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Shaking his hands, San Yue Qi said unhappily, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? You're going to tear my hands off!"
"Isn't this to create some alone space for Brother Kevin and Uncle Yang?" Leaning against the wall at the corner, Xing spread his hands calmly.
"Uh...ah...didn't you say we were going to collect intelligence?" Hearing this, San Yue Qi touched her head. To be honest, she really didn't hear any hidden meaning.
Thinking about it, she stuck her head out again to observe.
Seeing San Yueqi's confused state, Xing held his forehead helplessly: "If you are confused, just ask more questions. If you can't ask, just observe. Do you think they are going to collect intelligence?"
"Hey, stop looking at it, you're just stupid. Let's go." As she spoke, she put her arms around the girl's shoulders and pulled her forward.
And from the place where they initially dispersed, only Kevin and Walter remained.
"To gather intelligence? I guess this is just an excuse for you, right?" Looking at Kevin who did nothing, Walter said without disguising, "You should have something to say to me, Kevin?"
Kevin looked sideways, but his answer was vague: "Yes and no. In comparison, I think you would rather ask me..."
"I..." Perhaps his inner thoughts were seen through, Walter nodded and chuckled, "Indeed, I have a lot of doubts all the way from the Industrial Manufacturing Company."
"Let's find a place to sit down and chat." Kevin suggested, pointing to an unmanned tea shop not far away with a lot of empty tables and chairs.
Walter had no objection to this, and the two of them quickly found a table and chairs to sit down.
He raised his hand and flicked the table twice, and two cups of hot tea were instantly produced by Walter. He pushed one of the cups in front of Kevin, then picked up one and blew it in front of his mouth.
After taking a sip of tea, Walter asked first: "First question, what is the situation of the Cocoon of the End?"
However, Kevin did not rush to reply. He raised his hand and a bucket of instant noodles fell on the table. Then he tore the package, added seasonings, poured water, and the time accelerated and it was all done in one go.
Holding the steaming instant noodle bucket in both hands, Kevin responded to Walter's question: "Regarding the situation of the Cocoon of the End, just as the system sent you, even if I went to investigate in person later, I didn't find anything unusual."
"Misjudgment?" Walter frowned and asked doubtfully.
Kevin shook his head: "I don't think so."
"Why?" Walter asked.
Kevin took a deep breath, pointed to his heart and said, "Because in that short moment, I felt like I really lost something..."
Chapter 210 Cognition is the proof of human existence
"So, what did you lose?" Walter held the edge of the table tightly and asked without hesitation in response to Kevin's words.
"What exactly did I lose…" Kevin did not directly say what he lost, but stared at the instant noodles in his hand and pondered.
After a long silence, Kevin looked up at Walter and said slowly, “In your opinion, what is the most important factor in proving a person’s existence?”
"Prove that a person exists..." Walter touched his chin subconsciously. Although he was surprised that Kevin suddenly asked the question, he still thought about the question seriously.
Lifting the teacup on the table and drinking the tea in one gulp, Walter said leisurely: "If it is just my own opinion, I think that to prove a person's existence, the most important thing should be the impact he caused, or the traces he left behind."
"Traces...?" Kevin opened the paper cover of the instant noodles, and hot steam hit his face. Looking at Walter, he asked in a puzzled tone.
The latter nodded calmly: "This is indeed my point of view."
As he spoke, Walter’s hand passed through the air, a light blue stream of light flashed, and a clear figure was projected on the table.
He has dark blue hair, gentle and deep blue eyes, a blue and white scarf tied on his white fluffy sweater under a brown coat, and looks like the big brother next door.
"Walter Joyce..." After seeing the projection clearly, Kevin slowly read out the man's name.
Half leaning back in the chair, Walter supported his eyes, chuckled and sighed: “I didn’t expect that besides those of us who are related to him, you also remember him.”
"Unfortunately, I was still in the Quantum Ocean at that time, and my understanding of him only came from the information Gray Snake presented to me after I returned to the Eigenworld." Kevin nodded as a matter of course, "As the First Ruler who fought for humanity, he is certainly worthy of being remembered by everyone."
For some reason, Walter faintly heard a hint of regret in Kevin's tone. Looking at Joyce's projection, he shook his head and said with relief: "If Joyce were still alive, he would probably be very happy to hear your evaluation..."
"You think too highly of me, Walter." Kevin casually picked up some instant noodles and put them in front of his mouth, then put them down again, and asked, "So, Joyce is the reason for your opinion?"
"Look up to me? You obviously think too little of yourself, Kevin." Walter said silently in his heart. He knew Kevin would not casually explore his inner thoughts. Of course, if the other party is willing to read it, it doesn't matter.
With a sigh, Walter affirmed: "Yes, for me, Joyce is the best proof."
Perhaps for Joachim Nokianvirtanen, no one can say this with greater weight than him. Inheriting the name of Walter, the ability of the Ruler of Reason, and the position of the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, Walter Young's life has now been changed by Joyce.
Or, in other words, he is the strongest proof that Walter Joyce existed, because the human being named Joyce has left an indelible mark on him.
"Well... I understand what you mean, Walter." Kevin nodded with one hand on his chin, "Indeed, each of us has traces of the existence of others. They have influenced us in the past and made us what we are now."
Joachim became Walter Young today because of Joyce, so...what about himself?
Kevin believes that his current appearance has been deeply influenced by his past. At least, he can never return to the carefree innocence of his high school days.
Kevin raised his fingers and tapped the table lightly, then slowly said, "But I think that human existence should not only be proved by traces and influences, but should rise to a higher level."
"A higher level...what is that?" Walter frowned slightly. He heard Kevin's recognition of himself from his previous tone, but from what he said just now, the other party obviously had a more profound point of view.
Staring at the instant noodles in the bucket that were gradually becoming soft, Kevin said softly, "I think that's cognition."
"In your opinion, am I still a human being now?" Looking at Walter, Kevin asked this question again.
“This…” Walter was a little confused, and he couldn’t give an answer immediately.
To be honest, with the factors of many Honkai beasts fused together and completely equivalent to the Cocoon of the End, it is difficult for Kevin himself to judge whether he is still a human being.
Kevin seemed to have anticipated Walter's conflicted reaction. He spread his hands and said, "That's why I brought up this point of cognition. At least in my own cognition, I am still a human being..."
After being deeply influenced by others and having them leave traces of change on him, Kevin believes that he has indeed changed. Both his personality and existence seem to be completely different from the past.
Even though Mei had anticipated her own changes at the time, and even formulated a special supervisor plan specifically for herself in order to prevent loss of control, no one, including Su who implemented the plan, expected...
The only thing that has never changed about Kevin is that he has always been Kevin.
Cognition, to ordinary people, is an extremely abstract concept, but to Kevin, it is the proof of his humanity.
Materially, his body was no different from that of a Honkai beast or a monster. Materially, he had nothing left to lose, but in this remaining cognition, he still retained the original pure land.
He is Kevin, and he is also human...
"Having said that, what do you think losing in an instant means?" Kevin asked, looking at Walter.
Walter had a gloomy face and slowly replied: “Is it the recognition of yourself…?”
"Yes, it's self-awareness." Kevin nodded slowly, but there seemed to be no emotion on his face. Logically, he should feel the urgency.
Looking at the instant noodles that had become soft, Kevin had no intention of saving them, but pushed them into the imaginary space.
Looking at Kevin's abnormal behavior, Walter suddenly felt like the sky was falling.
Something is wrong! Something is so wrong! This guy didn't even eat a single bite of instant noodles! Normally, he would never waste instant noodles!
Has the situation become so serious?!
"Uh..." Walter swallowed subconsciously, not knowing how to take over the topic, so he asked, "So, in fact, the Cocoon of the End was not affected, but you happened to be affected and had an illusion?"
"You are right, but not entirely." Kevin held his forehead and lowered his eyes and replied, "I think it was not a coincidence, but more like some kind of targeted attack."
"Targeted?!" Walter suddenly felt something was wrong.
"That's right." Kevin said with certainty, "Because after checking the Cocoon of the End, no abnormalities were found. It seems that it was just affected by something irrelevant. And I myself did lose my self-awareness at that moment."
Kevin clenched his fists tightly and continued, "In my opinion, that behavior is more likely to be caused by humans... It is more likely that the impact I received may just be the aftermath of something..."
"Is it... the Star God?" Walter frowned and guessed.
"I don't know." Kevin shook his head. "But judging from what the Star Gods have done to me so far, I don't think they would do this to me without anyone noticing. But is it them who did it, and what exactly do they want to do?"
"At least we don't know now..."
“Hiss…” Listening to Kevin’s analysis, Walter couldn’t help but take a breath. He already felt the seriousness of the situation.
If there really is such a person who targeted Kevin and did something to him that could directly affect him, then who is that person?
Just as Walter was distressed, Kevin also shook his head. He couldn't understand this problem, just like he couldn't understand why the Star God would target him.
In Yalilo-VI, Aha had spoken to Kevin through Sambo's body. The other party said that they had been paying attention to him from the beginning.
At the beginning... was it when he woke up, or was it already like this when he was sealed in the six-phase ice?
Just like why Rakshasa suspected that he knew himself, had he seen a similar individual to himself, or was it something else?
Has he really recovered all his memories now? Kevin thinks so, at least he doesn't feel any emptiness.
But is this really the case?
Kevin shook his head. It seemed that countless puzzles had been staring at him since he woke up.
Looking around, Kevin said, "I think, after everything is over, we have to go see Luosha. At least we can't let go of this nearest anomaly..."
Walter tapped his palms and nodded in agreement: "Compared to meaningless guesses, this is indeed the only thing we can explore at the moment."
Seeing that the problem of the cocoon of the end had been solved temporarily, Walter turned the topic and asked, "However, there are other questions right now. Can you tell me?"
"What?" Kevin glanced at the other person.
After hesitating for a long time, Walter finally decided to ask. He stared at Kevin and said, "What did you say to him after you went to check the Cocoon of the End?"
"Who?" Kevin asked calmly, but there was still a hint of surprise in the corners of his eyes.
Walter knocked on the table, and a name came out of his mouth: “Su.”
Chapter 211 I won’t die either...
"You said... that guy dreamed about it?"
Half leaning against the back of a wooden chair, Kevin glanced at the two figures moving back and forth in the alley in the distance, and suddenly something occurred to him.
"Could it be..."
"It's a star core..."
Just as Kevin was about to speak, as if seeing through his inner thoughts, Walter suddenly took over.
Seeing that the other party had no unusual expression, Walter slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
"It seems we think the same thing."
"Indeed." Kevin nodded. He didn't mind Walter's interruption. Instead, he agreed, "That's what I thought of the first time. After all, you know what happened in Beloberg later."
"The inexplicable connection between star cores, is this a commonality or a characteristic of stars?" Walter thought, touching his chin.
Kevin spread his hands, seemingly not that concerned.
"Well... maybe both. After all, you and I have witnessed her uniqueness."