"Mother's will is closely tied to the life on this planet. Or perhaps Mother is a collective entity formed from the extension of all living beings' thoughts?"
Regu spoke of the theories proposed by Earth's scientists in the past. "No one knew for certain, but Mother truly existed. And this Cradle was not only Mother's cradle, but humanity's cradle as well. The first layer through the Seventh Layer were created based on the stages of human childhood growth—
"The first layer: blue skies, white clouds, endless grasslands. Lying there, one would have no worries, just like a newborn infant. There was no need to think too much; one only needed to grow slowly.
"The Second Layer was a mist-shrouded forest. It represented how, after children developed self-awareness, they would become curious and confused about the world. At that point, some children would grow frightened and stop moving forward. Their personalities would become ordinary, and they would settle for the status quo. Others, however, would want to explore what lay beyond the mist. Their minds would enter another stage of growth, setting them apart from everyone else.
"However, those children who stopped moving forward were not wrong, nor had they committed any sin. They were also an indispensable part of the whole of humanity."
Dugu Bo did not particularly agree with this.
However, Zhou Qing deeply agreed. Ordinary people merely needed time to grow, though the time they required might be a little longer.
Timidit was a living example.
Besides, no matter how ordinary someone was, as long as their thoughts did not stray too far from normal society, they would always reveal their own shining qualities in an ordinary life.
Just like the villagers of Holy Soul Village. Their personalities differed, but the simplicity in their bones could never be