To be honest, Li Xingkong only has a few ideas about how to bring the people of this world out of the dream.
The rules of this dream world are very similar to those of reality, and the people living in the dream are not much different from those living in reality.
Therefore, is it possible to consider their existence as a form of consciousness? Furthermore, could their existence also include a soul?
If there are souls, then everything is easy; a Soul-Guiding Banner is all it takes to bring everyone in the world into reality. But if there are no souls in the real sense, and they are still just branches of the goddess's slumbering soul, then things become more complicated.
It might be necessary to structure their existence entirely as an information state, then preserve this information, and then reverse it into life when returning to the real world.
But if that's the case, is the life resurrected in the real world still the same person?
Those lives that exist in dreams are merely living with a similar person in the outside world; they themselves have not escaped the dream.
This is like a copied file and the original file; they look exactly the same, but in reality, the copied file has no relation to the original file.
What Li Xingkong wanted was to rescue the people of this world, not to create a copy for them.
Instead of overthinking, why not just take action and give it a try?
Li Xingkong first raised his hand and released several pieces of material from his spatial storage, and then a Soul-Guiding Banner banner instantly took shape and landed in his hand.
Let's try this first.
He shook the banner in his hand, and a guiding light enveloped Ajieta. If her existence were some kind of spiritual entity or soul, she would not be able to resist the control of this Soul-Guiding Banner. But unfortunately, after the Soul-Guiding Banner was shaken for a while, she was completely unharmed.
It failed. It seems that her mode of existence is not the same as the soul state that Li Xingkong imagined.
That's true. If the creatures in dreams also have souls, then by having someone create a dream for him, wouldn't he be able to mass-produce souls?
This is obviously impossible.
If the Soul-Guiding Banner can affect her soul, then there's only one possibility: she is the goddess herself hidden in the dream.
"Relax, I'm here to check on you."
Since the first path is blocked, let's try the second one. Let's first try to record Ajieta's information state and see if we can take her out in this way.
Li Xingkong pushed him, and Ajieta, who was originally in human form, turned into a lump of dust.
In tachyon mode, Li Xingkong could quickly read all information related to her personally, but he didn't intend to replicate her; rather, he wanted to explore the differences between her and himself.
After all, this dream can't affect Li Xingkong. If Ajieta's form of existence becomes the same as Li Xingkong's, then wouldn't she also have the possibility of leaving?
It's worth a try.
Li Xingkong quickly recorded Ajieta's tachyon state. In this state, she was like a book, with no secrets left, and Li Xingkong could see through her at a glance.
Li Xingkong then compared the two information states and discovered the most crucial difference between them.
The difference lies in the most fundamental way the body is composed.
Li Xingkong comes from the real world, and his body is made up of real particles. Although Ajieta's structure looks similar, the difference becomes obvious when viewed in the information state.
Just like real people and characters in movies, the most basic substance that constitutes Ajieta depends on this dream world and has nothing to do with reality.
It's clearly impossible to take her directly out of this world.
Li Xingkong needed a new method, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it or describe it in detail.
"Hey, have you forgotten about my system?"
Just when Li Xingkong was at his wit's end, the system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.
"Wow, you've been so quiet for so long, I thought you'd been invited in for tea by some big shot again."
Li Xingkong was speechless. Was it that he didn't want to ask? It was just that this guy would disappear without a trace whenever it involved big shots.
"Just kidding, I'm a system! I have my pride too, okay? How could I... cough cough, anyway, no this time."
The system hesitated for less than half a second before immediately cutting off its words upon seeing Ajieta recover from the information state.
No way, what era's big shot is this? He's so weak.
As for whether he's a big shot or not, is there even a need to look? How many people with the same appearance will Li Xingkong encounter in his lifetime?
"So, when you popped up, you didn't even notice what problem I was facing..."
Li Xingkong was speechless; how could this guy be so silly?
"Ahem, it's just that I haven't given any guidance in a long time, and I'm getting the urge to guide them. I know what you want; you want to rescue them from their dream world, right?"
"That's right, but I've discovered that their connection to this world is too strong. With current methods, it's very difficult to rescue their original bodies."
"Yes, because you've encountered another problem beyond the scope of the curriculum. Scooping the Moon from the Water is something for those who have reached the Nascent Soul. The fact that you've encountered it is quite lucky, though it's hard to say what kind of luck it is."
The system chuckled a few times, it was hard to tell if it was mockery or something else.
" Nascent Soul?"
Li Xingkong heard the key words.
"Yes, or rather, the key to advancing to the Nascent Soul can be summed up in four words: ' Scooping the Moon from the Water.'"
The system remained calm and began to explain.
"After Golden Core Nine Revolutions, your energy utilization rate should theoretically reach 100%. At this point, the so-called matter-energy conversion will be effortless for you, and creating things from nothing will be a piece of cake. But this only applies to inanimate objects."
"Based on this power, a senior suddenly had a brilliant idea: at this point, cultivation has reached its peak, energy is inexhaustible, life is eternal, and the world can be overturned in an instant with a mere gesture. It seems that the end of the universe has been reached. However, the basic substances that constitute a cultivator's body are still limited by the universe itself, and the cultivator's words and actions are still influenced by the rules of the universe."
"For cultivators at this level, the entire universe has become a new set of shackles."
"This is precisely the final tribulation of the so-called Four Tribulations of Cultivation, the Cocoon-Breaking Tribulation."
"At this point, wanting to withdraw from the universe is like trying to leap out of the water to catch the moon's reflection; hence the saying 'Scooping the Moon from the Water.'"
"Only by successfully leaping out of the water can one truly break free from the constraints of the existing universe, thereby gaining access to the so-called multiverse and having the opportunity to travel to other universes."
"And the problem you're facing now is extremely similar to this 'Cocoon-Breaking Tribulation. They want to emerge from their dreams, and what they need is this kind of 'reaching for the moon' method."
"Hiss~~"
Li Xingkong vaguely sensed that the senior hadn't made a move in this round, but instead left it for him, probably because he wanted to give him some pointers.