Chapter 541: Searching for the World
Cowboy Xia looked at the silent Su Xia curiously.
The two people's personalities are like two extremes, one is talkative and the other is taciturn.
The old collector sat aside, wearing a long robe, with cloudy eyes and a thin body. He looked like an ordinary old man who was about to die, and there was nothing special about him .
"Old man, are you really the collector? Why don't you look like one to me? You don't look like one at all. Are you a fake?"
Cowboy Xia curiously reached out his hand and pinched the old collector's skin, as if wanting to see if it was a dummy.
"Young man, be respectful to the elderly." The old collector glanced at him and slapped his hand away.
With that huge star battleship there, the collector’s identity cannot be faked.
He looked at Su Xia who was sitting in the middle and asked, "Do you have the world-seeking machine?"
"Um."
Su Xia nodded, but did not take out the world-seeking machine. Instead, she said, "I want to know all the information about this machine."
"Well, you have reason to know..."
The collector looked at the three identical Su Xias, took out a portable projector, and pressed it lightly.
The projector vibrated, and immediately projected a three-dimensional image of a strange machine onto the table in front of the people.
It is the world-seeking machine.
"There are many legends about this machine, and there are many different opinions about its specific functions, but the appearance of the three of you confirms one of the rumors, which is... it can connect to another world."
The collector paused and continued, "Of course, there are other theories."
"Some people say that the function of this machine is to create clones and instill false memories in the clones, making them think that they are from another world. In fact, there is no other world at all."
"ha?"
Hearing this, Cowboy Xia widened his eyes and immediately said it was impossible.
He is a living person.
He has real memories and is definitely not someone's clone.
If he is really a clone , how do you explain the battleship he brings with him?
"Belief or not is just a subjective matter. Everyone can have different opinions."
The old collector spoke slowly, giving a lot of information about the world-seeking machine.
This machine is very old.
It has existed for countless epochs, as if it had existed since the Big Bang.
Regarding its function, most people outside still believe the first statement, which is - to find another world.
The destructive forces in deep space believe that they are searching for the real world.
"That's nonsense. If we are looking for the truth, then which of our three worlds is real?" Cowboy Xia said nonchalantly, "Are our three worlds all real, and only this world is fake?"
“There is such a saying.”
The old collector nodded slightly and continued, "But some people believe that all worlds are fake and illusory, and only by destroying everything can we see the truth."
“Why do you have such thoughts?”
"Doubt." The old collector pointed at Cowboy Xia's head, "Have you ever doubted your own existence? Were you created by God, or evolved?"
"I think it's evolution." Cowboy Xia replied.
"Are you just a virtual character simulated by a supercomputer? Is the world we live in a fake space in a game or movie? Or is it a spiritual world shared by all living things? If so, what are our flesh and blood bodies like?"
“That… makes sense.”
Cowboy Xia did not refute but thought about it seriously.
There are countless possibilities in this world.
Occasionally, there are some inexplicable phenomena that are regarded by interested people as bugs in the virtual world.
"If this machine is really so powerful, who created it?" Cowboy Xia asked again, "Is there really a creator?"
"This involves a legend that has been passed down for countless thousands of years..."
legend.
A long, long time ago.
In this universe, there is a very ordinary little inventor.
He made money by inventing practical little gadgets, had a happy family and a fulfilling life, and lived a worry-free first half of his life.
But one day, his planet was affected by an interstellar war, his hometown was destroyed, and his family and friends died in the war.
After the war, he was the only one left, sitting on the ruins of his home with a numb expression.
After that, he disappeared for a long time.
People thought he either died or left the planet that saddened him and went somewhere else.
A few years later, he suddenly reappeared.
He seemed crazy at that time.
He was unkempt, ragged, and muttering things all day long, saying things that people couldn't understand, like a hopeless mental patient.
He said this world was fake and his family and friends were not dead.
What died was only their virtual bodies; their real bodies are still alive in reality.
He lived like that for more than ten years.
More than ten years later, he built a machine in his dilapidated factory, claiming that it could penetrate the falsehood and reveal the truth.
Later, on a stormy night, a dazzling light suddenly broke out in his factory.
"No one has ever seen him since then."
The old collector narrated the story slowly and in an old voice, telling the whole story.
Some say that the inventor successfully made it to the real world and reunited with his family and friends.
Others say that he simply died accidentally somewhere.
The machine he created is the Xunjie that countless star forces are now looking for.
"What an outrageous story." Cowboy Xia couldn't help but complain, "How could a crazy inventor create such a powerful machine?"
“It’s just one of those origin stories.”
Veteran collectors say there are many more origin stories.
What he just said is only the most widely circulated one, and many forces in the starry sky have records of it.
As to whether the inventor actually went to the real world, it is unknown.
Many people think that he may have just gone to another world.
"Grandpa, if this machine is obtained by those destructive forces, can they really use it?" asked Cowboy Xia.
"have."
The old collector looked solemn and said, "It is said that this machine can connect to different worlds. Each time it connects, it will leave an anchor point in that world."
"Anchor point?"
"Yes, for example, the world you are in." The old collector said solemnly , "After this machine sent you to this world, your world was connected to this world. The place where the two are connected is an anchor point."
"What's the use of this anchor?"
"Coordinates, location."
The old collector was brief and to the point.
Once connected, an anchor point is created.
Once the destructive forces obtain this machine, they can use the anchor point to travel to other alien worlds and join forces with the destructive forces in those worlds.
"Join forces? Are they going to form a 'Great Alliance of Villains of All Heavens and Worlds'?"
Cowboy Xia couldn't help but complain.
