It's like a dream.

It was exactly the same as the beginning of the dream I had long ago.

The world is essentially a world, or is it like the CG production that planners often participate in?

This question requires philosophers to think about. What Sully is concerned about is that the "world consciousness" that has never appeared before, or has never really faced him, has finally appeared.

It was very similar to what he had thought not long ago.

The essence of human beings is nothing more than "monsters" with a shorter lifespan and who are originally unable to refine the elements. World consciousness is just another more powerful kind of human.

He stood in front of Suli. Unlike the young boy who still had a childish look on his face, the person in front of him, the Him in front of him, was like an enlarged version of Suli.

In a world that has stopped, the only thing that can be heard is the footsteps of the world consciousness and the sound of its breathing.

It's so light and bland that I can't hear it clearly.

When he noticed that the figure was getting closer and closer to him, there was no other expression on Suli's face, nor any other concern, only understanding.

Suli knew that He was just another enhanced version of the body he was using.

Is human memory stored in the brain or in the soul?

Judging from the fact of time travel, the soul must have 100% memory storage.

But the human body also has physical reactions that transcend the brain's consciousness.

But the body he was using didn't have that.

The test method is very simple. All he has to do is imitate Cyril, who was the closest to him at the time and was also a teenager.

After all, they are all people in this strange Western fantasy world.

When there is no physical reaction and all the movements are the same as your previous habits, you should think about whether the body you are using is your self in a parallel world.

But it is also easy to deny this question.

When it is clear that the body used is not native, the conclusion becomes simpler.

——A manufactured product.

"You are here, the creator of my body besides my soul." Suli raised his left hand.

His eyes could not express his emotions like the people in this world. Without the body language that was deliberately exaggerated, even He could not see clearly that Suli was just expressing "novelty".

The man in front of me had a pair of green eyes that were exactly the same as Sully's.

He looked at the young man and nodded gently.

His movements, though not stiff, are always slow and sluggish.

Suli watched the man walk step by step to a place about three to five meters away from him. The boy was surrounded by all kinds of his own people and the stiff figures of the enemies standing in place.

This is not the method he uses when he uses elements to directly control other humans and monsters.

He simply stopped the time of this entire world.

Except Him and Him.

"I guess you didn't choose to stop my time, so I can still keep my body moving. You have something to say to me, right?"

The interrogative sentence came out of his mouth. Even though the other party seemed passive, Suli didn't feel that he had taken the initiative in the conversation.

"yes."

It was a simple reply, but the voice was different from the ethereal and cold one before. The voice just sounded more mature than Sully's current one.

"I want to know why you choose to resist." At first the voice was a little stiff, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

But later, everything became smooth and natural again.

"Whether you are a monster or a human, you have no power to resist me."

"Choosing to be killed by me peacefully and ushering in the end of the world is the best choice for humans and monsters."

He was genuinely doubtful.

Sully is also genuinely funny.

"Have you ever heard of this saying?" The young man raised his eyelids and fluttered his eyelashes, "The so-called experience, the prerequisite is to take action and enter the world."

"You don't even understand why monsters and humans choose to fight you, but you just think that your choice is the best for them..."

“This is ridiculous.”

"Besides, do you think that the world before I traveled through time had no world consciousness?"

"But is this not the case because of your self-righteous judgment, or is it because you were so inferior and weak from the beginning that you were unable to detect the existence of the other party?"

Suli could see Him not far away, whose body stiffened for a moment.

"After countless attempts to drag souls from other worlds into this world, I was the only one who succeeded... In your opinion, this only proves that my world has no world consciousness, so it can't protect me."

"But this is too straightforward."

There are too many things in the country before I traveled through that can only be understood but not expressed in words.

Suli could only give a brief description using some of the explanations he could think of.

“When the result of a thing goes from A to Z, it needs to go through countless numbers in the middle. Whether other A, B, C, D, and Arabic numerals will be added to those countless numbers, these are all things that cannot be determined before they are seen.”

"Even the world consciousness of my world didn't worry about the possibility that my life and death would be controlled by others after traveling through time. You didn't even think about it, so it doesn't seem so ridiculous that you don't understand why humans and monsters resist you."

His figure seemed to become increasingly stiff.

What is growth?

It is the moment after the pain reaches its extreme.

The idea suddenly occurred to me one afternoon while I was basking in the sun and stroking my cat's fur.

"There's something very interesting about this world." Suli curled his lips, "Everyone thinks that the amount of elemental power is the most direct expression of growth."

"The weak have very few elements, and they are also low-level, so they do not have the ability to 'grow'. In humans, elemental affinity directly defines so-called growth. The strange plant class division and the deep-rooted aristocratic rules are all very funny."

Apart from humans, the monster society is even more extreme. When transformed monsters have human thinking and consciousness, they have more growth possibilities than traditional monsters. This growth may cover up the step-by-step cultivation method that traditional monsters have formed after the evolution of the times.

Ultimately, the transformed monsters were able to grow, and the traditional monsters, without any new changes, became fixed parts of the civilization that should be destroyed.

“This is really, really interesting.”

That subtle, yet overly straightforward sarcasm finally reached the bottom of His heart.

Feeling stuffy, uncomfortable, and unwell.

With all these emotions stacked up, He seemed to still want to maintain the concept and style of being equal to the world, and uttered word by word: "But, you will die."

"Just like those Jixings can't defeat you, you can't defeat me either." He looked at Suli, and there should have been contempt in his eyes, but inexplicably, there was a sense of emptiness similar to Suli's.

But the emptiness in the boy's eyes is the clarity of knowing everything and not worrying about anything, and of being clear about everything and having everything at ease in his heart.

His emptiness, however, is truly nothing.

"No creation can defeat its creator."

"I want to kill you, as easy as crushing an ant. You shouldn't resist me, and you shouldn't provoke me."

"No matter how sweet words a weak person without self-awareness can say, it is only a desperate struggle caused by the fear of death."

His eyes were like ice.

Suli laughed and said, "See, you didn't realize that before dying, people may not only choose to fight to the death, but also choose to use their own death to harm the enemy."

"You can't see other possibilities. You are the same as before in this world. Even if there is a slightest desire to 'evolve' or 'grow', you will just regard it as not necessary and then decisively abandon it."

“The world does not need world consciousness, nor does it need any human beings or other creatures. The world is just the world, a blank, formless concept that cannot be accurately defined.”

"And you, who were born in the distant past, have the ability to understand any event that has ever happened on this planet, but you are so arrogant that you think you are the consciousness of this world."

"On what basis? If you are, can I also say that I am the world consciousness of this world?"

Suli could see with his own eyes that the man in front of him was not just stiff, but confused.

What is Suli's territory?

As long as he is given the opportunity to speak, he does not need to pause and can directly construct a whole world of strange thoughts in his mind.

He likes to look at problems from too many angles, and different angles will infinitely expand everything that originally only needed to be written on paper.

He should have "seen" everything that Elvi had experienced.

But He still didn't think that communicating with Suli was a risky thing.

Then, the initiative of the conversation was naturally transferred. The boy, who was a head shorter than him, didn't even need to look up to pull him down from the platform.

"Are you angry? Are you furious?" Sully's tone was gentle and soft, as if he was telling a bedtime story. "Probably neither."

"Because if you have this emotion, you would have learned to think about why you are angry and why you are angry about it."

"You're not growing. You're stuck in your ways and you're staying where you are."

"It even tries to drag down the two races and two different systems of civilization living in this world."

"Whether the destruction of monsters is the result of the evolution of the natural environment or the trend of the times, no one can be sure before accurate research. Humans who do not have the elements can be forced into an existing system and rules, and prevented from re-establishing new rules... Do you know how this kind of action is usually defined in another world?"

The confusion of the person in front of him deepened again.

Suli could not sense any strength from the opponent.

It is not strength in the physical sense, but another kind of spiritual strength.

A crybaby who doesn't cry is not strong, but forbearing. A crybaby who chooses to cry without affecting others and vent his emotions, and who can return to reason and think about why he cried, is strong.

As long as you don't stop thinking, life is always in the concept of growth.

But He...

No thinking.

Even his rebuttals and displays of strength were just like those of the foolish nobles among humans who had been hung up on the street lights by the Dark Pope countless times.

"This is dictatorship, making decisions on your own. You can't hear other people's voices and always think you are right."

"You certainly can't have 'growth', and you certainly can't get growth, and..."

Suli's peaceful voice disappeared.

Or rather, he was still peaceful, but that peace was mixed with too much cruelty. He said, "You should also die as a matter of course."

"Because you are not needed at all. Whether it is humans or monsters, your presence will only make them worse."

"What's the point of existing if you're not needed?" Suli seriously played the role of a villain in the true sense of the word.

World consciousness is like a budding child who is bullied by a cruel wizard.

He felt wronged.

"Why?"

"Humans and monsters, I just want to kill them because I don't need them. Things that are not needed by the world consciousness should be destroyed. Moreover, if I am not needed by humans and monsters, then... why can't I, who need me to live, have a 'need' for me?"

"——You are wrong."

"You are deliberately expressing denial to me in an attempt to influence and manipulate my thinking." The more he spoke, the more determined he became.

"So, have you been affected? Are you controlled again?" Suli looked at Him, watching Him fall into his own trap little by little.

"No. Because you have a mouth, you know how to speak, and you have a brain, you know you should think."

"Then what do you rely on to influence the humans and monsters in this world, making them forever confined to their own ways? After a very small number of them finally break through that strange influence, they will always be rejected by the whole world?"

Those people are out of tune with the world.

We suffer for this, we hate this, but because the whole world is different from us, we ultimately die from “no growth”.

"You think what I did was wrong, and that I am a disaster for trying to influence you. But your existence has actually affected monsters and humans. Why do you think you are not wrong and a disaster?"

During the battle, all kinds of blood and gore still made Suli nauseous.

But in terms of strength, it is true that Suli cannot win.

Suli could not defeat Him.

It is not the so-called created thing that can rebel against the Creator.

This is just, simply, the final conclusion after weighing various things.

Reality is so cruel that you cannot break through limits and create miracles countless times just by courage and willpower.

But with wisdom and thinking, we can create possibilities.

For example, He is now thinking whether what He is doing is right.

It wasn't even a strategy.

It is even beneficial to Him, because only in this way can He truly grow.

But the price of growth, whether it is happy or painful, will cause conflicts in thinking.

Suli looked at Him to see if He cared more about Him.

If He wanted to grow, then He would never be able to destroy monsters and humans.

That would be equivalent to Him actively choosing death.

The monster that commits suicide is proof of its lucidity; the one that survives is a being of chaos, bigotry and madness.

So, will He choose to allow Himself to grow, or to go completely crazy until death?

The multiple-choice question given by Suli was placed before the world consciousness, and no matter which one it chose, Suli would gain the upper hand in the end.

Being alive means that He needs to grow, so it is absolutely impossible for Him to harm humans.

Although it is impossible to attack humans in this category, perhaps only he will be designated as the target for the time being.

And if he goes crazy and is ready to drag all humans and monsters into the water, then the state of mind he needs to face is, "He is about to choose to commit suicide."

Is there a third option?

have.

But He won't know.

There are still people in this world who think about what they have destroyed every time they kill someone...

Heresy grows.

In the world of immortal cultivation, it is said that one proves the truth through killing, the way of killing.

Sully knew this.

It is because he knew this that he was able to give Him only two choices.

See further than He does, and see more than He does.

We need to create a space for Him to move around but not find a bigger box in the short term.

Because only in this way can the life in the box grow peacefully, and in the true sense, in the rapid development of peace, discover the existence of the box and break through the concept of the box.

"Do you admit it? Or do you deny it?"

"But before you make a choice, you might want to think about new possibilities."

"For example, if the world consciousness of the world where my soul resides really exists, are you ready to face the situation where you will harm, attack, or even kill me at the same moment, and be destroyed by a more powerful existence? Moreover, you will not be able to achieve your goal of killing monsters and humans at that time."

"Think about it. Push your brain to its limits."

"Finally, tell me your choice."

Sully had a smile on his face, and he slowly placed the straight knife made by Custer upright behind him. The boy leaned forward lightly with his waist, his clothes wrinkled, and in the still space with the world, all he could see in Sully was laziness.

A relaxed attitude, without fear or alertness.

His green eyes perfectly reflected Him, who looked like a larger version of himself.

Suli pointed out the direction of thinking and told one of the possible answers.

At the same time, it is also threatening that nothing is completely under the control of world consciousness.

A "world consciousness" that even He cannot discover.

An ordinary person who was randomly pulled from another world was able to walk before Him.

Can He really succeed?

This is a required question, and it is definitely one of two choices.

A choice that everyone is happy with is right before our eyes.

Give up the continued destruction of humans and monsters, follow the boy in front of you, and truly master "growth".

The other bad choice is to be forcibly destroyed by a higher being.

He was thinking, if the world where Suli's soul resides really has a world consciousness, then on what basis can it provide help to one of the countless human beings?

But the question arises again. Suppose the other party is so powerful that even he cannot detect it, what kind of thoughts and actions will he have? No matter how he thinks, he cannot predict it 100%.

That is to say, there was still a possibility that He could be killed.

What to do?

This is to follow the possibility of growth and to explore ways to keep Him alive from the possibility of growth.

Or...

Was he killed completely just like that?

He even thought about pretending to kill Suli to test the existence of consciousness in another world.

But the idea was quickly dismissed.

Because, He also has no way to guarantee that the consciousness of the other world cannot detect that He is just pretending.

At the same time, He began to think about himself, why he had not explored the world consciousness of another world.

If there is nothing, there is nothing. If there is something, there is something.

However, if the other party has already found answers to more profound questions that he has not yet discovered through growth, then he certainly cannot accurately locate the other party's existence in the territory of the more powerful consciousness of another world.

The brilliance of Suli's argument lies in the fact that he has no way to prove that there is no world consciousness in the other world. Moreover, Suli also provides him with a seemingly perfect choice.

But is this choice really perfect?

He finally began to think about the real pitfall.

And all this was just as Suli expected.

Suli would not let Him go because He had killed too many humans and monsters.

This boy, just as he appeared to be, had always been abiding by the morals and laws of another world.

Although sometimes he had to kill people out of necessity, he had already crossed his bottom line.

But this bottom line that is forced to be broken can still be explained by the laws of another world, that is, the so-called self-defense.

Suli would not accept Him who killed just for the sake of killing.

He suddenly began to imagine what would happen if he chose the so-called happy ending.

So what will He face?

First, He can understand more growth, absolutely.

Because not killing him and challenging the bottom line of another world's consciousness means that they are still in a negotiating position.

Suli does not want Him to destroy humans and beasts, and He chooses to stop destroying humans and beasts, and Suli will provide growth.

But whether the provision is partial or comprehensive depends only on Suli himself who has the key resources...

How to do it?

Do you choose to let the world and yourself be buried with you, or do you gamble on the possibility of vitality that growth may bring?

Excessive thinking can really make people feel dizzy, or even feel nauseous and want to vomit.

He was dizzy.

Suli still leaned on the handle of his straight knife, calm and peaceful. His slightly narrowed eyes were no longer sharp, but soft, which made people wonder if he would fall asleep in this position.

The world's consciousness is in disarray.

But in the end, He chose to stop thinking, letting his mind return to a blank state again, and asked the boy one last question.

"If you could, if you had absolute power, would you kill me first, or would you choose to talk to me like you are doing now?"

"Is this question important?" Suli looked at Him who had stepped into a deep pit without knowing it. He yawned, reached his left hand behind his back, and held the straight knife again.

He watched all these actions, but because he did not notice the murderous aura, he remained ignorant and said seriously: "This is very important."

"How important is it?" Suli said with a gentle smile, "Is it more important than your life?"

But in an instant, it was as if His time had also stopped.

The straight knife was unsheathed, and after a flash of cold light, the blade was aimed at the heart of the world's consciousness.

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