Standing under the towering tree on Jiangcheng Mountain, Baobao looked up.

“It’s quite big.”

She gave the tree a kick.

"You're the one causing the trouble?"

In the distance, some scholars who were conducting research on the sacred cherry blossoms looked over, but they just thought it was children playing, ignored it and continued their discussion.

"Can you help me with this?"

Lu Ban asked.

He saw that tourists would pass by the tree from time to time, and many of them had faces like Leopard's, and they would glance over here from time to time.

“Is that a problem?”

Leopard tilted his head and asked back.

"Isn't it a good thing to have thousands of cute me like this?"

"really."

Lu Ban did not refute.

"But you seem to have some ill will towards me. You just sent me flying. Moreover, they seem to have caused trouble to some people."

He took out his cell phone, which showed some news about foreign organizations being wiped out because of worshiping the sacred cherry blossoms.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't worship whatever you want."

Leopard commented.

"These people, instead of feeling awe in the face of the unknown, try to use it to assert themselves, and they deserve it."

"really."

Lu Ban did not refute.

Discussing whether something is right or wrong with an Outer God incarnation from the Chaos camp is like arguing with an unknown netizen on the Internet about the right or wrong of something. Not only will you fail to convince the other party, but it will also be a waste of time.

Whatever Leopard Leopard says is what it is.

"But these clones also attacked you, right?"

Lu Ban said again.

"That's true, but I'm not the kind of person who would be petty. For me, it's nothing worth pursuing for just an assassination."

Baobao puffed out his chest, causing the scholars who were doing research to glance over at him involuntarily. Their gazes lingered for a moment, then quickly turned away, pretending to be discussing something.

"What on earth are these clones?"

Seeing this, Lu Ban decided to change the way of asking the question.

"It's very simple. This tree was originally created from a foreign land. It brought pollution with it. When it came to this world, it would inevitably spread. These clones are the spreading pollution."

Baobao spoke to Lu Ban seriously, as if he was explaining why they were eating eggplant tonight.

"And the inherent characteristics of pollution cause them to seek out nearby pollution sources. If we talk about active pollution sources, besides me, isn't it you?"

"Then those who worship the sacred cherry blossoms give these pollutants an outlet to vent, just like the group of guys tied to the railway in the trolley problem. One of them has to be killed, or else I'll kill you."

After hearing Baobao's explanation, Lu Ban found it acceptable.

These clones can be regarded as half of Shenying's will. If there is a strong will controlling them, then these clones can become Shenying's helpers. But now that Shenying lacks a center, the scattered pollution will turn into leopards and wander around everywhere.

"Then we can only find a soul for Shenying?"

Lu Ban thought that this could be considered a real human computer, but he himself did not make any sacrifices, so where would the soul come from to be stuffed into it?

How about borrowing one from Leopard?

She had been to He Island before, and theoretically she could have created an avatar. I don’t know whether Lu Ban didn’t notice it or Bao Bao didn’t do so.

But Lu Ban thought again and realized that based on Leopard's personality, it would probably become a very bad server, often disconnecting and reconnecting, or having extremely high delays, and occasionally putting up some colorful advertisements.

Not quite suitable.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban felt that he was the most suitable person.

His fingers melted, dripping with blood and flesh.

The flesh and blood squirmed rapidly and sank into the divine cherry.

Soon, Lu Ban appeared inside the Shenying.

This is Lu Ban's clone, but unlike Bao Bao's original body which can create incarnations with independent will at will, this clone is essentially Lu Ban himself.

He temporarily filled Shenying's vacancy with his own soul.

This is actually quite troublesome, because Shenying plays the role of a server in [Morning Star] and needs to confirm the status of each player, which is brain-consuming, but Lu Ban is just an ordinary enthusiastic citizen and cannot handle so many things.

But there is nothing he can do about it, because he loves this world so deeply.

"If you do this, the pollution will be subtly passed on to you through your clone. You will be increasingly polluted and eventually alienated."

Leopard commented.

"Then you help me?"

Lu Ban asked back.

“It’s not impossible.”

Baobao glanced at Shenying playfully.

"Forget it. I don't want those players to take off their helmets one day and find that they all have your face."

Lu Ban decisively refused.

"Isn't that better?"

Leopard puffed up his cheeks as if he was very angry.

"If you can't stand it anymore, I welcome you to become my Familiar anytime. At least when it comes to pollution, I can help you vent your feelings."

She said again.

"No need for that. I am already the chosen one of the Silent God. If I change my faith, I might really be punished by God."

Lu Ban reflected on himself to make sure he had not committed any crime of arrogance.

“Tsk tsk.”

Baobao didn't seem to be interested in this either. She patted Shenying and heard a crisp sound.

Good sounding wood means good wood.

"You are going to let those... um, players go to other foreign lands to collect knowledge next?"

Leopard asked again.

"That's the plan."

Lu Ban glanced at Baobao.

"Any questions?"

"Then the pollution from those foreign lands will also be borne by your clone. You are quite selfless."

The corners of Leopard's mouth curled up.

“It can’t be helped.”

Lu Ban replied.

"I'm not one of you guys who was born a god. In order to live longer and see more of this world, this is the only way."

"If you can eventually succeed and become an Old One, I would be happy to take you to see more of the reality of this world."

Leopard said.

"But I have a hunch that you might bring a completely different future to these foreign lands."

"Can't you travel through time and space? Why don't you just go and take a look?"

Lu Ban joked.

"No, that won't do. To me, spoilers are the lowest form of behavior. To maximize the fun, I'm willing to watch the story unfold from the same perspective as you."

As Leopard was talking, he suddenly had some inspiration.

"An interesting thought just occurred to me."

"What?"

Lu Ban became alert.

"You see, your players need to explore other foreign lands, and they will definitely encounter various dangers. Their pace of exploration will definitely be very slow."

Leopard said.

"So, I can send my clones to help your players explore. This way, I can be the first to witness the interesting foreign exploration journey and protect those players. Isn't that great?"

"?"

Lu Ban looked at Baobao and felt that there must be something wrong.

"Don't look at me like that. What bad intentions could Little Leopard have?"

She blinked.

You have so many bad intentions.

Lu Ban thought to himself.