In the boundless, chaotic void that could not be described with specific words at all, a golden halo suddenly barged into it.
A golden, twin-headed dragon that was several hundred meters long flapped her gigantic wings, her gigantic body rapidly advancing through the void that could swallow the entire world. In such a place where air couldn't possibly exist, a dragon's flapping of her wings naturally had nothing to do with the power to fly. Every time she flapped her wings, it didn't create a propulsion force to propel her forward, but instead, it created a large patch of faint golden ripples. These ripples constantly changed the parameters of "Order" within a certain range, causing the void within a certain range to appear temporarily stable in order to accommodate the dragon's physical body. This process was similar to how a ship entering a port during a storm would pour oil onto the violently undulating surface of the sea to temporarily calm the waves so that they could swiftly pass through the turbulent zone. The difference was that the latter was a method that humans thought of when fighting against nature. When the oil dissipated, they would only have to face even more ferocious waves. Meanwhile, a dragon could traverse the void as easily as eating and drinking, and the region of Order she created could be maintained for as long as she wanted.
Of course, in the void where time had yet to be born, the word "long" itself probably didn't have any meaning.
The majestic group of people were currently gathered on Lin's back. Due to Icetis's guiding principle of "Monthly Votes Must Not Be Wasted", we didn't even have a warship. However, due to the dragon god girl's gigantic body that was several hundred meters long in her divine form, her back was now as wide as a small plaza. More than ten people gathered on her back didn't seem crowded at all. Also, I don't know if I should complain or not, but there was also an energy barrier on Lin's back. This barrier separated the passengers on her back from the void outside, creating a very safe and comfortable environment inside. It was similar to the "Ecological Bubble" in space cities that were exposed to the outer space, completely eliminating the danger of a child running out of the barrier.
Also, the conditions of this place weren't bad — I looked around and felt that Lin was really too pitiful.
They were on the flattest part of the dragon's back, roughly a circular area with a radius of ten meters. Several of the largest and smoothest dragon scales built this natural transportation platform. It was the first time I had seen the scales on Lin's body up close. I discovered that no matter how big or small they were, they all had very complicated patterns. The rings were connected to each other, and the chains formed a larger ring, and then continued to connect until the entire scale was covered. This wonderful infinite structure was so small that it was impossible to see it with the naked eye. Even with a magnifying glass, I could not see where the smallest ring began. This strange pattern had piqued the interest of Little Bubble and Shallow Shallow. They had been lying on the ground studying it for over ten minutes.
Monina took out a few sofas from her Dimensional Pocket and placed them on the dragon's back in the style of a living room. The five-man Protoss Bar team had temporarily become a four-man team because one of them was a mount. Hence, they started playing Fight the Landlord. Smoke filled the air over a large tea table that left one with a nostalgic feeling. Sandora was making a barbecue nearby. She was using a full set of kitchen utensils and fresh meat from her sister's Dimensional Pocket. Her hunger had made her forget about her grand plan of going hungry and eating at Icetis's house to recoup her losses. It was the first time Mercury Lantern had been on such a novel and interesting journey, and her curiosity was aroused. She was busy writing the words "Mercury Lantern was here" on Lin's dragon scale with a large marker. The little puppet had only recently learned how to write these words. Bubble seemed to be interested in the strength of Lin's scales. She was using a hammer and chisel to hammer Jingle on the "ground". Lin Xue was the quietest. She just picked a deserted place and started a fire. Then, she just stood there and waited. The lass really wanted to test if the Dragon God's scales contained protein. But after a while, she lost interest. After extinguishing the fire, she took out an alcohol burner …
A large group of people were causing so much trouble on her back, but as the victim, Lin herself was completely unaware. She didn't even feel that someone was using an alcohol burner to heat up proteins on her back, nor did she know that her unscrupulous teammates were planning to build a small wooden house on her back. The well-behaved Dragon God girl only cared about flying "forward" (if there was such a concept as "forward" in the void). Occasionally, a faint golden mist would leak out from her gigantic dragon mouth, indicating that she was in a good mood — this was what Dingdang told me about Lin's method of flying to relieve her boredom.
"Don't worry. We have always done this."
Monina seemed to have seen my sympathy for a certain Dragon God. She said loudly as she peeked at the cards. "This time is not bad. In the past, when we had a long journey, we would directly build a small house on Lin's back. If you don't believe me, you can take a look around. There should be anchor bolts on the nearby scales that are specially used to fix the walls. To Lin's dragon armor, these small things are as harmless as dust. "
I searched around speechlessly. As expected, I found several suspicious objects that were firmly nailed onto Lin's dragon armor. However, just as Monina said, these small objects were as insignificant as dust when compared to Lin's scales that were nearly half a meter wide. They were even attached to the cuticle on the surface of the dragon's scales (Perhaps?). It couldn't hurt him at all. But what puzzled me was, why did I find so many squares on the nearby scales?
When I asked, Monina immediately explained without a care in the world, "That was drawn during the last mission. Because Lin didn't wash it off when she entered her God form, she kept it — — it's a hopscotch square."
I was speechless.
"You can keep looking. I remember that the idiot brother drew a Chinese chess board on one of the scales. But he suddenly remembered that he didn't know how to play chess, so he just left it there."
I … What the heck! It was not easy to have an honest person in the team. You guys just let that unlucky girl bully you?!
I looked in front of me in sympathy. I saw two gigantic dragon heads puffing out smoke happily. She was quite happy. The gigantic flying dragon was as majestic as a moving island in the void. Lin had such a flashy appearance, but she had the most pitiful position in her team. I really didn't know what expression her believers would have if they found out that the Dragon God they worshipped was actually a ten-thousand-year-old Dragon God.
"Roughly when will we arrive? How far are we? "
There was no concept of distance in the void. There was also no passing of time. The area where Lin was flying was a normal area of order. After waiting for so long, I felt a little bored. So I asked Icetis who was shuffling the cards.
"How far?" Icetis looked at me strangely. "How can there be distance in the void? Lin isn't actually flying forward. She is just constantly adjusting her 'parameters'. When she adjusts herself to the state of the God Realm, we will directly appear at our destination. Speaking of which, those motherships that can travel through the void also use the same principle. Why didn't you know? "
"Do you expect me to understand those engine manuals that weigh a few kilograms?" I shook my head with lingering fear. "I have always been curious about the concept of 'moving' in the void. Can you explain it to me?"
Icetis threw down the cards in her hand and asked Monina and the others to play Fight the Landlord. She turned the sofa around and made a long speech. "Alright, alright. Who asked me to be so close to you? I never thought that I would have a time to teach others. Let's talk about the world in the void. Chen, in the void where there is no concept of distance and position, how do you determine the 'distance' between two worlds? How do you calculate their relative positions? Where do their coordinates come from? "
As expected of a technological geek from thousands of years ago. One sentence from Icetis stumped me. To this question, I could only answer with a single word. "Huh?"
"You've defeated me. There is no distance or position in the void. Any spatial parameter that can be accurately described does not exist. Therefore, if you want to locate a world in the void, you can't rely on the so-called coordinates because there is not a single dimension here. The world in the void only has one parameter, which is' description '. It can also be called characteristics, attributes, appearances, or identification code. This is a general term without an exact name. It refers to the overall nature of a world. It includes all data that can be used to express meaning, such as the world's size, density, composition, material list, law registry, and so on. Any parameter that you can think of is included in it. The information contained in this' description 'is limitless. We Protoss rely on our own concepts to identify such a vast collection of information, while you have developed a theoretical identification method to extract useful information through loopholes. However, there is no advantage or disadvantage to both methods. In practical use, there is only one effect, which is to identify the world and prepare for world teleportation. Any two worlds in the void have absolutely different 'descriptions', just like unique identification numbers. This is the only way to locate a world in the Endless Sea. In other words, the coordinates of the void is a data package that contains countless characteristic codes. This is your term. "
After Bryndis finished, he gave me a few minutes to slowly comprehend before he continued:
"This way, the so-called world teleportation across the void is easier to explain. Obviously, there is no way to teleport in the void. Even if you use your strange ability to teleport yourself across the void for a few light years, it is meaningless in the infinitely large and infinitely small void. In the case of crossing the void, the only way to enter another world was to change one's' description 'to make one's nature closer to one's destination. When both of their' descriptions' had enough similarities, one would arrive at the destination. Let me give you an extremely simplified example: The target world's description only has one attribute, which is' red '. You are' yellow ', so only when you turn yourself' red 'can you enter the target world. Of course, this process is actually more like deceiving the world. The 'description' of yourself that you changed when you passed through the dimensional barrier is just a superficial illusion. Your own nature won't really change, just like … "
"Just like the recognition proteins on the surface of cells. Back in my biology class, it was the only thing I could understand. Rejection, foreign cell transplant!" I suddenly understood and felt that I was so smart. "What you said is too complicated. Actually, you can look at it this way: Every world is a unique electromagnetic wave that carries information. They have different frequencies and wavelengths. The only way you can read the information in this electromagnetic wave is to make yourself resonate with this electromagnetic wave. Yep, of course, using the deceiving method you mentioned. A 22 Hertz world will only accept a 22 Hertz visitor, even if you only look like 22 Hertz but are actually an infrasonic wave. The distance between two worlds depends on their similarity. The Magic Forbidden World and the Holy Grail World are similar, for example, 22.1 Hertz and 22.2 Hertz. However, because two worlds cannot be exactly the same, even the difference of a speck of dust will cause them to have a different 'description', so no matter how close the worlds are, there will still be a dimensional barrier between them. At most, it will be easier to pass through it. In the void, which doesn't have any positioning parameters, the world's own attribute is the only standard that determines its position relative to other worlds! So that's how our world's positioning works. I was wondering why every time I looked at the Agency's coordinates records, there would always be a bunch of symbols that I didn't understand … Er, I'm afraid that it's still a bunch of symbols that I don't understand. But at least this time, I know why I didn't understand. "
Icetis stared blankly at me as I finished speaking. Then, she suddenly smacked her head. "Damn, it's my turn this time, I don't understand a single word!"
This was the first time I had heard of such a complicated theory, but it seemed rather interesting. Of course, I knew that the mysterious void couldn't possibly only have these few mysteries. Even though this' wavelength 'theory sounded easy to understand, there were actually many aspects that were difficult to explain. But how should I put it, I still had self-awareness. If I continued to speak, I would become the one who didn't understand a single word …
"However, this method of determining coordinates is rather troublesome." Sandora finished her barbecue and destroyed half of the kitchen utensils. She came over and started teaching me excitedly. "First of all, it takes a lot of time to read a world's unprecedented identification data. For the first teleportation, it usually takes a few hours to a few days to load the 'data package' for the teleportation device. Furthermore, you have to change your 'identification code' after that. Just like what Ah Jun said, you have to change your own frequency or add a layer of deceptive identification protein on the surface of your cells. Although this process doesn't involve any laws, it's very complicated. The usual method we use is to use psionic energy to simulate the 'characteristics' of the target world. Then, we will be 'pulled' over by the target world. Because psionic energy is the first product of the void decay, it has the same level as the world itself. Therefore, psionic energy has the ability to simulate all information. Obviously, this method of going back and forth consumes a lot of time and energy. That's why there are lighthouse devices such as Ethereal Beacons and Void Waymarks. These devices can write very simple short codes that can be loaded very quickly. These short codes are mixed into the 'description' of the world. Our transportation device only needs to analyze these short codes to complete the teleportation. If it's fast, it only takes a dozen seconds. "
"MD5 verification codes and hashes. You only need a single string of characters to confirm the integrity of the entire data package. You're basically tricking the world's identification system. I understand now. So, it's the same principle when we teleport to the Divine Realm?"
"It's a little similar, but even more troublesome." Icetis scratched her head. "The Divine Realm can't be measured using conventional thinking. Its concept is uncertain. In other words, there's no fixed 'description' value. If you want to enter the Divine Realm, you must first search for a Void Node — a type of lighthouse that we Protoss build in the void. This type of lighthouse is an extension of the Divine Realm. Only by using it can visitors enter the Divine Realm. This can also be said to be the strongest barrier in a star's domain. It completely eliminates the problem of illegal entry and escape. The difficulty of locating one or two lighthouses in the void is no joke. So far, apart from us Protoss, you're the only ones who have such precise positioning technology … "
I understood most of what Icetis said by the end. I couldn't help but admit that being exposed to such knowledge outside of the norm for a long period of time had its benefits. At the very least, I had a general understanding of how to understand them, and that was to pretend to understand them …
"Huhu — Chirp …"
A young girl's cry suddenly interrupted my thoughts. I raised my head and saw that Little Bubble was already standing in front of me. She was holding a translucent object the size of a washbasin above her head as she squealed at us. I looked at the semi-circular object in astonishment. It looked like a crystal with a faint golden luster. What was that?
The little girl raised such a big toy and looked at us with a face full of pride. It was as if she had made a big discovery and was waiting for praise. I was stunned for a long time before I suddenly exclaimed, "Ding Dang above! Your Shallow Shallow Mommy finally took a piece of dragon scale from her body?! "
Isn't this Lin's scale? Because it was cut off, I couldn't immediately tell it was Lin's scale. Furthermore, it seems to be a part of a whole dragon scale, and there are uneven stubble on the edge — — I didn't expect dragon scales to be translucent. Does that mean that Lin's dragon skin is golden?
No, no, no, this wasn't the time to be thinking about this problem. Shallow Shallow and Little Bubble had worked together to pry a piece of dragon scale from Lin's body. That was the most important matter!
I hurriedly looked around for Shallow Shallow's figure. However, Icetis coughed and interrupted my actions. "Cough, cough, Chen, don't worry. This piece of scale wasn't taken off. Otherwise, there would be blood vessels on it. This should have fallen off when Lin was changing her scales recently. You also know that her divine form is huge. It's normal for an old dragon scale to not fall off occasionally. You humans even have dandruff!"
What the heck, such a ferocious dandruff man?
Icetis didn't pay attention to my astonishment. She thoughtfully received the large piece of dragon scale from Little Bubble. The latter hurriedly reached out to grab it. Everything that shines is Little Bubble's treasure!
"Don't rush, I won't snatch your things." Icetis patted Little Bubble's head. Then, she curled her fingers and knocked on the crystal-like translucent scale. "Chen, don't you think that we should use this to make something out of it?"
I was stunned for a moment. A few seconds later, I was stunned.
Dragon, dragon … dragon scale! A Dragon God's scale! My dear mother, this was a treasure that couldn't even be imagined in YY novels. Just scraping off a bit of it would cause all the gods and saints in the continent to fight over it. Right now, I have a piece the size of a washbasin in my hands. Furthermore, I obtained it legally. I don't have to worry about Lin falling out with me. Furthermore, the high-tier Protoss, Icetis, is personally working on it. Could it be that this book is finally going to go down the path of treasure equipment and bestow me with my first purple equipment?
"I got it. I will dig out a set of mahjong for you!"
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