"Emotion?"
"Yes! Emotion from the Star Abyss, or rather, willâthere are two in total. The first is fear, the second is doubt!"
"Fear of what?" Lin Xian asked.
"There is no subject. This fear comes from human experimentation. In the Deep Red World, itâs believed that dark invasions are a form of fear power. This principle makes sense regarding human mutations after spiritual collapse, but the problem is, itâs impossible to determine whether this fear is from humans toward the darkness, or from the darkness toward humans."
Lin Xian frowned, "The darkness would fear humans?"
"Donât interpret from a subjective viewpoint." At this moment, Chu Yanâs gaze turned toward the enormous Star Abyss on Blue Star: "From internal observation of the Star Abyss, if explained from a civilizationâs perspective, humans are also an incomprehensible entity to dark creatures. They donât understand us, and we donât know how they exist or are born. Itâs a relationship of mutual inability to communicate and prove."
Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian, "Do you know the Rosetta Stone?"
"Yes."
"Two completely unfamiliar civilizations generally have two ways of communication without translation. The first is using hieroglyphic illustrations, which doesnât work between us and the darkness. The second is the behavioral logic chain! It was through this method that we discovered the Dark Mark, which youâre aware of."
Lin Xian nodded.
Chu Yan continued, "So if thereâs only one signal, that signal has no reference meaningful implicationâwhether itâs from human experimentation or darknessâitâs impossible to form a logical coordinate system. But the crucial point is the second signal!"
"Doubt," Lin Xian stated.
"Correct!"
"The Deep Red World noticed this, so they determined that the signalâs origin came from the dark life form, or the Star Abyss. When we integrate this signal into the Gray Mist and the current changes in Star Abyss No.5, No.7, No.8, this behavior is highly likely to be the Star Abyss discovering the existence of Dawn City through linking consciousness. Such discovery isnât as simple as dark coordinates!"
Lin Xian frowned, "So last nightâs black tide attacks may not be just because of those marked individuals."
"Indeed! If it were merely the marks, Dawn Cityâs firepower could clear them out in advance. But the dark turmoil from three Star Abysses attacked for an entire night!" Chu Yan said sternly, "This indicates the Star Abyss is in doubt, probing!"
Lin Xian felt his scalp go numb, "So the expansion speed of the Star Abyss actually..."
"Can be unrestricted," Chu Yan said, her face serious, "Thereâs not a year, not four months; once they probe the coordinate point, it only takes one night to cover the entire Blue Star!"
Lin Xian looked shocked, "No wonder Star Abyss No.5 is moving, and the Abysses across the globe are acceleratingâis this a coordinated relationship?!"
"Have you ever experienced a power outage?" Chu Yan continued, "When the room is pitch black, if youâre unfamiliar with the environment, you can only walk by probing with your hands and feet. This can be slow, but once the lights are on, or youâre familiar with the location, youâll move quickly!"
"Thatâs why the monsters use the Dark Mark to locate humans. No wonder after last nightâs black tide attack, large-scale S-Class and corpse chasers were found in the direction of the three Star Abysses." Lin Xian looked helpless, "Itâs over now, we thought weâd have plenty of time to evacuate the cityâs people. Speaking of which, tonight might face a catastrophe with corpse chasers and S-Class..."
"Julius knew this, so he wanted to use the entire Dawn City as the Apocalypse Day test field. They need to quickly research the genuine evolutionary mechanism, while transforming themselves into Abnormal Bodies and Uncanny Humans is actually the second choice. Thereâs another crucial piece of informationâthe original purpose of the Deep Red World wasnât this."
Chu Yan told Lin Xian, "The initial goal for founding the Deep Red World was the path to Digital Life and Mechanical Ascension. The Deep Red World later began to escape control and develop in the direction of Superpower, Reproduction Armor, Divine Chosen, Angels, and went out of control. The original group forming the Deep Red World was an organization called the SIID Foundation. This was an extension of the previous globally largest Luo Fei Consortium, which controlled a large part of the Federationâs economic lifeline. You may have heard of it."
Lin Xian paused, "I havenât just heard of it... Iâve even interacted with âthemâ."
"Lin Xian, you must quickly inform Professor Ye and General Xu, or itâll be too late!"
Lin Xian heard this and looked at himself, helplessly shrugged, "You know, itâs only when Iâm completely out of energy that I can meet you. I canât control waking up."
"What should we do, then?"
"What else can we do..." Lin Xian smiled bitterly, "Iâm thinking, even if the entire city knows the news and we escape, according to this statement, once the Star Abyss successfully probes, even if we flee to the Polar, itâll be meaningless, we might not even escape the expansion speed of the Star Abyss."
Chu Yan was slightly stunned, then looked dejectedly in place.
"Lin Xian."
"Hmm?"
"If tonight is the end of the world, are you afraid?"
"I used to be a little," Lin Xian at this moment looked up at the cosmic starry sky and smiled boldly, "Now Iâm not that scared anymore. This lifetime, Iâve sort of been an astronaut once."
Chu Yan admired his optimism, sighed helplessly.
Lin Xian looked at Chu Yanâs state at this moment, simply sat down, "Since thereâs no going back, Iâll chat with you."