The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 2447 Li Daitao is stiff
Why are we arresting you?
This is like an innocent child playing happily, when suddenly a big man rushes over, ties the child up, and runs away. The child asks the big man, "I don't know you, why are you arresting me?"
Because you are a rare Phoenix Fire Spirit, you can be used to refine weapons or enhance strength?
Natural treasures, devoid of life, were something Lin Chen could take with a clear conscience. However, when faced with the questions posed by the Phoenix Fire Spirit, which already possessed life, Lin Chen found it difficult to answer with a straight face.

Lin Chen thought for a moment and asked, "How old are you?"

The Phoenix Fire Spirit replied, "I don't know, it feels like it's been a very, very long time... Can you let me go? I'll never play on the ground again."

Lin Chen was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Why do you like playing on the ground?"

The Phoenix Fire Spirit replied, "It's dark underground, I'm scared, and it's also very cold and uncomfortable. It's bright outside, with beautiful scenery, and it's warm..."

Lin Chen asked, "Do you have any brothers or sisters? Uh, I mean, do you have any friends like you?"

The Phoenix Fire Spirit asked curiously, "What is a companion?"

Lin Chen explained, "It's a flame just like you, one that can talk and play with..."

The Phoenix Fire Spirit replied, "No, I have always been alone. There are many flames outside, but they cannot speak."

Lin Chen felt very complicated listening to Phoenix Fire Spirit's words. At this moment, he felt like a bad person who had kidnapped a child.

The Phoenix Fire Spirit has developed sentience, and it appears to speak clearly with rigorous logical thinking. Its intelligence seems to be at least at the level of a ten-year-old human.

Lin Chen found it difficult to regard such a thing as a lifeless natural treasure.

He is a living, breathing person, only his physical form differs from that of a human.

What fate awaits him if he is handed over to the woman in red?
Refining it into a weapon?

Or perhaps, it will be directly absorbed as a resource for cultivation?
Lin Chen felt a pang of pity; was there any way to save him?
Lin Chen thought for a moment: "Can you differentiate your own body?"

The Phoenix Fire Spirit asked, "How do we differentiate?"

Lin Chen explained why he wanted to capture the Phoenix Fire Spirit, and the Phoenix Fire Spirit immediately understood: "You mean you don't want to capture me or hurt me? If I can split into multiple parts, you can use my split parts to complete your mission?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Yes, that's exactly what I mean. That way, you can survive."

“Sure,” Phoenix Fire Spirit replied crisply. “Dividing the flames is a simple matter. However, I will become weaker after the division and it will take a long time to recover.”

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as you can recover, time is not a problem. If you were killed, you would have nothing left."

"it is good!"

Under Lin Chen's gaze, the Phoenix Fire Spirit quickly split apart and then rapidly transformed into two smaller versions of the Fire Phoenix.

The phoenix fire spirit on the left spoke up: "I am the main body, and the other one is my clone. Its intelligence level is the same as mine, but its abilities are much weaker than mine. However, as long as it has enough nourishment, it can also grow up to be like me now, or even stronger."

Lin Chen understood instantly: the Phoenix Fire Spirit had split into seemingly identical individuals, but in reality, they were not truly equal. In terms of intelligence, they were copied, but in terms of power, they were separated. For example, the main body occupied seven parts, while the split only occupied three.

Lin Chen asked worriedly, "If we hand him over to someone else, will he reveal the secret of your split personality?"

Phoenix Fire Spirit replied, "He is me. We are one. As long as I live, he lives. So even if I die, he will not reveal it."

Lin Chen understood Phoenix Fire Spirit's answer instantly, even though others might have needed to think about it.

Isn't this just like having your own clone ability?

When one uses the clone technique, the original body may have ten times the combat power, but the clone may only have one. However, in terms of intelligence and memory, the clone is exactly the same as the original body.

Although clones have the ability to think independently, they don't have the idea of ​​"I am a clone, I want to exist independently". Everyone is themselves. You know you can die, and you still exist after you die, so what is there to be afraid of?
Lin Chen has killed himself by blowing his own head off more than once.

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Alright, then I'll hand him over to them. I'll take you away from here and find you a safe place!"

Although the differentiated individuals are much weaker, it's easy to find a reason for this. For example, when you catch it, it consumes a lot of energy, which weakens its own strength and takes a long time to recover.

A reasonable explanation!
If it's not handed over but instead resembles a real flame, lacking wisdom or appearing foolish, then it's easy for it to give itself away.

Lin Chen took out a porcelain bottle containing phoenix fire: "Let's go then, I hope we can pass the test smoothly!"

(End of this chapter)