Louie remembered the cave theory he had read in a book a long time ago.

With the infinite expansion of human civilization, many ancient philosophical thoughts have gradually disappeared in the long river, but there are some fundamental things that shape the characteristics of the planet, but they can also overcome the obstacles of countless time and space, in the torrent of the universe. Evolves, develops, barely maintains its original posture.

In the dark cave, several people were tied with their backs to the entrance of the cave, unable to move.

There was a fire behind them, and the flame cast shadows on the rock wall in front of them, and that was the reality of the world they saw.

But one day, someone broke free from the ropes and walked out of the cave.

The man immediately ran back to tell everyone that the real world is not a shadow on the rock wall, but the group of people didn't believe him, even if the man untied the ropes on them, the others still refused to admit it, and even got up and took the man Stoned to death.

But the ropes are untied. After all, other people want to see the outside world. Some people can't accept it. They choose to continue to face the wall and regard the shadow as real, but some people choose to walk out of the cave and embrace the outside world.

Lui still clearly remembers the final ending of this story:

People went out of caves, but inevitably went into other caves.

Some people go out, some people choose to stay, people are like this generation after generation, they walk out of different caves, but they are confined to larger caves. They leave the forest and enter the town again; I walked into the sky, walked into the cosmic wormhole, and thought about getting out of the black hole... I walked around, but found that no matter where I went, I was just spinning around a certain corner of the stage called "Universe".

But behind the universe, there is no fire and no shadow.

In other words, in the huge embrace of the universe, fire is everywhere, and shadows follow.

Humans just go out, come in, walk around, and find that they are just spinning in place.

Louis came out of the cave named No. 13, and now he is trapped in this cave again, struggling to climb up, but after going out, he is destined to enter the next cave.

She grabbed the soil layer with a slight force, ten fingers left ten obvious claw marks on the thick soil wall, and suddenly felt very boring.

But she was different from the people in those caves. Behind them was not only the fire, but also the beasts that drove them away, so she could only run forward without hesitation.

"I think I might have seen the exit."

Zong Shili, who was at the front, suddenly said, "Do you think that the surrounding brightness is a little higher?"

"...how did you feel?"

Jessica followed, out of breath, and raised her arm. A searchlight was tied to it. It was a small portable light tube prepared in the rescue box. The white scorching light kept shaking in the cave.

"Because I think there seems to be a spot of light ahead."

Zong Shili paused, and said to the people behind: "Everyone, turn off the searchlights on your hands for the time being."

Jessica nudged the switch that controlled the searchlight with her teeth.

The surroundings suddenly plunged into darkness.

For a brief moment, nothing could be seen.

Gradually, the sound of breathing was amplified by the quiet darkness, and the eyes gradually adapted to the boundless darkness.

A spot of light appeared ahead.

White, faint, but literally the size of a grain of rice.

Unfortunately, due to the location, only Zong Shili, who was in the lead, saw it clearly.

She smiled: "Sure enough."

Jessica's eyes lit up, her forearm was already aching, and she asked hopefully, "So we can go out soon?!"

Zong Shili: "…"

She silently calculated the ratio of size and distance in her heart, and she couldn't bear to beat the child's hope, so she gave a vague "uh": "It should be, after all, you have seen the exit."

Although only so small.

Lui: "…"

She seemed to have guessed the truth.

You see, the truth sometimes doesn't need to turn around to see the entity, and imagination can get out of the cave - and very far.

"After I go out, I must find a good place to rest!"

Dongyang said angrily: "I want to go to a place with sunshine! Beach! Sea! I will never travel to Dongxing in my life!"

Dongxing, as its name suggests, is a planet full of holes from the inside out. Before the expedition of the federal government arrived, it was already an uninhabited planet, but unexpectedly, the natural landscape in each cave was extremely magnificent. , is a popular tourist attraction for Star Citizens in their leisure time.

"I want to go to the sun too!" Jessica followed immediately.

Not to mention it’s okay, as soon as everyone’s hearts flew to space nine kilometers away.

One by one, the plans for the future are arranged from the sunny beach to the sea of ​​clouds and flowers, starting from the cave, and can't wait to be in the Federation three thousand years later.

"After I go out, I will definitely not let the Federation and that **** broken tower go."

In the longing for the outside world, Angel's gloomy calculation sound came.

"Aren't they just trying to kill us? They even launched a cosmos-wide wanted list. I really think my name of 'Dead Thorns' is a white seal!"

Angel's voice was so resentful that Zong Shili, who had always been calm and never participated in ridicule, couldn't help but say, "What do you want to do?"

Angel sneered: "Didn't you know what to do after tangled up and have no direction? I'll give you a direction now!"

Who said there is no direction!

Yue Ge almost turned back habitually: Didn't that guy in your family just want to contact Babel's Paladin George?

Is it really good to dismantle your own desk now?

But Angel's speech was too fast, and she was carrying another Huo Wen on her back. She didn't change her voice for a while, and let Angel take the lead before she spoke.

"Since they don't want the secret to be revealed so much, I'd rather do the opposite."

Angel gritted his teeth, and Lu Yi could almost imagine her biting her lower lip from below, and couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth slightly.

"Aren't secrets meant to be announced? Aren't you guys in the media? Even if you get a TV station and broadcast it on the Star Network - everything will be fine!"

Yue Ge almost didn't hold the stone at his hand, and he almost slipped down listening to the rhetoric.

"No, are you serious?"

Such a big secret is said to be gone, and it will be called a ghost if it does not cause an uproar in the whole universe!

At that time, the various forces will be in chaos, and the Federation will probably hate them to the core—even other forces interested in this news will try their best to intervene.

"Anyway, the federation is already moving so much now, don't you want to play? It's better to play a big one."

Angel was decisive, not joking at all.

She lay on Lu Yi's body, with a half-smiley smile: "If you are cowardly, you are afraid of your own... The amphitheater is closed down, so we can play by ourselves, right, Lu Yi?"

Lu Yi was just silent, she hadn't made up her mind yet.

She is not Angel. She likes to think about everything before and after doing things. Although it is not impossible for her to take risks, the risk assessment is too big, and she has to think about it carefully.

When two people are together, whimsy and forethought are equally important.

"Actually, you can also not participate at all. After all, you have nothing to do with this matter."

Seeing that Lu Yi didn't answer, Angor rushed towards Yue Ge Zong Shi Li Nunu's mouth provocatively: "If it's just out of curiosity, it's enough to come here, there's absolutely no need to risk his own life."

Saying this to a front-line reporter is just deliberately irritating.

Yue Ge couldn't help but retort: ​​"If it weren't for us, you two would have died earlier, okay?! I think you should worry about yourself more!"

"Yuego."

Zong Shili hurriedly called someone to pull the frame.

This cave was originally narrow, and when the two of them quarreled, they only felt their ears buzzing.

Angel stuck out his tongue proudly.

"We'll help."

Zong Shili gave the answer: "After we go out, we will do it."

Lu Yi couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

Zong Shili chuckled lightly: "Do you know what the purpose of our amphitheatre was?"

Without Lu Yi's answer, she said to herself: "Below the stage is the Colosseum. We are neither trapped beasts nor audience, just the stage."

"However, both the audience and the stage have the right to know their identity."

Next, as for whether the nobles suppressed the trapped beasts, or the trapped beasts fought with each other, or whether there was a destruction and escape, it was none of their business.

Zong Shili remembered that when he was a junior staffer, the editor-in-chief often talked about these words.

Those who do this business will always come into contact with some "secrets". As long as they are not handled carefully, they will usher in disaster.

One day, the editor-in-chief learned some secrets, handled them carelessly, and was hunted down.

When he left in a hurry, he handed her the pen representing the editor-in-chief and said to her, "Take the pen and write."

She didn't understand at the time: "Why me?"

To be a recorder or a bystander, neither reveal nor conceal.

At first she didn't understand the meaning of this, until she took this position firmly and saw many people begging for help for some shady secrets, and their lives were exchanged.

People kill or be killed for something, fight or not fight, and this thing is in her hands - Zong Shili vaguely understands something.

She even enjoyed the role somewhat.

As a bystander, he is also a bullfighter and a knife holder.

There was a risk of being bitten to pieces by wild animals, and there was a risk of being stabbed by a knife, but she actually experienced an indescribable joy.

Zong Shili enjoys the honor of standing on the moral high ground of the righteous side when the truth is announced, and also enjoys the guilt of being in the company of darkness and watching the light disappear.

As the stage, she enjoyed all the joys and sorrows that happened on the stage.

"Anyway, both the trapped beast and the audience will die, and even if the stage is incomplete, it will not die."

The chubby face of the editor-in-chief only flashed in his mind, and then Zong Shili remembered the editor-in-chief's answer: "There is no reason, many things do not need a reason, it may be just a whim, or it may be just a coincidence."

Even if he was fleeing, he still put on his top hat, picked up the suitcase beside him, and smiled: "Maybe you were selected because you have the exact same last name as the founder."

Leave a thoughtless word, turn around and leave.

At that time, there was a huge sandstorm outside—the escape time was specially chosen so that at least the possibility of being caught up could be reduced.

"The founder of our theater is also surnamed Zong, who seems to be a retired veteran in the old earth era."

Zong Shili cleared his throat and suddenly said to Lu Yi: "She seemed to have discovered some secrets by accident when she founded the amphitheatre, but none of the media at that time dared to break the news, and the old man was also a tough-tempered person. I stabbed it myself, and blatantly registered a company."

She smiled and said, "It stands to reason that it should have been sealed long ago, but I never thought that I would stumble and survive until now. It's amazing to think about it now."

"Originally, we didn't have a position, but we just stood on the side of justice when it was established, so we had a good reputation in the initial stage - but it also became a thorn in the government's eyes, but most of the time we were against the government. My surname is also Zong, What happened was also related to government soldiers or something."

"Maybe this is the fate of the amphitheatre, destined to be related to these things."

After hearing this inexplicable story, Jessica couldn't help muttering, "What a bunch of weirdos."

It boils down to three words - I'd love to.

"After all, it is the reputation accumulated by the predecessors, and it cannot be destroyed in my hands."

Zong Shili made a summary of his choice. Without looking ahead, he stretched out his hand to hook, and his finger actually stretched out of a hole the size of a fist and touched a stone.

The stone fell to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, a large piece collapsed in front of him.

She instinctively lay on the ground and stabilized her figure, thinking that there was a collapse in front of her, and the clods fell down, raising a cloud of sand.

Zong Shili narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

The editor-in-chief disappeared in such a sandstorm, and has never heard from him again—twenty years later, she still has no news of him.

But think about it, she should be still alive. After all, her intelligence line has not found the "dead" bones for so many years.

The expected collapse did not occur.

The gray dust was shaken off, revealing the clear sky outside.

Turns out that little hole wasn't a hole—or rather, an open hole.

The opening of the hole sealed the soil layer, leaving only a small vent hole, and the seal opened as soon as it was moved.

Zong Shili narrowed his eyes.

Get out of the cave and jump onto the stage.

The unobstructed blue sky is in sight.

The author has something to say: the first half is Plato's theory, and the second half is made up by me.

Well, the Colosseum, formerly known as the Flavian Amphitheater, is also translated as the Roman Colosseum and the Colosseum. It was a place in the ancient Roman Empire for slave owners, nobles and free people to watch beast fights or slave gladiator fights. (Source Baidu)