Chapter 186 There is Another Way
Lin Xi was good at observing other people's states. She didn't even need to observe Cai Hua's mental state. She could tell at a glance. She had dark circles under her glasses, and the frames couldn't cover her eye bags at all.
Cai Hua exuded a sign from inside out that she was about to die from working overtime 996. Only her eyes were frighteningly bright. If it weren't for this breath supporting her, she would have fainted.
Faced with Lin Xi's suggestion, Cai Hua was stunned for a moment and then shook his head: "It's okay, just listen to me first. It won't be too late for me to go to bed after I'm done."
The location was the small classroom where Lin Xi was being taught by the base staff. There was a small portable blackboard and monitor in the front. The people in attendance were Lin Xi, Cai Hua, and Li Lana. Cai Hua held a tablet, projecting and explaining the lesson to Lin Xi.
Li Lana whispered, "I made the teaching materials for the projection."
Judging from the dark circles under her eyes, she probably hasn't slept at all since we met at midnight today. Lin Xi didn't know how many nights they had stayed up, but just by looking at the way they drank coffee to stay alive, Lin Xi felt a little sleepy.
It’s tiring to listen to lectures, not to mention that the teacher and the teaching assistant are both more tired than each other.
Cai Hua was fine. Although she was tired, she was mentally excited. Li Lana was just like a worker, and her face showed that she wanted to sleep. Cai Hua didn't care about Li Lana's condition and started talking directly: "I won't repeat the information that Brother Sun Ke told me before. After our discussion all night, we came up with the following arguments."
"First of all, there are many different worlds, including the world of rule-based weird stories and our world, as well as the backward world mentioned by Sun Kege. Through accidental opportunities, these worlds can be connected together."
Cai Hua looked up at Lin Xi: "Do you know the wormhole theory? It's a theory often used in time-travel dramas."
Lin Xi looked confused. Cai Hua didn't need Lin Xi to answer. Her expression alone was enough to give her the answer. If Chen Sang Ning was here, she would definitely understand the moment Cai Hua said this, but Lin Xi couldn't. Cai Hua would give Lin Xi a very vivid explanation. She waved to Li Lana, and Li Lana gave her a piece of paper and a pencil.
"So, these small worlds are like dots on this piece of paper." Cai Hua said as he placed the paper on the blackboard and drew two circles on it with a pencil: "These two circles, one represents the world of regular ghost stories, and the other represents our world."
"Normally, we are both on the same plane and are relatively static, so we will never touch each other."
Lin Xi understood the concept of relative stillness. She had learned this when she was in school. So she understood it all, so she nodded.
Cai Hua continued, "Then under what circumstances can our two worlds meet?" In Lin Xi's confused eyes, Cai Hua folded the paper in half. When Cai Hua folded it in half, the two circles partially overlapped. But in this way, the two still would not touch each other because one was on the front and the other on the back.
At this time, Cai Hua poked directly with a pencil, directly piercing the overlapping part of the two circles: "This is called quantum collapse, and then a wormhole is formed. The wormhole theory believes that this is the opening of a quantum channel, and quantum can drill through this channel."
"Most scientists believe that humans cannot travel through quantum channels unless they can become quantum."
Lin Xi had begun to understand that her and her hosts might have entered through this passage, but when Cai Hua said humans couldn't, she became confused again. Cai Hua continued, "But the scientific structure of each world is different. For example, in our world, matter is the most basic component of the world, but this is obviously not the case in the Rule Weird World. The foundation of their world is something that seems illusory to us... So, from their perspective, perhaps living people can pass through, but they themselves cannot."
"So in this case, it's possible that the tunnel they formed over there sucked the living over there. Zhu Zhu and the anchors were brought to that world in this way."
Cai Hua looked at Lin Xi, took a deep breath, and continued: “This also explains Shen Sang Ning’s situation.”
Hearing the three words "Chen Sang Ning", Lin Xi became excited and immediately became focused from his original confusion.
"That's how Shen Sangning described it before. She walked through a long black corridor, but she heard your voice and returned to this world. But in fact, this is her own account. In fact, it may be another situation. For example, when Shen Sangning died, a passage between the two worlds was formed due to quantum collapse."
"The rules of our world determined that she was in a quantum state and could pass through, so they sent Shen Sangning over. At this time, she was determined to be a resident of the Rule Weird Tales world, and thus became a ghost, possessing her own rules. However, after the Rule Weird Tales world accepted Shen Sangning, it discovered something was amiss, because the basic structure of their world determined that only living people could pass through, so Shen Sangning was sent back to this world."
Lin Xi thought about it and felt that his wife was really miserable. She was dead and still being kicked back and forth between the two worlds.
But in this case, Lin Xi found it hard to understand how Chen Sang Ning entered the world of rules and strange stories again. Cai Hua raised his glasses and continued to explain: "This may be an accidental event. The world of rules and strange stories was drawing anchors, and you were drawn by chance. And Chen Sang Ning's rule is to love you. She definitely couldn't watch you being drawn like this, so she went straight into your body."
I understand. It turns out that I was the one who brought him there.
"Afterwards, Shen Sangning had no way to return, because the passages to the Rule Weird Tales world were forbidden to ghosts. In fact, the Rule Weird Tales world, on a world level, must be a higher level existence than ours. Therefore, they could not only proactively open passages, but also isolate Shen Sangning, even judging her as not belonging to the Rule Weird Tales world and kicking her out."
"The committee should be in charge of some rules related to the channel. It can only descend when the prerequisites are met."
"If Shen Sangning hadn't followed you to the world of rule-based ghost stories and further perfected her qualities as a ghost, she might have become the first ghost in our world. But the world is so wonderful, and countless accidental events make up the world itself."
Cai Hua looked at Lin Xi deeply: "Lin Xi, I'm sorry to tell you that it is very likely that Shen Sang Ning will not be able to return to our world. She has been judged as a ghost in that world by the Rule Ghost Story World. Although
She has not yet received the main rules of the world of rule tales, but that is a matter of time. Unless you can complete all the levels before she receives the main rules, you may be separated from the two worlds forever."
What Cai Hua said sounded a little unbelievable to Lin Xi. She opened her eyes wide and asked, "What... why were we isolated?"
"Ghosts are actually quite easy to understand. Strictly speaking, they're not ghosts, but beings we've named 'ghosts,' so in a sense, they're also living beings. You know exactly why they do what they do in our world: to gain fear points and keep their world going. For example, if one day we knew the sun wasn't hot enough and our world would end, and we had a way to add energy to the sun, we would definitely do it."
"They have a clear purpose and have made efforts to achieve it, but because of you and Shen Sangning, their actions this time have not been smooth. This is obviously something they don't want to see. In order to ensure that the energy can be absorbed smoothly, they have made a lot of efforts against you, but with little success. Based on this situation, they will definitely change their target and look for a world that is easier to digest."
"Although I don't know how they open the impulse, but since they have mastered this technology, they can close the channel and find another world that is easier to deal with."
"What's more regrettable is that our world currently does not have the technology to actively generate wormholes."
Lin Xi pursed her lips. As for Shen Sangning, she had completely understood what Cai Hua said. It meant that she had to either find a way to bring Shen Sangning back before she accepted the main rules and completely became a ghost in the rule world, or she would never see Shen Sangning again.
At this moment, Lin Xi's mind was in a mess, and in an instant, cold sweat slid down from her forehead and hit the table directly. Lin Xi's head was dizzy, and her eyes were black. This feeling was exactly the same as when she just received the call that Shen Sang Ning had passed away.
She would never forget that day until she died. It was normal for Lin Xi to get off work. She had returned to her home and picked out the dishes to be cooked in the evening at the fresh food supermarket near her rented apartment. She thought that Shen Sang Ning said she would work overtime today, so she could cook a dish that took time. Potato stewed with beef brisket would be good.
You can also mix some cucumbers. Fresh food supermarkets also sell flowers, so you can buy a bunch and keep them at home.
Lin Xi had a good idea, but at this moment, she received a call from Shen Sangning. At that moment, she had happily raised her phone to answer Shen Sangning's call, but a bad premonition flashed through her mind. She heard the calm voice of the police on the other side, asking her if she knew Shen Sangning and what her relationship was.
While answering, she was also asking herself what her relationship with Shen Sangning was. The words that came to her lips were: "We were roommates." The police told her what happened to Shen Sangning, and told her that Shen Sangning's parents had been notified but they might be slow to arrive, and asked her if she wanted to go to the hospital first.
Lin Xi politely thanked him and hung up the phone. At that time, she was in darkness, her hands and feet were cold, and she couldn't even stand. She held on to the vegetable rack next to her to prevent herself from falling. She even thought that all this might be a lie.
Now, Lin Xi has the same feeling as she did then. But... it is so cruel to have hope and then lose it.
It took Lin Xi a long time to recover. During this time, neither Cai Hua nor Li Lana spoke.
Lin Xi finally found her voice and said calmly, "There is another way."
She raised her head and looked directly at Cai Hua: “Since Shen Sang Ning has no way to come back, I will just stay there.”
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