Chapter 211

Realizing that he could annihilate the person in front of him at any time, just like in the Mind Palace, Wen Jing raised his dark insect limb and touched the other's slender palm.

On the panel, the Skill Points immediately decreased by one.

The next moment, before her forelimbs had even moved away, a complex flow of information, which she could now 'see' through Information Perception, flowed back through the other person's palm.

It is neither language nor images, but the purest concept of information itself.

Wen Jing's Information Perception was overloaded at this moment.

She didn't understand everything; she only interpreted parts of it in a comprehensible way.

Everything that human civilization has experienced in its development—history, technology, art, philosophy, the experiences of every individual—has been reflected by Ancient Wilderness, extraordinary power, forming what she perceives as ' Ancient Wilderness civilization relics'.

All this information will eventually return to the Information Singularity of infinite depth.

The person before him, or rather, the birth of consciousness... originated from the first Ancient Wilderness blue flame relic that Wen Jing devoured.

At that time, she encountered a degenerate flame that could burn away Skill Points. She used all her remaining Skill Points to evolve her combat abilities, but to no avail.

Finally, by imitating the altar dance and approaching the blue flames, he entered the ' Mental Vision ' for the first time and saw the oracle bone script character for [fire], which reversed his inevitable death.

Wen Jing originally thought that, given that her Skill Points were reset to zero, the fact that she was able to activate her Mental Vision meant that she had evolved while still 'owing' Skill Points from her skill panel.

But now she knew that the Skill Points for 'Qian' did not come from the character panel, but from the Ancient Wilderness Ruins.

Or to put it another way, that evolution was her evolutionary ability domineeringly plundering a portion of the information from the Information Singularity that was originally only able to 'fall' downwards.

Later, every time Wen Jing devoured an Ancient Wilderness relic, he was essentially devouring Information Singularity.

She established a direct pathway with the Information Singularity. This pathway itself is also information, but it can neither fall into the singularity nor be Digestion; it simply floats on the side of her existence.

Only now that she has evolved Gestalt Consciousness and become the sole ' Ancient Wilderness civilization' as an individual can she truly see the other.

He had previously emerged from the Mind Palace on his own initiative, which meant he implicitly considered himself a member of the Insectoid Civilization. Therefore, he appeared when the consensus was being changed, attempting to join in.

The reason the other party appeared in human form in the Ancient Wilderness Era is because... only human information entered the Ancient Wilderness.

Therefore, he is also the only 'human' in the Ancient Wilderness.

After Digestion this information, Wen Jing's mind raced with thoughts as he looked at the silver-haired man again.

Why do you call me Lord?

To be precise, the other party's consciousness has two carriers.

One part consists of what Wen Jing had swallowed but not Digestion in the past; these can be understood as beings with special characteristics who have become sentient, making them half of his own. The other part consists of Information Singularity from the Ancient Wilderness, a collection of all civilization relics.

What exactly is his stance now?

As a result, faced with Wen Jing's probing, the other party immediately replied with another pointless remark, "Because you are the ruler."

"Is that so...?"

The part of the other person's thinking that belongs to her is transparent to her, but Wen Jing cannot guarantee that the part that does not belong to her may have other wills or hidden dangers.

Looking into those inorganic eyes, she asked again through the Mental Link:

How can I truly erase you from my life?

However, even when faced with this question, the silver-haired man answered without hesitation, "Digestion it, just like you Digestion the core of other civilizations."

At the same time, Wen Jing's forelimb, which was pressed against the other person's palm, simultaneously received a clear, information-level description.

The ' Digestion ' he referred to was her past practice of 'exploding' the traits she gained from devouring relics, such as [Howl of the Hunt], and converting them into Skill Points.

In other words, she had already unknowingly eaten the person in front of her, but it hadn't Digestion yet...

Wen Jing suddenly retracted its forelimbs.

"Ruins of civilization, abyss of information... From now on, you shall be called Xu Yuan."

"Yes."

Xu Yuan responded, still in his human-machine form, a tangible stream of information flashing in his eyes.

This is a newly added piece of information, unique to him.

At the same time, in Wen Jing's panel, the question mark in the [?? Devour] attribute, which she had always called ' Mental Vision ', disappeared and changed to [Xu Yuan ??? Devouring].

Chapter 211

Seeing the changes on the panel, Wen Jing temporarily abandoned the idea of erasing Xu Yuan.

Firstly, she has absolute control over his existence, and he has not shown any threat or negative influence at present.

Secondly, the [Xu Yuan ??? Devouring] ability is very useful. Devouring the core of a world containing the ruins of a civilization has always been her primary way of acquiring Skill Points.

This ability evolved by chance when Skill Points were insufficient; if it "explodes," it will evolve again.

Regardless of whether a new Xu Yuan will be created, it will likely consume even more of her Skill Points.

However, neither of these is actually the real key reason...

The real reason the Xu Yuan remained was because the Wen Jing people from cannibalism.

For her, the concept of "human" includes not only standard humans, but also individuals with advanced intelligence, such as the various aliens encountered after being exiled into the universe, and even the Light Language Civilization with Clustering consciousness.

Perhaps from the perspective of material composition, Xu Yuan is not human, but a consciousness born from the information of human civilization is human in her concept.

She hasn't found a way to separate the other party yet; she wants to completely obliterate the Xu Yuan, which means Digestion.

You should know that Wen Jing felt extremely uncomfortable when he realized that he had essentially 'eaten' a person; if Digestion, then he would have truly eaten it.

"Master, our principle of not eating people is actually too absolute."

The Analysis Personality suddenly spoke from within the Mind Palace.

"What's so absolute about that?" The other personalities all frowned.

The Analysis Personality, suppressing his discomfort, adjusted his glasses and said, "From a rational data and efficiency Analysis, our principle of not eating people is too 'absolute,' taking precedence over all other goals, even our own lives."

"How is this possible?"

The Analysis Personality asked, "Now imagine you're facing a situation where you'll die if you don't eat people, wouldn't you eat them?"

"..." All the personalities paused simultaneously.

The Analysis Personality continued, "Before liberating different modes of thinking, we wouldn't even want to think about this. Even now, Analysis this with purely rational thinking still makes me very uncomfortable."

"It's important to understand that, fundamentally, for human beings, principles and moral bottom lines can be flexibly lowered or even breached."

"Our refusal to eat people goes beyond principles and moral boundaries... it should more accurately be called a 'thought imprint'."

Faced with this, Wen Jing was speechless. If it weren't for this, in terms of efficiency, she would have already devoured the Imperial assassin and seized his special ability when they faced each other.

"Could this be a means for Xu Yuan to protect itself?"

She dismissed the question as soon as it arose.

From the very beginning of her journey into the Ancient Wilderness, Wen Jing focused on evolving her Digestion abilities. In the world of giant trees, she spontaneously ate insects, birds, and tree bark, as if it were an innate instinct. However, she never thought of eating an Awakened to plunder their abilities.

He never even entertained any joking or imaginative thoughts.

Wen Jing then looked at the current species displayed on the panel as ' Insect Race '.

The reason the Insect Race have become the standard villains in space-themed works is precisely because they consume matter, energy, humans, and everything else.

According to Insect Race standards, her current situation is as if she was born with a recipe that was never included in her diet.

However, Wen Jing quickly regained his composure and silently noted the matter down.

She glanced at the Xu Yuan, and with a thought, it transformed into a wisp of transparent flame and returned to her body, while the Skill Points that had been reduced on her panel were restored.

The only Skill Points that Xu Yuan consumed when explaining his existence to her using information was the actual skill point consumed.

Immediately afterward, the dark insect flashed and rushed into the location of the nearest powerful Wilderness Beast in the dark Deep Sea.

Wen Jing could command Xu Yuan to participate in the battle, but since the opponent has no physical form, she would need to create Clone by separating her attributes, which would obviously be redundant at the moment.

"Boom..."

Before long, huge waves surged on the sea, creating a terrifying tsunami.

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Above the starry palace of the Phase Creation Civilization, the light was soft and clear, and the leaders of the two civilizations gathered together.

The long-awaited leader first addressed Wen Jing, who sat at the highest position. "My lord, we have completed the task of clearing the battlefield as you assigned. The Boundary-Breaking Empire has surrendered and is willing to hand over information about their civilization, but they insist that it be presented directly to you."

Although the Boundary-Breaking Empire was defeated, it invoked Wen Jing's banner, Phase Creation Civilization naturally dared not overstep its bounds, since their technological strength was still a notch behind the enemy's.

Wen Jing, Clone his clone form, turned his gaze to the Imperial Head of State standing in the hall.

The other party swung its tentacles, performed a ritual quite similar to that of the Phase Creation Civilization, and then spat out the language of ink circles.

"The Great Atom Controller."

After a period of Digestion and discussion, the Boundary-Breaking Empire has accepted the fact of defeat and the new order. At this moment, the octopus-like head of the empire did not engage in any other meaningless flattery or probing, but instead brought unexpected news.

"We waged war not to conquer the Star Alliance, nor to capture your reconnaissance aircraft, nor out of greed. We are searching for a final path to survival for all civilizations in the observable universe."

"Oh?" Wen Jing responded indifferently.

Anyone can say nice things, but for the Boundary-Breaking Empire to say such things at a time like this, they must provide concrete evidence.