I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 899 Human Groups

"Since we separated that time, no matter who I come into contact with, my existence will be completely forgotten. Even other forms of records will be the same. Text, images, audio... will be completely distorted and blurred, and my existence will disappear from them."

"I've thought about it for a long time, and I think it's because of the bed. What do you think?"

Martin asked the Cube in front of him seriously, and the Cube trembled in agreement.

"But it's good this way. I was originally a wanted criminal, so this saves me a lot of trouble. Sometimes when I do something good, people don't remember me and forget about it. There are even people who appear out of nowhere to take my place."

"Of course, the same goes for doing bad things. No matter what I do, as long as I'm not caught on the spot, people will forget about me."

"I guess that bed should be some kind of framework that defines 'existence'. After you take that bed away, I will no longer exist and disappear from this world. The world can only operate within a framework without me, so all records about me will be erased."

"Well, if the world is a novel as I originally inferred, then the bed is - the character position?"

"In the dreamland's 0th level, those beds are character slots. Without my character slot, I won't appear in this novel. I will become a character outside the novel!"

"But my actions are still affecting this world and this 'novel'. The content of the novel has not changed because of my disappearance, only the form of expression has changed, and other characters' memories of me have changed... Could it be that my inference is wrong? Is there another truth above the text canopy?"

As Martin said this, the pickles in the glass jar began to spin, as if he was doubting himself.

"If it's not a novel, then what is it?"

"Do you have any other guesses?"

He looked at the cube and asked seriously.

If Martin's head wasn't a glass jar, he would definitely look confused now.

This wanted criminal, who had always been convinced that he was a character in a novel, began to doubt his long-held views after witnessing the power of the bed.

The cube did not answer immediately, because at this moment, Mo Ling in the cube was still writing furiously.

In order to calm Martin down, Mo Ling threw out a can of Coke first.

Martin looked at the Coke on top of the cube and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

He took the Coke down and looked at the cube again.

"Thank you, but I can't drink it."

He pointed to his glass jar, made a Coke drinking gesture, and then tapped the jar with the Coke.

"Bang, bang, bang." A crisp sound came from the glass jar.

"See? You can't drink it..." Martin explained to Cube.

After a delay, Mo Ling finally finished writing. He breathed a sigh of relief and sent the electronic screen out.

Seeing this, Martin quickly picked up the electronic screen.

On the electronic screen was the theory of understanding the world that Li Luo had taught Mo Ling.

"what?"

Martin seemed to be quickly attracted by the content on the electronic screen and began to read it very carefully.

Perhaps it was because he left human society too early, Martin had never been exposed to modern worldview theories, and he didn't know that human interpretations of various worldviews had evolved into this. In the final analysis, he was also a lost person immersed in a certain worldview. If he appeared in the "worldview class" in Dawn City today, he would definitely be used as a negative example.

At first, Martin might have been a little casual, but after seeing the opinions on the electronic screen, he immediately became serious.

"Is this a common concept in human society today? It's really interesting..."

“Don’t argue about what is true or false, don’t change for the sake of it, just follow your own path.”

"I understand. This is a way to protect ourselves. Human civilization uses this method to ensure that it is not eroded by external ideas. This method maintains the purity of group consciousness and the essence of being 'human'."

"This is indeed a very clever approach. To be honest, any worldview cannot withstand deconstruction. Moreover, they are all contrary to the normal development of human worldviews. Normal people will doubt these foreign worldviews. After these worldviews are deconstructed many times, they lose their mystery and appeal and become a dry text in the classroom."

"Who on earth came up with this idea? What a genius..." Martin exclaimed.

"You probably heard it from your companion, right?"

The cube trembled in response.

"I knew it... It seems that I have been away from human society for too long. I didn't expect that the social trend has become like this."

"But..." Martin shook his head: "Such a concept is still too conservative. Facing the abyss, it is very dangerous to be so conservative. Even if we don't touch the unknown, the unknown will in turn erode human thinking."

"So, there is still a need for people like me to test poisons for all of humanity."

Martin patted his chest and said, "If I am eliminated, humans can confirm another wrong worldview!"

After realizing that his belief was probably wrong, Martin did not become discouraged, but became more optimistic.

He returned the electronic screen to Fangkuai and said excitedly:

"It would be a good thing if the world were not a novel!"

"Do you know Shennong insect?" he suddenly asked Fangkuai.

Before Cube could respond, Martin said, "I guess you don't know either. It's a caterpillar-like creature from the first layer of the abyss."

"Their bodies are very fragile, and basically all the food they see is poisonous to them, but they can accurately avoid these foods, not because they can distinguish them, but because they have information about this kind of food in their memory."

"These memories come from their dead companions."

"Yes, this is a creature that can transmit memories. After each Shennong insect dies, its memory will be uploaded to the shared memory network for all Shennong insects to know."

"When a Shennong insect that eats poisonous food dies, the memory of that food will be uploaded, and all Shennong insects will know that this food cannot be eaten."

"After a long period of accumulation, these Shennong insects know what to eat to kill them and what not to eat. They use the experience of their dead companions as a foundation to survive in the abyss tenaciously, even though they are so weak and fragile."

"Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, and every Shennong insect is Shennong."

"It's the same with humans. Every human can be Shennong. In the process of humans coming into contact with the abyss, they can use the experience of countless people to pave a path that leads directly to the bottom of the abyss."

"You should have seen what was written in that little notebook, right?"

“Group consciousness is real.”

(End of this chapter)