cloud.
The realm above pure black.
Everything within sight did not get rid of the oppressive feeling just because I went deeper into the dark clouds.
On the contrary, the scene now looks even more terrifying.
What's in the cloud?
Before this answer came out, Suli had various guesses. But he never expected that when he actually saw it, the first thing that blended into it was all kinds of densely packed...
"Suri".
All of them are——
The body is exactly the same as mine, the height is the same, the hairstyle is similar, even the length of the hair ends and the curvature of the eyelashes are exactly the same...
"What is this?" Elvi's eyes widened, looking at the "Sully" standing above the clouds in disbelief. The red dragon turned his head to look at the boy on his back, and asked doubtfully, "Don't tell me that these things are all copies of you."
"As long as you dare to show the slightest bit of your ability, these things have the possibility of being equal to your strength... No kidding, I will really throw you down from this 10,000-meter altitude."
Suli's eyes were also filled with surprise. "I don't think I can answer this question. In fact, although I know that I have never used my own body and there is no so-called 'original owner', I have never imagined that I might be a clone."
"From the very beginning, or from the time I knew the format of the names of people in this world, I have always regarded this world as a slightly abnormal, but ultimately still essentially a Western fantasy world."
Elvie didn't understand the details, but she could still sense the doubt in Sully.
"Even you don't know the reason..." Elvi pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "Speaking of which, the guy who claims to be better than Clemens should be your enemy in the future. If these things are related to him, does it also mean that they are all enemies?"
"I don't know..." Suli looked at the many "Suli" in front of him, and the uncanny valley effect made his hair stand on end.
Suli seldom thinks about issues related to the soul.
After all, the fact of time travel is basically equivalent to the fact that the human soul is essentially a strange existence like super light clay that can be kneaded at will and eventually stuffed into different containers.
Are the soul and the body the same?
Of course it can't be.
The same person who has endured three days and three nights and looks like he is about to die is obviously different from someone who has slept normally and spent three days peacefully.
"So what should we do now? From my combat instinct, we can't get close to those 'Sulis'." It was difficult for Elvi to continue to consider himself "strong" in this environment.
The giant dragon could also clearly sense that each of those "Sulis" had the strength of an elite dragon warrior.
Elvi was thankful that when they broke through the clouds, they chose a location far away from those "Sulis". Otherwise, if they got too close and caused a disturbance, the dragon would probably sense the attention of tens of thousands of "Sulis" in an instant.
That is definitely a scene that will never heal in a lifetime.
Elvi shuddered, and then continued: "But if I only know that there are a lot of 'Sully', I will not be satisfied... I want to know more."
"Otherwise, this is in fundamental conflict with my purpose of bringing you to the sky."
In the blink of an eye, Elvi's flying speed was increased to the extreme.
The dragon is planning to kidnap a "Suli" from high above.
"...Let's not talk about the purpose first. You don't have to ask me after you take action." Suli sat on Elvi's back and fell backwards due to inertia. Fortunately, the dragon's control over the wind element prevented him from facing the face-cutting and bone-scratching gales head-on.
"You should at least know that by showing your respect to the dragon, you, as a top predator, are showing it to us humans."
Elvi tried to use words to ease the stiffness that had eroded his sanity after seeing too many "Sully" at once.
The red dragon was flying in the sky, and the boy on its back could not even feel the sound of the wind in his ears.
Elvi's target is a "Suli" in the most marginal area.
But Suli on her back also became uncontrollably stiff.
Whether you are kidnapping yourself or facing a bunch of yourself...
This is not normal at all!
Even though his eyebrows twitched, Suli was able to respond to the dragon's words just now when the dragon's wing tip just caught a "Suli": "Then before you do something, at least think about the reasons why we do it, and the emotional changes that may occur during the action, which will lead to changes in your actions."
"Ha." Elvy turned around quickly, and whipped a bunch of "Sully" with his tail. "I don't understand it at all!"
It’s not that he couldn’t understand, but Elvi no longer had the chance to think.
Just when she caught a "Sully" in the outermost area, all the other "Sully" turned their eyes to the man and the dragon.
When those green eyes were on Sully, they had all sorts of different qualities, but when they were on those puppet-like guys, they were more like the purest glass beads that could only reflect images.
But if you just watch, it would be fine. When Elvi turned around and changed his position at a very fast speed, preparing to leave the clouds and rush to the ground, all those "Suri" came to life.
Sully: ...
What should I say at this moment to relieve this feeling of collapse from the heart?
The dragon didn't know that humans chose to bring all the possibilities to the surface.
"First, the body I am using is not my own. Second, it contains no memories that could possibly be stored in the brain. Finally, I just recently determined that my body was manufactured, not produced through normal reproduction."
"In other words, if I can be created, I can also be created in the millions. The world is made up of elements, and the bodies that are created are also made up of elements..."
"In the final analysis, instead of seeing all those 'I's' as another me, you should see them as a collection of elements that have my face, my height, and my appearance."
After hearing this information, Suli calmed down.
The information explosion in modern society is enough to make mentally mature adults quickly accept everything they can accept.
Oh, of course...
The dragon had no idea that this was important information that needed to be stated at length.
"Do you think I'm blind? Can't I even see this kind of information?"
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At this time, the dragon and humans were surrounded by a large number of "Suri".
Elvi was furious: "If you don't move out of the way now, you will never have the chance to move out of the way again!"
"If I can't kill the original Suli, can I not kill you guys, puppets that don't even have a complete consciousness, not even monsters... no, not even mere humans?"
"After all, the most important thing right now is to break through. I don't want to be suddenly besieged while searching for information and never see the sun tomorrow."
"With this weather, do you think the sun will still shine tomorrow?"
Sully gave up answering the question.
Elvy was going crazy.
In every sense of the word.
From the moment the dragon's voice fell, except for Suli on her back, the elemental combinations rushed towards her without fear of death.
The strange body condensed from five elements made Elvi see Sully himself for a moment.
A strange expression that could be described as distorted appeared on the dragon's face.
"Throw it away." The other "Sully" is still in Elvi's clutches. Sully can only say helplessly, "Throw away that 'I'. I'm afraid there is a network of relationships that can connect with each other in those me's."
"And, seeing as how you were able to easily knock those me away, it also proves that they are just mass-produced Suli."
"If you have any other questions, I will answer them for you later, but the most important thing now is to go back first..."
"You'd better have seen all the information." Following Elvy's interruption, Sully didn't utter the last word. But it was not because Sully's ability to organize language was affected, but because a certain "Sully" suddenly rushed to him.
The green eyes in the puppet's eye sockets were like a mirror, directly capturing Suli's entire mind.
Outside, the boy's voice suddenly disappeared.
Elvi felt the scales on his back pressed against Sully's fallen back.
Is he in a coma, or is he controlled by the so-called consciousness?
Even the dragon didn't know, she only knew that the red and blue gem lying on the boy's chest was still persistently conveying some kind of information to her even through Suli.
It's a pity that Elvi never noticed it in the past.
As for Suli...
His consciousness seemed to be dragged into a dark environment.
There seemed to be no concept of time and space at all. There was only foggy emptiness and a never-ending road ahead.
What is he going to do? What is he thinking?
Where did he come from?
People always seem to think about various things in a dim environment or when they are alone.
It may be painful, it may be blind, and one may not dare to think deeply, but it is still a process for people to face themselves.
As for facing himself, Suli only feels comfortable about it.
It’s like a worker who, after working overtime for a week, is finally liberated from the hell of work, returns home, and hugs the soft, comfortable big bed.
But this comfort was soon broken by something abnormal.
In the supposedly dark environment, all kinds of dreamy lights and shadows suddenly appeared, one by one, increasing in number. But then, those colors quickly mixed and twisted in an instant.
It felt like needles piercing my body.
It's like the feeling of being invaded by a foreign object when the potion is injected into the body.
The magical and distorted light is trying to break this peaceful and tranquil space.
Until in the darkness, a pair of green eyes quietly opened.
The distorted thing was instantly smoothed out, and then receded rapidly like the tide.
Strange screams filled his ears, but Suli turned a deaf ear to them and just hovered leisurely in the air.
He seemed to be giving an order, but also a warning. The young man's lips moved slightly, and he blurted out cold words:
"Get lost!"
"You know." The voice was still full of ancient feeling.
The sound seemed to be echoing in an internal environment, reverberating for a long time without stopping.
Suli knew what He meant, but he did not show any attitude of acknowledgment.
He thought too much at that moment.
World consciousness—what does it want?
What matters is owning yourself.
What matters is to maintain yourself.
What He wants is the destruction of humanity, which prevents Him from maintaining Himself long-term.
But why would humans prevent Him from having a self?
Because He wants to destroy mankind.
What He destroyed was not the human race, but the future of mankind.
Maintaining the status quo for 10,000 years, countless lives have repeated the past, but have never been able to look forward to the future.
This is probably the worst kind of evil that exists in all kinds of hell-derived cultural systems.
But why does He want humans to remain as they are?
Because as long as humanity remains as it is, world consciousness will never be reached.
Sully was wondering why he had no world consciousness in the world before he traveled through time?
Assuming the premise exists, why has it never appeared? There are so many smart people in history, and there are so many monster-like characters, as many as the stars.
But what if the premise of the hypothesis exists, but disappears later?
This proposition seems to be saying that the world consciousness that was born in the world before he traveled through has long since died.
In other words, it is destined to never be born before it even has the chance to be born.
The concept of the world is easy to understand. World consciousness itself refers only to the consciousness, thinking, and self-thinking ability possessed by a world.
But a world should not have consciousness.
The world is just the world, and consciousness is more like a man-made thing.
Just as Suli said before, monsters and humans may be essentially the same creatures.
The same is true of world consciousness.
What is the civilization above the monster civilization?
What civilization is the monster civilization based on?
The word time travel itself indicates the existence of several worlds.
But what if the world consciousness is just a group of humans who know more, live longer, and have more extraordinary abilities...
Then they,
How is it possible to achieve eternal life?
There is no omnipotent God. If God creates an unliftable stone and catches it, it means that what he created is not as he thought. If he cannot catch it, it means that God himself is not omnipotent.
The origin of an existing civilization system is the past of the decline of another civilization system.
Whether this is the case in modern society, Suli is not an archaeologist, so he does not know. But judging from the situation between humans and monsters, this is entirely possible.
The monsters under the monster civilization don't want to perish, and don't want an era of civilization to be destroyed, so humans become the source of transformation into monsters.
What would the higher-level beings above the monster civilization do if they didn't want to destroy themselves?
[Spirit] has already given the answer.
The [Spirit] needs to grow and devour the [Tiger] in order to advance to a higher level.
So what does world consciousness need?
What we need... is probably just another world.
Countless clones, puppets, whatever you want to call them, those "Suri"...
"Those 'Sully' are just your experimental subjects after you extended your tentacles to another world."
"yes."
Answer without any hesitation.
The voice said: "I regret that you, the only one who succeeded, are in another world without any consciousness of birth."
How can we talk about devouring in this case?
Without growth, there is no future, and sooner or later one will be replaced. No matter how long one lives, life will only feel infinitely weakened and not worth mentioning.
will die.
What's the point of living like this?
For the world consciousness, living is just for the sake of living. Not every "person" can have the courage to rush to the only goal like Clemens.
He seemed to be hinting at these messages to Suli.
But unfortunately, all failed.
Sully is not that sentimental.
Even though human history has witnessed mostly the triumph of emotion over reason, this does not mean that reason will be completely erased.
"In the final analysis, your survival is nothing more than an ugly result of the end of the monster civilization. Similarly, your existence is also something that has no meaning in human history."
Isn't it strange?
The foundation of this world is elements. If the elements have not disappeared drastically and resources are sufficient, why would the monsters with strange characteristics that are different from ordinary beasts evolve into ordinary beasts in modern society without special powers?
Unless it is intentionally guided.
The monster is really too strong.
Their strength is beyond the reach of humankind, no matter how hard they try and use all the tools they have.
This is not the same concept as using nuclear weapons/missiles to achieve nuclear peace.
People's fingertips can ignite fire, and lighters can serve as a substitute, but what about the fire dragons released by the elements? What about the sea of fire released by more powerful monsters? Or even the fact that the entire world can be turned into a scorching hell in the blink of an eye under the control of elements?
Will this kind of power touch the world consciousness of this world?
Can.
Otherwise, the [Spirit] would not become the God of Light.
The purpose of the God of Light's existence is to fight against the God of Darkness who appeared first.
The emergence of spirits originates from the human race.
But the spirit is not entirely born among humans.
"Let the civilizations under the new and old systems remain in a state of struggle forever and ever, and never develop, and they will never be able to reach your class."
"I will never bury you."
"Whether my world has world consciousness or not, I still don't know, but I can also say with regret that the monster civilization, which should have continued on the right path for a longer time, has been completely destroyed by you."
Humans and monsters are both intelligent life forms.
When humans first appeared, they were at most equivalent to monsters that could not use elements and had weak bodies.
Completely separate the two existences?
Without this contrast, Sully doesn't think the world would be the way it is now.
Looks different? Can you transform into an animal?
These are not worth mentioning in the context of the concept of wisdom.
Monsters and humans may conflict with each other due to their stance, power, resources, humanity, habits... and various other factors.
But between the two, in natural development, there is absolutely no situation where the latter exploits the former in order to continue the former.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Bringing me from another world to this world, you could say that he wanted to use my body to invade the other world to which my soul was bound, and try to devour it."
"The purpose of guiding the monster civilization towards destruction is to prevent it from developing to a certain extent and affecting the remnants of your previous civilization."
"In theory, what is the purpose of letting monsters and humans, both intelligent life forms, fight against each other and produce two different types of civilizations?"
This is Suli's biggest question.
It is understandable that intelligent life will do all kinds of extreme things in order to survive. But the survival of other intelligent life does not affect the survival of this life, so why would it do extreme things to other life?
This question arises in an instant and disappears in an instant.
"What a joke. Why should I care about the reasons why a madman does things?"
"It is enough to understand that you are just a life form born in a higher and more distant civilization system. What I need to consider is definitely not the starting point of your thoughts and actions."
"That is something that needs to be considered by those in the criminal justice system, based on human law in modern society."
"I am a mortal, a member of the common people. All I need to do is to prevent myself from becoming a being like you when I have no power. And when I have power, I can limit you from continuing to harm others with my own clear and calm judgment and permission."
Suli stretched out his hand to support the "ground" on one side and stood up steadily and quickly.
This empty world was once again enveloped by those twisted and nauseating colorful lines almost as he was about to “stand up”.
In other words, he had already been wrapped up in everything before.
However, the boy's pure heart still allowed him to think slowly within a very short period of time before truly feeling those abnormalities.
Familiar figures, one by one, were placed distortedly before my eyes.
"Egbert", who was entangled in the mud, was questioning why they just watched him but never came to save him.
Cyril, in her bigotry, cried out: "Don't you want me anymore, Sully?"
Euphia, President Asa, the leader of the Lions Club...even the figure of the dead Crystal Winged Dragon appeared in that distorted place.
Suli just thought it was funny.
I laughed as if thinking this.
The smile faded, and Sully calmly replied to "Egbert's" question: "Because I'm looking at you, have you ever thought about saving yourself?"
He also told "Cyril": "Why do you need me to live?"
"When I came, you had already lived in this world with countless bitterness and pain for more than ten years."
"And if I choose to leave, you won't be able to continue to survive in this world. Then I just hope that you have never met me."
Sully did not reply one by one.
These words were enough to make the world realize that trying to break Suli's mind was as ridiculous as a baby's calculations.
His heart was always strong and flawless.
His eyelashes trembled slightly, his eyeballs turned slightly, and Sully opened his eyes again.
The world was still dark, and countless "Sullys" stopped besieging Elvi the moment Sully opened his eyes.
Those puppets gave up attacking.
But in the end, the dragon couldn't bring a puppet back to the ground with Sully intact...
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Happy Lantern Festival!
Here, I feel that the Lantern Festival is much more lively than New Year's Eve. The fireworks really go on for hours and are very noisy...