"Don't worry, I'm fine. It's not your fault. It will grow back in a while."

Lei Zongchao noticed Meng Chao's surprise and comforted him gently.

Sure enough, as he spoke, the little finger of his left hand grew out again, gradually covering Bai Sensen's phalanges.

Meng Chao was very sure that this was not cell regeneration.

Because he didn't see the wound healing itself, the bloodshot blood, granulation and scab that it should have.

Lei Zongchao's little finger seemed to disappear out of thin air and then appear out of thin air.

It's just that it's a little "lighter" than before, and it looks a little blurry.

Meng Chao blinked hard and looked intently, still feeling that Lei Zongchao's little finger was like a layer of light smoke that would disappear again at any time.

As for the corners of his mouth, although flesh and blood reappeared, they also showed a sense of translucence and emptiness. Through the flesh and blood, the teeth inside could still be vaguely seen.

"Master Lei, what on earth is going on?" Meng Chao was completely confused.

"As you can see, I'm dying."

Lei Zongchao observed the little finger of his left hand, with an expression neither sad nor happy, and said calmly, "In other words, at a certain probability, I am already dead - did you just see several different versions of me, some covered with bruises?

Some are dripping with blood, some are highly decayed, and some are even turned into a mass of withered bones?"

Meng Chao's eyes widened and he nodded vigorously.

"Those are all me in 'different possibilities'."

Lei Zongchao explained, "You know, whether in the past when I was exploring ancient ruins, fighting zombies and monsters, or absorbing violent spiritual energy and trying to break through the limits of life, I had narrow escapes countless times.

experience.

"In terms of probability, it is really a fluke that I can survive to this day.

"If I repeat it again, no, a hundred times, I have no confidence that I can replicate this luck.

"Perhaps, in another possibility, I died tragically deep in the ancient ruins and turned into a ball of withered bones; or I was severely injured by zombies and monsters, lying on the bed with a mutilated appearance, lingering; or I became obsessed,

Become a deformed and twisted monster.

"And as you can see, the me in front of you is in a state of superposition of so many probabilities. Moreover, as I continue to burn life and exert overloaded power, my probability of death is gradually increasing, just like every once in a while.

I have to throw a dice once, and if the number exceeds the critical point, I will really die."

"..."

Meng Chao was confused.

I feel like I spent several years in college in vain.

I couldn't understand what Lei Zongchao was talking about at all.

"How could this happen?" he could only ask dryly.

"No one knows yet. Perhaps, this is the curse of ancient civilization."

Lei Zongchao sighed and said, "The earth and earth civilization we are familiar with are three-dimensional carbon-based intelligent life and three-dimensional civilization. The biggest characteristics are 'fixed' and 'unique'. We live in a one-dimensional timeline.

Unlike living beings in a single space, our time can only flow forward, and we can only appear at a single coordinate point in three-dimensional space.

"If we want to move from one coordinate in three-dimensional space to another, it will take a lot of energy and a very long time - like moving Dragon City and its tens of millions of people from the surface of the earth.

Going to the surface of another planet on the other side of the star sea, such technology is simply impossible to achieve within the concept of three-dimensional civilization.

"But ancient civilizations were different.

"Based on the clues we have discovered from ancient ruins, ancient civilization is most likely a four-dimensional civilization that transcends time and space.

"In our eyes, the long river of time that passes slowly and never returns may be, in the eyes of ancient civilizations, a solidified glacier that can be freely crossed and traced back to its source.

"In our view, the vast sea of ​​stars, in the eyes of ancient civilizations, may be just a small ball of paper that is compressed to the extreme and full of wrinkles both inside and outside. As long as there is a thin enough and sharp enough sharp needle, it can instantly

Pierce and communicate hundreds of coordinates separated by hundreds of millions of light years.

"Ancient civilization can easily jump between different timelines and coordinate points, and exist in several, dozens, or hundreds of times and spaces at the same time. It is a life form superimposed by multiple probabilities. We cannot understand it. At best, we can only observe it.

and feelings.

"Decades ago, I once ventured deep into the ancient ruins with Jin Wanhao and Jin Qianqian. Once, we strayed into an ever-changing maze. The passages in the maze changed randomly, and it was full of murderous plots and traps.

A trap, but it's still not the scariest thing.

"The most terrifying thing is that when we wandered around the maze for several days and still couldn't find a way out, we found that someone was silently following us, three to five meters behind us.

“At that time, the three of us were terrified.

"You know, although we were still very young at that time, we had already been tempered by the ancient ruins and cultivated an unparalleled extraordinary strength. How could we be followed for several days without being noticed?

"And no matter how quickly we turn around and look back, we can never see the true face of the stalker.

"Deep in the maze, there is a vague mist floating, which is exactly the same as the mist that shrouds Dragon City.

"The stalkers are hidden deep in the mist, always keeping a distance of three to five meters from us. When we advance, they retreat, and when we retreat, they advance, like some kind of... shadow that is separated from us but entangled with us.

Same.

"In the end, Jin Qianqian cracked the core mechanism of the maze, and we were finally able to identify the stalker's true identity and launch the most powerful offensive as soon as possible.

"I knocked one of the stalkers out of the trap. However, when the stalker was swallowed by the metal fangs deep in the trap, with the help of the dim light, I could barely see clearly that the stalker turned out to be me!

"To this day, I still don't understand what happened.

"Perhaps, when we step into the maze of ancient ruins and pass through every fork, two, four, eight, sixteen... countless possibilities are split into our bodies.

"With a certain possibility, we successfully cracked the maze's mechanism and escaped.

"But in the other possibility, we fall into a trap and are shattered to pieces.

"The third possibility is that we huddle in the depths of the maze, starve to death, rot, and turn into a ball of withered bones.

"And when we leave the maze, all the possibilities of life and death, neither life nor death, are condensed together and superimposed in this body."

Lei Zongchao pointed with the vague little finger of his left hand at his body with the tattoo of crossed eyes.

These words set off a huge storm in Meng Chao's heart.

It's not that Meng Chao fully understood Lei Zongchao's theory.

Instead, he discovered that this theory could perfectly explain his journey through Dragon City and his own rebirth.

"Could it be that the so-called rebirth is just a wave of probability, jumping from one possibility to another?"

Meng Chao murmured to himself, "What is the true face of ancient civilization?"

"There's no need to get too hung up on this issue."

Seeing Meng Chao's pensive and even obsessed expression, Lei Zongchao waved his hands and said, "Now we are still a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from the level of ancient civilization, and we are forcefully searching for the so-called 'truth' and 'answers', just like

Asking primary school students to take college exam questions will only go astray, waste a lot of time, resources and energy, and will not be of much significance in solving the real problems we face.

"As for my injuries, you can simply and crudely understand that I was poisoned by a chronic poison while exploring the ancient ruins. The stronger the strength, the more severe the poison. After decades of accumulation, the poison finally penetrated deep into my lungs, bone marrow and

Brain, it’s time to pay back the debt.

"So, I can only huddle in this room made of 'yamo stars' all day long, soaked in the genetic liquid rich in spiritual energy and nutrients. Using this method, I can barely control the life magnetic field and maintain the final

A glimmer of hope."

Meng Chao thought to himself, Aji was right.

Lei Zongchao's "injury" was indeed more serious than that of Jin Wanhao.

It's not even a matter of him being seriously injured, but that he is already dead with a certain probability.

Jin Wanhao's hidden injury can be solved through "rejuvenation".

But even if all the cells in Lei Zongchao's body were renewed, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to prevent him from being infinitely likely to die.

In my past life memory, this is indeed the case.

The legendary god of war fell at the last moment of the monster war.

In this life, if he wants to reverse Lei Zongchao's fate, Meng Chao may have to work harder.

Thinking of this, Meng Chao became more and more puzzled: "Master Lei, if this is the case, why..."

Why do you still take the risk of greatly increasing the probability of death, agitate the life magnetic field to the limit, cleanse my marrow and cut my scriptures, and make me enlightened?

"Don't be surprised, Meng Chao. In fact, I have noticed your existence a long time ago - much earlier than you think."

As if seeing his doubts, Lei Zongchao smiled and said, "When you taught your high school classmates the improved "Mangniu Jin" and helped Yan Hengbo develop "Ripple Jin 2.0", I knew that Longcheng

Another incredible rising star has emerged.”

Meng Chao was surprised and a little embarrassed.

Come to think of it, who is Lei Zongchao? The legendary God of War. Even though his absolute combat power is not as good as at his peak, his vision is becoming more sophisticated. He can naturally see how terrifying the "Rang Niu Jin" and "Ripple Jin" from the future are.

potential.

However, in Lei Zongchao's eyes, the trick of "Old Man Passing Fire" cannot be fooled.

It is difficult for me to explain the origin of these two future martial arts with "extraordinary talent".

Meng Chao was a little entangled, but Lei Zongchao waved his hand and did not dwell on the details: "The most important thing that I can survive today from the superposition of countless death probabilities is that I don't meddle in other people's business!

"I don't care where your power comes from, I only care whether you can use this power to do more for Dragon City, your compatriots, and our civilization.

"Now it seems that you have been doing very well in the past two years, and the new wave of martial arts set off by you, whether it is the upgraded version of "Mangniu Jin" and "Ripple Jin", or the new battle mode of extreme flow, has created a great foundation for Dragon City.

Man has opened up a completely new and completely different path.
Chapter completed!