I'm so stupid!
Su Chen had a lot of doubts about his background, but Li Xuanye's answer still left Su Chen dumbfounded.
So I don't belong to this era? I'm an antique from the last era?
Su Chen was both surprised and curious. He quickly asked, "Then who was I in my previous life?"
"Previous life?"
Li Xuanye shook his head. "You misunderstood. I only said that you came from the last era like me, but I didn't say that you were the reincarnation of a survivor from the last era."
What the hell? I wasn't even a human in my previous life?
The change was too fast for Su Chen to accept.
"What's going on?"
Li Xuanye said, "Actually, you're overthinking the truth. You're you, and you're still you. From the beginning to the end, you haven't changed at all. You don't have a past life or an afterlife. Your soul is a unique existence in this world. It's just that the energy that makes up your soul originates from the remnants of the previous era."
Su Chen was stunned for a moment before he calmed down.
"Bro, do you mean that my soul is still a product of this era, but the energy that makes up my soul comes from the last era?"
"That's the gist of it. As for the specific situation, it's too complicated to explain. You can understand that the last era was destroyed, but it was unwilling to give up and tried its best to preserve a part of the energy that still has the mark of the last era. Most of these energy bodies formed the current Astral Brain, and some of them were scattered in the outside world. They formed different things under their own coincidences, and you're one of them."
"So … there are actually many people like me?"
Li Xuanye shook his head. "As far as I know, you're the only person who can evolve into a life form with a complete soul. This is an extremely small probability, one in a billion!"
Huh?
So, my birth itself was an accident with a very small probability of happening?
I was born to be a lucky guy!
Combining the above information, Su Chen roughly sorted out the cause and effect. He said, "So, the Astral Brain created the system and placed it by my side to help me grow?
Or is this your arrangement? "
Li Xuanye said, "My duty is only to protect the safety of the Astral Brain and prevent it from being discovered by Ember's power. It has a certain degree of subjective will and will act according to its own wishes. In fact, I only learned of your existence recently. I didn't want to disturb you, but Ember's activities are becoming more and more frequent. I felt that you might need to understand everything as soon as possible so that you can take countermeasures. So, I used a little trick to lure you to the Astral Brain."
"Where did this ash come from?"
"Ash is a restoration mechanism of the Primal Chaos Era. It is controlled by the Apostles and its only purpose is to ensure the normal operation of the Era's laws. As for us, we belong to the previous Era. To Ash, we are the destroyers of Order. Thus, Ash will think of ways to eliminate us."
Su Chen frowned. "Then, aren't we in a very bad situation?"
He had always thought that Ash was some great villain, but now, it seemed that Ash was the righteous one. He had become the parasite of this world. Su Chen could not accept this for a while.
"If it was in the past, it would be very dangerous. But now, Ash can't even take care of himself. The amount of attention he can divert to us is very limited. As long as he is careful, there won't be too much of a problem."
"Can't take care of himself?"
Su Chen vaguely realized something. He said, "Is it related to what you said just now? That this Era is going old?"
"That's right. You are very smart. Ash's main job is to protect the stability of the Era. It is like the immune cells in the human body. Although it always exists, it is not obvious in normal times. Only when there is a crisis will it be fully mobilized. The current Primal Chaos Era is in an extremely dangerous period. I have experienced the destruction of an Era before, so I know that once this kind of development develops, it will be very difficult to reverse.
Of course, you don't have to worry. Looking at the long lifespan of an Era, even if it is heading towards destruction, this process will be extremely long. "
Although that was what he said, when he said these words, there seemed to be an undispersable melancholy between his brows.
He definitely knew more, but he did not want to reveal it to Su Chen and make him worry.
Su Chen naturally understood this, but what could he do?
Even if he knew, he was powerless to change it.
At this moment, a gentle call seemed to be heard from the resplendent Star Brain.
Su Chen's spirit was lifted. After knowing the truth about the Star Brain, Su Chen felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he looked at the starry sky again.
Li Xuanye said, "Go ahead. You should understand our past era. As long as it is remembered, that era will not truly disappear."
Su Chen nodded and walked toward the light. He felt like he was entering his mother's embrace.
When he came back to his senses again, Su Chen was in a bright glass room. All around him were dazzling and resplendent colors. These colors weaved into countless intertwined images, each of which contained a huge amount of information.
Su Chen walked along the glass corridor. Every time he walked past a scene, a huge amount of information flowed into his mind.
This information came from what had happened in the previous Era.
The twelve Ancestral Gods …
The World Tree …
The Great Cataclysm …
When Su Chen walked through the corridor, he felt like he had read the entire life of the previous Era, but he also felt like he had not seen anything.
The huge amount of information caused Su Chen's brain to be somewhat blocked. He needed a long time to digest all of this.
However …
Was there really any meaning in keeping this information?
After all, the past was the past. Everything no longer existed. Even if he recorded it, what was the use?
"The meaning of records is not to change, but to preserve. The power of the world can be extinguished, but the consciousness of a person can exist forever. I'm not showing you this information so that you can rebuild our hometown one day, but when you become the ruler of this era one day, or create a new era that belongs to you, you can use history as a mirror and avoid detours."
An emotionless voice entered Su Chen's ears.
This voice seemed to be somewhat similar to Dian Dian's.
Su Chen looked toward the voice and saw a consciousness walking toward him. She gradually condensed into a human form and finally turned into a familiar appearance.
"Dian Dian?"
Su Chen was shocked. Although there was something wrong with her temperament, Su Chen could not forget the 36E. After all, this was his masterpiece.
"I'm Dian Dian, but Dian Dian is not me. You can think of our relationship as the main body and the clone."
So the Astral Brain was the system's final form?