Chapter 891: Real Time and World Consciousness
“What do you mean?” Mei Linde looked puzzled by my question, “Why do you think that?”
“Because, um… how should I put it? Didn’t Sister Mei say that the birth of a completely new life form requires recognition from the Void or the world?”
“I did mention that. You believe that when a Fool Dream is recognized by the world, it can attract the attention of world consciousness, right?”
“Yes, that’s the gist of it.” I nodded quickly.
“I didn’t expect you to think of that. Let me be straightforward with you.” After a few seconds of contemplation, Mei Linde couldn’t help but sigh, “Your idea is indeed feasible. Creating a brand new species and having it recognized by the world is one way to guide world consciousness. This relationship can also be traced back to information related to the world’s embryo.”
“So… is the Fool Dream also a part of your plan, Sister Mei?”
“Not at all,” Mei Linde firmly denied.
“The Fool Dream is merely an accident for me. Making a Dream Creature into a true life form is unprecedented in the entire Void. Achieving this is far more challenging than creating an entirely new species in the Void. Moreover, as new species continue to be born, it can be anticipated that the difficulty of creating new species will increase exponentially in the future.
Although no one in the Void has ever been able to prove that new species are limited,
individual definitions and understandings of life are limited.
As for why she posed this dilemma to Xiao Xi back then, it was certainly because, for Xiao Xi at that time, repaying a Great Spellbook and creating an impossible dream life were equally impossible feats.
Additionally, since the Black Dream itself is bound to the Great Wisdom Dimu, she casually handed this over as well.
At least during the youthful and reckless moments, an unknown dilemma would continually spur the other to keep striving.
But looking at the outcome, this so-called “spurring” has been somewhat excessive.
“Uh… Am I being self-indulgent?” I scratched my head awkwardly.
“After all, I am just an Extraordinary Witch. When faced with events that have yet to occur, we can only make certain predictions, so don’t push every coincidence onto the Academy Head and ask if it’s part of the plan.”
“I understand.” I nodded earnestly, “However… although this is not part of the plan, this method seems feasible, right? I have a premonition that I can help the nightmares become true life!”
“I know.”
“Uh… Sister Mei, don’t you have any reaction? While I can’t give an exact timeline for when nightmares will become true life, it seems that with good cooperation, the world’s embryo might also take this opportunity…”
“I know that well.” Mei Linde started again, “I indeed don’t consider the Fool Dream as part of the plan, because there are too many uncertainties involved. For the concept of dream life, we are all powerless… But that doesn’t mean we don’t have other contingency plans.”
“Ah? What?” I suddenly looked up at Principal Mei, seemingly waiting for her to provide an answer.
“We definitely have a method to cultivate new life. However, the timeline for this plan is too long, the results are unstable, and it consumes a lot of resources. Yet even so, we still have provisions for arranging the cultivation plan for new species, just in case. After all, luck is something that can’t be predicted.”
“So… while the Fool Dream isn’t part of the plan, this plan still exists, right?”
“Yes, a considerable number of witches in the academy use their own dungeon spaces as testing grounds to cultivate new species. However, this method has a slow effectiveness, and…”
“Until now, no new species has been cultivated?” I tried to fill in the blanks.
“Perhaps it may sound like a joke, but that is indeed the case.” Principal Mei smiled wryly and shook her head. “However, this experiment is not without gains. Although they may not be entirely new species, it is still possible to replicate the species that appeared during the history of the Void and became extinct. However, the newly replicated species will not be able to be born for the same reasons as before. The main world consciousness only registers such species without taking further action.”
“Will they not give birth to the Primordial? The Primordial only comes into being once?” I asked curiously.
“Yes, exactly. The Primordial is the life recognized by the Void, and it corresponds to the prototype of the species.”
“Where is the prototype imprinted in the Void? Since the prototype has its uniqueness, it must be recorded somewhere, right?” I questioned.
“I don’t know, nor can I research such a level of concept. Many witches speculate that it may be imprinted within the Earth Veins of the Void.”
“Imprinted within the Earth Veins? Is there some speculation or basis for that?”
“Have you heard of Earth Vein Life? I remember mentioning it to you.” Mei Linde spoke up.
“Yes, I remember.” I nodded.
After all, when I was busy with Earth Vein Energy, I learned about lives that drive the Earth’s energy, and seemingly there’s also the future transformation of Earth Vein Life…
Through this transformation, one can temporarily cross the regionality of the Earth Veins to drive Earth Vein Energy.
“Earth Vein Life… is a very general term. To put it another way, Earth Vein Life can be any form of life that has appeared in the journey through the Void. Even extinct life forms could descend into the Void again as Earth Vein Life.”
“Descend? That’s an interesting word…”
“Strange, right? Earth Vein Life doesn’t have parents, or rather its parents are the Earth Veins, or the Void itself. However, these sayings cannot be verified, and even the Earth Vein Life themselves do not know how they were born.”
“I see, because of this characteristic of Earth Vein Life, more people tend to believe that the imprint of Primordial Life exists within the Earth Veins, right? So… has anyone verified this in the river of Earth Veins?”
“I don’t know, maybe someone has, but people of that level definitely won’t speak about it.”
“Why?”
“Because not everyone is as selfless as you, Xiao Han.” Mei Linde chuckled lightly.
“Uh… okay…”
I awkwardly touched my nose; indeed, many things had been taken too much for granted.
In the past, for many questions, I only needed to ask, and others would easily provide answers, but as I encountered higher levels, those unknown concepts wouldn’t be so easily understood.
This information couldn’t be publicly disclosed for free, let alone casually inquired about.
“This topic can be considered finished. Xiao Han, did you come here just to ask about this? If it’s only about this matter… there was no need for you to make a special trip.”
“Originally, this matter indeed wasn’t necessary…” I hesitated to say.
But this matter involved the Fool Dream; in reality, I wanted to use this topic to gain a better understanding of the Fool Dream.
If this truly was part of Principal Mei’s plan, perhaps she would hold some key methods.
But unfortunately, it seems that… there isn’t.
“So… has something gone wrong with the Fool Dream again? Otherwise, I feel like there’s nothing significant enough for you to come here personally.”
“Sister Mei, you are impressive; you guessed it right away.”
“Ask away~ If I know, I will tell you, but in the domain of dream life… I’m not sure what to say, and… you recently discovered Dream State Soul Material, right?”
“Yes, I’ve been busy lately and didn’t mention it directly to Sister Mei. I didn’t expect you to already know.”
“It’s already going to be presented at the academic tea meeting. As the head of the academy, if I didn’t know, wouldn’t that be quite embarrassing? Let’s not talk about that; let’s discuss your questions.”
Mei Linde spoke to me. In her view, since Xiao Han had completed the purification and refinement of Dream State Soul Material, this meant that Xiao Han had made significant progress in the field of dream life. Therefore, encountering problems was to be expected and logical.
“Um…” I整理了一下思路, but in the end, I still didn’t directly ask why the dream fell into “sleep.”
After all, Principal Mei herself said that she didn’t have much experience in creating new life forms, so naturally, she could not resolve my confusion.
So, it would be better to ask questions that the principal might know; perhaps by combining that with my conjectures, I could arrive at some different answers.
“Sister Mei, what do you think… what kind of existence is world consciousness?”
“Oh~ You’re asking me this?” Mei Linde looked at me with some surprise. “But if you ask like that, it actually makes it hard for me to answer. World consciousness is a term that encompasses the subjective intervention of a mature world towards itself, so it is often personified as a metaphor for consciousness.”
“Is it a kind of consciousness? Or is it just a synonym?” I continued asking.
“I tend to believe it is indeed a form of consciousness, as it is a widely accepted concept in the Void, with little chance of being misnamed.”
“Tending towards?” I grasped the key phrase.
“Yes, I’ve encountered many worlds, but all of them have world will, yet the main world is called world consciousness. If there were no differences between the two, there would be no need to distinguish them. However, ultimately… I cannot provide a precise answer, but sometimes, experience is more meaningful than answers.”
“Thank you for telling me all this, Sister Mei… Uh, let me think for a moment.” I originally had hoped to ask Principal Mei how to meet world consciousness, but suddenly thought that if Principal Mei really had such means, there wouldn’t be a need to locate the world’s vein.
So I planned to change my wording, “Does Sister Mei know where world consciousness is? Or how can one see it? Does it exist deep within… real time?”
“Where is world consciousness… That question is very abstract, akin to asking where a person’s consciousness resides. But consciousness doesn’t exist in a specific location on a physical body, and world consciousness is the same; it doesn’t exist in a certain place of the world. To see it, you still have to rely on luck and opportunities. As for your speculation about its consciousness existing deep within real time…”
“Is that statement incorrect?” I hesitated.
If the path leading to the depths of real time is blocked, then even with our school’s level of spirit vision, I would still be unable to solve the problem that Enbo is encountering at the moment.
Because that initial conjecture would be wrong.
“I’m not saying it’s wrong.” Mei Linde shook her head and said to me, “For ordinary small worlds, or rather unformed worlds, their will is still quite shallow. Only those who have ascended to extraordinary life have the qualification to communicate with them. Therefore, theoretically, the notion of world consciousness existing in the depths of real time cannot be falsified.”
“I understand, thank you… I sincerely appreciate it.”
