Chapter 441 Plastic Future

"I once dreamed that everyone died except you. You were standing next to a door, and on the other side of the door was a sea of ​​blood and corpses."

The words Xu Zhifei once said echoed in Bai Yanliang's mind.

Bai Yanliang has never believed in things like seeing the future.

The past cannot be changed and the future cannot be predicted; this is the basic law of the material world.

But...if we can exceed the speed of light, maybe we can really go back to the past and change the present.

Similarly, is the future really unpredictable?

Anyone looking at the last withered leaf swaying on a branch in autumn can foresee that it will be blown away by the wind.

Anyone seeing an old man lying on a dying bed can foresee that he is about to die.

A bottle fell to the ground; something must have touched it.

If there are words written on a piece of paper, someone must have used a pen.

Some phenomena that are too simple to be considered as reasoning are actually reasonable interpretations made by humans of the images that they "did not see".

Therefore, as long as enough information is collected and the calculation ability is strong enough, the future can be predicted.

Does Xu Zhifei have that ability?
Do not……

She didn't.

According to her, she was Meng Zhen and Zhou Tian's second experimental subject, used to store Meng Zhen's memories.

Therefore, Xu Zhifei's self-awareness was also awakened, and the images she saw were not her own deductions at all.

But it was the owner of the memory, what Meng Zhen let her see.

Meng Zhen...that woman is dead.

But why did she leave those images in Xu Zhifei's memory?

The answer may not be complicated.

Xu Zhifei stood where he was, watching the confrontation between Bai Yanliang and Bai Yanren, watching Zhou Tian merge into the remnant, constantly devouring the fog world and the human world.

In front of her eyes, she saw the last scene...

In the picture, the giant humanoid worm that Zhou Tian had merged into has become "standing tall", with countless mouthparts waving around, constantly devouring the two worlds.

And the huge amount of energy is also constantly transformed into the props needed for Zhou Tian.

He wants to transform himself into a complete energy body.

In the picture, a giant humanoid insect is constantly devouring the mountains, the earth, and all living things. Humans begin to resist, but they are completely powerless. They can clearly see the giant, molted insect, but cannot touch it at all.

It seemed to be in another time and space, gnawing at everything, and all weapons passed through it as if it did not exist at all.

The overwhelming despair has pushed the world to the brink of destruction.

In the scene at this time, Bai Yanliang stood on the ground with an expressionless face, and the giant insect was wreaking havoc beside him. He opened the door, and behind it was a sea of ​​blood and corpses...

The scene returns to reality.

Xu Zhifei looked at what was in front of him.

Bai Yanliang's expression was constantly changing.

Xu Zhifei seemed to have also been noticed at this moment. The human face behind the giant molted insect made a sound:
"It's you... What you saw is the future fate of these two worlds. You can see those scenes because I once told Meng Zhen all the plans. These are the scenes she has deduced countless times. No matter what happens, in the end... I will succeed."

Zhou Tian's voice echoed between heaven and earth:
"I, Zhou Tian, ​​never believe in a predetermined future."

"But I can...make the most favorable future a certainty."

Xu Zhifei didn't say anything. The wind continued to howl, and the earth and the void were collapsing.

Everything seemed to be just as Zhou Tian said, with no more variables. Inside Bai Yanliang's body, Bai Yanren and Bai Yanliang's consciousness were fighting.

The battlefield was not a gorgeous place, but a world of fog that Bai Yanliang had never been to.

In the sea of ​​consciousness of the two people, the fog world remained the same as before.

The gray-white grass stretched to the horizon. The world was silent. There was only one huge tree in sight, which was almost impossible to see at a glance.

Bai Yanren and Bai Yanliang stood opposite each other.

Bai Yanren was silent for a long time, looked at Bai Yanliang, and said, "Why are you stopping me?"

Bai Yanliang smiled and said, “It was only until just now, when the giant insect that the remnant had transformed into appeared, that I realized something.”

"What?" Bai Yanren was puzzled. He couldn't accept that his years of planning had become Zhou Tian's wedding dress.

Moreover, he is not like Zhou Tian, ​​who only wants to benefit himself and become immortal.

What he wanted to do was something that would convince himself that something was truly good.

He did believe that the remnants of the fog world could be perfectly combined with the creatures in the human world, and that the fusion of the fog world and the human world was the true and greatest creation.

This will benefit everyone and will not cause any harm.

Why did Bai Yanliang still want to stop me... Why... didn't he become me...

"What do you think self-awareness is?"

Bai Yanliang did not answer, but asked a question in return.

Bai Yanren said without hesitation: "The only criterion for judging whether a living being is truly alive."

After saying this, he stared at Bai Yanliang closely, only to see Bai Yanliang nodded.

"Yes, only with self-awareness can we truly experience the world, so you also think that self-awareness is the most important and indispensable existence for life, right?"

Bai Yanren nodded silently.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, grayish-white dots of light slowly floated up from the grass, so beautiful.

"I'll tell you a secret."

A trace of bewilderment flashed across Bai Yanren's eyes. "In fact, the lives of the remnants are endless. On the surface, they are born and die in the evening, but Zhou Tian has studied it and found that they just disintegrate into invisible energy and are absorbed by the mother tree again. Almost in the blink of an eye, they will condense again in a corner of the mother tree."

"They... although they have no self-awareness, they will not die. Instead..."

Bai Yanliang suddenly realized something. He was a little bit unbelievable: "Could it be..."

Bai Yanren sneered and nodded: "You guessed correctly. The moment when the remnant dies is the moment when it develops self-awareness."

"The remnant itself is like a hazy mist. It seems to dissipate, but in fact it just turns into water droplets hanging on everything in the world. When the heat evaporates, it will appear again."

“But… the remnants of self-consciousness were born, just like a fire appeared inside the fog, a blazing flame!”

Bai Yanren suddenly became excited.

"It is completely in conflict with Cantui's life essence. Although it gives Cantui the ability to understand the world and perceive himself, it is also rapidly consuming Cantui's vitality."

"So... do you want to live in despair forever, or be awake for a short while?"

Bai Yanren spread his hands, closed his eyes, and let the gray-white light spots that filled the surroundings fly around.

“I chose the latter.”

"I am constantly suffering from the burning of my consciousness. I devour other remnants to prolong my life."

"What did I do wrong?"

His eyes fell on Bai Yanliang and he questioned in a low voice.