"This wasn't my doing. It already wanted to escape; it merely used my body to separate this part..."
Li Luo hesitated for a while before deciding to tell him everything she had encountered in the Fungal Network. She had taken Delta Three's key, so she had to give something in return.
Since he was Delta Three's colleague and had such a good attitude, Li Luo had no reason to hide anything.
After listening to Li Luo's account, Omega Zero nodded.
"So that's how it is. The Fungal Network actually has this kind of structure. It seems I've misunderstood them all along."
"It isn't that they can't find meaning in their existence. Rather, every individual has a reason for existing, and once they're all mixed together, everything becomes completely chaotic..."
"Some consciousnesses want to maintain their instincts, some want to evolve together, while the Underlying Consciousness wants freedom. These consciousnesses, each with different goals, restrain one another. In the end, the collective displays a state of aimlessness and muddled stupor. Even thoughts born from instinct are drowned by the Consciousness Torrent, making it impossible for them to maintain their nature."
"No wonder I could never tell what they wanted to do. No matter how I guided them, they showed no reaction at all. Only when their lives were threatened did the collective desire to survive make them show some improvement."
Omega Zero pondered for a moment, then muttered, "It seems they need even greater stimulation. What they have now is far from enough..."
After muttering that, Omega Zero actually turned to leave right away.
Li Luo hurriedly stopped him.
"What are you planning to do to them?"
"Continue stimulating them and make those consciousnesses unite. Otherwise, they'll remain muddled and confused... They have tremendous potential. If they fully unleash their evolutionary