Thought was the advanced stage of cognition. It explored and discovered the inner essential connections and laws of things. It was based on perception, yet also transcended its limits.
Humans considered themselves the foremost of all living things because they possessed the ability to think, allowing them to understand the world more effectively, learn, and create.
When Sean and Professor Charles entered David's mind, they underwent a long stretch of darkness and bizarre transformations before passing through that vast, complex labyrinth of thought.
Even as the holder of the Mind Stone and the world's most powerful telepath, the two still had to expend considerable effort before reaching the depths of his subconscious.
A stark white building stood alone in David's subconscious. Tall wire fences surrounded it, while fountains bubbled across the emerald lawn, giving it an air of tranquility and peace.
It was a psychiatric hospital.
Sean looked at Professor Charles. The latter's brows were tightly furrowed. With a wave of his hand, the wire fence tore open, and the bald old man was the first to walk inside.
Once inside the building, they found that the hospital projected from David's subconscious closely resembled the Ronald Reed Medical Center in the real world. The only difference was that everything here was snowy white, without any superfluous color, as though hazy, gentle light enveloped all things.
"We need to find David's core personality—the most fundamental version of him."
Professor Charles was highly experienced. He had once forged a mental prison to lock away Jean's negative personality.
David's situation was even more severe than Jean's. For some unknown reason, he had developed an unimaginable number of personalities.
If an ordinary person's inner world was a room containing their deepest secrets and memories, then David's mind was more like a hotel. His other