Chapter 1 The World in Silence

Su Jie asked calmly, yet the huge venue fell into silence.

A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.

In the ten years of Da Meng, Xuan Xing was a place of great change, with batches of experts rising to fame and attracting worldwide attention in the dream world and even the real world.

And from any point of view, Su Jie was an unavoidable presence among them.

Not only because he developed the 'chip', but also because he, as a non-dreamer, broke through the realm above Jian Shen, achieving what many grandmasters and heroes of the past had never accomplished.

Compared to others, Su Jie might not be the most dazzling figure today, but among the 'natural humans', he was truly renowned.

Seeing this legendary figure at this moment, except for Lan Yushu, who was deep in thought, everyone present felt a surge of emotion.

"Su Jie..."

Lan Yushu lowered his eyelids, concealing the surprise in his eyes.

In his view, this young man had no spiritual energy, and was clearly of mortal flesh and bone. However, this young man was vastly different from other mortals he had seen.

His spiritual cultivation was much higher than that of the great Confucian scholars he had seen in the secular world of the Dragon Erosion Realm. This was clearly an anomaly among mortals.

Such people were extremely rare in the Dragon Erosion Realm, perhaps only one appearing every few hundred or thousand years. They lived in the mortal world, but without being cultivators, they cultivated extremely high and pure spirits.

They often made rapid progress once they came into contact with cultivation!

It was rumored that the ancestor of Suspended Mountain was such a person. He studied and lectured in the secular world for seventy years, and once he entered the world of cultivation, he achieved the state of Zuowang in just thirty years.

Could such an existence also exist in this world?

"Dr. Su, you just said that it is not difficult to access the dream realm? You are currently the person with the deepest research into consciousness, spirit, energy, multiverse, and time-space. We all want to hear your views."

After a moment of silence, someone raised their hand. After receiving Su Jie's consent, they stood up and asked.

"First of all, there is an error in your statement. I only have some understanding of everything. There are many people in the world who have researched deeper than I have."

Su Jie glanced at the person and said seriously, "This is not modesty, but a fact."

"Uh."

The person lowered his head somewhat awkwardly, indicating that he understood.

Su Jie then began to speak.

"If you want to access the 'dream realm', first, you must know what the 'dream realm' is." Su Jie stood on the high platform, and without seeming to exert any effort, his voice clearly echoed in everyone's ears.

"Another world? A different dimension within the same world? Or is it simply an unknown information cluster, or perhaps, the dream of some high-dimensional being that we cannot understand..."

Su Jie spoke eloquently, without any concealment or taboo.

"But no matter what it is, or what kind of screening mechanism it has, if someone can enter, then theoretically, everyone else can enter as well."

Su Jie had always liked to share with others. He believed that his understanding was based on the foundations of those who came before him.

Having received, one must give.

It was the passing on of the torch and the inheritance of civilization. To him, it was only natural.

Just as he opened up the chip, instead of possessing it himself.

"Dr. Su, what is this information cluster you speak of?" someone asked again.

"The ancients called a person's magnetic field luck, and the magnetic field of heaven and earth feng shui! The two do not infringe upon each other, they are distinct, yet they overlap at times. A person living in heaven and earth is actually in the process of constantly harmonizing luck and feng shui. Feng shui can change people, and people can naturally change feng shui."

In the depths of Su Jie's eyes, there was a flickering of fire. These were things he had derived through countless experiments, but now he casually spoke of them:

"The direction of the human heart, and its convergence, can change feng shui, and even change the world. Just as I once discovered some antiques that had gone through countless years, information had gathered into clusters on the statues of gods...

If someone were to carefully study the ancient theology of Da Xuan, they would discover that the so-called gods, in legends, all serve humans. Is this correct? In terms of common sense, why would a god with divine power, omnipotent, care about humans and serve humans?"

Su Jie's voice was neither fast nor slow, and his pronunciation was very clear. His spirit was strong, and his words had a powerful appeal.

Unconsciously, he made everyone in the venue follow his rhythm, and begin to think, even empathizing with him, as if they had experienced Su Jie's research topic.

And in fact, with Su Jie's current spiritual attainment, he could instantly input knowledge that would normally take ten or even dozens of years to learn into the minds of others.

Lan Yushu listened quietly, nodding in his heart.

Whether it was a god or an immortal, they were inherently detached from the mortal world. Without a reason, how could they possibly serve mortals?

On the contrary, the only reason mortals exist is that they are useful to immortals and gods.

That was all.

"Then, why is that?"

Someone belatedly asked.

"Xuan Xing has no gods. If there are any, then they are gods consecrated by humans. Humans are the masters of the gods, so the gods can be used by humans. If the gods are the masters of humans, then there is no difference between humans and animals."

Su Jie sighed slightly, but he did not say all of this.

Even if the gods are used by humans, the people who wield power are ultimately not 'slaves'.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to answer.

"That's going too far."

Su Jie came back to his senses and returned to the main topic: "From this, we can see that the convergence of information can create 'gods', and naturally, it can also create worlds."

"Dr. Su, that's not right. I heard that the dream realm is extremely real. Every blade of grass, every tree, every flower, and every stone in it is real. Can information achieve this level?"

Someone also raised an objection.

Su Jie smiled and asked, "Then what do you rely on to judge reality? Your eyes? Your five senses? Or the logic that you believe to be true in your heart?"

After saying that, he deeply swept over everyone present, implying a deeper meaning: "Seeing is not necessarily believing."

Seeing is not necessarily believing?

The people in the venue were suspicious. Could the dream realm really be illusory and unreal?

"If seeing is not even true, then, then is what Dr. Su said true?"

The young man who first questioned Feng Zhong stood up again, refuting Su Jie.

He had been pursuing the dream realm for many years, and he could not accept that the dream realm he was pursuing was fake, even if it was only a possibility.

"Human cognition of the world is actually very simple. The five senses are already the only cognition of the world for most people, but what if the five senses are deceived?"

Su Jie glanced at the young man faintly: "There is no point in discussing whether the dream realm is real or fake. As for what I said..."

Buzz~

The young man looked up, and the moment he met Su Jie's eyes, he only felt a trance in his heart. The next moment, the world spun, and he vaguely forgot everything that was happening now.

In a daze, he only felt that he had come to a magnificent martial arts world.

In this world, there were sword immortals, mythical beasts, countless heavenly treasures, and countless supernatural secret arts. It was the world he had dreamed of!

At first, he was very shocked, and carefully sought confirmation. Finally, he discovered that he had really transmigrated!

He was excited and ecstatically plunged into this world. After several twists and turns, fighting wits and courage, he finally became a disciple of the 'Sword Immortal Sect'.

His talent was not high, but he had a fortuitous encounter, obtaining the treasure left by an ancient master. He overcame obstacles all the way, and cultivated to the tenth level of the physical body and the tenth level of longevity.

He was praised by countless people as the most likely peerless genius to become an immortal.

Unfortunately, in the final battle, he fell in the heavenly tribulation, at the door of immortality that he had pursued and sought all his life.

"I am not willing!"

In the empty and silent venue, a hysterical roar suddenly sounded.

Startling the people next to him to shiver.

Everyone looked at the young man in horror, not knowing why he had suddenly gone mad.

In their eyes, this young man had only stood up and asked a question. As soon as he finished speaking, the whole person roared like a madman.

"Interesting..."

Unlike most people's ignorance and bewilderment, Lan Yushu raised his eyebrows slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.

Could a mortal蝼蚁 really do this?

This world really had peculiarities.

"I, I..."

With a roar, memories gradually returned. Fang Fan's eyes gradually became clear. He blankly looked around, and then looked at Su Jie as if he had seen a ghost:

"You, you..."

"Who are you? Fang Fan? Or Tyrant Heaven Venerable?" Su Jie looked at Fang Fan with deep eyes: "Is everything you experienced real or fake?"

"I..."

As soon as Fang Fan opened his mouth, he only felt that his voice was a little hoarse. He wanted to say that it was fake, but his three thousand beautiful companions appeared in front of him...

Was this really fake?

Fang Fan only felt a void in his heart.

"If your realm is not as good as mine, you will be manipulated by me. Your cognition, your logic, and your perception are meaningless to me."

Su Jie raised his hand and snapped his fingers. In Fang Fan's painful expression, all the illusory memories disappeared, leaving only some 'supernatural powers' and 'cultivation methods' related to the 'physical body':

"The cultivation methods and supernatural powers you saw in your dream, in a sense, cannot be said to be false, because this is what I used 'Shen Nong' to deduce with my own body. Unfortunately, I cannot construct a complete world. Otherwise, I could let you play a 'Rebirth of the Immortal Venerable' trick."

"..."

Fang Fan subconsciously took a few steps back, feeling that Su Jie on the high platform was extremely frightening. At the same time, his longing for the Wang Quan dream realm disappeared in an instant.

"Dr. Su?"

Most of the people in the venue were confused, not knowing what had happened.

This time, Su Jie did not explain too much.

Because Fang Fan spoke, his voice was still a little hoarse: "Dr. Su, if your realm is higher than mine, you can instantly hypnotize me and make me think that I have entered another world...

So, are you saying that the Wang Quan dream realm is also a virtual realm created by an expert with a very high realm?

But how do you explain the true qi, spiritual seeds, black iron, and various exotic flowers and plants that we brought back to reality, which do not exist on Xuan Xing?"

Fang Fan still had doubts, or rather, a final persistence.

The Wang Quan dream realm could truly bring things out, and true qi had indeed been demonstrated in many dreamers.

"I am only stating a possibility. I have not explored the specific truth or falsehood of the dream realm, and I do not know. Perhaps what I said will be overturned, but science has always been like this. Even if that day comes, I will not care, but will be happy instead."

"Okay, that's all I have to say."

Before Su Jie finished speaking, thunderous applause rang out.

But he did not care. His eyes turned and fell on 'Sun Er' in the corner, who seemed to be in a different dimension from everyone else:

"This gentleman seems to disagree with what I said?"

"Hmm?!"

Hearing Su Jie's question, everyone in the venue was shocked. They turned back to look at Lan Yushu in the corner, who had not said a word from beginning to end, as if he was independent of the world.

Under the gazes of astonishment and surprise, Lan Yushu slowly raised his head, with appreciation in his eyes: "Somewhat interesting, but in the end, it is difficult to escape the cognition of mortals..."