Chapter 8 - The Amber Gardener
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December 24, 2018 03:15
At the core of Quantum Amber, Jerry Hoffman's consciousness was suddenly awakened by the creamy aroma of childhood. He opened his eyes and found himself lying in the cradle on Christmas Eve 1998, with his mother Anna's apron embroidered with crosses and gossip - a tributary of time that had never existed.
"Elsa?" he called softly, and in the pink swaddle opposite the crib, the acupuncture bronze birthmark on his sister's wrist was glowing. The ensemble of guqin and pipe organ came from the monastery outside the window, and the melody of "Silent Night" was mixed with the tune of "Fishing Boat Singing Night".
"We are in the" Amber of Possibility "." Adult Elsa's voice came from above, her golden fairy robe hanging star patterns, "Grandpa Bai said, every civilization needs the seeds of" what if "."
Jerry picked up his infant self and found that there was half a Tai Chi cross hidden in the swaddle - the sword that he pierced into the Holy Spirit Golden Elixir in the future. When the two halves of the sword touched, Quantum Amber suddenly unfolded into an infinite corridor, and behind each door were different possibilities of civilization.
6:00 PM
Pushing open the door marked "Antimatter Universe Alpha-7", Jerry and Elsa fell into a space with black flames. The self-cultivators here use dark energy to refine alchemy, the city buildings are a fusion of the upside-down Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Gothic churches, and the shadows of all the residents are the silhouettes of Nordic frost giants.
"Save us..." A black-robed girl grabbed Elsa's daoist robe, her pupils were flowing with the mixed verses of the Quran and the Book of Changes, "Our'Dao of Annihilation 'is swallowing reality."
Jerry's Sword of Destiny suddenly resonated, revealing Wolfgang's Darkness Primordial Spirit - but with the compassionate lines of Daoist Bai Xuan. He finally understood that every villain in the universe was a fragment of civilization that had not been redeemed.
Elsa took out the acupuncture bronze figure and inserted twelve silver needles into the girl's "antimatter chakra". When the wisdom of the Talmud was pierced with the silver needle, the girl's shadow suddenly split into the form of Buddhist Arhats and Christian Angels.
"Look, your annihilation path hides the possibility of symbiosis." Jerry brandished the sword of destiny and drew the fusion trajectory of the Taiji map and the black hole in the void. "Use the antimatter alchemy stove to make a cup of Bavarian coffee."
12:00
In Steampunk Universe Beta-13, Jerry and Elsa meet Bai Xuan, a young man who is repairing a time machine. His gear prosthetic eye can see all the timelines, and his wrench is engraved with alchemy symbols and Taoist spells.
"I'm looking for the original Christmas Eve." The young Bai Xuan handed them a cup of steam-driven hot cocoa. "I heard that the source code for the fusion of civilizations is hidden there."
Elsa's crystal ball suddenly projected the core of quantum amber - they were building a snowman in the snow as children, and the snowman's carrot nose was engraved with the Ten Commandments of the Bible and the Five Commandments of Taoism at the same time. Jerry inserted the Tai Chi cross into the time machine, and the gears began to rotate in reverse, playing all the Christmas Eve of the universe:
Mechanical Santa on Mars distributes repair chips
The mackerers of Atlantis played the Tao Te Ching with pearls.
Neutron star quark life sings hymns in attractive force waves
"The source code is not in the past, in the" present "of every civilization." Jerry embedded half of the sword of destiny in the time machine, "like this cup of cocoa, fused with Eastern tea and Western chocolate."
18:30
Returning to the core of Quantum Amber, Jerry and Elsa find their infant selves collating the map of civilization.
A thousand paper cranes folded from Bible paper carrying a gossip kite
A monastery of LEGO building blocks with Taoist flags
The teddy bear's scarf embroidered with the Serenity Sutra in Arabic.
"It's time to give them gifts." Elsa took out the "Seeds of Civilization" - the Bavarian Nutcracker that wrapped the fragments of Dunhuang murals. "When they open, all self-cultivators of the universe will receive an invitation."
Jerry stabbed the tip of the Tai Chi Cross into the seed, and the moment the seed cracked, every corner of the quantum amber bloomed with "Fusion Flower":
The petals are the interweaving of the hexagram image of "Zhouyi" and the twelve constellations
The stamen hides the cultivation classics of different civilizations
The fragrance of flowers can awaken the interdimensional memories of all life
24:00
When the Christmas Eve bell rings, all the timelines of Quantum Amber celebrate simultaneously.
In 1998, the Hoffmans discovered fusion flowers next to the Christmas tree, and the bakery's annual ring cake has since had gossip lines
Vatican friars in 2027 purified the remaining dark energy of the Black Cross with the Fusion Flower
The self-cultivators at the end of the universe will plant the flower of fusion in the antimatter universe, creating a bridge between reality and illusion
Jerry and Elsa were lying on the rocking chairs in their infant forms, smiling in the snow outside the window. Daoist Primordial Spirit Bai Xuan rose from the Flower of Fusion. His body was as transparent as a quantum state, simultaneously showing the triple image of childhood, youth, and golden immortals.
"Children, the civilized gardener always sows." He placed the last petal in the palm of baby Jerry. "Remember, true eternity is to make every" if "bloom."
Cosmic Epoch Ω + 1 year 00:01
When the first fragrance of the Fusion Flower drifted into the real universe, all civilizations underwent a miraculous change.
Chinese chopsticks and German sausages appear on the table of the Nordic Heroic Spirit Hall
In the lotus pond of Buddhist Elysium, the scales of koi reflect the proverbs of the Bible
The tentacles of the evil god Cthulhu dance under the stars with the jade slips of the Shanhaijing
Jerry and Elsa choose to survive as the "Amber Gardeners", their consciousness turning into countless flowers, falling into the "c***k of possibility" of each civilization. In a forgotten corner of the universe, they meet Wolfgang, who is mending the rift of civilization - at this moment, he is the fusion teacher of the antimatter universe.
"It turns out that the pure bloodline I've been looking for is the fusion itself." Wolfgang transformed the dark magic tool into a gardener's scissors, trimming the entangled cultivation root system, "Thank you, let me be my own savior."
Eternal Amber Bay Kindergarten
In the real world of Amber Bay, five-year-old Jerry and Elsa are taking a "cross-civilization cultivation class". Their teacher is Cyber Immortal from Andromeda, and the holographic projection simultaneously shows the decomposition of Taoist cloud hands and mechanical dance.
"Today we learn the" symbiotic breathing method "." The teacher's robotic arm hands out the flower of fusion, "" Inhale the "empty heart" of the Tao Te Ching, and exhale the "Holy Spirit descending" of the Bible. "
The two children closed their eyes, and their consciousness suddenly pierced through the quantum amber, seeing themselves in all the timelines.
Young Jerry who restores murals in Dunhuang
Elsa, the golden fairy wielding her sword at the core of the universe
The clearest is the snowy night on Christmas Eve 1998, when Daoist Bai Xuan's smile was forever frozen framed on the porch
"Teacher, I see the future!" Little Elsa held up the crystal ball, which was floating with the fusion of the Rhine and Yellow Rivers. "We will be great gardeners!"
From the monastery outside the window came the ensemble of chimes and pipe organs, and the flower of fusion bloomed in the snow, each petal engraved with the "thank you" of different civilizations. Jerry and Elsa knew that this was not the end of the story - but the beginning of all civilizations, about fusion, about love, about self-cultivation, and eternity
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