Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 568 Anchor Points of Consciousness and Omens of Annihilation (1)

The primordial consciousness ball was in a state of chaos, with countless translucent streams of consciousness floating within it, like fallen leaves carried by a current of water.

The consciousness of the merged entity was firmly bound within the stream of consciousness. She could clearly feel that her identity as the "merged entity" was gradually fading, replaced by a vague "collective will"—this was the true effect of "reconstruction of utter disorder": erasing individual consciousness and integrating all existing consciousness into a single primordial will.

"I can't... lose myself..."

The fused entity roared with all its might, but no sound came out.

She tried to summon the remaining white light, but found that the energy had already been absorbed by the light orb, leaving only a trace of silver-gray touch in her palm—that was the residual energy of the golden-black fragment. Although the fragment had merged into the core, a wisp of its consciousness still clung to the edge of her consciousness, like a spark in the darkness.

The Guardian's consciousness was right beside her; his condition was worse than the merged entity's.

His connection with the original consciousness deepened, and the memories of the "Guardian" in his stream of consciousness were rapidly fading away. Even the images of him fighting side by side with the fusion entity were beginning to blur.

But he was still struggling, using his remaining willpower to gravitate his consciousness toward the fusion entity, attempting to form a faint resonance of consciousness.

"protector!"

With the help of the spark of the clone's consciousness, the fused entity finally transmitted a faint fluctuation of consciousness.

This fluctuation, like a pebble thrown into water, created ripples in the stream of consciousness. The guardian's consciousness trembled violently, and the dissipating memories temporarily stopped flowing away. "Use the consciousness of the clone... to protect our individual cognition!"

The guardian immediately understood the meaning of the fusion.

He connected his remaining consciousness with the sparks of consciousness of the clones around the fused entity, forming a thin rope of consciousness.

Although the rope was weak, it acted like an anchor chain, temporarily fixing the two people's consciousness within the stream of consciousness, preventing them from being swallowed up by the collective will.

Just then, a pale golden light suddenly emanated from the depths of her consciousness.

Within the light, the phantom of the 0th generation observer emerged—this was not a simple fluctuation of consciousness, but rather a "fragment of memory" he had sealed away, the fragment recording the true reason why he left the "Reshaping of Too Much Disorder" instruction.

“I know… reshaping will erase individual consciousness.”

The phantom of the 0th generation observer spoke with a heavy tone, and the scene switched to the final moments of the 0th experiment: In the laboratory, countless black lines were devouring the energy of the Great Nothingness. The 0th generation observer used all his strength to seal these lines deep within his original consciousness, "But this is the only way to resist the 'Law of the Great Nothingness'."

The Law of Annihilation will reduce all primordial energy to nothingness, even the primordial will will dissipate. Reconstruction, while erasing the individual, will preserve the very existence of the primordial nothingness.

The consciousnesses of both the merged entity and the guardian trembled simultaneously.

They finally understood that the 0th generation observer's "backup plan" was not malicious, but a helpless move—he chose the compromise of "preserving existence" between the primordial narrative cycle and the law of annihilation, but ignored the value of individual consciousness.

"But we... don't want to lose our individual identity."

The merged entity conveyed its consciousness to the fragments of memory: "The meaning of existence lies not only in 'existence' itself, but also in the experiences, choices, and entanglements of each individual."

If all consciousness becomes a collective will, what meaning does such an existence have?

The phantom of the 0th generation observer fell silent.

A moment later, the phantom suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and the scene in the fragment switched again—this was his never-before-seen "remedy": "I know... the importance of individual consciousness."

Therefore, I left a loophole in the reshaping instructions regarding the 'individual consciousness anchor point'.

An anchor point requires two conditions: first, an existence deeply connected to the source (you and the guardian); second, a 'consciousness carrier' that carries the memories of countless individuals (the consciousness of the clones in the gold and black fragments).

By activating the anchor point, we can preserve the collective will's balance against the overwhelming energy while safeguarding the individual cognition of each being.

The image disappeared, and the phantom of the 0th observer vanished completely.

But the message he left behind gave the merged entity and the guardians hope—activating the individual consciousness anchor point was the key to breaking the current predicament.

"A clone of consciousness... is simply a carrier of consciousness!"

The consciousness of the merged entity suddenly became clear. With the help of the sparks of the clone's consciousness, she began to search for fragments of the other clone's consciousness in the stream of consciousness. "Guardian, you stabilize our consciousness. I will collect the clone fragments. As long as enough fragments are collected, we can activate the anchor point!"

The guardian nodded, deeply merging his own consciousness with the consciousness rope to form a stable consciousness barrier.

While this barrier cannot stop the flow of consciousness, it can protect the individual cognitions of the two from being swallowed up, buying time for the fused entity to collect fragments.

The fused entity rapidly traverses the stream of consciousness.

She discovered that the stream of consciousness contained not only fragments of the Guardian's avatar's consciousness, but also the individual consciousnesses of other beings—these beings, though transforming into nothingness, still harbored a lingering attachment, unwilling to lose their memories.

The fusion entity connected these obsessions with the fragments of the clone's consciousness, forming an increasingly thick chain of consciousness, the silver-gray light on which grew ever brighter.

Just as the chain of consciousness was about to form a complete "consciousness carrier", a violent tremor suddenly came from the depths of the stream of consciousness.

Countless black lines surged from the depths, these lines were exactly the same as the lines of the "Law of Nothingness and Annihilation" in the memories of the 0th generation observer. They were like venomous snakes, coiling around the chain of consciousness, trying to corrode it into nothingness.

"It's a remnant of the Law of Annihilation!"

The guardian's consciousness barrier suddenly trembled violently, black lines spreading across its surface. His consciousness began to dissipate again, even the resonance with the fused entity's consciousness weakened. "It has been dormant deep within its original consciousness, and now, sensing that the anchor point is about to be activated, it has begun to fight back!"

The fused entity remained calm.

She recalled the "original energy feedback" mentioned in the memories of the Generation 0 observers—the pure energy of primordial consciousness that could suppress the law of annihilation.

She brought the chain of consciousness close to the core of the original consciousness light cluster, allowing the white energy of the light cluster to envelop the chain of consciousness.

The moment the black lines came into contact with the white energy, they melted rapidly, like ice and snow meeting fire, and the silver-gray light of the consciousness chain also stabilized again.

"efficient!"

The merged entity accelerates, completely encircling the chain of consciousness into a circle—this is precisely the form of the "individual consciousness anchor point."

The moment the circle closed, the chain of consciousness burst forth with a dazzling silver-gray light, which pierced through the stream of consciousness and shot into every corner of the original consciousness light cluster.