The buildings here are different from those in the slums. They do not have so much defense needs and functions, but are more about beauty and comfort.
I don’t know if it is to express their hostility towards Star Stone Technology, but the buildings here don’t have much of a sense of technology, but rather present more of an ancient style, and there are even quite a few wooden buildings.
"Come in, but it's best if you come in alone so the others can wander around."
That voice came.
Gu Ran walked towards the source of the sound, which was the grand building in the center of the center.
"Don't follow me!"
Gu Ran stopped others from following him.
After thinking for a while, Gu Ran said, "You should follow Teacher Wu Wang and obey his arrangements."
After giving the instructions, Gu Ran continued to move forward.
He didn't speed up, as a little more time would give him more time to think.
"Leng Ran! I'll go with you!"
Just then, Xue Xiling trotted over.
Gu Ran immediately turned around and scolded: "What are you doing here?! I told you to follow Teacher Wu Wang, why didn't you follow?!"
Xue Xiling's face was full of grievance: "I... I just want to help you. If I'm here with you, you'll have an extra helper no matter what you face."
Gu Ran was silent for a moment, then said, "No, following me will be more dangerous."
"I'm not afraid of danger!" Xue Xiling said immediately, "As long as I can help you!"
"If she wants to come in, let her come in. Although it may not be of any use, she will not give up if we refuse her."
The voice said again.
"Gu Ran, do you feel that this voice is familiar?" Xue Xiling suddenly said curiously.
familiar
Seems familiar...
Is this person someone I know
"In fact, it is a very simple thing to verify your ideas. You just need to come in and take a look and you will know. Don't tell me that you don't even have this much courage?" said the voice.
Gu Ran continued to walk towards the central building in silence, and Xue Xiling immediately followed him.
This time, Gu Ran acquiesced to Xue Xiling's actions.
"I want to see who you are."
When Gu Ran made up his mind, he quickly approached the central building without even a pause or deviation.
The gate of the central building is a red gate. The material is unknown, but it looks very majestic. Gu Ran looks extremely small in front of the gate.
When Gu Ran approached, the door opened automatically.
Inside the gate was an empty hall, with only one person and one object standing at the innermost part.
The man had his back to Gu Ran and the others, so he couldn't be seen clearly for a moment, but the object was something Gu Ran was extremely familiar with.
Triangular crystal cone!
There is also a triangular crystal cone here!
"I'm here. The battle with the ferocious beast tide before was actually something you did on purpose for me to watch." Gu Ran walked in and said in a nonchalant tone.
"So what exactly do you want to tell me? What do you want to tell me?"
"Go ahead."
The person with his back to Gu Ran slowly turned around and gave Gu Ran a faint smile.
Just this one turn made everyone inside and outside the light screen feel like they were struck by thunder!
"Gu Ran!?"
"He is Gu Ran!?"
"No, that's not right. He's not Gu Ran. Isn't Gu Ran the person sitting opposite him? But why does he look exactly like Gu Ran?"
"Is this an illusion created by the opponent? Or a prank?"
Some people tried to guess, but it didn't sound very reliable.
... ...
At this moment, Xue Xiling behind Gu Ran suddenly fainted.
"Don't worry, she just fainted temporarily because she was about to see my face." The "Gu Ran" opposite said lightly, "She is a person within the rules. She should not have seen my face. So when she was about to see my face, she couldn't bear the power of the rules and fainted in time. This is actually a kind of protection for her. In other words, it is good for everyone."
Gu Ran looked at this familiar face and said, "Who are you? With your strength, you don't have to use such a trick to disturb my mind. And I don't think you have any intention of teasing me. So you look exactly like me?"
"Gu Ran" smiled and said, "No, I was born hundreds of years earlier than you. I shouldn't say that I look exactly like you, but that you look exactly like me."
"Then am I you?! Or are you me?!" Gu Ran asked directly, staring at him closely.
"You are you, and I am me. You are not me, and I am not you. This world will not allow two completely identical people to exist." "Gu Ran" continued to look at the triangular crystal cone, "It's just that to some extent we—"
Gu Ran was surprised when he saw that the other party suddenly fell silent.
"Damn rules, can't this be discussed?" "Gu Ran" suddenly said with some annoyance.
143. Tyrant: ****** 4k
Gu Ran looked at the other person in silence.
rule
Who makes the rules? What rules
What did he want to say? What was he banned from saying
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gu Ran waited for the other party's explanation.
"We don't have much time to meet, so I'll try to be brief." He turned to look at Gu Ran, "Will there be any evaluation of me in the future?"
Gu Ran noticed that the other party asked the question, which was "Do you have any evaluation of me?" instead of "How do you evaluate me?" These two ways of asking represent different meanings.
"Why do you ask that? Aren't you sure whether future generations will judge you?" Gu Ran asked calmly.
He smiled faintly: "I'm not sure if the future generations will still remember me. According to common sense, the future generations should not remember me."
"There is almost no record of you in later generations. Only some information about you is circulated orally, and the evaluation of you is not very good. They call you a tyrant." Gu Ran thought about it and did not hide it.
"Tyrant? Interesting. It seems that they have chosen to continue to develop Starstone Technology, right?" "Tyrant" closed his eyes, looking somewhat lonely. "Well, my path was wrong to begin with. There will be no good results if I continue on this path."
"Why aren't you remembered by history?" Gu Ran asked curiously, "And why did you forbid the development of Star Stone technology? Star Stone technology played a big role in the battle against the beast tide in the city yesterday. You should know that, right? And they were able to use Star Stone Cannons because you tacitly allowed them to develop related Star Stone technology, right?"
The "Tyrant" opened his eyes again, and the pair of eyes that looked exactly like Gu Ran's were a little tired.
"This was a struggle and also an experiment, and the result of the experiment was that I failed."
"The development of Star Stone technology means that humans are accelerating their own destruction! So I must stop humans from destroying themselves. At that time, an idea came to my mind. If Star Stone technology stops forever, no, I should say that all human technologies stop forever, then can humans continue forever?"
For the continuation of mankind? Developing Star Stone technology means that mankind is accelerating its own destruction
The other party's words made Gu Ran secretly frightened.
Gu Ran couldn't help but continue to ask: "Why do you say that? Why does developing Star Stone technology mean that humans are destroying themselves? What do you know? What are you doing?"
The Tyrant said sadly: "Do you know the meaning of 'Yuan' now? *********"
The following words became silent again.
"Well, it seems that you don't know yet." The Tyrant showed a bitter smile on his face. "Although I have isolated this world from the big world as much as possible, it is still a part of the big world after all, and will still be more or less affected by the rules of the big world. There are some things I say that you can't hear at all, because it's not yet time for you to hear them."
The Tyrant's words made Gu Ran more and more confused. He continued to ask, "Why? What is the big world you are talking about? What is this world? And when can I hear the words that I can't hear now?"
Gu Ran had too many doubts in his mind, and he asked a series of questions at once.
"The Big World is what I call it. It's the world you live in. It's the name I use to distinguish it from this world. This world is a simulation I created to verify my own ideas and wait for you. Everything in it is just a simulation of data."
Tyrant continued, "Although this world is the result of a simulation, the data is extremely close to real data, so the results of the simulation can basically be trusted."
"Simulated world? Are you trying to simulate... the success rate of mankind in resisting the tide of ferocious beasts without relying on Star Stone technology?" Gu Ran had no idea how many times he had been surprised. He felt that he knew more secrets today than in the previous ten years combined.
The Tyrant nodded and said, "That's right. The beast tide has been the biggest threat to mankind for thousands of years. I originally thought about how to successfully resist the beast tide without the help of the achievements of Star Stone technology, but no matter how many times I tried, I failed. If I don't use any Star Stone technology, the casualties of mankind will be too great. It only takes a few beast tides to kill most people, basically declaring the extinction of mankind.
“I have to come to the rescue every time, but I cannot protect humanity forever. No one can escape the judgment of time, and I am no exception. After I disappear, humans may continue to develop Star Stone Technology.
"Later, I had to change my mind, which was to develop and use Star Stone technology in a limited way, such as the Star Stone Cannon... The introduction of the Star Stone Cannon greatly reduced the cost for humans to kill elite beasts, but did not allow humans to completely defeat the beasts, allowing humans to reproduce and expand, thus achieving a balance."
Speaking of the Star Stone Cannon, Gu Ran thought of the "Gunner" who operated the Star Stone Cannon and asked, "Gunner is a means for you to restrict the development of Star Stone technology. The power they use is very special, so the output of Gunners is more than that of ordinary martial arts masters, but not too much, so humans will focus on the profession of Gunners. At that time, they may want to continuously train more Gunners instead of continuing to develop Star Stone technology."
Tyrant agreed and said, "You are right. You should have felt it too. The power used by the Gunner is a variant of the telekinesis you are currently using, or a low-profile version. This power can make the Gunner more sensitive to the surrounding environment to a certain extent. At the same time, the power can be attached to an object and then affect it, that is, change the trajectory of the cannonball. This power will make the Gunner overshadow the Star Stone Cannon, because the Star Stone Cannon is a dead object. Without the use of the Gunner, the Star Stone Cannon cannot hit the elite beasts at all.
"This is the method I came up with to take advantage of the development of Star Stone Technology while preventing it from developing too much. However, the results of so many simulations... have proven the fallacy of my idea. Once humans start to rely on Star Stone Technology, it will be impossible to stop."
After saying this, a self-deprecating smile appeared on the "tyrant"'s face.
"It's just that I'm a person who refuses to admit defeat, so I wanted to force the development of Star Stone Technology to stop. But you know the final result. Before I could attack other main cities, I 'disappeared', and I didn't even leave a single written record in the future."
Gu Ran thought about it and asked in confusion, "Wait a minute, do you mean that you were already able to simulate when you were in the big world? I thought you gained this ability after you left the big world and became like this."
The Tyrant looked at Gu Ran and smiled, "I have indeed been able to simulate it a long time ago. This ability does not belong to me, but to another 'us'. As for what it is, if you have been to the mermaid tribe, you will know."