Chapter 18: Connected Rings
Even though it's close to the early hours of the morning, the lights in the city are still bright, and since the invention of the electric light, human routines have changed.
The boy looked at Alanna, who was standing on the edge of the rooftop, and slowly followed.
"Last night......" He wanted to describe what he saw, but found it difficult to describe because most of his senses were not normal vision.
"Last night, you saw Xiao Lun's cotonal connection state, right?" Alana helped him describe.
"Yes." He was amazed that the girl in front of him seemed to have mind-reading skills, and she could always know what he was thinking in advance.
"You are a person, no wonder Xiao Lun said that it is very special." Alanna turned, she pressed the hair on the side of her ear briefly, and looked at the boy in front of her.
"Let's talk about the singer's natural abilities first."
"The talent of the singer is the harmony of the soul, that is, she can perceive the emotions and spirits of most of life, and give feedback to them."
"Such a talent makes it easy for the singer to be in the center of the crowd and form the core."
"I must have seen snow, the water vapor on the ground floated up, forming clouds, crystallizing when it was cold, and turning into snowflakes and falling."
"There is a hidden little knowledge, that is, pure water mist is difficult to crystallize, even if it is more than minus 30 degrees Celsius, it is still water, and it always needs a little dust, that is, the core, so that they can gather together and gradually condense into beautiful hexagonal crystals.
"The singer's function is like this core that allows water to gather and condense, and with its existence, beautiful snowflake ice crystals are born."
"Speaking of which, you may think, isn't that great, but I will say that it's not a good thing." Alanna's eyes closed slightly.
"The presence of the singers is too strong, and their presence suppresses the appearance of other voices."
"The country, society, race, and human thoughts and concepts have changed in a thousand ways, but only a small number of them speak for the singers, and they can stand in a high position and look up to everyone, even if there are a small number of outliers in the singers who will speak for some groups, but there are still too few."
"The world is not only the world they portray, but there are many things that have not been realized by the public, and that's the first point."
"Secondly, the contagion of the singer is not a kind of violence, making everyone become the same as herself, whether this is for her own wishes or everyone's wishes."
"When you worship a person and follow a person, you become her shadow, just like losing yourself." She shook her head.
After listening to Alana's words, Sugi gradually reflected, and there was indeed a little bit of truth.
"However, if you don't rely on the singer, how can you fight against a powerful organization with scattered individuals."
He thought, all organizations have a core, in fact, this is like an animal, there must be a head, you cut off the head, how can the animal live, as an unconscious mollusk?
"Very smart." Alana blinked.
"Indeed, with the singer as the core, the organization created is extremely powerful, and it can even establish such a large federation."
"But this does not mean that other roads will not work, what we are pursuing is another way, one that removes the so-called 'center', and everyone is a 'connector' of the community."
"Individuals have limitations, so they must be united, but the mode of unity is not limited to the kind of gathering, condensing, and extending around the core, it can also be a hollow ring, all people are connected to this ring, there is no absolute first and ruler, everyone cooperates with each other, perfectly makes up for their own shortcomings, and forms the strongest in all aspects." Alana cocked up her finger and spoke of the idea that was not yet fully mature.
"Times always need pioneers, and I know that such a theory is not perfect enough, but now we have seen a feasible direction."
"The fact that you can often 'see' and 'perceive' perspectives and emotions that are not your own shows that you are naturally more 'connected,' which is exactly what members of our organization need."
"Imagine that when you encounter a complex document that you don't know at all, you just need to use the power of 'connection' and let someone who is familiar with it help you interpret it, and you can solve it quickly."
"When you are nervous and timid, and you are afraid to perform in front of countless people, if you use the ability to 'connect' and let people who are familiar with the situation and have a stable mind to assist you, will you be able to get through it?"
"'Connection' is a more advanced relationship than friends, like absolute equality, and cherish each other's community of destiny, just do one of them, the other items can be the best in the connection to supplement and improve, this is extremely efficient, advanced, beautiful, we also believe that 'connector' will eventually replace the singer, become the social structure of human civilization in the next generation."
"Society is no longer a family unit, but a 'ring' of countless connectors, and then these 'rings' are nested upwards to form a larger structure and organization."
"Isn't it very new and exciting, this is our 'Z' mission, to end the current era of repressive domination of various centers, and to build a new and equal world."
"Of course, we are still far from this goal, and now we can only be regarded as immature pioneers, and this kind of technology and ability cannot be popularized to everyone, and those who can be invited to join the organization can only be people who also have this talent."
"But I believe that sooner or later, this ability will be popularized, that is, the connection will eventually spread." With that, Alana stretched out her finger and pressed it lightly on Shan's palm, and a strange feeling passed between the two.
As if some kind of electricity was opened, Sugi instantly felt the firm thoughts in the heart of the girl in front of him, as well as sincere emotions.
Although this feeling did not last too long, only more than ten seconds, it also made him amazed for a long time.
"Is this what 'connection' is?" He looked at his hand, and then at the girl with pink and purple eyes on the other side, and a special emotion slowly rose, so kind and fascinating.
"I feel it."
Retracting her fingers, Alana smiled slightly, then spun her footsteps, dancing around the rooftop for a few circles before stopping.
Looking at this scene, many emotions appeared in Shan's heart, as if there was an illusion of fate, from the blue sunset he saw that evening, the passing genius of the same age on the tree branch, to the mysterious girl who came to the central star field and met by chance at the school gate, the scene he saw in the underground concert hall last night, and finally the bright star Alana he met today, all of which were met because of his special talent.
It seems that there is no escape, and if you quit, you will probably regret and regret it.
People are really wonderful creatures, just like passing by in the corridor, occasionally seeing the sea of flowers outside the window, they can no longer move, so they jump out of the window.
Walking a similar and identical path with countless people, or an infinitely novel and unusual road, in fact, I already have the answer in my heart, isn't it, which young person will suppress his nature and repeat those same old paths? I just don't have a choice.
Only then did he truly agree to join this immature organization and choose a path full of novelty, danger, and many possibilities.
The 'Z' group, the 'connector', it seems that the future of the Sixth Age will not be too dull and quiet.
(End of chapter)