The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 371 - 222: Come on, let me perform a Resurrection Magic trick before we continue the duel

Chapter 371: Chapter 222: Come on, let me perform a Resurrection Magic trick before we continue the duel

"Kill everyone..." Jiang Shu repeated Shu Bao’s words, as the desolate and bleak image of the Fifth District also emerged in his mind.

The grey streets were void of any human trace; a sinister, ghostly aura enveloped the entire city.

"But Tang probably wouldn’t kill everyone, that would be too extreme," Shu Bao continued, "And everything I’ve just said is only speculation, and you have linked it to some unrealistic things. Like Clo, you’ve only seen the tarot card that represents him."

"Right," Jiang Shu nodded, neither confirming nor denying.

Shu Bao only knew that he saw the tarot card and suspected that Clo had been resurrected, not knowing the other secrets about Clo, so it didn’t have any particular sentiment.

But from Jiang Shu’s perspective...

"Make my death quick; I don’t want to be dragged up for a sequel."

Clo’s words seemed as if they had been spoken just a short while ago, now echoing for a long time in Jiang Shu’s mind, along with his insane demeanor.

Jiang Shu always felt that, at that time, Clo had already been hinting at something, and though he had found the hotel Jiang Shu was in, he left only that tarot card behind, a move that seemed like a hint.

Adding to the abnormal behavior of the Fifth District in recent days, it was initially assumed that there would be a war between the Dick Family and the Three Major Groups, but now there weren’t any signs of such a conflict starting.

The high-ranks of the Fifth District seemed to be controlled by something, showing absolutely no objection to the new Black Wall, nor any extraneous actions.

Taking into account the encounters of Clo and Diller, it was hard for Jiang Shu not to associate these events, though all this was merely conjecture at the moment.

Perhaps, the collusion between the Three Major Groups and Tang was simply a matter of mutual interest, and Diller, along with the entire Dick Family, might just have capsized in a gutter, falling prey to Tang’s methods.

It looked like he...

No, Ding needed to take a trip to the Dick estate to investigate.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Shu pulled Ding aside to give instructions, and then sent him out from the base.

As the top field agent seed player, Ding was well-trained for such tasks, leaving with the terms "Optical Invisibility Technique," "Flame Spirit," and "Spirit Technique," as well as a large power bank strapped to his back.

Seeing the power bank on its back, Jiang Shu also vaguely remembered that Liu Tingruo had mentioned something about upgrading them?

It seemed to have been forgotten.

Never mind, it wasn’t urgent. Although a lot had happened in the last couple of days, it had only been two days.

"What’s it doing?" Shu Bao asked, looking at the departing Tablet Spirit with curiosity.

"Out on a material run," Jiang Shu didn’t go into details with it, turning instead to look at the detailed content of the report.

He was sure that he wouldn’t understand the myriad of data; at best, he could discern that the red annotations were Liu Tingruo’s handwriting, and the blue ones were Shu Bao’s, the former delicate the latter neat, clearly distinguishable at a glance.

The blue writing often pointed out key issues sharply and made conjectures about some of the data, but such writing was not abundant. In contrast, the red writing was filled with many terms that were more offensive than harmful.

"...In simple terms, the Spiritual Body is another form of expression for spiritual power, and it is known that they can be converted through death."

"...let’s put it this way, my experimental simulation data indicates that, with a guarantee of an intact body, it’s possible to reinstall the Spiritual Body back into the corpse to achieve the effect of resurrection, and at this stage, some alterations can be made to the Spiritual Body. However, how to modify and the results of these modifications are currently unpredictable."

"...Well, it’s not clear whether the Spiritual Body is incompatible with other bodies. If there is no fixed binding relationship, development of ’spare’ bodies seems feasible, which might herald the beginning of an era of human immortality."

"...Technical modifications of the Spiritual Body do not have a generational gap with current technologies; it only needs time. With the help of Black Silver’s characteristics to facilitate experiments, the feasibility of this technology is visible. If a Key Master could assist, perhaps the technological advances would be even faster."

"...Forget it, to put it another way, if the method of conversion is mastered and ethical considerations are disregarded, the Spiritual Body can be a very clean and efficient energy source."

So it seems, the blue writing is Shu Bao summarizing and reminding Liu Tingruo, while the red writing is Liu Tingruo summarizing the lengthy data and technical terms, then explaining the conclusions in the simplest language to Jiang Shu.

It appeared that Sister Liu’s insights in the experimental report were much colder, considering prospects of the Spiritual Body and spiritual power technologies without taking ethics and social order into account, which diverged from her usual views in daily life.

Concepts like "human immortality," "spare bodies," and "Spiritual Body as an energy source" would, if realized, pose a great challenge to the current legal and ethical systems.

If she were to pursue these things, then Liu Tingruo might be venturing into the realm of a mad scientist.

However, these were just some speculative thoughts. As a researcher, such thinking is necessary; the real test of a researcher’s conscience is whether to actualize these ideas.

"Uh, the Spiritual Body as an energy source..." Jiang Shu frowned slightly, among all the content, without considering technical challenges, this suggestion was the most feasible to actualize.