Chapter 72 The World Revealed
Yu Sheng's question made Baili Qing raise her eyebrows slightly, although the movement was very small.
"Of course there is only one intersection," Baili Qing said, "Things like 'World Intersection' are not mass-produced."
"I'm talking about 'Jiecheng'," Yu Sheng said seriously, "There is only one border area, so what about 'Jiecheng'? Is it possible that there is another city similar to this city located at the border area in the world?"
He paused, looked into Baili Qing's eyes, and slowly said, "Very similar, but not quite. They all have the same name, and there are some places with the same name, but they are not as 'extraordinary' as this place. They are just ordinary places... If this world has an observable scale of tens of billions of light years or even wider, then within such a huge range, is it possible that there is a city that meets my description?"
I don’t know if it was Yu Sheng’s illusion, but when he heard this, the expression on Baili Qing’s face became unusually serious.
The "director" was silent for several seconds before he spoke carefully: "Regarding your 'conjecture' - let's call it a conjecture, scholars actually have a hypothesis, which is this:
"If the spatial and temporal scales of the entire universe are infinite, or at least in a statistical sense, nearly infinite within the scope of human imagination and assumption, then there may be two identical or highly similar locations, two planets with highly similar parameters, two similar mountains, or even... two very similar histories. The probability of such a 'mirror' appearing may not be high, but at a sufficient time and spatial scale, it is definitely not zero."
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "I seem to have heard of similar theories..."
"Then I'll tell you a limitation of this hypothesis - that's the non-public part," Baili Qing said, "that is, even if the hypothesis is true, even if any place and event in the universe may have a 'mirror' in infinite time and space, there are two places that are exceptions, and they will not have a mirror.
"One is a planet called Terra. It is located deep in the stars, very far away from here, but has some hidden connections with the border area.
“The second is this border area.
"In other words, there will not be a second 'boundary city' in this world, because this city is the main component of the junction, and the junction itself... there is no 'mirror'. Even if the space of the universe is boundless and time is infinite, from the past to the future, there will only be this 'junction', this 'boundary city'."
Yu Sheng opened his eyes slightly and did not speak for a long time.
"Judging from your reaction..." Baili Qing adjusted her sitting position, "You are almost certain that there is another 'Boundary City' in this world - or even, have you seen it?"
Yu Sheng forced himself to suppress the surging thoughts in his heart. He took a deep breath and slowly tapped the table in front of him with his fingers.
"Yes, I've seen it. It's a small seaside town. It only takes thirty minutes to drive from the southernmost to the northernmost part of the city. There is no 'exotic' there, nor is there a secret service. People live a very ordinary life. The sun... the sun is always very good, soft, and not glaring. The sunset is also very beautiful..."
Yu Sheng described the scenes in his memory to the woman in front of him.
He did not hide these things. On the premise that the other party already knew the truth about No. 66 Wutong Road and was specifically responsible for managing matters related to the "foreign land", this "director" seemed to be the person he could contact now who was most likely to help him.
Baili Qing listened to these descriptions quietly. Her colorless eyes seemed to be able to hide her truest emotional fluctuations forever. No one could tell what she was thinking when she heard these descriptions. Only after Yu Sheng finished speaking did she suddenly say, "Can I take a look?"
Yu Sheng was startled: "See? How do you see?"
The woman opposite stretched out her hand and pressed it on his temple.
Along with the cool touch, there was also a moment of trance.
"This is my ability - if you don't mind, just open your imagination to me temporarily. Of course, if you are not at ease, I will definitely not force you." Baili Qing said seriously.
Yu Sheng frowned, and after quickly weighing the pros and cons, he nodded slightly.
Closing his eyes slightly, he imagined what his hometown, "another city" looked like in his memories.
That ordinary seaside town appeared in his mind, and then he felt as if there was another pair of eyes watching the imaginary scenery along with his memories.
After a moment, Yu Sheng opened his eyes.
He found that Baili Qing opposite him still had his eyes closed, and behind him, the infinitely extending cafe was silently collapsing from far to near. The neatly arranged and infinitely repeated tables and chairs were quickly swallowed up by the darkness, and the collapsed building structure seemed to fall into an invisible abyss.
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was going on: "Hey! This place collapsed! Hey wake up! This..."
He was just halfway through his words when Baili Qing finally opened her eyes: "It's okay, it's just a little aftereffect of activating the ability."
As he was speaking, the collapsed buildings and tables and chairs in the distance returned silently to their original state.
Yu Sheng suddenly felt a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly: "Oh, your ability is quite... cool."
Baili Qing didn't say anything, but just rubbed his forehead gently, as if thinking about something.
"You saw it all?" Yu Sheng asked curiously, "Well, what do you think..."
"I saw it. It is indeed as you said, a... peaceful seaside town. There are shadows of this city in many places," Baili Qing interrupted Yu Sheng. For some reason, she hesitated when she spoke, but this hesitation was quickly covered up. "I now believe that you have indeed seen such a 'boundary city', but I am curious, why are you so obsessed with this 'place'?"
"I want to find it for some personal reasons," Yu Sheng said seriously, "but according to you..."
"A theory is just a theory after all," Baili Qing shook her head. Her attitude suddenly became less certain than at the beginning, and her words showed more room for maneuver. "In fact, I still don't think there is a second 'junction' in the world, but if there is just a place that happens to be similar to this city in terms of architecture and layout...it's not completely impossible."
Yu Sheng looked at the woman in front of him with some suspicion: "...Really?"
"Who knows?" Baili Qing exhaled. "Some scholars have said that our universe is still very young, and some new physical laws have not even had time to be born - so all the cognition of this world based on human perspective may be wrong, or will be overturned one day in the future. Now I believe that the 'boundary city' you showed me really exists, but... it is not even included in the archives of the border area."
"If you find it one day..."
"You will be the first to know." Baili Qing nodded seriously.
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Yu Sheng thanked him.
But he didn't believe it too much, because intuitively, he always felt that the woman in front of him was not so "sincere" about this matter.
He didn't know where this feeling came from, but he decided not to continue on the subject.
"I have another question," Yu Sheng quickly changed the subject, "I'm asking on behalf of a friend of mine."
Baili Qing nodded: "Ask, I have plenty of time today."
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and organized his words: "Regarding Alice's Cabin, do you Secret Service know this organization?"
"Alice's Cottage? Of course I know," Baili Qing answered immediately, "Those 'living dolls' are active in the supernatural realm and have had many dealings with us."
Yu Sheng's heart moved, feeling that he had finally helped the little puppet find an organization: "You mean 'Alice's puppets'? So, this 'hut' is also registered with the Secret Service?"
"No, you've got one thing wrong," Baili Qing shook her head. "Alice Cottage is not 'registered with the Secret Service' - it is an independent force outside the border area. Although they are very low-key, their influence is actually no less than that of the Secret Service."
Yu Sheng: “……?”
"There is not only one special place called 'Borderland' in this world, and naturally there is not only one large organization called 'Secret Service'. We are just one of the many official organizations that deal with aliens and entities. In addition to us, there is also the 'Barmossa Hermits' established by the Barmossa people, the 'College' and 'Archaeological Association' from Terra, the 'Astrology Association' of the Algrad people, and so on. The 'Alice Cottage' you just mentioned is also a similar independent force - they follow an ancient holy spirit called 'Alice', an ancient creation directly blessed by the ancient holy spirit. They were active in the era... even earlier than the Special Service."
Yu Sheng: “…”
How could Irene be so powerful?! It turns out that the little doll is not bragging!
Yu Sheng did not hide his expression, and Baili Qing quickly saw what he meant: "I remember the report mentioned that there was a 'doll' by your side?"
"Yes, her name is Irene. She claims to be one of Alice's puppets, but she was accidentally sealed for a long time."
"But I remember the report also mentioned that her height was only this high..."
Baili Qing said this and raised his hand to indicate the height beside the table.
Yu Sheng touched the tip of his nose awkwardly: "Ah, then this is another accident..."
(End of this chapter)
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