Chapter 824: Making You Become Life, Not Life Becoming You
“The thirteenth level… 4096, totaling 8191 pieces, this number is a bit awkward… it can go higher, but the fourteenth level is in a non-integer state…”
“This is where the advantage of the tenfold base resonance method comes into play, right? It can achieve a perfect ten thousand pieces, this association method still falls a bit short~”
Listening to the discussion of the senior sisters beside her, Hong Chanyi and several others who had switched to the association method couldn’t understand and didn’t dare to speak.
They never thought that only a week had passed, and the association method had already reached over eight thousand pieces!
That was catching up to the main group!
“By the way, is the detailed association method also nearly done? Has it progressed to the thirteenth level?”
“Wait a moment, almost there… this is a doubling growth, and it adds up! The further along, the more subdivisions there are, which is quite troublesome~”
At this moment, several who focused on the association method were highly invested.
Originally, they had referenced the “micro-operation resonance method” to try to imitate a “micro-operation association method,” but found it unworkable, so they ultimately explored its characteristics and completed the “detailed association method.”
Aside from these few special experimental subjects, the other 138 people had gradually shown “success” cases over these days.
This represented that they had constructed self-generated magic!
This news was undoubtedly exciting!
And those who hadn’t succeeded would secretly push themselves to work harder.
As for the earlier eight people, along with Hong Chanyi, a total of nine special experimental subjects, they were not counted among these, as they hadn’t even touched the shaping ceremony and were still exploring the association method.
Among those eight, three directly chose to attempt the association method, while the other five had not gained much thus far.
Faced with no other choice, they also switched paths to the association method.
However, even if there hadn’t been significant gains, there were still some insights.
At least they had learned from some erroneous demonstrations; after all, this technique couldn’t be innovated by simply stacking sequences.
Even the association method, exponential growth is merely a form of expression; the main focus is still on “association,” similar to how the key to the resonance method is “resonance,” not the tenfold base increase.
The laboratory sisters did not mock the failures of these five people; after all, they were willing to use their inspiration to create entirely new paths, which is admirable in itself.
Even if they ultimately failed.
“Dainier, leave this to us. We’re going to prepare to teach her to perfect the ceremony; without a perfected ceremony, it’s still hard for her to sense the self-generated magic in her body.”
“Oh~ is that so? I’m mainly curious; it’s truly miraculous… she hasn’t even advanced to extraordinary yet can touch the talent of an extraordinary witch, though at this level it’s still a bit immature.”
Dainier seemed to just realize something, loosening her grip. She had just been probing this student who successfully completed the structure ceremony; according to the experimental process, she had preliminarily completed the prototype of self-generated magic.
“This is natural~ According to Sister Xiao Han, this self-generated magic might not count as a complete talent; it will only be completed at the moment of advancing to an extraordinary witch.”
“Oh? So that’s it? A semi-finished product?”
“Um… semi-finished product… that’s not wrong; however, for us prospective witches, this level is already enough~”
“Yes, yes! I heard Sister Xiao Han say this is secondary; the main point of self-generated magic is to ignore the limit of the earth vein shackles on the magic source; I heard it can reach up to one hundred million pieces!”
“Correction, it’s less than one hundred million pieces.” As an extraordinary witch, Dainier quickly corrected this error, “Even self-generated magic has its upper limit; it approaches one hundred million pieces but can never reach one hundred million! Exceeding one hundred million represents an entirely new realm.”
“Eh? Really? Then what is the realm beyond one hundred million magic sources? Dainier, can you conveniently tell us?”
“That’s the realm after advancing to extraordinary; I don’t mind telling you in advance, that realm is the holy realm.”
“Holy realm? Wow… Dainier, are you in the holy realm?”
“Me?” Dainier was taken aback by the question, then quickly reacted, “Not yet… that’s not important…”
“Then, Dainier! If the one hundred million pieces of self-generated magic plus the ten thousand pieces from the earth vein shackles exceeds one hundred million, doesn’t that count as the holy realm?”
“You all, none of you are extraordinary yet, and you’re thinking of taking shortcuts? Where in the world is there such a good thing?” Dainier scoffed lightly, as if mocking the idea that such things were possible.
“The classification of these levels is complicated; it’s not simply about the number of magic sources reached… You should just be honest; aiming too high is not a good thing!”
“Um… We understand.”
After being mildly reprimanded, everyone immediately returned to their positions, continuing with their tasks.
In this place, no student dared to disregard what Dainier said.
After all, aside from Sister Xiao Han, Dainier doesn’t usually give many concessions to other students, and after Sister Xiao Han left, her words became even fewer.
If Dainier did not take the initiative to speak, they would hardly see her interact with anyone.
Meanwhile.
In the instance realm.
After several days in the instance realm, Heart Lake Island had also become a bit lively.
Because besides the three little Fool Dreams and that wood elemental sprite, other creatures had also appeared.
For example, an introverted stone giant that pretends to be a rock formation by huddling stones on the ground.
Water faeries frolicking on the lake surface.
Giant horned deer joyfully running in the jungle…
These were all experimental subjects that I had “farmed” after trying soul drawing.
The reason they did not undergo the “extermination” treatment like the little white mice is due to the innate racial traits of the mice… which did not please me.
Moreover, they couldn’t communicate and would cause uncontrollable ecological crises in the instance realm.
As for these extraordinary creatures… their same species consists of only three or four, with some, like the stone giant, being unique.
Common extraordinary creatures, or uncommon elemental beings, even special fairies…
They were at least in small numbers, wouldn’t proliferate, and could communicate well, so I let them play around here.
Over these days, the data I collected was quite complex, but it also brought me a wealth of experimental data on the soul drawing technique.
Moreover, it allowed me to better understand what the soul drawing technique could achieve.
However, no matter how much I experimented, there was always some unease in my heart.
Because the creatures I experimented on were all life, just a life of soul essence.
And the Fool Dreams…
They weren’t even the essence of soul!
They had only consciousness.
Therefore, I focused particularly on elemental life during the experiment.
I used soul drawing to continuously peel away its life essence, leaving only the concept of “consciousness.”
But soon I realized that consciousness itself seemed unable to exist independently of the soul…
Maybe it could, but soul drawing couldn’t achieve it.
Then, reflecting on the Fool Dreams, their consciousness was perhaps carried within the primordial dream world, as they were essentially dream creatures.
So… the concept of consciousness cannot exist independently.
Either it must be carried upon something.
Or… it is shaped by something.
Naturally, I hope for the first situation.
Because if that were the case, soul drawing could easily shape the essence of the soul and carry the consciousness of the Fool Dreams.
I only needed to find a seamless method of carrying it.
The second scenario would be far too complex.
If the consciousness of Fool Dreams were shaped by the primordial dream world, then using soul drawing to shape the consciousness of the Fool Dreams would merely be a “replication” of a consciousness, not the consciousness itself.
Even with the soul drawing technique, under the original theory of “Theseus’ ship,” I couldn’t convince myself that this shaped Fool Dream is the original Fool Dream.
However, as I continued to delve deeper, I discovered that the evidence formed from the data I collected pointed towards the second possibility…
Even analyzing the consciousness of dream creatures from the perspective of the soul great topic and the dream world, I could only conclude that the consciousness of the Fool Dreams is shaped by the primordial dream world!
No wonder!
No wonder dream creatures are separated from reality by such an exaggerated barrier that, to this day, the first case of a dream creature achieving life has not occurred!
If everything were so simple… when the soul great topic flourished, during the period of exploring the primordial dream world, dream creatures would have long been transformed into void life by the witches!
After all… the primordial dream world is an untapped treasure.
If it were that easy, would it really fall to me?
Could it be… that the soul drawing technique is ultimately just my imagination…
Recognizing this fact, I couldn’t help but give rise to such thoughts.
And this thought even became somewhat uncontrollable.
“Calm down… calm down, I am a genius; how could I be defeated by such a difficult problem…”
I closed my eyes, using a form of self-suggestion I hadn’t used in a long time to force myself not to succumb to this psychological gap.
“Sister Xiao Han, what’s wrong with you?” Noticing my sudden behavior, the Fool Dream immediately approached to ask.
“I’m fine, Sister Xiao Han.” I slightly raised my head, looking at the concerned gaze of the Fool Dream, then reached out to pat the little head of the Fool Dream.
“Then what’s wrong with you, Sister Xiao Han…”
“…I’ve encountered some problems.” After pondering for a moment, I spoke.
But when faced with this problem, I really didn’t know how to start.
Theoretical issues meant that meaningless attempts were merely repeating failure over and over.
“Yu Lan… what if the you who becomes life is no longer you, would you still want to do it?”
“Sister Xiao Han… I’m Yu Yun.” Yu Yun corrected.
“Yu Yun? Sorry, I didn’t see it clearly…”
“It’s fine~ did something go wrong with the soul drawing experiment?”
“Yeah… there are some minor issues; still the same question, if you became a true life, but you wouldn’t be yourself anymore… would you still want to do it?”
“So I can understand it as sacrificing myself… to achieve a brand new Fool Dream that is recognized as life?” Yu Yun asked with some confusion.
“Sacrificing you… where did you learn this saying? What I meant was…” Just as I was about to refute, I suddenly recalled what I had told the Fool Dreams back then, about sacrificing the little white mouse’s life to pave the way for the Fool Dreams to attain life.
“No, Yu Yun, you misunderstood; I’m talking about you. I promised you! To let you become true life, not to sacrifice you to create a brand new life race!”
“Is there any difference? As long as the Fool Dreams become true life, then that is the meaning of our existence, right?”
……”Don’t you have a concept of self-identity?” I remained silent for a long time, understanding what Yu Yun’s words meant. The Fool Dreams are Fool Dreams; the Fool Dreams as a group achieve true life, and they can give everything for it!
After all, they themselves are not life, merely a moment in the primordial dream world, an accident, perhaps just a coincidence born in an absurd dream.
But I would rather believe they are a miracle in the primordial dream world!
Since it’s a miracle, they should create more impossibilities, rather than being treated as expendables, becoming a stepping stone for a new race.
If the Fool Dream race were truly born in such a way, then I would rather not acknowledge such a race!
“Sister Xiao Han, it’s okay; if you encounter any problems, you can tell us. No matter what kind of existence we become, we can accept it.” At this time, Yu Lan also came over to speak.
“You are dream creatures, consciousness shaped by the primordial dream world; if I use soul drawing to complete the rebirth of life for you in reality… it would be like a replication, and in the primordial dream, you would be like a blueprint, giving birth to a being named Fool Dream in reality, but she wouldn’t be you!”
After I finished stating this, I felt utterly exhausted.
Initially, I thought the soul drawing could help the Fool Dreams escape the nature of dreams, but I had confused the concepts of dream consciousness and reality consciousness; these two concepts couldn’t be unified… even with the connection between soul and dream, it couldn’t cross over the unity of these two types of consciousness.
“Sister Xiao Han… then, is there a possibility that we are the blueprint you mentioned? Perhaps our mission is to be born at that moment in the primordial dream world, to convey the traces of our existence, thus being born in reality…”
“Don’t say such things! You have your own consciousness! You are living individuals! You can think! You can recognize; even if there is no so-called memory in essence, thinking and recognition prove the existence of your consciousness! I promise to let you become life! Rather than letting life become you!”
After I unloaded this emotionally charged statement, the instance realm suddenly fell into silence.
And it seemed I just realized that I had become somewhat over-excited.
“Sorry… I got a bit emotional…” I closed my eyes, my right hand pressed against my forehead, and after venting my emotions, I found my mind seemed to have cleared a lot.
And I seemed to have said something incredible just now.
“Sister Xiao Han… I’m sorry… we made you angry…”
“No… no, wait, I didn’t mean to blame you.” I hurriedly raised my hand to indicate it was okay, my mind racing back over the words I had just spoken.
My thoughts were all subjective, but what I expressed was from an objective perspective.
The Fool Dreams… have their own consciousness.
Consciousness is the key that determines their existence.
So… why can’t I define the concept of life myself, extending the boundaries of life?
Since consciousness is divided into “reality consciousness” and “dream consciousness,” since the void defines life, then dreams can also define life!
And the soul… is the bridge between reality and dreams.
Therefore, the soul of the void is the “reality consciousness” essence of life.
Then can the soul in dreams also be the essence of life of “dream consciousness”?
In the void, the soul is currently recognized as this soul state, then in dreams… does the soul have a dream state?
