Extra 1: Gift from the God of Time and Space (2)
When Inger encountered this situation, he subconsciously wanted to wake Alex up, but when he touched Alex, he was motionless and seemed to have stopped breathing.
Only then did he notice that the breathing sounds in the entire room had disappeared, no, it had stopped.
"Ronaldine" smiled and stretched out her hand to him and said, "I don't want anyone to disturb us. Stop the time here. Come with me."
She smiled a seductive smile that she never normally showed.
During the stopped time, only the beings he allowed could move.
Inger stood up and asked him, "God of Time and Space?"
"Well, according to your concept, you should call me like this." The God of Time and Space who occupied Leonardine's body said this and led him to another quiet room.
The moment you enter the room, time begins to flow normally again.
The curtains fluttered in the night breeze.
Inger felt the sensation of weightlessness for a moment, and then it seemed like an illusion. He returned to normal, with only the strong beating of his heart remaining.
Inger looked at the God of Time and Space and said, "You are really here."
The God of Time and Space raised his lips and said, "Well, something happened. I may be a few days late, but it's not too late, right?"
Inger also laughed for no apparent reason.
God of Time and Space: "I know you have a lot of questions to ask, I will tell you everything I can."
Inger nodded and asked, "About the rift in the East Continent."
God of Space and Time: "Ah, that, Lu Ling has been repaired, don't worry, although this space and time is not very stable, humans should be able to survive for a while."
Inger was stunned: "What does this mean?"
The God of Time and Space rolled his eyes and said, "Our concepts of time units and world laws are different from yours. I will explain it to you in a language you can understand. You don't need to understand it. You can't understand the essence with your level of thinking."
Inger: “........” I always feel like my intelligence has been insulted.
However, the God of Time and Space did not have any contempt on his face. Every word he said seemed to be stating objective facts. He began to speak in Chinese, which he had not heard for a long time: "First of all, you have to know that the concept of "world" I am talking about next is different from the civilization time and space we are in now, and the concept in your original time and space. The "world" I am talking about includes all the universes that are being born and destroyed, as well as all the time and space of all parallel universes on their world lines. It is an extremely broad concept."
Inger took note of the words and felt that he was listening to something beyond his own knowledge.
The reason why he used his native language was probably because there was no corresponding vocabulary in this time and space.
*"The world has only one basic law, called the World Ring Theory. Well, I copied it from a later civilization parallel to the Earth. It's up to you. This is actually the easiest part to understand, about birth and destruction. You should have heard of the parallel universe theory and the world line convergence theory. Simply put, any world, any universe, any civilization, any life will be born and destroyed. The starting point and the end point are determined, and they are connected like a circle. All world lines are the same, starting from one point and converging at one point. No matter how many possibilities, parallel worlds, and parallel universes extend in the middle, a world must be destroyed and born, and it will cycle between birth and destruction."
*“I said your world is bound to be destroyed because this is the fundamental law of the world. No matter how long human civilization can last, it will be destroyed at a certain point in time. All worlds, no matter how long they last or how tortuous their development is, all world lines will inevitably converge at the same point.”
*"Ryū and Rei are in charge of the birth and destruction of this small world respectively. To a certain extent, their duties are close to the essence of the big world, but their authority is limited to this small world. It can be regarded as a miniature model of the laws of the world."
Various theories related to time and space popped up in Inger's mind, but he was not an expert in this field and his CPU was not enough, so he could only nod and write down these words.
The God of Time and Space said: *"The goddess should have told you that there is no predetermined destiny in this world. The path you have walked is your destiny. The world does not care about destruction, because destruction is natural and part of the law."
He changed his tone: "Now, here comes the problem. Most people think that death is the most terrible thing, and the destruction of the world is the most terrible consequence. So when destruction becomes a law of course, what is more terrible than destruction?"
Inger broke out in a cold sweat: *“It cannot be destroyed.”
The God of Time and Space snapped his fingers: *“Correct answer!”
This is something he has experienced deeply. What is more terrifying than death is eternal life, and what is more terrifying than destruction is immortality.
The God of Space and Time gestured with his fingers, and finally pointed at himself. He seemed to be struggling with how to express: "Although you call us gods, our form of existence is not similar to that of Law Zero and the like. Our mission is to travel through various universes and time and space to help adjust the balance of the big world. What we have to do is to prevent the world line from...well, deviating."
*"As mentioned above, the branches that can be extended from the world line are infinite, and this is true for all universes. In the process of extension, all branches are parallel, but they will eventually return to one point. This is different from the rules of plane graphics. Overall, shouldn't it be called linear parallelism, irregular intersection of multiple dimensions? In fact, if there are time travelers, multi-time jumpers, and different time and space worlds are connected by cracks, the form of this intersection will be even more complicated."
Inger: “…”
He felt like he understood every word, but he couldn't seem to comprehend anything.
The God of Time and Space seemed to see his confusion and could only continue to explain: "Let me explain it more simply. The infinite branches of the world lines will be parallel at certain times, but they will intersect in essence. That is to say, no matter how tangled the world lines are in the middle, they will eventually converge at one point."
*“The existence of the world is based on the [World Ring Theory]. However, if one of the branches separates from the loop and becomes a ray, you know the concept of a ray, then it only has birth, not destruction, and it is completely separated from the world ring. This is the most serious consequence, and the laws of the world will be fundamentally overturned. However, the laws of the world cannot be overturned, which constitutes a contradiction at the world level.”
*"Neither the Phoenix nor the curse on you is truly immortal. It's just that the life span is longer. Well, compared to some species in other universes, it's also short-lived. True immortality is beyond the laws of the world. Normally, we travel at different time points and are responsible for regulation so that no branch of the world line escapes from the ring."
*“So this time…” Inger asked involuntarily.
*"Yes, it was because I observed the derailment of this world line that I chose to intervene. This world line does not only refer to the development trajectory of this planet, but also refers to the complete world line of the entire universe where this planet is located."
*"To put it bluntly, the scope that Lu Ling and the others can control is just this planet of life. As a relatively closed form of civilization, the various civilizations in the universe may not be able to communicate with each other until this planet is destroyed. Therefore, this becomes a small world, a closed unit system. There is no God in the time and space you once lived in."
Inger caught a phrase: *"Spacetime?"
The God of Time and Space saw that he could finally follow his thoughts and laughed: "Lü Ling once told you that they were born from a destroyed world. But do you know why the history of the planet they are in charge of is so similar to that of your native planet?"
Inger caught the sudden inspiration, but he was so shocked that he couldn't express it in words. He could only wait for him to speak.
*"In the time and space where you were born, during the natural destruction of civilization on Earth, a new god was born, which gave birth to a new civilization. In the time and space where the god still existed, that civilization was destroyed again. The two civilizations were relatively close in time and environment, so Law and Zero were born in the world that was about to be destroyed. After evolution, they arrived at the current time point."
Inger opened his mouth and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "So... I am now in a very long time after the destruction of the Earth in 2060?"
*"You can also say that I didn't put you in a parallel universe, I just traveled linearly in time. Before and after this, there were many similar reincarnation civilizations. When this planet dies, similar planets will appear. When the environment and conditions are met in similar locations, similar life and civilization will be born. Of course, the civilizations born from other closed or connected units are very different from yours, and there are more forms of life than just carbon-based life."
*"I'm getting off topic again. The reason why I sent you here, no, I sent this Inger into Gu Shu's body, is because the time and space where Gu Shu is located gave birth to an escape world line. When I observed this phenomenon, starting from that branch point, other branch lines also began to escape, and a large area turned red. Ah, you can understand it as a viral infection phenomenon. True indestructibility is very rare, but under the causal probability of the world entropy level, this situation will occasionally occur."
*“.......他，原來在這個身體裏的英格爾，是他要去拯救那個世界嗎？”英格爾喃喃般詢問道。
*“不，他只是一個撬動因果的楔子。蝴蝶效應，差不多這種。而且單純依靠一個人一個事件是無法改變世界線最終走向的，這是一個複雜混亂的連鎖，不是可以計算的，畢竟我在無限的世界線裏也只觀測到了那麽一條還沒有逃逸的分支線，我就趕緊找到過去的分支點，把人送過去了，所幸調整回來了......”
英格爾問：*“2060年之後的地球到底發生了什麽事.......”
他原本身體所在的時空僅僅是個沒有魔法也沒有怪物的世界，只有冰冷的智能機械和普通的人類。
*“對于2060年■■地球，”時空之神的嘴裏吐出了一些英格爾無法認知到的碎片，他很快改口，“啊，是我們的計數號碼，抱歉，大概是，壹型地球，他告訴我應該這樣翻譯。”
*“從結論來說，壹型地球和現在的律零世界一樣，被其他時空來的生物入侵了，不是同一種，但是來自同一個時空的逃離物種，那個小世界是被這類物種毀滅的，它們被那個時空的星際空間管理局标記為‘一級指定危險隔離種’，他們發現這東西的時候，嘗試銷毀，失敗了，被這東西悄悄逃走了，因為它們擁有進行時空跳躍的能力。”
英格爾不知道這是第幾次露出疑惑加無語的表情了。
他感覺自己仿佛誤入了星際科幻電影的科普現場。
*“他們會逃離黑洞，并找到距離最近的擁有生命的星球，寄生上去。這對于大多數星際的生命來說，應該也是沒有什麽危險的，頂多會被它毀滅。但是在2060年之後的壹型地球上出現了一些bug，誕生了一個恒吸能量的生命體，就是機制bug......過程太複雜了，有空讓他和你講，反正就是創造了概念上不應該存在的不滅生命體，給予一定時間所有宇宙可能都會被吞噬，這條世界線也就此逃逸，從那個分歧點上蔓延出來的幾乎所有時間線都逃逸了，走向了不滅的平行線，世界線不再收束。好在最後我找到了那條尚未逃逸的分支，調整了回來。世界線再次收束。”
英格爾深吸了一口氣，他雖然記憶力很好，但他真的需要時間消化這些東西。
*“順便一提，假如沒有成功調整過來，你所在的現在的這個律零世界就不會存在了。”
但仔細一想，這是符合邏輯的。
可是英格爾如今已經難以想象這樣的後果。
“他，英格爾，不想他自己、他爸媽和他哥哥的存在消失，所以才答應幫了我，不過作為幫忙的前提，他要求我讓他再見他們一次，所以我來了。”時空之神又切換回了丘涅語。
英格爾張大了嘴，瞪大了眼睛，“這種事情，可以做到嗎？”
時空之神笑了笑：“這點能力我還是有的，你知道這個身體擁有和時間相關的能力吧？”
他說的是倫娜汀。
“這是她本身的異能，她用這個世界來說就是奇異者，不過也正因此，她與我的相性是最佳的，因此她就成了我在這個世界的‘聖女’。律零不是和你說過嗎？她們會在這個世界上找到與她們本源較為親近的人類，作為她們的代言者，我雖然也不能過度幹涉這個世界的因果，但是這點還是能做到的，她本該在某一刻死去，我幫她活了下來，因此可以參與後續的戰鬥，并且我能借助她的身體和你進行對話，哦她知道我的存在，真是可愛的孩子。”
英格爾有一種奇妙的直覺，這個時空之神一定沒少被倫娜汀罵。
他問：“如果，我是說如果沒能調整回來，世界法則被颠覆，會怎麽樣？”
時空之神想了想，眼瞳中閃過無法認知的光彩，他很快說：“無法演算，因為這是歷史記錄中不存在的。”
他所說的歷史可不是某個電腦的歷史記錄或者某一個文明的歷史。
“嗯，世界法則還有一個特質，那就是絕對性，法則是絕對存在且絕對無法被颠覆的，所以我們才會誕生，一個圓之所以完美，是因為它永遠不會被破壞。所以我無法想象這之後的後果，因為它從來沒有存在過。”
英格爾閉嘴了，這真的是他這個維度無法觸碰的東西。
時空之神從櫃子裏取出準備好的鏡子，英格爾很熟悉，是映照鏡，稍微大了一些。
時空之神伸手在鏡面上一抹，鏡子似乎在某一瞬間格式化又複現了，反正就是發生了魔法也無法做到的事情。
他把鏡子遞出去，給英格爾：“喏，我已經鏈接好了，你注入魔力，對面電很充足，開機就能看到你。”
英格爾接過映照鏡，一頭霧水。
時空之神笑了笑，指了指鏡面上一個點，“生物密碼解鎖，你應該還記得吧，魔力就像平時那樣注入進去。雖然我不可以把他這個人送回來，但至少能通過這個讓你們視頻聯絡。”
“？！.......你是說，對面是.....！”
時空之神笑而不語。
魔力已經在此刻灌注了進去。
鏡面閃爍了一下。
浮現了一個人影。
英格爾趕緊低頭看去。
鏡子裏的人也看向這邊，對面是個男人，一個長得過分好看的男人。神情淡漠但是難掩那眉骨的出衆，幾乎是一眼就能讓人驚豔的，那種級別的容貌，英格爾在這個世界只見過三人，艾利克斯、艾列娜和藍鱗。
那個男人年紀似乎不大，東亞、黃、種人的面孔，但皮膚過分白了不确定，應該不到三十歲，單論長相說是二十出頭也不意外。
最顯眼的是那一頭半紮成起來的粉色長發，似乎很久之前染色，現在快褪光了，發根顯出點黑色，發絲呈現略帶粉調的玫瑰金色，也就是這樣一張臉才能撐得起這麽一頭災難般的發色。
他左側耳朵上似乎打着三個金色耳環。
嗯，一看就不好惹。
英格爾舉起手，猶豫地說了一聲：*“嗨？”
鏡中的男人朝着英格爾這邊方向眯了眯眼睛，伸出手，似乎在拿那個鏡子：*“喂，這是誰的平板？”
說的是中文。
另外一個男聲傳來：*“誰還用這麽遠古式的平板？大家都是AI腕表。只能是顧疏那個老古董了呗！”
聽到這個熟悉又陌生的自己的名字，英格爾的心髒狂跳起來。
*“嗯？牧瑰，你叫我？”一個像是困倦中剛蘇醒的沙啞嗓音傳來。
*“有人給你發視頻。”名叫牧瑰的粉發男子把平板遞了出去。
先前那個男聲調侃道：“你除了這個共宿屋裏的人還有其他朋友啊？難得啊！”
“滾！不過，誰會在這個時候聯絡我啊........而且，那個平板早壞了，我還想着去古董店修呢？”聲音的主人靠近了。
英格爾已經猜到了，然而當他真的親眼看到那張臉，還是忍不住紅了眼眶。
鏡子裏映出個黑發的男子，清癯、棱角分明，清秀而耐看的一張臉，是他原本的臉。
這個容貌是他的，但那張臉，他幾乎認不出來了。
鏡子裏的“顧疏”看到他，愣了一下，瞬間張大了嘴，瞪大了眼睛，就更不像了。
英格爾的眼淚被他誇張的表情硬生生塞了回去。
在“顧疏”徹底呆住的時間內，他嘴角含笑，盯着鏡中的自己，不錯過自己原本身體的任何一個細微地變化。
曾經，他每次看向鏡中的自己都是困倦而憔悴的，臉上的那一些皮肉似乎永遠填不滿，三十五的大叔，原本還算耐看的五官被他內耗的情緒折騰得不太像樣，像是病院裏跑出來的病號。
眼前這個人別說三十五歲，說是二十出頭也有人信，真的年輕了很多，不知為何，臉上多了血色和該有的肉，看起來，非常健康，眼中充滿活靈活現的生機。和原本的他完全不同。
看來原來的那個英格爾在那邊過得很不錯。
他莫名感到欣慰。
顧疏發愣了一會兒，尖叫起來：*“啊啊啊啊啊啊！是你！不對！是我！不對不對！不全是我！！裏面的不是我，你是顧疏？！原來的顧疏？！！！啊啊啊啊啊啊！”
英格爾不禁笑了，看着原本自己的臉在尖叫實在是個有趣的畫面。
之前那個調侃他的男聲語調裏流露出了無奈：*“.......你在發什麽瘋？”
牧瑰叼着烤好的面包：*“冷靜點，好好說人話。”
*“時空之神！！！出來！！！”顧疏狂敲平板。
時空之神繞到了英格爾身後，打了個招呼：*“hello？找我嗎？”
*“嗯？？？？你怎麽變成女人了？”
*“這是我在這邊的化身，借用一下。”時空之神眉眼彎起來道。
Most of the above theories are fictionalized by the author himself. Of course, they are fictionalized based on the existing parallel universe theory. Please do not take them too seriously.