Chapter 524: The Waves of Time
After listening to Long Yun's narration, Su Xue did not speak, but sat beside Long Yun and thought quietly.
In the softly lit living room of the apartment, only the sound of Long Yun's heavy breathing seemed to be left at this time, and the nervous heartbeat that he could detect in a trance.
“…… Long Yun. ”
I didn't know what to say, Long Yun didn't say anything, just raised his head and looked at the little girl beside him.
"Frankly, I was shocked to hear what you just said. However, the so-called 'bystander clear', your current situation is also relatively stable, let's try to analyze it, okay? ”
Feeling that he had regained his ability to think, Long Yun nodded in response.
"Well, first of all, let's make sure that whether it's the 'Manor Bullet' incident you just told me, or what we just found out - uh, even if it's 'history distortions', both of these things really happened in the real world, didn't they?" Speaking of this, Su Xue looked at Long Yun with wide eyes and attentively, "Let's not talk about what happened just now, both of us have experienced it, and this is completely certain that it is not an illusion." As for what you're talking about, are you sure it happened? ”
"Yes, that's for sure."
Confirming that this matter was definitely not his fantasy, Long Yun replied to her in the affirmative: "Ling was also present at the time for this matter; And I put the warhead away, and I'm still lying in the desk drawer in my room in the villa. ”
"Ah, that's right."
After receiving Long Yun's confirmation, the little girl continued, "Then. This matter is also confirmed to be true. For the 'manor bullets' thing. There may be other explanations; But the 'historical distortion' we just saw. I can't find any convincing reason anyway. Is that so? ”
"Yes, that's right."
Long Yun also felt the same way, otherwise he would not have fluctuated like this.
"In my own thoughts, I can't think of any other possible explanation for these two things. So, is it possible to assume as you say: it is because of some actions during your time travel that affect the real world in which we live? While this sounds really incredible, ...... Could it be said. Is the world you have crossed into not some 'parallel world', but the 'past' of our world? ”
"Will it be—will it be like this......"
Thinking of this, Long Yun shook his head blankly, he felt that this should be impossible.
The trajectories of the two worlds, "traversal" and "reality", are too different: the Soviet Union, which has long since disintegrated in reality, not only did it still exist in 1996, but it also started a world war with the West, and this kind of thing has never been found in any historical record in reality.
No, it was by no means a real-world "past", he was absolutely sure.
"Not really. That's not what I meant. ”
Feeling Long Yun's consciousness activity, Su Xue waved her hand gently. "Then, let me make an analogy, will it be like this: our 'real world' and the 'parallel world' you have crossed into are like two long rivers of time that are unusually close but not contradictory. Because they're similar to each other, maybe they'll have the same origin, maybe?
Then, these two rivers of time, which have nothing to do with each other, have a certain connection because of your crossing. Whether it's your travel experience, the bullet that has been shot into the tree, or even the 'historical distortion' that we have just discovered, will it be like the undulating waves in a mighty river that will occasionally splash into another river next to it? It is equivalent to an event that happened in one of the worlds, and had some effect on the parallel world. ”
Parallel worlds?
Two worlds that influence each other?
Such an idea has to be said to be quite novel, and Long Yun really couldn't react for a while.
Indeed, for ordinary people, the passage of time and the uniqueness of the world are like self-evident universal truths; If he wants to get rid of the shackles of these concepts and understand the situation described by Su Xue at once, he needs a little more assistance. Thinking of this, he first said one of his immature thoughts:
"Su Xue, do you mean that what I did in the parallel world will affect our real world, or the 'past' of the real world?"
As soon as he said that, Long Yun felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of what made him feel like this.
"No, I think...... It's not that simple. ”
Blinking her smart eyes, Su Xue shook her head at the lover in front of her, and then broke through the key in one sentence, "In that 'parallel world', didn't you participate in the world war between the East and the West?" If that's what you say—"
"Ahh
That's where the incongruity goes! Long Yun suddenly remembered.
Think about what he did in that inexplicable parallel world, how simple is it "shooting the trunk of a tree" and "meeting Lyudmila"? On the battlefield of unprecedented intensity, those NATO fighters and pilots shot down by him, those air battles that changed the course because of his participation, not to mention all these things, will be fulfilled in the real world, changing the "past" and present of this world?
Not to mention anything else, where are the wreckage of the fighter planes that were shot down by themselves, as well as the bodies of the pilots? Could it still appear somewhere in the real world out of thin air, this is obviously nonsense.
But......
What if that's really the case?
Thinking of this, Long Yun suddenly felt a chill down his spine, and one of his thoughts at this time was that maybe what he had done in the parallel world before had indeed changed the "past" of the real world, but it was just ...... The changes weren't noticeable, and he hadn't noticed them yet.
"Long Yun, don't think like this yet, let's think about it from another angle, right?"
Probably sensing the panic and confusion in Long Yun's heart, Su Xue reminded him loudly, "I think the theory of 'two rivers' just now still has a little reference value." In other words, if there had been no accidents, the two worlds would have been fine; But now with a bridge like 'you', it is possible for the two worlds to influence each other.
Further, this effect is probably one-sided: at the moment, it seems that some of your actions during the time travel will affect the history of the real world; But the reverse may not be. This is easy to understand, because you are clearly traveling forward, in the positive passage of time, and of course the actions of parallel worlds affect the history of the real world, and then we are observed; Or rather...... Or rather......"
With the two people looking at each other and having the same heart, Long Yun roughly understood Su Xue's guess while listening, and couldn't help but be even more surprised.
This ice and snow smart girl, she can think of so much!
"Or can we think that these two 'parallel worlds' have a certain probability of influencing each other, but we have been 'in this mountain' before, and we have not been aware of this influence at all. What do you think?
Now, because of your crossing, we have the conditions to corroborate the events of the two worlds with each other, and we have the opportunity to discover this mutual influence. Otherwise, if you and I are like everyone else in this world, then even if we see the warhead and see the change in Lyudmila's case, will we just subconsciously think that 'this is how it is', without the slightest suspicion? ”
Shocked by Su Xue's statement, Long Yun sat on the sofa blankly, his brain could be said to be chaotic now.
The theory proposed by this little girl may at first sound a little grotesque; But when you think about it, it's not impossible.
――My own crossing is right in front of you, this kind of thing has happened, what else is impossible?
Following Su Xue's train of thought, as Long Yun gradually clarified all the phenomena and details, a diagram of the whole thing gradually appeared in his mind.
As far as he envisions now, the "real world" and the "parallel world" are two parallel timelines; They are separate systems, rushing forward at roughly the same speed, unusually close to each other and completely isolated. However, for some reason, these two worlds also influence each other "in some situation"; This influence, no matter how large or small, can not be detected by an observer in any one world.
The so-called "impossible to be detected by the observer" is actually easy to understand.
It's like a person, if you want to find out that his parents were dropped, you must also have a memory of "who your original parents were" as a premise. If the interaction between different worlds is to change the "present" and "past" together, and the memory is changed with it, can this person still notice this change?
After thinking about such a picture, Long Yun has a better understanding of the concept of "parallel worlds"; But at the same time, another question also arises: if this is the case, why did he and Su Xue be "different", keep their original memories, and accidentally discover "historical distortion"?
Aren't they part of this world?
Or is it because of his crossing, or is it because of their superpowers?
He couldn't understand this question at all, or he didn't even have a minimum concept, so he could only follow Su Xue's train of thought to raise this question:
"So...... If this is the case, why can't others and we can perceive 'historical distortions'? ”
Long Yun muttered a question, this question was really obvious.
Now the facts are all too clear, I don't know when all the records of the Lyudmila case in the real world have changed; If all the people in this world had their original memories, they would surely discover this bizarre event, and not all of them would be ignorant as if nothing had happened. (To be continued......)