Standing on the endless wilderness, Dongfang Ruo has a new level of understanding of science and technology.

The ancestors of the earth, who were once suspected of being relatively backward in technology, actually possessed a technological power far beyond that of human society now, but why were these things completely sealed with the sinking of a Quantum Origin?

Even in the past 6,000 years of development, the self-proclaimed prosperity of mankind has not brought much real progress.

On the contrary, it seems that it is ...... It's more like a conscious step backwards.

Too many questions appeared in his mind, making Dongfang Ruo a little dazed.

She took a few deep breaths to calm herself...... Those are all later, and her first goal now is to find Lin Sen, or...... Footprints left by Lin Sen.

"I really didn't expect Prometheus to live in this kind of place during his interstellar travel, I thought he would face a bunch of machines with beating data every day." Mannie was also sighing, but not as much as Dongfang Ruo thought, she just felt that the Quantum Origin and Superstring had brought her too many surprises.

Dongfang Ruo heard this: "Then can you now determine the core of the Quantum Origin?" ”

Mannie frowned and said, "Hmm...... Then I'll have to try it first, but I'm not sure if there's really that kind of thing, sister, wait a minute. ”

Dongfang Ruo nodded.

While Mannie was busy searching for the core, Dongfang Ruo walked alone along the path of the field.

It's been a long time since I've experienced this feeling.

On both sides of the road are flowers and plants exuding a strong spring atmosphere, and there is a ditch that is not too deep on one side, the water in it is very clear, and a few points of duckweed are embellished, which gives people a different kind of visual enjoyment.

Dongfang Ruo walked all the way forward, and he didn't know how long he walked, and when he turned back, he couldn't see Mannie anymore, and a small house appeared in front of her.

It was quiet in the middle of the field, and it didn't look so old, and even the residual heat on the stove outside the house felt like someone was still living here this morning.

Taking his hand away, Dongfang became cautious while thinking thoughtfully.

"Mannie, be careful, there seem to be others here."

Mannie is immersed in the world of Superstrings and no longer cares about everything in the outside world, so she doesn't respond either.

Dongfang Ruo frowned, and his uneasy premonition was magnifying.

But instead of looking back for Mannie, she gently pushed open the door to the hut.

When I opened the door, I saw that the furnishings in the room were simple, and the room was very transparent, and there was no gloomy and oppressive feeling.

A small table, a couple of small stools, and some handicrafts.

Dongfang Ruo felt more and more that all this seemed beautiful and natural, but in fact it became more and more weird and inexplicable, especially when she saw those hand-carved figures, her heart could no longer remain calm, because she saw many familiar faces.

"Do you like it?"

Just as Dongfang Ruo was looking at the statues in a daze, a strange and familiar voice suddenly came.

Dongfang Ruo turned back suddenly, and the condensed Qi Yun Sword in his hand had already reached the man's heart.

But when Dongfang Ruo saw his appearance clearly, all vigilance disappeared again.

Lin Sen, or a man who looked very much like Lin Sen, looked at Dongfang Ruo with a smile, he raised his hands and said, "I have no malice, I just want to say, if you like it, I will give it to you." ”

Dongfang Ruo heard this, but put down the statue, and then said coldly: "Who are you?" ”

Lin Sen thought for a moment, and then said, "Me? I'm supposed to be Lin Sen. ”

"Should it be?"

He nodded, "Well, but I'm not so sure, because I once saw myself leave here, but when I woke up, I found that I was still here, so ...... I think I could be Lin Sen, or maybe I was just a ...... left by him Statue? ”

Dongfang Ruo understood, the person in front of her did give her an unnatural feeling, and that feeling she felt the deepest, because she had really felt it from Nirvana Ji's body.

"You mean, Lin Sen came here and then left? Just left you behind? Dongfang Ruo's vigilance was raised again, and the condensed blade in her hand had already pierced the skin of Lin Sen's heart.

He thought for a moment, then replied, "There's nothing wrong with this understanding, but I'm not sure if the one who left is the real Lin Sen, because I might as well be the deity, isn't it?" ”

He smiled after saying that.

It felt familiar, but Dongfang Ruo could see at a glance how reluctant he was smiling.

"Okay, I'll just treat you as him, then you should know me too?"

He nodded, "Yes, of course." ”

"In that case, do you have anything to tell me? Or rather, did Lin Sen leave anything behind before leaving? Dongfang Ruo continued to ask.

He hesitated visibly before replying, "Yes, I have a lot to tell you, but before I do that, I want to confirm one thing. ”

"What?"

"If the one who left is the real me, and now I am just a replica, then are you still willing to take me out of here?"

Faced with this question, Dongfang Ruo replied without thinking: "Yes, yes, but I also have a premise." ”

"Huh? You said. ”

"I must confirm that you will not affect him and his life, just like the established relationship between me and Neyunhime."

He smiled when he heard this: "I have already thought about this, if I can really leave here and go to the real world, I will ask you to block my memory first." ”

Dongfang Ruo listened and said, "Then forget it, I'm not so good at dealing with this kind of thing." ”

He immediately became embarrassed, and then nodded: "Okay, let's put this matter aside for the time being, I'll tell you something important first." ”

Dongfang Ruo didn't speak, her hand was lowered, and the long sword with a solid aura disappeared.

"First of all, I've spent nineteen winters here, but I'm not sure it's nineteen years, because everything here isn't as natural and orderly as it seems." He said as he walked out of the house and pointed to the distant skyline and said: "For example, over there, I used to go alone to find the edge of this world, but as I walked, the original clear sky would turn into a storm, and, at first, I thought it was just a little wind, but if I went further, I would encounter a lightning strike, although it didn't really hit me, but I always felt that all this was like Truman's world, I could enjoy the beauty of the limited order, but I was deprived of the right to explore this world." ”

Dongfang Ruo looked in the direction he pointed, but now he could only see clouds and mountains swirling and blue, and he couldn't imagine that it would suddenly turn into a thunderstorm.

"And then?"

And then ...... Then I had to go back and go in another direction, and as I walked, I saw a sea as far as the eye could see, and I didn't know if there was any land on the other side of the sea. He said, turning to look in the opposite direction.

That was the direction Dongfang Ruo had come from, but Dongfang Ruo didn't feel the breath of the sea.

"What about the other two directions?" Dongfang Ruo asked.

He replied, "I have been there, and it will get hotter and hotter when you go to the place where the sun rises, until you see the world burned to the ground, and it will get colder and colder in the direction where the sun sets, until everything in front of you is swallowed up by darkness and completely lost." ”

"Lost? So how did you get back? "If Dongfang grasps the loophole, he will ask directly.

He smiled: "I don't know, because every time I fall asleep and wake up, I will be in this room, so I never worry that I will really get lost." ”

Dongfang Ruo was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned: "Is this the second thing you want to tell me?" ”

He shook his head: "No, it's actually one thing, it's a cage, it gives you everything you want, but there is no freedom. ”

"Is there really not? How do I feel that as long as you don't choose to leave, it should be very comfortable to survive in such a large piece of land. Dongfang Ruo asked consciously.

He smiled wryly and replied, "This is the deadliest part." ”

"Oh?"

"My consciousness tells me that the world is far bigger than I imagined, but I can only be confined to such a comfortable environment to survive, and after a long time, people will get sick." As he spoke, he took out a wooden carving that he was carrying, looked at it, and said, "Just like this wooden carving, I don't even know who it is......

If Dongfang takes a closer look, this wood carving has complete limbs and a good figure, but there are no facial features on the face.

The feeling of déjà vu made Dongfang Ruo frown.

"What are you trying to express?"

He smiled lightly: "It's nothing, just sigh." ”

Dongfang Ruo felt that this emotion was very dangerous.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about more important things, after all, you can find the truth here, isn't it?"

Dongfang Ruo silently looked at Lin Sen in front of her, and she wanted to say, 'Isn't this what you've been trying to do?' But she didn't say it, because he really wasn't the real Lin Sen.

"Well, what is the truth?"

He was stunned when he heard this, and then he snorted and laughed inexplicably.

Dongfang Ruo's expression became more and more unkind, and she looked at him coldly until he managed his expression.

Then I heard him say: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper, but just now you suddenly asked me what the truth was, and I was a little confused......"

“SO？”

"So...... Hehe......" He laughed again, but this time he didn't laugh very happily, but helplessly.

"So what exactly does this question mean?"

"What do you mean?" Dongfang Ruo frowned, and then looked at his expression, and immediately understood.

"Oh well, I see, you're trying to say I'm asking too broadly, aren't you?"

He nodded, "Yes." ”

"Then ......" Dongfang Ruo thought about it, there was too much confusion in his heart, and now if he really wanted to ask one by one, when would he go, so Dongfang Ruo directly chose to skip those useless contents and asked, "Can you tell me how Lin Sen left here?" Where did he go after he left? Did I tell you? ”

He was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a dry laugh: "I'm sorry, if I really knew how he left, how could he be trapped here, but you, you entered here so boldly, have you ever thought about how to get out?" ”

"We? Get out? What do you mean? Dongfang Ruo's bad premonition in his heart began to become clear.

He was surprised, "Haven't you found it yet?" Including what I said before, this is not a place where you can come in casually, and you can't leave whenever you want! ”

Dongfang Ruo was shocked when she heard this, her expression changed dramatically, and she immediately contacted Mannie and asked, "Mannie! Did you hear that? Is what he said true? ”

However, at this moment, Mannie has completely entered the inner ring of the superstring space, and has lost contact with everything in the outside world.

He looked at Dongfang Ruo speechlessly, and then shook his head: "I thought you were completely prepared, but I didn't expect you to be as stupid as me, so you broke in in such a hurry." ”

Dongfang Ruo's mood was even worse when she heard this, she couldn't contact Mannie.

So he immediately flew up, and when he left, he left a sentence: "You wait for me here, and I will go back." ”

He nodded, then said to himself, "Where else could I go......

……

"Mannie! Mannie! Where are you?!! "Dongfang Ruo returned to the wilderness with his memory, but he couldn't find Mannie.

There was even the slightest hint of human presence in the air.

This can be a big deal for Dongfang Ruo.

On the one hand, she worries about Mannie's comfort, and on the other hand, she begins to fear that if all this is really a relatively limited cage as he says, then how will she get out?

What if we knew the truth?

Now if Dongfang is really panicked, she hasn't made much preparation for every step along the way, because she knows how mysterious and unpredictable the danger behind all this is.

So sometimes Dongfang Ruo thinks back to everything she has experienced, and always feels that there has always been a force in the dark to help her and guide her, so that she is lucky to come here.

But now, that feeling is gone.

After the loss of his master, his friends, and even the Sword of the King of Ankara, there is nothing left of the East now.

She stood on this field, her heart empty to the point of having nothing to rest.

But after all, it is Dongfang Ruo, she is very similar to Lin Sen in one thing, that is, she never knows what failure is.

Since there is nothing left, it is even more necessary to explore and understand, I am afraid ...... It can't solve the problem at hand.

……

When he returned to the hut alone, Dongfang Ruo found him cooking, and it smelled quite good.

"Did you find Mannie?" He asked.

Dongfang Ru shook her head, her eyes were cold, and she wanted to get angry, but she felt that she didn't even have the strength to vent her emotions.

"Don't worry, this place is weird, but it's not as bad as it seems, at least...... When you choose to respect it, it will also treat you well, so ...... Maybe tomorrow morning, Mannie herself will be back. He comforted Dongfang Ruo for a few words, and then concentrated on cooking again.

At this time, the sun was setting, and it was already evening.

Dongfang Ruo sat silently outside the small house, watching the sunset, his heart was flustered and empty.

She remembered that her master was still trying to keep herself and Nalan Yue and Neyun Ji on the surface of the sea and not let the Quantum Origin sink again, and she panicked in the bottom of her heart...... Because she really didn't have time to enjoy the silence anymore.

But before returning here, Dongfang Ruo had already tried to leave here, but when she inspired the mysteries in this world, she was rejected by indifference, and that indifference made her fall from a height of several hundred meters, like a winged angel who had lost her divine power and incarnated into a mortal.

When he fell to the ground, the pain made Dongfang Ruo completely sober up.

There was indeed a stronger order here, an order that she was powerless to resist.

……

"Let's eat." He pulled out a small table from the room and brought two bowls of porridge.

Dongfang Ruo looked at the rice porridge and felt strange for a while.

But he ate very deliciously, and while eating, he said: "Do you feel helpless, I want to go back, but I can't go back......

Dongfang Ruo's heart was even more irritable when she heard this, not only did she not touch the rice porridge, but turned her head away.

He saw it in his eyes, smiled softly, and continued: "Maybe the person who lived here at the beginning felt the same way. ”

Dongfang Ruo heard this, and then looked at him again.

"Who are you talking about?"

He put down the bowl and replied, "O man called Prometheus, you think, he has lived here longer, so has he ever thought about going home, about returning home?" ”

Dongfang Ruo didn't speak, but he felt that what he said was very interesting.

"The day I left the earth, the scene must have been very tragic, after all, in order to ensure fairness, all people, whether rich or poor, must choose to be with the earth, and the only thing that can be continued is the human race, at that time, when he walked into the quantum origin, what was Prometheus's heart? Is it a noble will? Is it a glorious sense of mission? He asked.

Dongfang Ruo thought for a moment and replied, "Isn't it?" Otherwise, how could he have been chosen as the navigator? How could the continuation of the future of humanity be entrusted to him? ”

And he shook his head with a smile and said: "I used to think so, but when I think about myself, I am more and more suspicious, is this Prometheus really the kind of person with a noble will?" ”

"What do you mean?" Dongfang Ruo asked.

He said: "Just like us, at the beginning, in order to find a way to continue mankind and solve the catastrophe of human annihilation, the core of the 'homecoming' plan was not to save someone, but to directly jump out of this level and rise to a state of ethnic consciousness that is very similar to the end of the earth civilization. ”

Dongfang Ruo understood after listening to it.

"We are forced to ......," he himself gave the answer.

"Right? If we really can, why should we give up on others? If it is really the noble will, why are we falling apart? You don't really think everyone is acting, do you? ”

Dongfang Ruo's heart trembled when she heard this, and she looked at him in front of her in a daze.

He sighed silently, then chuckled, "Maybe after putting on the mask, we are showing our true selves." ”