Morris sighed.

"When those of us who dig in history try our best to come to the wall of annihilation, spend our lives trying our best to find cultural relics, compare classics, and get a glimpse of the scenery on the other side of the wall, we are faced with such a strange thing."

The old man had a deep sense of exhaustion and frustration on his face, as if he had been a traveler who had traveled for most of his life, and at the end of the journey, he still couldn't see the end and had to accept the reality.

"The history before the Great Annihilation is fragmented and contradictory, and the records between the different city-states are like bizarre stories or disconnected dreams...... There is no conclusive evidence to prove which of these records is correct, or a theory that can bring these contradictory things together. ”

Duncan did not speak for a while, for his thoughts had risen and fallen like waves, and in the incredible "fragments of wild history" described by Morris, he seemed to be experiencing the baptism of an information storm.

As a "foreigner" who has experienced the information age and has a good ability to associate, he can imagine or guess something from the other party's description-

The dome that covers the entire continent may be some kind of man-made ecological device, an energy system of the same origin as the sun, fueled by substances in the seawater, and it may be fusion technology.

A giant ship that sails through nothingness, powered by capturing dust and gas clouds from space, could be one or more Colony starships.

As for the dream of the so-called demon god...... From the dream to the real sea...... It was hard for him to imagine what it was for a while, but it sounded like a fantasy concept, something very different from the technological atmosphere of the previous two histories.

There are many things that he can find explanations or conjectures, but they can't be put together anyway.

As Morris said, they are more like disconnected dreams, outlining completely different "prehistoric histories".

Contradictory and broken, it is completely impossible to recreate the world before the Great Annihilation.

"Maybe you're right, there is a 'limit to the horizon' in the key event of the Great Annihilation," Morris's voice came from across the counter, interrupting Duncan's thoughts, and the old man held his forehead in a low tone, "We can't observe the 'event' on the other side of the horizon, so the history before the Great Annihilation is a concept that can never be traced back to us." ”

Looking at Morris who was full of emotion, Duncan's train of thought still did not stop, and gradually, he came up with a rather bold idea: "That...... What if all of these records are true? ”

Morris raised his eyes and looked at Duncan with some surprise: "Oh? ”

"What if these records are all true, and the history recorded by each city-state or race is really what they perceive the 'world before the Great Annihilation' to be as it really is?" Duncan touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "Maybe our ancestors 10,000 years ago really came from completely different 'hometowns' and had completely different civilizations?" The Great Annihilation trapped these exiles from different worlds on this sea, and the descendants of the exiles barely recorded what they knew before the civilization was completely severed, and after 10,000 years, it became a 'contradictory history' that troubled scholars......"

His train of thought became active, and after a pause, he continued: "The essence of the Great Annihilation may not be the end of the world, but a 'Great Teleportation'?" ”

Morris looked at Duncan in surprise and suddenly said, "...... Conjectures of the Brock Bendis School? World Drift Theory? This is a relatively unpopular genre, did you study ancient history so deeply? ”

He was a compliment, but Duncan was a little confused all of a sudden: Listening to this meaning, it turns out that someone has already thought of this possibility?!

He blinked, but he didn't let his surprise be exposed, just pretended to follow the topic: "It's all scattered knowledge, but I like this conjecture very much." ”

"I like this conjecture too—it's unpopular," Morris shook his head, "but like all other conjectures, if we don't have proof, it's just a conjecture."

"The Clark school had assumed that the interference of subspace with the real world distorted all historical records, the Willentimite school believed that the world before the Great Annihilation was an infinite number of isolated lattices, and the people of the city-state of Bologna even believed that the world before the Great Annihilation did not exist at all, and that all records of prehistoric history were illusions created by the shadows of the subspace......

"To put it mildly, even some heretical cults have their own understanding of world history, and the last preachers who worship subspace firmly believe that the end of the world has actually begun, and is chasing and devouring our civilization along the long river of history, and the historical record of the contradictions between the city-states is the result of the real history being gradually torn apart by the subspace, and the great annihilation is a barrier before the end of the world, and the history after the great annihilation is gradually polluted and torn apart, which is the day when the whole world falls into the subspace......"

The more Duncan listened, the more shocked he became, and after a long time, he subconsciously shook his head: "I didn't know there were so many strange hypotheses......"

"The study of history is a dangerous thing in the occult sense," Morris said, "but one thing is clear: if there are thousands of scholars who have been groping for hundreds or even millennia in a field where there is no way out, they must have come up with all the hypotheses they can make." ”

Duncan slowly understood what the old man meant.

For those who have really spent their lives in the pile of texts and artifacts, it is easy to come up with a hypothesis that can explain the current situation, and as scholars, what they have never lacked is imagination and vision.

What they lack is evidence, evidence that can prove even any hypothesis.

“…… Isn't there any evidence left? Duncan asked, "Is there not a single 'physical evidence' from the history before the Great Annihilation that can prove that some of the 'wild histories' are true?" ”

"So far nothing has been discovered," said Morris slowly, "ten thousand years of time, plus one dark age after another, countless city-states have risen and fallen in the endless sea, and it is too difficult to have anything left from ancient times...... What has survived is either manuscripts from unreliable sources or stories passed down by word of mouth, and these may themselves have changed in the course of circulation. ”

Duncan didn't speak for a moment.

In the depths of his spirit, on the distant Lost Place, the waves were gently undulating, and the boundless sea, as always, covered the whole world.

It also covers all the truths that may exist.

He couldn't help but sigh: "It is really difficult to study ancient history. ”

"Yes, we have to face not only the fragmented 'years', but also the status quo of emptiness," Morris sighed, "In a limited land like a city-state, if anything can be excavated, it will be dug up long ago, and if it can't be dug up, then it means that what can prove our history is hidden out of the reach of mortals." ”

"Like the bottom of the sea?" Duncan said suddenly.

"Under the sea? Ha, that's a terrifying and audacious statement," Morris laughed, "but it's really the only thought left of many historians who have come to an end...... There is evidence on the bottom of the sea, there are mountains of artifacts, there are cities of ancient civilizations, there are ruins that can explain everything, but what is the use? We dive down, only touching the shadows, and mortals cannot reach the deepest part of this world. ”

He paused for a moment before he spoke, "But this does give rise to another conjecture...... Although it is not a school, there are many people who speculate that the lost 'old world' in history is actually under the level of the infinite sea, and even precisely located at some 'depth' between the deep sea and the spirit world, where the world before the Great Annihilation slumbered. ”

"Why do you say that?" Duncan was a little curious, and this well-thought-out but unfounded assumption intrigued him.

Morris thought for a moment and explained, "Because many broken ancient histories have mentioned that the world before the Great Annihilation had a 'starry sky' covering the four wildernesses, and as we all know, the 'starry sky' is at the interface between the deep sea and the spirit world. ”

Duncan almost choked himself to death with a mouthful of saliva: "Ahem...... Yes? ”

"Are you alright?" Morris was taken aback by Duncan's reaction, "This shouldn't be something incredible......"

"I'm fine, I'm just too fascinated by it, choked," Duncan quickly waved his hand, "The starry sky is between the deep sea and the spirit world, of course I know, of course I know......"