Sword of Dawn

In this world, why is the evolution rate of civilization and the theoretical distribution density much higher than the world he used to live in.

Chapter 1155 Global Acceleration

In this world, civilizations change and multiply, intelligent creatures emerge in endlessly, and there will be a large number of intelligent races that are obviously different from the source of evolution living next to each other. In the Loren Continent alone, there are people such as humans, elves, dwarves, goblins, and spirits. There are nearly ten intelligent species and more "subspecies", except for the subspecies of elves that may be related to a split event in ancient times, the other intelligent races are obviously the product of independent evolution.

And if you look at the distant starry sky, according to the information provided by Enya, the number of civilizations bred among the stars far exceeds Gao Wen's imagination - more than a hundred signals do not mean an accurate number , that only means that in the past million years, at least more than 100 civilizations have mastered the technology of ultra-long-distance signal broadcasting between the stars, and according to Gao Wen's thinking, there may be more that have not developed to such a high level Civilizations live among the vast stars.

They were born, multiplied, and developed on their home planets. The vast astronomical scale obscures the lights of weak civilizations. Their eyes cannot see far away, and their voices cannot be transmitted far away. No one knows their existence. These civilizations may From its birth to its demise, it never left a single trace in the universe, just like the civilizations that have been born and died season after season on the planet under Gawain's feet.

These "lights" were obviously excluded from Enya's statistics.

There must be reasons behind such a high civilization density. Gawain didn't think about this issue seriously for a while, even though he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't think too much about it, but today he came to Kamel's In the laboratory, seeing the surge of arcane energy here and Kamel himself... A bold idea that may be close to the truth emerged from his heart:

If magic tides are everywhere in the universe, then magic power is obviously everywhere, and if magic power is everywhere... then it may be one of the "catalytic factors" for the evolution of most civilizations in this world.

Gawain suddenly fell into thought, and Kamel watched from the sidelines. The ancient arcanist couldn't help asking, "Have you thought of anything?"

"I heard you mention that a large number of civilizations are dying among the stars, and I suddenly realized a problem," Gao Wen woke up from his thoughts, and did not hide his thoughts, "Maybe it is the existence of magic power that gave birth to a large number of civilizations." So many civilizations."

Kamel didn't understand Gawain's jumping train of thought for a while: "You mean...?"

"Have you ever heard of such a theory—the development of civilization is accompanied by the absorption and utilization of energy," Gao Wen patiently explained his thinking, "The higher the efficiency of energy utilization, the higher the level of development of a civilization. Correspondingly, if the energy of a world is more active and easier to absorb and transform, then the civilization of this world will develop faster, or it will be easier to produce technological progress , even strides.

"Magic power is everywhere. According to the various clues we know, the rules of this world should be uniform, so there should be magic power on other planets. We all know that this is a power that is easy to extract and transform, even in When the level of civilization was still very primitive, gifted intelligent races could rely on their own direct driving magic power to achieve various effects such as making fire, transporting, shaping, etc. Of course, in some cases, this will lead to the process of technological progress being blocked It is inhibited by overly convenient production activities, but as long as the timing is right, it will allow an intelligent group to develop rapidly..."

"The degree of development of civilization is closely related to the energy utilization rate, and the difficulty of energy utilization determines the development speed of civilization..." Kamel quickly understood Gawain's meaning, and said thoughtfully, "It makes sense Theory, but... is magic power a power that is very easy to extract and transform?"

There was a trace of confusion in the tone of the arcane master. If he still had eyebrows, he must have frowned by this time.He raised his arm, controlled the free magic power in the air to resonate, and created crackling sparks in the two nearby energy conduits: "It is not difficult for me, but for most people, it is necessary to control the magic power It should still be difficult."

Gao Wen was taken aback when he heard this, and then realized: In his own eyes, the magic power of this world is really an unbelievably convenient energy source, ubiquitous and inexhaustible, but for living in this world As far as the race is concerned, they have long been accustomed to the magic power in nature, and naturally they don't particularly feel that they live in such a unique environment-at least for the development of civilization, this is a unique and favorable condition.

But fortunately, this is not a key issue, he quickly skipped this "cognitive bias": "At least in my opinion, magic power is a very convenient energy, and magic power that is ubiquitous in the world Clearly catalyzed the development of civilization."

Kamel lowered his head and meditated, and suddenly said after a while: "Perhaps it not only catalyzed the development of civilization - it may also catalyze the birth of intelligent creatures, and even speed up the birth of life."

He spread out his arms full of arcane brilliance, and light blue projections emerged between his hands. The images showed the appearance of various creatures and their anatomical structures: "The druids of the Gondor era There is a theory that they believe that the abundant magical power in nature is one of the important factors to enlighten the minds of intelligent creatures. The Grand Druid Priman in the Starfire era even conducted a large number of tissue culture and catalytic experiments based on this, proving that human beings Although the nervous systems of elves and spirits are different in structure, they will also respond to magic power. Even ordinary people who cannot perceive magic power, their nervous system will always passively accept the magic power stimulus in nature and give feedback ——In fact, this kind of feedback is the basis for the realization of many mental spells.

"On the other hand, earlier elf scholars put forward the conjecture that 'magic power is the source of life', and they believed that an active energy environment is the prerequisite for transforming natural matter into 'life elements', although this theory has not Proven, but over the years its supporters have been numerous..."

"Magic power, this active and abundant energy is a catalytic force in the universe. It allows life phenomena to be born on many planets, and greatly accelerates the evolution of intelligent species, and eventually breeds a large number of civilizations. "Gao Wen's expression was serious, and his voice was low, summing up his common guesses with Kamel," and considering that the essence of the magic tide is to 'destroy the observer', it will not cause the entire ecosystem outside the observer to reshuffle. , so it only takes a short period of time for new civilizations to re-emerge in the ecological environment after the magic tide and develop to a certain height...then the cycle goes on and on, and the generations are endless."

"The emergence of the magic tide is also related to magic power," Kamel said aside, "at least 'the explosion of the Deep Blue Well can stop the little magic tide' and some of the information shared by the Dragon Clan can prove this point."

The words of the ancient Arcanist fell, but Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, his face sank like water, all the answers and clues gathered in his heart to form a vortex, and some kind of "truth" of this universe, also more clearly in his eyes:

Magic power accelerates everything, including the birth and destruction of civilizations. It is a force that "pushes away". Multiplies and develops at a very high speed, and dies round after round at a very high speed——Gao Wen once had a cold and slow impression of the universe, which originated from his hometown. Changes are often calculated in tens of thousands or even billions of years, and the lights of civilizations that were accidentally born in the icy universe also appear so slowly and move forward slowly, even until they die, there may be only a small group of them in the vast stars firelight.

But now, he realizes that the world he lives in today is quite different from that—this world is a pot of hot soup, everything is accelerated by the roasting of magic power, and here, an intelligent group of people wants to develop It sounds easy, as long as there is a breakthrough in technology, it only takes one step for mortals to go from being ignorant on the ground to driving machinery and touching the sky, but at the same time... the end of civilization is much easier.

And this is the tragedy of many intelligent races: they can't keep up with this fast-paced train, and they can't avoid the countless traps in this speed run. Or stop at the same place will be beyond redemption.

As a result, the starry sky is full of shimmering civilizations, but almost none of them can be turned into bright lights. Among the dense, rapidly changing shimmers, there are actually tombstones after the decline of civilization.

"What are you thinking?" Kamel saw that Gao Wen hadn't spoken for a long time, and finally couldn't help breaking the silence.

Gawain shook his head lightly, and said in a low voice: "I was just wondering if we were bound by magic power and rushed forward..."

"...The philosopher Gramos in the age of sparks once said that all living beings in the world are bound to be coerced by the environment in which they were born. We did not choose this world, but this world gave birth to us," Kamel said silently For a moment, suddenly speaking, he raised an arm, and bright arcane sparks danced in his rune armor, "Magic...you should know that it is everywhere, and we cannot develop without it. .”

Fish live in water and will die when dehydrated. Perhaps one day it will evolve to breathe with lungs, but that is obviously not something that ordinary people can consider today.

"What you said makes sense," Gawain nodded slightly, but his eyes fell on the energy conduit and elemental pool behind Kamel, "So I'm especially curious now... what is the essence of magic power?"

Kamel turned around, and the pure flame in the energy conduit rose up, the radiance was bright but cold: "Master Verania and I both think it is a kind of wave, a kind of wave that permeates the entire universe, The fluctuations that penetrate stars and span time and space, all the indirect phenomena we have observed so far also support this speculation, including our communication technology, and also the "magic field" of the magic obelisk, but so far, we I couldn't find the key evidence...

"I have been constantly testing a higher-purity arcane energy source to minimize the probability of its interaction with the clutter in the space, and the scholars of the Silver Empire are trying to find a way to create a 'dark room' effect, using anti-magic materials We can’t say that our efforts are ineffective, but we still have a long way to go to see the effect.”

"Is the magic noise in the environment still an unsolvable problem?" Gawain frowned. He knew about this problem a few years ago, and he also knew that the silver elves had already solved it nearly half a century ago. Trying to break through this difficulty, "Is there no 'natural environment' without magic noise in this world?"

"Unfortunately, we haven't found any clues about this until now," Kamel said with undisguised disappointment in his voice, "Magic power is everywhere, and so is noise. Originally, we imagined that if Leaving this planet, is there a vacuum of 'pure' magic power in space, but now we know that even if we enter the universe, the stars are full of magic power...I think it is like the 'background color' of our world 'In general, or a macroscopic reflection of some of the lowest structures in our world—as long as we still exist in this world, we cannot get around it."

The macroscopic mapping of the lowest structure in the world?

This seems to be a deep guess. Gao Wen frowned and thought for a while, but he got nothing. He shook his head: "Do you think the Dragon Clan will have an answer? The technology they once mastered is much more advanced than ours, and they have accumulated hundreds of years of experience. Thousands of years of knowledge—much of it is now 'unsealed'."

"In fact, I have already inquired. When the envoys of the Dragon Clan visited Cecil City last time, I visited one of them," Kamel said, shaking his head, "It's surprising But their progress in this area is actually similar to ours... They believe that the essence of magic power is indeed a kind of wave, and they have confirmed this guess from various indirect evidence. The evidence they have is indeed far more than ours, but The final conclusion... is always a little short."

In the eyes of ordinary people, the question of "whether magic power is a wave" is probably not that important. They may even think that since the Dragon Clan has so much indirect evidence, and many of its technical achievements almost support this guess, then this The question is "almost enough", there is no need to pursue it so harshly, or even nitpicky to verify it repeatedly, but Kamel knows that neither he nor Master Verania can do this.

Academics are rigorous—especially when it may involve the world's deepest secrets.

"Even the Dragon Clan has not found a way to complete this experiment?" Gawain was extremely astonished by Kamel's words, "This...it seems that the problem of magic noise is much more difficult than we imagined..."

……

At the same time, in the sky north of Cecil City, a small group of dragons was flapping their giant wings, and the formation passed through the depths of the clouds.

At the forefront of the group of dragons are the white dragon Noretta and the blue dragon Melita.

"This is the first time I've left Tarrond since that battle," Noretta couldn't help but said as she passed through a gap between the clouds, her eyes swept down to the land far below, some The wide and straight road and the magic transmission facilities distributed along the road came into her eyes, "There has been a big change again... The changes in the human world really don't stop for a moment."

"It's the same in Tarrond today." Melita stirred up the magic power in the air, and the voice passed directly into Noretta's ears, "and in the future, we will definitely not fall into the same stagnation as before."

"This is a very good wish." Noretta bent her neck and lightly touched an egg-shaped container firmly fixed on her chest with a lock with her chin. The dragon eggs in the container were soaked in the magic field , with a slight luster on the surface, "I also believe that the future after this child is born will definitely live in a better world."

Chapter 1156 The Atmosphere Is Just Lost

Cecil Palace.

The bright sunshine of midsummer spilled into the long corridor through the large crystal glass windows, and the chirping of summer insects came from the direction of the courtyard one after another. The sunlight fell obliquely on Gawain's shoulders. He couldn't help but stopped, and looked in the direction of the summer insect's sound in a daze.

Midsummer... In this luxuriant season, the most lively day of the year is ushered in the courtyard. The continuous sound of insects indicates a small vibrant world hidden in shrubs, bushes, and nurseries. And beside the fountain, countless insects, ants and small animals breed during the period, and take the time to multiply and thrive in the season when food is abundant and rain is abundant.

The brilliant sun in the sky brought abundant energy to those little creatures.

However, the life of summer insects is short-lived, especially in this northern country, the energy brought by the giant sun will gradually fade in the next month, the temperature will drop, the precipitation will decrease, and the vegetation will be dormant... In those bushes and garden nurseries The "small world" in between will soon usher in its own demise, and lose all vitality in the following severe winter-until the early summer of the next year, everything will repeat itself.

Gao Wen stood in front of the window for a long time, imagining what kind of changes were taking place in the small kingdom built by the insects and ants, and imagining that if there was a wise man who could think among them, he would be lucky enough to learn about the sunshine, seasons , precipitation, and the "doomsday", how will this wise man among insects and ants view the world they live in, and how will he try to save the fate of his own group, or... face the challenges of this season calmly Change, bow your head and accept the end of this midsummer?

Obviously, there will be no answer to this question, so Gawain just sighed softly in the end—this universe is in midsummer, but the mortal civilization, which claims to be a high-level intelligent creature, is facing a more severe fate than insects and ants.The midsummer of this universe will never end, and the "end" that will replace it is not a cold winter, but a "tide" that is far faster and more irresistible than the cold winter. Insects and ants may hide in caves and rely on hibernation to wait for spring, but Behind the midsummer in this universe is the ubiquitous magic power, and the magic power is everywhere, so naturally there will be no safe "caves".

The only way to survive may be to stop being a "bug".

A familiar breath suddenly emerged from the air, and Amber's figure gradually became clear under the sunlight. She quickly jumped to the ground and looked up at Gao Wen: "Are you standing in a daze again?"

Gao Wen finally woke up from his contemplation. He withdrew his gaze from the window and glanced at Amber: "Are you running off to be lazy again?"

"Do you think I'm usually lazy!?" Amber's eyes widened when she heard this, and she put her hands on her hips confidently, "I just came back from the government office, and I have a message by the way—the ambassador of Tarrond has passed The identification line on the north side is over, and it will land in the imperial capital soon. The landing site by the Baishui River has been prepared, and Hetty has also brought the officials in charge of the reception. The people who came here are also acquaintances. Received a reception here?"

"This is really a serious matter." Gawain glanced at Amber in surprise, then nodded, "I see, just let Betty arrange this matter - she is already quite skilled in this area."

"Okay," Amber waved her hand casually, and then couldn't help but look at Gao Wen more, "But then again, what were you thinking just now? With a serious expression, it seems that you are going to take the old man on the Crushed Stone Ridge back then." It's like helping the nobles to fight again..."

"What kind of bloody metaphor are you talking about?" Gao Wen was dumbfounded by Amber's wonderful metaphor, so that most of the serious emotions that had been brewing for a long time since just now dissipated most of it. He shook his head with a smile, "Indeed It's nothing, it's just that I just discussed some things with Kamel, which made me suddenly feel that the world we live in... is really a place that doesn't care about people."

"The world? Don't talk about affection?" Amber was confused, couldn't help scratching her head, and quickly showed a vigilant look, "Why can't even I understand what you're talking about now?! "

The last bit of seriousness in Gao Wen's heart was finally dissipated by this escaping shadow attack goose. The corner of his eye twitched, and he squinted at Amber who was standing next to him: "...you said it as if you could understand it correctly before. It’s like what I said——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————To find out where Betty is.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Po's figure gradually faded in the air, leaving only a voice from the empty corridor: "You don't need to say..."

Gawain smiled and shook his head looking at the direction where Amber's figure disappeared, then thought for a while, turned and walked towards the hatching room.

As soon as he walked near the incubator, an unexpected figure came into his sight - in the corridor not far ahead, a silver-white metal ball was floating in the air and flying towards this side, with that eye-catching funny smile This scene has a very visual impact, and judging from the position where the other party appeared just now, the iron ball star should have just left the hatching room.

"Ahh—it's Your Majesty!" The silver-white metal ball not far away also happened to see Gawain appearing at the corner of the corridor, and he immediately accelerated to fly over. You are so nice, why are you here?"

Gao Wen walked halfway and was about to say hello, but when he heard this, his feet swayed and he almost lost his footing. After the other party floated in front of him, he spread his hands with a strange expression: "This is my house."

"...It seems to be the same," Nicholas Dan stood still in the air for a moment, and said a little embarrassedly, "Sorry, I have been debugging the system that Ms. Enya uses to surf the Internet, and I was a little dizzy..."

"I saw you coming out from the direction of the incubator," Gao Wen nodded, and then he was a little curious, "What's going on? Is there a problem with Enya's networking?"

His tone is a bit serious - because this matter is not as simple as "letting a retiree go online to entertain himself", behind it is a whole complex and bold experimental project to verify the mapping relationship between gods and thoughts Whether it is controllable, in order to verify whether the "chaotic area" at the bottom of the neural network can be transformed into an effective anti-theistic protection, the most advanced technologies of the empire so far are hidden in the customized version of the networking device used by Enya. There are several experimental teams working in three shifts 24 hours a day to monitor this system - any failure in it will directly tug at Gao Wen's nerves.

It is also for this reason that when there is a problem with this system, the "master craftsman" Nicholas Egg will be required to take action in person.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem." Of course Nicholas also knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately shook his body up and down and said, "It's just that the load on the analog brainwave converter was too high and burned, which made it impossible to locate the nerve cord—change it to another one." Accessories are fine, and there is no leakage of mental pollution or reverse osmosis."

"The load on the analog brainwave converter is too heavy?" Gao Wen was relieved to hear that there was no serious problem, but he still couldn't help frowning—after all, this is also a small hidden danger, " Why did it suddenly burn out? The power of that thing should not be great, and Naritel has personally tested it, and the divine power cannot pass through the protective wall..."

"The continuous boot time is too long," said Nicholas, shaking his body from side to side before Gao Wen finished speaking, "I think you should remind her not to hang on to the Internet 24 hours a day - the machine also needs to rest Yes, especially a machine that still needs to withstand the impact of the spirit of the gods. I checked it just now, and the connection equipment has not stopped since it was installed..."

Gao Wen: "..."

After being stunned for two seconds, he said with a strange expression: "So Enya is always online no matter what she does, and has never been offline?"

"Sure, why not burn it?" Nicholas said helplessly, and then sighed in a very humane voice, "Oh, don't talk about it, I will go to the disobedient fortress later, over there Two sets of equipment were also burned."

Gao Wen: "...?"

So these retired gods have been soaking in the neural network for nearly half a month without knowing it? !Even the equipment used to surf the Internet is burned out? !Can't these three usually do something else? !

But no matter how galloping in his heart, Gao Wen could only show a helpless smile on his face, he shook his head with a smile, and tried to keep his tone as calm as possible: "Well, I can understand their usual boredom and... …the novelty of finally being able to get so close to the mortal world. Don't worry, I'll remind them later."

"That's good," Nicholas said shaking the ball, "I hope these powerful 'gods' can restrain themselves a bit, after all, the equipment given to them is specially made with special craftsmanship, and even the most basic parts are expensive—I I don't want to face Ms. Hetty's expression of killing a ball after the financial settlement of this quarter."

While talking, he turned and floated to the side: "Okay, if you have no other arrangements, I have to continue working, and there are two sets of burnt nerve connection devices waiting for me to repair."

Gawain nodded, watching the gleaming silver metal ball drift towards the other end of the corridor, but suddenly, a weird idea emerged from his mind, and he couldn't even tell whether this idea was bold or whimsical—he was Driven by this thought, he called out to Boss Dan: "Nicholas, wait a minute."

"Ah?" The metal ball stopped in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Gao Wen opened his mouth, still feeling that his thoughts were too weird, but he had no choice but to say, "You should be dealing with Enya often these days, right?"

"Indeed," Nicholas floated up and down, "Ms. Enya's equipment is newly installed, and I installed it myself, so naturally a lot of debugging work is indispensable. Do you have any questions?"

Gao Wen: "I'm just curious, what's your... impression of Enya?"

At this moment, he almost exhausted all his strength to keep his expression normal. While speaking, he kept emphasizing in his heart: These two are both round, these two are both round, anyway, it’s not wrong to ask , being idle is also idle...

But Nicholas didn't know why Gao Wen made such a remark. He thought about it seriously, and then slowly said: "Ms. Enya... is a woman worthy of appreciation. She has profound knowledge and impeccable manners, and treats everyone with respect. Very gentle, from temperament to self-cultivation, I think she tends to be perfect..."

Gao Wenwen just asked casually, but at this moment he couldn't help but slowly opened his eyes wide: "So you think she..."

"It's a pity, it's just a pity." Before Gao Wen finished speaking, Nicholas Eggy sighed and continued the second half of the sentence, "It's not round enough."

Gao Wen: "...not round enough?"

"Yeah, it's a pity that she's not round enough," Nicholas said in a serious tone, "Of course, I'm not a ball that pays too much attention to appearance—especially after falling into this world, all I see are grotesques like you. Biological, so I don't pay attention to the appearance of others, but Ms. Enya...is still too round. Ah, I shouldn't judge a lady behind her back, but...but..."

Nicholas was stunned several times, but at last he sighed together: "Oh, what a pity, one is big and the other is small..."

Gao Wen: "..."

There was an awkward silence in the corridor for a short time, only the tireless chirping of insects in midsummer passed through an open window nearby, echoing wantonly in the corridor, and the bright sunlight slanted into the room through the window, shining On Nicholas Eggman's clear and shiny shell, there was a bright luster.

It's almost like showing off your roundness.

"Your Majesty, is there any other question?" Nicholas finally felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, and broke the silence.

"No, it's okay." Gao Wen suddenly felt that his behavior just now was a bit stupid, and he waved his hands weakly, "Go and do your own business."

"Okay, then I'm floating..."

……

The door of the incubator was pushed open, and Gao Wen stepped into the most special "guest room" in the entire building.

At this moment, it was approaching the afternoon, and the sunlight was shining through the window on the pedestal in the center of the room. The pale golden giant egg stood there quietly as always, with delicate and mysterious runes floating on its surface, wandering like a dream. The ventilation equipment in the room is running slowly, and the surface of the nerve connection device installed next to the giant egg is flickering with regular lights. Several containers filled with liquid are flying up and down around the golden giant egg, constantly reconciling the other Inside the dark solution, another newspaper was floating in front of the dome, and it was turning to a page discussing the "scale of the universe".

Now that Gao Wen knew, the retired Dragon God could completely do all these things without delaying her access to the Internet.

"Gao Wen, welcome," before Gao Wen could speak, a gentle and slightly cheerful voice came from the golden dome, "The weather is fine today."

Gao Wen looked at Enya, opened his mouth, but suddenly realized that he didn't know what to say.Originally, he had brewed countless words and serious questions after he left from Kamel, but by the time he got here, the emotions that had been brewed had been exhausted——now looking at the former god in front of him, the thoughts in his mind There is even only one sentence left:

You were rejected by an iron ball just now, do you know that?Because you have one big head and one small end...

Chapter 1157 "Disobedience" of the sailor

The sun was shining brightly, and the chirping of insects was very noisy. However, the midsummer atmosphere was blocked by the sound-proof and heat-insulated windows, leaving only some sounds that seemed to come from far away in the hatching room, making the room extraordinarily quiet.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but Gao Wen finally didn't let the embarrassment last for too long. He coughed twice to break the silence, and said calmly, "I met Nicholas outside just now."

"Mr. Egg? Yes, he just left from me." Enya's tone was as gentle and indifferent as ever, "He helped me repair this set of nerve connectors... it should be called this? Sorry, my use There seems to be something wrong with the method, and a key part was accidentally damaged."

"I heard," Gao Wen exhaled, and finally felt that the atmosphere was gradually returning to normal. He decided to bury Nicholas Dan's evaluation of Enya in the corridor forever in his heart, and it would be best to do it now if possible. Forget it all, "Don't worry about it, it's normal for machines to experience wear and tear—but it's better for you to control the time you spend accessing the neural network a little bit, even if you don't consider the equipment, too much indulging in the online world is not good for your health... Um, maybe it still has an impact?"

At the end, Gao Wen's tone became obviously cautious. Looking at the "retired god" in the form of a dragon egg stuck in the pedestal in front of him, he suddenly began to wonder whether the other party would have "health problems" like ordinary people— —How bad can Enya be if she is unhealthy now?Internet to loose yellow it?

Fortunately, Enya didn't care what impolite things Gao Wen was thinking during this short pause, she let out a gentle laugh from inside the eggshell: "I accept your suggestion as...for health. "