I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1130: An Old Friend from the Future

"It's empty inside? What does that mean?" Mo Ling asked puzzledly after hearing the elf's description.

"It's just... nothing. I can see the wishes of mankind and use them to peek into your possible future, just like inferring the flow of the river of time based on the river course. This is a simple calculation that requires some known conditions, but you don't have any known conditions, so it can't be calculated."

The elf looked at Mo Ling and explained slowly.

But after listening to the elf's words, Mo Ling was still confused.

"You said... there is another guy like me? Who is he?"

"He is a very good friend of mine. He helped me a lot. In another period of time, maybe in the past or in the future, I copied my current appearance from him."

The elf said, pointing to his own cube head.

Listening to the elf's somewhat confusing explanation, the router beside him couldn't help but think for a while and asked the elf a question:
"Why do you describe time without distinguishing between before and after?"

"Because time itself has no before and after, it is composed of superimposed fragments. The past and the future happen at the same time and flow in parallel. Humans' perception of time gives them the concept of before and after, but in reality there is no first come, first served."

"No first come first served? But you met another guy first, and then you met him. Isn't this the order of time?" Lu Luqi said, pointing at Mo Ling who was standing aside.

"No." The elf shook his head: "This is just the order based on 'me' as the reference system. Time itself has no order, just like space."

"When humans describe space, they need to establish a reference system, using the observer as the reference system, or using fixed coordinates as the reference system, and then use position descriptions such as front, back, left, right, east, west, and north within this reference system to determine the position."

"But in reality, there is no fixed position in space. Everything is fluid. The description in a reference system can only be applied to the positioning within this reference system. This is a relative position, and 'absolute position' does not exist."

"It's the same with time. 'Absolute time' does not exist, there is only 'relative time'. Taking myself as the reference system, my experiences are sequential. I met one person first, then another person, but on the overall timeline, there is no order of these two encounters."

"These two encounters are, in essence, just two points on a timeline. If I go from the end to the beginning and from the beginning to the end, I will get two different encounter orders. Taking me as the reference system, there will be two different time results."

"And in the time reference system of the two people I met, their meeting me would be another time sequence. In other words, different people, in different 'own time reference systems', would give different interpretations of the time of the same event."

"I know that this is difficult for you humans to understand, because it took me a long time to adapt. My ability allows me to calculate some things based on the time reference system of other creatures. That's how I discovered the 'non-absoluteness' of time."

"If you can't understand, you don't have to force it. Just continue to look at time according to your own reference system..."

Faced with Router's questioning, this magical creature with golden light all over its body did not become impatient, but very patiently explained the "principle of time" and used the analogy of space to explain the truth clearly.

Compared to Router Qi's frequent nodding, Mo Ling's face showed a kind of confusion that was unique to him.

"Hmm."

He pretended to nod seriously and understand, and responded promptly, but the confusion that could not be concealed in his eyes completely betrayed him.

After listening to the elf's explanation, Router fell into deep thought. It seemed that he benefited a lot from these words, and he also got a glimpse of the essence of time.

This kind of knowledge is difficult to obtain from a human perspective. The creatures in the abyss exist in various strange ways, and they must view the world from a different perspective. Perhaps a certain perspective can see things that humans cannot see at all.

Lu Luqi was still thinking with his head down. Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Mo Ling wanted to continue asking some questions so that the atmosphere would not be too depressing.

But he thought about it over and over again, with an empty head, and didn't know what to ask.

He didn't understand anything, so of course he had nothing to ask.

So he could only change the subject:
"You said that the guy you met before was also empty like me?"

"Ah."

"He looked like you now, didn't he?" "Yes, with a human body, but a square head. Sometimes the body would disappear, leaving only the head, which turned into a big square."

Listening to the elf's description, an awkward picture appeared in Mo Ling's mind:

A man with a square head was walking, and his head fell off, then grew bigger and bigger...

"How weird." He couldn't help but complain.

It is probably an abyss creature that ran out from some corner of the abyss. Nothing about it is normal and it does not follow the logic of normal creatures at all.

"But why is it empty like me?"

Mo Ling still hasn't figured out what the connection is between him and that cube creature.

If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. These things in the abyss are stranger than each other, and it's impossible to figure out everything clearly.

"You just said that you can infer the future of mankind, right?"

"That's right." The elf nodded and replied.

"So what's his future like?" Mo Ling leaned forward and asked in a low voice, then stretched out his hand in front of him and secretly pointed the way.

"The future is uncertain, and my calculations may not be correct... and with an unknown factor like you next to him, the accuracy of my calculations will drop a lot." The elf answered without any concealment.

"So the calculation is not accurate?"

"Ah."

"It doesn't matter if it's not accurate. Just tell me what you calculated now. What will happen to him in the future?"

When Mo Ling asked this question, the elf was rarely silent for a while...

After a moment, it finally spoke again, and the first words it said made Mo Ling extremely excited: "He will reach the bottom of the abyss."

"Are you serious? Will he really reach the bottom of the abyss?" Mo Ling immediately became excited.

"My calculations may not be accurate, but this future possibility is very high. As for the others, they are very vague and I can't figure them out."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we can reach the bottom of the abyss!" Mo Ling said excitedly: "Since he can get there, I can definitely get there too. Then we will become the first and second humans to set foot on the bottom of the abyss! I am Armstrong! He is! He is... uh... I forgot."

Mo Ling wanted to name the second human to set foot on the moon, but found that there was no such person in his mind.

But this did not stop him from being happy. He jumped in front of Routerqi, put his hands on his shoulders and shook them excitedly.

"Router! Did you hear that? You will reach the bottom of the abyss! It's calculated for you!"

The router was so dizzy that he almost forgot all the knowledge he had just sorted out.

"I know, I know." He answered Mo Ling perfunctorily.

After hearing about his future, the young man with glasses did not seem very excited. Instead, a hint of confusion flashed beneath his glasses.

He lowered his head and looked into the mirror, as if he was examining himself, or as if he was staring into an endless abyss...

(End of this chapter)