Help, it had been helping them all along.
If everything had gone smoothly, the Harbinger would have successfully merged with the white tunnel and become the god that controlled the tunnel.
However, everything had gone smoothly …
This was simply too difficult, and it was almost impossible.
Countless encounters, countless events, and many situations had forced the Harbinger to ignore the restrictions and do something.
This caused their synchronization progress to hover between increasing and decreasing.
After a long time, the Pioneers even had the thought of giving up because they learned a lot of new abilities and gained a lot of knowledge during the process.
They would occasionally think … that this was enough, there was no need to complete the synchronization.
However, the Harbinger found that they could no longer turn back … They could not leave the white tunnel, nor could they stop the mission.
Because there was one time when they wanted to 'rest', they used some method to seal the tunnel … so that other creatures could not enter.
However, the Harbinger found that if they did not help creatures for a long time, their consciousness would slowly … disappear.
In other words, every member of the group would lose consciousness little by little, turning into a 'walking corpse' state.
At the same time, they could not leave the tunnel too far, or they would enter a similar state.
The Harbinger realized that this might be because they had stayed in the tunnel for too long … Although the synchronization was not complete, they had merged with the tunnel in a certain sense, and could no longer leave the white tunnel.
This was also related to the Harbinger's thinking system.
The Harbinger's thinking system … Lin found it very interesting, because although they had personalities, they could not think independently.
The 'thinking light' they emitted could not only affect ordinary creatures, but also the Harbinger itself.
Every Harbinger would constantly emit thinking light when they were born, and the light they emitted would affect the same kind and creatures around them, forming a 'thinking zone'.
In this thinking zone, only the Harbinger could think, otherwise, they would not be able to think.
At the same time, the Harbinger could not leave the thinking zone, there had to be creatures around it infected by the thinking light, and if it was alone, it would not be able to think.
To be more specific, if a ten-meter Harbinger was surrounded by ten Ershi Min, it could form a thinking zone with a maximum diameter of ten kilometers based on the positions of these Ershi Min.
Precursors could only think within a certain range, and their way of thinking and personality would be based on the personalities of the creatures around them.
In other words, if they were surrounded by Ershi Min, their way of thinking and personality would become like Ershi Min.
This was interesting because it felt like they were using the mental systems of other creatures.
However, even if there were no other species around them, the Precursors were still able to create a mental region through their own kind. As long as they were within range … and there were at least two Precursors, they would be able to maintain their mental state. However, if there was only one Precursor and there were no other creatures nearby that could be infected by their … light, then they would enter an 'instinctive' state.
This state could also be described as a walking corpse.
In this state, they were unable to think, but they still retained some basic abilities, such as' instincts' such as avoiding danger and searching for food.
If you encounter any creature that can be infected by the light of thought, it will end this state and become capable of thought.
Pioneers rarely entered this state because it was almost impossible for them to move alone.
Moreover, the Light of Thought could also be transmitted between different creatures, which would allow their mind to continue to expand.
However, the Precursors generally did not rely on other creatures. They mainly relied on their own kind to maintain their mental state.
Especially after trying to assimilate with the white passage, the Precursors' mental state expanded much more than before. It could even reach the entire passage and some places outside of the passage.
Even if there were only a few Precursors, they could create a mental state that was tens of millions of kilometers wide. This was impossible in the past.
However, the Precursors also discovered that their mental state had been … bound by the passage.
As long as they did not continue to help other creatures, their … mental state would 'weaken.'
To be precise, if they did not help other creatures for too long, some of the Precursors would slowly enter a state where they could not think in the passage, and the number would continue to increase. In the end, perhaps all the Precursors would be unable to think.
They would also enter this state if they were too far away from the passage.
The Precursors had tried many methods, but there was no way to change it. It could be said that they were completely trapped by the passage.
However, the Precursors also felt that this was a good thing because it seemed to mean that they were becoming more and more … assimilated with the passage.
In short, they could not stop this process. They could either continue to do it, or all of them would enter a state where they could not think.
Therefore, the Precursors could only continue to help other creatures and give up on the idea of giving up.
Of course, they had also been studying this passage … but their progress had been very small.
They had been looking forward to finding … a way to break the rules, but they did not succeed.
However, later on, the Precursors' … operations were still considered smooth. They did not encounter anything too special and were still steadily growing in the process of synchronization.
However, the overall speed was still very slow. They had helped many creatures … and after dealing with all of them, they encountered a civilization that was very suitable to help.
That was … the Void Empire.
At this time, the Precursors already had a way to detect the 'Help Value' of a civilization. They found that the Void Empire's Help Value was unprecedentedly huge.
Perhaps it was because this civilization had gathered a considerable number of creatures and had a lot to do with their territory.
Therefore, they decided to make good use of the Void Empire.
The Precursors … had helped the Void Empire for a long time.
The Void Empire did not give them any trouble, except for the investigation team.
After a long period of help, the Precursors decided to use the final method to … deplete the Void Empire's remaining value.
And that was to completely destroy them. This could be considered as helping most of the Void Empire's citizens in one go, and it could almost deplete all of the … Help Value.
However, before that, they had to drive the Void Empire out. This was to prevent any remaining creatures from remaining in the passage.
After this, the Precursors could enter a 'dormant period'.
In other words, they would no longer need to help any other creatures. They could slowly complete the assimilation process in the dormant period.
This was the final stage. After it was completed, they could completely control the passage.
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