Lu Zhou, who realized this, was instantly frightened into a cold sweat by this thought.

See yourself?

How is this possible?!

The entire old universe has disappeared into the void outside of time, and it is not certain whether human beings have existed in that strange world, and he is just a speck of dust in this memory.

How could he possibly perceive that he belonged to himself in the new universe.

Wait a minute......

At this time, Lu Zhou suddenly remembered that the old man in front of him was very likely to be the prophet of the Parker civilization - no, rather, he must be the prophet!

At this moment, all the clues were connected.

Although it is only a very small possibility, there is only one possibility that can be explained, that is, he is in the old universe and perceives the eyes outside the timeline, whether it is the "spirit of the universe" or the so-called "psionic ritual", and he has a premonition that this memory will be read by someone who has nothing to do with it at some point in the future.

This feeling of being targeted did not dissipate until Noir waved goodbye and stood on the beam of light that even reached the sky.

Looking at the chosen one in front of him, the aging prophet was silent for a long time, until Lu Zhou felt his feet begin to lift off the ground, and then said in a low voice.

"Maybe I'm wrong."

"You are the chosen one."

Hearing the old man's words, Nanuwa was slightly stunned and asked with a frown.

“…… What are you talking about? ”

As if he had aged many years in an instant, a flash of pathos flashed across the prophet's face.

But he didn't say anything, just looked at the puzzled face that was gradually leaving the ground, and waved his thin paws.

"Nothing."

"Forget what I said."

"Since it is the decision of the spirit of the universe, then I believe that all this is the best arrangement."

Looking at the old man who had gone away with the blue grassland, Lu Zhou, who had brought it into the perspective of Nowa, couldn't help but hold his breath.

If his reasoning wasn't wrong......

The prophet's last monologue was probably not addressed to Nowa.

It's about listening to yourself from the perspective of a bystander......

……

Suddenly opening his eyes, as if awakened from a nightmare, Lu Zhou bounced off the bed.

When the Chosen One named "Nowa" in his place stepped on the spaceship bound for the center of the galaxy through the gravity-defying beam, the entire memory fragment dissipated in a string of torn light and shadow like a broken soap bubble.

A drop of sweat ran across his forehead, and Lu Zhou, who had taken off his helmet, gasped softly, and raised his arm to wipe away the sweat that had slid down to his cheeks.

Watching with concern from the side, Xiao Ai controlled the mechanical arm to hand a glass of water to Lu Zhou's side, and controlled the drone to fly in front of him with a whining, sending him a refreshing cool breeze with the air flow of the quadrotor.

【Master, are you alright?】 QAQ】

"It's okay......" took a sip of the water cup, Lu Zhou looked at the emoji words full of concern written on the LED screen, and showed a reassuring smile, "Compared to the previous two sets of memories, this time it is quite gentle." ”

With the exception of the history of Parker's civilization and the first half of his life, the rest of his memory was told to him in a rather mild atmosphere.

At the very least, compared to Void Memory A, which contains confusing puzzle-solving elements, and Void Memory B, which numbs the scalp's action-shooting elements, this story-only memory can be considered a simple model.

For Lu Zhou, this is the first time that he has completed 100% synchronization of the memory of the void without the help of the virtual reality system's file reading system.

But at the same time, it was the first time for him that he had encountered such a strange thing in his memories of the old universe......

Xiao Ai: [Master, master, do you need to log in to the "Jialan Empire" game? (＞▽＜)】

After thinking about this question seriously for a while, Lu Zhou shook his head slightly.

“…… This time you don't need it, there are no difficult levels that need the help of players, just archive the data directly to the library. ”

Ai: [Roger.] (??????)?? 】

For Xiao Ai, who controls the quantum computer, archiving this huge amount of data is only a moment's work.

After losing it in the underground laboratory for a while, Lu Zhou took the elevator back to the surface and stopped by the cafeteria of the Institute for Advanced Study to settle dinner.

Along the way, people who saw him greeted him respectfully.

However, because of the things on his mind, Lu Zhou seemed a little absent-minded when responding, so much so that when he sat down in the cafeteria, he realized that he had made a mistake in practice.

After hastily settling dinner, Lu Zhou returned home with a stomach full of questions and locked himself in the study.

Removing the notebook stuffed in the corner of the bookshelf, Lu Zhou spread it out on the desk, and in the blank space of the latest page, he wrote down what he had seen and heard in the Void Memory C fragment.

"Parker Civilization, Label: Idealism, Authoritarianism, ......"

“…… The warriors who have won hundreds of duels have become the chosen ones and are instructed by the Prophet to travel to the heart of the galaxy in search of a way to save civilization. ”

"Natural Disaster...... It's a natural disaster again, what exactly is the so-called natural disaster? Are the crises of the Parker civilization and the Jialan civilization the same thing? And how exactly does that psionic ritual that predicts the future do it? ”

Scratching his hair with some distress, Lu Zhou frowned tightly and fell into deep thought.

The level of civilization of these Parkers is obviously far less developed and powerful than that of the Jialan civilization...... At least from the old man's mouth, Lu Zhou had never heard of them accomplishing such a magnificent spectacle as the Ring World, let alone the strange drop that leaped forward, or a similar description of it.

The so-called natural disasters are only perceived through a kind of "psionic ritual" similar to that of Zhanpu.

Sensing an unknown threat, they decided to send a spaceship, and the people chosen by the spirit of the universe to the center of the galaxy to find a solution to the crisis.

The whole plan is full of idealism.

The prophet did not tell the chosen one what he was going to do in the middle of the galaxy, let alone what the so-called "natural disaster" was, but he was convinced that doing so would turn around some kind of crisis that was destined to occur.

This blind belief makes this so-called journey to redeem civilization seem like a pilgrimage.

"What the hell is hiding in the center of the galaxy?"

"And that cosmic spirit and the ritual of predicting the future...... In other words, is it really possible to achieve such an unreliable thing? ”

What particularly disturbed Lu Zhou was the old prophet's last look at the end of his memory, and the monologue that didn't look like it was for Noir.

Are you God's chosen one?

And who are you referring to......

Looking at the notebook that had been filled unconsciously, and the question marks that were almost full of blank spaces, Lu Zhou hesitated for a long time, and finally retained the suspense written on the paper.

"It seems that even the physics of LV10 can't answer this question very well......"

"If only I could talk to that man."

The man who called himself an observer.

If it were him, he would know something.

Although there is no truth to this intuition, and the guy is not that easy to get along with, the deep and intelligent eyes are very reassuring.

With a slight sigh, Lu Zhou closed the notes that filled the page and stood up from the desk.

"Let's get here for now...... Further down is it not physics, but the occult and philosophical. ”

Maybe I should look for a chance to study Professor Miró's notes again?

Although Lu Zhou did not think that he knew more about the spirit of the universe than he did, the creator of cosmic animism, perhaps he had discovered some noteworthy clues that he had overlooked.

At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly remembered that he seemed to have promised Senior Brother Luo that he would go to IMCRC today to prepare for the Centennial Physics Conference.

As a result, I soaked in the Institute for Advanced Study all day today.

Glancing out the window, it was already completely dark.

At this time, when you go to Shanghai, you have to find a place to live.

Forget it, it's already so late.

Let's wait until tomorrow......

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou reached out and turned off the lamp on the desk, got up from the chair with a yawn, and went downstairs to the room to rest.