Civilization Relic Image

Li Cheng reached out, grasping between the hands of a customer who was eating delicious food from thin air.

His hand passed effortlessly through the customer's body and caught nothing but emptiness.

"These people..."

Goya looked up at the surroundings. "They seem like 'Computer Programs.'"

They moved according to fixed patterns. Every laugh and exchange had been predetermined, with no ability to distinguish or judge for themselves—like Computer Programs set in place from the very beginning.

"In a sense,"

Li Cheng withdrew his hand and looked at the skewer in Goya's hand. "They're a bit like the interactive 'Holographic Movies' in science fiction."

Every character's actions in a movie were predetermined, and viewers outside the movie could not alter or influence any character's behavior.

"Relic image."

He Ao, who had remained silent beside them, suddenly spoke.

Hearing that, the two standing beside him froze for a moment before immediately understanding.

The civilization of the ruins had long since been destroyed, just as people died.

These phantoms that recorded the actions of the ruins civilization while it was 'alive' were like the 'relic images' left behind by the deceased.

Except ordinary people's relic images were photographs, while the 'relic image' before them was an entire planet.

That description seemed to capture the current state of this area more precisely.

But whether creating a relic image or preserving one, a 'medium' was required.

For ordinary people, a camera was needed to take the image and a photograph to preserve it. In supernatural terms, those two things might even be the same object.

"In other words,"

Following Hao Yi's line of thought, Li Cheng's gaze swept rapidly across the entire street before returning to Hao Yi. "This massive 'Civilization Relic Image' has a core that carries it, like the 'photograph' of a human