Chapter 826: Inferior to a Pig

The surrounding scenery was like flowing light and fleeting shadows, constantly receding into the distance.

Li Heng seemed to cross the known worlds in an instant, arriving amidst the chaotic Unknown, and continued to shuttle through and travel far away, aiming to reach a certain destination.

Is his mind wandering far away?

He realized this, lost in thought.

This was perhaps a wisp of his mind wandering into the Unknown, bolstered by the wills of the Great Void; if an accident were to occur, it should not threaten his true self.

Of course, that was only "should."

In the Wuqiong Weizhi, no one knows what dangers lie within. Thus, Li Heng was quite sensible and attached a layer of Source Power protection to this wisp of his mind to prevent a sudden demise.

He swept through the Wuqiong Weizhi along the way.

Under the observation of Li Heng, the observer, all the Unknown he saw collapsed into the Known, evolving into some concrete object according to the changes in his thoughts.

Or perhaps a living being.

Ants crawling in the dirt, constantly building nests. Tiny mortals with lifespans not exceeding a hundred years. Transcendent beings who have surpassed the mundane, capable of ascending to heaven and diving into the earth. Ancient gods of Heaven and Earth, towering and upright, wielding the laws. Chaos gods and demons who open up the world and evolve the Great Thousand Worlds...

Or perhaps a world.

A continent, an ocean, a planet orbiting a star, or perhaps one containing hundreds of billions of galaxies, different dimensions in the universe, different space-times, the astronomical structures supporting the entire universe, or even the universe itself, the Multiverse...

Or perhaps a civilization.

Like a group of creatures drinking blood and eating raw meat, not knowing what fire is.

Like a primitive tribe that has discovered fire but remains tiny.

Finally, a clear order appears, a slave society with a certain capacity for operation, leading to the subsequent feudal society, modern society, and finally heading into the starry expanse, constantly colonizing and expanding in the universe, leaping from a zero-level civilization to a god-level civilization, involving the Multiverse, and controlling the Multiverse...

How glorious are these concretely manifested things?

However, when Li Heng's gaze shifted slightly and he lost his status as a significant observer, these concretely manifested things were once again eroded by the Unknown, returning to the chaotic Unknown, as if nothing had happened and the previous situation were all an illusion.

But Li Heng knew that the civilizations, worlds, and living beings just now were all true and without falsehood, and some had even evolved into the Eternal True Realm or the Unique True Realm, places of the Known.

Of course, how tiny are these compared to the Wuqiong Weizhi?

At this moment, Li Heng also realized one point: relative to the Wuqiong Weizhi, a mere observer cannot stir up much of a storm.

No matter how much of the Known is observed, and no matter how powerful the things it collapses into and manifests as, once the gaze leaves—or even without needing to leave, just after a period of time—all the Known will return to the chaotic Unknown!

Thinking of it this way, these wills of the Great Void really have some tricks up their sleeves; in the past, they were even able to evolve the Known Land to resist the Wuqiong Weizhi! Even now, there still exist endless places of the Known that have not been submerged or assimilated by the Unknown.

But looking at it this way, regarding what the Great Void said before, were their worries a bit redundant?

The things he, a mere observer, could observe would be instantly assimilated back by the Wuqiong Weizhi; even if he really observed some monster, the threat wouldn't be that great, right?

As soon as this thought arose.

Li Heng instantly shook his head, secretly wondering if he had caught an "intelligence-lowering halo." How could he have such a thought? Facing an evil concept like the Wuqiong Weizhi, one must not disbelieve in evil.

Otherwise, the outcome would be the same as the cannon fodder in a horror movie.

However, keeping this thought bottled up wasn't the right way to go. The reason this wisp of his thought could travel smoothly through the infinite positions was also because of the guidance of these Great Void wills.

Simply put, he asked the Great Void wills about this matter directly.

The answer from the Great Void wills was also very straightforward.

"Oh, it seems you have noticed this point. Indeed, let alone one observer, even if countless observers appeared to observe the Wuqiong Weizhi, it would still be insignificant to the Wuqiong Weizhi."

"Those places of the Known that have not received sufficient support or anchored to True Reality, and are only concretely manifested because of the observer's gaze, will only be assimilated back by the Wuqiong Weizhi."

Li Heng raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing this.

"I am asking you things, not asking you to repeat my discoveries."

"You don't need to be in such a hurry; there is still time, anyway. Besides, traveling through the Wuqiong Weizhi is exhausting, and there is still some distance to go before reaching the destination."

Facing Li Heng's urging, the Great Void wills were indifferent.

"Actually, we repeat your words because we want to highlight one point. That is, do the places of the Known that manifest because of an observer not exist before being observed by the observer?"

"After seeing those civilizations, living beings, and worlds born because of your gaze, do you feel that you are their creator, and that a single thought from you can make them live or die at will?"

Li Heng pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Indeed, I do have that feeling. But since you specifically pointed it out, and for the second time at that, I suppose this feeling is an illusion?"

"Whether it is an illusion is for you to decide; how could things in the Wuqiong Weizhi be explained so clearly? We only provided you with a possibility. Just as we said before, an observer is only an observer; the things manifested because of the observer existed in the Unknown from the very beginning and were not born because of the observer."

The Great Void wills replied.

"You can understand it this way: the Wuqiong Weizhi is equivalent to a black box containing everything—everything within your cognition and everything outside your cognition is inside it."

"And what the observer does is open the black box, confirm a certain thing inside the black box, and then this thing is concretely manifested. From the surface, it seems the observer created these things, but in reality, the observer only made a choice."

"So what does this have to do with the question I asked?"

Li Heng nodded and continued to ask.

"Of course it has a connection, because starting from this theory, the black box of the Wuqiong Weizhi contains many terrifying things—for example, things that, once confirmed and chosen by an observer, can be eternally manifested and will not be assimilated back by the chaotic Unknown!"

"For example, look."

The power of the Great Void wills performed a specific disturbance within the Wuqiong Weizhi, transforming into a special observer, and then a pig appeared before Li Heng's eyes.

This pig was unremarkable and possessed not a shred of transcendent power.

At most, it just looked quite delicious.

But strangely, this unremarkable, ordinary pig could walk safely in the Wuqiong Weizhi without being re-eroded or assimilated back.

This "gold content" was far, far stronger than the living beings, civilizations, and worlds that Li Heng had observed and manifested just now.

It really is inferior to a pig!

"See? This is just an ordinary pig, and it poses no threat to us, but what if it were replaced by other terrifying things..." the Great Void wills said faintly.