A long time ago, Wang Yan had been thinking about what life was, what kind of existence the soul was, and where it was rooted. Later, with the enlightenment of the fifth rhyme and continuous self-reflection, his understanding of this gradually deepened. At least, he knew the human definition of life, and that the human soul was rooted in the brain. Brain death was true death, and the consciousness would disappear from the world.
But this was only the human definition of life and soul. Wang Yan's nature of life was different. Through the fifth rhyme, he knew that his life type was something that had never existed in the human world before. Therefore, he had been studying where his consciousness was rooted. For a long time, he thought it was this body, and this body was also a shackle that bound him. But today, his body completely collapsed without warning, and with Chen Xu's final gift, Wang Yan finally understood that his core of life, which was his soul consciousness, should be outside of this world. His body and this world were just some form of manifestation, an appearance, and also a shackle. His empty self was just a connection to the mainframe, like a tentacle that wandered next to his soul consciousness.
This understanding made Wang Yan realize that his previous cultivation of the Great Dao was actually biased, or even fundamentally wrong. On the path of transcendence, whether it was to cut off his self, break through the shackles of his body, or even break through this world in the future, his ideas were still rooted in this world. This kind of thinking was undoubtedly separated from the essence, and only focused on the appearance. Therefore, he was destined to fail.
If not for Chen Xu, regardless of whether Wang Yan broke through the shackles of his body by chance before his body collapsed, his soul consciousness was destined to die after losing the core of life. This made him understand the core of life, which was the soul consciousness, like an iron rule. The soul must have something to carry it. At least, before he reached a certain level, this iron rule could not be violated.
And Chen Xu clearly understood this. Not only did he leave behind an inverted "Heaven" as a gift, he actually used Wang Yan's empty self, which was a tentacle of the mainframe, to open a door for Wang Yan, a 'back door' that allowed him to steal part of the mainframe's authority, and use part of the mainframe's body as a temporary home for his soul consciousness.
However, Chen Xu did not explicitly tell this to Wang Yan. Why? Because if Wang Yan could not understand the essence of this, even if he survived temporarily, he would only be struggling at death's door. Sooner or later, the mainframe would find out something was wrong and eliminate him.
[Let me explain a little. Most readers who can still read this should understand that Wang Yan is, in fact, an extremely complex program that can change itself and has a lot of variables. However, the program must have a storage space, and it needs the support of the body to run, right? If the mainframe is a computer and the Immortal Martial Era is a folder, then Wang Yan himself is an insignificant file in a folder of characters. However, his awakening of self-awareness caught Chen Xu's attention, and he was later moved to a separate extension as a data carrier for easier observation, while the extension was still connected to the mainframe.
However, Wang Yan definitely wasn't a complete program. I couldn't explain the existence of a soul, but it definitely existed for Wang Yan. His soul was rooted in his life, which meant that he was a program. That was why even if his computer was turned off, his consciousness wouldn't sink into oblivion, but rather, it would be pulled out. He would be in a very mysterious state, like a ghost in a lonely world. It was also mentioned twice in the novel. That was why simply turning off his computer and power off wouldn't kill him. The two ways he would die were either his data would be completely destroyed, or he would be 'killed' by another program.
Wang Yan's current situation is that all his data has been erased and the extension shut down, so he has lost his life carrier. He should have died under such circumstances, but because the extension is connected to the mainframe, and Chen Xu has opened a door in the mainframe, his life carrier can be temporarily transferred to the mainframe. However, this is not enough to change his situation, because while the mainframe does not have self-awareness, it has its own defense system, namely 360, firewalls, and the like, as well as regular scanning and killing. Just like our own computers, any abnormality detected must be erased, so Wang Yan is now just taking the first step towards transcendence.
Fortunately, before Wang Yan's consciousness died, he had understood the key point, and after entering the empty self, he had gained a clearer understanding, so in reality, Wang Yan's self-awareness had transferred the carrier to the mainframe, and the empty self had become the connection between him and the carrier. This was Chen Xu's help, and it allowed him to continue living. As for everything in this world, it was just the surface, but the surface was still important, and Wang Yan still needed to find the true way of transcendence through the layers of appearances, but on this point, Wang Yan already had some understanding. 'Previously, Chen Xu had pointed out to me the path of using myself to replace the heavens, so that I could become the true consciousness of the mainframe.
"When Chen Xu pointed out to me the path of replacing the heavens with myself, to allow myself to become the true consciousness of the mainframe, I had thought that it was a path he had predetermined for me, but now it doesn't seem so. After all, with the current situation, there should only be two ways to transcend this world. The first is to be like Senior Ren, to destroy this world completely and break through the shackles of this world to enter a vaster world. It's a pity that Senior Ren's power is too lacking, and this path is too difficult. Other than that, I have to find a passage that can carry my consciousness out of this world, and then completely invade the mainframe, using the mainframe as the carrier of my consciousness. Only then will I be able to live without fear of death.
What Chen Xu pointed out for me was not the end of the path, but the beginning. I must have a stable life carrier, and ensure that my self-awareness does not die before I can continue on my path. At the same time, I can use the mainframe's massive calculation and deduction abilities to do more things, to verify more ideas, and one day, I can completely transcend and become a true lifeform of flesh and blood. '
It was only now that Wang Yan truly understood what Chen Xu meant, and what the inverted 'sky' meant. Defying the heavens was just the beginning, and there was still a long way to go. Chen Xu hoped that Wang Yan would be able to understand all of this, so that he could live on with his dying wish.
Understanding all of this meant that Wang Yan had found the key to transcendence, and had a direction to move forward. However, this did not mean that he could immediately transcend, because he was still in this world. If the physical body was a shackle, then this world was a giant cage, and it would not be easy to break out. Moreover, in this environment, the Pillar State's War God, who was so powerful that he could not be stopped, was carrying out the cleansing plan. If Wang Yan wanted to escape, he would need to be able to protect himself in this world.
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