Did a thinking being fall?

Jin was startled to the point of jumping.

"Who is it?

It seems that you do think. Do you understand my thoughts?

"I know ......."

Jin replied aloud.

No need to say it out loud.

"I kind of know that. But it's easier for me this way."

Well, you think logically a little bit, too. Interesting.

"So, who the hell are you?　My name is Hitoshi Nido. I used to be an ...... earthling, but now I'm an Arsian."

Ars-terrestrials, huh? You mean to say that you are a race with a material civilization?

"Yes.

Then the voice in Jin's head seemed clearly pleased.

This is wonderful!　Jin Nido, I am one of the spiritual life forms that originated and continues to exist in this world.

"What is your name?　What should I call you?

We do not have names or identification numbers. We can be identified by our mental vibrations. If you don't like it, you can call me whatever you like.

"Then I will call you ......ichi."

Hmm. ...... numerals ...... are the first of the natural numbers. Well, you have an interesting naming convention. So the next one we meet will be called two or one or two?　I apologize for ....... I didn't mean it that way.

Jin senses that Ichi has read Jin's mind and feels uncomfortable for a moment. Ichi immediately sensed this and apologized.

We have nothing to hide from each other, and we don't know what you, who have physical bodies, would find offensive. Forgive me.

And..,

We too had a body a long time ago, but we left it a long, long time ago. I remember it as knowledge, but I cannot feel it with my senses. I hope you understand.

He explained.

"No, I don't care that much.

As for Jin, he wants to take this encounter in a positive direction.

In this world to which he had been sent alone, he had met someone he could rely on, or at least get information from.

Well, there must be some hope for you. We have hopes for you, too.

Ichi speaks to Jin in a friendly manner.

First of all, let me say something. As I said before, we have long since abandoned our bodies. There is a strong possibility that you are not completely sure of what you need to sustain life. If there is anything you lack or want, please do not hesitate to tell me.

Jin remembered that he was very thirsty.

"Well, then, I would like some water. ...... drinking water. The air here seems to be very dry."

Jin simply said water, then reworded it as drinking water. He then mentions humidity.

I see. I didn't take humidity into consideration. I thought that the higher the humidity, the better, because the higher the humidity, the more harmful it is.

"You don't seem to know everything, do you?"

Jin asked, not with sarcasm or anything, but simply as a confirmation.

Of course I do. It would take an infinite amount of time and countless experiences to become omniscient.

The answer was not very convincing.

Never mind. We are still thinking in such an immature way that we still have .

With these words, Ichi made a glass of water appear in front of Jin.

I have had the opportunity to read a few of your thoughts. Are you sure this is what you want?

Jin grabbed the cup with both hands.

"Is it ...... water?"

It's water. It's a combination of what you call hydrogen and oxygen. A liquid with a few minerals and other impurities dissolved in it.

It's not ultrapure water, apparently.

May I check?

No, I don't mind. I'm not offended by it in the least.

Thirsty, Jin rushes to . It is definitely .

Jin drinks it down.

"Oh, ......, you did something interesting, didn't you?

"What?"

Ichi seems to have seen the <> that Jin used for the first time.

Hmmm, <>. Very interesting.

Yes.

I didn't know such a method existed.

I guess this will keep me occupied for the next few thousand years.

"Wow."

Jin sat up, his head suddenly filled with a flood of thoughts.

I'm sorry about this. You've done something interesting, and your compatriots have been attracted to you.

Jin realizes that these spirit beings do not seem to know about .

From Jin's point of view, their very existence seems more improbable than magic.

[...... sorry for the confusion. From now on, I will be the only one to communicate with Hitoshi Nido.

Through Ichi, all of Jin's actions will be communicated to the others.

Now, Jin Nido, what do you want to do now?　Do you want to go back to your world?

"That, of course."

That's fine. We, too, have been wondering about this phenomenon.

Is that so?

Yes, that's right. Our universe is old and therefore has low potential. Something is always falling from the universes with which we are in contact. That's why we are annoyed.

< comes from the first word. Jin takes this opportunity to ask.

"What is this ?"

To borrow a phrase from Hitoshi Nido, it's something close to .

Entropy.

Jin has only a limited knowledge of entropy, which is a fundamental concept in thermodynamics, or to put it in a very simplified way, .

Ichi must have read it into his mind. I think that Ichi must have read it and deduced it with their own thinking.

In the young universe, there is a bias. The older the universe is, the less bias it has. The older our universe is, the less biased it is. Therefore, something comes to us from the universe we come into contact with.

Ichi explained the concept in a way that was easy for Jin to understand.

I would like to add one more thing. You may think that thoughts can convey anything, but you are wrong. The organ responsible for Nidohito's thoughts, ...... the brain's spinal cord, has a very limited function and would quickly exceed its capacity if it were to communicate in such a way.

"...... understand."

To use an analogy, an 8-bit computer cannot handle the amount of information in the Internet age.

Memory, external storage, data processing speed, data transfer speed ...... all cannot handle it.

Jin Nido, we will support your return. But to do so, we need your cooperation.

"If there's anything we can do, anything at all."

Yes. We would like to know the physical and spatial characteristics of your world. Because we don't have that information, we've had four overlaps in the last 100,000 years. Before that, it happened 6 times in 30 million years.

Here, Ichi explained to Jin that is in a macroscopic sense.

Ichi explains that the phenomenon of the universes coming close to each other and partially overlapping each other is called , and that the connection between the universes that occurs in a single is called .

He also teaches that the multiplicative contact can be from a few degrees to a dozen degrees.

It is fortuitous that an intelligent being like Hitoshi Nido has come along. Now we too can develop a means of preventing multiplicative contact.

"Is that using ...... free magic element 《Ether》 wave?"

Jin recalled the countermeasures he had taken against the .

Sub-free elemental ether waves. ...... That's right. We are sub-free elemental "etheric" beings to begin with.

Is that so?

If you yourself are an etheric being, then it is only natural that you can manipulate the ether.

Jin was relieved and a little envious of Ichi and the others.