When Duwa mentioned this to Qingmu, Qingmu didn't take it to heart, mainly because he didn't really value Situ at the time.
Although his ingenious mirror maze and the dream he created to help Du Juan restart the Zhulong Mountain Cave demonstrate an unbelievable level of Situ Mental Power and understanding of the spiritual world, what kind of person would play a mirror game with girls at a music academy?
How could World War II have been a dream? It must be Situ just making things up again!
But after Qingmu returned to Wuzhong, too many things happened that were related to this guy named Situ.
First, Mei Yiqiu received Situ's help in Copenhagen, and then Xia Xiaoxiao appeared. The discovery of toxoplasmosis and the Gray Brain Virus, Laboratory No. 19, and Internet Consciousness all seemed to be evidence that Situ had obtained in advance.
Aoki's intuition told Qingmu that this was no ordinary person. He re-examined the man and even considered going back to the villa to study the mirrors, but unfortunately, the mirrors had long been removed.
Qingmu guessed that Situ must have come to Wuzhong for some reason. Those mirrors might be some kind of experiment he was conducting, and what happened at the music academy later might not have been what he expected.
But Qingmu just couldn't understand the logic behind the claim that World War II was a dream. Why would Situ utter such nonsense, and why would even Duwa believe him?
Now, reminded by Su Huilan, Qingmu suddenly realized that there might be some intrinsic connection between the two. If the world is a dream, when did he slip into it? Could it have started from World War II?
Duwa also said that Situ was looking for relevant evidence, Qingmu really wanted to see what kind of evidence he could find in this kind of thing.
Petru, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed at Qingmu and Su Huilan as if they were monsters.
These two people must be Madman! Especially this woman.
Is the world a dream?
In Petru's opinion, this was the worst joke he had ever heard.
How incredibly bored must someone be to come up with such a joke?!
Although Petru hadn't read many books and didn't understand philosophy, he had been interested in the knowledge of dreams since childhood because of his lucid dreaming. Throughout history, countless philosophers have considered the idea that the world is a dream, but no one has ever grappled with this question. To think that way would only lead to the abyss of nihilism. The dream itself doesn't collapse, but a person's worldview and values will.
"If it's all a dream, what's the point of living! Look at me," Petru patted his muscular chest, the thick muscles thumping loudly, "Am I real or not? Look at the sea outside, the distant coastline, the white clouds in the sky, and the Sun hanging in the sky... You're telling me this is all a dream?"
He suddenly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at his own head. "If it's all a dream, can I just shoot myself now and wake up in another world? Then I can go to heaven!"
When the topic of going to heaven came up, Petru suddenly froze. He remembered the Pastor, Pastor said that people go to heaven after they die.
Seeing the somewhat agitated Petru, Su Huilan simply smiled slightly, her face remaining calm throughout.
Petru suddenly smelled a delicate fragrance, like orchids in a valley, which instantly soothed his mood and made all his troubles disappear.
Qingmu also caught a faint trace, almost imperceptible.
Petru down. "I'm sorry, ma'am, I was a little out of line just now. I just wanted to say that this is different from my dreaming experience. Although my Mental Power is far inferior to yours, I am still a lucid dreamer."
Su Huilan asked, "In what ways do you think they're different?"
Petru said, "You see, our dreams have boundaries; the entire dream space is supported by Mental Power. But the universe is so vast..."
"Yes, the universe is so vast, boundless. Who could support such a large space?" Su Huilan interjected. "But don't forget, our dreams don't actually have boundaries; boundaries are just a feeling. Think carefully about your dreams; do you have a clear boundary?"
Petru thought for a moment, then shook his head.
Su Huilan said, "The boundaries of dreams are blurred and expandable. The stronger one 'Mental Power, the larger the space and the farther the boundaries. Think about it carefully: isn't our starry sky, the universe as we know it, becoming larger and farther away according to some kind of rule as we explore it?"
"You mean..." Petru exclaimed in shock, "The universe is only getting bigger because humanity's Mental Power has increased? This is all just something people imagined?"
"No, not imagination, but creation!" Su Huilan emphasized.
Petru shook his head vigorously. "No, no, no, the universe is observed through telescopes; it's objectively real. Humans have existed for hundreds of thousands of years, so why did the universe only expand after we entered modern civilization?"
Su Huilan corrected, "It's not just getting bigger now, it's been constantly getting bigger. Think about the Earth's population! The more people there are, the stronger their Mental Power will be."
Qingmu, who had been listening the whole time, also felt this was too nihilistic and retorted, "If this is a dream, then where did the increased population come from? Did we create it too?"
Su Huilan glanced at him sideways with a puzzled look. "Of course, humans are created by humans."
"Uh..." Qingmu wanted to say that wasn't what he meant, but he swallowed the words back.
He felt the issue should be analyzed from the perspective of dream experience and Mental Power. Scientists can only analyze the world through abstract mathematical and philosophical theories, but they are different; they are Awakened with direct dream experiences. He said:
"The problem is, we are all lucid dreamers. If we were living in a dream, how could we not feel anything? And even for an ordinary person, the dream would immediately collapse once they realized they were dreaming. But we've been talking here for so long, and our spatial structure remains very stable; we haven't felt even the slightest fluctuation."
Su Huilan said, "The prerequisite for awakening is strong Mental Power. Although the Mental Power of ordinary people is insignificant in your eyes, if the whole world is dreaming the same dream, and the Mental Power of seven billion people is combined to create a world, do you think you can shake the stability of this space?"
Hearing this, Qingmu felt a chill run down his spine. Although Qingmu had had similar thoughts in the past, he had never thought about them deeply. Now that Su Huilan had said it, he felt a sense of dread upon closer examination.
The Mental Power of seven billion people is indeed unshakeable.
The old saying goes, "Three men can make a tiger." Sometimes it's not just a lie; when the brain believes something, it may very well become the truth.
Moreover, it's not just humans who possess consciousness and Mental Power; animals do too, as evidenced by the Boss Coal and Hanran. The dream that Kitano Masatake designed in the Zhulong Cave in Southern Yunnan was able to persist for decades thanks to the constant presence of animals flowing in and out of the underground river.
As for whether plants and microorganisms possess Mental Power, this has not yet been confirmed. Qingmu has never attempted to verify whether a tree exhibits spiritual fluctuations or dreams.
If we only include animals with neuronal structures, the number would far exceed seven billion. If such a massive Group Real-Scene Dream, it would be terrifying!