Chapter 4: Detachment from the Edge
In the laboratory of the institute, a strange machine is placed.
It is a tetrahedral instrument, made of four steel plates, about three meters high, and more than enough for one person to stand inside.
The experimenter opened one of the steel plates, and Xiao Zi pointed to the tetrahedral instrument and said, "Brother, go in, Xiao Zi has calculated many times, there will be no problem, you will be directly five hundred years later." ”
Su Yun thought about it, and finally nodded solemnly to Xiao Zi, and stepped into this tetrahedral instrument.
The steel plate completely encloses the tetrahedron.
At this moment, Su Yun felt as if he was completely cut off from this world.
It was a very strange feeling, as if I no longer existed in this world, there was no sound around me, no light, only pure darkness, and the physical frame of reference seemed to be useless at this moment.
On the outside of the steel tetrahedral instrument, Xiao Zi quietly watched as the last iron plate was loaded.
She took a deep breath and walked to the institute's window, looking out.
Do you have to face everything alone again?
Xiao Zi looked at the city in the distance with the early lights, the brilliant starry sky that gradually appeared in the night, and the brows were filled with a trace of sadness that could not be dissolved, and there was a trace of resoluteness that the world collapsed and was not moved!
Face this lonely city alone.
Face this lonely planet alone.
Face this lonely universe alone.
Even if you stand on the opposite side of the whole world, you will not hesitate!
……
In the darkness, Su Yun felt that time seemed to have become very strange.
He tried to measure the passage of time by counting his heartbeats, but in a trance, he felt that the time he had experienced seemed to be far beyond the time he had experienced to count his heartbeats.
He knew that he was very awake and his mind was normal, and there seemed to be nothing unusual except that he could not hear or see anything.
Everything was spent in such a calm.
I don't know how long it took, Su Yun began to fall asleep deeply, and I don't know how long I slept this night.
Su Yun dreamed of Xiao Zi, dreamed of the fantasy world described by Xiao Zi, and dreamed of the contractors who traveled through the movie, he was like a bystander, silently witnessing all this.
"Crunch"
His dream was awakened by the sound of the iron door opening.
However, he still couldn't see anything, but the feeling of isolation seemed to disappear.
Moreover, he faintly heard a voice coming from outside the enclosed space.
Was that the sound of the iron door opening?
Time travel is over?
What time is it?
Why is it so dark outside?
With heavy doubts, Su Yun stretched out his hand and groped outside.
Soon, he fumbled for the iron door that had been opened.
Indeed, the time machine is turned on and he comes out of time travel.
"Xiao Zi?"
Su Yun exclaimed tentatively.
The pitch-black space outside seemed to be very empty, and there was no echo from his cries.
What's going on? Why didn't Xiao Zi open this time machine with her own hands? Where did Purple go?
What happened in the process of time traveling on your own?
With so many questions, Su Yun began to grope in the dark.
"Su Yun?"
Suddenly, a distant voice rang out.
The voice was magical, a little like it sounded in his heart, and it seemed like it was coming from an endless distance far away in the sky.
"Who's calling me?"
Su Yun shouted into the empty darkness.
"I'm sorry to tell you that something is wrong with your time travel."
Su Yun immediately said to the darkness, "Who are you?" ”
The voice in the darkness replied, "I am a friend of Xiao Zi, and I am entrusted by her to guide you and guide you on how to get out of your current predicament. ”
Su Yun's heart suddenly felt a little panicked, because he heard the word "predicament", which showed that his current situation was not very optimistic.
"What happened? Where did Purple go? ”
The voice in the darkness replied, "I can't tell you exactly what happened now, because there are many principles in it, and you can't understand it even if I tell you." ”
Su Yun pondered for a while, and continued to say to the invisible existence in the darkness, "Then where is this?" ”
The voice in the darkness said: "You can understand this place as the boundary of detachment and primordialness, the layer of the laws of the world, the crack of logic, you are now both in the real and not in the real, this place is called the edge of detachment. ”
"I don't understand." Su Yun said bluntly.
The voice in the darkness said in a slightly helpless tone: "I just said, a lot of things, I'll tell you now, you still don't understand, you can remember it first, and then you can understand it and you will know it naturally." ”
"So what do you think I should do now?" Su Yun thought about it for a while, and planned to listen to the advice given by this voice first.
The voice in the darkness said, "If you want to get out of this area, what you need to do is to master all the laws of this world!" Start from scratch! ”
Su Yun said in surprise, "What are you talking about?" Are you telling me a fantasy story? And grasp the law! ”
"You may think it's incredible, but you still have to accept that in this world, you are just a virtual existence, you don't need to eat or sleep, you just need to be able to endure loneliness."
Su Yun frowned and said, "Are you kidding?" Let me feel the law in such a place where birds don't? ”
"You don't have a choice." The voice in the darkness said, "There are only two paths in front of you, one is to understand the laws of this world, complete the mission of this world, and then return to your own world; The other way is to 'die of the soul' in this world, completely silent, and there will be no more of your existence. ”
Su Yun snorted coldly and said, "Alarmist, why should I believe you?" You said that you are Xiaozi's friend, do I have to believe you? ”
"It's okay, I didn't think you would accept this fact right away, you can explore here at will, come back to me when you figure it out, I believe that time can make you believe everything."
As voices in the darkness gave their final explanations, the entire space fell silent.
Su Yun's heart suddenly had a trace of unspeakable fear.
He began to identify in one direction and set out in that direction.
Along the way, Su Yun didn't feel his movement at all, as if he had been standing still, but after taking a few steps back, he would find that he was still moving away from the time machine that was turned on.
It was as if the sense of displacement in this world had been weakened, and he couldn't be sure if he was moving, in what direction.
But there is no doubt that there is indeed a concept of space and distance in this world.
It's very similar to the world I'm familiar with.
Su Yun walked and walked in a given direction, not knowing how long he walked.
He also didn't feel tired, hungry, thirsty, drowsy or anything like in his body, as if his body had become a robot.
He didn't know how long he had been walking, ten minutes? An hour? Five hours? One day? Two days? Ten days?
The familiar sense of time distortion came to mind, as if there was no definite measure of time in this world.
After a long time, Su Yun stopped and sat down in place.
He had finally begun to believe that this was a normal world, both in terms of experience and feeling.
It's a mystical feeling that can't be described in words.
But just walking this part of the way in this world, Su Yun had a feeling.
The voice in the darkness was right.
Although he still can't understand why he fell into such a world, and where the voice in the darkness came from, he still feels that the answer to all this is behind the so-called laws of the world.
Finally, he made up his mind and shouted into the darkness: "I believe you, you tell me, what should I do?" How to understand the laws of the world? ”
The voice in the darkness responded immediately, as if it had been waiting for him:
"The way of the law, one step at a time, starting from scratch, there is no shortcut."
"The laws of this heaven and earth are the most primitive and basic, which can help you get rid of the influence of many acquired high-level laws, and can make you closer to the essence, you know? Many people can't get in here if they want to come here to explore the truth, and this is really the best place to understand the law. ”
"You don't have to worry, the time here is almost endless, of course, this also means endless loneliness, this level of loneliness, it is easy to bring madness, maybe you will be crazy when you realize it."
"In order to avoid such a situation, I have prepared a special scripture for you that you can use to cleanse your heart, gain tranquility, and thus better understand the law, and the name of this scripture is "The Purest Text."
Su Yun listened quietly.
The voice in the darkness began to read this "Pure Text" for Su Yun.
It is also strange to say, after listening to this "Zhijing Wen", Su Yun suddenly felt that his heart was suddenly much calmer, the previous panic and restlessness were all gone, even the feeling of loneliness dissipated, and the whole person seemed to have entered a state of no sorrow and no joy.
"The Purity of the Text is actually a method of refining the mind, and you need to constantly use it to fight against all kinds of emotions in your heart, but you can't completely wipe it out, and in the process, your state of mind will also be improved."
"But the "Zhijing Wen" is not omnipotent, it has a certain boundary of action, as you use it again and again to soothe the soul, its effect will decrease with the marginal effect, if you can't get a certain breakthrough in the understanding of the law before the "Zhijing Wen" expires, and get spiritual comfort, you will still inevitably fall into madness, or dead silence."
"So, what you're going to do is race against madness, and as long as you run fast enough, madness can't catch up with you."
Su Yun listened to these words, and suddenly felt a little sad in his heart, what's the matter, he is just an ordinary young man, why did he come here, why did he bear so much?
There was some turmoil in his heart, but with the effect of "Zhijing Wen", his heart slowly returned to calm.
"May I ask, what should I call you? Also, what is your identity? ”
The voice in the darkness seemed to be silent for a moment before saying, "If you want to say a name, you can call me Xiaochuang." ”
"Xiaochuang?" Su Yun was a little puzzled by this title.
"That's right, because I am one of the kings of the heavens under the command of the Ten Thousand Worlds Court, and the title you give me is - Creation Immortal King!"
A voice in the darkness said.
"So, just call me Xiaochuang."