2056 Battle in the depths of consciousness
This time, Billy in the apocalyptic illusion and the one I knew in the past are very different in personality and ability, and I think the same must be true of the file. Since Billy's bullets can be fired into consciousness, it is only natural to imagine that the file can also obtain some mysterious power in his own consciousness world. As a half-consciousness walker, I am also well aware of the dangers that exist in my state of consciousness, not the dangers that people think they are, but the things that many people themselves cannot imagine or understand. The limits of human beings are manifested in the inability of human beings to unearth all their secrets through subjective consciousness, let alone the secrets born with the collective concept of "human beings" as the main body. Even people who are really good at consciousness walking cannot guarantee their safety in every consciousness walk.
I haven't been reviving this apocalyptic illusion for long, but I've heard and seen the skills of true consciousness walkers, and I'm somewhat aware of the mysteries they face. Ordinary mystical experts mostly experience the extremely dangerous mystery in the world of matter, while consciousness walkers are more in the world of consciousness to feel the secrets and horrors hidden in consciousness, even if the consciousness walker shows far more control than ordinary people's self-consciousness, it is still not enough to completely control all of their own consciousness, when they continue to penetrate into their own subconscious, the more they will be set off by those uncontrollable situations to set off their own powerlessness.
Consciousness walkers will instinctively pursue the secrets in the depths of consciousness, and constantly explore the mysteries in the abyss of consciousness based on their own personality consciousness, however, most consciousness walkers cannot really go down to the bottom of this abyss of consciousness, and in the process, they will be killed by many strange things that exist in consciousness that even they can't deal with, and even, they can't identify whether these weirdness comes from the unexplained parts of their own individual consciousness, or from the depths. Correlation and confusion of other consciousnesses that are only theoretically possible. However, as far as I know, once you really go through one level after another due to certain factors, and finally go down to the so-called "lowest level of individual consciousness", you will have the opportunity to go deep into the so-called "human collective subconscious".
Of course, the "collective human subconscious" recognized by the consciousness walkers in the apocalyptic fantasy is actually just the collective subconscious of patients with doomsday syndrome from the perspective of the reality of the hospital. Even so, because there is such a thing as LCL in the reality of the hospital, and the personality of the collapsed doomsday syndrome patient can be preserved and multiplied in the LCL, the "individual consciousness" that constitutes the doomsday illusion is actually more than the number of individuals of the doomsday syndrome patient in the hospital reality, and the extra part can only be considered to be multiplied in the LCL at present.
However, whether it is observed from the perspective of the apocalyptic illusion or from the perspective of the reality of the hospital, this "collective human subconscious" has some plausibility, which can make people believe that it is really the collection and source of the subconscious of most individuals. However, no matter from which angle we look at human beings, the limitations of human beings cannot make human beings recognize such a complex and vast existence. Therefore, whether in the apocalyptic fantasy or in the hospital reality, consciousness itself is mysterious, and the subconscious is even more mysterious, and the most mysterious nature is the collective human subconscious.
Conscious walkers who have broken through the deepest depths of individual consciousness and reached the collective subconscious of human beings are able to interfere with people's consciousness through the channel of the "collective subconscious". This kind of bottom-up interference from the source is also almost impossible for most people to detect and resist. Theoretically, the number of human beings who intervene through the collective subconscious of human beings can reach the level of "all human beings", but in reality, limited by the limitations of human beings, this kind of interference is more likely to be disturbed by various situations naturally generated in the bizarre collective subconscious, even if it only interferes with a designated target, it is something that only a skilled consciousness walker can do. It is precisely for this reason that the repeater, which can interfere with the collective human subconscious on a large scale, is regarded as a treasure, and is a condensed embodiment of the macroscopic existence of the human collective subconscious.
A strong consciousness walker with a repeater is ideal, but to achieve the best results, it is not just about keeping the mind walker in the repeater.
I don't know how the Consciousness Walker can achieve the ideal combination with the Repeater, but it is clear that the Doomsday Shinrikyo must have its own solution, and this solution is hidden in the Heavenly Gate Project, and I firmly believe that the party that has also mastered this method is not Netball, but Dorothy and the Color. I myself have no such method, nor can I understand it on my own, and I am not even a qualified consciousness walker myself. I know no more about the world of consciousness than the average consciousness walker, let alone the powerful people who really rely on their own abilities to reach the collective human subconscious.
However, although I am only a half-consciousness walker, and I do not even have the ability to walk consciously, the power of "Jiang" does allow me to reach the so-called human collective subconscious through a certain way and a certain channel, and to observe and recognize that place from a different perspective than other consciousness walkers, so as to mobilize the power of consciousness. The reason why I was able to avoid being weird enough to kill most consciousness walkers in the process was also due to the power of "Jiang".
In other words, despite my own lack of ability, as long as the "river" is still active, no, it should be said, as long as the "river" that I have observed and recognized is still active, I will be able to have super adaptability in most abnormal, mysterious, and dangerous environments. Whether these environments are conscious, material, or somewhere in between.
"Jiang" only takes shape in the apocalyptic illusion, and only then does it reflect its own existence in such a relatively clear way, and embodies a mystery that far surpasses most mysteries. And now I can say without hesitation that "Jiang" is one of my trump cards. It may be unacceptable for others with higher self-esteem, but for me, it is the truth, and it is something I desperately need and a condition that I must have in order for my plan to succeed.
If "Jiang" is weak, fragile, and even in the mystery, does not show overwhelmingness over most other mysteries, then, my plan, so to speak, will not succeed one hundred percent. However, since "Jiang" has displayed all kinds of unbelievable anomalies and powers in my past and present, these alone are enough to convince me that my plan has a better chance of success than Dorothy and the Color.
Perhaps it is irrational and even unreasonable for Dorothy and the Colors to pin their hopes on "Jiang", which is almost the same as "virus", but for me, it is normal and there is no choice. It's not just because I'm in love with "Jiang", it's not that I'm bewildered by its terrible weirdness, but also because if I don't have enough time, it's just monsters that can deal with monsters.
As I acted again and again, I was also evaluating the possibilities of the "river" again and again, trying to find the law that would make it stronger. Although the weirdness of "Jiang" is beyond imagination, I can't see through its limits, and I don't think I can really summarize its laws, but if everything I do will bring benefits to the growth of "Jiang", and if it needs it, then I just need to follow its guidance and do everything I can. Even if there will inevitably be some selfishness, thinking and exploration in this process, it is only a minutiae.
From the past to the present, from the battlefield of material to the battlefield of consciousness, whether as an orthodox occultist or as a consciousness walker who seems to be extremely close to the followers of Shinrikyo in the apocalypse, I have never stopped at the limitations of my own cognition and the horrors and strangeness that I cannot comprehend - this is the only thing that distinguishes me from my old friend of the file.
Perhaps the file's self-awareness of its own limits, as well as its awareness in the face of grotesque and mysteries, has the same strength of steel as mine, but self-awareness and consciousness alone cannot support actions and results. The file can only be volitional and will not stop moving forward, and I have the element of constant progress in the more real fact.
The file is never afraid to flinch, but her pace will eventually stop because of fatigue. I just walked forward in silence, maybe not as dazzling as hers, but I had a foundation that went further than hers. I don't know if this is true or not, but I know very well that I have to believe that this is the right thing to do. On the other hand, the only obstacle that will make me stop is unsure self-doubt, wavering thoughts, and some external factors that are also closely related to "Jiang".
I can imagine that a powerful and determined file will manage her own world of consciousness like an iron bucket, but she is not a consciousness walker, and even if she is a consciousness walker, she will feel that the original iron bucket-like strength gradually becomes fragile and full of vulnerabilities in the continuous downward depth of consciousness.
It is dangerous to enter the world of consciousness of others, and it is even more dangerous to enter the world of consciousness of a warrior like a file, however, I took the initiative to use her consciousness as a battlefield, although it was to avoid the effect of static superpowers, but naturally there were tactical strategies in it. If I am completely limited by half a bucket of water in the ability to walk in consciousness, and can only fight in the superficial consciousness of the self-personality of the filer himself, then I think I am 100% invincible. However, even though I am only half a bucket of water, I am guided by the power of the "river" and am able to bypass most of the obstacles and dangers that other consciousness walkers must face, and go straight to the depths of the conscious world.
Therefore, even in the world of the consciousness of the file, the battlefield is still determined by me.
The time is not in me, and there is no half, but I did get a good card of "geographical advantage". Even if there are all kinds of incredible anomalies in the depths of consciousness that even I can't understand, it is enough to erase the geographical advantage that the file would have occupied.
I walked into the darkness and had no idea how I got in. When I first acquired the ability to walk consciously, the experience of using this power was clearer than it is now, and it is enough to describe the feeling at that time with some descriptions, but the process that can be described in words is not more efficient or effective than the current walking of consciousness as if there is no process. In terms of the depth of consciousness walking alone, there is no comparison between the consciousness walking of the past and the consciousness walking of the present.
In fact, I don't care what characteristics my consciousness will embody when walking, because after all, this is the power of "Jiang", and whether these characteristics are prominent or not has nothing to do with me, but depends on "Jiang". On the contrary, being able to go deeper into consciousness, such a simple and clear result, is what I believe is the core and power of consciousness walking.
In this darkness, the file was in front of me at any time, she was naked, but she was ethereal, it was difficult to determine her position and state, and it was only felt that no attack could be effective against her in this dark world that seemed to have nothing. As soon as I felt this, I instantly understood that this was an extremely powerful defense, and I really couldn't hurt her in the face of this defense, on the contrary, if my mind still had the inertia of the material world, it would become a target for inertia to move.
For a strong man like a file, there is no difference between a target that moves by inertia and a target that is stationary.
Fortunately, I didn't walk on my own consciousness.
Before the file could attack, I began to fall to the bottom of the darkness in a state of abruptness and I couldn't feel anything. The figure of the file disappeared in a blink of an eye, but in the next blink of an eye, it reappeared in front of him. So, I continued to sink, and the file kept disappearing and appearing, and this frequency gradually slowed down as I continued to sink. She seemed overwhelmed, I thought, and when she reappeared, I stopped sinking and sped away to where she was.
The performance of the speed sweep superpower in this state of consciousness is not as obvious in the world of matter, although it is still extremely fast, but it cannot reach the speed of the material world that makes the movement of all things almost stop, and the file is in its own state of consciousness, the reaction is also very fast, even if my speed can be faster than the change of consciousness shown by people in the material world, and I can still find a reference in the world of consciousness, but the factors that determine relative speed in the world of consciousness are obviously more complex and changeable than in the world of matter. And the nature of referential objects and relativity has become incomparably stranger.
The deeper you are in the consciousness, the smaller the advantage of the speed sweep will be. Conversely, the stationary superpower of the file is similarly diminished.