Chapter 403 The Path of Development (From the Most Severe Reality to the Metaphysical)

"Kriz, what's wrong with you?"

After sorting out the information activators that had gone into silence and watching all the other students leave, the teacher standing on the podium looked at Kriz, who seemed not to be leaving yet.

"Yes, teacher, I would like to apply for an ability test. I think it would be better to tell you this way."

"Actually, there is no difference... Well, I understand. There will be a relatively long vacation after the next cycle of classes. Do you think it will be okay then?"

"Um...ok."

"Okay, then I will apply based on that period of time. However, considering that it may take longer to prepare the venue, we will discuss it if there are changes at that time."

"Good teacher."

"...Hmm." After watching this student who may have been called the most special student in hundreds of billions of years leave, an extremely concealed encrypted communication was sent from an ordinary imperial world, and in a series of rapid After approval and forwarding, he rushed to the highest level of the empire.

"...I hope our choice is correct." Behind every approval, there is such a murmur.

…

"Speaking of which, you should have felt that the recent so-called "new courses"...these courses are very different from the previous ones. The previous courses required us to remember and master knowledge more, but now more parts... …Let us think about the problem?”

"It's true... The recent classes are much easier than before if we just go straight to them, but those problems are also very tiring if we think about them carefully. And I heard that there are boundaries. If we can persist to that point, then we will have permission. System alarm..."

"Indeed, I was triggered."

"...Who is so powerful? Oh, Kriz, one of the great gods in the grade, that's no problem."

"...Ah this."

"... Speaking of which, the duration of this stage of education... is very short. This period of time is really tiring. It seems that we haven't gotten to know each other well..."

"It is said that advanced education lasts for a long time. We can make a joint decision. By then we should have time to get to know each other well..."

"I also checked, you know, there are actually quite big differences between many places and ours. In some places, intermediate education is about practicing everywhere, while higher education is about instilling knowledge on a large scale. And the duration is also different. In older years, In some places, the timeline was almost four or five times tighter than ours, which was almost our limit at this stage, but later it was changed to about three times... which is tiring enough."

"The opposite extreme is that the time axis is much looser than ours, and the time span is hundreds of times longer than ours - you heard me right, hundreds of times. This seems to be the result of the relaxation of many requirements during this period. In the past, some demands were even more extreme than this,"

"How long were the past few years...?"

"Let me look at the data... about 50 billion years ago... after all, these things will change slowly..."

"This is called "previous"?! Some??!"

" # &√%*,..."

"...Strange, I remember that I didn't feel like this before. Could there be so many inconsistent stories under the description of "prosperous"...Why do you do this?" The surrounding chattering seemed to be covered with a layer of fog. , in the deepest part of the thick fog, Kriz suddenly felt that his thoughts seemed to be extending uncontrollably...

"Classmates, class is on."

"Um...ah, class is on?!" When Kriz came back to his senses, a huge ruler appeared in front of him. The two sections of the ruler were marked in extremely opposite ways. This seemed to mean To show that...each side of the ruler represents an extreme?

"Today, we will introduce the "two poles" that we have faced during the development of the empire - you may also encounter them in your future growth and need to make choices that are irreversible. Therefore, please give enough attention to this issue of attention.”

The two ends of the ruler floating in front of everyone revealed the meanings they represent: harsh reality and super metaphysics.

"The extreme represented by harsh reality will show something like this: the results need to be precise - strict precision, precision with complex structure. Every step in generating the results needs to be precise and perfect, every sub-item and every element involved in it All need to be precise and perfect. It is like a series of rings that are closely interlocked with each other, or like a pyramid made of strange-shaped structures that are tightly joined together to form a pyramid - in this case, the gap between appearance and essence The level of connection and perfection is as close as we can get.”

"In this state, the slightest deviation of any element in any link can lead to major changes in the final result. As long as any abnormalities are mixed into the tightly integrated whole, it may cause the entire pyramid to collapse."

"However, precisely because of the existence of this tight foundation, if we can protect this foundation from the outside world, then it will be difficult for the outside world to deny such a result, because in order to refute an opinion or an entity, one must You need to establish a corresponding target and use it to leverage the overall result - but there is no site to identify the target in such a structure."

After finishing talking about this side, everyone's attention was quickly drawn to the other side as the focus of the scene turned.

"I believe everyone is familiar with this word - we have faced this word when talking about fields and technologies. Everyone should understand what "transmetaphysical" means - it goes further beyond the scope of metaphysics. It bypasses considerable barriers and limitations...it's divergent."

"Compared to the tightly integrated system of the previous extreme, this extreme can be said to be just the opposite. Metaphysics means that when we observe and sort out the appearance and the essence behind the appearance, we can look at part of it one-sidedly and separately, and these Partiality and fragmentation will not affect the final result we want - whether we want appearance or essence."

"It is precisely for this reason that the existence of the field of metaphysics allows us to make leaps and bounds, using one-sided and isolated parts to speculate and even manipulate the whole. Pataphysics further lifts these restrictions, and in the field of metaphysics Although we can choose to look at the whole or part of the world when dealing with results and representations, the representations and essences are ultimately determined parts. It is these solidified "determinations" that are transcended by metaphysics."

“They are parallel extremes, and there is no absolute superiority or inferiority between them. At the same time, as extremes, they are all fragile in a sense, because such extremes require absolutely harsh conditions to be effective. Therefore, they are also extremely vulnerable to destruction - for example, in the most extreme reality, any creation only needs to slightly change its base, and all the complex structures on it will not survive, and all the brilliant structures will become like It's like dominoes falling."

As for the most extreme metaphysical beings, they may evaporate directly because they cannot withstand the slightest thought and scrutiny. "

"It can be said that there is another name here - metaphysics. Here, laws and essences strictly and comprehensively support each other. However, considering that we originate from an environment that is biased in this direction, we often do not "Metaphysical" is a word that is "alien" compared to intuitive reality to describe them."

"The [Anti-Paraphysical Force Field] that you may come into contact with in the future is based on this concept."

"Currently, our main technical fields are concentrated in the middle part within the set range formed by these two extremes. This part has enough strength and toughness, and is relatively more suitable for intelligent entities like us. .”

"Smart entities like [us]?" Faced with this emphasized vocabulary, several consciousnesses in the classroom expressed doubts to the teacher standing in the center of the vortex.

"Yes, intelligent entities like [us]." The words in the center of the vortex paused. "Star civilization has a long history, and in this long history, some things have been passed down from the oldest ancestors to the present. Although they have gone through countless years, their nature and performance are very different from the past, but if By truly looking back, we can still perceive the continuity and inheritance of the story across the vast time and space.”

"In fact, we ourselves are the best and most direct embodiment of inheritance and continuation. The human body we have, the ways and channels through which we obtain information from the outside world, our own thinking and action patterns, and our various needs .Compared to our ancestors hundreds of millions of years ago, the core has not changed. What has changed over time is the realm and height."

"In other words - if we go back hundreds of millions of years ago, our ancestors will definitely not understand us, but the reason why they don't understand us is not because they cannot understand why we do these things, but because of the huge generation gap. , they can’t understand what we are doing. However, they may not know what we do at the first time, but if we are willing to tell them, they will not understand “why we do this”. It’s not difficult.”

"We face them in the same way. For example, we may not understand at the first time why they send certain organisms into the body, and they may not understand at the first time why we carry reactors on our bodies. But if" The consensus that energy needs to be replenished to sustain life has been reached, and then we can understand why each other does what we do."

"However, this also illustrates other problems - we are just one of countless kinds of life in the void. Even if we have mastered relatively advanced technologies, these technologies and ourselves are not enough A level that is inclusive and encompasses everything in the world. For example, within our empire, there are other forms of life forms such as creature awakening life, field life, and Zerg. These life forms are essentially very different from us. "

"Why are we talking about this? Because we hope everyone can realize an extremely critical point - there are countless environments in the endless void, and countless environments can give birth to countless lives with completely different basic structures and ideas. We should Always be careful not to generalize, and not to overwrite everything you see with what we see and feel.”

“As for this lesson specifically, it is: the harsh reality and metaphysics are our harsh reality and metaphysics, not the harsh reality and metaphysics of the entire void.”

"We may be standing at a relatively high position, and the theoretical system formed by integrating various understandings of life may be more complete and comprehensive than a single theoretical system, but we cannot generalize. Perhaps somewhere in the void This is a place where our seemingly one-sided and fragmented understanding is comprehensive and solid, and may even be complete.”

"We don't have such a sample yet, but that's because we've come a long way, and we're far from the point where we can claim to be able to see everything."

".Then, our course ends here. After this, there will be a relatively long vacation. I hope everyone can think carefully about the problems we have talked about and start to apply the knowledge they have learned to thinking about problems. get out of class is over."

"Kriz, come with me."

The building in front of me seemed to be more complicated than I had imagined, or perhaps I had not fully developed my imagination here.

"Your application has been partially approved, and I will take you to the test site. For you, because some of the content is too complicated and you are not able to fully understand and view it at your current level, some of the observations you applied for The project was rejected. As for the remaining parts, you can choose the observation method and intensity of observation. However, don’t force yourself too much. If you feel uncomfortable, stop as soon as possible. For specific parts, please refer to this feedback. If you don’t understand You must ask me about the place.”

"Yes." Kriz carefully studied the report he had just received. The meaning of each item in the report and each permission stamp seemed to be alive. They dance, revealing their details and their meaning to the eye outside the page - and there's nothing wrong with that. As for that layer of permissions, I can understand the parts within my authority, but I guess there is no need to figure them out now for the parts outside my authority.

However, since the beginning of secondary education, the teacher has been leading the students around her in class, but it seems that I have not gotten to know her very seriously, even if I can remember her whole picture, well...

"It's normal. After all, the duration of primary education and secondary education is very short. This is the planning requirement for our area. For you, the pressure during this period can be said to be quite great. You may not have enough energy to pay attention to it. So many things..."

During the conversation, the two of them had reached the top of the building.

Beyond the sun surrounded by stars, a bright sea of ​​fire spread across the black space. No matter how many times you see this scenery, it can still give people who see it a shocking feeling.

"Huh?" Kriz frowned slightly, and he looked at the open platform in the center of the roof - where there was an invisible shuttle and several teams of fully armed soldiers.

"...We are going to take a shuttle to the test site?" Kryz asked, "Why not use a temporary world gate to teleport?"

"Based on the historical experience of the empire, although any self-consistent formed whole has a tendency to maintain its own shape, the path taken by the empire in the form of physical life and movement across actual paths has an impact on this part of the matter. . According to the long-term observation experience accumulated by the empire, this is the safest way - you can understand that taking a boat is blessed by the historical trajectory."

The two people walked forward while talking. Around them, the invisible soldiers formed a neat team and surrounded them in the middle. They followed them to the shuttle in silence.

"But Kriz, we are not going by shuttle, but by boat."

"...by boat?"

"Yes, we are going to a very far place - this part is probably beyond your own reading range. You just need to understand one thing - the place we are going to is far, far away from here. This is not what the shuttle can do. tasks that can be accomplished.”

"Then... what kind of ship will we take?"

"You should have seen it."

"Have you seen it? That's..."

Kriz looked into space in the direction of his teacher's finger. In the huge hollow between the sea of ​​fire, a bright line began to extend. The line that seemed virtual and seemed to outline the smooth border of the vast wings...

"The boat of Linyuan?!"