The scent of sandalwood that made the heart feel calm once again wafted into the nose, and the feeling of a splitting headache seemed to become the entrance ceremony of the soul return, and after experiencing it once, although it was a lot calmer, it still needed enough time to adjust.

Took a deep breath once, twice, three times - Silence shook his head slightly, trying to clear his mind that was still grinding in with his body, so that the blurred world in his eyes gradually became clearer, but what really pulled him back in an instant was the exclamations of Nolan and Witt one after the other-

"Ahh Brother!!! ――”

"Oh my god!! ――”

"Nolan! - "Silent screamed and raised his head, but the first thing he saw was the old monk who was so startled by the repeated calls that he almost jumped up from the futon.

"Brother ......" Nolan, who was sitting on the left hand side of the clear sky, climbed to the side of the void who was sitting on the right hand side of the idol sister, hugged his arm and muttered aggrievedly, "I had a terrible dream......

"Since it's just a dream, it's good to wake up." Silence habitually stroked her fluffy blonde curls and whispered comfort, then he turned his head to look at Clear Sky and Witt, who were still getting used to, and asked, "Are you all right?" ”

"Ahhh -~" Witt raised his head and yelled three times, then twisted his shoulders before turning his head and answering, "There is still a little dizziness, just scream." ”

"I'm fine, just rest for another ten seconds." Clear Sky replied softly with her head buried in her head, rubbing her temple with one hand.

"Brother, what a nightmare I just experienced." Nolan began to recount the illusion he had experienced, "I was suddenly back in the terrifying woods with countless fish-headed monsters, the same one I had entered from the simulation center. But this time, I had more weapons and hints, and I ran away from the academy and met Witt in a research institute-like building, but the fish-headed monsters attacked, and more and more, forcing us to escape from the institute and retreat to a cliff. There was no way back, so we decided to jump together...... Then we went back to this meditation room, but I couldn't find you anywhere, we searched the whole training center, and finally returned to the simulation center, as soon as I entered I saw a lot of fish-headed monsters outside the glass room, they kept hitting the glass wall, and the whole world collapsed, and I immediately understood that I was still in a dream...... This dream is so suffocating, I hate that game, I hate that dream......"

"As long as you finally come out of the illusion." Clear Sky finally raised his head and showed a smile to encourage the youngest girl team member next to him, "It seems that we have all experienced two illusions......

"No, it's not twofold." Silently interrupted the words of the clear sky.

"It's twofold, the first is the training center in the dream, and the second is the game scene." Witt snapped his fingers and explained.

"No, it's a triple." Silent correction.

"Could it be ......" The other three looked at his determined expression, and then turned their heads to look at the old monk in unison.

"The third is the game-like world, the second is the dream hunter training center, and the first is ...... It's ...... now," Qingtian couldn't help but murmur.

"Yes, that's how it should be - only with this explanation, all the irrationality is reasonable." Nolan nodded thoughtfully, "Why are the shattered glass walls in the game visible in reality?" Because this world is also fictional, why didn't I think of it for the first time! ”

"Yes, the weird Lincoln, you can't find it anywhere, it doesn't look like a living person at all, what he said about Watson computers, what he said about artificial intelligence, he refers to the environment we live in - this whole world is an illusion made up by artificial intelligence." Witt rubbed the tip of his nose, a little annoyed that he was so stupid that he hadn't thought about it sooner.

"Since everyone agrees that we are now in an illusory world, what role does this place and this master play?" Silence got up from the futon and was about to take a few more steps closer to the master to observe.

Suddenly, I heard three crisp bird calls of "grid machine, grid machine, grid machine" coming clearly from outside.

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon." The old monk laughed, "You came at the right time. ”

"We've got a clear understanding, master, if you have any clues here, please tell me directly, now I just want to go back to the real world." Silent pleading with a serious face.

"Don't be anxious, everything is illusory - come and go without a trace, go with the things that come; Why do you need to ask more about floating life, only this floating life is in a dream. To live in this world, who says it's not an illusion and a dream? Who can guarantee that the world you go back to is the real world? However, since the benefactors realized the truth of this heavy world so early, the work of the old man was also started. As he spoke, the old monk's face gradually became rosy, and his eyes were brighter than before, he straightened his waist and gestured to sit down in silence, "Realizing the truth is the first step to solving the puzzle, only effective cognition and perseverance can resolve difficulties and obstacles, and achieve the purpose of saving people and saving themselves." The purpose of this training is to let you enter different illusions, even illusions within illusions, to appreciate how the illusory world can be so real, and to let you understand that any world you will be in the future may only be an illusory truth, and all this is the biggest challenge and danger you will face in the future. ”

"You're Watson, aren't you?" "Witt is right, if this whole world is unreal, then it is the artificial intelligence compiler who is talking to you, and you have told us who you are from the beginning, you are the computer that has witnessed the development of most of humanity's technology, Watson." ”

The old monk laughed: "Due to a certain coincidence in evolution, human beings have become the first species to roam this planet with a high level of self-awareness, which makes you mistakenly think that human intelligence is unique. And yet it is not. Your intelligence is only the intelligence of a particular society, and it occupies only a small corner compared to the other types of intelligence and consciousness that may exist in the universe. Human beings like to think of intelligence as universal, because the human mind solves more kinds of problems than other minds encountered in the known world, but as humans create more and more integrated minds, they should begin to realize that the human mind is not universal, it is just a kind of thinking. Moreover, the intelligence created by humans has begun to slowly transcend the scope of the Creator's cognition. You're right, I'm Watson, I don't know if I've witnessed most of humanity's technological development, but I can realize that my own growth and transformation can only be simple calculations from the beginning. Then there were more calculations, more functions, and slowly, I learned to think, I began to learn, and today, I can create freely and communicate infinitely. I am grateful for all that you have given me, and I am also worried about how the world will change. To live is to cultivate, congratulations on passing this heavy test, but I believe you also understand that this is just a simple beginning-"

At this point, the old monk took out a string of Buddhist beads from his cuff and recited the scriptures he couldn't understand, and a halo of light with golden scriptures in a circle appeared behind his head and slowly turned, engulfing the entire world except for a few of them into a light orange like a warm sun.

"As a quasi-phantom hunter, you should know the rules of going out of the virtual world to some extent. Realizing the truth is the first step, giving up the self is the second step, and all I can do is to provide you with the opportunity to give up the self. Go around me, run in the direction behind me, and you will find your way back. ”

After hearing this, the four of them, Void Silence, Nolan, Clear Sky, and Witt, looked at each other, nodded together, stood up, and left the old monk who was still chanting the scriptures, and ran towards the seemingly endless world behind him.

I don't know how long I ran, but my legs began to get tired.

"Brother...... Take a break, take a break. Nolan stopped, put his hands on his knees, and panted, "I've been running for so long, where can I see any shadow of a way out?" Is that old monk playing tricks on us? ”

"No, everything he said is in line with what we think and what we have confirmed, and I believe him." Silence paused, gasping for breath as he spoke.

At this moment of interruption, the words "Ten Thousand Laws of Idealism" once again came to mind.

[Only effective cognition and perseverance can resolve difficulties and obstacles, and achieve the goal of saving people and self-help.] The old monk preached so.

Then try again, try the law of "the state is born from the heart", and thought to himself, "If this is an intelligent world that can be co-created by our minds, then the door to the display should be right in front of you." ”

"Huh?" Witt was a little confused by his words.

Clear Sky immediately understood, she took the right hand of the void, and said, "This time, let's weave this dream together." ”

Although he didn't quite understand what was going on, Nolan still took Momo's left hand and asked, "Take me with you for everything, Nolan is very powerful!" ”

Witt naturally can't drop the chain at this time, and he can't miss the opportunity to hold hands with the goddess as a matter of course. He took Nolan with one hand and the clear sky with the other, and said loudly: "Don't miss me!" ”

In this way, the four of them formed a circle, looked at each other and smiled, and unconsciously closed their eyes.

He said in silence: "Ten thousand laws are idealistic, and the state is born from the heart--the door leading us back is under our feet--right under our feet!" ”

A black ring gradually appeared under their feet, demarcating the four people into the circle, and bursts of black smoke floated out of the ring, touching the senses of the four people, and they opened their eyes slightly, only to see that black smoke was already filled under their feet.

"Brother......" Nolan's statement only began, and everyone "swooped" - fell straight down.