Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens

#115 - Natural disaster! God-making! The existence of the Zerg queen! Chen Duo with collective consc

When the definition of a person, both physiologically and psychologically, differs greatly from the conventional meaning, then what exactly is Chen Duo, this special existence? It's hard to define easily.

Regarding Liao Zhong and Lao Meng's actions to lower their heads and say good things to Luo Fu.

Although Chen Duo was puzzled, she obediently remained silent and did not speak.

For Chen Duo now, what she desires in her heart is to be able to make decisions herself, rather than actually having to make decisions that others approve of.

Making a choice and the impact of that choice are two different concepts. Chen Duo doesn't really have a clear understanding of the latter. All she needs is the approval of others, or more precisely, Liao Zhong's approval.

Regarding Liao Zhong and Lao Meng's pleas, Luo Fu nodded and said, "No need to be like this. I am also very interested in the problem with Chen Duo."

The instant his words fell, Luo Fu's gaze fell directly on Chen Duo.

Ordinary Sharingan naturally don't have the ability to see through things, but Luo Fu has learned a lot about observation methods.

This situation is even a headache for Luo Fu. Chen Duo's self-awareness undoubtedly originated from this body. And this body has a number of Gu worms that make people's scalps tingle.

If these Gu worms are brutally eliminated, I'm afraid it's not even known whether Chen Duo as an individual exists.

A wonderful symbiosis allows Chen Duo and the Gu worms to reach a strange and beautiful balance.

Seeing Luo Fu staring at Chen Duo, but not saying a word.

Both Lao Meng and Liao Zhong held their breath nervously.

After a moment, when Luo Fu finally withdrew his gaze. Liao Zhong, who couldn't hold back the most, quickly asked, "Realist Luo Fu, how is it? I mean, is there any way for Chen Duo to recover? Even if she loses the ability of the Gu-body Saint Child, it doesn't matter."

"Are you sure?" Luo Fu glanced at Liao Zhong in surprise, and then said, "Chen Duo's current state is that she and the Gu worms have completely merged into one, and even the Gu worms themselves have merged with her consciousness. Simply splitting the Gu worms in her body and restoring the damaged body, I can easily do it, but these Gu worms already have a part of her consciousness residing in them, and cutting off these Gu worms will cause the most trouble to her consciousness."

Liao Zhong himself is a Heterogeneous with considerable strength, and Lao Meng is even more of a Beast Master, researching all the way to the level of microorganisms.

Of course, they both knew the importance of consciousness and body.

Whether it is a Heterogeneous or an ordinary person, in fact, they cannot escape the essence of life. Consciousness is the nature, and the body is the life.

Obviously, with Luo Fu's ability, he can restore Chen Duo's life, but Chen Duo's nature is a bit troublesome.

After pondering for a moment, Lao Meng said: "So, what you mean, Realist, is that Chen Duo... Chen Duo is no longer a person?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liao Zhong, who really regarded Chen Duo as a little padded jacket, immediately showed a dissatisfied look at Lao Meng's words.

"I..." Lao Meng hesitated for a moment, and said with a straight face: "Lao Liao, maybe you didn't really understand what the Realist meant. Chen Duo is now more like a combination of a collective consciousness and an individual human consciousness. She... although she appears to be human, with a human appearance, but after so many years of symbiosis with the Gu worms, her consciousness has penetrated into the Gu worms..."

"You're still talking nonsense." Liao Zhong interrupted Lao Meng angrily, and said, "Chen Duo is a child, she will definitely be able to recover."

He said so, but in fact, in Liao Zhong's heart, he still couldn't accept such a reality.

How could he not understand what Lao Meng and Luo Fu meant? But it was precisely because he understood what Chen Duo's situation meant that Liao Zhong became more and more unable to accept such a reality.

It's really that a pure and lovely girl, who should have had a life of her own, was destroyed from childhood by the damn Medicine Immortal Society, not only destroying her human nature, but even merging her consciousness with the Gu worms because of years of symbiosis with the Gu worms.

Regarding her own situation, Chen Duo may not have a more accurate understanding.

When she made up her mind to decide her future and went to find Mei Jin Feng, when facing Xia Liuqing's questioning, Chen Duo herself once said that she was not a Gu Master, she was Gu.

At least at this moment, Chen Duo's understanding of herself was correct.

But after all, people are people. The consciousness born from the human body, no matter how much the acquired experience changes, Chen Duo's nature always has a desire to be human.

When she took the initiative to choose death, the last experience of wanting to experience life, beautiful clothes, ice cream... this series of wishes undoubtedly proved that Chen Duo has always been wandering in the conflict between reality and self-awareness.

She is neither a human in the conventional sense, with both body and consciousness mixed between human and Gu, nor can she be regarded as a truly collective consciousness of Gu.

If it were the latter, then it would be impossible for Chen Duo to endure the pain of the arrival of the Gu worms all her life.

Seeing Liao Zhong so excited, Lao Meng sighed faintly after a moment of silence, and said, "Lao Liao, don't avoid it anymore, Chen Duo's situation, you and I both know very well. Now, I'm afraid only Realist Luo Fu has a way to save Chen Duo."

If you want to save Chen Duo, there are actually two directions, one is to let Chen Duo give up the identity of the Gu-body Saint Child and completely become a human being, but the difficulty is self-evident, how to recover the consciousness belonging to Chen Duo on the Gu worms, even Luo Fu does not have a better way.

And the latter, simply let Chen Duo completely change from a person to Gu, abandon human consciousness, human identity, and become the collective consciousness of Chen Duo.

But the latter's choice, not to mention Chen Duo herself, at least, no one wants such a terrible creature to be born.

Chen Duo's shell is both a hotbed and a cage for the countless Gu worms in her body.

When Chen Duo becomes a true collective consciousness and recognizes her identity as Gu. Then it will also be the time when the Gu worms break free from the cage and leave the swaddling clothes.

At that time, Chen Duo will become an existence similar to the Zerg Queen Mother.

Completely embracing the collective consciousness and becoming the Queen Mother of the Gu worms, then Chen Duo will become an existence that is extremely terrifying and even crowned with the title of natural disaster.

Zerg.

That's right.

The reason why Chen Duo is so valued by the company, although it is not without the reason that her own harm is indeed very great. But there is also a part, that is, Chen Duo has the potential to transform into a group consciousness.

Become the Queen Mother of thousands of Gu worms.

Na Du Tong has targeted so many special individuals. Among the dark forts, even dinosaur people and third-type contacts have not been put on a collar like Chen Duo, and their lives are always in the hands of others.

From the company's strength and position, Chen Duo can be so valued entirely because her potential is too terrifying.

That seemingly pure and cold girl's appearance, once broken through in Chen Duo's self-awareness, what terrible harm will the countless Gu worms in her body cause? Just thinking about it is enough to make people shudder.

That is, among the three major natural disasters, the Zerg invasion is juxtaposed with the intelligent machine crisis and the high-dimensional demons.

Gu-body Saint Child.

Taking Gu as the body, in essence, the Medicine Immortal Society is creating gods, creating a Gu-body Saint Child who is independent of people, neither immortal, nor Buddha, nor god, nor ghost, and can only be called Gu.

After truly understanding Chen Duo's situation, even Luo Fu had to admit that the guy who proposed the concept of Gu-body Saint Child was indeed a genius.

When the truth is not clear, the Medicine Immortal Society's practice of forcibly curbing the nature of forty-nine children may be scolded as being insane.

But Chen Duo's situation makes people understand that from the beginning, the Medicine Immortal Society may have been aiming at making the Gu-body Saint Child a collective consciousness.

Taking people as Gu, if the nature is not curbed, then once the human cognition is formed in Chen Duo's body, it will be extremely difficult to intertwine with the Gu worms, and the collective consciousness is even more impossible to talk about.

Only by suppressing the self-awareness and consciousness of the Gu-body Saint Child, and using an external force to overlap the individual consciousness in the bud with the Gu worms under pressure, this may be the real purpose of the Medicine Immortal Society.

The current Chen Duo is a huge trouble for anyone. At least in Luo Fu's view, Chen Duo's threat is much more terrible than any self-cultivation furnace or population red line.

Even if the population red line is broken, it would merely be a civil war between Outlanders and ordinary people. Ultimately, the root of the matter is that both sides are the same.

The only difference is that Outlanders also come from ordinary people.

But Chen Duo is completely different. She could become a hive mind of Gu worms, a Queen of the Zerg.

A hive mind of Gu worms that distinguishes itself from normal humans in its very cognition would cause unimaginable harm to the world.

Don't forget that Gu worms are completely different from normal insects. Gu worms can evolve in a directed manner. In terms of size, Gu worms are indeed inferior to the Zerg from swarm invasions, which are comparable to space battleships, but in terms of evolution speed, Gu worms are only slightly slower.

Unless Chen Duo's hive mind can be completely obliterated in an instant, the consequences of allowing the Gu worms in her body to spread and breaking the final breeding ground and cage are unimaginable.

Even Luo Fu doesn't want to see Chen Duo embark on the path of becoming a Zerg Queen with a hive mind.

Thoughts raced through his mind. After pondering for a moment, Luo Fu finally said helplessly, "I believe you are also aware of Chen Duo's situation. In the short term, I really don't have a good way to restore her."

Without considering Chen Duo's own perspective, directly obliterating her as a serious threat would undoubtedly be the best choice.

But wanting to cure Chen Duo while also preventing her from embarking on the path of a hive mind is a bit troublesome.

Just as Liao Zhong and Lao Meng were both showing despair, Luo Fu then said, "However, I do have a method that can allow Chen Duo to maintain her current state and prevent her from further deterioration."

Liao Zhong and Lao Meng's eyes both lit up.

But the next moment, Luo Fu continued, "However, this method depends on whether Chen Duo herself is willing."

"Willing, she will definitely be willing!" Liao Zhong said directly without thinking.

Luo Fu shook his head and said, "Lao Liao, I understand your concern for Chen Duo, but this is just your self-righteous concern. The choice ultimately depends on Chen Duo herself."

Liao Zhong looked at Chen Duo without hesitation and said, "Chen Duo, Real Person Luo Fu can help you, you must be willing, right?"

Amidst Liao Zhong's expectant gaze, Chen Duo shook her head and said, "Sorry, Uncle Liao, I am unwilling."

Struck as if by lightning, Liao Zhong widened his eyes and said in astonishment, "You… what did you say?"

"I am unwilling, Uncle Liao, I don't want to choose this path."

Chen Duo's expression was indifferent. The words she spoke at this moment seemed to have nothing to do with herself.

The current Liao Zhong is not the same as the one who personally experienced Chen Duo's suffering after being implanted with her Gu poison.

Without personally experiencing it, one would not understand her choice.

After all, true empathy never exists in this world.

While Liao Zhong's mind was blank, completely unable to believe what he had heard, Chen Duo continued in a calm tone, "Uncle Liao, I am very grateful to you. I know you care about me, but I really don't want to choose this path."

His eyes instantly welled up with tears, and Liao Zhong said in a trembling voice, "Chen Duo, do you know what you're saying?"

Nodding, Chen Duo said, "I know."

"But… but you will die!"

Chen Duo's expression was calm. When talking about life and death, not only was there no fear, but it was even filled with an incomprehensible indifference. "I know!"

Faintly understanding the reason for Chen Duo's resolute attitude at this moment.

Luo Fu pondered slightly and said, "Chen Duo, since you understand Liao Zhong's concern for you, then I think you shouldn't mind giving Liao Zhong a chance for peace of mind, and also give yourself a chance to live."

Blinking, Chen Duo looked at Luo Fu without saying a word.

Luo Fu continued, "My method can only curb your current situation, but it can give you more time. I think you should also feel that you are about to be unable to suppress the Gu poison in your body. If this continues, either you will completely become a monster that even you cannot accept, or… you can only choose self-destruction."

Staring at Luo Fu, Chen Duo thought for a moment before saying, "Can I really have such a chance?"

"That depends on your own choice," Luo Fu said in a deep voice.

"My own choice?" Chen Duo's eyes lit up immediately.

It must be admitted that Chen Duo's resistance to Luo Fu's words was completely zero.

However, just as Chen Duo was about to make a decision, Liao Zhong seemed to feel something and reminded her, "Chen Duo, live on. As long as you live on, there is still hope!"

At this time, Liao Zhong seemed to have a flash of insight and somewhat understood Chen Duo's feelings, and his tone became unprecedentedly gentle.

"I know you want to make your own decisions, but Uncle Liao wants to tell you that in this world, many decisions cannot be made arbitrarily. Uncle Liao only hopes that you will not let yourself regret it, and don't let the people who care about you regret it!"

Thoughtfully, Chen Duo nodded and looked at Luo Fu.

"I… I don't want to disappoint Uncle Liao. I want to try."

"Good," Luo Fu agreed readily.

Casually, under the gaze of everyone, Luo Fu reached out and grabbed. A long sword that had just saved countless ordinary people in Biyou Village instantly fell into his hands.

In the surprised eyes of Liao Zhong, Lao Meng, and others, Luo Fu actually stabbed Chen Duo with the sword.

Puff.

The sharp long sword pierced through Chen Duo's body in an instant.

But it didn't pierce out from her back. Instead, it seemed to enter another space through Chen Duo's body.

When the hilt of the sword also entered Chen Duo's body, a faint blush appeared on Chen Duo's cold face.

"I will leave this sword in your body. As long as this sword is here, all your injuries will be restored in an instant. But the internal organs that were previously gnawed by the Gu worms can only maintain their current state," Luo Fu said, sighing.

To some extent, Chen Duo's internal organs were indeed irreparable.

The premise of recovery is that there must be a normal template to restore the changed internal organs to a normal state.

But ever since she was a child, Chen Duo's internal organs had been used as breeding grounds by countless Gu worms. It can be said that she had never been normal since she was a child, and had always grown up in a distorted state.

Luo Fu's Zanpakuto, after its Shikai, can indeed restore physical and mental injuries like Tenseiga, but it can only restore, and it is impossible to redefine a healthy state.

Chen Duo suffers because she has never been normal since she was a child. The Zanpakuto can only maintain her in her current state and keep it that way. It is impossible to create something out of nothing and transition Chen Duo to a so-called healthy state.

At this moment, in Chen Duo's perception, although her body is still being constantly gnawed by the Gu worms in her body, the sword is constantly infusing her with a gentle aura, allowing her injuries to recover quickly.

It should be known that before this, Chen Duo could only rely on her own will to forcibly curb the development of the Gu worms. On the one hand, the Gu worms, with their own consciousness and wanting to survive, needed to gnaw at Chen Duo's internal organs to continue. On the other hand, the instinct of a normal body required Chen Duo to curb the survival of the Gu worms. Under the premise of the conflict between the two, the torment Chen Duo suffered can be imagined.

More importantly, in this torment, Chen Duo could hardly see the future. All the power systems in the Outlander world are based on innate Qi.

Chen Duo's Qi, because of the conflict between the Gu worms and herself, has almost always been maintained in a fragile state of balance.

This is also why her face looks somewhat abnormally pale.

And in the end, when Chen Duo releases her suppression of her own Gu worms and Gu poison, she will instantly turn into a bloody corpse, and even the bloody corpse will turn into pus and blood.

That is the most thorough self-destruction, from the human shell to the Gu worm hive mind, and then to the derivative Gu poison, the three are completely destroyed.

What maintains the balance between these three is Chen Duo's abnormal self-awareness.

Now that there is an extra Zanpakuto, which can allow her body to constantly recover after being gnawed by the Gu worms, this is equivalent to Chen Duo's consciousness having an extra helper in her body.

She no longer needs to maintain this fragile balance. She only needs to curb the large-scale reproduction of the Gu worms and prevent the Gu poison from spreading from herself.

Feeling the ease within herself at this moment, Chen Duo couldn't help but nod to Luo Fu and said gratefully, "Thank you, I feel much better now. I believe you now!"

Regarding solving Chen Duo's troubles, Luo Fu doesn't have any better way now. He can only pin his hopes on the next time he enters and shares the space, and discuss it with other versions of himself. Maybe some version of himself can directly provide a solution to Chen Duo's problem.

On the Bi You Village side, the arrival of Luo Fu caused the Wang family to brazenly defy the world.

The company could only hurriedly launch an operation, on one hand, fully sealing off everything belonging to the Wang family, dispatching experts, and arresting all members of the Wang family; on the other hand, they also began taking action against Bi You Village.

However, due to the Wang family's interference, the mission objectives of Liao Zhong and the others also changed accordingly.

Putting aside everything else, at the very least, Liao Zhong's side became much more relaxed. They only needed to wait for the company's personnel to arrive and bring everyone within Bi You Village, including Ma Xianhong, back with them. Of course, the company's nominal focus this time was still on the Wang family and these armed personnel from abroad.

It could only be said that because of Luo Fu's appearance, the Wang family created a huge incident, instantly overshadowing Bi You Village.

However, before waiting for the personnel dispatched by the company to arrive, Liao Zhong and the others still needed to capture the people of the New Intercept Sect.

After all, even if Bi You Village's strength couldn't compare to the deep foundations of those millennial families and prestigious sects, its overt combat power was in no way inferior to those major forces.

Putting aside everything else, just Ma Xianhong, the village chief, had completely elevated the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements to another terrifying level.

Even in the midst of battle, he could instantly refine the clothes and accessories on his opponent's body into magical artifacts that he could control.

Just imagine how terrifying and unexpected it would be if your own clothes suddenly became tools controlled by your opponent during a fight.

It must be admitted that as a state-owned enterprise in name only, the organizational and operational capabilities of Na Du Tong Company were still quite considerable.

At the very least, after Liao Zhong and the others reported the situation, it only took a short two days for the company to arrange for personnel to appear outside Bi You Village.

They were ready to take down Bi You Village completely in one fell swoop.

When Liao Zhong learned that the company's personnel had already arrived outside Bi You Village, he went to Chen Duo's room as soon as possible.

As the village chief, Ma Xianhong was quite enthusiastic about Luo Fu and the others. At the very least, he arranged rooms for each of them.

And Liao Zhong and the others' rooms were actually right next to Chen Duo's.

"Chen Duo."

As soon as he entered Chen Duo's room, Liao Zhong immediately revealed a relaxed smile.

In the past two days, because of the addition of Luo Fu's Zanpakuto in her body, even Liao Zhong could feel that Chen Duo's complexion was very different from her previous cold state.

Putting aside everything else, just the rosy complexion was enough to make people feel that Chen Duo truly had the vitality of her current age, rather than the previous state of being aloof and isolated from the entire world.

The previous Chen Duo was clearly a beautiful little girl who was very pitiful, but she was more like a non-human figure like a wax figure.

But now, she truly possessed vitality.

"Uncle Liao."

Chen Duo looked at Liao Zhong in confusion.

Liao Zhong came here this time with a lot of guilt in his heart, because his purpose was to prevent Chen Duo from standing on the side of Bi You Village.

Liao Zhong had never had any good feelings towards Ma Xianhong. Putting aside everything else, just the fact that this guy Ma Xianhong went to Longhu Mountain and inexplicably abducted Chen Duo to Bi You Village to become a god with excellent roots was enough to make Liao Zhong feel a strong sense of vigilance and hostility towards him.

I believe that no father would have good feelings towards a ghostly fire-haired brat who abducts his daughter, let alone Ma Xianhong, who was a guy with a problem in his brain who was trying to break the population red line.

"Uncle Liao came to see you."

Liao Zhong showed a forced smile. He said, "How do you feel about having that knife of True Person Luo Fu in your body? Are there any uncomfortable places? If there are, tell Uncle Liao as soon as possible. Uncle Liao will definitely help you find a way. If Uncle Liao can't do it, there's still True Person Luo Fu!"

Shaking her head, Chen Duo subconsciously touched the place in front of her body, where Luo Fu had instantly stabbed the Zanpakuto into before.

Such a big knife had stabbed into her body, but Chen Duo not only didn't get hurt, but she could even feel that her body seemed to have another organ supporting the operation of her life, constantly providing a vitality that made people speechless.

Whether it was the internal organs gnawed by the Gu worms or the limbs and bones corroded by the Gu poison, they could be restored in an instant under the power of this new organ.

Whether it was physically or mentally, Chen Duo felt as if she had unlocked a heavy shackle, and she had an unprecedented sense of ease.

Even the pain caused by the damage to the body by the Gu worms and Gu poison was greatly reduced under the power of this new organ.

This was also why Chen Duo's expression had become much richer, because she no longer needed to put more experience on suppressing her own pain.

"I'm fine."

Chen Duo showed a smile that almost made Liao Zhong cry. "Thank you, Uncle Liao."

"It's okay, this is what Uncle Liao should do. Uncle Liao ignored your feelings too much before. I hope you don't get angry with Uncle Liao."

Shaking her head, Chen Duo said, "I know Uncle Liao is doing it for my own good."

Liao Zhong's tone was full of sighs. He said, "Yes, Uncle Liao has ignored that you have grown up and have your own ideas. In the future, when you follow True Person Luo Fu, you must be obedient. True Person Luo Fu's requirements for you are all to help you."

Silently nodding, Chen Duo looked at Liao Zhong strangely and said, "Uncle Liao, do you want to say something to me?"

With an awkward smile, Liao Zhong said helplessly: "No, Uncle Liao just feels that when you leave Bi You Village in the future, you need to follow True Person Luo Fu to the San Yi Sect. There will be fewer opportunities for us to meet and talk like this now."

"Why do you want to leave?"

Chen Duo asked in confusion, "Can't I stay in Bi You Village?"

"This is what Uncle Liao wants to tell you."

Liao Zhong's expression became serious. He said, "In this world, nothing can ever be done as you wish. Even if you want to choose yourself, you should also know that even if you make a choice, the result may not be what you want."

Staring at Liao Zhong without blinking, Chen Duo waited for Liao Zhong to continue.

Taking a deep breath, Liao Zhong continued: "It's like, you hope to stay in Bi You Village, but everyone in Bi You Village will eventually run in different directions for their own choices. All you can do is accept all of this. As long as you put in the effort, even if the result cannot be achieved as you wish, you must accept it calmly. Do you understand what Uncle Liao means?"

Blinking her eyes, Chen Duo said, "Is something going to happen in Bi You Village, Uncle Liao?"

Liao Zhong was stunned. He said so much just hoping that Chen Duo wouldn't be prejudiced against the company, Luo Fu, and himself after she knew the truth.

But now it seems that Chen Duo's focus on the key points seems to be a bit of a problem.

That's not right.

She seemed to have really grasped the key points in her words, but the key points she grasped were the key points she cared about, not the key points she wanted to express.

Seeing that Liao Zhong suddenly stopped talking, Chen Duo hesitated for a moment and then said, "Is the company going to target Village Chief and the others?"

Seeming unable to face Chen Duo, Liao Zhong lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Yes."

"Oh."

Chen Duo nodded and said, "Then can I go and tell Village Chief?"

Looking at Chen Duo in surprise, Liao Zhong said, "You just want to tell Ma Xianhong, but you don't want to help him?"

A strange look flashed in her eyes, Chen Duo said, "Village Chief has helped me, so I want to remind him, but I can't be against Uncle Liao and True Person Luo Fu."

Liao Zhong instantly felt a little relieved.

As expected of the little cotton-padded jacket he raised.

From Chen Duo's point of view, her approach of reminding Ma Xianhong without helping him had even exceeded the scope of human relations.

Don't forget that whether it was Liao Zhong or Luo Fu, their help to Chen Duo was greater than Ma Xianhong's.

Reminding Ma Xianhong was just to repay Ma Xianhong's guidance to her in the first place.

"Okay."

At the same time as being relieved. Liao Zhong nodded vigorously and said, "Uncle Liao will go with you."

This time Chen Duo refused.

"I don't want Uncle Liao to go with me!"

After hesitating for a moment, Liao Zhong finally couldn't resist Chen Duo and chose to agree to her request.

This time, the one who was dealing with Ma Xianhong and Bi You Village was the company.

As a member of the company, Liao Zhong and Chen Duo going to remind Ma Xianhong together would be more like a demonstration and threat.