Myriad Paths

Chapter 851 The Foundation of Existence

What happened, even if it is retraced, is true.

Suppose that the current Li Qi is retraced to the time when he was at the first level of the ninth rank, then, is his life all empty?

No.

All this is not false.

Therefore, everything that happened is real, just a ‘different reality’.

It is not true to say that it is ‘like a dream’. Dreams are false, but these are real.

Why do people say that ‘dreams’ are false?

Because dreams actually only have you.

Suppose, in a dream, you and a girl love each other, but does that girl really love you? Or is it just your fantasy? That girl is actually a part of you. In essence, you are talking to yourself, so it is false.

Even if you are a demon, you can make dreams come true, but in essence, that girl has no heart of her own.

Whether feelings are false or not, whether all this is real or not, it does not depend on whether the girl is ‘in a dream’ or ‘in reality’, but whether the girl also has the same heart for you.

That girl has her own will, and she loves you because of her own choice. So what if she is a ‘dream’? Will you explode if you fall in love with a dream creature?

If the girl will not respond to you, she is just a vegetable, so what if she is made of organic matter in reality? Does this relationship really exist?

The so-called reality and illusion, the dividing line is particularly blurred here with the powerful.

The reason why an illusion is an illusion is that the information in it comes from you, so it is a ‘dream’.

And even if it is an ‘illusion’, as long as it is an illusion created by others, it is also ‘real’, but it is not real, but the illusion itself is the ‘truth’.

Everything you experience is real, even if it is a dream, isn’t there a real ‘dream’? Those information are real, even if the source has been erased, but you really received those information.

When your heart comes into contact with those information, you should understand that there is absolutely no falsehood in all this.

Even if everything starts over, then what happened has also happened.

Even if you go back to the past, it is the same.

Li Qi really understood this.

At this time, Jing Wuzhen seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly said: "Although the road of this life is full of weeds from beginning to end, I am the only witness of my life... Is that right?"

Jing Wuzhen seemed to have always been alone, so he got this answer.

Li Qi said: "I have another opinion. Think about it. A person's life is a journey without direction. Finding the meaning of life is actually just empty talk. Many people have been looking for it alone for so long, but in the end they have nothing..."

"The meaning of our life, perhaps, has never been in ourselves."

"Really? Real, false... Well, it's really hard to understand, but I have a new look at you. Do you usually think about such difficult things?"

"No, the things I think about are relatively simple, all of these." Li Qi smiled and arranged a lot of formulas, calculations, and information.

"Uh... I hate this the most." Jing Wuzhen showed a disgusted expression.

These are still a bit too difficult for warriors.

However, this is the most basic in practice.

Yes, distinguishing between truth and falsehood is just a guideline. If you really want to put it into practice, you still need a lot of basic work.

The existence of gravity needs to be explained by "speculation" similar to universal gravitation, relativity, or string theory. But if you want to put these "speculations" into practice, make them into usable magic, magical powers, or advance further research, you need to use more boring tools.

Calculation, deduction, and magical power design are not as interesting as speculation. They are boring and monotonous, and they are extremely difficult. The engineering level and intellectual knowledge required are also very high. This is the stumbling block on the road of speculation.

Genius is made up of 1% inspiration and 99% sweat. Although the 1% inspiration is more important than the 99% sweat, sweat is also indispensable.

And this kind of sweat is essentially like this.

Even if it is a speculative conjecture, it is not a blind guess, but a mathematical or logical inference. Its essence is still rigorous, which is completely different from a blind guess.

This kind of speculation is more like evidence, not a blind guess. It must have very strict logical self-consistency, and it must be described in public language and withstand rigorous scrutiny.

In the face of strict logic, people have to be convinced.

This is the power of genius.

Because verification and deduction are hard work, boring, tedious, and indispensable, but after all, there is a way to study hard, and hard work can be achieved.

But inspiration can only rely on luck.

Geniuses progress quickly because they can make bold assumptions based on their intuition gained from their talents and experience.

Proposing a conjecture is completely a gap in the thinking circuit. This tendency to intuition is completely untraceable and requires keen intuition and a little bit of luck.

And proving a conjecture requires in-depth research and hard work.

Obviously, Jing Wuzhen likes the previous content, but doesn't like to do data hard work.

Although in Li Qi's opinion, she must have done a lot of hard work, because after all, she is a warrior, and hard work uses physical memory, while Li Qi uses his brain more.

Clap - Li Qi clapped his hands twice.

"Okay, the work of treating the symptoms of the Dream City has come to an end for the time being, and the rest is the execution level below." Li Qi said: "Then, I still need to wait for the magic to take the initiative, what about you?"

"Me? Then for me... I will find a few gloves and let them help me hunt down the remaining magic." Jing Wuzhen said.

"Well... that's right, it should be so, I will also find some people to help, and do it myself. As long as I suppress the power, although it will not attract the patrol angels, it is not too decent and it is easy to be hated." Li Qi nodded.

It should be so.

It just so happens that he does have some familiar sixth-grade, fifth-grade and so on, and ask them to come and help him clean up the magic in this Dream City.

As long as the fourth-grade demon king does not take action, then Li Qi can do whatever he wants to this Dream City.

To put it bluntly, the high-ranking demons simply don't care about the Dream City. The Demon's base camp is the Desire Realm, the Heaven of Transformation, not the Dream City.

As for what you said... Is it possible that the demons will come here for some reason...

I can only say haha.

The internal fighting of the Demons is serious. Speaking of internal strife, the True Dragons may be more united than the Demons. After all, the True Dragons also recognize the power of the group, and the "I" of the Demons make it difficult for them to work together.

Li Qi was able to force ten demon kings to join forces, which is already a very luxurious record.

However... Since those demon kings can't do anything for the time being, let's take this opportunity to reshape this Dream City.

After all... how to say it.

Everything that happened is real, there is no falsehood in this world, although everything can be repeated, but those information is true.

Li Qi's understanding of the world has deepened again.

At the beginning, he thought that this world was real, so he worked very hard.

Then, after having the reality, he felt that the world was empty, so his attitude became empty.

Now, he knows that even if the world itself can be changed, everything that has happened has happened, and it will not become false because of the change.

It's like falling in love with someone and then losing your memory.

Even if you don't remember the mood at that time, the feeling is real and true, and there is no falsehood. Even if no one remembers it, and you don't remember it yourself, it is real.

Jing Wuzhen is actually right. Although this answer is full of "independence", it is not wrong.

Although the road of a person's life is full of weeds from beginning to end, only oneself is the witness of his life. Even if he has never remembered it, only oneself has witnessed it.

However, Li Qi added some understanding to it.

It's not just witnessing by oneself... but witnessing with everyone.

When you are looking for the meaning of life, there may be many answers, such as dreams, paths, love, and family affection, but without exception, these answers... are not in oneself.

You can't simply find meaning from yourself. Think about it, a person has been in absolute nothingness since he was born and conscious. Can this person find the meaning of life?

There is absolute nothingness all around him, he can't feel anything, even if he is conscious, can he find the so-called "meaning"?

So, Li Qi feels... the meaning of life has never been in himself.

Li Qi once realized what "cause and effect" is.

All kinds of behaviors are causes, and they will definitely bear fruit in the future.

The big network of cause and effect is like countless crisscrossing strings, floating and gathering.

These strings sometimes intersect, and the intersections among them are manifested as all things in this world, and are "contacts" between people.

This intersection is called "karma". The fundamental doctrine of Buddhism is "causality", which means that everything in this world is born out of cause and effect. There is fate, so there are all the things you see, hear, and feel, and there are rules that can be observed, summarized, and thought about. This rule is called Dharma.

In this world, nothing is absolutely independent. Everything is necessarily related to other things on the invisible web of strings. Things are connected through various laws, and they are involved in each other once they move. For example, if you plant a tree this year, others can enjoy the shade next year. The bond of all these laws is cause and effect. There is a cause and there is a result, and the result becomes a new cause. The cause and effect flow endlessly.

All laws are born from causes and conditions, and all laws are destroyed by causes and conditions.

Between the origin and destruction of causes and conditions, there is this world of mortals, from ancient times to the present.

So, it can also be applied here.

The meaning of life is born in "fate", and "fate" must be intertwined with other "truths".

"Yes, cause and effect, cause and effect, Buddha has great wisdom." Li Qi sighed.

The more you contact the magic way, the more you can feel the restraint of Buddhism on the devil.

These are the many revelations that Li Qi brought after talking with the Heavenly Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord wanted to use his own existence and the nothingness of all things to prove the correctness of the magic path, so as to drag Li Qi into the water, but Li Qi, in turn, confirmed the existence of the external objective world through the sequence of time and his own cognition, and through the connection with the "cause and effect" of Buddhism.

Today, Li Qi is no longer confused by "nothingness". He firmly grasps the foundation of existence from this illusory reality that is like a dream and can be erased at any time by the powerful.

"The foundation of existence... Is this something more real than reality... Or is reality dependent on this foundation?" Li Qi thought unconsciously.

Perhaps... the deeper answer lies in it.

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Li Shiwei turned around and took a look at the flying boat of the Demon Prince.

Then, she saluted the Demon Prince and said, "Then... Uncle Mo, I'm leaving."

"Although you are not likable, you are still very polite. On this point, I don't hate you." The Demon Prince stood at the door of the flying boat and said so.

"Etiquette... well, my father taught me this since I was a child." Li Shiwei replied.

When she was a child, Li Shiwei was not a person who followed the rules, but in terms of etiquette and manners, she was indeed impeccable. From her straight back, capable and effective actions, and elegant posture, we can see that she is actually a well-educated girl.

Regardless of the path, at least in this regard, Li Qi taught her very well.

"Since you have made a choice, then go by yourself. I have to hurry up and can't let Li Qi go too fast." The Demon Prince said, and then closed the door of the flying boat.

The next moment, the flying boat disappeared.

Watching the Demon Prince leave without hesitation, Li Shiwei sighed.

She felt stuffy in her heart, but... neither happy nor lost, an indescribable feeling.

But she quickly put these feelings behind her.

Now, it's time to face the Demon Dao.

So, Li Shiwei turned around, looked at the Demon Lord next to her, and asked, "So, where are we going now?"

"The Star Gate is here, just follow me, we are going to... go back to the world." The Demon Lord said, "I won't force you, you can always regret it, but you have to know... after you set off, even I can't regret it, you can only regret it in your heart."

"No, I made the decision myself." Li Shiwei said, and then took a step forward.

She was very lucky.

Some people will be doomed if they take a wrong step -

And she is falling, falling.

But, she has room to fall.

There is still hope to return to the original starting point. She doesn't want her parents to shake their heads and sigh at me, nor does she want to see herself in front of the mirror decadent and desperate.

So, she must go. (End of this chapter)

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