Chapter 291 Timeline and Worldview
A flash of white light.
Fu Qinghai recovered from losing consciousness.
Looking around quickly, he seemed to be in a dilapidated unfinished building, surrounded by gray concrete walls full of bullet holes, exposed steel bars, and collapsed pillars.
"Well...it's coming."
"Ah, where is this again?"
"A new cycle, it's endless."
There were no partitions in the dilapidated building, and the sounds came from other rooms one after another. It was obvious that they were from reincarnations.
Fu Qinghai sat quietly on a huge long metal box for a moment. He did not stand up, nor did he participate in the conversation with the reincarnations. Instead, he first took out a large chip and inserted it into the internal interface of the Blue Shell Power Armor.
"Master, I miss you~"
The coquettish voice of an electronic female sounded in my ears.
"Qingming, connect to the satellite network and determine the current location."
Fu Qinghai said.
"Received, Master."
The wild alien planet has its own way of playing, and the modern society has its own way of playing. The satellite network and signal base stations spread all over the world are the best infrastructure for a player with artificial intelligence.
The first thing Fu Qinghai had to do was to connect to the Internet.
A few seconds later, Qing Ming said:
"Location confirmed, Sinai Peninsula, coordinate parameters..."
"Call Ron and ask him to come get me."
"Yes, Master."
The noise of the reincarnations gradually grew louder.
Fu Qinghai ignored him and continued to sit quietly on the long metal box.
While waiting for Ron, he began to think about the timeline.
This time, when he came to the main Marvel universe, that is, the Marvel (Earth-616) universe, the legendary reincarnation hub, Fu Qinghai did not use the reincarnation beacon, but directly used the summoning function of the club leader and chose to partially assemble in the anchor world of club member Ron.
From this, it seems that the Lord may encourage players to form clubs. Club players have many convenient functions that individual players do not have. Just to say that the club boss can travel back and forth between the anchor worlds of different club members without the help of the reincarnation beacon. This alone is very convenient.
Fu Qinghai's anchored world is the Warhammer 40K universe. Looking back now, it is better to say that he has anchored this timeline rather than this universe.
As long as the anchored world starts reincarnation, Fu Qinghai will definitely give priority to participating in the major events of the plot line of his anchored world, and the interval between two reincarnations is also staying in the anchored world. Therefore, the time he personally feels is completely synchronized with the time of the Warhammer 40K universe.
Because there are no reincarnationists in the reincarnation world, the timeline is stagnant.
Is it possible that Fu Qinghai is no longer in the Warhammer 40K universe, but the timeline of the Warhammer 40K universe is still flowing?
have.
He only needs to choose to gather in the anchor world of a certain society member when the major events of the plot line begin. At this time, there are other reincarnations in the Warhammer 40K universe, and the timeline continues to flow, but there is no such person as Fu Qinghai.
Fu Qinghai thought of this the moment he used the community gathering function.
In addition, through communication with his teammates, he also clarified some other questions about time, such as: Is the speed of time in different reincarnation worlds the same for each reincarnation and the interval between each reincarnation?
Obviously, it is different.
A simple comparison will reveal that sometimes Fu Qinghai has spent a very long time in the Warhammer 40K universe, while Zhang Yuning has only stayed in other reincarnation worlds for a few decades.
Fu Qinghai was just curious:
How big could the difference in the speed of time flow be? It couldn't be that a thousand years had passed in his Warhammer 40K universe while only two or three days had passed in other reincarnation worlds. If that was the case, many creatures with shorter lifespans - such as humans - would be outlived to death.
At the end of one reincarnation, he found that his teammates had died of old age.
Or at the end of a cycle, the teammate, a girl, turns into an old lady.
Is it okay?
Fu Qinghai shook his head and laughed, no longer thinking about this question.
According to the physical laws of the real world, the greater the mass of an object, the slower the flow of time. The concept of time can even be canceled out in the field of quantum mechanics.
Fu Qinghai stood up, picked up the metal box under his butt that was as big as a single wardrobe, dusted it off, walked out of the room, and walked towards the center of the ruined building.
The ruins are surrounded by a desert. The scorching sun shines all over the earth. From time to time, the sound of cannons and gunfire can be heard in the distance, as if a war is going on. Dust falls from the ceiling, forming light columns with the Tyndall effect in the bright and transparent light.
A group of reincarnations gathered in the center of the building, both men and women, of different ages. Many of them did not look very good, not much better than refugees. It seemed that they had just returned from some dangerous reincarnation world, and there was vigilance in their eyes.
As soon as Fu Qinghai appeared, he attracted the attention of everyone present. He was wearing a black and gold power armor, a cold visor, and scarlet eyepieces. He was the kind of guy who looked very strong, and it would be difficult for him to play the pig and eat the tiger.
Fu Qinghai walked towards the hall without saying a word, and some people even began to step back slightly.
"Hello, hello, everyone!"
At this time, a clear and loud voice came from outside.
A short, fat man walked in. He had a big belly and walked with a confident step, his face was flushed:
"Haha, it's your luck that a new player has arrived here, and it's also my honor. Let me introduce myself. I'm Paregar, a mid-level operator of the Order Alliance."
He spread his hands, bowed slightly, and bowed gently to all the reincarnations present.
However, no one paid any attention to him, and no one responded to his words. The reincarnations were still standing or squatting in the same place, their vigilant eyes moving back and forth between him and Fu Qinghai.
Order-keeping Alliance? What is that?
Fu Qinghai thought about it and remembered the strange term that appeared in the bounty wanted poster issued by Perfect Humanity.
Faced with the silence, the short and fat man did not feel embarrassed at all. He straightened his chest, raised his fat chin, and said to himself:
"Everyone, today is a lucky day. The Order-Maintaining Alliance is offering a special discount to new players who are entering the Marvel Universe for the first time. The original price of the reincarnation information subscription service is 598 points. Now it only costs 300 points. You can enjoy the latest reincarnation information updated in real time by the Order-Maintaining Alliance for you, including rule answers, combat power rankings, universe data, gossip and scandals... everything you need!"
The short and fat man Paregar raised his hands and said loudly:
"Everything is in the Information of the Order Alliance! Subscribe now and you can also participate in the exclusive discount activities for newcomers. The Order Alliance, your eternal reincarnation partner! The Order Alliance is well-known throughout the world and is trustworthy!"
After the passionate slogans were shouted, the only thing left at the scene was...
Quiet.
Very quiet.
Everyone looked at the short and fat man quietly. No one responded, and no one even asked questions. The reincarnations still had that vigilant look of "there are always villains who want to harm us", and they tightly held their weapons or backpacks in their hands.
"All right."
Seeing this, the short and fat man seemed to be used to it. He shrugged his shoulders, turned around and walked out the door.
"Wait a moment."
A filtered, deep voice called out to him.
Paregar turned around and saw a tall and burly giant in black and gold armor standing in front of him, looking down at him. His voice came from the loudspeaker on his neck armor:
"I subscribe."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold voice sounded in the depths of Paregar's mind:
[You received 300 assimilation points from other reincarnations]
Just paid directly?
Paregar was stunned and asked:
"You don't even want to ask about the details?"
Fu Qinghai didn't say anything, but just placed his palm gently on the hilt of the chainsword at his waist.
Paregar understood it immediately.
What this means is: if the information you provide is not worth 300 assimilation points, then... you will bear the consequences at your own risk.
The so-called "intermediate operator of the Order Alliance" said:
"Okay, sir, please follow me."
Fu Qinghai was the only one present who purchased this service, so naturally, no one else could hear a single word.
…
In a corner of a room in the ruins of a building.
Paregar led Fu Qinghai here with familiarity. After checking to make sure there was no eavesdropping or peeping around, he coughed twice to clear his throat, turned around and said to Fu Qinghai:
"So, sir, what do you want to know first?"
"What is the Order Alliance?"
Fu Qinghai asked his first question.
"Well..."
Paregar was stunned, thinking that you didn't even know what the "Order-Maintaining Alliance" was, but you paid directly?
However, he immediately said:
"The Order-Maintaining Alliance is a neutral organization independent of major societies. It has a long history and enjoys a great reputation. It was established a long time ago. We originated from a group of players who did not want to participate in the fights between reincarnations. The Order-Maintaining Alliance does not participate in any battles between societies or even individuals. We provide services to all reincarnations, including intermediary and guarantee of buying and selling transactions, and the exchange and gathering of information and intelligence. Our information sources and intelligence spies are spread throughout the reincarnation world, and we have been purchasing valuable intelligence and information from reincarnations for a long time, providing all players with help and services within our capacity."
It seemed as if he had memorized the lines in advance, and he spoke them out very smoothly.
Fu Qinghai nodded.
Just as he guessed.
But one thing is that if you want to remain neutral, it is not enough for you to just say that you are neutral.
For example, Switzerland is a permanently neutral country, but its national defense and military industry are very developed, and it has a large number of standing troops, which allows Switzerland to maintain neutrality.
In the same way, the Order-Maintaining Alliance can survive and thrive among the major societies. It is obviously impossible for it to be a soft persimmon without any hard power.
"I really want to know the levels of the reincarnation world, SSS level, SS level, A level...how are these levels divided?"
Fu Qinghai then asked the question that had been bothering him for many years.
"Good question!"
Paregal snapped his fingers.
He smiled mysteriously and kept it a secret:
"Then let me ask you first, do you know...what level the Alien movie universe belongs to?"
Alien Cinematic Universe?
Fu Qinghai frowned slightly.
He knew that there should be at least two universes of Alien:
The Alien Cinematic Universe, which includes the early Alien films, plus the rebooted versions of Alien: Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
The Alien vs. Predator Universe, also known as the AVP Universe, includes related movies and comics. The comics are produced by Dark Horse Comics, but do not belong to the Dark Horse Comics Universe.
Fu Qinghai carefully recalled the plot of the movie and asked tentatively:
"I guess it should be...A-level?"
"No, the Alien Cinematic Universe is SS-level."
Paregar said.
"Why?"
Fu Qinghai immediately expressed his incomprehension.
With the strength of the alien, is it worthy of double S-rank?
Paregar said with a smile:
"When did the Samsara World say... that it would set the universe level based on strength, difficulty, background cap, or something else?"
Fu Qinghai shook his head:
"I really didn't say that."
Paregar spread his hands and said,
"That's it."
Fu Qinghai frowned:
"Then it must have a logic for classification, otherwise why would it prompt this 'level'? It doesn't make any sense."
"Ahem, you asked the right person. This involves the strengths of our Order-Maintaining Alliance."
Paregar coughed lightly, put on a serious look, and said,
"Although the Samsara World didn't say it explicitly, based on our continuous observation and summary over the years, we have come to a conclusion - the Samsara World determines the level based on the influence of these IPs on the minds of all humans in the real world, as well as the perfection of the IP itself."
"Be more specific?"
"Take Alien for example. Alien itself is very weak, but Alien is one of the earliest science fiction horror movies. It pioneered the claustrophobia of deep space, the sexual metaphors and religious metaphors in science fiction, and its art style directly influenced generations of directors, writers and designers."
"This involves some concepts related to media studies and communication."
Paregar added, and then a slightly sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Of course, for those who can only struggle to survive in the reincarnation world and only care about who is strong and who is weak, talking to them about 'communication studies' is like talking to a cow."
"Communications...Mind..."
Fu Qinghai frowned and muttered to himself.
He noticed these two key words.
This reminded him of a term developed from the S.P. Foundation series - meme.
The word "meme" was first derived from the concept of communication. In layman's terms, it is information or concepts that do not exist in physical form, and are then spread through various channels such as books, newspapers, and the Internet, thereby affecting people's minds.
This does not involve any supernatural power. It is just a simple concept in real science. A joke or a meme can be a meme.
There is a saying that goes like this:
When is a person truly dead?
The answer is when everyone has forgotten him.
As long as there are other people who still remember this person, as long as he still exists in someone's mind, he is not truly dead even if his physical body has disappeared.
This logic is the concept of a broad meme.
I think about this a bit too deeply.
Fu Qinghai converges his divergent thoughts.
If the level of the reincarnation world is really determined by the extent of its dissemination... then classic screen images and anime characters such as Alien, Naruto, and Marvel are indeed IPs with a profound influence.
"but..."
Fu Qinghai immediately discovered the problem:
"If that's the case, then why is the Warhammer 40K universe SSS-level?"
Warhammer 40K is also a very old IP, but its popularity is very, very narrow. Without mentioning big data concepts such as search popularity and keyword rankings, we can use a simple and crude logic to measure the popularity:
Has it been made into a movie?
Games have not yet fully emerged, and movies are the first of the nine major arts. They are the easiest to spread of all art forms and have the lowest threshold for appreciation. Whether an IP has a movie is a way to measure the spread of this IP.
Warhammer 40K obviously doesn't have that.
Of course, it doesn't mean that a movie will necessarily be widely spread. There are bad movies everywhere and few people remember them.
"Ha, I know what you mean by the Warhammer 40K universe, a reincarnation world that has just been opened twice. This is the second condition I just mentioned - the degree of perfection of the IP itself."
Paregar said:
"If the IP itself is well-established, such as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, The Silmarillion series, and The Hobbit series, the author not only constructed a complete world view, but also compiled a language and script for the elves in his books. Then, the Tolkien universe will be rated very high in the reincarnation world."
Paregar gives a good example.
Tolkien's series of novels are the true originators of Western fantasy. Almost all Western fantasy stories are extended from his novels. The details of Tolkien's universe are rich and complete. The detail of setting the elven language was also imitated by later large manufacturers.
Industrial Light & Magic created an English alphabet for the Auribesh script in Star Wars.
Marvel Studios has also created an English alphabet for the language used in Wakanda.
In fact, whether they do it or not, few people will pay attention. Few people will notice whether there is an extra language and writing in the movie, and English itself is not a complicated language. It is just an English alphabet comparison table, and 26 letters are not a huge project.
But they did it.
In order to enrich and improve this IP.
Maybe Tolkien got it off to a good start.
In this regard, Chinese IP has done very poorly.
Games Workshop (GW), the company behind Warhammer 40K, has also created an English-language translation for the Orks' language, as well as their accents and grammar.
Fu Qinghai's thoughtful look seemed to arouse Paregar's desire to express himself. He said,
"In fact, these two conditions are closely related to another question. Have you ever thought about whether all IPs, movies, novels, comics, etc. in our real world can become a reincarnation world?"
Fu Qinghai said uncertainly:
"It should... not be possible, right?"
"Based on what the Order-Maintaining Alliance has learned, the answer is... of course not!"
Paregar said with certainty:
"Only IPs that meet the above two conditions are qualified to become a reincarnation world. Let me give you the simplest example - a series of movies. Movies that have only been made once can often only become a copy world, while those long-running series of movies can become a main world."
After Paregar gave this example, the first thing that came to Fu Qinghai's mind was the horror movie universe.
For example, the original source of Zhang Yuning's ability is the place where she was possessed by Kayako - the Grudge Universe.
Ju-Grudge has movies and novels, and the movies are divided into Japanese and American versions. The Japanese version has eight movies and one TV series, and the American version has four movies... This is a very large series IP.
For example, the source of Upton's abilities – the Child's Play universe.
There are seven movies in the series of "Child's Play", which also involves a funny and horror transformation and a soft reboot - turning it into an artificial intelligence child.
"Reboot" is one of the signs that a series of IPs are enduring, and those that have been rebooted are all classics in people's minds. This includes the latex masked killer Michael Myers in Halloween, which I encountered before in the Marvel Comics Universe. There are a total of ten horror movies in this series, and there have been reboots during this period.
According to Paregar's theory, only film series such as The Grudge and Child's Play meet the condition of "the degree of influence on the minds of all human beings."
Only then can it become a reincarnation main world.
"Um..."
Fu Qinghai nodded slowly.
He roughly understood the theory that Paregar was talking about.
Paregar said:
"To be honest, most of the reincarnations don't care about these issues. They only think about getting stronger and stronger, and they come to ask me how to get stronger. You are the first person I have ever met who consulted me about this issue. It's quite..."
Paregar was talking for a while before he finished speaking when Fu Qinghai raised his hand to interrupt him:
"I'm interrupting you."
Fu Qinghai looked at Paregar seriously and asked a question that went straight to the core:
"Even if the reincarnation world is really created and graded according to the two conditions you mentioned, then what is the purpose and significance of the reincarnation world, or what we call this 'main god'? What impact can this classification have on the reincarnators?"
The SSS-class universe suppresses the A-class universe?
It seems that there is no such thing.
On the contrary, the oppression caused by different world views is almost everywhere for non-science fiction reincarnationists.
"Well, actually, we don't have the answer to this question either."
Paregar smacked his lips and said,
"But we have some speculations internally."
"What guess?"
Fu Qinghai immediately asked.
Paregar looked up at the armored giant, smiled, and said:
"Originally, this is not part of the 300-point Samsara Information Subscription Service, but since you paid so readily, I can reveal a little bit to you."
Paregar asked slowly:
"Do you think... the world of reincarnation looks very much like an online game?"
Fu Qinghai nodded: "I have always felt so."
Paregar said:
"Then let me tell you, the reincarnation world is not only like a game, but it is becoming more and more like a game!"
"More and more like...what do you mean?"
Fu Qinghai asked with a frown.
Paregar said:
"It is said that according to legend, the reincarnation forums, reincarnation societies, and reincarnation props that we use now did not exist in the early days. The reincarnation world at that time was very simple. It just allowed you to experience different reincarnations, and then... until one day, these changes suddenly occurred."
Does that mean the reincarnation world will have another version update?
Seeing Fu Qinghai fall into deep thought again, Paregar couldn't help but feel an inexplicable pleasure of sharing a shocking secret and shocking others. He smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice, and whispered:
"Rumor has it that when you become a Lv. 10 reincarnationist, you will understand why all this happened, why the reincarnation world has changed, why the reincarnation world has to generate the world with a wide range of dissemination and rich settings, the answers to all of this... are all there!"
Fu Qinghai raised his head:
"Do you have to speak in such a sinister tone?"
"Oh sorry, I got into the role."
Paregar immediately returned to his normal tone and scratched his head.
Level 10 Reincarnationist...what does it mean?
Fu Qinghai couldn't figure it out, so he could only nod:
"Okay, I understand."
On second thought, he suddenly felt.
These 300 assimilation points are well worth it.
Just three hundred assimilation points in exchange for so many in-depth secrets, which is unheard of before. Why are those reincarnations outside not interested at all?
Fu Qinghai told Paregar about his doubts.
Paregar was not surprised and said:
"For a powerful high-level player like you, you don't care about these mere 300 assimilation points. But for those reincarnators who are still struggling on the line between life and death in the reincarnation world, 300 points can assimilate a motorcycle, or a few machine guns, a bulletproof vest, as well as ammunition, drinking water, food, etc. Even if they know these secrets and analysis, what can they do? Can they survive the next reincarnation because of this? No. So..."
Paregar shrugged and said nothing more.
Fu Qinghai nodded slightly.
That's true.
Unconsciously, Fu Qinghai has become one of the so-called "advanced players". No longer satisfied with "living well", he begins to think about the meaning and essence of reincarnation.
"Okay, then for the next question, tell me about the major societies. Let's start with perfect humans."
Fu Qinghai said.
...…
There's another chapter coming up.
(End of this chapter)