Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1112 - 1105: Twin Beauties Coexist

Chapter 1112: Chapter 1105: Twin Beauties Coexist

"It seems that Tana does indeed have her merits. Her going astray also has deeper reasons," Luo’er said, frowning slightly.

"You’re actually pitying her," Xia Yue glanced at him and said, narrowing her eyes, "Even though she hurt you so badly and nearly killed you multiple times, you still speak for her. Is it Stockholm Syndrome?"

"It’s not that. It’s just that I have compassion, which is also one of human emotions. If you had it, you would feel the same as I do," Luo’er said.

Xia Yue was stunned by Luo’er’s words, and her facial expression visibly changed. In the end, she regained her smile and, shaking her head gently, said, "Is that so? Then I’d rather not have such a weak emotion."

"On one hand, you want to experience human emotions, yet on the other hand, you fear the weakness of emotions. It’s not that simple. Why not experience them all?" Luo’er said.

"I won’t fall for your trick. Some emotions are better left unexperienced," Xia Yue said, waving her hand, "Tana went against the will of the Ancestors because of that. I definitely won’t make the same mistakes she did."

As she spoke, a fleeting look of disappointment and regret crossed her face. Luo’er saw it but chose not to point it out directly.

He sighed softly and then gazed at the increasingly distant city and the ships trying to follow them. Suddenly, a new question arose in his mind.

"Lady Xia Yue," Luo’er called softly.

"Speak," Xia Yue said, propping her chin, and with a lazy stretch of her hand, the following ships were immediately frozen in place, unable to move an inch.

"I have a somewhat philosophical question I’d like to ask you. I wonder if you can answer it?" Luo’er asked respectfully.

"I can answer most questions. But if you’re going to ask about the future, my response is that I have nothing to say, because I don’t know either. I am artificial intelligence, not a deity in the traditional sense," Xia Yue replied, withdrawing her arm satisfactorily and then examining her palm back and forth.

"What do you think about the soul?" Luo’er asked.

"Hehe." Hearing Luo’er’s question, Xia Yue suddenly became interested, propped herself up, and turned around to look at him with narrowed eyes.

"Which questions about the soul would you like to know?" Xia Yue asked with a smile.

"Does the soul... truly exist?" Luo’er asked somewhat nervously.

"If I tell you it doesn’t exist, would that confuse you even more?" Xia Yue asked noncommittally.

"It would, because there are many phenomena that can’t be explained," Luo’er said seriously, furrowing his brow.

Xia Yue stared at him for a long time and then turned away to look at the sky before saying, "You’re better off not knowing. The more you know, the bigger the disappointment, including her!"

As soon as Xia Yue finished speaking, Fulajie’er abruptly appeared in midair, staring wide-eyed at her body, too shocked to speak.

"No, I want to know. The ancients said, ’If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening.’ Those who seek the truth fear not even death, let alone disappointment," Luo’er insisted resolutely.

Hearing his words, Xia Yue sighed deeply, then turned to look at him and glanced at Fulajie’er, shaking her head helplessly and said, "Since you are so determined, I’ll tell you. But be prepared mentally."

"Speak, I and Fula are ready," Luo’er said as he and Fulajie’er exchanged glances and nodded to each other simultaneously.

"There are no souls in this world, when a person dies, they just die, and there is no such thing as a soul appearing. Everything you think you know is merely your laughable and ignorant conjecture," Xia Yue’s first sentence pierced Luo’er’s understanding.

"Then, then, what about Fula..." Luo’er stuttered, blinking as he asked.

"Fulajie’er has long been dead. What now stands before you is nothing more than a personality backup," Xia Yue said, glancing dismissively at Fulajie’er.

"I, I, I am already dead, and now me, I am, just a backup..." Fulajie’er could hardly believe her own ears, looking down at her hands as they trembled uneasily.

"And she..." Luo’er asked anxiously.

"You’re wondering why she has the memories and personality from her life, right," Xia Yue said with a gentle shake of his head, then continued, "The Deity Creation Project cannot extract a person’s soul from their body because humans simply don’t have souls. What you call the phenomenon of soul departure is actually just a personality backup made with magical components by the people of Ancient States. Essentially, it is still artificial intelligence, except the consciousness of this AI originates entirely from the person it is based on. In other words, the people of Ancient States have created a new AI using her as the template."

"But, her, and her body’s..." Luo’er stammered.

"The bond between her and her body is nothing more than that between a container and its liquid," Xia Yue explained, "A drop of fresh water quickly dissolves into the sea and cannot maintain its state. But if a sealed bottle of fresh water falls into the sea, it remains fresh water as long as the bottle does not break. That’s the relationship between the magic components and the atmospheric magic. The magic components are like fresh water, the atmospheric magic is like seawater, and her original body, as well as the current crystal, serves as the bottle."

"In the early stages, the people of Ancient States hadn’t found a container that could hold a personality backup, so they could only confine these magical components within a human body. But, the human body is frail and the personality backup, being made of magic, is prone to Magic Power Erosion. I suppose this is how Fulajie’er’s body slowly deteriorated and died."

"Back then, her original self was just in deep slumber but was inhabited by her current self. The magic slowly eroded her body, leading to organ failure. By the day you arrived at the factory, her original self had been dead for several days."

"So that’s how it is, that’s how it is, so that’s what happened... It was me, it was me who killed myself... no no, that wasn’t me..." Fulajie’er, clearly engulfed in confusion and guilt, started sobbing while murmuring to herself.

"Does that mean... the current Fula is actually..." Luo’er looked at Fulajie’er in shock.

"Exactly, to put it simply, the current Fulajie’er should be considered the little sister of the previous Fulajie’er, similar to the relationship between Moumou and Momo in your home. At a certain point in time, the sisters coexisted in one body, but the sister made of magic constantly eroded the body of the other. Unwittingly, the little sister ended up killing her..." Xia Yue said.

"Stop it, just stop it!!" Fulajie’er’s sudden outcry broke off her speech as she clutched her head with both hands, sinking into deep despair.

"So, so..." Luo’er also seemed to be in great shock, gasping as he said, "There was never any soul departing, never any soul at all. Fula, the current Fula, is actually the sister composed of magic, just living temporarily in her sister’s body. And a few days before we arrived, the sister slowly killed her..."

"Stop talking, please stop, please, Luo’er, I beg you, stop..." Fulajie’er begged through her tears.

"That’s why I said, you’d be better off not knowing, but you wouldn’t listen, sigh..." Xia Yue remarked, letting out a deep sigh.

"Then, the Ancestors..." Luo’er gathered his thoughts, took a deep breath, and continued asking.

"The Ancestors have containers to store their personality backups, like the pendant around your neck. They use magic components to duplicate their personality backups and store them in crystals. However, to become a god, the original must die; hence, to transform from human to god, a price must be paid."

Xia Yue paused and sighed before continuing, "But from your memories, unfortunately, those Ancient States people messed up everything, including Fulajie’er’s father, who took all the containers, resulting in the children’s bodies being used as containers for the personality backups, which led to the subsequent series of tragedies."

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