My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 222 - 172: To Read or Not to Read_2

Chapter 222: Chapter 172: To Read or Not to Read_2

In other words, the onset of my senile dementia has been brought forward...

Without a doubt, this is a terrifying signal!

Now that the triggers for madness have been decoded by me, and I’ve even found a way to cheat the system, it has become a secondary threat to my life.

However, now the primary threat of "senile dementia" seems to be worsening...

Of course, it could also be because I’ve lost my legs and suffered a major blow both physically and mentally, leading to a decline in my physical condition which has triggered an earlier onset of the disease.

But...

So many episodes, so many brothers, so many ways to die, who hasn’t endured devastating blows both physically and mentally, or borne immense survival pressure while desperately carrying on?

They have not deteriorated, so why should you, a person who "reads books and plants flowers, living a life full of taste", be the one to deteriorate?

Who do you look down on?

Yet what exactly did he do to cause the deterioration of his condition?

The book didn’t mention any "self-destructive" actions, did it?

Meng Lang rubbed his chin.

"Could it be the overuse of the brain at overclocking speeds?

No, that can’t be right; someone who just reads books and plants flowers couldn’t possibly be this competitive!

Besides, others have used this ability, and there have been even more extreme cases, but why did they develop the disease according to the original script?

If the problem doesn’t lie with this episode’s ’Meng Lang’.

Eliminate all impossibilities, what remains must be..."

Meng Lang thought of that hidden danger he had always been worried about...

Could it be... the problem lies with "me"?

All things arise from one source, and to that source all things return.

After all, I am the "root" of all the brothers.

If something changes in the "true self," then all the following brothers will suffer as well.

And the only cause I can think of that might lead to degenerative nerve disease due to overuse of the brain is...

"Consciousness overlap!"

Meng Lang’s heart tightened.

That crow-mouthed Murphy had once said that sometimes, things are just like that; the less you want them to happen, the more likely they will head in the worst direction...

The hidden danger of the Super Space-Time Wave Tribe comes from the accumulated knowledge and consciousness of other "selves" superimposing onto the "true self" time after time!

This process is passive and irreversible, and you can’t even choose to delete.

At least with the "scenario-triggered" possession, Meng Lang has not yet found a way to actively turn off this skill.

So here’s the problem...

Even a hard drive with a capacity of hundreds of terabytes, if you keep stuffing it with "little movies of life," it will eventually run out of space.

Life has its limits, but knowledge is infinite.

The brain is a great thing, but it cannot break through physical limits!

To me, the house is only so big; a few or even a dozen brothers, we can all squeeze in, living together in harmony.

But if hundreds or thousands of brothers come rushing in...

Even if I make use of the basement, I’m afraid it won’t be enough.

The best-case scenario is that old people make way for the new, as the new waves of the Yangtze River push forward the old waves.

One comes in, one goes out, with regular cleaning.

Although it may seem rather disloyal, like burning the bridge after crossing the river,

this way, no matter how many brothers come, a dynamic equilibrium can be maintained.

The scariest scenario, on the other hand, would be another kind of disloyalty.

That is, when newcomers are shown in, the old ones wait on the bed!

The ultimate consequence of nobody willing to leave is nothing but bursting the house apart!

He had always had such apprehension, which today, might have already begun to slowly become reality...

Although it is still just a hypothesis, if this speculation becomes reality...

It means that while others may read too much and become bookworms,

I, from reading too much, might become senile?

Although the destination is the same, but...

It’s utterly frustrating!

This problem might be an even more urgent threat than extraterrestrial visitors that I have faced up to this point!

Looking troubled, Meng Lang mulled over the issue for a while and seemed to come to an understanding.

There are only three solutions that he can think of at the moment.

One is to find the off switch and research the "Brain Sealing Technique"!

But this is not a magical world, and such a method seems utterly unfounded at present.

Two is to expand my own brain region!

Turn a small house into a big one, a big house into a villa, a villa into a skyscraper...

By then, thousands, even tens of thousands, could fit.

This direct involves "God’s forbidden zone."

However, having already obtained the "Brain Overclock" skill, and with a focus on brain neuron research, it may be possible to eventually develop a technology to expand the brain’s capacity.

But the time required... I fear it will be calculated in centuries.

The good news is, my Alzheimer’s treatment plan seems to still have an effect on slowing down the disease.

Even if it is just a temporary solution and not a cure, it’s still a glimmer of hope.

The last method is the simplest and most brutal!

If reading leads to dementia...

Then stop reading!

I haven’t forgotten, there were once two autobiographies that "shared the same name"!

Yes, "Living" and "Living."

The second "Living" was blank, without a single word written, and at the same time... I never received any "signal"!

This proves that as long as I don’t read, no brothers will come visiting.

Although this method is the simplest and most brutal, and probably also the most direct and effective, the price paid is undoubtedly the greatest!

After all... without reading, how can one achieve a reversal of fortune in life?

Our brothers have already told us with their bloody life lessons.

To choose to lie down is to hand over one’s life to the hands of that wretched old man, fate.

The result I see now is... all bad endings, without exception!

A life of reading leads to dementia, a life without reading heads straight to tragedy...

To read or not to read?

That is the question.

Indeed, every gift from fate often comes with a price already attached...

This autobiography is both honey and poison to me.

Not eating it, one would starve, but to eat is to quench thirst with poison...

Meng Lang stared blankly at the cover of "Ordinary Road" on his desk.

Ordinary Road... Ordinary Road...

Could it be that the version of myself in this book also thought of this?

Well, we all came from the same mother; it wouldn’t make sense if I had more insight.

So... do I give up reading and take an entirely unknown "Ordinary Road"?

Or do I pick up this book, put on the "dementia" tight hoop curse, and take the road less traveled?

Meng Lang curled his lip, is there even a need to choose?

Why did Supreme Treasure choose to wear the Golden Hoop, even if the cost was forgetting the person he loved most?

Was it to save Zixia? Or to save his master?

Whether it be responsibility or mission.

Ultimately it comes down to one phrase.

Choose the lesser of two evils...

For if he didn’t wear it, what he’d end up with were just a few corpses...

Keep in mind that the enemies I face are much more formidable than the Bull Demon King.

Is it really necessary to wait until the endgame to lament the spring and mourn the autumn, declaring,

There was once an autobiography before me, but I didn’t cherish it until my life ended in tragedy?

Isn’t that throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

But while I’ll continue reading, the problem still needs to be solved.

If reading truly accelerates the worsening of dementia, finding a way to read and how to read well becomes an urgent issue.

Previously, with plenty to spare, I was liberal with "brothers."

Now with intelligence on credit, I need to budget carefully.

Not to mention reading once a week, I must lie flat on one, three, five, and read on two, four, six.

And it’s necessary to aim precisely and make good overall plans.

Control spending, eliminate waste, and improve the "brother’s" utilization rate!

Most crucially, maintain a dynamic balance between the "worsening rate of dementia" and the "progress in Alzheimer’s treatment research."

Manage time effectively and avoid capsizing!

"Ah! It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to return!"

Meng Lang sighed.

Nevertheless, although another obstacle has appeared on life’s journey, Meng Lang who is accustomed to harsh blows from fate, accepts it calmly.

To live a hundred years is but to teach people how to choose.

But the yearning and pursuit of a better life must remain steadfast!

Tragedy is absolutely not allowed!

"I never dreamed of being a world-conquering hero, but shouldn’t I at least ride the rainbow clouds and marry Zixia Fairy?"