From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 51 Master, I've Enlightened! [Please Read On! Please Vote!]

"I killed myself? That's utter nonsense!"

"Then why don't you dare show your face in public? Because you know that once you do, someone will quickly come to kill you. And why would they want to kill you? Because of the evil you yourself have caused."

"Want to know the meaning of life?" Chen Hong's lips curled into a cold, benevolent smile.

"The meaning of life is to know yourself and live out your own value, but have you ever lived out your value? Is it the meaning you want to live like a rat in the street, hated by everyone?"

Chen Hong seemed to see a hazy vision: a man who, in a fierce battle, due to his mental breakdown, accidentally killed the woman he loved most.

Rise again, my love!

Under the man's mental control, the woman who was clearly dead stood up again amidst the fearful gazes of the others around her.

"Was it then that you realized the fragility of life? And so, time and again, you resolutely chose to walk down the most endless path."

The woman, who had been controlled as a puppet, was eventually killed by the Spirit Hall's enforcement team, and her body was destroyed. From then on, the man embarked on a path of no return where there was no light.

"So why do you never recall this memory? And why do you try to escape the agonizing cries of the woman whose soul you've swallowed?"

Chen Hong remained calm, and with the help of the combined effects of the Sage's Ring and Sage's Time, he began to analyze the mottled little bubbles that were constantly being "forced to understand" and falling from Qianyu's soul. Each bubble contained a memory and a wail.

Because those tiny soul bubbles lack independent consciousness but are still independent individuals, once they are swept by the power of the sage, they will fall into a sage state, which will cause them to become incompatible with the still biased Qianyu soul body, and thus they will automatically fall off.

Why is it easier to save the dead than the living?

Because the dead can't speak.

If they don't speak, then we'll assume they're the one who agreed and give them a positive review.

Just like selling parachutes, if a buyer doesn't leave a review for a long time, the system will assume that the buyer has consistently given positive reviews.

As for why the buyer didn't say anything?

Are they just not talkative?

Who cares?

"I just want to be strong, to keep becoming strong, to avenge her!" Qianyu's soul was somewhat dazed. Clearly, the effect of the Sage's Divine Mark had affected him, causing him to start thinking, to follow Chen Hong's words, and to fall into Chen Hong's trap by following Chen Hong's logic.

Now, Qianyu revealed his first objective.

Chen Hong, however, wanted to thwart his goal: 'From a causal perspective, you killed her; you should seek revenge on yourself.'

A thousand words:

Under normal circumstances, Qianyu would not listen to Chen Hong at this moment, much less think about the things he said that could be detrimental to her.

However, there is a drawback to entering a state of enlightenment: one is the tendency to overthink.

Chen Hong liked a saying that went something like, "If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening."

This doesn't mean that you know the way to his house in the morning and can take him down before nightfall.

Rather, if you could see all your futures in an instant, would you still have a future? Some interpret this as a sacrifice, while Chen Hong prefers to add another layer of logic: to die in despair for a future with no future.

The two meanings can coexist; the former is suitable for the early stages of civilization, while the latter is suitable for the advanced stages of civilization.

For example, when a space-level civilization encounters an indigenous civilization, it likes to secretly block the other's technology, causing the other's technological edifice to collapse, and a large number of top scientists to lose the meaning of life and head towards self-destruction.

What Chen Hong is doing now is precisely this: he wants to use Qianyu's own understanding to distort the other party's cognitive logic and make the other party "wake up".

In his previous life, Chen Hong was a philosophy professor at the Imperial University who liked to say: "The reason why most lives are alive is not because they are clear-headed, but because they are confused."

To be the only pure one in a corrupt world—that takes courage.

Living in a daze, without a clear understanding of the world, is the true reflection of the vast majority of living beings.

People who are muddle-headed often live happier lives, and even cancer can be fooled by their muddle-headedness.

Qianyu: "I...I don't know, but I want revenge, to avenge those who hurt me."

Qianyu's emotions had calmed down considerably, and her tone had softened.

"Why would they hurt you?" Chen Hong calmly countered. "You killed your lover; they're hurting you to avenge him."

"Didn't you want to avenge your lover?"

Qianyu remained silent, his mind already swirling with the logic Chen Hong had imposed on him using the Philosopher's Ring.

Chen Hong is now forcing him to think. If he doesn't think, he will lose his ability to think. So if he doesn't have a strong enough self-awareness, he will eventually be led astray by Chen Hong.

But what about Qianyu?

"Qianyu is not your real name." Chen Hong smiled kindly.

So who are you? Who are you? Who killed you? And do you want to kill the one who killed you?

After a series of philosophical questions were posed to Qianyu, the latter immediately went into a state of malfunction.

Chen Hong then ignored him and began to cultivate cross-legged to recover his soul power.

If it were the fully-fledged Qianyu, then he might not be able to control her.

But you, a split soul, also want to exercise the power of "whoever is the strongest is the original body"?

If Chen Hong is not mistaken, Qianyu's other half of her soul should be hidden in that head bone, right?

After all, who can resist the temptation of a soul bone?

Yes, Chen Hong couldn't help himself.

In the past two years, the Technology Chamber of Commerce has not found any information about soul bones. Even if they did, the Technology Chamber of Commerce could not obtain them, which has caused Chen Hong's plan to study and dissect soul bones to be repeatedly thwarted.

Even though Chen Hong was suppressed by the Sage's Ring, he still couldn't help but reach out his evil little hand to that soul bone.

However, he held back. At least until he dealt with the evil soul emperor's split soul inside his head, he couldn't tell the other party that he had discovered the secret that was his greatest reliance.

Otherwise, what if your Sage's Ring fails to trap the opponent, and this high-experience baby explodes?

The classic cottage was filled with a pleasant floral fragrance, a familiar scent—the fragrance of crabapple blossoms.

After an unknown amount of time, when Chen Hong opened his eyes again, there seemed to be a hint of life in the courtyard outside, as if someone was talking. Looking at the time, the sun was setting, and it was nearing afternoon.

He figured it was the Ning family who had come, but they didn't disturb Chen Hong's cultivation.

They seemed to have noticed something was wrong and specifically asked Sect Master Ning Fengzhi and Douluo Elders to check on Chen Hong's condition.

However, Chen Hong woke up the moment he heard the commotion outside, and at the same time, a voice devoid of desire echoed in his mind:

"Master, I understand."

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