In wars between advanced civilizations, technology reigns supreme.
Once they have intelligence on the enemy's location, they can launch a surprise attack via teleportation without any declaration of war process.
The military departments of the Phase Creation Civilization continuously issued orders and carried out the highest-level war deployments.
But in reality, everyone knows very well... the reason they can still organize and deploy at this moment is because the Purity Faction's target this time is not them at all, but rather to capture the Atom Controller's reconnaissance aircraft!
"Why didn't the Atom Controller leave? With her ability to travel through dimensions... was it to save the leader?"
They looked at Wen Jing with tension and confusion. They could clearly see the 'body' slowly disintegrating, yet it hadn't moved an inch.
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How could I...?
The confusion surrounding authors and book reviews was finally dispelled by this soul-stirring pain.
A clear, intense, and bright idea, as vivid as the rising sun, leaped into Wen Jing's mind.
"How could you... base the matter of reviving the teacher on such a vague and uncertain possibility..."
The next moment, the Devouring Clone from the Ancient Wilderness Nature transformed back into its Wilderness Body and descended upon the area where the strong forces were suppressed, replacing the Reconnaissance Clone.
The strongest attack, created by the Changheng Purity Faction civilization at the cost of terrifying energy, was used by Wen Jing as an anchor point to maintain his 'consciousness'.
The Reconnaissance Clone, on the other hand, instantly entered the Ancient Wilderness and the 'home' world.
"Whoosh!"
Strangely, despite having tracked her down, she didn't appear in the room, but rather in front of the door in the corridor.
"Click..."
She unlocked the electronic lock and opened the door.
"..."
The furnishings remained unchanged, but the 'home' seen by the Reconnaissance Clone contained many, many more things than the Strongest Clone.
Threads, somewhere between illusion and reality, extended from the walls, the floor, the sneakers by the door, the half-clean clothes on the sofa, the computer on the desk, and other odds and ends... eventually coiling around the dark, alien insect curled up on its side on the bed.
Layers of ethereal threads piled up and bound together, forming an almost impenetrable substance that blurred even the shadows of insects within.
However, the Reconnaissance Clone still managed to see what was inside the cocoon.
At this moment, within the synchronized memory of consciousness, the Strongest Clone, 'studying at the desk,' is actually holding a glowing phone, intently watching the constantly updating information on it.
More and more threads kept growing out of the phone's seams and wrapping around her head.
She therefore held her phone extremely close, very close...
So close that its two compound eyes were completely distorted and deformed, with more than half of them squeezed into the phone screen.
Chapter 203
The world that Wen Jing perceived kept switching and flashing between two states.
In Multiple Consciousnesses, one side reflects the image of the Strongest Clone trapped in the phone, while the other side reflects the Strongest Clone's own perception of 'everything being normal'.
In the same location, in scenes with conflicting content, Wen Jing was simultaneously drawn into the Wen Jing's consciousness.
After evolving the characteristic of [ Multiple Consciousnesses ], the well-organized parallel consciousnesses exhibited a kind of 'true schizophrenia' for the first time.
At this moment, the most 'idle' consciousness, trapped within the Spacetime Amber, suddenly realized. "It was already established before that one of the rules of this world was to suppress the damage I caused to the level of an ordinary person."
"But what's actually suppressed to the level of an ordinary person... is also my mindset!"
This suppression was so subtle and pervasive that it went unnoticed unless Reconnaissance Clone entered the area.
Since they've already been 'smarted down,' how can they possibly recognize their own 'smartness downgrade'?
The reason we can see this now is because from the moment Wen Jing first split his consciousness, this 'multitasking' mindset has never caused any conflict or discomfort; on the contrary, it has had a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts.
The ability to naturally manage Multiple Consciousnesses is also part of evolution; otherwise, if multiple consciousnesses contradict each other, it wouldn't be evolution, but degeneration.
Only the Strongest Clone had entered this ruin in the past, so the problem had not yet surfaced.
However, now that the Reconnaissance Clone has also entered this world, both of their minds are suppressed to the state of ordinary people, making it difficult to perfectly control Multiple Consciousnesses.
Upon realizing this, both of their Clone in this world were startled.
While one may be aware of it, one cannot break free from this influence; it is the suppression of the world's rules.
The Reconnaissance Clone saw the Strongest Clone's head, which was almost burrowing into the phone, and subtly retreated, as if struggling.
But before this struggle could even extend a millimeter, it was entangled by more threads emerging from the phone.
From the perspective of the Strongest Clone, it was as if he was trapped in a lucid dream. He wanted to leave the desk, but no matter how he moved or turned his head, he couldn't move out.
At the same time, the phone next to the desk stopped being used for various social media apps and short videos, and suddenly switched to a green reading app.
The latest chapter has been updated from 196 a few minutes ago to 197, and a new 'Author's Note' message has appeared in a white box at the end of the chapter.
From the large amount of blurry mosaic above, only a few keywords can be gleaned:... to clarify... although... it's a cross-dimensional reference... but... the ultimate truth is not...
This was also the first time Wen Jing had seen the information left behind by the dream □□, or rather, the 'true author'.
"What is the ultimate truth?"
The Strongest Clone couldn't help but want to investigate.
"No, we can't think in that direction anymore!"
The Reconnaissance Clone tried to stop the idea.
She transformed into a small insect, avoiding the silken threads along the way, and approached the strange cocoon that contained her Strongest Clone.
Gravity Silk, Frost Vein Silk... all the new attack characteristics and combat skills I gained from devouring the Ancient Wilderness nature during this period passed through the silk cocoon without any hindrance.
These threads do not exist on the physical plane.
Even if the Reconnaissance Clone wanted to use an attack to 'wake up' the Strongest Clone inside, it wouldn't be able to.
This world limits the power of damage; Strongest Clone are suppressed to the level of an ordinary person, and the weakest Reconnaissance Clone can only inflict damage equivalent to that of a small insect.
As for the control properties gained from devouring relics, such as Banishment, Duel Invitation, and Intoxication, they are all ineffective here.
However, through the Mental Vision, the Reconnaissance Clone could see that the core of this ruin's world was indeed inside the phone, and indeed it was that 'information window'.
Everything is true.
Apart from the extra threads, everything the Strongest Clone saw upon entering this world was real.
But it was precisely because the core of the world was within reach, and could be devoured at any time, that Wen Jing was initially careless.
The Reconnaissance Clone paused briefly, then resolutely charged towards the phone.
Ultimately, the most direct way to break the deadlock is to devour the core of the world.
This action will inevitably 'touch' the silk cocoon that envelops the Strongest Clone.
The moment the silk cocoon was touched--
Chapters 197, 198, 199, 200... Book reviews that were even ahead of the progress on the phone flooded into the consciousness of the Reconnaissance Clone, exploding like a barrage of comments.
The Excellent Kidney Farm: It feels like this dungeon is designed to make the female protagonist believe that everything is fake, messing with her mentality.
Tiantian, Warrior of Love: I think there's something wrong with this. Anyway, the readers don't know either, so don't wait any longer.
Qianqiu: We're doomed. Mengkoukou set us up.
Fine Granulated Sugar: Hmm, is being caught up in the progress really a good thing? What if we get stuck in the story and can never get out?
Muzi Zimu:... However, I believe that when Emperor Wen saw our comments, or even before he saw them, he saw through Meng Koukou's sinister intentions. Alas, this was also designed by the author. Alas, it's all Meng Koukou's scheme, and we readers are also part of it. How hateful! I, who posted this comment, was also manipulated by Meng Koukou.
A Yin: Jing! Wake up! Don't get contaminated!
"So it was... information..."
Each thread represents a piece of information; the massive amount of information flowing from mobile phones weaves together a tangible... information cocoon.
These book reviews are so genuine that readers are even on Wen Jing's side, trying to 'wake her up'.
But precisely because of this, it once again confirms the existence of the author and the narrative layer.
Let alone the Strongest Clone inside the cocoon, even the Reconnaissance Clone was momentarily stunned at this moment.
It was this slight hesitation that gave the intangible, immeasurable threads of information a physical form, causing the originally advancing insect to halt in mid-air.
No physical attack can touch the information thread, let alone the weakest of all the Reconnaissance Clone Clone.
But soon, the insect continued forward.
Although slow, it is gradually breaking through barriers and getting closer to its goal.
That was the will of the Devouring Clone exerting its power.
"These threads of information, perhaps more accurately described as understanding viruses..."
They provided Wen Jing with a 'shortcut' to his most desired goal—reviving his teacher.
This shortcut, like a virus disguised as a substance useful to cells, successfully invaded and influenced the consciousness of the Strongest Clone.
Essentially, when Wen Jing devoted a significant amount of her cognitive focus to thinking about and verifying whether the author and book reviews actually existed, she fell into a trap.
The subsequent symptoms such as procrastination, anxiety, and low delayed gratification are just additional embellishments added to the trap.
The Strongest Clone, after being abducted, is still unknowingly deceiving itself, spreading this "cognitive virus" to other Clone.
Looking back now, it all happened very early, back when Wen Jing was waiting for the first book review.
From the perspective of maximizing efficiency, even if one is waiting to read book reviews, there's no need to leave the Strongest Clone here. The weakest Reconnaissance Clone can stay behind, while the Strongest Clone can clearly do much more.