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Chapter 1842 - 558 The Reason the Great Emperor Took the Witch’s Path_2

Chapter 1842: Chapter 558 The Reason the Great Emperor Took the Witch’s Path_2

Leonard Churchill looked straight ahead and said: "I’d like to hear the details."

"To understand time, you need to comprehend many other related things."

The Witch Lanlingster paused as she spoke, "How should I put it... let’s start with life and death."

As if trying to use simple language to describe a very complex matter,

The extremely enchanting eyes of hers flashed a hint of laziness, she asked: "When you first entered this space, did you feel your soul immersed in an alternate reality, experiencing a sensation similar to death?"

"Yes."

Leonard Churchill nodded.

The Witch Lanlingster asked again: "How did experiencing the sensation of death feel?"

Leonard Churchill reminisced about the feeling he had upon entering, the experience of his soul leaving his body was still vivid: "Yes, it felt pretty good."

The Witch Lanlingster chuckled upon hearing his words and suddenly changed her tone: "Then... why do you think you are still alive now?"

"???"

Upon hearing these words, Leonard Churchill’s eyes widened instantly.

He faintly realized what the other party was about to say.

The Witch Lanlingster smiled gently with an expression hinting at enlightenment, and continued: "Or more accurately, what makes you believe that you are living in the real world. Rather than in an alternate dimension, not in a novel, or not in the dream of a higher consciousness?"

"..."

Leonard Churchill fell silent.

Because someone had asked him a similar question before.

Once in the "Thousand Army Surrounding City," in that alternate dimension, he encountered Farlo, the last of Taren, the "Pursuer of Light."

At that time, the other party asked a similar question: How do you determine that you are definitely alive? Or how do you ascertain that the world you’re in is indeed the real world?

This has been a question that troubled Leonard Churchill for a long time, and he still couldn’t answer it.

...

Seeing Leonard Churchill falling into prolonged contemplation.

The Witch Lanlingster raised her beautiful eyebrows, also feeling that this question couldn’t be answered in a few words.

She asked again from another perspective: "In the universe, all things eventually face death due to the flow of time. Do you think this statement is accurate?"

Leonard Churchill affirmed: "Yes."

This was an observed cosmic law.

If he couldn’t be sure about this, then his entire construct of the universe understanding would collapse.

However, as soon as he said this, Leonard Churchill heard another question that made his brow furrow once more: "Then, do you think I’m alive now or just dead?"

Turning his head, he saw that perfect face adorned with a gentle smile, patient and elegant.

Leonard Churchill felt a throbbing pain in his head again.

His thoughts were tangled like a messy skein.

He was very clear that the person in front of him was a fragment of consciousness separated from Emperor Lanlingster.

So the question arises, since she had consciousness and could converse with him, then was "she" alive or dead?

Leonard Churchill couldn’t describe this cognitive blank.

He turned his gaze to the opposite: "May I hear the answer first?"

The Witch Lanlingster’s long eyelashes flickered with a light smile towards this crafty inquiry, yet she did not refuse to answer, giving a direct response: "I am alive, and also not alive. Because you realize I am alive, therefore I exist."

Cogito, ergo sum?

Leonard Churchill’s expression revealed a hint of self-mockery as he listened.

"Hmm... how should I put it..."

The Witch Lanlingster mused for a moment, then made an analogy: "Oh, right. Someone once told me, it is like a storybook. When you read it, the characters inside come to life along with the thoughts of the reader, are born, grow, adventure, get married, have children... then live an extraordinary life and eventually face death. The timeline in the book is the time of that low-dimensional world. Then, do you think the ’time’ in the book truly exists? Do the characters in the book truly live?"

"..."

Leonard Churchill inexplicably found this example familiar.

It was almost the same example.

Back in the alternate dimension, that "Pursuer of Light," Farlo, also used a similar example.

This made Leonard Churchill see the shadow of inheritance.

The inheritance of the Illumination Secret Society’s Pursuer of Light, and this Emperor Lanlingster likely stem from the same origin!

The Witch Lanlingster discerned Leonard Churchill’s expression and continued: "Because of the reader’s consciousness, the time of the story inside the book becomes meaningful and starts to flow. And because of the reader’s consciousness, the characters in the book come to life. You can understand my current state like this. And although this relic space is a bit special, it is essentially the same as the ’storybook’ I mentioned."

As she spoke, she concluded the somewhat convoluted metaphor she had just given: "So that’s why I asked you earlier, is the time in the space really flowing? You come, I am ’alive.’ You don’t come, I’m not dead. Always here."

"..."

Leonard Churchill felt that he seemed to understand a bit.

Schrödinger’s Witch?

Her state is only confirmed when observed.

The Witch Lanlingster watched Leonard Churchill’s furrowed brow and seemingly found some rare amusement, asking: "Is it difficult to understand?"

Leonard Churchill nodded: "Yes."

His mind strongly resisted those things that were impossible to understand.

Just like seeing High-level Demon Language, the cognition and the content seen couldn’t match, it was a very torturous feeling.

Obviously, the Witch Lanlingster said these things with deeper meaning.

She then asked another question: "Then, I’ll ask another question. Does time have a beginning and an end?"

"..."

Leonard Churchill didn’t know.

He had read many books, none of which provided an accurate answer to this question.

Before he could respond, the Emperor started muttering to herself: "Ah... explaining this in terms that human realms can understand is really troublesome. Let’s put it this way..."