It was the same as what Huangtianyu said. The whole process didn't last long. It seemed that in just one meal, Zhang Yan had an additional "cross-path" in his consciousness that had never existed before.
This "fork in the road" at the level of consciousness is completely different from Zhang Yan's accustomed self-awareness. If you step into it for a moment, you will have the illusion of being washed endlessly by huge waves in the boundless ocean. So that at first Zhang Yan simply couldn't.
If you are unable to adapt, you may even experience severe dizziness.
However, these feelings are not within the scope of the Huangtian Territory. When this "fork in the road" of consciousness appears, it means that the Huangtian Territory has successfully established a clue connection with Zhang Yan about the evolving creatures within the Huangtian Territory. It also means that the Huangtian Territory has successfully established a connection with Zhang Yan.
Yu has done what he should do, and the rest is up to Zhang Yan.
"Huh...this feeling is really indescribable."
Jiang Ziwen was still calling for his ghost cultivators to evacuate the central area of the ghost domain. It would still take some time to evacuate hundreds of miles away. During this period, Zhang Yan stood motionless on the middle tower, mostly thinking.
In my own consciousness, I tried repeatedly to see if I could formally connect myself with the evolutionary context of heaven and earth regarding living beings.
Mainly it is an adaptation process.
At first, Zhang Yan stepped into that fork in consciousness and couldn't even stay there for three breaths to fight. After several gritted teeth and attempts, the time he stayed there gradually became longer and longer.
Only when you stay in the new branch of consciousness for a long time can you truly experience it, instead of just feeling dizzy.
The reason why he felt dizzy was not that there was any real danger, but that the fork in his consciousness contained too much information, which was huge and unpredictable. The flow of information was far faster than Zhang Yan was used to, which led him to
I feel dizzy. Only after I slowly get used to the torrent of information can I see some of the features clearly.
Those are tiny "threads", each one "flowing", but originating from the same "origin point" at the same time, which is the "clue" about the evolution of living things that Huangtianyu originally told Zhang Yan.
Each "thread" looks small, but the information inside is more than you can imagine.
If you "pick up" a "silk thread" at random, it can contain every moment a creature has experienced from its birth to the present, as well as the final death result of the creature that remains in the second half.
In other words, this small "thread" is a real creature that exists in the wilderness. And you can see every bit of this creature in it, as well as the general direction of its final death.
Searching with his mind, as long as he adapts to the rapid flow of this information volume, he can easily find the context represented by the creature he is looking for from this ocean-like "thread".
But it can only be seen, but cannot be intervened or cut off. Only after the life of this creature ends and enters the gray part that is death, can Zhang Yan be able to influence the final direction of the "thread".
In the process of gradually adapting, Zhang Yan also understood why Huangtianyu said that he should do the rest by himself. With this "fork in the road" in his consciousness, the context and ending destination of all living beings were integrated with him in disguise.
.In this way, the biggest difficulty in setting up the underworld will be overcome.
How to refer to the underworld in the Age of Earth Legend to reset the new underworld in the Wild Sky Realm later is just a matter of details. It is all something that Zhang Yan can solve by thinking about it himself and learning from it.
However, out of curiosity, Zhang Yan focused his consciousness on one of the "threads", and this newly opened "fork road" in his consciousness once again allowed him to discover new mysteries.
There was a blur in front of the eyes, and the entire perception was turned upside down in a burst of dizziness. It was like a moment, after calming down, it was like falling into a scene similar to a fantasy. All perceptions, including emotions, were integrated into this "silk thread". It's just that
Unable to "move", unable to control the "body". Because this is not a real illusion or a real environment, but falling into a memory, or falling into a journey record of a real life. From the first perspective and
At the same time, you absorb all the emotions of this creature and experience the other person's life journey bit by bit.
Joy, anger, sorrow, life, old age, sickness and death... Zhang Yan was quickly intoxicated by the mixed emotions. It seemed that he was a living being, and what he experienced was not "fake", but really happened to him.
of general.
Even Zhang Yan couldn't tell whether it was true or false.
The first "thread" Zhang Yan experienced belonged to an ant. The short life span of three to five years made Zhang Yan feel a little thrilling. Even those simple emotions always made him feel a lot.
And when Zhang Yan came to his senses, the life he followed an ant lasted only a few breaths. It made him understand that the time in the "silk thread" cannot be judged by real time.
But this time, Zhang Yan had a new understanding of the word "small". And it was a direction that was completely impossible to understand before.
An ant can give Zhang Yan such feelings, but what about more complex creatures? What will it be like?
Zhang Yan did not keep his curiosity, but directly picked out a "silk thread" at random from the "fork in the road" in his consciousness, and then went in deeply.
This time it was a woman. In the first half of her life, this woman was wealthy and she was a very comfortable rich girl. But in the second half of her life, her family went through great changes and she ended up in poverty. She died of illness in a small, leaky shabby house.
This woman's lifespan was not long, just fifty-seven years. The first thirty years were considered prosperous and healthy, but the lake became more and more miserable as the years passed.
The emotions that an ant can express are very few and very simple. They are mainly restricted by instinct. Even if they die, they will not have any "sad" emotions. Because their instincts have already been extremely indifferent to life and death.
With the restraint of desertion, one can struggle to survive, but when death is inevitable, one will be extremely calm.
But people are different. Emotions that are so complex that even Zhang Yan, who is also from the human race, had never imagined them, clearly accompany this woman's life. Everything is detailed but quickly felt in Zhang Yan's consciousness. It is as if he is that woman.
, he also experienced such a life that he couldn’t tell whether it was good or bad.
"Huh..." Even though he became an immortal after three catastrophes, this short "life" of a cup of tea made Zhang Yan unable to calm down for a long time. For the first time, all kinds of negative thoughts welled up in his heart.
His emotions focused on unwillingness, regret, and sadness. He knew that this should not be his emotional reaction, but was influenced by the woman's life.
"Is this the "benefits" that Huangtianyu said it should have for me? I don't have to really experience it, but I can "really" experience what all living beings see, hear and feel... and it seems that I can gain some enlightenment through this?"