Chapter 285 Chapter 285
Jiuxia Mountain.
The number of people attending this meeting is more than before, because there is an additional trumpet 'Qingtong' this time.
An extra chair was placed in the conference room, directly opposite the mango tree.
"I'm particularly relieved that I was not excluded this time." Qingtong said with a smile.
Mang Tao glanced at him, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself. Finally, he changed the subject and told him about what he, Bai Yixin and Sha Meng had seen and learned during the six months in the other world, as well as the preparations they had made.
"The anchor point has been set, and what remains is testing." Mang Tao said, "Choose a location and remove the weirdness there to the alien world. Do you have any suitable location recommendations?"
"The United States," Kailett said, tapping the table with his white finger bones. "I arrived late today, so I went to a remote town. There aren't many people living there, but three weirdos appeared nearby. The highest was close to S, and the lowest was B."
Monsters rarely gather in groups, especially powerful monsters, whose territories do not tolerate their own kind. Because the situation was too strange, he went to check the situation himself and killed the monster that was close to S.
He didn't have time to take care of the remaining two. The system conveyed the message to the entity, and of course the entity had the highest priority.
But in the end he didn't catch up.
Fortunately, his absence from the battle had little impact on the outcome.
"Well, to ensure that the test is not biased, let's have two more test sites."
"Then let's go to the Silver Kingdom." Utol gestured happily, "The Silver Kingdom also has some strange things of varying strengths that can be used for experiments."
"Silver Country is too close to the United States, and the next best choice is in the East China Sea."
Li Tu raised his hand: "Han Country."
"Okay." Mang Tao nodded.
"The third location..." the paper man said with a sly smile, "Let's test it on the small country I recently controlled. The country is small in area, but there are a lot of monsters, many of whom have mixed in with the crowd. We can test whether the anchor can accurately distinguish between monsters and humans. If it can only exclude the existence that can move within a certain range, then it is meaningless."
"It would be very dangerous for people living there," said Mang Tao.
The paper man shrugged nonchalantly: "It's also an opportunity. If it succeeds, it will become the first country in the world to exclude all weird people, except me."
As for failure, what does the loser have to do with him?
They should be excited to be able to become a stepping stone to salvation.
"...Then let's do it this way." Mang Tao made the final decision with one sentence.
He knew very well that the experiment had to be carried out and that someone was bound to sacrifice in the process.
"There is one more thing besides this." Mang Tao looked at Qing Tong and stretched out her hand to him, "Please come back for now. The next plan will wait for me..."
"No." Qingtong refused. He stood up from the chair. The tall young man looked down at the mango that was not much taller than the table. "I will continue to act as Qingtong in the future."
Mang Tao looked at him steadily.
"I am you and you are me. You always say this. Of course, I don't deny this. However, the longer we are apart from you, the more different we become." Qingtong looked at the vests sitting around the round table, "You think so too, right?"
"The same soul, influenced by different vests, has deviations in character and habits. It's the same for you and me. Although you are the original body, you are still assimilated by the identity of Mangtao, even if it is only a slight change. Your way of thinking is becoming more and more rational. Although I am not the original body, but just a small piece of soul, my way of thinking is still 'Qingtong', a human being."
"Do you know what the difference is between humans and weird?"
All the vests looked at him in silence, and everyone vaguely understood what he wanted to say.
Qingtong said, "I have my own ideas and decisions. Don't try to control me. You are not allowed to stop acting."
After saying that, he walked out of the conference room first, leaving Mang Tao staring at his back in a long silence.
"Host? Are you quarreling with yourself?" The salvation system was panicked. "What should I do? The vest has revealed itself."
"They already have their own selves." Mang Tao talked to the system in his mind, and he looked at the other vests around him.
Qin Xiaocao was lying on the table playing with a straw doll, Ariel was playing with her long hair with her fingers, the faceless boy was swinging his legs and doing nothing, Kairet was looking down at the table, Utor yawned with his hand on his chin, and the paper man squinted his eyes and smiled weirdly...
At this time, the content of their thinking is different from his own, and there are also differences between them. A long time ago, he, as the entity, realized that these vests are no longer the same as himself.
No, in fact, he should have thought of this since the first time he made the paper man move independently.
The paper man would tease him and laugh at him, but these were not orders from the original body. He acted based on his own thoughts and will.
It's like one person having several personalities. As the main personality, it is impossible for the secondary personalities to obey completely.
Mangtao hasn't removed the vests for a long time, because the longer the time goes, the more different these vests become. Canceling the vests feels like erasing them.
In the future, unless there are special circumstances, he will not stop playing the role.
But 'Qingtong' is different.
"System, to eliminate anomalies in a small area, you only need to set up a few small anchor points." Mang Tao did not think in his head, but spoke directly so that the other vests present could hear, "But if it is to eliminate anomalies worldwide and permanently, the anomalies with spatial abilities need to be used as anchor points and permanently fixed to the nodes of the world tree."
All the vests looked at Bai Yixin, who possessed space abilities.
Bai Yixin smiled and said nothing.
He had already known from his former host's brother that the strangeness of space-related abilities could be used as an anchor, and this was also part of the words that were blurred at the time.
In the original plan, the elder brother of the previous host hoped that his younger brother would subdue the weird, then devour the mirror devil, take possession of its power and abilities, and then make the subdued weird into an anchor and fix it in the node of the world tree.
This plan will not harm the previous host, it will just result in the loss of a powerful helper. Compared to saving the world, this sacrifice is nothing.
But it’s different when it comes to Qingtong.
The soul of Bai Yixin's vest comes from Qingtong.
In other words, Qingtong is equal to Bai Yixin, and is equivalent to the mirror devil.
To kill Bai Yixin is equivalent to killing Qingtong.
Qingtong, who was thinking while wearing a mango vest, calmly judged the pros and cons.
The plan has just begun. Bai Yixin's vest is very important. It would be a pity to discard it as a discarded card. In comparison, Qingtong's person does not have much value.
In addition, no one knows whether killing only a small piece of the soul will cause instability in the transmission. To be safe, it is best for Qingtong, who possesses a large soul, to go in person.
In other words, the one who was doomed to die should be Qingtong's original body.
And although it is said to be doomed, it is not actually death, but it is close to being sealed, lying in the node of the world tree and falling into eternal sleep.
Therefore, the salvation system will not leave, but will follow his vests to carry out the salvation plan.
Mang Tao did not tell the pseudonyms the details of the plan. During the meeting, he simply stated the information in a very calm manner.
However, Qingtong, as a small soul, did not have his way of thinking affected at all. His thinking was closest to that of Mangtao, the original body, and he understood his plan immediately.
In the next plan, Mangtao wants to remove this vest, or in other words, he wants to exchange identities with "Qingtong".
Rejected by Qingtong.
Do you know what the biggest difference between humans and monsters is?
It is difficult for humans to think absolutely rationally because they are more emotional.
There is no difference between me and myself, who is asleep and who is awake, so we should follow the most stable plan, this is Mang Tao's idea.
I and I each have independent thoughts and ideas, which means we are different existences. At this moment, I don’t want the 'me' in front of me to disappear. This is the idea of 'Qingtong'.
"System, I can understand his thoughts because he is me." Mang Tao raised her head, "But I can't completely agree with his thoughts because I am different from him now."
The salvation system has been confused.
"Host...are you really okay?"
Are you really not crazy?
Sure enough, it should know that it is not so easy to put on a weird vest. Although the previous host was affected to some extent by the heroic vest, it took more than ten years for him to play the role and couldn't tell who he was. This host... is too fast.
And he had a quarrel with himself? In the past, the host used a vest, and there had been disagreements between the vest and the main body, but in the end the vest would take the main body as the main body.
As a result, this small account now says "Don't try to control me", which is really...
This is the first time that this system has encountered so many hosts.
"Host, don't be sad. In fact, the host's smurf is also for the host's own good. The host's smurf just hopes that the host..." The salvation system, which was becoming more and more talkative, could no longer unravel the relationship, so it chose to keep silent.
"Yeah, it's okay." Mang Tao said, "I'm fine, I just need to think about it."
He felt that he needed to return to his original body to calm down, but... the trumpet was occupying his body.
It feels a bit strange, like there is no way back home?
No, I'm really going crazy.
The world hasn't been saved yet, so he probably won't really have to go to a mental hospital.
"Well... Host, there are several books in this system's mall that are on sale at a discount. You can buy ten books with just one point. Highly recommended." The Savior System whispered.
Mang Tao: "Hmm? What book?"
"Previous hosts will read this after playing for a long time." The salvation system read out the titles of the books, "Books That Resonate with People, How to Make Friends with Yourself, Recite for an Hour Every Day, I'm Really Not Crazy, Self-cultivation of Multiple Personalities, Me and Me, and..."
"That's enough." Mang Tao interrupted the system's muttering coldly, "No need."
He's very nice, really.