Where does personality exist?

You know, as long as the cerebral cord can be completely viable, people don't need any body at all. By simply applying an electrical current from the outside, you can keep dreaming and living in just the brain area.

However, if someone is really just a brain, then that person has to create a personality that is "only the brain". That is, we have to give up the greater self of the body and preserve the small self of the intellect.

Because although only the brain can live, one must have a body before one can have a true sense of self.

And after having a body, what is cultivated at the same time is the personality we have now.

However, the body, which is the root of intellect, is not intellectual.

Just as there is no way to say what colors themselves are, no matter which color they are, they are just a description in themselves, and there is no way to say that yellow is yellow and red is red......

Etcetera.

To get back to the point, the body itself is only a being, but it is undeniable that it does have a personality in itself, but it is unable to think about things, so it has neither intellect nor meaning.

However, there are exceptions to everything – Musiu himself, for example, is the best example of this.

When he entered the forbidden area of life to liberate the fourth layer, every cell in his body had a faint instinctive intention because of this. Although he has the ability to control at the cellular level, this "control" will meet with resistance until the cellular consciousness is fully integrated.

It's not something incomprehensible, for example, if the whole of his body is compared to an incomparably large super-empire, then the instinctive consciousness generated by countless cells is the will of the billions of people within the state.

But not every people's thoughts are completely consistent with the will of the state, after all, since the people have their own consciousness, they must have their own ideas, and they are not puppets who only promise and have no position.

When there is a conflict of interest between each other, they will more or less have a rebellious psychology and rebellious mood of opposition and confrontation.

If the problem is not resolved, the people will accumulate more and more resentment, and it will naturally begin to erupt.

And each time this outbreak is suppressed by the will of the state, it only exacerbates this not-so-beautiful process, and eventually rebels emerge intent on subverting the state......

From the perspective of the relationship between the subjective consciousness and the cellular instinct, this is the generation of the violent consciousness and the suppression of the subjective consciousness, and the suppression will explode to a certain extent, and even form the so-called inner demons.

In fact, it is the body that gives birth to its own personality and is no longer completely and unconditionally subject to any dictates of the subject's consciousness, as it was before.

Because when the body loses the control of reason, only the most primitive instincts remain.

- Named Survival.

However, the "two rituals" are not the same, she is the origin of the essence of the body that is awakened, and she is also endowed with intellectual ......

As a result, what was originally just a legendary ultimate concept became a physical existence, and things became terrifying.

The world prevents things that are destroyed for its own sake, so creatures close to the root are generally not able to have a body to be born, and this situation should not be possible.

But, again, there are always exceptions to everything. For example, a realm monster like Yakumo Purple is a good example.

So, it's a coincidence, it's not like a coincidence, the original source of no intellect itself is actually miraculously endowed with a personality that can act.

Although it is only associated with the root, she is part of the root itself, so it is also equal to the same existence. It's not so much that she is connected to the vortex of roots, but that she is a personality born after the roots flow out.

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"Funny, right? Actually, I was supposed to disappear as an immature fetus, and I ended up with such a thing as self. ”

The kimono girl smiled softly, but there was no smile in her eyes.

"I was supposed to be in that state and ignorant of the outside world, but they woke me up. Then, the outside world was pushed in front of my eyes...... It was too much trouble, so I decided to put everything on Shiki. ”

“…… Why? ”

Because there was no way to distance himself at all, Mu Xiu could only tilt his head to try to avoid the girl's touch, and tried to search the chaotic mind, trying to find the best choice to deal with the current situation from his past life experience.

If he could, he also wanted to express his opinions in a more direct way in a simple and neat way.

But at this moment, he had no way to launch an attack, to be exact, he couldn't even have the idea of launching an attack, as if a series of related concepts had been deleted from him.

"Isn't that a matter of course? Because what happens in the outside world is something that is boring at first sight. The kimono girl smiled.

"But you already have a ...... of yourself"

Mu Xiu didn't know why, he suddenly felt that she was very pitiful, and couldn't help but sigh and say, he vaguely understood something. However, in the meantime, he continued to try to retreat or move to both sides, trying to distance himself from the other side.

“……”

“……”

"yes...... But what's the point? It just makes me feel tired, and it's no different from dreaming. ”

Stopping his hand and standing less than a meter in front of Mu Xiu, the "Two Rituals" nodded slowly, as if he was telling a sad feeling that no one could understand-

"So, I don't look at anything, I don't think about anything, I have a dream that I don't even dream. It was painful, boring, and pointless, so I closed my eyes...... And yet it all went on, just like it had before. ”

Speaking of this, she turned slightly sideways and looked at the night in the distance: "What a boring reality, how boring - me." ”

“……”

“……”

"Then why did you come to me?" Mu Xiu seemed to remember something, and asked uncertainly.

"Because I realized your existence, I had different dreams than Shiki...... It's not the boring dream of the past. ”

As she spoke, the kimono girl turned her eyes and smiled softly.

It was as if she was contemptuous of herself, and she said it was stupid.

"Shiki" says she hates being alone, but there's nothing she can do...... It would be nice if I could fall asleep all the time. I don't even dream, I don't have to think about anything, I keep going like that. It is better not to perceive the end of the dream until a certain time, when the decay of the body is gone. ”

After a pause, she looked at the person in front of her again with that look of envy: "—but before that, I was awakened, endowed with intellect and personality. ”

"......" Mu Xiu can almost be sure that the other party doesn't seem to be here to embarrass him, but he definitely doesn't just come to tell himself.

"I'm certainly not here to embarrass you, just as I don't interfere with my actions and weaving choices, and the same is true for you." "Two rituals," said in harmony, "because this kind of thing is worthless to me. ”

She raised her hand again, wanting to touch Mu Xiu's face: "It's a bit of a pity, but time is running out, let me ask you a question, and that's why I'm here - tell me, what is your wish?" ”

“……”

“……”

This sudden turn of events made Mu Xiu speechless for a while, and while he tilted his head back and kept a distance, he wanted to see the other party's expression as clearly as possible, what was going on.

The pupils of the girl who stretched out her hand were transparent, and there was endless depth in them. However, it seems that the pupils that can see the depths of the human heart lack such a thing as humanity, and it seems that people are facing the real God.

She sighed and said, "Why be silent? I don't really mind who you are, even if it's another person with the origin of "nothingness" created by using the information of weaving, and now that you are just one of the two yi that make up my Tai Chi, my right belongs to you. ”

- She is indeed God.

"What do you want to get? Say what you want, I can do anything, no matter how appalling the wish, as long as you want it to be directly fulfilled. ”

Uncontrollably, Mu Xiu suddenly felt his heart pounding in his chest, and even his breath was subconsciously held.

Excited? Or is it something you are afraid of?

Because Mu Xiu has a feeling that what the girl said is true, she can really do anything, without any restrictions. In other words, it seems that I am now holding an unimaginably terrible wish in my hands, and the only ...... that can limit me

Maybe only your own imagination?

The strange look he had when he tilted his head in thought made her laugh.

But a minute, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour passed...... Maybe it's been a century, and Muxiu still hasn't made a decision. And it's not just that he's silent, but his eyes are getting clearer.

The girl stopped smiling, and looked away like a butterfly hiding from the sun, and lowered her fingers with a motion that was softer than the falling snow.

She gradually realized the difference between herself and him, with an impossible mixture of despair.

In the end, as if he was confirming something, Mu Xiu cautiously asked, "Well, if I make a wish, I want more wishes...... Will such a thing also be allowed? ”

"Yes, even so." She closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief, but for some reason it sounded very regretful, but it seemed to be reassuring and compassionate.

"Is that so...... Then I- don't want anything. Mu Xiu nodded, and then said his wish.

"Why? Don't you want anything? The kimono girl was silent, but not surprised, and asked softly after a moment, her voice ethereal and cold.

"No, there are too many things I want, but ...... I always feel that I shouldn't ask you for it in this way. Mu Xiu shook his head and said, after finally making a choice, he seemed to be relaxed.

It's not that there is no desire, it's not that you don't believe her.

"That's it, that's it...... Then it's time to say goodbye, and maybe there's a chance to say goodbye. ”

The Two Rituals looked away from him, staring blankly at the darkness and the end of the night in the distance, as if she were looking at something important that she could never see again.

Mu Xiu couldn't help biting his lip, for fear that he would blurt out a change of mind, so he finally just hesitated and said, "...... Should I be sorry? ”

He didn't understand why he apologized, but he always felt ...... I seem to have made a very cruel choice.

"It's none of your business, it's me who has the idea I shouldn't have." She whispered.

"After all, if you can do something for someone, you can relate to the outside world...... But what don't you want from me...... Sure enough, everything is so meaningless and futile that it's time to end. ”

Mu Xiu couldn't say anything, just stared at her side face.

The kimono girl raised her head and stared at the crystal falling from the sky, not speaking to anyone, and the words leaked out of her lips in a low voice.

"Live as a matter of course, die as a matter of course."

Ah, that's really-

"How lonely—"