Chapter 1282 The Same Level
Lin Shen felt as if his mind had become somewhat muddled, and even thinking became extraordinarily difficult. He looked at the Jade Emperor before him and felt that the other seemed very unfamiliar.
He tried hard to recall the other's name, but he couldn't even remember that.
Lin Shen was slightly alarmed and hurriedly tried to calculate what one plus one equaled, only to find that he didn't even know what one plus one equaled anymore.
"Squeak..." Lin Shen tried to say something, but he discovered he had forgotten language, and even didn't know how to control his body to make a sound.
"What kind of a curse is this, this is clearly a decline in intelligence..." A vague thought floated in Lin Shen's mind, but he didn't know how to express it. Even his thoughts became hazy, and the situation was getting worse.
The Jade Emperor stood there leisurely with a look of pity on his face: "Ignorance is sometimes bliss. Without knowledge, there is no fear; when facing death, without fear, the end is less painful. After all, I watched you grow up, this is the last thing I can do for you."
"When your cognition drops to the point where you can't even think, I'll use your body to complete the final step of the Token, and then leave the Little Universe for the Great Universe." The Jade Emperor sighed and continued, "To ask someone like you what your last wish is would probably be redundant, as long as you have a breath, you won't give up hope for life."
Lin Shen wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything, and he even forgot what he wanted to say the next moment.
Lin Shen felt everything became so unfamiliar; he didn't know who the Jade Emperor in front of him was, or even what he was.
Lin Shen was still the same person, but his cognition had been reverted to that of an infant.
All a person's capabilities stem from cognition; without cognition, even the strongest strength of the body is useless.
Even having the power of the Reverse World, in terms of pure strength, he was already not inferior to the Jade Emperor.
Yet there was still an enormous gap in cognition, which led to Lin Shen not being able to withstand even a single blow from the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor looked at Lin Shen, whose gaze gradually became clear yet foolish, and couldn't help but sigh again: "Who let you be the only one in the world, being too special is not necessarily a good thing."
The Jade Emperor found himself sighing more frequently recently, something that had never happened before, which gave him a slight pause, and then he shook his head and muttered to himself, "Having humanity indeed brings more possibilities, but having humanity also makes me possess human flaws. Is this good or bad?"
The All-Knowing and All-Powerful Jade Emperor was unable to make a correct judgment about himself, which was also a typical sign of possessing humanity.
The most difficult thing for humans to see is not the unknown, but themselves.
The Jade Emperor took out a black and white coin, the size of which corresponded to the groove on the Gate of Destiny.
Strangely, both sides of the coin were blank, without any patterns, words, or numbers.
"Tian... it's time for us to go..." At this moment, the Jade Emperor seemed to completely transform into Emperor Tianshu, reaching out to flick the black and white coin towards Lin Shen.
The coin flipped in the air towards Lin Shen, about to stick onto his forehead.
At this time, Lin Shen's face was askew, his two eyes were like crossed eyes, his body twisted not knowing where to place it, and drool was dripping from the corners of his mouth.
His cognition was almost zero, less than an infant, unable to control his own body.
But at the moment the coin fell onto Lin Shen's forehead, a hand caught the coin.
A strange look appeared on the Jade Emperor's face; it was Lin Shen who had caught the coin in his hand.
Lin Shen's hand, which seemed incompatible with his out-of-control body, not only controlled it freely but also possessed a determination that ordinary people did not have.
The hand caught the coin, and the five fingers slowly clenched, while Lin Shen's idiotic face, with its chaotic features, gradually returned to normal, and his eyes began to regain their firmness.
"The power of the decline hasn't failed... has it become unaffected... is Evolution Theory at work..." The Jade Emperor's eyes flickered as he calculated the current situation, but suddenly he found that he couldn't quite understand the situation and was suddenly startled.
"All that talk about the unknown and creation was just to lower my cognition." Lin Shen forcibly tried to control his body, with all his muscles twisting, but the effect wasn't that great yet; he hadn't completely freed himself from the influence of the 'decline'.
However, his gaze had already become exceptionally firm, more determined than usual, staring intensely at the Jade Emperor and speaking, "I have to admit, you're indeed strong; your understanding of this world far exceeds mine, and your ability to control power is beyond my reach. But you forgot something, you forgot that I possess the power of the Reverse World; Justice and Reverse are one. What you do to me, I can also affect the Justice World through the Reverse World."
"The Justice and Reverse Worlds balance each other; what I endure will be borne by you as well. Our cognition will be on the same level. If you want to turn me into an idiot, then you yourself will become an idiot too."
Lin Shen gradually regained control of his body, stiffening as he took step after step towards the Jade Emperor.
As he walked, he wiped the drool from the corners of his mouth, and his body movements became increasingly smooth, as though he were a child who had just learned to walk.
"You've finally learned to grow." The Jade Emperor looked at the changes in his own body, shaking his head with a bitter smile: "But what's the point of it? The clearer you are, the more painful it will be at the moment of death, let alone using your body to forge the Token, a process that will be agonizing beyond human endurance. It's better to leave in peace."
"How I die is not up to you to decide. You should think about yourself. Soon, our cognition will fall to the same level, and then our cognition will decline together. It doesn't matter to me because my original cognition was already low, and I'm long accustomed to it. You, All-Knowing and All-Powerful, without the "god's perspective," won't be able to plan everything from a high position as you did just now." Lin Shen's eyes became increasingly fervent, and his pace quickened, quickly sprinting like a fierce tiger, charging towards the Emperor Tianshu.
"Old Tianshu, in this brainless segment, I am invincible." Lin Shen spread his arms, like a full-moon bow, bursting with infinite light, and the brilliance on his fist was as dazzling as the sun, blasting fiercely towards the Jade Emperor.