472 To Succeed in a Big Way Do Not Bother About Trivial Things (1/2)

Wang Lu remembered that he had seen an interesting question a long time ago.

How could one prove one's existence?

Because this question had a pre-existing question: you could not prove that anything actually exists, because it could be assumed that everything around you is an illusion, and that all your senses are manipulated by spells of a brilliant cultivator. Everything that you touch, see and hear, are all fabricated, all are nonexistent. Under such circumstances, you naturally could not prove that anything exists.

So, could one person prove that one exists?

Towards this problem, there was once a sage who said: I think, therefore I am. It meant that when I thought, the thought itself must exist, and it also must have a carrier, which was the person who thought. Therefore, the existence of my thought meant that I, as the carrier of that thought, must also exist. Thus, I think, therefore I am.

This reasoning was not absolute, but in this case, it seemed to be an excellent description of what Wang Lu saw.

I think, therefore I am… The principle of the dream was also the same. If there was a dream, there must be a dreamer. For such a prosperous and developed dreamland of the new demon world to exist, there must be a dreamer who carried on the dream. When Wang Lu guessed that the new demon world was probably a dream world, Wang Lu began to speculate on who actually created this dream. However, he did not expect that the person was not a great demon king with an earth-shattering power, but the millions upon millions of demon race creatures who fell into despair.

And seeing the magnificent mountain of corpses, many guesses in Wang Lu's heart have been further confirmed.

”The harmonious new demon world is, of course, good, but suppressing the war-like nature of the demon race is like going against the sky, so there's the wind of destruction, right?”

The demon king said, ”Yes. Every once in a while, the negative emotions such as anger and resentment that are forcibly suppressed by the new demon world would burst out at once. This force is so powerful that it is no less powerful than creating a new demon world itself, and enough to interfere with the real world… Thus, it forms what we often call the black tide.”

”But regarding the sleeping demon race, the black tide is like as if in the middle of the dream, it suddenly turned into a nightmare. Fortunately, when the nightmare is over, the memory of the nightmare will disappear. But during the dream switch, the new demon world actually cease to exist, and all those who can't synchronize their dreams would be swirled away by the nightmare. When the nightmare is over, they won't come back again.”

With that, the new demon king looked at Wang Lu. ”A few days ago when the black tide appeared, fortunately you did not leave your courtyard too far. At that time, the courtyard was shaped by your arrival, further away and the dreamland will be completely broken. And if you go too far at that time, you're bound to be swallowed by the nightmare.”

Wang Lu let out a chuckle and then asked another question, ”The cycle of sweet dreams and nightmares had lasted for two thousand years, but it should be impossible for this to go on forever.”

The demon king nodded her head. ”It is indeed impossible. This beautiful new demon world is contrary to the nature of the demon race, completely going against the heaven. The regular outburst of the black tide is only a temporary solution. In the past one hundred years, the arrival of the black tide has become more frequent. One day, the black tide would probably devour everything. During this period, we have tried many ways to delay this process, such as the massive promotion of the sport of lightning ball, so that the people in the new demon world would channel their passion and fervor to this sport to slow down the frequency of the arrival of the black tide… You see, those rabid fans who are cheering on the stadium, they are unusually excited. As a matter of fact, we have intentionally guided them to release a little bit of darkness in their heart.”

The demon king stretched her finger to point to the more than one hundred thousand fans outside the VIP stand. Wang Lu swept a glance at them and felt that the fans were really caught in an abnormal fanaticism.

”But this is only a drop in the bucket. The darkness that has been accumulated by the new demon world for two thousand years is already overflowing.”

Wang Lu asked again, ”What are the roles that the two of you play during this time?”

”We are the watchers.” The elder sister somewhat helplessly said, ”During the great cataclysm period, not all demons fell asleep. At the remains of Eternal Tree, some watchers were left behind, which are our ancestors. The task of the watchers is to strive to survive in the ruins of the real demon world, being the inheritor of the demon world civilization, and also monitor the changes in the dreamland of the new demon world. This dream, which consists of the dreams of hundreds of millions of creatures has unparalleled power. You should also remember the raging black tide, right? That is the fallout of the nightmares of hundreds of millions of creatures. The ancestors did not dare to let their dreams to develop on their own, so they left it to us to watch it. If one day the dreamworld is on the verge of collapse and possible a great disaster may loom, we will wake everyone from their dream.”

”But now, you two are also…” Wang Lu hesitated.

”We should be regarded as falling victim.” The elder sister bitterly explained, ”The ancestors left us in the hope that we can monitor the balance of dreams. But as the situation in the demon world gets increasingly worse, the watchers become increasingly desperate. And during this desperation, they would be captured by the dreamland and pulled into it.

A few hundred years ago, more and more watchers became attracted to the dreams and became members of the new demon world, enjoying their wonderful dream life, completely forgetting the responsibility of the watchers. Until our generation. Even from the moment we were born, some of us were pulled into the new demon world and played the corresponding role. We must rely on the power of the remnant of the Eternal Tree to resist the gravitational-like pull of the dreamland and maintain our self-awareness. Unfortunately, in order to send you out of the demon world, we lost the protection of the Eternal Tree and finally fell completely. At this point, the watchers of the demon world are already extinct.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Lu became somewhat surprised. ”... Are you blaming me?”