Jon’s hometown, the Earth, is essentially a planet.
But the concept of "planet" does not exist in the wizarding world.
If Gleipnir hadn't mentioned the "planet" today, Angel would never have even thought that there would be a "planet" in the universe they were in.
"Or maybe I misunderstood and this planet is not that planet?" Angel thought to himself.
Angel himself definitely couldn't figure out this problem just by "thinking", so he didn't continue to do useless work and directly asked about his inner doubts.
"What does the shadow of billions of stars mean?" Angel: "What kind of concept is a planet?"
A few seconds later, a response came from Gleipnir.
"What kind of concept is a planet? I don't know, because I have never seen it. I can only summarize what I understand from the few remaining words in some books about the star spirit world...the planet.
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Graipnir pondered for a moment and began to talk about the "planet" in her understanding.
As she told her story, Angel gradually understood a secret that he had never heard of in the Southern Territory.
——The world of stars.
According to the classification of worlds, the Star Spirit Realm is actually similar to the Mirror Realm, the Dream Realm, the Soul Plane, etc. It is a special world.
Its power can cover the boundless plane.
In almost any world, as long as there is night, as long as there is light, and there is suitable weather for observation, you can look up at the sky and see the starry sky.
This endless starry sky is related to the projection of the star spirit world.
The star spirit world can project the starry sky to all worlds. From this, we can also know that it is a special world.
What kind of world is the Protoss World? Greipnir has never been there, so she doesn’t know. But she has roughly made up some general outlines of the Protoss World through records in many classics.
In the star spirit world, there are dark holes everywhere.
In the dark void, there is no sound, no air, no living beings, no light source... nothing, just like an oppressive void.
However, the world of stars is not only dark and empty.
There are billions of planets.
The "billions" here is not a specific number, but a general reference to the endless number of planets in the star spirit world.
If you want to change a word, you can use "countless" to express the number of planets.
However, "countless" cannot express the shocking feeling of that number, so there is a number that is clear at a glance like "billions" as a proxy.
These billions of planets are floating in the dark void of the star spirit world.
Each planet is as huge as a world.
They rely on the glowing planet to shine, showing bright light and shadow, and projecting it into the real world.
This became... the starry sky.
Gleipnir: "This is the planet I know. From the auspicious light in those classics, there is only so much I can sum up."
To put it simply, it is a huge celestial body made of unknown matter floating in a dark void.
And every planet is as big as the world. This is also recorded in books, but whether it is so big, Gleipnir has never seen it with her own eyes, and she doesn't know.
After listening to Gleipnir's story, Angel felt his scalp numb.
Because this so-called dark void is so similar to the void in the universe that Jon once told about?
The cosmic void refers to the place in the universe outside the fiber-like structures scattered throughout the galaxies, where there is only the darkness of eternal night and boundless cold silence.
To put it in more vernacular language, when you raise your head and look at the starry sky, you will see the large dark curtain with the shining stars removed.
These are cosmic voids, which are far away from the stars.
In the void of the universe, there are only dim stars and a very small number of galaxies.
The above is Jon's description of the Earthlings' view of the universe.
From a certain perspective, the so-called dark voids of Gleipnir are actually very similar to the voids of the universe.
Moreover, there are countless planets floating in the void. Does this seem to have some connection with the universe observed by people on earth?
Thinking of this, Angel suddenly had a guess.
Is the world where Jon lives really another universe?
Could it be that the universe over there actually refers to the star spirit world?
Further derivation, does the earth exist in the star spirit world?
If this guess is correct, wouldn't there be new clues to help Jon find his way home?
Angel only felt that the emotions in his heart began to expand, and those thoughts that had been dormant for a long time began to slowly become active.
Forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, Angel took a deep breath and asked: "You just said that each of those planets is as big as the world, so... are there really living people on these planets?"
Gleipnir: "Of course it exists, because only planets with living creatures can give birth to star spirits."
Star spirit? Angel frowned, what is this?
Graipnir: "Star Spirit, you can understand it as world consciousness. But it is somewhat different from world consciousness. World consciousness has no intelligence and is a collection of countless consciousnesses; but Star Spirit has intelligence.
, they can even turn into intelligent beings.”
In ancient times, star spirits were also called planetary consciousness, which is why they can be compared with world consciousness.
But now, the planetary consciousness has been renamed "Star Spirit".
Because "Star Spirits" themselves don't like the name "Planet Consciousness". Compared with planet consciousness, they are more like the planet becoming a spirit, so they call it... Star Spirits.
After listening to Gleipnir's explanation this time, Angel felt as if his brain was overloaded again and became burdened.
Protoss? Is this Gaia consciousness?
If stars can only be born on planets with living people, then if the earth is in the world of stars, then there should also be stars on earth?
But Jon never mentioned that there are any celestial beings on Earth.
Even the concept of "Gaia consciousness" is only a legend on Earth and has never been confirmed.
Could it be that his conjecture is wrong and that the earth is not actually in the star spirit world? The star spirit world is not the so-called earth universe?
Angel thought for a moment and asked, "Do people living on the planet know about the existence of the stars?"
Gleipnir nodded: "Of course I know. Even outsiders like us can know about the existence of the Star Spirits. They will definitely know."
"It is said that the stars will guide the intelligent beings on the planet to move forward. You can even understand that the stars are their kings."
After hearing this, Angel became less and less confident about the answer "The earth is in the spiritual world".
If the Star Spirits can guide civilization forward, people on Earth must know about the Star Spirits, but neither the holographic tablet nor Jon's narration has ever informed the Star Spirits in advance.
Therefore, the speculation that the earth is in the star spirit world began to waver slowly.
However, Angel still did not give up completely. After thinking for a while, he asked two questions in succession: "Do humans exist in the Star Spirit World? How can I go to the Star Spirit World?"
Because Jon is a human being, if human civilization exists in the Star Spirit World, the probability of Earth being in the Star Spirit World will increase.
To be continued...