Chapter 1917

Lin An's heart stirred upon hearing, and he unexpectedly began to ponder Jiang Haochen's words.

He had to admit, it was his first time grasping Meme from that perspective.

It seems Jiang Haochen does have some insight into Meme.

"Meme is like life; it is not a whole but gradually comes alive through constant combination."

"Just as inorganic matter combines into organic matter, and single cells into multicellular; through repeated combination, life's evolution is finally completed?"

"Also like a book, a story. A single character has little meaning, but when combined, a sentence gains full meaning. A passage can even control people, driving them mad, to death, even to mutual slaughter."

"Meme is life parasitizing our thoughts; it is like an invisible worm that, once alive, can control us just as we control our own bodies."

"The more you know, the deeper the control—either you are guided to become a Meme, or you are killed by it."

"Religion, rituals, culture, even daily habits—are they all considered Meme?"

As Lin An spoke, a strange feeling grew in his heart.

Exactly; if Meme is another form of living entity, then belief bodies can be explained. Condensing faith essentially condenses a mental, spiritual life—also a special Meme.

It takes shared belief as its brain, uses humans as vessels, and appears in the world!

A lifeform that exists in the non-material world yet can affect the material world?

Under heightened thinking, Lin An felt inspired by Jiang Haochen, as if vast information and cognition rapidly linked together.

(All things are interconnected, sharing similar structures and traits, as if they form a whole...)

For some reason, that sentence suddenly flashed in his mind.

At the same time, hearing Lin An's added thoughts, Jiang Haochen stared in shock, his mouth opening wide.

Although he had explored Meme extensively for the purpose of merging with it, frankly his understanding of Meme was still not as deep as what Lin An grasped in just a few seconds.

Damn, how does this pervert react so fast!?

After suppressing his surprise, Jiang Haochen, half-unwilling to lose, hastily spoke:

"You are in great danger now!"

"I don't know how you got infected with so many chaotic Meme! But if the Meme inside you merges further, it will burst out of your body and completely control you!"

Speaking, Jiang Haochen grimly raised his arm; with a painful groan, a human face burst out of his arm, and the infant-like head, upon emerging, immediately wailed loudly.

That crying made people agitated, and his arm, uncontrollable, flailed wildly in the air.

"Look... did you see it... Lin An!"

"Once this thing loses control and comes alive, it will control us—not just mentally, but physically too!"

"Just like not eating pork but absorbing the mindset of those who do; in the conflict, either you go mad or it takes over control of you!"

"When the body is controlled and the mind assimilated, we are as good as dead!"

"Waa...!!"

After displaying the Meme on his body, Jiang Haochen hurriedly retracted them, gasping heavily:

"Lin An, you probably want to become both a Body System and a Rule System, right?"

"Don't do that! Doing so now would only accelerate the fusion of Meme inside you! I can feel that each of your powers contains Meme force that isn't yours—or rather, concepts!"

Speaking, Jiang Haochen stared fixedly at Lin An's War Armor, his gaze as if trying to see through his War Armor to his body beneath, word by word:

"If I'm not mistaken, your ability to become this strong, this fast, is because, like me, you are devouring 'Meme', right?"

"You've eaten... many, many people! Their Meme fragments, like flesh and nutrients, were all absorbed by you!"

As his words fell, Lin An's gaze suddenly sharpened.

He immediately put aside his contempt for Jiang Haochen.

It's interesting; he never expected Jiang Haochen to deduce from this what had happened to him.

Cannibalism? I guess that counts.

Recalling the Fifth Stage beings he had sacrificed with Cain's Blade, Lin An suddenly realized his earlier idea was wrong.

（After sacrifice, the things surrounding me are not resentment, but Meme? Are they the memory fragments of those who were sacrificed? I myself do not understand those rules, so when I forcibly absorb those rules, I inevitably swallow them whole, gulping down the concept of those rules held by the sacrificed! This will inevitably include memory! Just like eating meat, I cannot eat only the useful meat; the parasites inside are swallowed whole in one bite！）

（If that's the case, then it can explain why, when I killed Tang Tian, I extracted memories! Memories with power, thoughts, concepts... are Meme! Those without, are just Memory！）

（The strong, in themselves, are a kind of Meme! This also explains why some powerful beings, upon death, directly turn into the three major events under special circumstances！）

（Wait... if that's the case... ）

（The belief system is a Meme, other paths also count as Memes... does this not mean that the Body System, Rule System, and Faith System have no essential difference？）

（The Trinity... all paths are... interconnected? Rather than merely possessing, merging together？）

A vast amount of thoughts surged like a flood in Lin An's mind, and after knowing the truth of the Faith System, Lin An seemed to grasp one principle and understand all, his speed of comprehending power increasing rapidly, almost instantly grasping anything!

Everything is interconnected! Just as if having a solution formula, with his understanding of the Faith System, he could perfectly explain other systems!

But the more Lin An thought, the more he felt that behind all of this, it seemed to point to a deeper, more essential answer!

（But what does unity mean, why would it be unity? Consciousness, thought, Meme, spiritual body, belief... dimension... Apocalypse... ）

Furrowed brow, his thought rate spontaneously climbing to the limit, Lin An sank deeper and deeper, as if only one step away from being able to glimpse the ultimate.

That might be the truth of the Apocalypse!

No one knew, but the words Jiang Haochen spoke at this moment, like a chemical reaction, caused Lin An to think of something he shouldn't have!

Just like a flash of inspiration! Just like an epiphany!

"Lin An!? Lin An!?"

At the same time, Jiang Haochen looked somewhat flustered at the suddenly frozen Lin An, feeling Lin An's already begun violent thought fluctuations, he was instantly frightened quite a bit.

The reason is none other than! At the moment Lin An fell into thought, his unconscious emanating spiritual power, like a level-ten storm, stirred thunder in the high skies and struck down with a boom!

Those waves of intense oppression made him doubt that if Lin An continued losing control, even his Safe Zone would be gone!

"Lin An! Wake up! Holy shit! Don't scare me!!"

Suppressing the shock in his heart, facing the waves of pressure erupting from Lin An's body, Jiang Haochen let out a wow, his chest felt sweet, and he almost spat blood.

He gathered his courage, gritted his teeth, and rushed to Lin An's side, shaking him wildly.

Lin An! Wake up! If you go berserk, humanity is doomed!!