Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

"A 3."

"don't want."

Su Ming glanced at Zhou Zhengyang sitting opposite him, his temples throbbing with veins.

"Do you even know how to play Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game)?"

"I don't want any of the three!"

"Old Zhou, you're being way too obvious about going easy on us."

Zhou Zhengyang's face was covered in paper strips, and he would even lift them up to look at the cards.

"Well..." Zhou Zhengyang hesitated for a moment, then drew a card and threw it out: "A 4."

Next up is Shen Wanyu.

"Old Zhou, it's not that I'm criticizing you."

"Are you free lately?"

"You flew all this way just to play cards with us?"

He played his cards while chatting with Zhou Zhengyang.

Zhou Zhengyang's face was full of bitterness.

idle?

He has never been idle in his life.

I was the class monitor when I was in school.

After starting work, they become like beasts of burden.

Having finally become a leader, one still has to serve the people.

"Your Majesty, now that you're leaving, how should we prepare for what's to come?"

"There are only 23 days left until December 21st."

After throwing out a pair of "K"s, Su Ming glared at him and asked, "What are you preparing?"

"Tell me, what can I prepare?"

Do you know what kind of apocalypse 2012 was?

That's the logic.

But we can't just leave everything unprepared.

What's the difference between this and waiting to die?

"Oh, right," Su Ming said, as if suddenly remembering something, "How are the physical conditions of our country's astronauts?"

The topic shifted really quickly.

Zhou Zhengyang was stunned on the spot, while Shen Wanyu, who was standing to the side, glanced at Su Ming thoughtfully.

Since returning from that night, let alone looking down at the blue planet, even flying has become low-altitude flight.

He must have discovered something.

They just didn't want to say it.

Zhou Zhengyang thought for a moment and then said.

"When we first returned to the surface, we needed some time to adapt to the environment, but our physical recovery was relatively quick."

"Mentally, most people were emotionally unstable at the beginning."

"Depressed mood, loss of interest, reluctance to socialize, anhedonia, cognitive impairment, etc."

"But with time to adjust, it can basically return to normal."

Su Ming nodded in sudden realization and said, "It's that... the overall effect, also known as post-space adaptation disorder, right?"

Zhou Zhengyang responded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's it."

"Your Majesty, you know this too."

"As a human being, when looking down at the blue planet from space, one will experience a tremendous psychological impact, and one's original cognition and worldview can easily be overturned."

At this moment, Zhou Zhengyang also caught the implication in Su Ming's words.

His expression immediately turned serious.

"Your Majesty, do you mean those astronauts who have ventured into outer space?"

"No," Su Ming waved his hand, "I didn't mean that."

In fact, Su Ming did have some doubts before.

So he even did some research online.

In 1957, a puppy became the first living being from Earth to enter space.

Humans first ventured into outer space in 1961.

The timing doesn't match.

Let's assume they brought the pollution back.

Or perhaps it was their entry into outer space that drew the attention of the pollution source.

That planet had problems as early as the 1960s and 70s.

However, the first year of the cataclysmic event was defined as 1996.

The first discovery of the strange object was in 1996.

Has it been like this before?

According to Chen Zhiwei, everything was stable and normal before 1996.

Therefore, it is highly unlikely.

The turning point came in 1996.

Something must have happened that year.

Su Ming also tried to find out what major events happened in 1996.

There was no gain.

This is normal.

Just like how no one can find out the truth about the "world extinction" in 2003.

Only by returning to the present moment and witnessing it firsthand can one truly know.

Zhou Zhengyang is a shrewd and astute person.

Since Su Ming was able to ask, he must have discovered something.

He immediately made a phone call to notify the Dragon Kingdom to suspend all aviation programs and to summon all astronauts who had ever set foot in outer space for a comprehensive examination.

After doing all this, he cautiously looked at Su Ming.

"Your Majesty, can you tell me if you have discovered something?"

Shen Wanyu, who was standing next to her, also cast a curious glance at her.

Su Ming originally didn't want to say it.

After a long silence, he finally nodded.

First came a sigh: "Actually, the universe is quite lively."

His first words stunned Zhou Zhengyang and Shen Wanyu.

Is it their literal understanding?

Humans have always been searching for extraterrestrial life.

But so far, nothing has been found.

Therefore, some scientists have proposed the theory of the firstborn of the universe.

He believes that Earth is the first planet in the universe to give birth to life.

Some have also proposed the cosmic zoo hypothesis.

These scientists believe that Earth is a fish tank kept by an advanced civilization, and humans are the goldfish in that tank.

Those advanced extraterrestrial life forms have actually always been near humanity.

They simply don't touch or disturb, but merely observe silently, much like humans observe wildlife reserves.

But now, Su Ming actually says that the universe is actually quite lively.

To be honest, Zhou Zhengyang even wondered if Su Ming had gone mad.

"This liveliness doesn't refer to the liveliness we can see."

Su Ming scratched his head, trying to organize his thoughts: "To be precise, this excitement comes from our Blue Star."

Now, Zhou Zhengyang and Shen Wanyu were even more bewildered.

The first sentence is barely understandable.

The next sentence is completely beyond comprehension.

What's this all about? This lively scene comes from our Blue Star.

"Let me put it this way."

Su Ming threw down the cards and continued to explain: "Everything that has happened in the universe, seemingly disappeared, actually still exists."

"Human growth, the rotation of the blue planet, the impact of comets, the passing of meteorites."

"They may seem to have disappeared, but they have actually always existed in the past."

"On a certain day in the past, they truly existed and were frozen in that moment forever."

Zhou Zhengyang was a little confused.

Shen Wanyu frowned and pondered.

Su Ming gave an example: "It's like when we were playing cards."

"We played a total of seventeen rounds."

"For some beings, they can see the entire process of all seventeen of our card games simultaneously, without distinguishing between the order of play."

"They saw it at the same time."

Su Ming repeated it again.

Then he pointed to the sky outside the window: "From a human perspective, the universe is cold, dark, and utterly silent."

"But in the eyes of some beings, the universe is lively, prosperous, and crazy."

"All the bygone days and past paths coexist."

"At that time..." he sighed and continued, "I witnessed Shen Wanyu's entire life."

"From nothingness before birth to the present, we see it all at the same time."

"Her every period of time is nested together, like a long worm with its head and tail connected."

"I also saw the trajectory of Earth, a terrifying worm that looked just like DNA."

"At the same time, I also saw all the meteorites that have hit or streaked across the blue planet from ancient times to the present."

"They are like countless dense worms, swimming in from all directions, turning deep space into an indescribable worm nest."

"The most crucial thing is," he lowered his voice, "that all the old times exist simultaneously."

"That deep space of the universe is not just a simple space, but also a collection of countless past days."

"These things were invisible to the naked eye of humans in the past, which is why the deep space of the universe appears so dark and extremely empty."

"The reason we can't find extraterrestrial life is because we've been searching in the past."

"Even if we find it, it will be from some ancient life form from the past of Earth."

Zhou Zhengyang understood.

He said, "You mean, in the eyes of the pollutants, we are all insects?"

"It can see through our entire lives at a glance."

Su Ming nodded.

That's what he meant.

Why do pollution sources only originate in the past?

That's because it entered the insect's body, which is why the insect could detect it.

But once they enter the insect's body, they belong to the past.

Unless He observes the insect from afar, without approaching or touching it, but only observing.

His location is the unknown future.

Humans cannot see the future or the past with their own eyes.

Therefore, from beginning to end, in the eyes of humans, "source of pollution" is just a general term.

No one knows what He is.

Even the giant baby of the world, who was pulled from the audience into the stage by Wen Qi and descended into the world in the form most similar to a human, could not represent the real source of pollution.

That's just one form in which pollutants approach humans.

The form may disappear, but the source of pollution will not.

Shen Wanyu uttered two words: "Dimension".

"They belong to a higher dimension."

"Su Ming, do you suspect that the 2012 apocalypse was related to dimensions?"

Su Ming nodded.

He did indeed have that suspicion.

If it really is related to dimensions.

From the moment it became known, it was destined to be unsolvable.

Just as the servant in the manor said, there was nothing to do but accept it; there was no way to resist.

"Oh my god."

Zhou Zhengyang's legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground with a thud, his face pale: "We have been under surveillance all along."

"So, December 21st is the end of the observation period."

After a few seconds of silence, Su Ming nodded: "Perhaps."

"What...what will happen?" Zhou Zhengyang asked urgently.

Su Ming shook his head: "I don't know either."

"But judging from human cognition."

"When the goldfish in the fish tank are no longer observed."

"Either let it fend for itself, or... change the fish."

The last two words struck Zhou Zhengyang like a thunderbolt, leaving his mind blank.

"What about me?" Shen Wanyu asked, her eyes looking somewhat lost.

But in an instant, she regained her composure and murmured to herself, "In a fish tank, there are always a few small fish that get special attention."

"I suppose I am one of them."