Xia Fan subconsciously touched his head.
Fortunately... still looks to be within the normal size range.
"It's that simple?"
"This is the charm of qualitative change, just like if you add one more type of cone cells to yourself, you can see a completely different world. It is simple to say, but technically it is not that easy to achieve." Sikong replied, "From simple single-chip microscopes to complex electron microscopes, people continue to understand the new world with the help of these things. However, for a long time, humans rarely modified their eyes and nerves - because It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.”
"So when nerves and receptors are strengthened to a new level, shouldn't it be natural to observe new changes in the world?"
Xia Fan was speechless.
Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, "Could it be that the so-called feeling of energy actually means feeling dark energy?"
"It's not precise enough, but you can understand it this way." There seemed to be a smile in the other party's tone. "Actually, the name dark energy is to facilitate your understanding. Since humans discovered that it can be used, they have given it a A brand new name, thought energy, also known as Qi.”
"It is a kind of energy, invisible and intangible, but it can be driven by consciousness. In the past, humans thought that brain waves were everything about conscious activities, but in fact this electromagnetic wave is just a ripple caused by the disturbance of thinking energy by consciousness. This This is also the reason why people’s attempts to use electrical signals to simulate brain thinking always fail in the end. Electricity can only simulate signals, but cannot construct thoughts.”
Xia Fan felt that a brand new field was slowly unfolding in front of him—
He suddenly discovered that many doubtful things in the past had a vague answer.
"This energy...if it existed from the beginning..."
"Yes, human beings have actually touched its edge in many ways since its birth." Sikong confirmed his guess, "For example, the observer effect in the double-slit experiment seems to be that observation is changing the results, but in fact It is consciousness that is adding fuel to the flames. What causes subtle changes in the results is the addition of the additional parameter of thinking energy. In addition, it is also the general solution to the unified equation. Driven by consciousness, it can freely transform into the four basic forces... "
Not only that, Xia Fan thought.
The legends of immortals and gods in the past may not be pure fiction. After all, as humans reproduce from generation to generation, there will always be some unique people. Maybe it was these people who were favored by fate who had a slightly special brain structure that left those records of making waves in history.
"What happens next?"
Although he had vaguely guessed the answer, he still couldn't help but ask.
"Then, mankind ushered in a new round of technological explosion, and various problems that plagued technological progress were solved one by one. Since energy is extremely easy to obtain, people also began to set their sights on the deeper universe. It can be said that this is human civilization "The peak." Sicong said slowly, "At the same time, the Forerunners' transformation of themselves has also reached a peak. Since the capacity of the brain is limited by the body, the transformation into a pure consciousness is a matter of course. "
Xia Fan swallowed.
"For example... me now?"
The other party did not deny, "The technology you used is much more advanced than when you first tried it, but the essence is the same. As consciousness expands, a fatal problem is exposed: pure consciousness will gradually lose itself and eventually become a chaotic thing. . It still has the ability to control the energy of thoughts, but the thoughts no longer resemble a real person. In this regard, you should know what causes this."
Xia Fan felt goosebumps on his arms.
"Because a new qualitative change has occurred..."
"No one knows whether these people have truly lost themselves, or whether they have seen more things and become living beings that humans cannot understand. When they drive thinking energy, phenomena that go against common sense often occur. This is an area that has not yet been explored and cannot be explained by existing theories."
The closer it is to chaos, the less it can be explained by common sense.
This sentence came to Xia Fan's ears again.
It's almost a no-brainer to know how much damage such chaotic entities could wreak if they had ill intentions towards human society.
"The transformation must stop," he murmured.
"Most people would think so, but the researchers at that time not only did not stop, but wanted to further understand how the chaotic things drive the energy of thought. They even hoped to use this phenomenon that the principle was not yet known to combine it. Apply it to actual production to create benefits." Si Kong paused for a moment, "The Moon Guard Base is one of its masterpieces."
Sure enough.
Xia Fan closed his eyes.
Even if technology advances by leaps and bounds, it is really difficult to create a giant ecosystem on the moon that is almost the same as a blue star.
Unless with the help of technology obtained from the Chaos Thing.
But humans still underestimate this power after all.
"The situation finally got out of control." Sikong seemed to have read his thoughts and said directly, "More and more people became chaotic objects and began to devour other people. Humanity was completely defeated by the attacks of these powerful enemies. The entire earth was declared to have fallen, and only some human fire remained on the Moon Guard base. At this point, the Escape Committee was established, whose purpose was to escape from home and find a new foothold in galaxies where the chaotic entities had not yet set foot. This is the database human history recorded in.”
Everything fell into place.
Xia Fan couldn't help but sigh.
The legal life forms mentioned by the other party are those who have not yet reached the stage of pure consciousness transformation.
But for this last world barrier, the power of chaos is indispensable, so they still retain the equipment to transform people into fused life forms, and refuse the latter to board the spacecraft. In other words, only those who are unwilling to leave their homes or are willing to make sacrifices for the escapees are eligible to accept the transformation of the fusion body.
As for the several sages of the Salvation Cult, they are secondary life forms among artificial life forms that have been transformed by the energy of the Black Gate. Their status in the system is far inferior to that of fused life forms and legal life forms, but they can make up for the difference between the two. The lack of quantity is also the backbone of building escape towers.
Although this happened a thousand years ago, the Escape Tower is still fulfilling its responsibilities, providing guides for legal life forms and transforming artificial life forms.
Under the protection of the barrier, even if all the forerunners have left, the world is still functioning normally.
After losing their guidance, the abandoned artificial individuals began to extend their lives in their own way, and continue to survive to this day. But for the escape tower, this can no longer be counted as human history.
The elevator shook slightly, pulling Xia Fan back from his daze.
The top floor has arrived.