Chapter 17: The True Self
Luo Ling held her chin, looked at the chandelier on the table not far away, and said, "Do you really know what you are like?"
"How could you not know?" Xiao Chen asked incomprehensibly.
Luo Ling pointed to the family eating together at the next table, it was the parents eating with their son, the child looked fourteen or fifteen years old, and should be in junior high school. She said: "Everyone will always behave differently in different situations, such as the middle school student, maybe he may be cautious when facing the dean of students, trying to make himself like a good student, for fear that he will be criticized by the teacher if he makes any mistakes or omissions." In front of the girl he likes, he will be timid and shy, obviously he has a lot to say, but he can't say it when it comes to his mouth. When he goes out of school to participate in street fights, he may wish that he could be more vicious and arrogant and be able to scare off his opponents. And when he returns home, he may become more willful and unreasonable, because his parents are somewhat doting on him. As for now, his attention is focused on the food, enjoying the hot pot without distractions, perhaps the most relaxing and natural moment. ”
"That's normal, isn't it? It's the effect of the situation on people. Xiao Chen said.
"Which side do you think is the real him in so many scenes?"
Xiao Chen also glanced at the boy with pimples on his face, he saw that the boy was not polite when talking to his parents, he had a band-aid on his forehead, and there were two scars on the side of his chin, as if he was grabbed by his hands during a fight. Judging from these signs, maybe Luo Ling's guess is quite accurate. He touched his nose and said, "Maybe it's closest to his nature now, right?"
Luo Ling said: "When we cultivate spiritual magic, after penetrating into people's hearts, we are often surprised by the complexity of people's hearts. Do you remember the scene projected by Li Jia's heart? What a complex and chaotic world it was?
Do you think there is such a thing as a true nature? People often say that this person is not bad by nature, but he has done bad things in a moment of confusion. Or, if it weren't for the circumstances that forced the person, he wouldn't have done such a thing. I think all these good, all the evil, the humble, the proud, the brave, the cowardly, are all universal parts of the human character, but under different conditions, people have released them. ”
"Well, you have a point. Xiao Chen nodded and admitted, "But even so, what does this have to do with our fusion?"
Luo Ling said: "I think that you in this world and you in that world are just two states of the same person in different environments. It's just that the difference in this environment is relatively large, and the time between them is relatively long. But you, and me, neither of us have evolved with our selves in the other world to the point of being split into two people. Maybe after ten or twenty years of evolution according to different paths, we will really become two different people, and the fusion in that case can be painful and dangerous. But now, it's just a scene change. Like if you project a doppelganger, how can you say that he is not a part of you?"
"The doppelganger separated a part of my spirit to become his consciousness, and that was certainly a part of me. ”
"It's the same here. You can see each other as another higher-level doppelganger with a physical body. It's a wonderful feeling, it's like life has been expanded, the world has been expanded. Little by little, try to accept the other person's existence. ”
"It seems that your acceptance of your other self is really high. To be honest, I can't tell which you are now. Xiao Chen said with a sad face, "I don't understand a little. Why do we have to do this? Why do you think integration is a necessary path? Don't you want to keep your independence, you don't want to separate yourself from the world completely?"
Luo Ling put down her chopsticks, clasped her hands against her chin, thought about this question very seriously, and then said: "This is like a natural attraction, like two pools of water on the glass, if they touch each other, they will turn into a bigger pool." It's an instinct on our part, and when we come into the world, it's hard to stop the process.
Moreover, I have a feeling that after this kind of fusion, it will greatly promote our cultivation. It's like doing more with less. Even my spiritual power has been expanded by the fusion of the two wills. Generations of Saint-Rank masters on the continent have been exploring the secrets of transcending the Saint-Rank. And after I broke through the boundaries of the master in that world, I had a feeling that behind this fusion there was a possibility to go beyond the limits of power.
Finally, don't you miss the world, don't you miss the important people in this world, parents, friends, relatives? Or, aren't you curious about that world? Don't you want to know how so many secrets about God, about magic, about the nature of that world will be solved? Don't you want to know what kind of world these time-travelers will create in the end?"
This sentence poked Xiao Chen's weakness, he suddenly felt that no matter how many times he met his parents, it was not enough, not only did he want to be able to see them anytime and anywhere, he also had a strong desire to be able to take care of their old age. On the other hand, he couldn't give up on that huge, magical, beautiful and dangerous world, and his friends and partners in that world.
Both worlds are so important that it is as if he is on top of both worlds, observing and participating in the progress of both worlds at the same time. At this moment, he suddenly understood a trace of Luo Ling's insight, super saint, maybe it is to transcend the world itself, right?
Luo Ling saw that he was lost in thought, and said softly, "You will figure it out slowly." Maybe that's the difference between you and me. I haven't changed that much between the two worlds. And the two worlds of you do have a greater divergence. You need more time to solve your own problems. ”
Xiao Chen wiped his face and said, "This problem can be planned later, now I have encountered a real problem, I am imprisoned in the mage prison." I need to find a way to break through the restrictions imposed on me by the mage prison and connect with the clones outside. ”
Luo Ling laughed: "It's hard to say this question, it's not difficult to say it's not difficult." If you, like me, have crossed the threshold of the master and initially fused the will of the two worlds, even if it is only a short period of fusion, you will definitely be able to cross the world and connect with your own doppelganger during that time. After all, the essence of this fusion is beyond the world. ”