Chapter 197 Can the consensus of all mankind change the world?

"And this change doesn't happen only when you are in direct contact with pollution. The boundary of pollution is very strange. Sometimes, even if you are at a distance from it, it will still slowly change you. Any isolation measures are ineffective."

In other words, being near pollution is associated with risks?

Xiu Si was suddenly startled and snapped back to his senses: "Wait, what about all these noisemakers who burn and pollute?"

"That's no problem." Chloe waved her hand. "You forgot, I summoned those Noisy Ones with the Iron Prayer. I'm watching them for you. All the pollution is suppressed by the Noisy Ones or the Machine Souls. Although I don't know the principle, as long as these two are there, the reality deviation caused by the pollution can be ignored."

Chloe's expression became more serious: "In other words, they are all anchors."

"Anchor point, I've heard you mention this word many times, but I still don't quite understand it. Isn't it only needed in the Sea of ​​No Consciousness? Why do we need anchor points in reality?"

"The Sea of ​​No Consciousness naturally needs an anchor. The world there is not stable, and there is no distance or direction. If you lose the anchor, your existence will be instantly washed away by the Sea of ​​No Consciousness, and your flesh and blood will become an empty shell. You already know this, but you still need an anchor in reality."

Chloe leaned her hands on the railing on the second floor of the church, her eyes lowered, looking at the islanders who were slowly walking towards various places of refuge in the hall.

"The anchor point in reality is to prevent the world from drifting."

"The world is shifting?" This was the first time Xiu Si had heard this term. How could the world be shifting?

In other words, isn't the world the origin of the reference system itself? Shouldn't other things be offset relative to the world?

“What is your definition of cognitive interference?”

Chloe didn't answer, but asked Xius instead.

"Personal cognition and personal will affect objective reality under certain conditions, causing the material world to change according to personal will." After saying this, Xius suddenly realized something: "Is this world shift?"

Chloe snapped her fingers. "That's right. The essence of cognitive interference is that the world is pushed by humans and shifted from its original position. At this time, both the material world and personal cognition will be very unstable. There is a saying that cracks have appeared in the world due to the shift, and pollution has occurred in these cracks, so cognitive interference will lead to pollution."

"As for the 'certain conditions' you just mentioned, I can also tell you that the first is a strong enough will, which must be enough to overcome the high wall of reality and touch the essence of the world. The second is a strong enough force, which needs to be able to cause the world to deviate."

Corresponding to the soap incident, the workers firmly believed that soap was edible - after all, it was made by the workers themselves using olive oil.

Moreover, many workers think so, and the absolute number is large enough, which is the consensus of many people.

Hughes rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "If I make everyone in the world firmly believe in the same thing, will it come true immediately?"

Chloe was shocked by this bold idea. She opened her eyes wide with disbelief: "How is this possible? How is it possible to make everyone in the world believe the same thing?"

"What if I did?"

Chloe was silent for a while, then she spoke softly: "Then maybe you can really make the world shift permanently. No, it shouldn't be said that the world shifted, but that a new world was established with a new consensus."

There was silence between the two again. After a long while, she cautiously asked, "You, you can't do it?"

"Of course I can't do it. If someone can do this, wouldn't he be a god?" Zeus shrugged his shoulders in amusement.

"God?" Chloe repeated in a puzzled voice. "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I'd better tell you about the anchor point."

"Didn't I just say that the world shift requires the world to be pushed, and the anchor point is the existence that stabilizes the world."

"Most of the anchors are churches. Common beliefs and common understandings can serve as anchors as long as they are properly guided. In addition, many Candlelight Churches have guardian inscriptions, which are also permanent anchors."

"This makes the reality in the church particularly stable, and it is extremely difficult to have cognitive interference. This is why we often choose the Candlelight Society's church as a base to conduct experiments in the church - it is safer."

Wow, so it turns out that you conducted experiments in the enemy's lair not because you like to make trouble, but for safety reasons?

The more dangerous the place, the safer it is? Hughes looked strange.

This group of fire moths may look crazy, but if you think about it carefully, their actions seem to make sense.

——Although in the secular world, trying to understand cultists is a clear symptom of madness.

"I remember you said before that the Candlelight Church often has equipment for diving in the Sea of ​​Unconsciousness. Does it also take advantage of the more stable reality here?"

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"Yes, you guessed it right. If it weren't for the protection of the church, those mind whisperers would have been washed away by the Sea of ​​No Consciousness without leaving any trace. By the way, the extraordinary people of the Candlelight Society can't even enter the Corridor of Truth in the church. The reality here is so solid that even their extraordinary abilities can't tear it apart."

Ah, thinking about it this way, Hughes began to understand why the Candlelight Society would turn to comprehensive conservatism. If stabilizing reality could solve the problem of world deviation, then all they need to do is build more churches.

Developing the power of the church and closing a eye to those messy things can solve all problems.

Wait, if the Noisy Ones and the Machine Souls can both be his anchors, then can I just build factories all over the world to stabilize the entire world? Hughes' eyes lit up.

"I always feel like you're thinking about something terrible." Chloe glanced at Hughes. "Actually, I advise you not to worry because of this. It didn't matter before, but now there are so many Noisy People. Your factories are anchors. There is almost no world shift on Castel Island. Although those strange phenomena look like cognitive interference, the possibility is actually very small."

"You mean, there will be basically no cognitive interference on the island?" Xius suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if he had thought of something.

"I advise you not to have too radical ideas. I just said that it is relatively stable here, not that it is completely impossible. If pollution really comes, it will be troublesome."

“No, that’s not what I meant. I meant to say”

"Is it possible that the entire Castel shifted together?"

(End of this chapter)