I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 662 Yes or No
Even after leaving the library, Vine's thoughts were still in a mess.

“Is the future certain, but also not certain?”

If the future can be freed from its shackles, it can be freed from its shackles now.

If you ask the future it has always been from the shadow, it has always been from the shadow.

The two states will collapse into definite facts at the moment it changes its synchronous orbit, and the future and the present will be determined at the same time.

The vine felt a huge fear. In the process of traveling around this world, it had never felt any threat because of its powerful strength.

But in this extremely familiar synchronous orbit, it has glimpsed those mysteries that cannot be touched.

“Should I really do this?”

Tengman knew that allowing Wenwen to gain self-awareness had always been its wishful thinking.

Just like it protects those weak creatures and collects eyes, it is actually just practicing the ideals in its heart.

The vine was a little confused, so it had to look at Wenwen who was imitating it behind it.

“Ask, do you want to gain self?”

The vine knew that its question was meaningless, and Wenwen’s answer must be “I want to”, because Wenwen was its shadow, and as long as it wanted to, Wenwen would definitely think.

Sure enough, the answer from Wenwen was the same as it expected.

“Yes, I want to gain myself.”

A meaningless dark shadow, under the control of thought labels, gave this expected answer.

Hearing such an answer, Teng Man didn't know whether to be happy or numb.

"I am... not just asking myself?"

It's like asking a mirror, knowing the answer already.

But, does a copied thought no longer mean a thought?

To what extent does the self have to be pure to be considered the true self?

For a moment, the vine couldn't tell whether the tendrils swaying with itself were a copy of itself or another life. Light and shadow overlapped in an instant.

Asking is becoming more and more like it...

It is becoming more and more like a living thing, but also less and less like a living thing...

The vine finally decided to give it a try. Success or failure had already been determined, so it just went with the flow.

Pulling the track of thought, the vines sent Wenwen's thoughts into the future.

As the speed of time flowed differently, Wenwen's body began to blur.

Different synchronization rates will naturally cause collisions and frictions, and since the mind and body are in the same "position", the collisions and frictions are even more significant.

Before long, Wenwen's body was covered with cracks, the vines that originally had color began to fade, and his body shape began to distort.

Fortunately, this process did not last long.

When the vines brought the synchronization of thoughts back on track, Wenwen's body gradually returned to normal.

Yes or no, it has been determined.

"Excuse me, what race are you?" Vine asked the same question again.

"I am... from Ying." Wenwen answered slowly. After a while, it added a few more words: "I used to be."

Hearing this, Teng Man knew that he had succeeded. He had found his true self and was no longer the ignorant shadow.

However, Vine did not feel much joy in his heart.

“Ask, do you want to gain self?”

It was the same question again, but this time the vine didn't know the answer.

Wenwen did not answer, it seemed that it was somewhat unable to understand the question.

Obviously, the copied thoughts did not disappear, and Wenwen did not become stupider, but it just couldn't answer this question. Its vines stopped swaying and froze in the air, as if this question had caused it great confusion.

Maybe he is not used to thinking for himself, so he stood there for a long time.

The vines also waited patiently, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no response...

"Are you unable to understand this question? Ask."

"I can understand. My mind tells me what I think, but I know these thoughts do not come from me..." Vine understood that Wenwen had just gained self-awareness, but had not yet gotten rid of the influence of its thoughts. If he asked it at this time, he would definitely not get a positive answer.

"Tell me when you have the answer."

"it is good."

……

In the following days, Tengman continued to travel to various worlds with Wenwen.

But the vines could sense that things had changed.

Although it will continue to imitate the behavior of the vines, it will no longer imitate everything and has its own thoughts.

When the vines collect eyes, Wenwen will just watch from the side and will not learn to do it.

Not only that, Wenwen started asking all kinds of questions non-stop.

"Why do you collect eyes?"

"Why don't you continue to protect weak creatures?"

"What's the point of continuing those gazes?"

It clearly possesses the thoughts of a vine and knows the answers to these questions, but it still asks them again.

The vines also asked curiously: "Don't you already know? You have my thoughts, so you should understand it very well."

The answer to the question is very special:
“This is a question from my perspective.”

It is using its true self to understand the world and form its own thoughts.

If the thoughts copied from the vines are not isolated, they will be easily affected, so it will ask these questions again from the perspective of "others".

After understanding Wenwen's thoughts, Vine patiently answered every one of its questions.

Even if the questions were very naive and simple, Vine would answer them seriously.

I thought days like this would last for a long time, but in the process of collecting eyes, Vine discovered something strange - the number of extinct creatures was surging during this period.

It seems like the "level of chaos" in the world is constantly rising.

Biological competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and the feeling of "survival of the fittest" seems to be becoming more and more obvious.

"Is it an illusion?"

This is not a normal feeling. These "chaos" have nothing to do with each other, and there is no intersection between the worlds where the chaos occurs.

But they all changed at the same time.

Species competition, racial war, conspiracy, destruction of civilization, turmoil, massacre, extinction...

These things would normally occur occasionally over the course of time, but during this period of time there was a sudden surge, and they are happening non-stop in every world.

Vine checked the synchronous orbit and found nothing unusual.

It all seemed to be "normal", except that it was becoming more frequent and more intense, with no noticeable abnormality.

Only the vines that were constantly moving around could sense this change.

It became worried about this and paid less attention to Wenwen.

After the investigation yielded no results, the vines had no choice but to look for the Everthirst again.

"I'll tell you what I've seen and heard recently." This time, without the Eternal Thirst saying anything, the vines took the initiative to hand over the knowledge they had recently acquired.

"The level of chaos is increasing. Do you know what's happening? Why can't I detect anything? The synchronization rate is also normal. Is there some more hidden 'parameter' that is changing?"

The vines told the Everthirsty about their doubts, hoping to get answers from them.

Unexpectedly, the Everthirsty also did not understand the reasons for the chaos.

“No relevant knowledge was found.”

"What do you mean?"

"I do not know."

"..."

"Don't worry, the transaction will be completed. Wait here. I will go and discuss with the other races. We will soon understand what happened..."

(End of this chapter)