Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 263 Inference
Before Zheng Zha could continue scratching his head and asking questions, Mu Xiang said, "So when consciousness is differentiated, different consciousnesses will naturally trigger different thought processes, at least this has been verified in my case. Of course, with my super brain, even without reaching the fourth level, my computing power is fully capable of handling such differentiation of consciousness and thought; it's just that the fourth-level gene lock has truly given me this characteristic."

Zheng Zha stared blankly at Mu Xiang, remained silent for a moment, and then asked earnestly, "And then?"

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "That's the key point... Thinking is a high-level cognitive activity that involves many aspects, such as consciousness and memory. The consciousness differentiation of the fourth-order gene lock is essentially to allow us to better control energy, control the physical body, control genes, and so on; and the many inconveniences after consciousness differentiation have actually been avoided."

Zheng Zha pondered for a moment, then touched the bridge of his nose: "You mean, without the fourth-order gene lock, even if consciousness can be differentiated, the mind will process information separately, including various memories? Wouldn't that just make things more complicated for the brain?"

After just a brief thought, Zheng Zha felt a headache coming on.

“That’s right, that’s why I said this is the key… For example, when you use one part of your consciousness to control your left hand and another part to control your right foot, wouldn’t all the sensory information about your left hand and right foot also be processed by the two separate minds?” Mu Xiang glanced at Zhang Jie in the air, then looked at Zheng Zha, “In this situation, if your left hand grabs an apple, will your right foot know? If you sprain your right ankle, will your left hand know?”

Zheng Zha shook his head: "Obviously not... because after consciousness, thought, and so on are differentiated, apart from you who coordinates the overall situation, the other consciousness and thought are more like parts belonging to your whole, and the parts should not interfere with each other. Even if you lose your right foot, it shouldn't affect the movement of your left hand—or rather, this is the power of the fourth-order gene lock's consciousness differentiation?"

Mu Xiang clapped his hands: "That's right, so let's continue our deduction... If my right foot is seriously injured, it will affect my combat. So, can I use the method of consciousness splitting to isolate my right foot? In fact, my right foot is controlled by a separate consciousness, forcibly participating in the combat of the entire body; but apart from this consciousness, the rest of the consciousness and thinking are completely unaware of the existence of the right foot!"

Zheng Zha lowered his head and pondered for a long time: "Judging from your description of the differentiation of consciousness, it is obviously possible to do this. Unless this consciousness, and the corresponding thinking, are fed back to the whole, for you, the right foot is no different from not existing."

Mu Xiang nodded: "That's right, that's exactly it. Similarly, memories are the same... All the information your right foot senses will be stored and remembered; if your right foot is isolated, then that memory will also cease to exist."

"Memory?" Zheng Zha was stunned for a moment, then suddenly pushed up the bridge of his nose. "You mean, the things you've forgotten... are also a result of differentiation?"

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "It's just speculation for now... For example, Zhang Jie's exchange, how could I use such information from unknown sources as an important part of my strategy? That's not my style at all."

"The explanation I can think of right now is that, for some reason, a part of my consciousness or thoughts has been isolated... Only when I think about related content can this part of my thoughts connect with the rest of my thoughts and form a whole; without considering this part of my thoughts, including now, my thoughts are not my complete thoughts!"

"That's why my questions about various memory gaps and thought avoidance are only problems in an incomplete state; when my part of thinking feeds back to the whole, the question is easily solved and no longer exists! So after solving this problem, I only need to put the question and the solution process into isolated thinking, and nothing happens." Mu Xiang shrugged. "If I hadn't tried consciousness differentiation, and if it weren't for your question, I still wouldn't have considered this issue."

"Because for me with a complete mind, this is not a problem at all... just a minor inconvenience that is not even a sacrifice, but a result of a certain purpose."

Zheng Zha paused for a moment, then spoke, "So what do you plan to do? Find out the truth and confirm this conjecture?" Mu Xiang shook his head: "No, at this point, it's pretty much certain for me. Apart from Zhang Jie, no one else should be able to influence my thinking like this; and Zhang Jie doesn't seem to have a reason to do so. So I suspect that I used something to achieve this, and I can even guess what I'm hiding... Everything, including Zhang Jie's information, is connected to something behind it all, something I definitely need to hide!"

“Well, if I were to do that, I definitely wouldn’t keep that thing for myself… The safest way is to give it to you, and then let you forget about it too.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “You’re my best accomplice.”

Zheng Zha scratched his head: "Although the logic seems to be correct... how can you guarantee that you're not just trying to explain it yourself and are just going around in circles to fob me off?"

Mu Xiang looked calmly at Zheng Zha: "If that were the case, I could just make up a simple lie to fool you, and you would never realize it."

“Is that right?!”

Zheng Zha recalled the conversation and casually asked, "Li'er, do you have this impression? It's like I helped Mu Xiang hide something, and then even I forgot about it... Maybe only you can remember it."

Lori buried her face in Zheng Zha's shoulder, lying lazily on the bed, but a slight stirring ran through her heart.

"No……"

Zheng Zha couldn't help but scratch his head, then hugged Loli even tighter: "Forget it, let him worry about this kind of thing... Well, he seems to have said directly that this is not a troublesome thing."

Lori bit Zheng Zha's shoulder, feigning anger, and said, "You bit too hard!"

"Okay, okay, I'll be gentle..." Zheng Zha surrendered, rolled over with Loli in his arms, and enjoyed this moment of leisure.

Only Lori chuckled inwardly: "This is what you two asked me to say... Don't blame me for fooling you if you realize it later."

Just thinking about Zheng Zha's sudden realization of the truth later, and how he would pretend to condemn him and then use it to make demands, made Loli blush. She then bit Zheng Zha's shoulder again, leaving Zheng Zha completely bewildered.

(End of this chapter)