In the quiet small room, there was only one dark scale showing a soft texture like black jade under the light.
Unknowingly, Chen Xinyi was fascinated by it. She liked this slightly sad but beautiful story.
He held his chin in his hands, imagining the true appearance of that behemoth.
The majestic mountains and the vast sea of clouds are hidden among the setting clouds and solitary swans, the autumn water and the long sky. They are the mountains, the sky, and the background of the world.
How interesting a species that shows subtle kindness to humans!
There are similar records in the ancient legends of Daxia: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, to the north of the Chishui River, there is Zhangwei Mountain. There is a god with a human face and a snake body, and his eyes are straight. His gaze is dark, and his vision is dark.
Naiming, without food or sleep, without rest, the wind and rain are ye. This is the nine-yin candle, and it is the candle dragon."
Of course, this one encountered by the Anomaly Foundation should have nothing to do with Zhulong.
The speaker, the leader of the Abnormal Foundation, Mr. "Blue Gold", said slowly: "That was the first and last time I saw it. It gave this scale as a gift, but after that, it didn't appear again.
There is no news about it... Unfortunately, I don’t know where it has gone. The exploration of the etheric abyss is too dangerous, and the best we humans can do is sneak into the Moho layer."
"Maybe it went to the Gutenberg layer?"
"Have you explored the etheric abyss?" Chen Xinyi asked tentatively.
"We only explored a small and pitiful area. In fact, most of our understanding of the etheric abyss comes from ancient classics."
Lan Jin replied: "Our branch may originate from space survivors. When we fled, our ancestors left behind some special technological heritage, like this Rubik's Cube-shaped shelter, which is a legacy of prehistoric civilization."
"Some people with special talents can go to the Aether Abyss through certain transmission devices. Of course, there are not many people with these talents, and the proportion is about one in a billion."
"As for the reasons for technological regression, they are also very complicated... During the process of exploration, the ancestors may have triggered an attack by a powerful entity, so that they had to give up many things, including the memory and knowledge of the entire civilization."
Chen Xinyi swallowed. How powerful would a civilization that created a Rubik's Cube shelter and spaceship be?
It suddenly disappeared.
Even its own technology was wiped out and degraded to the state of primitive humans.
Or maybe the humans on Earth also escaped from prehistoric civilization?
Do humans in two worlds have the same ancestor?
"Where did your father go in the end?"
Lan Jin sighed softly. His father was the "protagonist" in the story.
A warrior who has fought his whole life for this world.
"He went to a corrupted area, made new [rules], and never came back, never to come back."
"We have two fallen areas in total, which involve the true core of [it]..."
Chen Xinyi said: "It's a pity that the owner of the black scales is still not strong enough to fight [it]. Assuming that in the future, the owner of the scales has such strength, what will you do? Seek its help?"
Lan Jin smiled: "Actually, I am already satisfied with the scales it has given as a gift, and I cannot ask it for more. Even if our side will eventually perish, as long as we fight until our last breath, we don't need to regret anything.
"
"Rebirth and extinction are eternal reincarnations in the etheric abyss, and human civilization is not limited to ours. Of course, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must hold on tightly."
Chen Xinyi clenched her hands under the table.
These days, she's exposed to quite a bit of confidential content.
The world is so vast, and the secrets known to mankind are only the tip of the iceberg. It seems that there are endless mysteries hidden in the deep sea under the iceberg.
She is becoming more and more interested in this world, just like a child seeing a novel toy. Even if it is extremely dangerous, knowing the secret may cost her life.
She was even looking forward to it, how on earth [Game] could defeat [Delusion]?
Chen Xinyi subconsciously felt that [the game] was impossible to fail and she would definitely win the final victory.
"Yes, what I want to do now is to be a reporter and witness the history of [Delusion] being defeated." This idea came to her mind again, "I have to help [Game] anchor this different world!"
Chen Xinyi volunteered and used her subjective initiative.
"Mr. Lanjin, I want to know more about this world!"
…
Cities and countryside, order and chaos, the emergence of [rules] has indeed brought about new changes.
[Rules] appear in almost every public place, large or small.
Accompanied by two Anomaly Foundation staff members, Chen Xinyi first ran to the big city next door to watch a movie.
The number of spectators was not large. People were eating popcorn and drinking Coke. Many details were similar to those of earth civilization. I have to admit that this may be a kind of convergent evolution at the social level.
The movie is quite good, telling the story of an ancient explorer traveling around the world.
This explorer gained countless glory and wealth during an adventure. But in the end, he gave up these hard-earned treasures in order to save his lover.
A rather "royal" story about giving up glory and wealth for love.
But for some reason, she always had a strange feeling in her sixth sense.
There is also a red notice posted at the gate of the cinema. The specific meaning is: Do not slap the movie screen, it is strictly prohibited to block the beam emitted by the projector, do not make loud noises in the cinema, watch your children carefully, and do not hear unexplained meanings.
Children laughing and crying, please leave immediately, etc.
These are the only ones.
[Rules], the core of survival in this world!
No one dares to break the rules rashly.
Whether they are adults or a small number of children, they all know the importance of "rules". Compared with humans on earth, their obedience... How to put it, Chen Xinyi always feels that there is an invisible net hanging over the world of life.
All aspects.
Anyone who touches this invisible net will suffer huge punishment.
After 2 hours, the scary movie finally ended...
Following the flow of people, Chen Xinyi walked out of the cinema.
…
"How do you feel about this movie?" The companion of the Anomaly Foundation is also a young woman with telepathic abilities.
"Cinemas are considered to be relatively safe public places in our city. There are only a few accidents throughout the year."
Communicate from the bottom of your heart, and the dialogue between the two parties has a certain degree of security.
Of course, it's not absolutely safe...
[Its] power is everywhere, even telepathy may be penetrated.
Therefore, the two of them just chatted briefly and couldn't involve too much secret.
"The movie is very exciting. I didn't have high expectations at first, but later on I became really fascinated and I still haven't finished it!"
"The protagonist's psychological decision to give up wealth for his wife is also very exciting."
"Human desires are endless. It might not be bad to eventually live in seclusion in the fields and live an ordinary life."
Chen Xinyi sighed: "If in our world, the box office could easily reach 1 billion... Although I don't do much research on movies, I think it is indeed the blockbuster level of the year!"
Who wants to watch a movie in a hellish place like this?
Chen Xinyi wished she could hide inside the base all day long and live under the protection of scales.
But the risk of touching brings a different kind of excitement, the feeling of dancing on the edge of a volcano, the tension of the whole body tightening, and the toes are clasped, it is really irresistible.
This is where the responsibility lies!
She suddenly asked in her heart: "Is such a wonderful movie some kind of special illusion? Created for the existence of the cinema... In fact, this movie is a mess, but we mistakenly think it is very interesting?"
The other party was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile: "Illusion? No, we have studied the content of the movie..."
"[It] has no ability to create culture. It is possible to make us happy for no reason, but it is only short-term happiness at most. If you think about it carefully, now that you are out of the cinema, can you still recall the interesting plots? Still
Being able to write a review after watching it shows that the movie does exist."
"That's true." Chen Xinyi nodded slightly, "Did the director really create the movie?"
It’s unbelievable that such a repressive world can still retain such good cultural output.
"The reason may be... plagiarism!" the other party said telepathically.
"Copied?" Chen Xinyi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, a smile appeared on her face, "Is it such a bad idea?"
"Yes, it may be that [it] copied it from the culture of some parallel worlds. Our moon is a spaceship, and there should be a database on it. It may have broken into the database and read the culture of the human world.
"
"Then, it projects these memories into the minds of directors and screenwriters."
"Directors and screenwriters also have their own [rules]. They must complete these tasks, so the film is perfectly presented on the screen..."
"[It] is so boring, actually doing such a thing." Ms. Xiao Chen curled her lips, "What is the purpose of doing this? To please the public?"
"I don't know... maybe [it] is experimenting on humans."
"[It] has extremely high intelligence, just like us humans sometimes tempt ants with food. We cannot know what the ants are really thinking, but we can slowly understand the ants' behavioral patterns."
Chen Xinyi remained silent. Invisible pressure is sometimes more terrifying than tangible pressure.
She would rather fight against terrifying monsters than against such invisible beings.