It’s the same as what Huangtianyu said. The whole process did not 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. As soon as you step into it, you will have the illusion of being washed by huge waves in the endless ocean. So much so that Zhang Yan couldn't adapt at all at first, and even suffered from severe dizziness.
But these feelings are not within the scope of the Wild Sky Realm. When this "fork in the road" of consciousness appears, it means that the Huangtian Territory has successfully established a connection with Zhang Yan about the evolving creatures within the Huangtian Territory. It also means that what the Wild Sky Territory should do is done, 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 immersed in his own consciousness, repeatedly trying to see if he could formally connect himself with the evolutionary context of life on earth.
Mainly a process of adaptation.
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 stay 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 Feel dizzy. After slowly adapting to the torrent of information, some aspects of it can be seen 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 creatures that Huangtianyu originally told Zhang Yan.
Each "silk thread" looks small, but the information inside is more than imagined.
If you "pick up" a "silk thread" at random, it can contain every moment a creature has experienced from its birth to the present. And the final death result of the remaining creature that was blurred out in the second half.
In other words, this tiny "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 I can only watch, but I can't intervene or cut off. Only after the life of this creature ends and enters the gray, that is, death part, can Zhang Yan be able to influence the final direction of rotation of this "thread".
In the process of gradually adapting, Zhang Yan also understood why Huang Tianyu said that he should do the rest. With this "fork in the road" in consciousness, the context and ending destination of all living beings are integrated with him in disguise. In this way, the biggest difficulty in setting up the underworld will be overcome.
How to later reset the new underworld in the Wild Sky Domain with reference to the underworld in the Earth Legend Age is just a matter of details. These are all things that Zhang Yan can solve through his own thinking and reference.
However, out of curiosity, Zhang Yan focused his consciousness on one of the "threads", and this newly opened "fork path" in his consciousness once again allowed him to discover new mysteries.
There was a blur in front of the eyes, and the whole perception was turned upside down in a burst of dizziness. It was like falling into a dreamland after a moment of concentration. All perceptions, including emotions, are integrated into this "thread". It's just that he can't "move" or control his "body". Because this is not a real fantasy or a real environment, but falling into a memory, or falling into a journey record of a real life. Experience the other person's life journey from a first-person perspective while absorbing all the emotions of this creature.
Joy, anger, sorrow, life, old age, illness and death... Zhang Yan was quickly intoxicated by the mixed flavors. It seems that I am a living being, and what I experience is not "fake", but what really happens to me.
Even Zhang Yan couldn't tell whether it was true or false.
The first "silk thread" Zhang Yan experienced belonged to an ant. Zhang Yan's life span of just three to five years is a bit thrilling. Even those simple emotions always made him feel deeply.
And when Zhang Yan came to his senses, his life following an ant would only last a few breaths. Let him understand that the time in "Silk Thread" cannot be judged by real time.
But this time, Zhang Yan had a new understanding of the word "insignificant". And it is a direction of understanding that was completely impossible in the past.
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's a woman. This woman was wealthy in the first half of her life and was a very comfortable rich lady. In the second half of his life, his family went through great changes and he ended up in poverty. He died of illness in a small, leaky hut.
This woman's lifespan was not long either, just fifty-seven years. The first thirty years were considered prosperous and healthy, but the lake became more and more desolate as time went on for more than twenty years.
The emotions an ant can express are few and far between. They are mainly bound by instinct. Even if they die, they will not have any "sad" emotions. Because their instincts have long been extremely indifferent to life and death, they can struggle to survive, but when death is inevitable, they will be extremely calm.
But people are different. Emotions that were so complex that Zhang Yan, who was also from the human race, had never imagined them, accompanied this woman's life clearly, meticulously, but quickly, in Zhang Yan's consciousness. It was as if he was that woman, and he had 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, a variety of negative emotions welled up in my heart. Focus 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?"
