"Huh? Why are you back again? Karin, who was carrying a stack of books, saw Shang Luo and his party come back again, still along the same path as before.

"Small problems, small problems." Shang Luo waved his hand, motioning for her to continue to go about her own business.

Walking past the sealed Moon Angel again and standing in the foyer of the library, Shang Luo looked the map up and down.

The new situation that had just appeared reminded him of one thing—this place, called "Metropolis", was still the spirit realm after all. There are no years of the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and there are no references or signs.

Looking in the direction of his memory, he really saw what he cared about:

One World Trade Center

Two World Trade Center

Lined up next to them are the Three and Four World Trade Center Towers.

"What a hellish joke this is. It's outrageous."

"What's wrong?" Faetong asked.

"These four buildings are not at the same time. Buildings 1 and 2 of the World Trade Center were blown up in 2001, while Building 3 and Building 4 were not originally called by that name, they were just annexes of the World Trade Tower. It was later rebuilt on the site and called the World Trade Center 3 and 4 skyscrapers — so it was impossible for the four buildings to stand in the same place at the same time, as outrageous as if you and your grandfather were classmates in kindergarten. ”

"Uh" Phaethon nodded, "Although I know that it can be outrageous at times, it's also a bit too outrageous. ”

"So, who decides what house to build here?"

"Akashic Records. But to be precise, 'decision' is a subjective action that must be initiated by a specific person. The Akashic Records are not self-aware, so it's hard to say what it 'decides'. But let's take an example – for example: "

She thought for a while: "For example, the Afang Palace Fu that I learned during my previous retreat recorded that the First Emperor demolished all the palaces of the Six Kingdoms and rebuilt the palaces of the Six Kingdoms in the Afang Palace. This made the palaces of the Six Kingdoms, which were originally different in time and space, stored in the same place, and it was the First Emperor who decided all this.

And another analogy that I saw in History Compulsory 1. It is said that Emperor Taizu Gao once sent a large army to all parts of the country to check the land change relationship caused by the war. Sometimes the land records of a county and a place are completely lost, but this is not a big problem. In this process, Emperor Taizu Gao found a large number of 'ownerless' acres, some of which were really unclaimed, but most of them were those fields that were concealed, and then added to the land reclaimed by the military households themselves, and the guards in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies that could accommodate 4 million troops were checked out in this way. ”

"Ah," Shang Luo thought for a moment, "I don't know this question, the compulsory 1 I learned is not this thing." The history of the Ming Dynasty is too detailed. ”

Think about what you're talking about. 】

"Ahem, I just felt it. I found that the history homework burden of students in this dynasty is quite heavy—because modern history has been counted since the Hongwu year, and everything has to be studied in the past few hundred years, because all of them are modern and modern history that has shaped the present. ”

"I've always felt that you have as much history classes as some of our church middle schools have theology classes." Phaethon replied, "But I don't think it's redundant. For example, the current problem can indeed be solved by relying on history lessons. Do you know how Emperor Taizu Gao inspected the land back then? ”

"It's up to you to take this point."

"Because if the surrounding districts and counties border this area, it is necessary to record the relevant information about the parts that border them, and this information can be cross-verified. So as long as enough paperwork is done, even information that has been completely destroyed in the chaos of war can be restored. If the area of the defect is not large, or if there is only one 'cell', then it is basically the same as if there is no defect. ”

"Ah, I see." Shang Luo patted his head, "Blockchain." ”

"Something."

"A decentralized algorithm that doesn't need a centralized ledger, but a widely distributed network of data to verify information – ah, is that true of all Akashic records?"

"Yes." Phaeton replied, "If there is any Godhead in the Akashic Record, it must be the blind and foolish Song of Demus, or 'the Great Creator.'" It has infinite power, but it does not have the subjective will or wisdom to use and mobilize it. And the Metropolis in front of you, that's it. ”

"So, how should we solve the problem that No. 1234 of the World Trade Center appears at the same time?"

It shows that in that block, the general perception is that it should appear like that. Similarly, the Empire State Building we went to before, and the conclusion drawn from this algorithm is that it was unfinished. But—"

"But?"

"But one thing is crucial. According to Newton's fourth law, the spiritual realm can be modified. You must know that when the Akashic Records appear in the form of 'metropolis', they have already entered the earthly realm. In accordance with the principle of 'up is down, bottom is up', any modification made in the Metropolis can react to the Akashic Records, and the ripples of this influence will in turn spread to the rest of the Akashic Records. ”

"Together, this is, bright blood stripe?"

"I think that's understandable." Phaethon nodded, "The Akashic Records themselves are incomprehensible. But if it comes as a metropolis, then here is understandable. At the same time, any changes made here will affect the Akashic Record itself—the magic itself. So, if the Empire State Building isn't built here, then it can be built. ”

"But. It shouldn't be. Shang Luo pondered for a moment, "The chronological order doesn't seem right?" ”

"That's the crux of the matter. The Empire State Building we see above is already in a completed state, so there's no reason why the one below isn't built yet. I can't figure out why people's 'general impressions' of the Empire State Building turned out to be this site. Even if it used to be a construction site, with the construction of the Empire State Building, the following building should have been completed. Ahh

She touched her head: "Sure enough, I still have a lot to learn." Magic, it's unfathomable. At this time, it is indeed better for us to ask the ground snake. ”

"Wall Street, huh." He looked at the map—Wall Street, which was also on the map, and the location was the same as he remembered.

"So, I'm going to visit my local friends and hear what they have to say."

(End of chapter)