The answer key for Chapter 41 is because I'm exceptionally talented.
“Ling Yu”.
The two voices overlapped.
Chu Jue paused for a moment: "It's you, Ling Yu."
“That’s right.” Ji Linyuan snapped his fingers.
The old woman who spread the method of spiritual cultivation was none other than Ji Linyuan.
Instructor Ji, wearing multiple disguises, narrowed her eyes with satisfaction: "It seems you've heard my story somewhere. Oh, I remember now, there's a familiar name on your championship-winning team..."
"It's Ying Yi." She was the only girl Ji Linyuan taught back then.
"Xiao Yi," Ji Linyuan said, a mix of nostalgia and pride in his voice, "she's doing well, isn't she?"
That was her most prized student and closest friend here.
"Hmm." Chu Jue nodded, but then asked with some doubt, "The designer has been by my side the whole time. Didn't you two discuss these things?"
Ji Linyuan shook his head: "No. It's already very difficult for me to do these things secretly. Don't ask so much of a mechanic in his sixties."
Chu Jue: ...
The average human lifespan has long since exceeded 150 years; those in their sixties are barely out of adolescence.
Chu Jue ignored his inner turmoil and focused on the key point: "What have you been doing?"
"Ah," Ji Linyuan recalled, "When I established my third organization, did Ying Yi mention it to you?"
Chu Jue thought for a moment and retrieved the information Ying Yi had provided from his memory.
"Ying Yi said that you had been marked as a key monitoring target. So you paused your current plans and reorganized your offline activities—but Ying Yi mentioned that she felt you hadn't given up."
so……
"Actually, it was around that time that you started researching how to contact me, or rather, how to contact the designer?"
"Smart," Ji Linyuan praised. "No wonder you're my student."
"Why me and the designer?"
Ji Linyuan thought he had heard a piece of nonsense: "When it comes to asking for reinforcements, the most powerful person in the entire T Empire will be chosen first."
Chu Jue: ...
Working is her destiny.
But... has it gotten so bad that even Ji Linyuan has to request support?
"Actually, I had been researching this before, but as you know, it's not an easy thing. Even a genius mechanic like me would find it difficult."
Connecting to a specific mech across an entire galaxy is indeed no easy feat.
"I can do it because I'm exceptionally skilled," Ji Linyuan said, seizing the opportunity to praise himself once more.
"I won't go into the hardships along the way. At least before I was labeled an 'evil spiritist' by those people in the church, I still hadn't succeeded in my research."
Upon hearing her mention "evil spiritists," Chu Jue recalled what Ying Yi had told her before: "Do evil spiritists really exist?"
Ji Linyuan denied it: "Of course it doesn't exist."
“There have never been any evil spiritists, so everyone is called an evil spiritist. That’s the standard that’s been used throughout the Central District, but it’s just a lie they use to eliminate dissidents.”
"Where is the god of evil?"
"Where do so many gods come from in one galaxy? I can't be bothered to answer that question."
"Oh, so it doesn't exist." Chu Jue nodded. "Then what about the God of Psionic Energy?"
If that's the case, then the seemingly comical Father God must also be a fictional being.
Ji Linyuan gave her an unexpected answer: "It does exist."
Chu Jue: "Hmm?"
“You must have had the same question,” Ji Linyuan said seriously. “You should have realized long ago that ‘spiritual power’ and ‘mental power’ are highly similar, but ’spiritual power’ is far inferior to mental power, right?”
Seeing Chu Jue nod, Ji Linyuan added, "I gave you plenty of obvious hints. If you can't guess it, it just means you're stupid. Luckily, my student isn't that stupid."
Chu Jue: ...
"What hint?"
"Hey, didn't I already give you the side quest? The fact that 'mental energy repair' can actually be repaired by spiritual energy, don't you find that strange?"
"...I think so." But little did she know that this was Ji Linyuan's hint; she thought it was a cheat code from the system.
Isn't it reasonable that two things that come from the same source can repair each other?
"If it's all this strange, there must be something fishy going on. You have to keep guessing along these lines yourself."
Without any apparent problem with his method of giving the hint, Ji Linyuan clicked his tongue again.
"What about the other tasks I posted? Did you notice them?"
"...What did you figure out?"
"Merit points!" Ji Linyuan commanded, "Chu Jue!"
Chu Jue's body reacted before his brain, instinctively standing at attention and answering.
"Report. What do merit points symbolize?"
Chu Jue, head held high and chest puffed out, hesitated before asking, "Symbolize...evil?"
"Hehe, that's right on one point. Out of a hundred, I'll give you ten points."
The struggling student, unashamed, asked, "What about all the answers?"
"First of all, haven't you noticed that only men have merit points?"
"have."
"Then, let's think outside the box—what kind of evil is it that only men can possess, and what kind of evil would result in a 'misdeeds value' that only men have?"
Ji Linyuan's words reminded Chu Jue of the male leader of the most powerful group, the Gongrong Group—what evil had he done? He used women's wombs to brainwash them for his own profit.
...The other men are really not very relevant.
Chu Jue tentatively replied, "Is evil... targeted at women? Or rather, the degree of harm... and exploitation?"
"Ninety points." Ji Linyuan nodded. "To put it simply, it's about 'eating' women."
There are many ways to eat it, such as this or that.
A man who "consumes" more and more women, gains support through their empathy, and raises bloodsucking fodder for them will accumulate merit.
According to this standard, there is not a single man here who does not have merit points.
The result predicted by this algorithm made even Ji Linyuan laugh.
In addition, men can also inherit some merit points from other men—merit points will not be offset, but will only grow stronger like a venomous insect.
While some women here may also have this number, the actual benefit they gain from it is almost negligible. Therefore, these results will still be passed on to the men who receive their blood transfusions.
Ji Linyuan chose to resolve the issue once and for all, directly blaming the biggest beneficiary.
"Spreading those brainwashing ideas is all for the purpose of 'eating' women." Ji Linyuan resumed his "Let me test you" mode and continued to ask.
"Next question. What do you think potential is?"
Chu Jue pondered his earlier guess: "The higher the potential value, the higher the probability of becoming a Spirit Master?"
“Inaccurate,” Ji Linyuan rejected. “Note: Potential value and merit value are also partially related.”
Chu Jue continued to think.
First, she has confirmed that potential is not the same as ability.
Secondly, she had thought before that gray symbolized the unlocked state, while red represented the potential value of the fully unlocked form.
Now, Ji Linyuan says it's also related to [Merit Value] - Merit Value is the blood absorbed by men, so the bright red color of Potential Value - could it be the blood of women themselves that wasn't absorbed by men?
Based on the name "Potential Value," Chu Jue pondered for a moment and came to the answer: "It is... a woman's own... thinking and cognition. When this value is visualized, it becomes Potential Value."
Zhu Xi's potential value was initially grayed out; she wasn't a Spirit Master then. After discovering the lie of the "Spirit Body," her perception of the male team leader changed, or rather, her view of the world changed.
Her father was one of the murderers who supported the male team leader, and she should have realized that there were many "her fathers" in the management office.
When she became aware of these things, her potential value began to change—from an inactive gray state to a bright red as she rediscovered herself—symbolizing the entire process of her awakening consciousness.
Women who awaken to awareness, women who discover the truth of the world, turn crimson.
...No, it's not just that.
Following this line of thought, Chu Jue made a bold guess.
The bright red woman is marked as a Spiritual Being by her potential value—does this mean that a woman with awakened cognition can become a Spiritual Being? Conversely, those who can become Spiritual Beings are women with a higher level of cognitive awakening.
Like the friends she knew.
Ying Yi has the highest stats; she was the only student to become a Spirit Master using Ji Linyuan's basic teaching methods. Therefore, it can be assumed that her awakening level is higher—making awakening easier for her.
As Ji Linyuan said, it wasn't that her teaching was flawed, but rather that the students themselves simply "didn't believe" they were "capable of spiritual cultivation."
Ying Yi only needed Ji Linyuan's humble reminder to easily believe that he was "capable of cultivating spirits".
Judging from Zhu Xi's situation, the concept of "potential value" is actually quite vague. Based on the way she marked it, it can be inferred in a way similar to "merit value"—
Every man has a merit value.
Every woman has potential.
Women inherently possess the potential for spiritual cultivation; it's just that their own beliefs or perceptions differ from their abilities, which is why there are differences in numerical values and the color of the font.
The higher the number, the easier it is to become a spiritual being, because their perception is changing.
Remembering that Xiao Mi, despite lacking knowledge, was still a spiritual being, Chu Jue complained to the product designer: "Your numerical design is wrong. I've seen two thousand enthusiastic fans, and she still became a red number."
Ji Linyuan didn't react immediately: "Who is 'Two Thousand'?"
Chu Jue: "...I don't remember the name, it was a man."
“Oh, it’s alright, it’s not important. Nobody cares if he has a name or not,” Ji Linyuan replied. “Cognition is inherently broad. If someone has the power to shield themselves from everything around them and only feel good about themselves, then of course they can become a Spirit Master.”
"Is this something you've verified?"
“Hmm.” Ji Linyuan nodded. “I tested these algorithms many times before running the Merit System program. Even if there are bugs, just pretend you didn’t find them.”
She added to Chu Jue:
“If the person you’re talking about has a great desire to become a Spiritual Being, then she certainly has a chance of becoming one—after all, becoming a Spiritual Being is something every woman is born with the ability to do.”
Some women simply couldn't believe it, but under the influence of certain things, they "voluntarily" gave up on this matter.
Chu Jue: "Are you sure what you're talking about... is 'spiritual power' and not 'mental power'?"
Ji Linyuan sighed: "Silly child, these two should be one."
"I've suspected it countless times, so why didn't I guess in this direction?"
Chu Jue remained calm: "I guessed. But I didn't believe it."
This is absurd; she had this thought the first time she sensed spiritual energy.
But every time and every time after that, her reason reminded her that she shouldn't have such thoughts.
She guessed that the two originated from the same source, like sisters. The two sisters' spiritual power came from the same source because they had the same mother, which was perfectly normal.
Upon learning that the [God of Spiritual Power] was the Father God, Chu Jue immediately rejected this conjecture and began to question it.
The god who created spiritual power is actually the Father God? When has the Father God ever displayed the ability of "creation"? This is clearly the unique and exclusive divine power that only the Mother Goddess possesses.
If even the gender is wrong, how can you talk about being a "god"?
Having conceived life, created life and brought it to death, what did the Father do to dare to impersonate the Mother Goddess here?
If Ji Linyuan claims that the God of Spiritual Energy truly exists... then where does this so-called spiritual energy come from?
Under Ji Linyuan's gaze, Chu Jue became even more certain of the idea that she had not previously confirmed.
—Divine power is real, but it does not originate from it.
“It was stolen,” Chu Jue concluded. “The God of Spiritual Energy stole the Mother Goddess’s power and then called himself the Father God.”
Therefore, Ji Linyuan said that the God of Spiritual Energy does exist, but its "divinity" may not be that of a true god.
"To connect with the world through stolen goods."
"It is nothing but a false god."
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Author's Note: [Kiss]
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