The text messages that came out of the glass box were like dark clouds that covered the sky and the sun.
When Steward Fan placed the glass box on the table, it covered more than half of the dining room. Under such circumstances, not to mention having a blind spot, one's vision would become pitch black.
Angor considered and closed his eyes.
Two seconds later, he opened his eyes. The words around him were "refreshed" and disappeared. As long as Angor did not check the box carefully, the dark clouds would not appear again.
Not only Angor, but Laplace and Marian also closed their eyes to "refresh" the information.
Steward Fan, who was standing beside the table, seemed to have foreseen this. After everyone "refreshed" the box, he pointed at the box and said, "That's what's inside."
Although the box was made of glass, it was not transparent. It looked more like frosted glass. They could vaguely see the shadow inside, but they could not see what exactly it was.
As for the glass box in front of them, everyone could see that the bottom half of the box was a heavy and quiet shadow. It seemed to be filled with … soil?
The top of the soil was empty. At least, they could not see anything through the frosted glass.
Steward Fan opened the lid of the box.
He lifted the lid and saw a thick layer of black soil underneath.
However, he still could not see anything on the soil.
Either the "living text" mentioned by Steward Fan was transparent, or it was hiding in the soil.
If it was transparent, it would not have a layer of soil. Angor believed that the latter was more likely.
But the box was not big to begin with. If the "living text" was hiding in the soil, it would be even smaller.
"Is it an insect? Or some kind of mini snake? "Angor muttered in his mind and tried to reach into the soil with his spirit feelers.
However, before his spirit feelers could reach out, he saw something moving in the middle of the soil. Half of a pink thread poked out.
When he saw the pink thread, he remained silent for a long time.
Laplace was surprised as well.
Yes, the pink thread was the living text inside the box. It was not an insect or a mini snake as Angor expected. It was … an earthworm.
The pink earthworms moved slowly in the black soil, like mini earthworms turning over, stirring up some dust and mud.
"Are you disappointed to see that it's an earthworm?" Steward Fan's voice sounded in his ear.
Angor shook his head. "No, I just didn't expect it to be an earthworm."
Steward Fan smiled. "I chose the earthworm because I just happened to reach this step."
When Ea first started to create living creatures with words, he chose relatively low-level invertebrates. Starting from sponges and amoebae, he slowly advanced to hydroids and schistosomes. Now, he had just crossed over from linear animals to circular animals. The representative of the ring-shaped animals was the earthworm.
Therefore, even though Steward Fan had only taken out a small earthworm, it was actually carrying generations of invertebrates.
Today's earthworms were the newest product after many generations of research. They were also the most advanced living creatures created by Ea.
Angor was surprised by Steward Fan's explanation. He thought Ea's creation of living creatures was similar to Greya's, which directly bypassed countless generations and directly entered the mysterious realm of supernatural.
What he did not expect was that Ea's creation of living creatures followed the evolution theory from the lowest to the highest.
Steward Fan noticed Angor's expression and asked, "Are you surprised, Mister Angor?"
Angor considered. "Actually, there is a wizard in the southern wizardry region who is good at creating things …"
Angor briefly explained Greya's situation to Steward Fan.
Steward Fan nodded in understanding. "I see. You're talking about a different way of creating things by accident, mister."
Steward Fan paused and explained, "Actually, you don't need to think too much about it. If the wizard you mentioned is really a creator, then she's either very close to, or even grasped, part of the sequence of the law of creation.
"As for living creatures with words, they're not real creations. They're still a long way from mastering the law of creation.
After all, words are just words. They're still different from real living creatures. "
Steward Fan's explanation indirectly implied that Greya and Arcane Book Dragon could not be compared to each other in terms of "creation".
However, they were on different tracks in the first place.
Greya was a real creation, while Arcane Book Dragon's word creation was more like a "virtual creation".
Steward Fan continued, "As for why living creatures with words have to evolve from generation to generation, it's because … they're still words.
"To express meaning with words, you must use logic."
The logic of words would also be reflected in the word space.
To create living creatures with words, one must follow the logic of words and write down the evolution process step by step.
"You saw it yourself. The words floating above the earthworm looked like dark clouds. They're not all about the earthworm. There are also its predecessors, those sponges, bloodsuckers, and so on. Words need logic, and so do living creatures. Without the reference of their predecessors, it's hard to write something interesting.
"Similarly, if our next step is to create mollusks such as squids and octopuses, then there will be more text information above their heads, and it will definitely include information related to earthworms."
Words followed logic, and living creatures with words also needed logic to survive.
Angor finally understood what was going on.
To put it bluntly, everything in the text space was logic, or rather, an "algorithm". It was like writing a program. To run a program, one had to write it according to a set algorithm.
The more difficult it was, the more complicated it would be.
"But my main body has already begun to find a way to save a lot of unnecessary words." Steward Fan pointed at the gloves written by Marian. "Take this pair of gloves for example. If it's written according to the original text, it'll also be a long article. But now, it can be created with just a paragraph of words, which is the result of research.
"I'm sure Ms. Laplace is familiar with this."
Steward Fan pointed out Laplace's name. As Noah's body, Steward Fan knew that Laplace had seen the original version of "Secret Book" before.
Laplace nodded in agreement.
It was true. If it was the original version of "Secret Book", it would be difficult to create a pair of gloves without writing a long essay about the creation of the world and the germination of all living things.
But now, Noah could create something with just a sentence. This was his progress.
He could already simplify the creation of inanimate objects. In the future, it was not impossible to simplify the creation of living creatures.
…
After explaining the general situation, Steward Fan placed the glass box in front of Angor and Laplace so that they could study it.
Angor took a closer look at the box and found the "word creation" to be quite interesting.
This kind of interest was not reflected from the earthworms.
It was "Black Soil".
The information about the earthworm was too complicated for Angor to study. He had to look at the other words. And this time, he noticed something different about the "Black Soil".
The "Black Soil" in the glass box looked the same at first glance. But upon closer inspection, Angor found two different descriptions.
One of them read: "Black Soil: A special type of soil with good fertility. It can grow …"
The other one read: "Fertile Black Soil: A special type of soil with signs of earthworm activity. It has excellent fertility. It can grow …"
They were both Black Soil, but due to the different tracks of earthworm activity, there were two completely different descriptions.
Angor asked Steward Fan.
From Steward Fan, he learned that the "Black Soil" was the first type of description. Later, as the earthworms moved in and settled down in the "Black Soil", a part of the "Black Soil" began to change.
That's right, it was not Noah who had taken the initiative to change it. Instead, it was the "program" that had undergone self-correction.
Earlier, when Angor described the scent of the Glutton Flower Lord, the "Black Soil" text also corrected itself. But this time, it removed the supernatural effect.
In a sense, it was for the worse.
But this time, the "Black Soil" text was obviously for the better.
It was only one word difference, but there was a huge difference between the two.
"Bad" meant that the "Black Soil" text was not there yet, and the "Black Soil" text could not support the "Black Soil" text. But "Black Soil" meant that the "Black Soil" text was perfecting itself.
To make an analogy, the "Black Soil" text was like a rigid program, while the "Black Soil" text was moving toward intelligence.
The more "Black Soil" text created, the more "Black Soil" text, whether they were living or dead, the more "Black Soil" text would be, the more "Black Soil" text would become.
Wasn't this the same as "Black Soil" AI evolution?
Because of this, he was even more interested in the creation of words. It would be great if he could replicate this ability in his Dream Crystal.
He wondered if the "Book of Time" talent of the Arcane Book Dragon was a gift from the world's consciousness. If so, maybe he could trigger a training dungeon? Then he could use the talent to create a "Book of Time" and create a "Book of Time" space.
Angor told Laplace his idea through the Spirit Bond.
Since Laplace already knew about the "Book of Time" talent, he might be able to tell if it was a gift from the world's consciousness.
However, Laplace shook his head. "No. It's a bloodline talent of the Arcane Book Dragon."
In other words, all Arcane Book Dragons had the same talent. Although … there was only one Arcane Book Dragon now.
Angor was a little disappointed. It seemed that building a "Black Soil" text space in the Dream Crystal was not going to work.
"Speaking of which, if you want to create a" Black Soil "text space in the Dream Crystal, why do you need to consider the talent of the Arcane Book Dragon? Why don't you just drag the painting into the Dream Crystal?"
It was the same as when Angor dragged the Bunny Building into the Dream Crystal.
Angor was a little surprised to hear that. Laplace was right. Why did he have to think about the talent? He could use the Dream Whelk.
Angor slapped his forehead. It seemed that he had been too focused on the training dungeon and forgot his "original intention".
He looked at Laplace again. "Can I borrow the painting from Mister Noah?"
Laplace nodded. "Sure. But are you going to tell the Arcane Book Dragon about the Dream Whelk?"
Angor remained silent for a while before he shook his head.
Although the Dream Crystal didn't make much use of the Dream Whelk, the importance of the Dream Whelk didn't diminish. It was almost as important as the Nightmare Domain itself.
Angor told Laplace about the Dream Whelk because they trusted each other.
However, he didn't want to tell this to someone he just met for the first time.
"I see. I'll take care of the painting," Laplace said.
If Angor went alone, Noah would not lend the painting to him until he got to the bottom of it. However, Laplace did not have such a problem. As Noah's "teacher", Noah would respect Laplace's decision even if he had doubts.
Angor thanked Laplace for his help.
"It's fine. I want to know if you can create a" Black Soil "text space in the Dream Crystal as well."
Laplace's eyes flashed with interest.
She was not interested in creating text objects in the outside world. However, she was very interested in doing it in the Dream Crystal.
In Laplace's eyes, everything in the Dream Crystal was a source of joy. She was more than happy to fill up the "modules" of the Dream Crystal. The feeling of perfecting the laws and the world was also a kind of training for Laplace.
Laplace even vaguely felt that whether or not he could break through his shackles depended on the Dream Crystal.
This was why Laplace couldn't refuse Angor's offer.
She even thought that if she wanted to borrow a word space, she would have to borrow a bigger one. This restaurant was a little too small … Maybe she should ask Noah to customize a word space that was bigger and easier for her to use?
Angor did not know that Laplace already had the idea of asking Noah to make a "Haute Couture". He was still observing Black Soil.
However, he was not just observing for fun. He also did some small experiments.
Angor took out a stack of white paper and wrote down all kinds of nutrients. He then created a plate of high-quality fertilizer by manipulating the words step by step.
He planned to add the fertilizer into the Black Soil so that he could check whether the text would automatically correct itself.
As expected, the black soil began to show some changes.
(End of Chapter)
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