Chapter 636: Chapter 636: The Two Idiots
This dinner really put under a lot of pressure.
That said, aside from my significant stress, everyone around seed completely carefree.
For instance, Qianqian, who is forever happy under any circumstances, or the Pandora Sisters, who, even while bowing their heads to eat, would still make movents that were consistently quick and efficient. There was also Lilina, who furiously shoved at and vegetables towards herself, and Little Baobao, who, excited by dad’s return ho, kept mumbling sothing from beginning to end. And of course, Big Sister, who was always composed…
Not to ntion, at the dinner table, there was the tiger-like Sandora who possessed the bravery of a hundred n.
It turns out the whole family is just a bunch of joyous folk who can completely let go of their worries when they’re eating, except for , who alone sat under great pressure, waiting for Lin Xue’s upcoming inquisition.
After dinner, it took a lot of effort to coax Little Baobao, who had clamored to be hugged, back to her room, and to send rcury Lamp off to play by herself, then I very conscientiously followed Lin Xue onto the balcony. How loyal were the others, hmm? Once they saw Ms. Lin’s mood was off, how could they just stand by and watch , Chen Soone, get lectured? Of course not, so they pretended to be busy and turned away to leave…
Not a hint of loyalty, soulless bastards!
Standing on the balcony with Lin Xue, the atmosphere beca a bit heavy for a mont. It was winter, and at this ti the sky had fully darkened. Ms. Lin silently watched the distant lights and said nothing. It seed it was up to to break the silence first.
“Ahem, uh, are you angry?”
After holding it in for a long ti, I ended up saying such an uncreative line.
“Without your consent, even Taville wouldn’t privately research the deep technology of the Cube,” Lin Xue finally spoke after a long silence in a calm voice, “That’s why I’m angry. But looking at your dumb face, it’s really hard to stay mad.”
“I’m sorry,” I apologized earnestly, “But if there were going to be problems, why didn’t you warn us when the Red Giant Star Fortress was being established?”
“The future is always changing, let alone in such an information-sealed world,” Lin Xue glanced at , “By the ti I realized sothing was wrong, the Red Giant Star had already gone berserk… Well, maybe I bear so responsibility too. I should have been more vigilant about the content inside the Red Moon Cube, and have advised you all to stop when Taville accessed the second layer of the database…”
From Lin Xue’s tone, it seed like she wasn’t here to assign bla?
“What exactly is up with those things? The data in the Red Moon,” I felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward and took the initiative to start a conversation, “If it’s just so flawed technology, why is the harm so great? You’ve always just told us not to touch the technology inside, but you never explained what the problem with Red Moon Technology actually is. Honestly, I’m quite confused right now—of course, if it’s sothing you can’t talk about then forget it, I know that so futures can’t be casually revealed.”
Lin Xue looked up at the gradually star-lit sky and slowly said, “Originally, I couldn’t say anything, but since you’ve already encountered one problem, telling you now won’t do any harm. Besides, I must thank that woman nad Bellavilla. I’ve already heard the history she told, and her information has cleared up many of the mysteries that I couldn’t see in the predictions. Now, Wood, let tell you why you can’t touch the Red Moon Cube.
Red Moon Technology was one of the last research outcos before the Empire went to sleep. According to the information provided by Bellavilla, the last batch of the Empire’s research projects before it went to sleep was entirely based on a wrong principle, which is the reckless investigation into the essence of the Void.”
I nodded, Lin Xue was ntioning things we already knew.
“If the foundation itself is flawed, then how many of the things extending from it can be correct? The Red Moon Cube is filled with technologies that seem right but aren’t. They are all products of ‘technological fantasy’ from just before the Empire’s doomsday, a term I coined which fits the Red Moon Cube perfectly. I don’t have much understanding of the high technology of the Xyrin Apostle, but I can vaguely grasp one thing: the Red Moon Cube is a product of idealism.
In science, many things only exist in theory. Take the current human understanding of physics, for instance; we’re accustod to setting up theoretically perfect environnts in our problems to validate certain conjectures, like imagining absolutely smooth planes, two iron balls of exactly equal mass, or a closed system with no energy wasted… These are all experintal environnts that humans cannot create at present. Scientists can only set up these testbeds theoretically and then conduct experints on paper. The Red Moon Cube’s technology is like this, too. All its technologies can only be realized in a theoretically perfect environnt and simply do not hold up in the real world. That’s the problem. Taville found technical data in the Cube that could turn a constant star into pure Ghost Energy and completely control it. He tried to replicate it in the real world, but when actually put into operation, the pure energy body would beco insufficient at just over ninety percent, prematurely collapsing and destroying its own tiline… Mistakenly interpreting theoretical environnts as practically feasible, that’s the Cube technology’s misleading effect on you. Well, this explanation is, of course, crude. I’m not really good at theory. These are inferences I made based on the situation in the human laboratories. I guess Taville would be very disappointed to know this.”
“Wait, wait, wait, I need to sort this out,” overwheld by a barrage of professional information, I was impressed by the formidable power of an elite education while also harboring my own doubts. “Such an obvious problem, couldn’t Taville see it? If the technology recorded in the Red Moon Cube can only be realized under ideal conditions, shouldn’t any basic technician be able to recognize it?”
“That’s the dangerous part of the Cube,” Lin Xue spread her hands at , “you forgot about the Red Moon. As a ‘theoretical technology’ outco of the Cube, it can actually operate in reality—the Cube is sothing that constantly distorts the real world. Anything that can only be realized in theory can be achieved with it. That is to say, when an observer examines the Cube, it imdiately presents a ‘perfect state’ that is indistinguishable to the observer. Here the observer is not just intelligent life like humans, but also any kind of world elent that interacts with the Cube. Therefore, the Cube’s ‘perfect’ state can even deceive the World Laws, making the real world acknowledge its validity.
With that in mind, things beco easier to explain. No matter how smart Taville’s brain is, she couldn’t detect the abnormality of the Cube—the Cube changes the World Laws at the instant of observation, making its existence seem natural. Even I was fooled by it at first, thinking it was rely a database of erroneous technology. It wasn’t until a few days ago, after the information Bellavilla told you about was uploaded to the shared database, that I thought to re-examine the Cube from other historical tilines. I imdiately noticed its distorted state: believe it or not, the Cube doesn’t actually exist. The ancient Xyrin Apostles projected sothing from their concepts forcefully onto the real world and made it permanent, a true illusion. The Cube only appears when an external elent interacts with it. If it were left alone in an absolute void without observation, the Cube would temporarily disappear.
I have no idea how the Xyrin people’s ancestors ca up with such monstrous technology, but obviously, they began to recklessly toy with the foundation of the world before doomsday. Maybe it’s a bit harsh to say this, but… they were playing with fire and burning themselves.”
“You’re absolutely right,” I said with a wry smile, leaning on the balcony railing, looking at the fuzzy and warm light that shone through the glass door from the other side, “Sandora also described her old friends in the sa way: a group of arrogant practitioners because of their power, who despised the origin due to their haughtiness… It wasn’t Abyss that took down the Empire but the Xyrin Apostles themselves… I’ll pass your discovery on to Taville. Sheesh… In that case, isn’t the Cube completely useless? If everything recorded in it can’t be actually used?”
This reality made particularly gloomy. Our local technology here was already in dire shortage, and now Lin Xue had brought such bad news. Everything inside the Cube was just the work of fantasists that couldn’t be applied in reality, unless we managed to replicate the Cube’s manufacturing technology— but if we could even replicate that kind of conceptual technology, would we still lack technology?
I didn’t expect Lin Xue to imdiately shake her head: “Wood, you’re actually wrong here. You should take this as good news: now we finally understand the dangerous aspects of the Cube’s technology, and we can avoid disastrous outcos more effectively when using it. Purely theoretical technology might not be directly applicable in reality, but they often lay the foundation for practical technologies. Many of today’s human technological achievents, if held up against a few decades ago, were things that could only be realized under purely theoretical conditions, like super-large-scale integrated circuits.”
The return of the Red Giant Star after its collapse miraculously confird one thing: even the black technology within the Cube, once the correct thod of implentation was found, could be directly manifested into reality. Intuitively, I felt that Qianqian’s ability to affect ti by re seconds was enough to allow so of the Cube’s “perfect” attributes to appear in reality. Well, Taville could look into the Cube’s contents in the future, but make sure to remind her, she absolutely must not foolishly use these things as she did this ti. No matter how feasible they seem, those are theoretical technologies that will imdiately spiral out of control when taken out of the Cube. They’re fine as research references, but direct application could lead to serious chaos.
Of course, what I’m referring to here is still the superficial data of the Cube. Its core database remains a colossal threat… My abilities are not sufficient to discern what exactly is stored there, but I can be certain it isn’t sothing that can be directly dealt with like the Abyss. If released, it could potentially replay the destruction of the Old Empire. So this ti, my warning must be taken seriously, understood?”
Does this an… the Prophet has finally allowed us so access to the Cube’s technology?
“I’ve learned my lesson, learned my lesson,” I nodded repeatedly, at the sa ti growing even more astonished by Lin Xue’s ruthless analytical power. She’s just an Earthling, and even if she tinkers with Xyrin Equipnt in her spare ti, she couldn’t possibly truly understand its principles. Yet she could analyze a piece of Ancient Empire technology so deeply—this is undoubtedly an advanced application of her predictive ability: the insight into truth, which is to recite the content without understanding the significance of the scene one is witnessing.
But the cost of doing so…
I couldn’t help but look into Lin Xue’s eyes. Although she seed fine now, I feared… perhaps she had overspent her ability again, like the last ti she probed into the Cube?
Also, I noticed that Lin Xue said she ca here to seek an explanation, but up until now, she had only been explaining the true nature of the Cube, while also reminding to be cautious. Not a single word of reprimand. From the tone of Miss Xue, what I felt the most was concern.
Wait, wait, wait, this must be an illusion! Definitely an illusion! This troubleso aggregation is my nesis! A born adversary, even if our relationship has ward up recently, the possibility of “coming to seek an explanation out of pure worry, feigning anger but being unable to voice any harsh words in the end” is just not sothing that could happen to Lin Xue! She should only belong with a black cloak, magic bottle, poison cauldron, Evil Castle, bat skull, crystal ball, and a witch cat, right?
But now… no matter how I look at it, Lin Xue seems to have co storming into my place out of sheer worry, and after confirming everyone was safe and sound, she didn’t know what else to scold, so she ended up just beating around the bush. This clumsy display, as much as it doesn’t suit her character, cannot be mistaken.
Could it be that Miss was being tsundere again?
“Hey, Wood, is there sothing on my face?”
Noticing the gaze from beside her, Lin Xue quickly wiped the corner of her mouth and cast a displeased look over.
“No… I an, I’m a bit curious, could it be… you ca today, actually because you were worried about ?”
“Hmph, why would this Miss worry about you, a blockhead like you!” Miss Xue’s face instantly turned red, and then she forcefully turned her head away, “I just heard that the frontline situation was tense and I wasn’t sure if you would co back missing arms or legs, so I ca to check for myself. After all, seeing is more reassuring than my prediction abilities…”
I didn’t even know what to reply. Could your tsundere act be any more obvious?
And so, we fell into silence for a few seconds. Just as I was racking my brains on how to communicate with this Miss, who is not used to speaking her mind, a faint fragrance suddenly ca from beside … then, a wave of warm breath.
“Enough, I really have had it!” Lin Xue had sohow closed in to within a few centiters of my cheek at so point, her hot breath tickling my ear, “I’m worried about you! Worried about you, the forever unaware idiot who always has to be at the front line! Worried about you, the fool who still rushes into traps despite the warnings! Worried about you, the blockhead who sses up everything! I’ve been worried all this way for the past seventy-three days! Until today, when I heard you safely returned, did I dare to co and see for myself before finally being able to sleep soundly, I admit it, I was worried about you, you jerk! Satisfied now?”
I was completely unprepared for Lin Xue’s sudden outburst, and I was stunned on the spot.
I had thought that this girl, who could see through everything, simply didn’t care about anything; yet, to my surprise, she was capable of such an emotional display. I believed Lin Xue, who had the future in her hands, would have every situation under control, but never expected that she could be so affected by concern, genuinely distressed for our hardships during the journey despite knowing the outco.
In the end, no matter how strong or domineering she acted, it was just her way of covering up her weakness in opening up to others—In a flash, I felt as if enlightennt dawned on about many things.
Now, less than two centiters away, there was a pretty face flushed with either anger or shyness. The owner of that face clearly hadn’t realized what she was doing, but one thing was very clear to : I was moved.
Now, just two centiters away, I could kiss this imperious Miss who never treated with kid gloves.
“Miss Xue, sorry, I forgot, you’re actually the one under the most pressure.”
I just kissed her! So what! It’s not the first ti anyway!
Of course, I didn’t dare to go too deep. Our lips brushed for just a few seconds, and when that soft and slightly cool sensation truly hit my brain, we both quickly pulled away and silently looked at each other.
Her face was very red, unmistakable even to anyone who wasn’t colorblind.
By this account, it was our second kiss. The first ti was when Lin Xue’s abilities ran amok for the first ti at the dical center, when Miss Xue, her head overheated, rushed up on her own. The second ti, it was taking the initiative—well, semi-initiative.
Obviously, the different initiations had a different impact on Lin Xue.
“Wood… I… without my permission… you cannot…”
See, she didn’t even know what she was saying.
The trouble was, neither did I!
Strictly speaking, since that accidental kiss at the dical center, the relationship between Lin Xue and I had already reached an unspoken understanding. According to the reactions of those around us, it seed that Sandora and others might know a bit—this crazy Miss would co to my house and make a fuss every day. Qianqian might be slow to catch on, but Sandora and Big Sister with their acute observations couldn’t be unaware, right?
And as I said earlier, this was no longer the first kiss. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal at all.
The only problem was… both of us are dummies who can’t speak up at critical monts…
So, we held it in, the two of us held it in on the balcony for quite so minutes.
“Miss Xue.”
“Hmm?”
“The sun tonight is really round.”
“Hmm, the sun tonight is really round.”
…If you can find an even stupider version of a heartfelt confession under the moon… then I can only say this story is purely fictional and any resemblance to actual events or persons is purely coincidental.
Fortunately, just as the two biggest dummies in history began to discuss why the sun was so round, the person who would relieve our awkwardness finally showed up. The glass door of the balcony was pushed open from the inside, and a little girl strutted on in triumphantly.
“Yo! Boss, still exchanging affections?”
For the first ti, Lin Xue and I had a tacit understanding in our actions: we looked down to take off our shoes.
Lilina skillfully crouched down, clutching her head in defense, “Ah no! Please be gentle to the loli, boss!”
“Out with it, what’s up?” I noticed Lilina was wearing her ceremonial robe that always looked like it was for a photo shoot no matter when you saw it, and realized this little girl must have rushed back to the temple right after dinner. Did Dingdang have so news?
“Tsk, honestly, you’re both grown-ups; still so shy, huh,” Lilina continued to mutter recklessly but finally rembered the important matter, “Lady Goddess has already made contact with the Pantheon, a response from the Divine Realm. In a few days, a High Order Divine Race Envoy will descend. I ca to inform the boss.”
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