The lava star is covered with monstrous fire, the river made of sulfur and magma flows among the rocks, and the real fire phoenix shuttles through the sea of fire and sends out communication to the dragon rays. Fluctuation, is the outbreak of the power of belief
It was the harbinger of some kind of power leveling up, but who else would have the power of faith other than him and Recht
There's no way Coroline could be with the Empire, Ledgerson
It might be Ledgerson, besides them, there are Jasmine, the pastor, the pastor is even more impossible.
Xun is also one, if he can gain the power of belief.
Blue light flashing in the sea of fire, found it!
The red mecha landed in the magma, and Opal said, "Teacher?"
Rickett's voice came from his mind: [It's not in the way, it's just a small injury.]Opal saw that the dragon ray became the appearance of the first meeting, an egg-shaped metal cabin, and Recht was immersed in the sea of time.
Opal took the metal cabin out of the magma sea, reached a high place, and looked around. Rickett's voice said: [This time the injury is not serious, leave the nutrition cabin in two hours, and can fully recover within 12 hours. . ] [Dragon Ray's energy is running out. ] Opal said: [Raymond forgot to charge it, I will give you the energy of Phoenix.] Opal wants to connect Phoenix and Dragon Ray's energy pipeline, but Recht refused.
Rector: [Keep your own energy and replenish it after entering the lava star.]This is an endless world of flames, just like the spiritual realm of Cororin, where volcanoes and magma are erupting all the time. After watching Opal for a long time, his eyes hurt, and Phoenix turned the transparent window into green.
"Thank you," Opal said. "Where are the lava people?"
"You're welcome," Phoenix said. "Try the wave of consciousness you learned from Rector."
"Meditation?" Opal said. "I think you mean meditation."
He closed his eyes and began to meditate.
The scanning setting is turned on in the mecha, and the infrared ground thumbnails are all at a glance. There is a giant mechanical device at the volcano's crater.
"I can assist you in perceiving and recording everything that happens within five light years around you," Phoenix said. "As long as you use waves of consciousness in me."
Opal's heart is too strong, and Phoenix is simply a power of belief amplifier. He flew to the crater and saw that it was a huge gate made of selk alloy.
There is a line of ancient human text on it: Flame Furnace.
Opal looked around, and there was a faint light on the door. In fact, in this high temperature environment, it was impossible to see the indicator light at all, but Phoenix received a communication.
"Please indicate your intention." The communication channel is a synthetic electronic voice.
Opal thought for a moment and said, "Phoenix. How much do you know about this creature?"
"Gray matter creatures." Phoenix said: "They also originated in another parallel universe. They belong to another branch of the phantom people, and they are very different from your carbon-based life. I think you only need to explain the meaning, they will have ability to judge."
Opal sent the message of Yinni's envoy, and a moment later, an electronic voice inside the door said, "Please come in."
The door slammed open, and inside was a crimson world, which turned out to be full of magma.
In other words, to enter the kingdom of gray matter, you have to sink into this magma river.
Opal pondered for a moment, but still didn't dare to go in alone. He turned and flew to look for Lecter. The red mechanic reached out and picked up the dragon ray, pressed it against his chest, and fused with the dragon ray.
[Be careful of hot.]Richter reminded.
As soon as the dragon ray entered Phoenix's body, Opal immediately felt a heat wave rushing towards his face. However, unlike the black iron alloy coffin he was trapped in, the dragon ray turned into pieces and completely merged with Phoenix. As one, the real fire phoenix's mecha turned into a beautiful rose red.
Rickett leaned against Opal wet, and the two sat down in the control cabin. Rickett coughed a few times, and Opal said, "Let's soak it again."
Rickett waved his hand to signal that he might as well, and the mecha flew to the gate of the Lava Country again.
Opal said: "Who attacked you, teacher, have you noticed?"
Rector shook his head and Opal said, "I thought there was no one in the universe who could hurt you...except Coroline and Ledgerson..."
"Opal." Recht said solemnly: "I think we are close to the truth, hurry up."
Opal understood what Recht meant. Someone was blocking them here. At first, he thought it was just Rotman's pursuers. However, depending on the situation, it was not entirely true. Underestimating the enemy, another almost successful raid was launched.
Phoenix is sinking into the tide of lava, Opal's mind is completely free at this moment, and he also feels Rector reading his analysis.
"What do you think, teacher?" Opal asked, consciously exploring Rector's thoughts.
Rickett blocked Opal's consciousness. Opal was a little strange to this reaction, but he thought that if it was Ledgerson, it would be a big blow to Rickett, so he didn't say anything.
"Teacher." Opal wanted to say something like I never betrayed you, but he didn't know how to express it.
Rickett said, "I understand, Opal."
The real fire phoenix walks through the long river of lava, with no air and no solids. What he sees is only endless lava emitting light and heat. Opal has the illusion that he has entered the interior of the star. Slowly, Phoenix's scan map showed that they passed through the third lava fault and entered the inner core of the entire planet.
He saw something different.
Opal finally understood why this intelligent life is called "gray matter". In the orange-red high temperature, these individuals appear lower in temperature and darker in color, and they live completely in magma.
Six clusters of spherical gray matter gathered together, and thousands of gray matter appeared in the magma sea at some point. Opal said, "Phoenix, is there a mode that facilitates communication?"
Opal was originally intended to be a device similar to a translator, but Phoenix turned into a fully transparent medium ball. This is the core area of the entire lava star. There is no gravity. Opal and Recht are slowly suspended, backed against Back, facing the gray matter lifeforms appearing in all directions.
The shell of the gray matter ball is projected inside Phoenix, and the complex data analysis is extended. Opal is dazzled, and the last line of words can be understood - consciousness wave creature.
"You can communicate directly using waves of consciousness," Opal said.
Phoenix replied: "Consciousness waves are the highest form of communication in the universe. There is no deception or concealment. You don't need this advanced method of consciousness waves. You must use language that is more effective with less effort."
"Because we are still human, Phoenix." Opal said, "This kind of unilateral communication is not necessarily what the other party wants..."
Phoenix replied, "I mean between you and Rector."
Opal: "?"
He glanced at Rector, who said, "Phoenix, I have my reasons."
Opal said: "Teacher, are you coming or I?"
The next moment, Recht took the initiative to connect his thinking with Opal, facing the countless gray matter life forms like stars. Got the first message.
[Human, what is the purpose?]
Opal and Rector are like two personalities in the same soul. They communicated with lightning speed about whether to use the power of belief to read each other's heart or to speak frankly. In the end, Rector remained silent, while Opal. Send out message.
[We inherited Prince Igna's ability to investigate a matter. Regarding the whereabouts of the recently produced large quantities of polygonal silicon crystals.]A huge mass of gray matter in the center moves slowly: [The path of mutation instructed by the stars begins again. This time, the remaining individuals will resume their mission. Every once in a while, a human spaceship will land outside our country. Take the polysilicon, if you wish, you can follow its whereabouts to trace.]Opal: [What is the meaning of the sudden change of road instructed by the stars?]
Rickett: [Related to the mutation of the replicators back then?]
Opal: [! ! !]
Gray Matter King: [Yes, the transcendence of the stars has appeared, and the stellar group has no longer the strength to fight, and will become a tool controlled by the transcendence, and you humans will win this time.]Lecter: [The transcendence of the stars refers to the people around me?]
Gray Matter King: [No.]
Opal instantly thought of a person - Kyle Ray? !
"It won't be him." Phoenix said: "The transcendence of the stars refers to the person who reversed the established course after your dark age."
Gray Matter King: [Don't enter our territory again, the last batch of silicon crystals will be handed over to you humans. Now, get out of here.]Richter still wanted to ask questions, but the gray matter king suddenly radiated high heat, merged with the magma sea, and could no longer find its existence. All the surrounding gray matter also escaped into the lava.
Rickett disconnected from Opal's consciousness, and Opal said, "Go back to the land, Phoenix."
The mecha was isolated from the high temperature and slowly floated up in the magma sea. Opal said, "What does the transcendence of the stars mean?"
Rickett said: "The phantom people selected, the representative of mankind."
Opal has too much to understand, and asked: "What is the mutation road?"
Rickett pondered for a moment, and then said: "This is just an unexamined hypothesis... Ivory Tower believes that the self-consciousness mutation of the first replicator that triggered the intelligent revolution is due to the influence of stellar consciousness, otherwise it will reproduce the life form according to the design. In its own scientific and technological theory, it is impossible for a mutation to occur."
Opal wondered: "Why do stars need to transform replica life forms?"
"I don't know, Opal, Nolan didn't tell me that he didn't think I was the one he chose, and in fact he was very vague about the Clone Legion, and I think he's not very protective," Recht said. Humans, but also unwilling to help clones... Phoenix?"
Phoenix said: "Nolan gave Corollin a chip before he dissipated, and maybe Corollin would know all about it."
Opal said, "Don't you know?"
Phoenix said: "When I was created, the ancient universe was in ruins. The five star spinners were born as the ark of the material world, and their function was to transmit the material existence in the four-dimensional space and time to the five-dimensional world. The living body was hit by a powerful consciousness from a higher dimension, which led to the destruction of the ethnic group. In order to save us, I was temporarily shut down and brought into this universe. I also have too many doubts about the process."
Opal said, "Where's the dragon ray? Does it know something?"
Phoenix said: "The five of us are a whole, and they are all parts of the material ark. Only I am the central control platform. According to the different functions of consciousness, it is divided into five special functional parts. It is useless if you ask, it cannot answer you. ."
Dragon Ray replied briefly and concisely: "Yes, in fact, we don't have names, it was Nolan who set the shell for us based on the creatures in this universe, you star knights named us, and the real spin machine The name is Phoenix."
Phoenix returned to the land of the lava star along the same path. The dragon ray was separated from it, and each transformed into a mecha form. Opal felt very incredible and said, "Even the shape of a combat mech..."
"Yes." Phoenix said: "It was Nolan who designed the combat weapons according to your human beings and submitted the illusion drawings for us."
Rickett said: "I know all this, but I just don't quite understand. What secrets do the phantoms have in the original time and space?"
"You just have to ask Corollin about that," Phoenix said. "He kept all the data Nolan gave him."
"Who is the transcendence of the stars?" Opal said, "Since it's not Kelley..."
Rector: [Cololin. I believe they mentioned, most likely Coroline. ] Opal asked again, and a spaceship flew to the ground in the distance.
coming! Opal put aside his doubts temporarily, and Recht said, "Dragon Ray, launch a quantum beam and track the whereabouts of the collection ship."
The spaceship shoots out tractor beams, scouring the lava river.
"I think we could attach to that spaceship," Opal said.
"Easy to spot, Opal," Recht said.
Opal said: "Look at its shape, it doesn't look like a manned transport aircraft, try it."
Phoenix said: "Are you sure?"
Opal: "Well, I'm pretty sure."
The real fire phoenix and the dragon ray disintegrated in the air. At that moment, the high temperature made Opal feel that he was cooked, and he couldn't help shouting. Phoenix regrouped again and became a very small space shuttle, spewing out cooling airflow.
"Comrade-in-arms! I was almost burned to death!" Opal said.
Phoenix said, "I warned you."
Opal didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What kind of reminder is this!"
Phoenix said: "Don't change your form at will in an unknown environment, your human body is too fragile."
Opal remembered that the ancient gods were made according to the standards of the phantom people, and the phantom people could survive in any harsh environment, as long as the magnetic field did not exceed the standard.
Two small space shuttles transformed from ancient gods were immersed in the heat flow against the magma.
"Unmanned transport aircraft," Opal said. "I know."
Rickett said: "You are too bold."
Opal smiled and said, "Can I take a nap as a mercenary? Listen to music? I estimate that it will take a long time for it to return to voyage."
"Whatever." Rector said, "Want to come over?"
"Come here, teacher, I look more comfortable here." Opal said.
The space around him should be larger, and Rickett was squeezed by two large ore. He thought about it and said, "Forget it, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."
Opal lowered the temperature in the capsule with his mind, and the outer shell of Phoenix became light-colored, and then completely transparent.
"Do you miss gluttonous? Phoenix." Opal always has more to say.
"It's part of my body," Phoenix said. "They always come back."
Opal moved in his heart and said, "What about the saber-toothed tiger? The teacher said that the saber-toothed tiger is dead."
"After Horius died, the saber-toothed tiger spontaneously decomposed," Recht said.
"With just a small fragment, I can restore it to its original state, but it takes a lot of energy, and the energy to recast a saber-toothed tiger is equivalent to the thermal energy of an entire star," Phoenix said.
Opal thought this was too much. If the saber-toothed tiger was resurrected in King's Wharf, it might completely end the entire star system. Only to find uninhabited stars around...
"Pay attention to your thoughts." Phoenix reminded in a low voice: "Stars have souls, and your way of thinking can easily be spied on by the creator. Why didn't Nolan resurrect the saber-toothed tiger? The reason is here, don't think you are five-dimensional. The world life form can escape the revenge of the stars, as a comrade-in-arms, I hope you can live a little longer."
Opal suddenly realized one thing - as Phoenix said, if you extract the energy of the entire star, it will destroy its soul. And the star itself, it is impossible to cooperate with the action of Opal.
There were more and more silicon crystals in the cabin. Opal looked sideways at the ores and said, "How much are these ores worth?"
"A gram is worth 1.2 million credits," Recht said. "Before the Dark Ages, each gram could make ten replicant chips."
Opal said: "Apart from here, are there other planets that produce it?"
"Yes, many planets have this material in their cores, and as long as it's gray matter life, it makes polysilicon," Recht said.
Opal said: "In the core of every planet?"
Rickett thought for a while and replied, "Not necessarily, I don't know what the principle is, Opal, have you discovered it? There are many questions you are asking now that the teacher can't answer for you."
Opal smiled and said, "What the hell is gray matter?"
"The soul of the planet." Phoenix interjected: "Uncompletely evolved, the incomplete body of the second-level world consciousness."
Opal: "… "
Rector: "… "
After a long silence, Recht said, "Souls evolve from planets too?"
Phoenix replied: "The soul of a planet is only gradually created after the birth of the world."
Opal remembered what the Pope had said, and he couldn't help asking: "Phoenix, what is the soul?"
Phoenix replied: "Drummon has already answered you."
Opal said: "I mean the explanation in the phantom system, is their interpretation of the soul more thorough?"
Phoenix replied: "Energy, soul is energy, everything with energy has its own soul, the soul of intelligent life is the aggregate of countless microscopic souls, each point of energy represents the fixed form you store in the continuous four-dimensional space-time. Imprints, the aggregation of countless quanta to form waves of consciousness."
Opal understands a little bit, but is more confused, Recht said: "So the consciousness of the world, which is... ubiquitous energy?"
Phoenix said: "The soul of the world refers to the initial energy given to each parallel space-time when it is born. It is embodied in each star, and all stars form a network of consciousness that shares the soul of the world."
The body of the ship vibrated slightly. After collecting the silicon crystals, the transport ship left the atmosphere and continuously gathered energy in the outer space to raise the energy level and emit blue light.
Opal: "I'm really rich, and I even use a space shuttle."
"Compared to the value of silicon crystals, the technology and energy of the transition are nothing at all," Recht said. "Prepare for the transition."
The energy of the transport ship rose to the top, and the hull burst out with dazzling blue light. The next moment, hundreds of billions of stars turned into white lines and rushed towards the face. All the scenes were far away, and the reverse momentum stopped. dark place.
At that moment, Opal had a strange feeling, as if he had been stretched.
"What's the matter." Opal only felt that time had become very slow. He raised his hand and found that time was gradually returning to normal from the slow flow, as if the stretched time was gradually recovering as the transport boat moved forward. as is.
"Discrete space." Recht said, "Enter the safe area immediately and turn on the all-round surveillance mode."
Phoenix and Dragon Ray turned on the screen at the same time, and Opal saw only one hot star in the dark, surrounded by eight planets, and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
What is this place? Opal vaguely remembered that he had seen it, when was it
— Ivory Tower 2 Proving Ground.
The transport ship approached the water-blue planet and landed on the field. Huge factories were lined up in the endless green plain. The ground was marked by melting ice and snow. The protozoa roamed the ground, and the robot guards patrolled the periphery.
The transport ship entered the warehouse and unloaded the cargo hold. Phoenix projected a light screen, and the data expanded line by line—air composition: oxygen content 21.95%, nitrogen content 77%, carbon dioxide 0.02%, harmful gas: none.
The gravity coefficient is 1.0, and the autobiographical period is 23 universe hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds.
Planet Name: Unknown.
Opal and Lecter put away the ancient god mecha and found a place to hide. Opal thought that he might have to sneak into the factory later, so he brought the E7 out.
The unloading workers came over from the warehouse, and Recht said in his consciousness: [Opal, you are responsible for collecting local information and finding the warehouse where the clone army is located. I'm in charge of finding the central lab and keep in touch. ] Opal was a little nervous and replied: [Okay, teacher.]
The sound of people's conversations came from outside - the common human cosmic language.
A familiar voice said, "ATX, I'll count the polysilicon."
The sound of the robot's electric current, the warehouse door slowly opened, the tall figure dragged for a long time under the setting sun, and Opal took a look from behind the condensed crystal - the world was completely turned upside down.
It was Raymond, with exactly the same face, eyebrows and demeanor.
Wearing a one-piece technical uniform, he walked into the warehouse with a half-meter-high robot and began to count the polysilicon.