The ball froze for a moment when it heard Gwen's words. There was no way to tell. After all, it was just a smooth metal ball without facial features, expression, or even body movements. When it floated in the air, no one could tell if it was listening. But it did answer after two seconds of silence. "Nonsense. You brought me here from somewhere else. It's definitely not from this earth!"
"You should know that's not what I mean." Gwen was completely unmoved. "You should have come from a place farther away. I'm afraid it's not even a simple word to describe it. A metal ball that can think and talk, release strange energy waves, and control magic and metal. I've never heard of such a strange race in this world."
"That's because you haven't seen enough," the ball said sarcastically. "In the past two days, I've learned about you from that human who calls himself a druid. You seem to have gone through a great recession and are now incredibly backward. How much can you see in your life? Just with your human eyes and the way of transmitting information by word of mouth, you can see too little in your life … "
Gwen felt a little relieved when he heard this.
The ball was right. Most people in this era and world were indeed 'blindfolded'. The lack of information transmission and the chaotic state of feudalism made it difficult for people to access and collect new information. Only a few high-ranking nobles, great sorcerers, and great Knight would pay attention to the outside world. Others, including the real nobles like Viscount Andrew in Tanzania Town, were self-enclosed. A farmer who faced the yellow soil and back to the sky could only come in contact with a few pieces of news in his life. So if Gwen was such a 'blindfolded' person, it would be ridiculous for him to judge that the ball was an alien just because he had never seen it before.
But the real Gwen was not blindfolded. He even stared at the evolution of this world for countless years. He had been staring at this world since the monkeys on this continent could not walk upright. Although he could not see the situation on other continents, no matter how isolated and strange the life forms on other continents were, they would not evolve into an alloy ball in a pile of carbon-based creatures!
Unless, of course, there was a race outside of Gawain's line of sight that was able to rapidly develop the technology of the Zenith and create a powerful artificial intelligence with an alloy shell. Moreover, this thing had ended up in the Loren Continent a thousand years ago and was captured by the Gondorian archmages. Gawain would rather believe that Amber would return the pocket watch of Viscount Andrew's butler next door instead of believing such a thing.
So he smiled, came in front of the ball and pressed his hand on its surface.
The ball immediately screamed. "Hey, what are you doing?! Don't get angry out of humiliation! Otherwise, I — "
The sphere was stuck halfway through its sentence, because Gawain had sent a sentence directly into its mind through Mana Resonance. (By the way, does a sphere really have these things?) "Don't you think that you are too different from all the creatures in this world?"
The ball was silent for a few seconds, and then replied through magic resonance. "… Just say what you want to say. Why do you have to be so mysterious?"
"Because I know that there are things that you may not want others to know." Gwen smiled. "So you can only tell me."
"But I don't want you to know either!"
Gwen was unmoved. "Where did you come from? How did you end up in this world? How long have you been here? "
The ball pretended to be confused. "I don't understand what you mean. Isn't your imagination a little too strong?"
"Sigh, I understand your efforts, but I have to say that you can't hide your fresh and refined appearance. And you have underestimated the amount of knowledge I have. Did that Druil Pitman tell you that while most of the people in this domain were born after the decline of civilization, the liege here — that is, I am actually resurrected from the peak of civilization seven hundred years ago, and I am a naturalist."
The ball was completely silent this time. Clearly, that Druil who had a mouth as wide as Amber had mentioned this to it.
With the open mind of a transmigrator and the current information he had, Gwen could almost be sure that the ball was a visitor from another world. But he could not be sure if the ball had transmigrated like him, or just came from another planet. But in any case, this unlucky ball was definitely the unluckiest kind of transmigrator: its style was different from others …
This was f * cking embarrassing, at least two hundred times more embarrassing than those who had black hair and black eyes who transmigrated and were treated as the children of demons. How could you say that you came from a mysterious country in the far east with the honor of an alien creature?
For the sake of his own safety, and also because he still did not know the details of the sphere, Gawain could not directly tell the secret that he was also a time-traveler. But he had other identities to fool the sphere. As a naturalist from a developed civilization 700 years ago, it should be easier for him to deal with the sphere than those "ignorant aboriginals".
"Think about it, your secret may not be as important as you think." Gwen softened his tone. "I am not a religious fanatic, and I am not the magus who studied you a thousand years ago, so I don't care whether you are a visitor from another world or not. I will not call out the name of any god to purify you, nor will I get a lot of metalworking tools to open a hole in your body. I just want to talk to you, on the one hand to satisfy my personal curiosity, and on the other hand to find a way to help you.
"You have to know that there is almost no place for you to go. The other side of the mountain is a wasteland, and the wasteland is full of the monsters you saw two days ago. And to the north is a feudal kingdom after the decline of civilization. 99% of the people there are more stubborn, extreme, superstitious, and unreasonable than me. You can only stay here, so why not be friends with us?
"Of course, if you still have doubts, I can let you go. You can go to the human kingdom or the south of the mountain, but I can't guarantee that you will come back alive, and —"
"I can't remember." In the magic resonance, the ball suddenly made a metallic sound, interrupting Gwen.
Gwen blinked and realized that the ball was playing along with him. He quickly controlled his excitement and asked curiously, "You can't remember?"
"I can't remember where I came from, and I can't remember how I came here," the ball said gloomily. "You guessed right, I did come from a place 'very far away', and it is so far away that you can't imagine. A thousand years ago, you had the concept of planets and universes, so you should have it too. I'll be frank with you, those who studied me back then had a private discussion, wondering if I came from another planet. But I have to say that it is even further than that. It is a distance beyond the concept of 'space'. "
Gwen's expression became serious. "In fact, some astronomical knowledge is not completely lost, but after the observation and calculation technology in this aspect completely lost, the relevant knowledge degenerated and distorted into legends. But didn't you say that you can't remember what your hometown looks like and how you came here? How can you be sure that you did not come here through space? "
The voice of the ball was a little helpless. "I have lost my memory, but I have not lost my common sense. The laws of physics in the two places are different, how can it be the same universe?"
Gawain could not suppress the excitement in his heart. A companion (even though it was just a ball), a companion who had transmigrated like him (even though it was just a ball), a companion who could discuss the concepts of planets, the universe, and space-time travel with him (even though it was just a ball). How exciting was this for him, who had been alone in this world for tens of thousands of years?
Of course, now he had new friends and family (although distant by blood). Amber, Rebecca, Heti, Byron, and the rest were all trustworthy people. But could these people talk about the universe and space-time with him?
Hmm … Rebecca's imagination should be able to expand a little more …
Gawain tried his best to suppress the chaotic thoughts that surged in his mind. It took him a lot of effort to sort out a new question. "Are you so sure that you have crossed the universe? Have you ever thought that the laws of physics in the universe may be 'uneven'? Maybe the laws of each galaxy are different? "
"Sigh, why haven't I thought about it? But it's impossible," the ball said dejectedly. "My race has explored the entire universe we live in, and even began to figure out how to drill a hole in the world barrier. If the laws of physics in the universe were uneven, we would have written it in our elementary school textbooks … So from the first day I came here, I ruled out the possibility that I had wandered to another planet."
Gawain was dumbfounded.
This ball actually came from such a powerful and advanced civilization? They had explored the entire universe? And even studied how to go to other universes?
Gwen himself was a transmigrator, and after he found that the laws of physics here were different from Earth, he had already guessed whether he had entered the so-called 'other universe'. So he was not surprised by the fact that the ball had told him about his transmigration. But he was surprised that the ball's race was so advanced … So, was this ball the golden thigh that he had started the technology explosion mode, sweeping across the continent in half a year, unifying the world in a year, and rushing into space in two years?
After thinking about it for a while, Gawain chuckled. 'Just think about it. The laws of physics aren't universal … In such a strange world, anyone who transmigrates would be at a loss.'
And this ball should be even more confused than he was: the ball only had the world view of the ball, but he at least had Gwen Cecil's knowledge as a foundation …
At this time, the ball could not help but sigh. "It's not easy. It's not easy to talk to people. People in this era are ignorant and arrogant. Forget about the universe, even the people in your camp won't understand the atmosphere if you talk to them … I've finally found a guy who can talk to me."
Gwen was in tears as he listened: the ball really hit the nail on the head. How could he not feel the same way?
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