Split Sky Rider

Chapter 1188 - Feeding on the Soul

The people of the Sky Star had no moral principles and dared to use the rules of a duel to trick him, which made Chen Fei see the dark side of society again. He had no choice but to borrow the power of the upper class to see who had the bigger face.

The imperialism that the Blue Star people despise the most is now working again.

The emperor's order is hard to disobey. Anyone who dares to challenge Chen Fei again will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. All nine generations of his clan will be exterminated, and no one will be spared. Do you really think that the imperial power is voted in by everyone?

"This information is from the first batch. Fortunately, I have the ability of a warlock, so I know more about this aspect. Warlocks are best at souls, and I don't think I can find this information on Blue Star."

Getting back to the topic, Lin Ziyu pointed to the tablet computer in front of Chen Fei. Most of the information was text and pictures, which could be fully stored in the local capacity of a tablet computer and did not need to be expanded with the help of cloud storage space.

"Because there are no warlocks on Blue Star!"

Without sorcerers, there would not be much need for relevant training materials for people with this ability. Even if one were to collect them on Blue Star, one could only find some superficial and shallow information, which might not even be enough to get started.

"Why are you collecting information about souls? Have you discovered anything?"

Princess Lin Ziyu saw her personal maid winking at her again, indicating that the time for this meeting was running out.

The next blind date is almost here, and luckily the meeting place is in a park not far away.

Those blind date candidates did not stop meeting with Her Royal Highness the Princess because of the duel challenge to Chen Fei. Dueling and blind dating at the same time were completely normal operations without interfering with each other. If they could beat Chen Xiaoer down in the duel, it would be enough to brag in front of the princess. You see, the guy from Blue Star is so useless. This young master knocked him down with just a few casual moves.

"Some things were found in the 'Sagari' civilization, for example, life-extending liquid."

Chen Fei raised his index finger. The only thing that could prove the existence of the soul was the small bottle of life-extending substance he got from the messengers of the "Sagari" civilization.

The "Tree of Life" possesses a large number of mature technological achievements of the "Sagari" civilization and can "manufacture (hatch)" finished products of stable quality at any time. However, there is very little about the principles and applications of the soul. There are only a few incomplete catalogs in the genetic information library, and there are no detailed information at all. It is obvious that the parasitic species have carefully sealed up the secrets of the soul and prevented them from being easily leaked.

"Life-extending liquid, is it a liquid? Do you have it in your hand?"

Lin Ziyu widened his eyes. This secret obviously had not yet reached the Cangkong Star. Although there were some rumors from the Blue Star, no one knew that Chen Fei had ever come into contact with this precious thing that only came from the "Sagari" civilization.

Originally, only the top brass at the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee headquarters knew about it, and even the sovereignty didn't know much. The Slan Dynasty of the Sky Star had planted many spies on Blue Star, but they were not enough to turn Habraf into a big sieve that couldn't keep any secrets.

Chen Fei spread his hands and said helplessly: "You are too late. The last one-third has been taken away by the First Sovereign."

A portion of the life-extending liquid was divided into three parts, one third was fed to the "Tree of Life", and one third was used for scientific research. Even if there was any left, it is estimated that there would be very little left now. For Yan Ling, whose life span is almost over, the one third that was taken away would be good for her, even if she cannot live another sixty years, at least a few more years would be good.

"pity!"

If Chen Fei still has any remaining life-extending liquid, Princess Lin Ziyu is willing to pay a very high price to get it.

The life-extending liquid does not mean much to young people like her, but it is very much needed by the elders, especially the elderly, whose desire for longevity even exceeds power, status and money.

However, Lin Ziyu's mind quickly turned around and grasped the key point, and said, "Are you planning to make a longevity liquid?"

"That's right!" Chen Fei snapped his fingers and said, "The life-extending liquid involves the soul. I know nothing about the soul and don't even have the qualifications to get started, so I'll start with the basics and figure out what the soul is."

It is a pity that McNealy and the combined biological space mothership of the "Sagari" civilization died together. It is now completely impossible to directly acquire knowledge in a lazy way. Artificial intelligence AI only has the ability to organize and screen. Even if it is to assist in research, it is only limited to the most basic level. If you want to go deeper, you can only rely on intelligent races.

Without intelligent races, AI would have no way to evolve itself through learning.

"Okay, I can help you. All expenses will be borne by the royal family. The only requirement is..."

Lin Ziyu blinked. The implication of her words was already very clear. It just depended on whether Chen Fei would understand or not.

There is no free lunch in the world.

“The results will be shared synchronously, but it is forbidden to disclose them to third parties.”

Chen Fei snapped his fingers again, and both sides understood.

If you eat too much free lunch, it is easy to get yourself into trouble. Even if the Lin and Chen families are related, it won't work. What's more, the princess of the Slan Dynasty is even more different from a Blue Star commoner like him.

"make a deal!"

After helping Chen Fei for so long, Her Royal Highness the Princess is quite satisfied that she can finally see the money in return (profit). How could such a precious thing be given away for free to people other than the participants? It is only natural that whoever pays should receive.

"I'll make you another list. Since this is a cooperation between the two parties, there are some things that I don't need to figure out on my own."

Chen Fei directly used the tablet in his hand to start listing some projects. These were also listed by the life-extending liquid research team, but there was no channel to obtain them. Nowadays, no channel can compare to the Slan royal family!

The Slan Dynasty, which owns an entire life planet, is more arrogant than the First Sovereign and has more resources at its disposal.

"No problem. It's my responsibility to take responsibility."

In just a few words, Chen Fei and Princess Lin Ziyu reached a secret agreement.

"..." Dang Weijun would not say anything even if he was beaten to death.

Heseman Brown: “…” I’m afraid it will be difficult to kill this S-class mutant who can both withstand and escape.

Iridium: “…” What are you talking about?

The dragon clan never considers the issue of lifespan, especially the gold dragon clan.

Since ancient times, there have been only a handful of golden dragons that have died naturally, and most of them died voluntarily because they were tired of living.

There would be no possibility of leakage for anyone present.

The loyal maid Feidani reminded: "Your Highness, the time is up!"

"Sorry, I have another appointment. I'll leave first and we'll talk next time!"

Lin Ziyu stood up apologetically. She was also very busy. Her daily schedule was packed with work and personal matters. Even if she wanted to meet Chen Fei, she had to squeeze out a little time outside the plan.

"We'll talk next time!"

Chen Fei stood up to see him off.

"Please stay. And, I'm sorry again because of my personal matter!" Lin Ziyu bent her knees slightly and walked away with the maid Feidani.

"Wow! With the support of the royal family, we may be able to mass-produce the life-extending liquid soon."

The S-level space-ability user finally couldn't suppress his excitement anymore.

"I don't think it's that simple." Chen Fei shook his head and continued, "The life-extending liquid contains soul components. Although we don't know how it is hidden in it, the soul itself is not that simple. The biological combat weapons of the parasitic species, the monsters that once passed through the 'wormhole cloud' to invade the blue planet, and the combat creatures released by the biological space mothership, they only have instincts but no souls. Think about it, where did the soul in the life-extending liquid come from?"

The soul must come from living things, but living things do not necessarily have souls. The soul is a necessary condition for the existence of living things.

Then what is the difference between a monster with only instincts left and a being with a soul.

"Ah, this?"

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Chen Fei's words contained philosophical and logical implications, which immediately confused Herseman Brown.

"AI has no soul!" The old party member who always believed that silence is golden suddenly spoke up. It is really hard to speak out, but if he speaks out, it will be golden.

The operating mechanism of AI is essentially not much different from those of soulless monsters. In fact, AI's reactions are all pre-set. By adding more feedback presets through learning models, it will not produce things outside the scope of the intelligent model framework. It can do whatever humans can do.

“Imagination is the source of creation, and the soul may have something to do with it.”

Chen Fei turned his gaze and looked at the giant golden dragon that was swinging its gun tail to destroy the courtyard garden out of boredom. He was moved and said, "Iran, can you draw?"

Gold dragons are very special among intelligent races. Although they do not have a trace of mental power and are therefore naturally immune to all mental attacks, they still possess dragon souls. So although soul and mental power are related, they are not necessarily related. One can have a soul without mental power, but one must have a soul if one has mental power.

"Huh? Drawing? I can do it! And I like it very much. Let me show you my drawings."

Yilan quickly took out the large-screen tablet hidden inside her body, placed it in front of Chen Fei, and proudly showed the paintings she had drawn in the past. These were the accumulation of at least ten years, and it was a collection of paintings that was very rich in quantity and content.

Herseman Brown and Dang Weijun took the opportunity to look at the screen, only to find that they were paintings of small animals with simple lines, and the background was often rivers and forests, and mainly in warm colors. There was always the sun or two bright moons in the sky. As time went by, his painting skills were also improving, and people could see some of the implications, but the content still looked like the work of an innocent child, and it didn't look like something that the Slaying Dragon could draw at all.

Chen Fei pointed to the large flat screen that looked like a TV and said, "You see, paintings can reflect creativity, which is fundamentally different from AI-generated images. Gold dragons also have imagination, so they have souls."

He had no knowledge about the soul, but some things could be deduced through logical relationships, like the economic cycle in economics. Any economic collapse and recession did not happen without reason or without any signs. As long as various information were analyzed according to the laws of logic, it was entirely possible to find a traceable change curve. In the financial field, this curve is sometimes called a trend line.

The "Sagari" civilization plundered a large number of life-bearing planets, and it is probably not as simple as just devouring life substances. If one wants to survive or develop in the vast sea of ​​stars, what is most needed is probably not resources, but time.

Just like Chen Fei who is now fighting with the "Sagari" civilization, isn't time the first on his list of most urgent needs? As long as he gets enough time and the ability to form an army of one person, he will be able to grow to the extent of destroying the "Sagari" civilization. And this time includes "lifespan", so the logic here achieves a self-consistent perfect closed loop relationship.

The "Sagari" civilization devours the civilizations of other intelligent races and also steals souls in large numbers in order to gain a long lifespan, which enables it to gain the upper hand in this protracted interstellar war.

Otherwise, if we rely solely on self-reproduction and renewal within the race, it will easily shorten the growth cycle of civilization and enter a period of decline early.

Just like the metabolism of living things, a high metabolic rate can certainly effectively fight injuries, regain health and improve physical fitness, but maintaining such a metabolic rate for a long time will shorten lifespan. Organisms that are frequently injured tend not to live long. Once the number of cell divisions is exhausted, it means death. After middle age, humans' metabolism and heart rate begin to slow down, and they are also not as physically and mentally active as when they were young. This stable maintenance stage is the key to determining whether you can live longer.

"You mean, the soul in the longevity liquid comes from..."

After admiring Iran's collection of paintings, Heseman Brown felt that something seemed to be wrong. After a long while, he finally reacted and vaguely guessed something, but the hairs all over his body stood up involuntarily.

"Intelligent species are food for the Sagaris. If you just need to eat meat, then those monsters that only have instincts are enough."

The soul filled in the most important link of the logical relationship. After sorting out all of this, Chen Fei saw things more clearly.

Only those with souls are fit to be food, and those without souls are only fit to be fertilizers. There is really no waste at all.

Even the humans on Blue Star, who enjoy killing and infighting, even meaningless killing, rarely have the habit of taking intelligent races as food. The refusal to eat humans is probably an important message imprinted in their genetic instincts. Cannibals will no longer be regarded as human beings, and they will subconsciously want to eliminate them.

Although we don’t know how the “Sagari” civilization untied this “shackle”, it is not unfair at all that it has become the mortal enemy of all intelligent races in the two civilizations of Sky Star and Blue Star.

"What a horrible race!"

Not only Mr. Brown, but the old party also broke out in a cold sweat. This was due to the instinctive fear and hatred, which was all written in their genes.

After a while, Heseman Brown said, "If the soul is needed to make the life-extending liquid, then where does the soul come from?"

Killing people and eating their souls, isn't that the same as the "Sagari" civilization?

In various literary and film and television works of humans on Blue Star, devouring souls is basically an essential element of a super villain, which naturally caters to the relevant characteristics of the "Sagari" civilization.

"You reap what you sow. The retribution of the Sagaris has come. Namo Amitabha."

Chen Fei put his hands together and chanted the Buddhist name like Sanhao Monk.

Great and mighty Heavenly Dragon, parasitic species, your retribution has come!

"Haha, if it's the price paid by the parasites, then there's no problem."

Herseman Brown actually agreed with Chen Fei's statement.

The debt owed should be repaid, but he does not want human civilization to follow the old path of "Sagari". However, this possibility is not great. First, the routes of civilization are different, and it is not easy to change them midway. Second, humans are not accustomed to longevity. After living for a long time, they are prone to commit suicide. They know their destiny, break away from the world, jump out of the three realms, and ignore life and death. This is also the setting information imprinted in genetic instincts.

"I won't make a large amount either. I'll just make a small amount for emergency use. There's no point in making too much."

Even Chen Fei himself did not have any idea of ​​immortality. What was the point of living like an immortal? If he was forced to live for two or three hundred years, he might even kill himself.

"agree!"

Dang Weijun also agreed.

Although life is short, it is rich and colorful, so there is nothing to regret. Asking God to borrow another 500 years is just boasting. Few people really want to do so.