Shi Tie Zhu looked at Shi Tiexin as well. "Our souls are connected. I already know what you're thinking, but I still want to hear you say it yourself."
"Alright." Shi Tiexin spoke slowly. "I understand now. I, and the countless versions of me, are the same, yet different."
"We share the same nature, but we have different experiences."
"We share the same inclinations, but we make different choices."
"And I myself am both ordinary and special."
"Ordinary in the ordinariness shared by you and me."
"Special in the uniqueness that belongs to me alone."
"Among an unknown number of me across an unknown number of Worldlines, the Vision System happened to awaken in this Worldline, within this particular individual. I believe there is a reason for it, a meaning to it. Call me overestimating myself if you want, call me arrogant if you will, but compared to the other versions of me, I truly have to shoulder more."
"I must shoulder our past."
"I must shoulder our future."
"I must shoulder our hopes and longings, as well as every crossing and turn at life's crossroads."
"If we are seen as a special clan spanning Worldlines, then without question, I am the current clan head."
"I have the duty to bear infinite choices, infinite circumstances, infinite partings and reunions, joys and sorrows, and ways of life."
"This burden once made me lose my way. It once left me breathless, unable to cope."
"But now, I understand. I can handle it all."
"Because I am not alone."
"I have infinity to bear infinity."
"On this infinite road, I no longer need to fear loneliness or losing my way."
"Because—"
"I and 'I,'"
"Will walk together forever."
Shi Tie Zhu burst into hearty laughter. He laughed boldly, laughed freely, and felt joy