Chapter 57: Timeline and Worldview

A flash of white light.

Fu Qinghai recovered from losing consciousness.

A quick look around revealed that he was currently in a dilapidated building, surrounded by bullet holes in gray concrete walls and exposed steel bars, as well as collapsed columns.

"Hmm...... It's coming. ”

"Ah, where is this?"

"A new reincarnation, endless."

There are no partitions in the dilapidated building, and the sound comes from the other rooms one after another, and when you hear it, you are reincarnated.

Fu Qinghai sat quietly on top of a huge metal box for a moment, did not get up, nor did he participate in the conversation of the reincarnations, but first took out a chip with a large volume and inserted it into the internal interface of the Blue Shell Power Armor.

"Master, miss you~"

The coquettishness of the electronic female voice sounded in my ears.

"Qingming, connect to the satellite network and determine the current location."

Fu Qinghai said.

"Roger, master."

Wild Alien has the gameplay of Wild Alien, modern society has the gameplay of modern society, satellite networks and signal base stations all over the world, and it is the best infrastructure for a player with artificial intelligence.

The first thing Fu Qinghai had to do was to connect to the Internet.

After a few seconds, Qing Ming said:

"Bearing confirmation, Sinai Peninsula, coordinate parameter ......"

"Call Ron and ask him to come and pick me up."

"Yes, master."

The noise of the reincarnation gradually became louder.

Fu Qinghai ignored it, still sitting quietly on top of the long metal box.

While waiting for Ron, he began to think about the timeline.

This time he came to the main universe of Marvel, that is, the Marvel (Earth-616) universe, the legendary reincarnation hub, Fu Qinghai did not use the reincarnation beacon, but directly used the convening function of the club boss to choose to partially assemble in the anchor world of club member Ron.

From this point of view, the main god may encourage players to form a community, and community players have many convenient functions that skirmishers do not have, and it is very convenient to say that the club boss can travel back and forth to the anchor world of different community members without the help of reincarnation beacons.

Fu Qinghai's anchored world is the Warhammer 40k universe, and now looking at it, it is not so much anchored to this universe as it is to anchor this timeline.

As long as the anchor world starts reincarnation, Fu Qinghai will inevitably give priority to participating in the major events of the plot line of his anchored world, and the interval between the two reincarnations is also to stay in the anchor world, so the time he personally feels is equivalent to being completely synchronized with the time of the Warhammer 40k universe.

Because there is no reincarnation in the reincarnation world, the timeline is stagnant.

Is it possible that Fu Qinghai is not in the Warhammer 40k universe, but the timeline of the Warhammer 40k universe is still flowing?

Yes.

He only needs to choose to assemble in the anchor world of a certain community member when the major event of the plot line opens, at this time, there are other reincarnators in the Warhammer 40k universe, and the timeline still continues to flow, but there is no Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai thought of this the moment he used the club assembly function.

In addition, through the communication with his teammates, he also clarified some other questions about time, such as: is the flow of time the same in different reincarnation worlds for each reincarnation and the interval between each reincarnation?

Obviously it's different.

A simple comparison can be found that sometimes Fu Qinghai has been in the Warhammer 40k universe for a long, long time, while Zhang Yuning has only been in other reincarnation worlds for a few decades.

Fu Qinghai was just curious:

How big can this difference in the flow of time be, you can't, a thousand years have passed on the side of the Warhammer 40k universe, and only two or three days have passed on the other side of the reincarnation world, in this way, many creatures with a short lifespan, such as humans, will be survived to death.

At the end of a reincarnation, I find that my teammates are old and dead.

Or at the end of a reincarnation, a teammate girl becomes an aunt.

Is it okay?

Fu Qinghai shook his head and smiled, no longer thinking about this question.

According to the laws of physics in the real world, the greater the mass of an object, the slower the flow of time, and the concept of time can even be canceled out in the field of quantum mechanics.

Fu Qinghai stood up, lifted the metal box the size of a single wardrobe under his buttocks, patted the dust, walked out of the room, and walked towards the center of the ruined building.

The ruins were surrounded by a desert with blazing sunlight shining across the land, and from time to time there were cannon shots and gunshots in the distance, as if a war was going on, shaking the ceiling and sending wisps of dust down to form pillars of light of the Tyndall effect in the bright and transparent light.

In the center of the building gathered a group of reincarnations, both men and women, of different ages, many of whom did not look very good, not much better than refugees, as if they had just returned from some sinister reincarnation world, and their eyes contained vigilance.

As soon as Fu Qinghai Qinghai appeared, he attracted the attention of everyone present, wearing a black gold power armor, a cold face armor, and a scarlet eyepiece, he was the kind of guy who looked very strong, and it was difficult to play any operations like pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Fu Qinghai walked towards the hall without saying a word, and some people even began to retreat slightly.

"Hello, hello, Rank!"

At this moment, a bright and loud voice came from outside.

A short and fat man walked in, with a big belly and a confident stride, his face flushed:

"Haha, it's your luck and my honor for a new player to come here, let me introduce myself, I'm a mid-level operator of the Order Alliance, Parregal."

He spread out his hands, bowed slightly, and bowed lightly to all the reincarnators present.

However, no one paid attention to him, and no one answered him, and the reincarnators still stood or squatted in place, their vigilant eyes roaming back and forth on him and Fu Qinghai.

Order Alliance? What is that?

Fu Qinghai's mind moved, and he remembered the unfamiliar term that appeared in the wanted notice issued by the perfect human.

In the face of the cold scene, the short and fat man did not feel embarrassed at all, he puffed up his chest, raised his fat chin, and said to himself:

"Rank, today, is a lucky day, the Order Alliance for the first time to enter the main universe of newcomers, to provide newcomer exclusive promotions, the original price of 598 points of reincarnation information subscription service, now only 300 points, you can enjoy the Order Alliance for you to update the latest reincarnation information in real time, rule answers, combat power rankings, universe information, gossip scandals...... The whole nine yards! ”

The short and fat man Parregal raised his hands and said loudly:

"It's all in the Order Alliance! Subscribe now and take advantage of exclusive offers for newcomers. Order Alliance, your eternal reincarnation partner! The Order Alliance, well-known in the United States, trustworthy! ”

After the passionate slogan was shouted, only ...... were left on the scene

Be quiet.

Very quiet.

Everyone looked at the short and fat man quietly, no one answered, not even asked, and the reincarnators were still vigilant with the "there are always people who want to harm me", and they tightly hugged the weapons or backpacks in their hands.

"Okay."

Seeing this, the short and fat man seemed to have long been used to it, shrugged his shoulders, turned around and walked out the door.

"Wait a minute."

A filtered, deep voice stopped him.

Paregal turned around and was in front of him a tall, burly black-and-gold armored giant, looking down at him condescendingly, his voice coming from the megaphone in the neck armor:

"I subscribe."

As soon as the words fell, a cold voice sounded in the depths of Fearing Regal's mind:

[You receive 300 Assimilation Points from other reincarnators]

Paid directly?

Paregal was stunned for a moment and asked:

"You don't even ask about the specifics in detail?"

Fu Qinghai didn't speak, just gently placed his palm on the hilt of the chainsaw sword at his waist.

Paregal understood in a second.

What this means: if the information you provide is not worth 300 assimilation points, then ...... At one's own risk.

The so-called "Intermediate Operator of the Order Alliance" said:

"Yes, sir, please come with me."

Only Fu Qinghai was present who purchased this service, so naturally he couldn't let others hear a word.

……

In the corner of a room in the ruins of a building.

Paregal led Fu Qinghai here familiarly, and after checking to make sure that there was no eavesdropping and peeping around, he coughed lightly and cleared his throat, Shi Shiran turned around and said to Fu Qinghai:

"So, sir, where do you want to start with that?"

"What is the Order Alliance?"

Fu Qinghai asked his first question.

"Uh......"

Parregar was stunned, thinking to himself that you didn't even know what the "Order Alliance" was and paid directly?

But he immediately said:

"The Order Alliance, a neutral organization independent of the major societies, has a long history and reputation, and has been established for a long time. We started out with a group of players who didn't want to get involved in the fight between reincarnations. The Order Alliance does not participate in any battles between societies or individuals, and we provide services for all reincarnations, including the intermediary and guarantee of buying and selling transactions, and the exchange and aggregation of information and intelligence. Our sources of information and intelligence are all over the world of reincarnation, and we have been purchasing valuable intelligence and information from reincarnation for a long time to provide all players with the help and service we can. ”

It seems to be a line memorized in advance, and it blurts out very smoothly.

Fu Qinghai nodded.

Just as he guessed.

But there is one thing, if you want to be neutral, you don't just say that you are neutral.

For example, Switzerland is a permanently neutral country, but Switzerland has a very developed defense industry and a small number of standing troops, which allows Switzerland to remain neutral.

In the same way, the Order Alliance can survive and thrive among the major societies, obviously it cannot be a soft persimmon without any hard power.

"I would love to know, the level of the reincarnation world, SSS-class, SS-class, A-class...... How exactly are these levels divided? ”

Fu Qinghai then asked the question that had plagued him for years.

"Good question!"

Paregal snapped his fingers.

He smiled mysteriously and sold a pass:

"Then I'll ask you first, you know...... What level does the Alien Cinematic Universe belong to? ”

Alien Cinematic Universe?

Fu Qinghai frowned slightly.

He knew that the alien should have at least two universes:

The Alien Cinematic Universe, which is the early Alien series of films, plus the rebooted versions of "Alien: Prometheus" and "Alien: Covenant".

The Alien vs. Predator universe, also known as the AVP universe, includes related movies and comics, and the comics are produced by Dark Horse Comics, but they do not belong to the Dark Horse Comics universe.

Fu Qinghai carefully recalled the plot in the movie, and asked tentatively:

"I guess it should be...... A-grade, right? ”

"No, the Alien Cinematic Universe is SS-rated."

Parregal said.

"Why?"

Fu Qinghai immediately said he didn't understand.

In terms of the strength of the special-shaped, it is also equipped with a double S level?

Parregar smiled and said:

"When did the world of reincarnation say...... Will it set the cosmic level in terms of intensity, difficulty, background cap, or whatever? ”

Fu Qinghai shook his head:

"I really didn't say it."

Parregal spread his hands:

"That's it."

Fu Qinghai frowned:

"Then it must have a grading logic, otherwise it prompts this 'level' for nothing, and it doesn't make any sense?"

"Ahem, that's the right question, this involves the strength of our Order Alliance."

Paregal coughed lightly, put on a serious look, and said:

"Although the reincarnation world is not explicitly stated, based on our continuous observation and summary over the years, we have come to a conclusion that the reincarnation world is based on the degree of influence of these IPs in the minds of all human beings in the real world, as well as the degree of perfection set by the IP itself."

"To be specific?"

"For example, Xenomorph itself is very weak, but Xenomorph is one of the oldest sci-fi horror movies, creating a precedent for deep space claustrophobia, science fiction implicit metaphors and religious metaphors, and its art style has also directly influenced generations of directors, writers and designers."

"There are some concepts related to media and communication studies."

Paregal added, and then a slightly sarcastic smile tugged at the corners of his mouth:

"Of course, for those who can only struggle to survive in the reincarnation world and only care about what is strong and what is weak, you and him talking about 'communication studies' is tantamount to playing the harp to a cow."

"Communication Studies...... Mind ......"

Fu Qinghai's brows tightened and he muttered to himself.

He noticed these two key words.

This reminded him of a noun term developed from the S West P Foundation series - memes.

The word "meme" was first derived from the concept of communication, which in popular parlance means that information or concepts that do not exist in physical objects are disseminated through various channels such as books, newspapers, and the Internet, and then affect people's minds.

There is no supernatural force involved, it is a simple concept in real science, a meme, a meme, can be a meme.

There's a saying that goes like this:

When is a person truly dead?

The answer is when everyone forgets about him.

As long as someone else remembers this person, as long as he still exists in someone's mind, then even if his body is dead, he is not really dead.

This logic is the concept of memes in a broad sense.

Thinking a little deeper.

Fu Qinghai restricts his thinking from divergence.

If the level of the reincarnation world is really determined by the extent of its spread...... So the classic screen images and anime characters such as Alien, Naruto, and Marvel are indeed IP with a deep degree of influence.

"But ......"

Fu Qinghai immediately discovered the problem:

"If that's the case, what is the SSS level of the Warhammer 40K universe?"

Warhammer 40K is also a very old IP, but its propagation is very, very narrow, not to mention those big data concepts such as search popularity and keyword ranking, and it is measured by a simple and crude logic -

Did it be made into a movie.

The game has not yet fully risen, and the movie is the first of the nine arts, and it is the easiest to spread among all art forms and the one with the lowest threshold for appreciation.

Warhammer 40k apparently did not.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the spread of movies is necessarily high, bad movies are everywhere, and few people remember them.

"Ha, I know what you are talking about in the Warhammer 40k universe, a reincarnation world that has just been opened twice. This is the second condition I just mentioned - the degree of perfection of the IP itself. ”

Paregaral says:

"If the IP itself is very well defined, such as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, the Elven Diamond series and the Hobbit series, the author not only constructs a complete worldview, but even cods a language and script for the elves in his book. Then, the Tolkien universe will be highly rated in the world of reincarnation. ”

Paregal is a good example.

Tolkien's series is the real originator of Western fantasy, almost all Western fantasy stories are extended on his basis, and the details of Tolkien's universe are rich and perfect, including the details of setting elven language, which has also been imitated by later large manufacturers.

ILM has set up an alphabet chart for Star Wars' Oribesh.

Marvel Studios has also set an English alphabet chart for the text of the Kingdom of Wakanda.

In fact, few people pay attention to whether they do it or not, and few people pay attention to whether there is an additional language and script in the movie, and English itself is not a complex language, just an English alphabet table, and 26 letters is not a huge project.

But they just did.

In order to enrich and perfect this IP.

Maybe Tolkien got off to a good start.

In this regard, China's IP has done very poorly.

The game workshop (GW), the company behind Warhammer 40k, has also set up an English comparison table for the Orc script, not only that, but also the orc accent and grammar.

Fu Qinghai's pensive appearance seemed to stimulate Paregal's desire to express it even more, and he said:

In fact, these two conditions are also closely related to another question, have you ever thought about whether it is all the IP that exists in our real world, all movies, comics, ...... Can it become a reincarnation world? ”

Fu Qinghai said with some uncertainty:

"It should ...... Can't you? ”

"As far as the Order Alliance knows, the answer is...... Of course not! ”

Paregal is very affirmative:

"Only IPs that meet the above two conditions are eligible to become a reincarnation world, and I will give you the simplest example - a series of movies. Those movies that have only been made one can often only become a copy of the world, and those long-form series of movies can become a master world. ”

After Parregal finished talking about this example, Fu Qinghai's first thought was the horror movie universe.

For example, Zhang Yuning's original source of ability, the place where she was possessed by the coconut-cursed universe.

The Curse has movies and, of which the movies are also divided into Japanese versions and American versions, the Japanese version has eight movies and one series, and the American version has four movies...... This is quite a huge series of IPs.

Another example is the source of Upton's ability - the ghost baby return universe.

There are a total of seven series of movies about the ghost baby, which also involves a hilarious and terrifying transformation and a soft reboot - becoming an artificial intelligence ghost baby.

"Reboot" is one of the signs of the longevity of a series of IPs, and those who have experienced reboots are classics in people's minds. Including the latex mask murderer Michael Myers in "Moonlight Panic" that he encountered in the Marvel Comics universe before, this series of horror movies has a total of ten full ten, and there are also reboots during the period.

According to Paregal's theory, only the series of films such as The Curse and the Return of the Ghost Baby meet the condition of "the degree of influence in the minds of all human beings".

in order to become a reincarnation of the main world.

"Hmmm......"

Fu Qinghai nodded slowly.

He probably understood what Parregal was saying.

Paregaral says:

"I'll be honest, most of the reincarnators don't care about these issues, they just think about getting stronger and stronger, and they come up and ask me how to get stronger. You're the first person I've ever met and the first person to ask me about this issue is pretty ......"

Before Paregal finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fu Qinghai raising his hand:

"I'll interrupt."

Fu Qinghai looked at Parregal and asked a question that went straight to the core:

"Even if the reincarnation world is really created and graded according to these two conditions you mentioned, then what is the purpose and significance of the reincarnation world, or what we call the 'main god'? What impact does this classification have on reincarnation? ”

SSS-class universe suppressing A-class universe?

I don't think so.

On the contrary, it is the suppression caused by different worldviews, which is almost ubiquitous for non-science fiction reincarnations.

"Well, tsk, we don't have an answer to that question."

Paregal smashed his mouth and said:

"But we have some speculation internally."

"What speculation?"

Fu Qinghai immediately asked.

Parregal glanced up at the armored giant, smiled, and said:

"Originally, this was not part of the 300-point reincarnation information subscription service, but for the sake of you paying so happily, I can reveal a little bit for you."

Parregar asked in a slow voice:

"Do you feel ...... The world of reincarnation, which looks very much like an online game? ”

Fu Qinghai nodded: "I've always felt so." ”

Paregaral says:

"Then let me tell you, the world of reincarnation is not only like a game, but it is becoming more and more like a game!"

"It's getting more and more like...... What do you mean? ”

Fu Qinghai frowned and asked.

Paregaral says:

"It is said that, according to legend, these reincarnation forums, reincarnation clubs, and reincarnation props that we use now were all absent in the early days, and the reincarnation world at that time was very simple, that is, to let you experience different reincarnations, and then ...... Until one day, all of a sudden, these changes occurred. ”

Meaning, the reincarnation world will also be updated?

Seeing Fu Qinghai fall into contemplation again, Paregar couldn't help but have an inexplicable pleasure of sharing the earth-shattering secret and then shocking others, he smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice, and whispered:

"It is rumored that when you become a reincarnation at level 10, you will understand why all this is, why the reincarnation world changes, why the reincarnation world needs to spread the breadth and set the richness of the world, and the answer to all this...... It's all there! ”

Fu Qinghai raised his head:

"Is it necessary for you to speak in such a gloomy tone?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm in the play."

Paregal immediately returned to his normal tone and scratched his head.

Reincarnation at level 10...... What does that mean exactly?

Fu Qinghai couldn't analyze it, so he could only nod:

"Okay, I see."

After thinking about it, he suddenly felt again.

These 300 assimilation points are well spent.

Just three hundred assimilation points, in exchange for so many deep secrets, are all unheard of before, why aren't those reincarnators outside interested in the slightest?

Fu Qinghai told Paregal of his doubts.

Paregal was not surprised, and said:

"For a powerful advanced player like you, you don't care about the mere three hundred assimilation points, but for those reincarnators outside who are still struggling on the line of life and death in the reincarnation world, three hundred points, they can assimilate a motorcycle, or a few machine guns, a body armor, as well as ammunition, water, food, etc...... Even if they knew these secrets and analyses, what could they do, so that they would be able to survive the next samsara? Not really. So ......"

Paregal shrugged his shoulders and didn't continue.

Fu Qinghai nodded slightly.

Indeed it is.

Unconsciously, Fu Qinghai has also become a member of the so-called "advanced players", he is no longer satisfied with "living well", but began to think about the meaning and essence of reincarnation.

"Okay, then the next question, let's talk to me about a few major clubs, just ...... Let's start with the perfect human being. ”

Fu Qinghai said.

………

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There's another chapter to come.