According to the description of the video, Zone Zero is divided into four layers: upper, middle, lower, and bottom, and the ecological environment and inhabiting elves on each layer are different.

Each floor is like an extremely large cavern, how huge is it?

It is reported that the Pit of Pardea occupies nearly one-fifth of the entire continent, and you can imagine the four floors of the pit as the four floors of a building.

The total area is close to the entire continent of Pardea!

However, it is not that large, as there is a huge crater leading from each layer to the lower layer, but the dense cloud cover makes it impossible to see the lower layer from above.

Obviously, such a low altitude is not possible to form clouds in the natural state, so the reason for the formation of clouds that shade the lower layers is very suspicious.

But that's just the less visible of the mysteries of Sector Zero.

The space Xia Chen is currently in is the "elevator" that runs through the fourth floor of the entire Zero District, and according to the guards who accompanied him in, he has the right to enter any of the floors.

Ask yourself if you need to explore it from the top down, or go straight to the bottom of the Sector Zero Institute.

Obviously, the further down you go, the more paradoxical elves inhabit it, and the closer you get to the truth of this giant pit.

The purpose of Xia Chen's trip is not to explore the truth, but to find Milleton, so the best plan should be to explore it on his own.

But because he had an appointment with Dr. Orin, after thinking about it, he decided to go to the institute first.

Anyway, it's the same from the bottom up, isn't it?

Set your destination and the elevator starts to land.

Maybe because the ups and downs are too large, the speed of the elevator is a little slow, but fortunately, it is surrounded by transparent glass, and Xia Chen can enjoy the scenery in the giant pit to pass the time.

The top level is almost no different from the outside world, with mountains, rivers, waterfalls, meadows, and all kinds of ordinary elves.

Because it has never been explored by humans, the scenery here is more natural and beautiful than the outside world.

Then there is the middle layer, where the rivers and waterfalls of the upper layer fall and turn into a lake, because the sunlight is much less than that of the upper layer, the vegetation cover here is not so high, and the tall trees that can be seen everywhere in the upper layer are relatively rare here.

Another obvious change is that there are more paradoxical elves here that are visible to the naked eye, and just what Xia Chen has seen, there are the roaring moon and iron thorns that are fighting.

Occasionally, you can see large fluttering moths crawling on the grass.

After a few more minutes, the elevator descended to the lower level, where the natural light was barely visible, illuminated by dazzling gems and a characteristic Pardian spirit called the Crystal Light Flower that covered the floor.

It is worth mentioning that these spirits are very rare in the outside world, and can only inhabit caves and other darker places, but they are spread all over the mountains.

Perhaps because of the repetition and monotony of the scenery, Xia Chen felt that the speed of the elevator was even slower after it came to the lower floor.

After about another three to five minutes, the elevator finally stopped slowly.

The terminal, the bottom floor of Sector Zero, has arrived.

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When the elevator doors opened, a breath of humid air that was completely different from that on the ground penetrated into the nose, first and foremost indicating that this place was different from the outside world.

I can't say how bad it smells, but because this place is full of poisonous rock dual-system spirit crystal light flowers, Xia Chen subconsciously feels that the air here is poisonous.

The landscape on the ground floor is similar to that on the lower floor, without sunlight, there is no vegetation to grow, and the ground is also covered with unknown glowing gems and crystalline flowers.

In addition, there are many pools of stagnant water that come from nowhere.

If you look up, you can see a building made of glowing gemstones, Research Institute Zero, which looks very cool.

However, the reason for the construction of the institute is probably not for the sake of coolness, but because of the convenience of local materials - God knows how much work it takes to transport steel and cement to the bottom of Sector Zero.

The guards who accompanied Xia Chen down turned around and left after sending him to the door, and took the elevator back to the top floor.

Xia Chen unlocked the iris on the gate and successfully entered the research institute.

The person in charge of the reception is a cylindrical robot, and it is unknown whether the core of it is Lotom or artificial intelligence.

"Welcome to the Sector Zero Institute, Dr. Xia Chen, Dr. Orin is waiting for you in Laboratory Nine."

Xia Chen nodded in reply, following behind the robot, while looking at the mysterious Sector Zero Research Institute.

To be reasonable, he has been to many research institutes, but this Zero Research Institute is still a rather special one.

Not only is there a lot of equipment that Xia Chen has never seen, but another feature here is that there are surprisingly few people.

Along the way, Xia Chen only saw a few people wearing protective suits.

Probably because the isolation environment is too poor.

Following the robot to Laboratory Nine, Xia Chen finally met Dr. Orin in a researcher's white coat.

At this moment, she was staring at a monitor outside the instrument, and lying inside the instrument was an unconscious iron arm.

Maybe it was the data immersed in the display, Xia Chen's arrival did not interrupt her attention, and she didn't turn her head to find it until the robot stepped forward to remind her.

Dr. Orin had a standard smile on his face, "Welcome to Research Institute Zero, Dr. Xia Chen. ”

It seemed that the doctor's name could not be taken off, and Xia Chen replied unconcernedly: "It's an honor to meet you, Dr. Orin, if you are doing an important experiment, I will wait by the side for a while." ”

The other shrugged, "Don't bother, please wait a moment." ”

As she spoke, Dr. Orin worked on the screen for a moment before the device stopped, and she stuck what looked like a chip in the back of Iron Arm's head.

Then, the iron-clad Palm Lux Future Paradox suddenly woke up, causing the ground to tremble as he jumped out of the instrument.

Xia Chen was amazed when he watched from the sidelines, it was rumored that the iron arm was a biochemical elf transformed from a disabled athlete in the future world, but now that he looks at it, it is really not impossible.

After recovering from the Iron Arm, he walked out of the laboratory in a programmatic manner, and Orin explained while preserving the experimental data he had just had, "The future of paradox research should have been conducted by my husband, Dr. Fortu, but he is now at the Fourth Observatory on the lower level, so I am currently in his place. ”

Xia Chen nodded, it seems that the husband and wife have a clear division of labor, and the study of the ancient future is clear.

With the data saved, Dr. Orin finally had time to entertain Xia Chen, a rare visitor.

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"What was the main aspect of what you said yesterday that you wanted to do the study of paradoxes? This is a huge issue. ”

Guiding Xia Chen to the reception room of the research institute, Dr. Orin asked straight to the point.

"Evolution."

Xia Chen replied without hesitation: "Evolution is the change and leap of elven life, most of the elves in nature have the possibility of at least one evolution, but at present, we have not found a paradoxical elf with an evolutionary chain, and almost all of them have modern species, I think a breakthrough from this direction can bring enlightenment to the truth of discovering the paradoxical species." ”

Although it was an excuse, he also made up the reason.

Starting from Menas and Xianbu, to the recent super evolution, Xia Chen is the grandmaster of elven evolution in the eyes of the outside world, and it is normal to study paradoxes from the perspective of the evolutionary chain.

Dr. Orin did not doubt it, but was silent for a few moments, as if he was really considering the feasibility of this direction.

The two walked in silence, clean and white like the research institute of the umbrella company, only the footsteps of the two sounded, the silence was eerie.

Xia Chen suddenly noticed a strange thing, Dr. Orin's footsteps were very regular, as precise as a pendulum, even a well-trained soldier could hardly achieve this level.

He remembered the parting words Aoki had said just an hour earlier, "Don't believe what you saw in Research Zero," and his heart stood on end.

It's so wrong here.

Without the protection of elves beside him, Xia Chen could only release the power of the waveguide to detect whether the surrounding environment was in danger.

But I don't know if I don't know, and when I do, I directly frightened Xia Chen.

There is nothing unusual about the environment, but Dr. Orin has a big problem-

Her body structure is completely different from that of a human!

In short, Dr. Orin is not human!

This creepy discovery directly frightened him numbly, and his hands and feet stiffly followed behind, and his heart was full of thoughts.

No wonder Dr. Orin looked so young and had a somewhat strange expression, everything was explained.

So, Dr. Orin, like the elves like the Iron Arm, is also made of futuristic technology?

Or is it some conspiracy of the mysterious third god of Pardea?

Could it be the same with Dr. Fortu?

Countless conjectures and possibilities passed through Xia Chen's mind at great speed.

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"We're here, please come in, Dr. Xia Chen."

Orin's sudden voice interrupted Xia Chen's various conjectures.

Before they knew it, they had made their way to the reception room of the institute.

Xia Chen forced himself to calm down, and walked into the reception room and sat down as usual.

He needed more information about Research Zero now, and couldn't expose the fact that Dr. Orin wasn't human.

Dr. Orin didn't seem to notice Xia Chen's abnormality, and after sitting down on the other side, she said in a deep voice, "I have a little idea about your question just now. ”

"The paradoxes are from the time machine that I and Futu have studied, from ancient and future worlds, and perhaps in that world, they also have a corresponding evolutionary chain."

Xia Chen pouted secretly, time machine?

Fool it!

If the paradox species comes from the so-called time machine, then how to explain the paradox species recorded in the Book of Vermilion?

The paradox took a time machine to a few hundred years ago to see and draw it for Haizhe?

This timeline is too confusing, isn't it?

Now the credibility of Dr. Orin's words has almost zero in Xia Chen's heart, he nodded in agreement on the surface, but in his heart he called me believe in you a ghost!

He asked quietly, "Time machine, did you go in and catch the elves by yourself?" Or did the elves come over on their own? ”

This made Dr. Orin stunned, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to reply vaguely: "I'm sorry, this is a secret related to the research institute, and it is not convenient to disclose." ”

Xia Chen nodded secretly as expected, according to the theory of "if you don't bring it, you don't write it", if it's inconvenient to disclose, you can't say it.

As for why I can't say it, of course, it's because this time machine is fictional!

Full marks for logic, but reasoning without empirical evidence is hooliganism.

Before the truth is revealed, this is Xia Chen's personal judgment, and it has no practical significance except to provide some help for his follow-up thinking.

After some discussions with Dr. Orin, Xia Chen proposed that he wanted to walk around Area Zero by himself, but was not stopped by Dr. Orin, but said that he was welcome to come again at any time.

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Out of the Zero Research Institute, the string that was tightly tense in Xia Chen's heart finally loosened.

Ever since discovering Dr. Orin's secret, he didn't feel right anywhere in the house, and he was more comfortable when he came out.

Xia Chen didn't stay too long on the bottom floor, and directly summoned Menas from the Poké Ball, and rode him to the lower level of Zone Zero above.

Through the mist, Xia Chen came to the lower area that looked like a huge dark cavern, and found a pure place where there was no paradox spirit to inhabit, and he released the old Letun.

"I just discovered something strange, Dr. Orin she's not human!"

Xia Chen couldn't wait to share his findings with Gu Leton.

The big lizard yawned and replied flatly, "Oh, I know." ”

Xia Chen's eyes widened, "Didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier?" ”

So Lerton asked curiously, "What's the matter, is this a big deal?" Does it matter if she's human or something? ”

Xia Chen, who asked three times in a row, was a little confused, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't have anything to refute.

This is shock, and the impact is really not visible at the moment.

So Xia Chen no longer dwelled on the result, but asked the reason, "Then what is going on, she is not a person, what is it?" ”

So Lerton raised his head, as if reminiscing about the past, and was silent for a long time, finally revealing a trace of its past.

"It was about ten years ago, maybe longer, sorry, I don't have a good idea of time, at that time Orin and Fortu were still alive, and Millerton and I also came to this world not long ago, we found the truth of our original world through the content of the "Book of Vermilion" in your hand, and some speculation, Milletton couldn't accept it, so he went berserk, Orin and Fortu died in that accident, and after that, Milletton and I broke up completely."

"As for the two [people] now, probably they prepared them in advance, and the rest of the artificial intelligence to prevent an incident like that from happening, I can't say more."

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The story came to an abrupt end, and Xia Chen fell into deep thought.

Therefore, this passage of Letton is too informative -

The paradox species seems to have really come to Sector Zero through some kind of passage

Some of the contents of the Book of Vermilion are about the truth of the three worlds of the present, the past, and the future

Why is this so-called truth difficult for Millerton to accept?

And the "person" who is so realistic that it is almost impossible to distinguish the real from the fake turned out to be artificial intelligence.

Is this something that can be created by the existing technology of mankind?

(End of chapter)