Carrying the questions in his heart, Zhou Bai continued reading.
The human upper echelons, or perhaps the Heavenly Courts? I am not certain who, but they were indeed gradually diminishing the influence of technology.
The combination of Primordial Spirit adjustments and rune vaccines led to a significant increase in humanity’s resistance to the distortions of the Heavenly Dao. However, at the same time, I noticed that the new generation of humans have an instinctual aversion, an aversion to learning science.
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Nearly every one of them instinctively shuns learning science and instead focuses on the cultivation of their way. Note that what they dislike is the process of learning, not the technological products.
Out of sheer curiosity, I used this hospital’s equipment to secretly examine the condition of humans who had undergone adjustments.
And then I discovered something strange.
I needed more in-depth experiments.
So, I tried to clone these new humans using the scientific technology at my disposal, knowing it was against morals, but at this time, humans no longer had the right to speak of morals.
Stranger things happened, the results of the cloning exceeded my expectations.
All the cloning attempts failed.
Various unusual characteristics, deformities appeared one by one, but out of more than 100 cloning experiments, not a single truly healthy human was successfully cloned.
From this moment on, I started to doubt the nature of the Primordial Spirit adjustment.
Were Primordial Spirit adjustments really only affecting the Primordial Spirit?
I asked Miss Christina, and she told me that the essence of cultivation is distortion, just like how the power of the Primordial Spirit spreads from the sea of consciousness to the Material World through thought, ultimately distorting matter.
How similar is this to the Heavenly Dao distorting reality?
I decided to delve deeper into the principles behind it.
But ordinary people could no longer satisfy my experiments, Miss Christina told me that I could try to study myself.
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At this point, Zhou Bai’s brows furrowed suddenly, the hidden information in these lines was indeed a bit overwhelming.
Especially that Miss Christina, which made Zhou Bai unable to help but ask, "Miss Christina? Is that you? Tina?"
Christina said with an innocent face, "I don’t know, I can’t remember."
Zhou Bai shook his head and continued reading, finding various experimental processes, formulas, conjectures that left him totally confounded. He could only keep skipping until he finally arrived at a section he could understand.
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As one would expect from my clones, most of them were extremely talented, assisting me greatly in my experiments.
However, sometimes they would become self-aware, it seemed I needed to implement some restrictions, hoping to better control them.
But who could have imagined that they would rebel? Some wanted to replace me, some wanted to leave here, and others just wanted to destroy and kill. It appeared that different possibilities led to completely different personalities.
I should next
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"Is that the end?"
When Zhou Bai read to this point, he was slightly startled because he found the entire page of notes had been smeared with blood, now turned into a large stain, and the following text was unreadable.
Zhou Bai turned the page blankly and continued to look at the content that followed.
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Was I ambushed?
My memory is a bit confused.
Could I already be a clone?
I don’t know, but it no longer matters.
I decided to continue the experiment.
It can now be confirmed that for the humans who have had their Primordial Spirits adjusted, their bloodlines have been changed, and as they progress deeper into the cultivation path, the impact of this change may become increasingly profound.
I spoke to my mentor about the results, and he told me that everything was done to fight against the Heavenly Demons. Even if bloodlines or forms change, as long as the thoughts continue to spread, human civilization remains human civilization.
Perhaps, but I don’t understand the purpose of the human elite and the heavenly court in doing this.
But lately, I have noticed that the population of pureblood humans has been rapidly decreasing.
When I noticed this situation, a vast number of Pureblood Practitioners had either been dispatched to the battlefield, sent to various remote areas, or tasked with various dangerous missions.
In addition, I discovered something strange: a large amount of materials and cultivators are disappearing without a trace.
And the number of deities is often reduced, yet no one knows where they fight or where they fall.
Could there exist a battlefield unknown to me?
I don’t know the answer. I continue my research, and I want to know what will happen to humans whose bloodlines have been forcefully changed as they continue on the cultivation path, and after their level of Dao integration increases.
Perhaps through this, I will be able to understand the higher-ups’ purpose.
After Christina learned about my research, she lent me ten replica deity statues.
She told me that this is one of the original versions of the Daoist texts, and the initial researchers tried to explain the Heavenly Dao by means of drawings, statues, engravings, etc., instead of texts.
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"Huh." Zhou Bai, the more he read, the more shocked he felt, as if a vast and profound conspiracy was unfolding before his eyes.
He continued to read and found a massive amount of experimental records, formulas, speculations, and so on.
He skipped through the content until he finally reached a part he could understand.
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After the adjustment of the Primordial Spirit, which enhanced humanity’s resistance to the distortion of the Heavenly Dao, it also reduced human potential.
At the same level of Dao integration, the adjusted humans would become somewhat weaker.
According to my calculations, this weakening will not be too apparent from a Dao integration level of 0.1% to 99.9%, but at the level of 100%, the weakening will reach its peak.
100%... Does this have something to do with the secret of ascension?
Data is insufficient, unable to confirm.
However, in the process of this weakening, the adjustment of the Primordial Spirit, the rune vaccines, and the Daoist texts complement each other.
Comparing the deity statues with the Daoist texts, I found that from 10% onward, there are significant divergences between the two.
I call the Heavenly Dao explained by the deity statues the Original Daoist Texts.
The Original Daoist Texts are more suitable for humans to cultivate. At the same level of Dao integration, the enhancements to Divine Diagrams and Primordial Spirit power are also stronger, and one can even cultivate in the imperceptible contemplation of them.
However, during the cultivation of the Original Daoist Texts, a yao transformation phenomenon may occur. At first, I thought this was an aberration, but it is not. As long as one perseveres in cultivating the Original Daoist Texts, this yao transformation is controllable and will become a part of the cultivator’s power.
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At this point, Zhou Bai furrowed his brows and guessed, "So what we saw at the base, those are the deity statues? Are they the Original Daoist Texts?"
"The Original Daoist Texts, huh," said Christina, "But I’ve looked at them too, and there was no reaction, right?"
Zhou Bai said, "That’s not necessarily the case. Maybe after you reach 10%, you won’t be able to read the Daoist texts anymore."
Christina exclaimed, "Ah? What should I do then? Where are the Original Daoist Texts now? Do we have to go back to the base to find them?"
"I don’t know," Zhou Bai thought to himself, "but if that’s the case, then Elsa must have cultivated the Original Daoist Texts too. So as long as she continues to cultivate the Original Daoist Texts, can she change back?"
Zhou Bai continued to read on.
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