Chapter 77
Anna sat in front of Su Ran. Her expression was serious, but her tone was gentle.
At this moment, facing this little rose, he just smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous."
"Hmm...where should I start?" Anna said slowly, "Let's start from the beginning of this world."
"In the past, all creatures lived in their own habitats. Humans, as part of the world, simply lived this way," she said softly. "Humans, just like you, my dear, in the deep woods, have established their own camps and many places to live."
Su Ran: "I know this."
He moved forward a little, placed the leaf on Anna's hand, and looked at the other side with the flower bud tilted upwards - after experiencing the human adventures in the past few months, he also gained a lot of understanding.
Then he waved the small leaf, danced and said: "There are many buildings, big houses, and small courtyards..."
"Yes," Anna said. "They make up the town, the distant coast, the towering lighthouse, the swaying windmills...all of these form part of our lives."
Su Ran looked at her: "Then, it was the Age of Distortion?"
Anna smiled. When she smiled, her eyebrows and eyes would bend into a very shallow arc, which made people feel very at ease.
"Actually, we don't reject this kind of aberration, because many humans have both the first and second superpowers," Anna said. "But we're also afraid, because the origin of this kind of superpower is unknown. We don't know when we'll completely disappear from this world."
"disappear?"
"You're right," Anna said. "The beginning of everything came from a botanist named Terrell hundreds of years ago."
"Like most of our researchers here, he liked to raise aquatic organisms and plants. Of course, unlike today's crop of deformed plants, the plants back then were perfectly normal, as were the other small animals."
Su Ran heard this and rolled up the small leaf: "And then?"
"Then..." Anna said, "Terrell discovered something unusual when he came home one day."
"According to the description later, it was an ordinary afternoon, with the same sunset every day and the hustle and bustle and breeze outside the window. However, when he opened the door, he found that everything had changed."
"Two strange protrusions appeared on the cactus he was raising," Anna said. "They looked like suckers on the surface of the mud, constantly wriggling. And underneath, many unidentified eyeballs appeared, gathered in the soil, taking root and absorbing the cactus's nutrients."
"In the end, he discovered that the eyeballs were copied from cat eyes, and the suction cups were from when he accidentally spilled octopus farming liquid on his backpack in the lab two days ago, and the wet liquid followed him home."
Upon hearing this, Su Ran took a small step back and held on to the quilt tightly.
"Have you tried to find out why?" he asked.
Anna shook her head. "In the beginning, humans simply searched for literature and tried to use science to find the underlying principles."
"Are they the files from the base?"
"Yes, the research numbered TY-23 is stored in the support research institute."
"But as time went on, everyone realized that seeking scientific truth was useless." Anna opened Poker and hovered over several murals. "At the time, many people thought it would be better to seek the truth like this."
"So, a large number of theological groups emerged at that time. They were called the Singers, which meant they were able to escape from this world and seek the true creator and the true god who could create this world."
After hearing this, Su Ran stuffed the roots back into the quilt again.
For some reason, time seemed to be moving slower around me.
Those strange legends and strange stories that existed in the world had become something intangible at this moment - indeed, they were originally impossible to describe with pen and paper, but now, the appearance of the "Singer" seemed to make that era of hundreds of years ago even more ethereal.
"However, the appearance of the Singers didn't make that era any better," Anna said. "The world began to become chaotic. Believers in gods and materialists formed their own camps. In an era when many people possessed supernatural powers but were unable to control them, they engaged in a game unique to humans."
Su Ran: "This...will be a mess."
Anna nodded: "Indeed."
"Until a dozen years ago, we were still in a state of chaos, with theologians and the military intertwined. Whether it was rights or basic livelihood security, humanity faced a huge crisis."
"But, in that situation, one person stood up and chose to separate them completely."
Su Ran seemed to realize something: "You are talking about..."
"That's right." Anna said, "It's Si Chengyan."
"He established many regulations that needed to be followed during the era, such as the 'Deformed Object Management Plan' and the 'Fifty-Six Articles of the Supernatural Regulations'. Even some basic material circulation systems were established by him bit by bit."
"He preserved a lot of things. Manlotte, where we went before, is an example. And after they were separated, they became the prototypes of the new and old cities in the human world."
“Will those people buy it?”
"No. Initially, the base had no say, but Si Chengyan promised that no matter which side it was, if more conflicts arose because of the bill he drafted, he would bear all the consequences himself."
Hearing this, Su Ran blurted out: "But there is no way to consider this..."
After all, the word "contradiction" is too big, and everyone agrees on something different. It seems that normal people simply cannot bear it.
"There was no other way. All we could do was divert the conflict," Anna said. "All they needed was an outlet to vent their anger in these uncertain times. So someone had to take their place."
She paused for a few seconds and said, "The rest of the story is simple. For the past six or seven years, the New City and the Old City have been relatively harmonious. But now..."
"The two parties have reunited on the Hanging Island."
Su Ran was completely stunned.
He didn't know what to say, but at this moment, he had a premonition of what would happen next.
"Baby, when you were born and gained the ability to speak, we were experiencing the most severe devastation," Anna said. "Countless beams grew eyeballs, or more accurately, round white spheres, just like in Trail's time, and in many ancient documents and murals."
"This era is a cycle, ever-recurring..."
Before Anna finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Su Ran was startled and quickly grabbed Anna's fingers. When his eyes fell on the source of the sound, he saw the door was pushed open 45 degrees and a figure appeared from inside.
"I'm sorry, I seem to have disturbed you." It was Siertu who spoke. The dim light cast a shadow on his face. "You continue..."
As he spoke, he turned and walked forward a few steps. After a few seconds, he suddenly stopped and called out to Su Ran.
"The colonel just came back." Siertu turned to look at him. For some reason, his voice was a little hoarse. "Come with me to the underground laboratory to meet him."
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