Participants in the recovery effort are something that can't help but be captivating.
"Wait, revive them through the imprint of will? Impossible. Yin Sitian's revival only revives them into 'ghosts,' ghosts that retain their will information and memories." Si Zang immediately questioned, "What kind of revival are you talking about? A clone? Or turning the imprint of will into a complete individual, creating an identical participant?"
“Yes, and that’s not all…” Aoki replied, “It can modify humanity and cognition, and even manipulate a particular perception to make the resurrected person a completely different person.”
Lin Feng suddenly had some thoughts: "What exactly do you want to do?"
“It’s not us, it’s you who left your imprint of will. All the humanity you’ve filled in is what you set within that imprint of will.” Aoki shook his head: “A brand new self, a self that no longer carries the burden of the past... a you that can start anew.”
A fresh start... a chance to start over, or even to separate a self, a self that you can't even tell which is real and which is fake, to escape the nightmare space!
"Wait!" Sun He's voice suddenly drowned out everyone's thoughts: "You... want to create editable free will?"
"Oh? You know?" Aoki glanced at Sun He, and after remembering the other's identity, the slight doubt disappeared: "Yes, we want to create editable free will, to create will machines."
"Heh, I didn't expect you guys haven't given up on this path yet." Sun He sneered, then explained to everyone, "They want to create innate mechanical life forms with innate will through acquired means, in other words, to edit free will using energy... to directly mine will power."
“Someone once tried to perfectly replicate their own will using energy. At first, the two were no different and could advance and retreat together, but soon they made completely different choices, until they went down completely different paths.” Sun He stared at Aoki: “Life’s choices are all choices made under the weight of advantages and disadvantages, but they wanted to edit out a choice based on their nature, a choice based on their nature that could ignore individual differences.”
"This allows us to directly create participants with strong wills!"
Even identical people will choose different words and methods when answering questions. Even if they have the same emotional perspective, they will make completely different choices due to subtle variations.
"Yes, the nature of free will cannot be manipulated even if it is edited, so we use the furnace to shape divinity, strengthen the self, and then use the imprint of will to create new life."
"This is also a kind of..."
As he spoke, Aoki suddenly turned his gaze to Lin Feng: "This is also a higher form of reproduction."
ah?
Wait, why are you looking at me?
Lin Feng understood, but quickly realized what was happening again.
And at that moment, everyone turned to look at him because of this strange gaze.
"The horns on your body are the product of a communication of wills; they are your child." Aoki's voice was unusually calm, but to others, it was a devastating blow.
"Wait, whatever, this horn is your child? You don't like humans? Wait, when did you... was it during Inception... no, who were you with? Could it be some evil god? You actually like evil gods?" Si Zang's eyes widened immediately: "Xiao Yu, it's not that your brother doesn't want to help you, look at this... this..."
Tang Hong also looked at the jade behind him with some regret. They had some intention of bringing them together, but what if Lin Feng didn't like humans, or even had desires for certain evil gods...?
"I was wondering why Xie Shengxie would seek him out..." Si Tao couldn't help but chuckle. "I heard that Xie Shengxie seems to have devoured quite a few of the evil gods' lovers using this method."
Lin Feng sighed helplessly. He really wanted to say that it wasn't voluntary, but whether it was voluntary or not wasn't important anymore.
After a brief burst of laughter, Aoki stopped mentioning the matter and instead pointed to the dark stars in the distance, saying, "Those are Mizutani's shikigami..."
Water Valley.
As soon as the name was uttered, Lin Feng and the others immediately fell silent, waiting for Qingmu to continue his explanation.
“I suspect he has joined the Foundation, and his collaboration with Tiberius is more than it appears. Also... Tiberius’s attack on him seems to have been intentional.”
"Oh?" Lin Feng's thoughts were stirred.
"Half of the demonic power he collected was easily taken away by the other side, although a Foundation-planted participant was discovered in his team..." Aoki said, as the Overlord Impact beneath their feet had returned to its original form, transporting them to the base that carried the Impact.
"He was the one who took the furnace design from me in the first place."
“This person is now inside the foundation, and he has completely sided with them.”
"If you can find this person for me, it would be a good start for our cooperation."
“I know you have signed a cooperation agreement with the Foundation, but... this person is not counted as a member of the Foundation, and you can take action against him at any time.”
After saying that, Aoki manipulated the projection device to project the face of a young boy onto their screens, and then all the information about this person was displayed to them.
"Dongshan Tie, the holder of the Demon Saint Robe Ghidorah, devoured a dark star in the LoL world, and the will of Ghidorah within him is merging with the will of the dark star."
"His own will may not be able to achieve the perfect integration he desires, but the Foundation's spiritual branch can provide him with perfect support."
Lin Feng and the others quickly reviewed Dongshan Tie's information. Then, under the expectant gaze of the other party, Lin Feng also spoke up and made a request: "This is indeed a good start..."
As it began... Aoki waited with utmost seriousness; this was what he truly wanted to know, and this was the start of their true collaboration.
"If only we could involve Yin Sitian as well," Lin Feng continued. "The Supreme Bone and the Twin Souls... I wonder if you have a way to restrain one of them?"
Hmm... Aoki had a fleeting thought, but Lin Feng continued, "Although Ohno is a great threat to us, we are not the ones who are truly threatened by them in this world. At least when you were... he will cooperate with us with all his might."
"You trust him that much?" Aoki's gaze sharpened.
“No, of course I don’t believe him, but he will definitely do it.” Lin Feng shook his head: “He must also want to eliminate some people in this world, otherwise he wouldn’t be waiting for the furnace to open for the third time, nor would he send the message to the workshop district.”
Ohno shared the same idea as him. He attracted Yin Sitian, and by sending out the blueprints, Ohno deliberately provoked the greed of the Workshop District Foundation.
“Yes, his target is me and Mizutani.” Aoki readily admitted, “By eliminating us, he can gain the support of one-third of the participants in the Onmyō-ryū and Shinto-ryū schools, even if it’s just verbal support!”
Just then, Doi, who had been silent, chuckled coldly to himself: "Heh... What a pity, not many people around him are truly loyal to him. Once he creates a new school of martial arts, those people will replace us."
A faint sound reached everyone's ears, but just as they were briefly paying attention to the well, they were immediately drawn back to Lin Feng's words.
"Actually, you and him aren't in conflict, are you?" Lin Feng asked. "Your enemy is the Foundation, it's... Mizutani."
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