Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 206 Consciousness Integration

"You mean you'll step in to save Anna?"

The captain shook his head: "I can't guarantee that I can save you, but I can at least prevent you from becoming a Herrscher. Since you already knew the truth beforehand and didn't feel despair or anger because of it, you still have a chance."

"But what's the point?" Chen Tianwu's pupils dimmed again. "If saving me is the only thing that matters, then nothing else matters. Besides, even if I don't become a Herrscher now, can you guarantee what will happen in the future? Even if you can, aren't there many other people in this world who might also become Herrschers? How can you save them?"

“What you said makes sense, but if you don’t even try to save someone within your reach, how can you talk about saving the world?”

"You really do have the heart of a saint!"

"Say what you will, but what I want to tell you is that Anna's transformation into a Herrscher is not irreversible."

"What did you say?!" X2

Upon hearing this, even the raven let out a gasp.

"Are you serious?"

The captain nodded and continued, "There is a way to do it, but we'll need your help."

Rewind to the moment before departure, just as the captain was busily preparing what he would need, a high-ranking figure approached him.

You seem to be very busy. Do you need my help?

The captain paused for a moment, then continued organizing the items in his hands.

"So you've come after all, Consciousness Integration."

"After all, she's already contacted you and said a lot of bad things about me. If I don't come over soon, I might lose your trust!"

The Consciousness Integration said playfully, clearly not taking Kiana's earlier words to heart.

"Let me guess, did she tell you about your future fate?"

"Do we really need to guess about beings like you?"

"Haha!" the consciousness integration entity laughed. "For me, there's indeed no need to guess, but wouldn't that make it less interesting? To view the development of the three-dimensional world from a high-dimensional perspective every day—to put it in terms you can understand—is like watching a video where you can drag the progress bar at any time to learn about the past and future. But that would mean losing the enjoyment of watching the video, wouldn't it?"

"How come I never knew you were so... playful?"

"Because I'll only be playful with you, after all, I'm still yours!"

"By using my body as a vessel to descend into the world and completely merging my consciousness into yours, can this also be considered 'me'?"

"First of all, let me make this clear: I never intended to use your body as a vessel; you were the one who asked me to. Secondly, even if I hadn't descended into your body, you would still be me, because not just anyone can become my vessel so easily."

The captain frowned, realizing that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

"What do you mean?"

"Hmm, where should I begin?" the consciousness integration entity pondered. "How about I start with why only you can become my vessel?"

The captain then learned everything from the explanation given by the consciousness consortium.

It turns out that after an unknown amount of time had passed since the birth of the Consciousness Integration, it had grown tired of communicating with its own separate consciousnesses and decided to travel to various three-dimensional universes in person.

The result is that no matter how much effort He put in, no universe could contain Him. It's important to understand that even a single fragment of His consciousness is comparable to a cosmic embryo; otherwise, how could these fragments manage the life-altering energies, each with a capacity equivalent to a universe?

Therefore, even the split consciousness could barely enter the universe, let alone its original body.

So He also tried to take a step back and possess an intelligent being in the universe, but that also failed.

After His consciousness entered the designated intelligent being, the next second the intelligent being's brain burned out because it could not handle the excessive information, and then the body also experienced a rejection reaction. Less than three seconds after the possession, the intelligent being's body turned into the most primitive particles.

At first, He wondered if it was because the species were incompatible, so He tried all sorts of creatures, including androids, but none of them worked.

Thus, He abandoned the idea of ​​personally entering the universe to experience it, and returned to His previous mode of observing the universe. However, this time He added the project of exploring the boundaries of the space where the Sea of ​​Trees exists for His own amusement.

Time passed in this way, and what was originally just a way to pass the time actually yielded unexpected results. The consciousness integration body vaguely sensed a world that did not belong to either the tree or the sea.

Excited, He focused His gaze on that world and saw a planet called Terra.

There is no strange magic on the planet, only technology.

Although in His eyes these technologies were not even as advanced as some planets in the Star Iron Universe, He saw a company in a city called Magic City on this planet.

In the game released by that company, He saw many names He had observed before, and the game's plot was almost identical to the developments He had observed!

This subconscious entity became extremely interested, but unfortunately, an insurmountable barrier separated it from that world. Therefore, it could only settle for observing that world instead, and after countless days and nights of observation, it discovered a terrifying fact.

That is, the world I live in may have been developed based on the world view of the game developed by that company. Perhaps because I realized this, my consciousness integration has felt that I can perceive several worlds that do not belong to my own Tree Sea world.

Without exception, all those worlds were derivatives of the works in the world He first observed, for which the Consciousness Unification officially named that world the Creator World.

The captain's past life can be traced back to a whim he had while observing the past of the creator world.

I'm too lazy to explain the specific time consciousness integration, but what I do know is that He received a prayer at that time.

A prayer from the captain's parents in his previous life, out of curiosity and to experiment with the integration of consciousness, was given to the mother as a blessing to ensure the safety of both mother and child.

Unexpectedly, this unintentional act led to a miracle, and the power of the Consciousness Integration, transformed into a blessing, truly affected the captain's mother from his previous life.

Since then, the connection between the Consciousness Unification and the Creator World has become even closer, and it can even project a part of its consciousness onto the captain who was not yet born at that time.

This is probably why the captain has possessed the power of a unified consciousness since birth. Although that power has long been dormant, it still influences the captain's soul at all times.

Over time, the captain's soul ceased to be purely human, but rather became an entity akin to the embodiment of His unified consciousness.

In other words, the consciousness consortium could possess the captain at any time if it wanted to, but after decades of observation, the consciousness consortium had long since given up on that idea. Because in its view, it seemed more interesting to raise a child virtually than to personally become the child itself.

Yes, the consciousness consortium regarded the captain more as its descendant than as an incarnation. Otherwise, it wouldn't have brought the captain's soul back to its own world after that incident, along with her childhood friend who was also affected.

It was at that moment that the Consciousness Integration finally saw clearly where its future kind would come from, and that is all that the Consciousness Integration can explain so far.

"Um, so what should I call you?"

"Call me whatever you want, it's just a title to me. Son! I've wanted to tell you the truth for a long time, but my wife has always prevented me from seeing you. Only now have I had the chance to sneak out and see you. Do you know how painful it has been for me all these years, only able to look but not touch!"

Well! Looks like this guy wants to be my dad!

The captain thought to himself, his lips twitching, but then a problem arose.

"What exactly is the purpose of that cocoon?"

"Oh, you mean that thing? It's actually just an energy block I left for you to evolve into higher-dimensional beings. It's just that during the manufacturing process, the soul of a star god got mixed in, which caused it to have a little bit of self-awareness."

Are you sure that's called "one point"?

"Yes! It's only comparable to the Venerable Master of Learning, nothing special."

"You call this nothing?!"

"Please, the soul that slipped in was that of a genuine Star God, and considering my strength was comparable to that of the Learned Venerable, that's already considered weak!"

"Yes, yes, you are awesome, you are awesome."

The captain spoke as if coaxing a child, but the consciousness consortium seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit.

"Since you've praised me so much, and today is the first day our father and I have reunited, I'll do you a favor!"

"Forget about that, what's with the tasks you gave us? You can't be doing this for fun, can you?"

"...Let's talk about how you need my help," the consciousness integration entity said, drenched in sweat.

"No, I'm just curious!"

"My child, we..."

"I'm very curious. You can't possibly not be able to answer your own child's questions, can you?"

Upon hearing this, the consciousness integration entity could no longer hold back and simply admitted it.

"Yes! So what if I want to have some fun? I've raised you with all my hard work (virtually) for so many years, what's wrong with you providing me with some entertainment?!"

"So, even that ability of mine that I couldn't turn off at first was given to me by you? And you never even intended for it to be turnable in the first place, right?"

"Hehe! Doesn't this make you seem exceptionally talented? You can even train an ability that can't be turned off to be switched on and off at will."

"So you were just hoping to see me build a harem and struggle to survive among all those women from the start, right?"

"Yes."

Since things have come to this point, the consciousness integration entity has simply given up and admitted it.

"You know perfectly well that I'm a believer in pure love, yet you still gave me this ability. Do you just enjoy watching this kind of fun?"

"I can only say that Aha is right, pleasure is the essence of the world."

"No, you're just trying to find an excuse to amuse yourself!"

"Hey!"

"Hey, you big dummy! So let's get back to the point. Tell me, how much exactly can you help me with this?"

"I'll help you however you want, but of course, I'll just let this world defeat the Honkai directly."

"Can you help me bring my companions into this world?"

"Then let's talk about whether or not this world should defeat the Honkai."

"???"

"Don't look at me like that. I'm a person of principle. I've already given her the task, so there's no reason for me to switch to a different main quest halfway through. So just wait a little longer. By the way, I've also locked your group chat. I'll unlock it for you when your girlfriend brings other people over."

The captain took a deep breath and tried to calm his anger, because he knew that ordinary reasoning wouldn't work on people who enjoyed watching others have fun.

Since it's already confirmed that Kiana and the others are alright, let's just do as He pleases for now.

"Never mind, my main goal this time is to try and change the fate of Chen Tianwu and Anna Shaniat. With your help, I think it should be a piece of cake, right?"

"It's not just easy, it's a piece of cake! All you have to do is find them and put this in front of them to completely preserve their human consciousness, and they might even get a boost."

After that, an unprecedented app appeared on the captain's phone screen. Not only that, the interface after clicking on it was also very simple, with only a white background and an automatically spinning spiral pattern.

"So this hypnosis app is...?"

"Hey~ How can you call it a hypnosis app? This is clearly called a human consciousness awakening app! The usage is very simple. Just put this interface in the subject's line of sight for a second or two."

"So this is still a hypnosis app..."

"Don't worry about the details. As long as it works, you don't care if it's a black cat or a white cat."

"alright."

The captain put the phone back in his pocket and then thanked him, saying, "Thanks, I'll use it well."

After finishing speaking, the captain packed his luggage and prepared to depart. It was at this moment that the consciousness integration sent its last message.

"Actually, you can also use that app on other people. As for the effect, well... those who know, know."

Upon hearing this, the captain nearly stumbled and fell. When he regained his balance and tried to confront the entity, he discovered that he could no longer contact the consciousness integration body.

The discussion is over.

With a resigned expression, the captain took out his phone, emphasizing the purity of his purpose, and began explaining the function of the app to Chen Tianwu and Raven.

After the introduction, the captain could keenly sense that Chen Tianwu subconsciously took a small step back, his eyes filled with wariness towards the captain.

It was obvious that no matter how much armor the captain had stacked, he still couldn't escape the misunderstanding. Just as the captain turned to look at Raven with hope in his eyes, he found that Raven was also looking at him warily.

Her body was even prepared to exert force at any moment, and she would instantly escape or rush forward to suppress the captain should there be any unusual movement.

At that moment, the captain realized just how fragile trust between people could be.