Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 191: Part Two of The Ceremony of the Star Gods! (6000)
Virtual Realms don't need mechanics, only aesthetics.
The "Central Control Room of the Alien Research Institute" that appeared in front of Ian is the product of this design.
It is a super giant sphere with a radius of more than 500 meters. The inner wall of the sphere is composed of millions of large and small monitoring screens, and the center of the sphere is the lonely control seat.
A broken corpse sat there quietly.
The reason why it is said to be damaged is very simple... because the head of this skeleton has been removed and held in the arms of the corpse. And this head was not only a head, but the spine below was also pulled out together.
But even with such a cruel and terrifying injury, this skeleton is very calm.
If it wasn't for holding his head in his arms, Ian would even think that it was a peaceful old man lying on his rocking chair.
"....is that you?"
After a brief moment of stupefaction, Ian shook his head. He looked at the corpse in front of him seriously, and then sighed for confirmation: "It is indeed. The skull was lifted precisely. This is the original proof of the operation to peel off the silver chip."
"It really is you, senior." "Forerunner."
The history of the past is in front of you, and the black-haired knight is approaching step by step.
The closer he got to the control seat, the more violently he felt the backtracking horizon vibrating. The corpse of the person in front of him contained incredible emotions and memories.
Maybe it is because of the virtual environment? Maybe it's because the silver chip finally met its original owner... or maybe it's because the forerunner himself also has psychic legacy.
At this moment, Ian felt that the backtracking horizon was extra active...and powerful. ——So, I can definitely see the scene I want to see.
——Forerunner, my predecessor. What exactly did you do at the end of your life, and the truth about the gift of the star god... Please tell me everything!
Thinking of this, the "pioneer" who came from the earth and walked in its original form stretched out its hand.
He pressed lightly on Terra's 'harbinger' shoulder.
Next.
Endless light shoots from their point of contact, filling the world. Between light and shadow, the young man seems to be in a dream.
However, this is the Void Realm, and this is the dream of all the dreams of all life in Terra——
So, this time, it's not that the images of the past turned into intertwined dreams and entered Ian's mind... but Ian himself stepped into the dream.
Step into the moment 1,600 years ago. 【I made an unforgivable mistake】
The moment he stepped into the past, Ian heard these words. He raised his head and looked in front of him.
An old man with gray hair and wrinkled face, only bright eyes is lying on the control chair. Bystander statement: [But I don't regret it]
[Latecomers, in any case, please listen to my last words, my confusion and apology]
This is the main control room of the Alien Species Research Institute 1,600 years ago. Everything is exactly the same, and time seems to have not changed. The only difference is the old man on the chair in the main control room, he is still alive, dying, but still has his last breath left. Ian walked on the transparent passage and stood quietly beside the forerunner, as if he was really listening to his last words.
【Since a long time ago, I have been thinking, can a civilization without human teachings really be considered a human civilization? 】The old man said softly: 【I have been thinking about this problem all the time】
【Those fire seeds...the fire seeds sent to our planet by the star gods and true dragons and entrusted to us for safekeeping...they are indeed the tombstones of a civilization, but the people who recovered from these fire seeds Civilization, can it really be regarded as the original civilization? 】
[It’s a bit ashamed to say that this is actually a very insignificant issue. These civilizations have even produced and shipped fire seeds, which shows that they have no spare time to think about the future... as long as the fire seeds can be revived , can rekindle the fire of civilization and grow into a towering tree, then it is catalyzed by the star god
What's the difference between being hatched or hatched by us humans? 】
[Even if these alien civilizations are integrated into our human beings in the end, it cannot be said that their civilization has disappeared. They just integrated into us. From then on, our continuation is their continuation]
[Obviously it is such a simple thing, but when things really happen to us human beings, I feel very panic-I want to let human beings exist, to exist as human beings]
Speaking of which, the forerunner closed his eyes, and bowed his head with a wry smile, as if laughing at himself for becoming so naive when he got old.
But soon, he opened his eyes again, and his expression became calm: [The Star God told us that when the "Cradle World·Ring of Tranquility" is completed, all the fires will be revived under their careful care—— Thousands and thousands of civilizations, their individuals, thoughts, cultures, history and even memories will be reshaped and revived in their respective divided promised lands]
[This is the same as sleeping. Star God told me. The whole civilization is like a dream. They sleep in the destruction, and then wake up in the silence. Thousands of stars, thousands of races, and countless civilizations will be revived under the care of the cradle]
【The star gods told me that they will definitely do it. Because the civilizations behind those fires have either been destroyed, or they will use the power of the entire civilization to go to the "Abyss of the End" with the Star God to fight the battle in heaven with the demons of the end]
【The Star God told me that we humans are lucky. We don't have to be kindling, we don't have to make choices]
[Because, when our ancient ancestors were still using stone tools to fight monsters, we who encountered the first "Skyfall" were lucky enough to meet the Star God and the True Dragon. The disaster of the planet, and then watched us step by step to develop to where we are today]
[Latecomers, do you know? 】
【Our civilization is the miracle itself】
What the forerunner said was a bit confusing, but everyone could understand what he meant. Because the entire sphere main control room began to change drastically.
Ian silently watched the infinite phantoms intertwine in front of his eyes. Soon, the surrounding virtual environment changed into a vast wilderness. It is now evening, and a group of primitive people from the Stone Age are warming up by the fire.
The tall grass at half a person's height swayed with the wind, and the air was filled with a moist and slightly chilly atmosphere. The cloudless night sky was full of stars, and thousands of stars shone with the brilliance of the double moon.
It was an ordinary evening. But, it is at this time.
The first skyfall happened.
He raised his head and watched this scene with the forerunner beside him. Even Ian couldn't help but feel stunned at this moment.
The entire night sky is filled with dense meteor showers. These meteor showers do not know where they come from, and they don’t know where they are going. They burn in the dark, fall, and then go out...but they are not Not real meteors, but an uncanny omen.
A harbinger of disaster.
The primitive people were also shocked by this scene. They raised their heads in astonishment and looked up at the starry sky... Immediately afterwards, they saw that in the center of the sky, the light of many stars suddenly changed. It was extremely blazing, but after it became blazing, it became red again, dark red, and finally continued to dim.... It faded into black.
One star after another suddenly burst into red and black, until they completely merged into the night sky and ceased to exist.
Ian swallowed.
Only the stars that are going to be extinguished and the temperature is extremely low will be red and dark red... and only the stars that are completely extinguished and no longer glow and heat will become pitch black.
That's not even a white dwarf, but a black dwarf, and even... a black hole.
Watching this scene, Ian didn't even have time to think 'why is this all happening at the same time? Even if countless stars go out at the same time, their light shouldn't arrive at Terra at the same time, right? "This... because he saw a more terrifying scene.
As thousands of stars dimmed and turned into pitch black, a path that cannot be ignored quietly appeared in the endless vast sea of stars
The black crack of sight.
This rift tore apart the bright star net, and it is still spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye, spreading towards the other end of the infinite universe.
At the same time as the crack spread, a real meteor flew towards the land of Terra. That was a tinder.
It hit the planet and set off a torrential rain that covered the entire planet.
[This is the 'End of the Abyss, beyond the speed of light, extinguishing the stars, is an incredible cosmic disaster, the star **** and the enemy of all civilizations]
The voice of the forerunner sounded again, and he said in an indifferent tone that saw through everything: 【This is the first time that the 'Skyfall'... and the 'Beast of a Thousand Stars' fell on our planet, and will The scene of its transformation]
【Latecomers, we are well protected. The civilization behind the Beast of Thousand Stars has been fighting side by side with the Star God until the last moment of destruction before throwing out the fire. Fortunately or unfortunately, it landed on our planet—Tara is special because of this, and is concerned by the Star God]
【Since then, all disasters have nothing to do with us. Our star field has been selected as the foundry of "Cradle World". This land—they are all ruins after destruction, the last tombstone of civilization]
【And now, it's our turn】
Speaking of which, the pioneer smiled desolately: 【Finally. It's our turn]
[But the sad thing is that we didn't even have time to fight, go to the end with glory, or leave the real fire, waiting for the cradle to wake up.....We suffered a devastating blow before we started , ushered in the second skyfall]
【Our civilization has been destroyed, it is too late to make fire again】【So, I made an echo】
"Tell me about the Star God and 'End Yan Tianyuan'""Ah!"
At this moment, even the indifferent temper of Ian on Earth couldn't help opening his mouth, and said angrily: "I already knew you had an echo, don't act like everyone knows about Star God and End Yan Tianyuan—tsk , this part of the inheritance is estimated to be known to the core inheritors of the big forces, and my status is still a little bit worse!"
Although the forerunner seems to be narrating to people all the time, he is still an image of the past in the final analysis, so no matter how anxious Ian is, the old man still quietly talks about what he thinks is important.
[Latecomers, at first I thought that the most important thing in civilization is people. A civilization without people is not a civilization at all]
[Compared to preserving the gene pool and technology, it is better to preserve human thoughts and memories... Although these thoughts and memories are just echoes, not really our souls, but with our memories and thinking patterns Echo is definitely more human than a human who has lost civilization and knowledge]
[They can continue our plan after my death, after our death, and maintain the existence of civilization until our civilization once again takes root under the teaching of human beings]
[However, I was wrong. I made an unforgivable mistake]
【I know the echo will be distorted, but I didn't expect it to distort so quickly】
The words of the forerunner at this moment did not have any regrets, but he just talked about it calmly. As he said at the beginning, he did not regret making this mistake: [My original purpose was just to create me and my many disciples. Echoes from the sky, to ensure that knowledge about our civilization will not be misunderstood after the catastrophe....
【Their thinking mode can correctly understand the meaning of classics and various materials, ensuring that my future descendants can become human beings, instead of a specious one who inherits our human body and technology, but loses civilization, Treat the etiquette of celebration as a ritual of dueling, and misinterpret our festival as a cursed alien]
【My echo will exist longer than me, he will teach those new era humans who come out of the shelter, so that our wisdom and technology will not be lost, so that future geniuses can get the best education , so that my hard work will not be lost]
【They will be the new 'Terra Humans' - and my echoes will be the Wardens of Terra Civilization. I hope so]
【However, when I created the echo, I found that my echo is far more extreme than me】
[Yes. Lost the limitations of the brain and this already weakened body, not being affected by hormones, and not being impulsive because of a bad state, there is no desire to interfere with the echo of my disciple and me]
[This group of the most extreme technical scholars reached a consensus as soon as they were born...their purpose is only one, and that is to create the "human fire" at the fastest speed, leaving this doomed to be destroyed Terra, go to the outside world to find a new home]
[As for the survivors on Terra, those survivors of the shelter who are still struggling, they don't want to waste a little bit of resources to rescue them-as long as the fire is completed, it doesn't matter whether these Terrans die or not, anyway, wait until In the future, after the revival of the fire, a new human civilization will be born]
【The past will be forgotten】
[This is an error. I shouldn't have made them. The star **** clearly told me that the fire seed only needs and can only contain the blood and information of civilization. Tinder should not carry souls, not even echoes]
[They are destined to be alienated, become extreme, crazy...they will soon transform into another brand new life, and even 'civilization...become completely no longer like human beings 】
【So I blocked them. I blocked the permissions of the echoes, I blocked their permission to enter the Void, blocked their access to the Void Information Base, and blocked their access to the collective electronic memory of mankind]
【I banned their permission to continue to create fire - because the fire produced by the echo is absolutely impossible to be the fire of human beings, but the echo of human beings, which is completely different from human beings, with human technology and memory , but definitely not human' life]
Here, the words of the forerunner came to an abrupt end.
He turned his head slowly and looked in the direction of Ian: [But, the latecomer]
The old man did not look at Ian, but looked in the direction of the entrance of the main control room. He smiled calmly and said: [I don't regret it] [Because I just figured it out-human beings are not at all Important]
[We are just the dust of the universe, we are just passers-by in nothingness...Latecomers, you may not understand, you may want to refute me, but that is the truth]
【The difference between Terra Humans and 'Echo Humans? That doesn't matter at all, the sublimation has distorted its own life form. As the founder of the way of sublimation, why do I insist that future human beings must be human beings? 】
【We, beings formed by the condensed dust between stars, why should we be entangled in the shape of the dust? This is a bit too ridiculous]
[In the final analysis, who can say that Echo is human, can't be human? 】【So I am at the end, leaving my echoes a chance】
【As long as after I die, my echoes can cooperate with other intelligent life forms, open the entrance to the subspace, and arrive at the place where my dead body is, so what if they become the sparks representing human beings and leave? 】
[This proves that they have means, strength, and real wisdom][That is enough]
At this moment, the forerunner closed his eyes. He slowly raised his hands and pressed them on both sides of his head.
The old man said lightly: [Latecomers. Whether you are my echo, the echo of others, or the brand-new civilization established by us Terra humans after the skyfall, or the visitor of other alien civilizations]
【Even... Star God? If you are back, then it will be a good ending]
[As long as you can touch the psychic phantom I set up, and there are intelligent beings arriving here, it will be enough to explain one thing]
【Our human existence...does have meaning】
Ian opened his mouth, he wanted to say something, but soon, he was shocked by the forerunner's next action. Right in front of his eyes, the gray-haired old man stretched out his arms and pulled out his head and spine!
There is no blood, no cruel sight, only muscles and bones squirming.
As the sublimator of the civilization of the pre-epoch, the forerunner may not have the power to destroy the world, but he has indeed honed his body and soul to the highest peak.
Use the soul
Controlling the body, the forerunner took off his head, and the old man gently cut open the flesh and skull around his head, and then took out his brain from his head.
【I will divide the gift given to me by the Star God into three parts】
The hazy voice of psychic power sounded, with the same tone as the original old man: [Representing my belief, the "star's light' bestowed on future humans]
At this moment, the silver starlight is extracted from the old man's brain and spinal cord... and then condensed into an extremely thin, but extremely complicated "chip" that contains the entire starry sky!
[Representing my physical body, I will stay here and deliver it to the "body of light" who will come later
The headless body of the forerunner pressed his hand on his chest, and a blazing white radiance lit up, below the collarbone, a 'gem' condensed in the middle of the chest.
[The last one, representing the soul, will be given to me and my disciples, the "Soul of the Source"]
A staggering white-gold phantom walked out of the old man's body. It was an extremely pure soul. Ian had never seen such a bright and pure soul. Even the fourth energy level definitely did not shine so brightly. .
The hazy voice of psionic energy laughed, then sighed again: [I created the echo. I created without authorization, and I was disappointed because the result of creation was not what I wanted—I even declared my creation to be a mistake of failure】
【But I was actually wrong, so I want to apologize. Since Echo has no soul, I will give them my soul—in any case, they are indeed human beings, a possibility of human beings]
[What a pity. Obviously learned a lesson that can be used next time, but there is no chance anymore] The forerunner hugged his head and lay on the main control seat.
【Latecomers...can you tell me? 】
He asked softly: [Is everything I do for mankind... meaningful? 】Everything disappeared.
Countless phantoms were shattered, Ian stood in place, the world was constantly changing, thousands of different scenes and characters flashed, but in the end, it was still condensed into the "now" after thousands of years.
Heterogeneous Research Institute, central control room.
On the control seat, the dilapidated corpse sat peacefully in place.
Perhaps because of Ian's previous touch, the head that was originally held by the corpse lowered its head slightly, so it could be seen that there was a blazing white gem on the chest of the corpse.
At this moment, the silver chip... or in other words, "Starlight", it was telling Ian with a slight tremor that it was another part of the "Star God's Gift".
It's been there, waiting for millennia.
The black-haired youth was silent for a long time, then smiled. "... Isn't this very meaningful?"
He stretched out his hand and grabbed the blazing white gemstone in the corpse's chest—at this moment, the forerunner's corpse shattered and disappeared into endless psionic fragments, leaving only the gemstone with the blazing temperature still palm.
Experiencing the hot temperature that is still overflowing after this long time, Ian lowered his eyes. After years, he answered the pioneer's question: "I have seen your lesson. I have inherited your legacy."
"Humanity still exists, relying on your way of sublimation. Although there are some mistakes, it exists quite prosperously. And, because of the brilliance of the stars you left behind, there is still a glimmer of hope in this world."
Bowing to the empty chair, Ian replied seriously: "This is inheritance. The greatest meaning." "Then..."
As he spoke, the black-haired youth stepped forward.
Instead of the vanished body of the forerunner, Ian sat on the main control seat.
The second pioneer of Terra, staring at the complex light curtain in front of him with a smile: "The next thing." "It's up to me."