Xingqun didn't believe that he was Zhou Bai at all.

Because the memories in his mind, his emotions, his attitude, and all his consciousness were telling him that he was a star...

And his reaction seemed to have been expected by the future demon.

Just listen to this loveless, absolutely rational high-ranking being say slowly: "Intelligent life cannot make rational judgments independent of its own memory."

"The fights between us are just proving this point countless times..."

At the same time, the face of the star cluster in the hands of the Future Demon showed a look of pain. As someone who followed the Future Demon and watched all this, he felt extremely desperate in his heart.

If everything in the mind can be woven, if all love and hatred can be false, if all the qualities of intelligent beings can be changed at will by the future demon, then what is the point of fighting all the way to this point?

In the final analysis...all resistance, submission, resentment, and gratitude are just things that the future demon can modify at will.

Even with all his persistence at the moment, his thoughts can be changed in an instant.

The future demon played with human consciousness and almost destroyed all his beliefs.

At the same time, Future Demon's palm gently touched the head of Xingqun's body and said softly: "Wisdom comes from memory, and all intelligent creatures can only make choices rooted in their own memory."

"For example, at this moment..."

As he spoke, the head touched by the Future Demon was filled with little stars. The memory of the bystander's Xingqun's body has been integrated into the sea of ​​consciousness of another Xingqun along with the bursts of starlight.

In an instant, the two perspectives were different and conflicted with each other, and memories that almost tore Xingqun's head burst out at the same time.

He clearly remembered all his memories from childhood to adulthood, from awakening humanity to resisting Zhou Bai, to breaking into this world.

He clearly remembered every action he took after entering this virtual world.

But another memory showed the completely opposite side.

He has the memory of his investigation after entering this world.

He also has the memory of being captured as soon as he entered the virtual world.

He remembered that he had seen countless experiments along the way.

I also remember that I watched another self watch countless experiments.

He remembered that he had launched an attack on Zhou Bai just a moment ago, to completely kill this evil god who was playing with his soul.

But he also remembered that the last moment he was clearly pressed on the head by the future demon...

The two memories told him two different realities and identities, and a fierce conflict broke out in his mind.

"I..." Xingqun held his head with a twisted face: "Who am I?!"

Future Demon looked at Zhou Bai who was standing aside and said calmly: "Do you want to continue? You have already lost."

Zhou Bai frowned and looked at Xingqun who was caught in a conflict. He seemed to be in some kind of deep thought.

Looking at this scene, the Future Demon slowly turned around, and his figure gradually disappeared into this space and time. Only his voice continued to float in the ears of everyone present.

"I know that you are still bound by emotions and inherent cognition, and you cannot make the right decision quickly."

"So I can wait, wait for you to change your mind, wait for you to make a rational choice..."

At this moment, the Future Demon is standing high in the sky, an unknown amount of time and space away, coldly overlooking the entire virtual world, and even all the starry skies covered by the quantum network.

He silently observed the movement of the galaxy, the birth and death of billions of creatures, the past and future of the virtual society...

At the same time, every reaction of Zhou Bai, Chu Qiguang, Xingqun and others after entering the virtual world was clearly reflected in his eyes, becoming important data for another experiment.

'It's only a matter of time before Zhou Bai and Chu Qiguang make the right decision...'

‘The next thing to deal with is Taichu Dao Palace…’

'Further accelerate the progress of the plan, before the great civilization notices...'

While Future Demon was thinking, his attention shifted more from Zhou Bai and Chu Qiguang to the layers of experiments in the virtual world.

He constantly observes and runs experiments on memory and consciousness, collecting data on the self-perception of one experimental subject after another in the process of memory changes.

Under the infusion of memory, even Zhou Bai's distracted consciousness can only change accordingly. The infinitely woven memory brings infinite consciousness, infinite possibilities and infinite possible futures.

But while collecting data on Zhou Bai's distraction, a trace of doubt suddenly emerged in Future Demon's heart.

'If even Zhou Bai's distraction will be instilled with memory, it will change the self-perception of consciousness, from Zhou Bai to Xingqun.'

'Then I...is it really me again?'

As this suspicion arose in my mind, various procedures started on their own.

Self-awareness testing begins...

Full memory retrieval begins...

The time-space interference physical examination begins...

One after another pre-set detections were activated, constantly eliminating the doubts in the future demon's mind.

The memory has no records that have been instilled, the virtual world has no records that have been tampered with, and there are no traces of extra-temporal interference in the material world... Everything seems to be fine, which means that he is who he is, and it is not a consciousness woven out of any memory infusion.

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But just when Future Demon thought everything was normal, an abnormal message appeared in front of him.

It was an abnormal record originating from the material world and from the Federation's ultimate computer.

Continuing to investigate along this abnormal record from the material world, Future Demon retrieved abnormal operations on virtual world data in the log records of the material world.

That is the process of instilling a large amount of future demon memories into his consciousness algorithm.

Records of the entire operation, past memories, data backups... everything has been destroyed in the quantum network.

But in the material world, in the void... all of this has finally left a record.

'Every time you walk, you leave traces.'

'In the quantum network, all traces are almost erased.'

'But in the material world, in the void, traces of the past are left behind after all... Unless time and space are reversed, history is history, and the past is the past.'

As Future Demon continues to look through his memories before he was instilled with memories, the layers of hidden seals are liberated from his consciousness algorithm.

A glimmer of understanding also arose in his mind.

"It turns out that I... am not a future demon."

"I'm Zhou Bai."

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In the virtual world.

Zhou Bai looked at Chu Qiguang who was standing aside, and suddenly said: "So that's it... the future demon has already left."

Chu Qiguang glanced at Zhou Bai doubtfully: "What?"

Along with the drastic changes in the light and shadow in front of him, the world seemed to be torn apart by a pair of invisible hands. Another Zhou Bai slowly walked out of the torn world and said loudly: "The future demon has left our line."

"Before leaving, he made a bet with us."

"If I can regain my identity after instilling his memory, we can naturally take over everything he left here."

"If I can't do it, then I will be a future demon."

"For absolutely rational reasons, the future demons of the two worlds will only merge and not fight. If I become the future demon, it will mean that the future demon controls both worlds at the same time."

Chu Qiguang was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He understood the next moment and stopped his operations. In fact, he was just collecting information about the virtual world from the material world.

At this moment, he looked at Zhou Bai and asked, "Did you start with matter?"

Zhou Bai nodded: "It seems that you have also thought of it. Memory is equal to consciousness... This is a principle that can only work in the spiritual world, the conscious world, or the virtual world in front of you."

"But in the material world, it's a different story."

"The change of memory cannot affect the change of material, the body of intelligent life, experience, achievements... As long as these traces of the past still exist, even if the memory is instilled, the past identity can still be retrieved, and it cannot truly become the memory.

people."

Speaking of this, Zhou Bai suddenly sighed: "But have we won? Logically speaking, he should not make such a mistake..."

Chu Qiguang said: "Why do you need to ask me more questions? He is your peer. You should understand that there is no winner or lose between us this time."

"Rather than saying it's a bet or a fight... it's better to say that the Future Demon is using our power and the environment of the Federation to further deepen his experiments. He is using the resources of this world to assist his development in that world."

"At the same time, out of absolutely rational considerations, he also needs us to solve the Taichu Dao Palace in this world while avoiding mutual consumption..."

"At this moment, I'm afraid he has already continued to perfect his plan in that world."

Hearing this, Zhou Bai pondered for a moment and then said: "If we want to continue to achieve perfection by weaving memories, the next step is probably to weave reality, right?"

"This virtual world is, after all, just an intermediate state in his plan leading to the perfect world."

"Although he retreated this time, I'm afraid the situation will be worse the next time we meet..."

Chu Qiguang smiled slightly: "That's not necessarily the case. If the Future Demon can really create a world that I think is perfect, then I can join him."

Zhou Bai turned his head and looked at Chu Qiguang in surprise: "What did you say?"

Chu Qiguang waved his hand: "Just kidding, don't be so nervous."
To be continued...