Myriad Paths

How many possibilities are there in the future?

Li Qi thinks that there should be countless.

Really, countless.

You drank a glass of water, you didn't drink that glass of water, you drank the water with your left hand, or you drank the water with your right hand, and you used three fingers or five fingers to hold the glass.

There are countless choices for one thing.

And each choice will derive countless branches, which will continue to derive, and eventually endless, forming a future "network of possibilities".

Moreover, in this network of possibilities, there are also beings of the same level.

The second-grade has second-grade enemies, and the first-grade has first-grade enemies, so it is impossible to exhaust all possibilities.

Therefore, if it is impossible to exhaust them, you can only "take one step at a time".

So how to go?

That is, constantly resetting and constantly backtracking.

It is difficult for Li Qi to imagine what level he should reach in order to win in this situation?

He originally thought that "God's will" was already an invincible existence. After all, manipulating cause and effect and manipulating existence itself is already an extremely powerful means.

However, now it seems that the so-called "God's will" is nothing in front of this existence that can reset reality.

Everything you manipulated, the future you carefully planned, can be wiped out by the other party.

Li Qi didn't know, he couldn't imagine how to break this ability.

No matter what you do, I can reset it directly, so did I win? And if both sides have this ability, what is the competition? Is it wisdom? Or strength?

Knowing the future does not mean that the foundation of the war can be changed. When both sides can constantly interfere with the reset of reality, it can only bring one deadlock after another.

He couldn't guess how such a war would be decided, and finally he could only sit down and said: "Okay... I will stay here for 350 years."

Zhi Zhu said: "You can understand, that's good, as I just said, this is not a punishment, mistakes do not need to be punished, mistakes only need to be corrected, only betrayal needs to be punished."

"And everything I said today is a reminder to you, you can think about it carefully for the next 350 years."

After speaking, Zhi Zhu's spirit disappeared here.

Obviously, the other party had many things to do, and it was a favor for him to talk to Li Qi for so long.

After the other party left, Li Qi held his chest.

He had experienced many things in the future, but all of this was lost.

The 350 years he experienced in the future, along with many futures, were easily written off by Zhi Zhu.

Did he really experience those things?

So...did he not experience those things?

Li Qi fell into deep thought.

His mind was completely immersed in the "time and space paradox".

He suddenly remembered what the other party had mentioned when he talked to Luofu Niangniang.

"If the future can be changed by traveling to the past."

"Then it means that the current world must be the final ending that has been changed countless times. Of course, the future may also change to a new one, but the current one must be the final ending that has already been changed." (See Chapter 349)

No wonder Luofu Niangniang didn't feel anything about changing the future at the beginning.

Because she knew it a long time ago.

In other words, at this moment, her existence is certain and is the final choice after countless changes.

Then... the victory achieved by himself and others seems to be understandable.

Li Qi could not understand how such a war should be carried out, but he at least knew one thing...

That is, the battlefield below is indeed useful.

The role of himself and others is not a background board, but to help the second-rank people explore possibilities.

Countless people have used their intelligence and wisdom, their lives, and all their wisdom and inspiration as highly intelligent creatures to help the second-rank people peek into the possibilities of the future.

The choices made by everyone are likely to burst out an ending that the second-rank people have never thought of, and this ending will lead the future to a new direction.

This is the meaning of the existence of other people on the battlefield.

But... is there really a meaning?

Do these people really have "reality"?

The so-called reality is like what Li Qi thinks of as an "entity", which has the power of self-sustaining, and existence is existence.

But now, am I... still an "entity"?

Li Qi realized that everything about him could be modified at will by the powerful.

He once again deeply realized what Lady Luofu said to Shen Shuibi - "The reason why the world is like this is because the True Immortals want the world to be like this." In other words, if the world is not like this, they will reach out... erase everything and start all over again. It is just like a player who keeps SL and reloading the file until he reaches a perfect ending. If the second-rank is a player, then he... is an NPC with no reality at all, and his existence... is completely dispensable. For players, NPCs are not real. The survival of NPCs is only a matter of thought. The plots experienced by NPCs, the time spent, all memories, and even existence itself can be overturned and restarted at any time. The so-called history, the so-called future... for the second-rank, everything is "now".

Zhizhu told Li Qi the ending clearly and unmistakably, which made Li Qi feel an...indescribable feeling in his heart.

how to say……

Zhizhu told him that in the future, he would join forces with the devil because of his wife and daughter's problems, causing one-seventh of the front to be destroyed. In order to prevent this from happening, he needed to be banned here for three hundred and fifty years.

So, who do you think you are?

Li Qi suddenly fell into self-doubt.

He could understand Zhizhu, but...understanding, he still had doubts about himself and even the real world.

But it was just suspicion, not a breakdown in Taoism.

Li Qi, who had seen the demons, already knew the methods of the powerful ones, but now he just knew one more.

Even if the reality of self does not exist, so what? No longer alive?

Know that you are in the control of the Almighty, so what?

Aren’t people who can’t even escape from God’s will also looking for their own lives? Why should Li Qi feel sorry for himself?

However, just as he was sighing, there was a sudden noise at the door.

Li Qi raised his head and looked into the distance.

He saw some people who seemed to be busy, as if something had happened, so someone came to deal with it.

Li Qi walked out, but he saw a fifth-grade person similar to himself being carried out.

Is this dead?

There was no external injury, but you could clearly feel that the opponent's inner world was completely shattered, and violent energy was everywhere. If it were outside, it would have exploded, and the damage caused would be enough to destroy many worlds.

But in this weird cave, these violent qi couldn't stir up any waves at all, and they couldn't even escape from the body, so they could only be held in it.

The inner world has become like this... It should be that the heart of the Tao collapsed and was unable to restrain the cultivation, causing the Tao in the body to become scattered, and the inner world naturally collapsed.

The Taoist heart is broken.

Li Qicai could guess why.

This area is probably just for people like him.

No wonder that Zhizhu praised himself.

It seems that there are only a few people who can persist in themselves and remain unwavering in the face of the 'truth'.

After all...this 'truth' is a bit too scary.

How many people can remain calm when they realize that they have no reality, that their existence is only false, and that everything they experience can be tampered with at will, or has even been tampered with countless times?

Li Qi looked around and found that in such a small house, there were many fifth-level people who were calming down their Taoist hearts and persuading themselves.

These...are the people who need to be 'grounded'.

They are all in the future and have caused huge losses, so much so that the Zhuzhus took action to gather these people in this place to try to change the future.

Li Qi is also one of them.

This made Li Qi suddenly feel angry.

You and others should not be treated like this.

Even if Zhizhu said that this was not a punishment, but a decision made for victory, it shouldn't be like this.

Just telling the truth is cruel enough.

and……

Li Qi suddenly realized something.

It was because of the incident involving his wife and daughter, Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei, that he chose to join forces with the Demonic Dao. Although he was rescued, it resulted in the loss of one-seventh of the Magical Dao's front.

So, now I am grounded...

Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei are still outside! And it has been related to the devil!

No way? Could it be——

Li Qi's heart skipped a beat, wouldn't it be because he was under house arrest here that he couldn't intervene if something happened outside, and eventually something happened to Li Shiwei and Shen Shuibi?

When he thought of this, he suddenly became anxious!

He was no longer interested in watching other people's affairs, but returned to his room.

We have to find a way to understand the outside world and let Shen Shuibi take Li Shiwei back. We can no longer stay on the front line.

However, Zhizhu said that he can move freely in this cave, but he can only stay in this cave, cannot contact the outside world, cannot make breakthroughs in cultivation, and cannot leave written or image records.

Zhizhu didn't allow him to contact the outside world. I'm afraid he had already thought of this, but Li Qi... obviously had no way to force Zhizhu.

He was not qualified to make demands at all. If the other party wanted to force him, he had no choice.

A sense of restraint surged into Li Qi's body, as if there was invisible mud covering him, making him unable to move or breathe.

This is imprisonment.

This is for the final victory, but not for Li Qi.

Li Qi stood up fiercely. Regardless of whether Zhi Zhutong agreed or not, he would spread the news to the outside world, no matter what!

He could accept being grounded and even do something as difficult as climbing to heaven. After all, this was something he had caused, and the witchcraft was his sect and had given him countless help, and he should repay it.

But at least he should be given a chance to be summoned and asked to withdraw by Shen Shuibi and Li Shiwei.

Li Qi immediately went to look for Zhizhu.

He came outside the door, grabbed a fourth-grade being who was walking, and said to him: "Senior——"

But I never thought that the other party would answer in a familiar manner: "If you have any requirements and want to apply, just go to the mailbox over there and stamp your own breath on the envelope."

Li Qi turned his head and looked at where the other person was pointing. There was indeed a mailbox hanging there.

After saying that, the other party drifted away, as if there were still many things to do and there was no time to lead Li Qi.

However, it was enough. It was obvious that Li Qi was not the first person to make such a request. There should be quite a few people who came to this place to accept the ban.

So, he immediately turned back, stretched out his hands, and some vegetation appeared in his hands.

These are the plants and trees that grow in his inner world.

Put the grass and trees in your hands and knead them, kneading the fibers in them almost instantly, then introduce water vapor to make a ball of wood pulp, spread it flat, and use magic to control the fire to dry it, and quickly make a piece of paper. .

He also ground ink from the ore, used his finger as a pen, and quickly wrote a letter.

Nowadays, he can create something out of nothing, and can make almost any substance out of thin air.

After delivering the envelope to the mailbox, he returned to the room and sat, waiting for the news.

Originally, he thought that he was only a fifth-grade person, and it was not impossible to wait several months to deal with his problems. Li Qi was already prepared to wait for half a year.

Compared with more than three hundred years in the future, half a year is still bearable, so Li Qi was prepared to wait.

But what he didn't expect was that only four hours had passed before Zhizhu's spirit came to his room again.

"About your application..." The avatar came down with the same calm tone as always.

"Huh?!" Li Qi stood up directly.

So fast?

"You applied to send messages to the outside world, but I'm sorry, this request cannot be approved." Zhizhu Fenling said.

Li Qi felt like he had been poured cold water on him, but he still remained calm and asked, "Why?"

"When you enter here and are informed of this matter, the causal line between you and the outside world has been temporarily cut off. Before the end of time, if you rashly interfere with the outside world, it will have unpredictable consequences. For the outside world, You are in a state of non-existence now and cannot be observed or traced. Your cause and effect is now stable here," Zhizhu Fenling said.

This answer was completely beyond Li Qi's expectation, but it made perfect sense if he thought about it carefully.

Simply banning them has no effect. Wu Dao chose to directly seal the existence of these people.

"Then... you can hide my existence, just move them away from the front line." Li Qi said.

"Yes, the transfer order will be issued in three hours, and they will be evacuated from the front line." Zhizhu Fenling said.

"Thank you, senior. I didn't expect... to be so easy to talk to." Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists in thanks.

"You are all striving for the ultimate goal of witchcraft. Restricting you here is the result of our incompetence. Of course, your needs must be met as soon as possible. As long as you do not violate the prohibition I mentioned before, you are here It’s free, so I’ll leave first.” After finishing speaking, Zhizhu Fenling dissipated directly.

Li Qi let out a long sigh of relief.

That's fine.

He sat down on the chair.

However, at this time, a voice suddenly came out of his heart.

"Are you really relieved?"