Chapter 633: Reality and Voice

How many possibilities are there for the future?

Li Qi felt that there should be countless kinds.

Genuine ones, countless.

You drank a glass of water, but you didn’t drink that glass of water. You drank the water with your left hand, or you drank the water with your right hand. You used three fingers to hold the cup, or five fingers.

One thing has countless choices.

And every choice will lead to countless branches, and these branches will continue to branch out, and eventually become endless, forming a "web of possibilities" for the future.

Moreover, there are others of the same level in this web of possibilities.

There are enemies in the second level and there are enemies in the first level, so it is impossible to exhaust all possibilities.

Therefore, if there is no way to exhaust the situation, we can only ‘take one step at a time and see what happens’.

How to go?

That is, constant reset and constant review.

It was hard for Li Qi to imagine how far he should go to win in this situation?

He originally thought that 'God's Will' was already an invincible existence. After all, manipulating cause and effect and manipulating existence itself were already extremely powerful means.

But now, looking at it, what does the so-called ‘divine will’ mean in front of such an existence that can reset reality?

Everything you control and the future you carefully plan can be erased by the other party.

Li Qi didn't know, he couldn't imagine how this ability could break the situation.

No matter what you do, I can just reset it, so is that a win? And if both sides have this ability, what exactly is the competition? Is it wisdom? Or power?

Knowing the future does not mean changing the basis of the war. When both sides can continue to interfere and reset reality, it can only bring about one deadlock after another.

He couldn't guess how such a war would be won or lost. In the end, he could only sit down and said: "Okay... I will stay here for three hundred and fifty years."

Zhizhu said: "You can understand, that's good. As I just said, this is not punishment. Mistakes do not need punishment. Mistakes only need to be corrected. Only betrayal needs punishment."

"Besides, everything I said today is just a reminder for you. You can think about it carefully in the next three hundred and fifty years."

After saying this, Zhizhu's spirit disappeared here.

Obviously, the other party has many things to be busy with, so talking to Li Qi so much is already a favor.

After the other party left, Li Qi held his chest.

He has experienced many things in the future, but all of them have been lost.

The three hundred and fifty years he will experience in the future, together with many futures, are written off with a single stroke.

Has he really experienced those things?

So...hasn't he experienced those things?

Li Qi fell into deep thought.

His mind was completely immersed in the 'paradox of time and space'.

He suddenly remembered what the other party mentioned when he was talking to Luofu Empress.

"If the future can be changed by traveling to the past."

"Then it means that the current world must be the final ending that has been changed countless times. Of course, there may be new changes in the future, but the current one must be the final ending that has been changed." (See Chapter 34. Chapter Nineteen)

No wonder Empress Luofu had no feeling at all about changing the future.

Because she already knew it.

In other words, my existence at this moment is certain, and it is the final choice after countless changes.

Then...it seems that I can understand the victory that I and others achieved.

Li Qi couldn't understand how such a war could be fought, but at least he knew one thing...

That's the battlefield below, and it does work.

The role of myself and others is not to serve as a backdrop, but to help the second-grade people explore possibilities.

Countless people have used their ingenuity, their lives, and all their wisdom and inspiration as advanced intelligent creatures to help the second-grade people explore the possibilities of the future.

The choices made by everyone are likely to lead to an ending that even the second level has never thought of, and this ending will lead the future to a new direction.

This is the meaning of the existence of other people on the battlefield.

But...does it really make sense?

Do people like myself really have ‘reality’?

The so-called reality is just like the 'entity' in Li Qi's view, it has the power of self-sustainment, and existence is existence.

But now, am I...still an 'entity'?

Li Qi realized that everything about him could be modified at will by the powerful.

He once again deeply realized what Empress Luofu said to Shen Shuibi——

"The reason why the world is like this is because the true immortals want the world to be like this."

In other words, if the world was not like this, they would reach out... erase it all and start it all over again.

It's just like a player who keeps playing SL and loading files again until he reaches the perfect ending once.

If the second-level player is a player, then he... is an NPC that has no reality at all, and his existence... is completely dispensable.

For players, NPC has no reality. The existence of NPC only depends on a thought. The plot experienced by NPC, the time spent, all the memories, and even the existence itself can be overturned at any time and started over.

The so-called history, the so-called future... for the second grade, they are all 'now'.

Zhi Zhu told Li Qi the ending clearly and unmistakably, which made Li Qi feel an indescribable feeling.

How to say it...

Zhi Zhu told him that in the future, he would join forces with the demons because of the problem of his wife and daughter, causing one-seventh of the front to fall into destruction. In order to prevent this from happening, he needed to be confined here for 350 years.

Then, what was he?

Li Qi suddenly fell into self-doubt.

He could understand Zhi Zhu, but...understanding was understanding, he still had doubts about himself and even about this real world.

But it was just doubt, and his heart did not collapse.

Li Qi, who had seen the demons, already knew the methods of the powerful people, and now he just knew one more.

Even if the reality of the self did not exist, so what? Wouldn't it be dead?

Knowing that he was under the control of the powerful, so what?

People who could not escape even the will of heaven were also looking for their own lives? Why should Li Qi complain about himself?

However, just as he was sighing, there was a sudden noise at the door.

Li Qi looked up and looked into the distance.

He saw some people who seemed to be busy, as if something had happened, so someone came to deal with it.

Li Qi walked out, but he saw a fifth-grade person who was similar to himself being carried out.

Is he dead?

There was no external injury, but it could be clearly felt that the other party's inner world was completely collapsed, and there was violent energy everywhere. If it was in the outside world, it would probably have exploded, and the damage caused would be enough to destroy many worlds.

But in this weird cave, these violent energies could not stir up any waves at all, and could not even rush out of the body, so they could only be held inside.

The inner world became like this... It should be that the heart of Tao collapsed, unable to restrain the cultivation, causing the internal Dao to be scattered, and the inner world naturally collapsed.

The heart of Tao collapsed.

Li Qi could guess why.

This area was probably prepared for people like him.

No wonder that Zhi Zhu would praise himself.

It seems that there are only a few people who can stick to themselves in the face of the 'truth' and whose heart of Tao is not shaken.

After all... this 'truth' is a bit too shocking.

When you realize that you have no reality, your existence is just a delusion, and everything you have experienced can be tampered with at will, and has even been tampered with countless times, how many people can remain calm?

Li Qi looked around and found that in such a small house, there were many people who were calming down and persuading themselves to be fifth-grade.

These... are all people who need to be 'confined'.

They are all in the future, and have caused huge losses, so that Zhi Zhu has summoned these people to this place to try to change the future.

Li Qi is one of them.

This made Li Qi suddenly angry.

He and others should not be treated like this.

Even if Zhi Zhu said that this was not a punishment, but a decision made just for victory, it should not be like this.

Just telling the truth is cruel enough.

And...

Li Qi suddenly realized something.

He chose to join forces with the Demon Dao because of his wife and daughter, that is, Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei. Although they were rescued, it caused the Wu Dao's front line to lose one-seventh.

So, now I am under house arrest...

Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei are still outside! And they have been linked to the evil ways!

No way? Could it be that——

Li Qi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that because he was under house arrest here, he could not intervene in what happened outside, which eventually led to Li Shiwei and Shen Shuibi getting into trouble?

Thinking of this, he suddenly became anxious!

He was not interested in continuing to watch other people's affairs, but returned to his room.

He had to find a way to understand the outside world and let Shen Shuibi take Li Shiwei back, and he could not stay on the front line.

However, Zhi Zhu said that he could move freely in this cave, but he could only stay in this cave, could not contact the outside world, could not break through his cultivation, and could not leave text and image records.

Zhi Zhu did not allow him to contact the outside world, and he might have thought of this, and Li Qi... obviously had no way to force Zhi Zhu.

He had no right to make demands at all, and if the other party wanted to force him, he had no way.

A sense of restraint surged over Li Qi's body, as if an invisible mud covered him, making him unable to move or breathe.

This is imprisonment.

This is for the final victory, but not for Li Qi.

Li Qi stood up fiercely. No matter whether Zhi Zhu agreed or not, he had to spread the news to the outside world, no matter what!

He could accept being confined, and even do something as difficult as ascending to heaven. After all, this was something he had caused, and Wu Dao was his master, who had given him countless help, so he should repay him.

But at least he should be given a chance to send a message, so that Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei could withdraw.

Li Qi went immediately to find Zhi Zhu.

He came to the door, grabbed a fourth-grade being who was walking, and said to him: "Senior——"

But he never thought that the other party would answer with ease: "If you have any requirements and want to apply, the mailbox over there, just imprint your own breath on the envelope."

Li Qi turned his head and looked at the place where the other party pointed. There was indeed a mailbox hanging there.

After speaking, the other party floated away, as if there were still many things to do and no time to lead Li Qi.

However, it was enough. It was obvious that Li Qi was not the first person to make such a request. There should be quite a few people who came to this place to accept house arrest.

So, he immediately turned around, stretched out his hands, and some plants appeared in his hands.

These were the plants growing in his inner world.

He put the plants in his hands and kneaded them, almost immediately kneading the fibers in them, then introduced water vapor to make a ball of wood pulp, flattened it, controlled the fire and dried it with magic, and soon made a piece of paper.

He also ground the ore to make ink, used his fingers as a pen, and quickly wrote a letter.

Now he can create something out of nothing, and can rub almost all substances out of thin air.

After posting the envelope into the mailbox, he returned to the room and sat down again, waiting for news.

Originally, he thought that he was just a fifth-grade, and it was not impossible to wait for several months to deal with his own problems. Li Qi was ready to wait for half a year.

Compared with the future of more than 300 years, half a year is still tolerable, so Li Qi is ready to wait.

But what he didn't expect was that after only four hours, Zhizhu's spirit descended into his room again.

"About your application..." The spirit descended, speaking in the same calm tone as always.

"Huh?!" Li Qi stood up directly.

So fast?

"You applied to send a message to the outside world, but I'm sorry, this request cannot be approved." Zhizhu's spirit said so.

Li Qi felt like he was poured with a bucket of cold water, but he remained calm and asked, "Why?"

"When you entered here and were told about this, the causal line between you and the outside world was temporarily cut off. Before the time is up, if you rashly interfere with the outside world, it will have unpredictable consequences. To the outside world, you are now in a state of non-existence, which cannot be observed or traced. Your causality is now stabilized here." Zhizhu's spirit said so.

This answer was completely beyond Li Qi's expectations, but it was completely reasonable when he thought about it carefully.

Simple confinement has no effect. Wu Dao chose to directly seal the existence of these people.

"Then... you can conceal my existence, just transfer them away from the front line." Li Qi said.

"Okay, the transfer order will be issued in three hours, and they will be evacuated from the front line." Zhizhu Fenling said so.

"Thank you, senior. I didn't expect... you would be so easy to talk to." Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists to express his gratitude.

"You are all fighting for the ultimate goal of witchcraft. It is our incompetence to restrict you here. Of course, your needs must be met as soon as possible. As long as you do not violate the prohibition I mentioned earlier, you are free here, and I will leave first." After saying this, Zhizhu Fenling disappeared directly.

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good.

He sat on the chair.

But at this time, a voice suddenly came out of his heart.

"Are you really relieved?"