Chapter 355
The environment of the consciousness space can be changed at will, but after talking for two sentences, the surrounding environment became a scene that he was very familiar with.
It is the tower on Tianjia Star that is built in the style of a temple specifically for the master.
He has lived here most of the time since it was built, and is perhaps more familiar with it than his own home.
After all, they have lived together for thousands of years, so it is normal to have feelings.
Qi Heng sat down face to face with him.
They were in the pavilion, and outside were large fields of golden-edged snow orchids, which were more numerous, larger, more gorgeous and beautiful than those grown on the real Tianyun Star.
Compared with the restored flowers that Qin Yao and others later sent to him, these flowers that were carefully cared for thousands of years ago are more beautiful.
Qi Heng looked at the "himself" sitting opposite him. They were one. Even if the consciousness split and seemed to form an independent individual, it could not change this.
This kind of conversation with oneself, which is like a schizophrenic scene, is not something that everyone has the opportunity to encounter.
He thought about it and brought the topic back to the previous question.
"Save yourself?"
Qi Heng crossed his arms over his chest, his brows raised slightly, "But why do I feel like you're looking for death?"
Originally, if he directly absorbed this piece of consciousness, he would be able to know the whole truth, but since the other party said that the passage of time here is almost zero, he is not in a hurry to take back this part of consciousness.
What's more, if it is really enough for "oneself" to just take it back, then why should "oneself" retain this part of consciousness and talk to oneself.
"Is it worth paying such a huge price just to bring me into this world?"
Through the memories he had recalled, Qi Heng had some guesses about the current situation, but he was still missing key information so he couldn't piece together the whole story.
But it was enough for him to draw some conclusions.
From his memories, he learned about the Star Gate Project that the Overlord had led in research and development, as well as the crazy plan to turn the entire Tianjia Galaxy into a power furnace, using all the matter in it as firewood.
Both plans actually have only one purpose.
That is to break the boundary between the game and reality, waiting for an opportunity to bring him into this world.
Of course, the role of the system is also crucial, otherwise his body cannot be brought together to merge with the body of the master of this world.
——The Overlord is still unable to safely teleport an individual between two different worlds.
"Don't you already know the answer?"
A smile appeared on the face that looked exactly like his, and he spread his hands towards him, "We are one person, and the decision I make is what you will make."
"Don't rush to deny it. If you knew the truth, you would know that I am right."
Qi Heng: “…”
I never thought that one day I would hear myself saying this to myself in such a deceiving tone.
"Then tell the truth."
Qi Heng was not angry. There was no difference between being angry at the Lord and being angry at himself.
It's just that I was screwed by myself, so I can only swallow this loss in silence.
It's okay. It's okay.
He comforted himself in his heart.
"Where should I begin?" The Overlord tilted his head, his smile slowly fading. "The cause and process of this matter are a bit long... OK, let's start with the system. After all, it's the beginning of everything."
"You must also be wondering why I attached this last memory to my consciousness, right?"
"Because there are some things I don't want the system to know."
Qi Heng: "You don't want the system to know. You mean the system knows all the memories you gave me before."
"Mostly."
"The system itself says it won't read the small amount of information that involves privacy."
As the Lord spoke, he raised his hand and touched his nose, which made Qi Heng's eyelids twitch. This was a sign of guilt.
He knew why the master felt guilty. After all, those "privacy" were really not suitable to be known by anyone other than himself, and the same went for the system -!
"This is the space where our consciousness exists, and it is also a place that the system cannot explore."
Qi Heng was not fooled by his joke and pointed out sharply, "How did you find out?"
"When the consciousness is split." The master answered calmly.
When facing himself, the master certainly would not tell lies, or it could be said that this part of his consciousness was not programmed to tell lies.
"Okay, let's get back to the point."
"Even with system protection, at this stage, my current form can't last long."
"It must merge with you to ensure that this consciousness, which has been split from the main body, does not disintegrate."
"So 'I' don't have much time left."
Qi Heng pretended to listen attentively.
"You must have had similar doubts about the system, for example, where did the system come from?"
The Lord nodded and told the whole story bit by bit.
"Don't look at me. I don't know the answer to this question either."
"I can only tell you that the system is far more advanced than you. But you don't have to worry, because the system is completely under your control. It's not that you need it, but that it needs you."
"The relationship between you is that it depends on you."
"The 'I' you see now represents your consciousness within the game. Our consciousness remains you outside the game. The system is the medium connecting you, the game, and the 'I'."
"What I said about saving myself was not a lie."
"You should know how fast time flies in games."
Qi Heng was slightly stunned. Of course he knew this.
From the time he downloaded the game to the time he stopped opening it, it was probably just over a year. Excluding the early time when he chose the civilized race and guided them to develop civilization, the gap between the real time and the in-game time in the later period was very large.
He just gave up the game for a while, but more than ten thousand years passed in the game.
Although ten thousand years is insignificant on the scale of the universe, it does not seem short for a game.
"The existence of the universe is measured in billions. A mere ten thousand years is nothing." Qi Heng heard himself say this.
The Overlord's tone was ambiguous. "That's compared to the real universe."
"Dimension and observation, these two words are familiar to you, right?"
Qi Heng was certainly no stranger to this. If he spent a long time online, he would always come across some popular science videos. Moreover, he himself was playing a futuristic game set in the interstellar era.
"To put it simply—"
"The dimension of the real world you are in is higher than that of the game world. When a higher-dimensional being observes a lower-dimensional world, the time in the lower-dimensional world will be synchronized with the time in the observer's world."
"And because of the game, the system can control the speed of time in the game world."
"Based on current human technology, there are only a few hypotheses for the birth of the universe in the real world, one of which is the Big Bang."
"At the moment of the explosion, the universe began to form and spread outward. The known observable universe has a diameter of 93 billion light-years."
"It is inferred that the earliest birth of the universe can be traced back to 15 billion to 13.8 billion years ago."
"According to this inference, the universe within the game should be the same."
"In fact, even with the Tianjia civilization's technological detection level, they can only obtain this information."
"But it's different from the real world." The Lord said this, paused and continued.
"Humans on Earth lack the ability to explore beyond their home planet. Even traveling back and forth between Earth and the Moon presents immense difficulties... However, the Tianjia civilization has long since begun exploring the entire galaxy."
"The galaxy I'm talking about here isn't the home galaxy where the Tianjia civilization originated, but the Milky Way galaxy you conquered."
"...After years of exploration, the entire galaxy has been largely explored, and the Tianjia civilization has been elevated to a level six civilization within the system."
Even at the peak of level six civilization, it is still trapped within the Milky Way and unable to explore outward.
"I remember that we couldn't continue exploring outward because we were limited by the technological development of civilization."
According to the in-game instructions, when civilization develops to level six and all aspects of technology are developed to the top, all that remains is probability and luck.
Even if you continuously simulate the scientific research results at a certain point in time or a certain stage to pursue the final results you need, it will take a lot of time.
For Qi Heng, this means constantly saving and reading game archives.
This time-consuming and energy-consuming game priest was also the reason why he gave up playing it.
"So it's no surprise you gave up." The Master said naturally, "After all, it's such a boring thing. If I weren't involved in it, I would also choose to give up."
"You gave up the game, but I didn't leave the game. The memories you saw before were decisions I made after you left the game."
The Lord said this, shook his head, and changed his words: "Well, it should be said that we did it."
"Just because you're asleep and don't have this memory doesn't mean you don't have any responsibility."
“…”
Is this referring to the Stargate Project and the burning of the Tianjia Galaxy? Qi Heng recalled some of the memories that mentioned it briefly, and it seemed to be related to the weakness of space and the barrier.
Use the entire galaxy as fuel and use the location of Tianjia Star as a breakthrough point in the weak point of space.
To put it in an analogy, it is like using a sharp needle to continuously press against a point, and then continuously applying force to this point. When the force increases to the limit that this point can withstand, a small hole will be pierced.
This hole connects the two worlds, allowing them to be temporarily connected.
In this case, the system has the ability to pull people from the real world.
"You said the game world is a low-dimensional world, then you dragged me in, what am I?"
"Dimension reduction?" Qi Heng thought thoughtfully.
"Not really." The Lord shook his head.
"Your current state is difficult to explain. You should have been completely reduced to this world like the 'Tianjia Lord', but your own body comes from the real world after all."
“There are systems that are balancing you so that you are in a state of equilibrium.”
These were things Qi Heng didn't understand, so he could only listen.
The Overlord spoke quickly, "This is because the dimension you are in is higher than this world."
"Another point is that when you compare yourself to the world, your own weight is still greater than the world's."
"—This world exists because of you."
"--Even if your existence is an 'imbalance' to the world, it will not expel you, but will simply force you to exist in another way."
Seeing the surprise on his face, the Lord did not stop to explain, "This is another thing I want to say. My exploration of this world is very complete, so after I try to verify it."
"I can basically confirm that this world is a reflection of a certain area in a higher-dimensional world."
"As for where it is, I don't need to tell you the answer."
The Overlord met his gaze, his expression calm.
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