"Do I know too little?" Celine's whiskers drooped as if she was deeply touched. "Indeed, the longer I stay in the Quest Society, the more I realize how little I know. Also, the books you brought back from the Dream World really opened my eyes. Now that you mention it, perhaps I shouldn't describe it as incredible, because there's something more incredible than that. " "
"Oh? What is it? "
"Us." Celine chuckled. "According to the book, aren't we all made up of a bunch of elements? Carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and so on... we're not much different from trees. But we can cry, laugh, and think, which is much more magical than glowing. "
"I've read that book, but it's still hard to believe." Nightingale sighed. "I don't want to admit it at all, but my skin is essentially no different from rough tree bark."
"This is probably the secret of the structure that His Majesty was referring to. "
Celine looked at Roland, but he did not respond.
"His Majesty? "
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Roland finally came to his senses. "Celine, what did you say before?"
"Are we more magical than the steles? "
"That's it..." He felt an idea emerging in his mind. "Could it be that the so-called steles weren't placed there as a memento, but they were the matchstick men themselves?"
"You mean..." Celine sounded a little surprised.
"The matchstick men are the steles. What we see are the bodies they left behind," Roland answered word by word. At the same time, he could not help but shiver. Yes, a new kind of life form, completely different from carbon-based life forms — silicon-based life forms.
At first, he did not think of this, but once the idea came to his mind, not only could some of the characteristics of the "glowing steles" be explained, but the murals left in the temple also had a deeper meaning.
First of all, why were there so many lines on the steles? Not only on the surface, but also on the inside. If they were all carved with tools, even Anna, who had awakened the Black Fire, would not be able to do it in a short period of time. Not to mention, according to the words of the discoverer, every stone tablet was carved like this.
If one were to think about it from another perspective, it wouldn't be surprising if they grew on their own.
Perhaps there was a continuous flow of "blood" in the lines. Under the pressure of the blood, the silicon oxide produced a local piezoelectric effect. These electrical signals intertwined and eventually formed thoughts. In addition, electricity could be converted into visible light through a certain mechanism, so they had the ability to communicate with the outside world.
Roland couldn't help but think of the giant stickman and the lake of blood in the mural …
In terms of stability, oil was naturally more suitable than water.
Perhaps the biggest enemy of the Stickman, the radiation people, did not worship radioactive materials for no reason.
Strong radiation could interfere with electric circuits and even cause electronic devices to malfunction. This might be the source of the belief of the radiation people!
Roland seemed to see a shocking picture slowly unfolding in front of him.
Two completely different civilizations fought for the relics of the gods in the Southernmost Region. One was completely annihilated, and its blood formed the underground Styx and the Strangling Swamp. However, because its body did not decay, it still existed as a tombstone buried in the ground after thousands of years. The other side won, but its whereabouts were unknown. Except for the ruins in the Cage Mountain and the Magic Ceremony Cube, it had completely disappeared. Later generations could only speculate about the history of the past based on the murals that had gone through the vicissitudes of life.
This was unbelievable!
"The glowing steles are living beings like us?" "With all due respect, it's hard for me to imagine that these cubes have their own consciousness and can move freely … Do you have more evidence?" "…"
Roland calmed himself down and shook his head slightly. "This is just my personal speculation. The truth may be very different. From an evolutionary point of view, such a thing is almost impossible."
To a large extent, what life would become depended on the environment in which it was bred. Whether it was demons or demonic beasts, they were all products of the same biosphere. But what about silicon-based life? That was a completely different path of evolution. Under the circumstance that they shared the same natural environment, there should not be two fundamentally different life forms.
"But according to what you said, the contents of the murals are surprisingly appropriate …" Celine was silent for a moment. "In this case, let's put the puzzle aside for now. I think as long as we continue to explore, we will eventually find the truth. After all, only in this way can people really grow up. " "That sounds reasonable …"
"Sounds reasonable …" Nightingale curled her lips.
"This is also one of the dogmas of the Quest Society." Celine smiled. "By the way, I've done some tests on the glowing steles. I wanted to use them to replace the Magic Stones for lighting, but the result was not ideal." "It didn't work?"
"It didn't work?" Roland frowned. When he first received the report, the first idea that came to his mind was to replace the lamps. After all, due to the limitation of power generation, light bulbs now only existed in factories and a few surrounding areas. It would be a difficult project to popularize night lighting. If the steles could be used as lamps, it would undoubtedly bring great convenience to the people's livelihood and education in Neverwinter.
"It's not that it doesn't work, but it's very troublesome. Your Majesty, please take a look." Celine picked out two samples. Obviously, they were the fragments of the steles that had been cut twice. One was as thin as a piece of paper, and the other was as small as a piece of tofu. Celine squeezed them at the same time. Two balls of light suddenly burst out from the auxiliary tentacles. The thin one was a little dazzling, while the thick one was as big as a Magic Stone. After about ten seconds, the former suddenly dimmed and stopped glowing, while the latter lasted for half a minute. "I used the same amount of strength in both of my hands. "
Roland immediately understood what she meant. "Its brightness and duration are related to the degree of deformation and its size."
"That's right." Celine nodded her main tentacles. "The steles can't keep glowing. The smaller they are, the faster they will go out. Although they can slowly recover, it will take a long time. If I want to use them to illuminate the entire underground hall, I'm afraid I'll have to place hundreds of complete steles and pile hundreds of kilograms of iron blocks on top of each stele. After the light is used up, I'll have to move the iron blocks down. The combination of the two will definitely be a huge object. "
It would be a good idea to use the steles as a fixed light source and use pulleys to lift heavy objects, although it would be quite complicated. Roland looked at the fragment that had lost its luster and fell into deep thought. The smaller the size, the easier it was to deform. However, the corresponding time of light was shockingly short. It was almost the same as a flash.
"Wait, a flash?"
Roland's eyes suddenly lit up.
It might take a long time to develop the "steles", but he had already thought of a very suitable use for them.
This problem had been bothering the First Army for a long time, and it would become more and more obvious in the foreseeable future.
But now, there seemed to be an opportunity to solve it.
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