Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Why can't it be extinguished?!"

Jiang Li felt the pain, this red flame, just an ordinary flame without any Divine Power infused within, yet it could burn in a vacuum, even scorching his spirit, his path.

"A spark can start a great fire."

Meng Xiaolan said indifferently, "The crimson flame is the most splendid of things, and we will not forcefully make everyone think about the same ideals and goals."

"What's the purpose of the revolution?"

"To liberate thoughts, to allow everyone to choose their own lives."

By then, the flames had already covered Jiang Li's entire body.

But he was not content, "Can everyone truly choose for themselves? I was born in the Taixu Illusory Realm, where no one worries about food and warmth, but to obtain money, status, and power, one still needs to work hard, and even with hard work, it's not certain to be recognized!"

Meng Xiaolan responded calmly, "That's why Ming Lun's brilliance lies in this—not in creating a Utopia that causes everyone to lose their goals and become puppets."

"And yet, what you see, is it really what you think is correct?"

Jiang Li was startled.

Within the crimson flames, he seemed to see countless families, where parents went out to work exhausted, but could still smile when they got home, dining with their children—despite occasional squabbles and moments of anger, they still felt happiness.

In the Infinite World,

families are harmonious, because everyone practices the Infinite Path, so there are no quarrels or contradictions.

Happy?

Happy.

But that happiness is unrealistically happy.

Then, he saw numerous police, firefighters, doctors, teachers, and other professionals diligently carrying out their duties with dedication.

In the Infinite World, everyone was diligent.

But—

there were no police, teachers, doctors, or firefighters in the strict sense.

Because the Infinite World was too perfect, so perfect that everyone had the same thoughts and knowledge, dedicating all their energy to researching the Infinite.

Criminals would not be born, so there was no need for police.

Babies born with the Infinite Path could automatically capture information, everyone was a genius, so there was no need for teachers.

People in the Infinite World did not get sick, so there was no need for doctors.

Efficient, orderly.

But such a world was almost heartless.

Everyone seemed to be tools existing solely to advance the Infinite!

In an instant, Jiang Li seemed to understand why he had lost.

Not just because of the sudden intervention of that light-body, but also because what he had created from the beginning was a Utopia.

Though beautiful, it would never become reality.

The reason was simple.

Because if it continued to develop, in the future, he might very well choose to take a step closer to transcendence and self-immolate along with the entire Infinite World.

To burn everything!

To achieve rebirth!

If successful, all beings would transcend!

If failed, everything would return to nothingness!

"But at least, I have a fifty percent chance of success!" Jiang Li eventually firmed up his thoughts, gritting his teeth against the crimson flames on his body, raising one arm, attempting to throw a punch at Meng Xiaolan.

"Whether it be gods who shepherd beings or leaders like myself, none would be gamblers," Meng Xiaolan's words denounced Jiang Li as inferior to the gods who shepherd beings, the heavens themselves.

They would consider the beings, at least minding the pros and cons for the crops they plant, preventing anything that might harm the growth of the crops from affecting them.

And Jiang Li?

He was making decisions for all beings.

The beings in the Infinite World, after learning the Infinite Divine Arts, became a part of Jiang Li, never to rebut him, a brainwashing more terrifying than becoming followers of gods or minions of heaven.

For common social animals, individual members don't resist the leader's guidance. If one does resist, it indicates a decision to challenge the leader's position, ready to usurp it.

Humans too are social animals.

But they are also social creatures with intelligence, dissent does not mean to replace status, but is meant to improve the entire group, to offer suggestions to the leaders.

Indeed, in this process, there are those who genuinely wish to replace the leader, and the leaders themselves might indeed think, "Does this youngster wish to challenge me?"

But this is the meaning of wisdom!

To think!

And the people of the Infinite World?

Their thoughts were all united, serving the Infinite, innovating on the path of the Infinite, devoid of any other sundry thoughts.

Is that good?

Good.

In the pursuit of research and development, various distractions indeed need to be set aside in order to make continuous progress.

Yet the operation of the entire society requires these various and sundry thoughts.

The way of infinity, the infinite worlds, resemble a towering tree, embracing everything; all that the beings within grow into, will serve as nourishment for this tree, enabling it to grow taller and more luxuriant with branches and leaves. This text was acquired from M|V|L0EMPYR.

And Jiang Li is like the planter of trees, whose fruits are of the highest quality, seedless.

What Meng Xiaolan stands for—the Great Harmony of Crimson, Ming Lun, and the Taixu Illusory Realm—are also tree-planters, except that people like Sun Shisheng don't just plant a single tree, but countless ones.

It's not about a single tree making a forest, but a multitude of trees making a wood.

Some grow into towering trees, others into low shrubs, some into grass, and still others forge a unique path, becoming vines that climb upon the tall trees.

Compared to the romantic notion of a single tree becoming a forest, the tree planting and forest creation carried out by Ming Lun, the Taixu Illusory Realm, and the Great Harmony of Crimson are teeming with more vitality.

Moreover, the fruits borne by the forest come with seeds.

As one who plants the forest, naturally you can eat the fruits, but that is merely the reward for the basic effort.

That's it.

"Am I a gambler?" Jiang Li gritted his teeth.

"Aren't you?"

Meng Xiaolan countered, "Although you harbor hope, your true nature is but a utopian sort of domination, consolidating the hopes of all beings in yourself..."

"Though everyone yearns for a savior, we do not worship saviors, for each one of us is our own savior!"

Jiang Li challenged, "Is that really enough?"

Meng Xiaolan nodded, "Just that is enough."

The crimson flames continued to burn, Jiang Li's form kept dissolving, and the infinite worlds were slowly losing touch with him: "How can anything be achieved when people are not united in heart?"

Meng Xiaolan spoke lightly, "At least we have more opportunities to learn from errors."

Jiang Li understood.

He would lose for one reason only, which was that he had but one chance to learn from errors.

"I might not be wrong."

"That is arrogance."

Meng Xiaolan said slowly, while Jiang Li, reduced to a mere spark of spirit, finally escaped the crimson flames and fled. However, the infinite worlds had already slipped from his control, becoming a separate dimension on their own.

But the living beings within the infinite worlds believed that their Infinity Lord would return and immediately sealed off the infinite world. They diligently cultivated the Way of Infinity in the hopes of reviving Jiang Li.

"The dimension is sealed? The spacetime frequency of the dimension is still changing, leading to a constant alteration of the dimensional codes." Meng Xiaolan shook his head slightly, "No matter how complex the changes are, they are not as abundant as my Path of Crimson."

In the blink of an eye, Meng Xiaolan had, with his powerful computational ability, figured out the next spacetime change of that infinite dimension, found the correct frequency, and opened the dimensional passage to that infinite world.

"This dimension shall be incorporated into the Taixu Illusory Realm!"

In the void, timespace transformed, and the entire infinite dimension shattered and fragmented, reverting to the original planets and dimensional planes of existence of the various races.

In an instant, infinity was dissolved!

Under the mighty force of the Taixu Illusory Realm, all was settled, as if everything had ended—

"The story is over," said Sun Shisheng as the bell signaling the end of class suddenly rang, and the children hurriedly ran out of the classroom to play.

Watching the three-to-five-year-olds building sand castles on the green grass, swinging on the 360-degree swings, sliding down the twenty-meter-high slide, Sun Shisheng couldn't help shaking his head: "Had it been placed four hundred years ago, such a scene would certainly have been extremely exaggerated."

The year was 436 Taixu Era.

It had been one hundred and thirty-six years since the war between the Crimson Great Harmony and the Black Infinity.

"Sun, I never thought you'd go undercover to teach the little ones," Wang Chao appeared out of nowhere and laughed, "You're enjoying quite the leisure."

"In a hundred years, the Taixu Illusory Realm has expanded throughout the entire chaotic cosmos, so I have some spare time," Sun Shisheng smiled. "The only opponent now is the Primordial Heavenly King, Chaos, and the very source of the prison."

Wang Chao pouted, "Speaking of the Primordial Heavenly King, I always thought you were talking about me."

The Primordial Heavenly King was the strongest being of this era, deeply hidden, leaving behind many pawns with one goal in mind: to replace Chaos and ultimately control the source.

Unfortunately, with the expansion of the Taixu Illusory Realm, all his pawns either became useless or joined the Taixu Illusory Realm, losing their influence.

Thousand Lights Ming, the last pawn of the Primordial Heavenly King, joined the Taixu Illusory Realm after Jiang Li disappeared. Sun Shisheng released him from the Primordial Heavenly King's control, restored his birth planet, the Blue Planet, and resurrected those who had died.

"Next, we shall proceed with that task."

Sun Shisheng's expression turned slightly serious.

"I'm ready!"

The smile disappeared from Wang Chao's face as Li Hansha, Su Jie, Tang Zichen, and Chan Yinsha appeared beside him. They had been waiting for this moment, early on, for the final instant.

The last moment!

Controlling the Taixu Illusory Realm, they covered the entire prison source.

Then, whether it was the spirit of Jiang Li, who had disappeared into parts unknown, or the deeply hidden Primordial Heavenly King, they would have to face them and settle matters.

"Let us embark on the ultimate battle!"

"Turn the virtual into reality!"

"Transmute the false into truth!"

"And meet the future where countless spirits coexist in truth!"