dtnovels Chapter 273: Square Light Body
Chapter 273: Square Light Body
"Is that so? I'd like to see. Take him down." After Cruise gave the order, two special forces soldiers stepped forward and pointed their guns at Zhou Yuan's head, while two other special forces soldiers rushed to Zhou Yuan and tried to twist his hands behind his back.
Suddenly, the eight special forces soldiers, their faces filled with fear, put down their guns, frantically clawed at their necks with both hands, their eyes rolling back in their heads. Then, each of them was lifted into the air, flying out of the bedroom like a string of zombies, hovering in the living room, their legs kicking wildly.
The attendants waiting for Dean Lofi in the living room were terrified and fled outside in a panic. Cruise and Lofi were also completely stunned, their legs rooted to the spot. Cruise drew the pistol from his waist and pointed it at Zhou Yuan, but suddenly the pistol crumbled like dust in the wind! Cruise and Lofi were dumbfounded.
On the street, sirens blared, and hurried running and screams could be heard from outside the door. Zhou Yuan knew that the residents of this building were evacuating.
Zhou Yuan was thinking about what to do next. It might not be safe to bring Lefia back to the warship, and it wasn't safe to stay in this room either.
Zhou Yuan opened his ring and called out to Nana, "Nana, send down the intelligent medical robot to maintain Lefia's body. Also, build an energy bubble house on the roof of this building and move this bedroom and everything inside, except for these two men."
"Yes, Master."
Five minutes later, Cruise and Lofi were suddenly shoved into the living room. Then, a beam of light suddenly appeared, tracing a path along the bedroom wall. Lefia's bedroom, including the door, window, bed, walls, ceiling, and chair, was enveloped in a rectangular circle of light. This sealed circle, carrying the entire bedroom, began to rise and rush out of the building. Passersby on the street only saw a square beam of light shooting into the sky from the top of the building. This square beam was transparent; inside were walls, a flat ceiling, and a door. The door was open, and opposite the door, someone seemed to be sitting. Further inside, a bed could be seen. This appeared to be a bedroom, and this bedroom even had light on, with two figures moving around beside the bed… People were stunned and bewildered by this strange sight.
The square-shaped light object, suspended above the building and about 100 meters from the top, is a very conspicuous landmark in the dark night.
Inside the transparent, square sphere of light, two intelligent robots were busy replenishing Lefia's nutrients. Zhou Yuan sat in a chair, overlooking the dazzling lights and city nightscape below. "Lefia, you'd better come back soon," Zhou Yuan muttered.
This unusual, transparent, square object of light attracted a huge crowd. People who were sleeping, watching TV, having entertainment, or having a late-night snack all came out to take a look. Telescopes in supermarkets and shops became hot commodities.
Two helicopters, their lights flashing, flew in from the northwest corner of the building. They circled the transparent, luminous object twice, then one helicopter flew directly towards the bedroom door, only a dozen meters away from the object. This helicopter emitted a strong beam of light from its front, but the square luminous object seemed to block the beam, preventing the light from entering the bedroom. The two helicopters circled for over ten minutes before departing.
That night, the city went wild. Even residents from the suburbs drove over after seeing the news, wanting to witness this spectacle for themselves. The rooftops of nearby buildings were already packed with people. Not satisfied with just getting close, some people used military binoculars to observe. Finally, a few people spotted a beautiful woman lying motionless on a bed in a bedroom. Two robots were taking care of her, while the handsome man sitting in the chair seemed to be asleep!
This observation quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys and every corner of the city, leading people to speculate that the beautiful woman must be ill. Combined with the strange events of three years prior, people couldn't help but speculate that aliens had finally appeared, and that the man and woman were indeed aliens. Their amazing technology was truly astonishing.
After further observation with a high-resolution telescope, people learned that the handsome man was actually Zhou Yuan, the youngest academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who had disappeared three years ago, and that the blonde woman was apparently Leifia, the assistant to the president of the Academy of Sciences. Combined with the battle of light curtains and light clusters that appeared in Longcheng Square at dusk and the mystery of the sun's movement, people began to feel apprehensive.
The Western Turkic government, seemingly fearful, made no further moves after sending two helicopters to probe the situation. Instead, it reinforced its troops and police to maintain order in the city. To prevent stampedes, troops began dispersing the crowds, resulting in bloodless clashes. Some localized disturbances were quickly quelled. A ten-mile radius around Lefia's apartment building was designated a cordon.
Zhou Yuan dozed off in the chair for a while, then was awakened by the vibration of his ring. He opened the ring, only to find the tag "Zhou Yuan calling".
"What's up?"
"With you making such a fuss, how can I possibly stay in the Western Kingdom?" Zhou Yuan hadn't considered this point.
"I'm so sorry. Are the three of you together?"
"The three of us were terrified and hid in an abandoned villa in the suburbs."
“I know. Here’s what we’ll do: the three of you don’t move. I’ll have Nana teleport you to your home in Beining City, Dongtu Kingdom.”
"That's the only way. Thank you."
"Call me if anything happens." After saying that, Zhou Yuan switched his ring and directly connected with Nana, instructing her to immediately transfer the tags Zhou Yuan, Chu Xiaolu, and Pan Na based on the ring's location. He also instructed Nana to expedite the scanning and storage of the human consciousness on the Horizon Planet, ensuring it was completed within two months. If they didn't receive a response from the Fifth Dimension Humanity's Holy Judgment Center within two months, the Super-Droplet might be activated. All of this depended on the return of Lefia's consciousness.
Normally, Zhou Yuan wouldn't care about two months, but he didn't know when Lefia would wake up. If he left Lefia now, he was worried that she wouldn't be able to find him. But waiting for two months in this square of light felt strange to Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan tried to calm himself down, thinking about how to escape or survive the war between the five-dimensional humans and the five-dimensional intelligent races, and how to help the five-dimensional humans in this six-dimensional black hole defeat the five-dimensional intelligent races outside. Zhou Yuan tried to make various hypothetical deductions based on the information recorded in his ring and his own experiences. If his thoughts were blocked, he tried to explain how the consciousness mirror symmetry transformation was related to the Riemann function, what four-dimensional spacetime was like in the six-dimensional black hole, what kind of war was the war between the five-dimensional humans and the intelligent races, and whether the intelligent races had any other weapons against the humans besides the four-dimensional virtual machine.
Fortunately, once Zhou Yuan delved into a difficult problem, he quickly became engrossed in it, as if the outside world did not exist.
After a month, the curious onlookers stopped crowding around the transparent square luminous object. At night in the Huasheng Special District, it had become a unique tourist attraction. During the day, the square luminous object reflected sunlight, its entire body radiating a halo like holy light. Many devout people would bow before it before breakfast, lunch, and dinner. These worshippers, according to the legend, experienced remarkable results; their illnesses, both major and minor, were indeed cured. People began to gather again, this time not pointing and whispering, but devoutly worshipping.
Zhou Yuan guarded her like this for forty-five days. One morning after forty-five days, Lefia began to show some unusual behavior. Her fingers started to move slightly, and then she opened her eyes. Lefia was about to get out of bed when Zhou Yuan pressed her shoulders and helped her sit up. The robot brought her a glass of warm water, which Lefia drank in one gulp.
“Zhou Yuan, the Holy Judgment Center has decided that the Holy Judgmenters will project into this space-time to speak with you.”
"Oh, okay. When? Where?"
Lefia was silent for a moment, then said, "Ten days from now. Wherever I am, you will be there. In this space, I will be the bridge between you and the Holy Arbiter."
Zhou Yuan nodded. "Okay, how about we stay here..." Zhou Yuan suddenly interrupted, realizing it wasn't appropriate. He had originally planned for himself and Lefia to remain in this square of light until they met the Holy Arbiter of the five-dimensional human race in the black hole in ten days. However, "meeting" in this place seemed a bit strange. After all, this was Lefia's bedroom. Although Lefia was a projection of the consciousness of a five-dimensional human caretaker into this three-dimensional space, she still had a physical body and was a beautiful woman. Discussing things in a beautiful woman's bedroom felt odd to Zhou Yuan. Perhaps the five-dimensional humans "saw" a bedroom as a virtual image, but he was used to three-dimensional space. If he were on his flagship, Zhou Yuan wouldn't feel at ease. His concern wasn't that the Fifth-Dimensional Human Race's Holy Arbiter would kill him, but rather that the flagship's technological prowess would be exposed. While three-dimensional space might be transparent to the Fifth-Dimensional Human Race, Zhou Yuan still hoped his fleet's cloaking technology would evade their detection. Even if it couldn't completely avoid detection, he wanted the Fifth-Dimensional Human Race to know he wasn't an ordinary force, thus increasing his bargaining power in negotiations with their Holy Arbiter. Until he knew the Fifth-Dimensional Human Race's situation, Zhou Yuan tried his best to perfect all his actions in three-dimensional space.
If not this square luminous object in the sky, where would be a better and safer place? Would being overly cautious appear hostile to the Arbiter? Zhou Yuan pondered this, but couldn't decide on the most appropriate occasion for his first meeting with the Arbiter.
Zhou Yuan glanced at Lefia, who was already up and full of energy. "Hey, handsome, you're doing great!" Lefia seemed very excited, looking down at the beautiful city scenery.
"What are your plans for the next ten days?" Zhou Yuan asked cautiously, since the human Holy Arbiter seemed to have chosen to communicate with him through Lefia's physical body.
"I definitely can't go to the Academy of Sciences, and I don't think I have anywhere else to go. It seems too boring here."
"Lefia, do you think it would be best for me to meet the Holy Arbiter, in what way?" Zhou Yuan felt that this meeting with the Holy Arbiter of the fifth-dimensional human race was a big deal, and he couldn't think of a suitable place or method to meet him.
“Zhou Yuan, although we Five-Dimensional Humans don’t care about formalities, I know what you’re thinking. You just want to increase your bargaining power. I suggest you don’t over-display your strength. The Holy Arbiter isn’t as merciful as I am.”
Zhou Yuan glanced at Lefia, wondering if she had held back during the battle that day. "Thank you for your advice."
Lefia looked at Zhou Yuan and said, "Alright, I'll help you this once. From my perspective as an observer, the Holy Arbiter also likes strong people. You can show your strength appropriately. Back then, your super-body droplet really scared our human race. Even now, we humans still don't agree on how to deal with you."
Zhou Yuan was startled. He wondered what would happen to him if the human race attacked him. Would he be completely annihilated? Would even his quantum consciousness be wiped out? Or would his consciousness be permanently sealed, never to be unlocked for billions of years?