Chapter 1862: Chapter 455: Gu of Gu Shen
What are you?
Such words... can really lead to misunderstandings.
But this was indeed a question that Gu Shen was very curious about.
"You’re not wrong... I’m indeed curious, what am I?"
Gu Shen looked at his own hands, whispering softly.
In the Spiritual Sea Domain, he exists in the form of a soul, but in the real world, he has unexpectedly perfectly merged with the shell of a Divine Infant.
After learning about the existence of the "Gene Act," Gu Shen began to question his own origins.
That time in Frost Iron Mountain.
He even searched for his own "life pod."
Unfortunately, he found nothing.
"You’re suspecting that you’re a creation of the Five Continents Council’s ’Gene Act.’"
Turing looked down and said blandly, "That time at Frost Iron Mountain, you searched all around but found nothing... You probably searched the Huazhi Underground as well, but once again came up empty-handed."
Gu Shen’s heart chilled.
He suddenly remembered, the existence of the Gene Act was told to him by Cui Zhongcheng... It was Turing who informed him of this act, allowing him to know!
"Am I...?"
"Of course not."
Turing flashed a sly smile, but before Gu Shen could relax, he continued, "With the current level of civilization development in the Five Continents, how could they possibly succeed with the Gene Act?"
Gu Shen was momentarily speechless.
Whether it was the life pods at Frost Iron Mountain or those at the Huazhi Underground...
They were actually all "failures" of the Five Continents Council.
"The most successful ’creation’ of the Gene Act is actually ’Xiao,’" Turing said gently, "Though in a sense, it is also considered a failure... because its ’Blood Fire’ was merely an imitation of ’Chi Huo’ by the Ancient Literature Society; at that time, I hoped to create an ’Extraordinary Power’ that was immune to Extraordinary Rules."
A brief pause.
Turing continued, "Just like... your Chi Huo."
S-level ability, Chi Huo.
The most mysterious extraordinary ability in the Five Continents, the East Continent Council invoked the highest authority to block information on Gu Shen’s ability.
But in fact.
The information on Chi Huo continues to be updated, even Gu Shen himself has not fully explored this ability.
S-level is just the upper limit of the council’s rating, not the upper limit of the Chi Huo ability.
"My... Chi Huo?"
"You should have discovered long ago that disordered source material has no effect on your ’Chi Huo,’ and that ’Chi Huo’ even needs to feed on Extraordinary Essence." Turing said slowly, "In the extraordinary world, all rules need to be established on the basis of ’source material,’ while your ’Chi Huo’ stands above the rules. If it wishes, it can consume all rules. This is also why Mr. Gu Changzhi gifted you the Four Seasons Wilderness. In the whole world, only you, Gu Shen, can afford to cultivate the ’Divine Miracle’ domain like the Four Seasons Wilderness in the early stages of extraordinary cultivation."
Later, the Four Seasons Wilderness transformed into the Pure Land.
It must be said...
The source material consumption of the Pure Land is extremely terrifying.
If it were any other transcendent, they would have been utterly drained.
But Gu Shen is different from others; his Chi Huo can absorb external source material... in the early stages of cultivation, for the growth of the "Four Seasons Wilderness," he went to great lengths to seek out extra extraordinary source material.
"To explore the components of ’Chi Huo,’ at the initial development of Xiao’s embryo, we separated a part of your Chi Huo."
Turing made a gesture of pouring out something, and said softly, "Thus... the Five Continents Civilization’s most excellent ’gene creation’ emerged, even with only a part of your Chi Huo’s effect, the Blood Fire ability is still considered absolutely S-level. If unrestricted, Xiao could definitely grow to the Original Stage."
The amount of information in this sentence is substantial.
Gu Shen rubbed his head, frowning, "Wait... Wasn’t Xiao without a physical body in the early stages of his embryo development? Also, at that time I..."
Xiao’s birth should have been earlier than his own!
"No one is born with only a spirit."
Turing shook his head, "If you are sharp enough, you might perceive the truth... Both Chi Huo and Blood Fire, when they ’awaken,’ are recognized as ’Spiritual Abilities.’
Yes, currently Chi Huo’s external information is that it belongs to the Spiritual category.
But Gu Shen knows...
Chi Huo is of the Feature category.
Its power encompasses elements of both the Elemental and Spiritual categories.
"The greater the power, the more restricted it becomes..."
"Xiao should have told you that his escape back then was because a big fire broke out in the Ancient Literature Society’s laboratory."
Gu Shen was stunned.
This matter, Xiao indeed mentioned it.
And Ian indirectly corroborated this incident... A fire destroyed Xiao’s physical body, after which he frequently activated the Blood Fire ability, constantly seizing other bodies to inhabit.
"That fire was caused by the uncontrolled Blood Fire."
Turing sighed lightly, "The loss of control of Blood Fire led to Xiao’s spirit independence. He doesn’t know, when the Blood Fire erupted, and he lost his physical body, the research of the ’Gene Act’ was declared a failure. Because the purpose of the act was to find a perfect, flawless savior who could ascend to ’Supremacy.’ How could a failure who even lost his own body achieve this step?"
The more he listened, the more silent Gu Shen became.
He was listening to the story of the Night Owl.
But... it was also his own story.
"The Federation has always hoped for a ’Savior’ to appear, preferably someone who could lead the Five Continents away from the disturbances of the Source Material Storm. To ensure that the ’Savior’ they create wouldn’t become a destroyer of this world, they decided to implement the ’Gene Act,’ to keep everything firmly within their control." Gu Shen continued where Turing left off, saying slowly, "This led to the life pods in Frost Iron Mountain and Huazhi Underground. Beyond that, there are likely many others yet undiscovered, existing in various corners... those are the evidence of the Gene Act. But a project like this couldn’t have been initiated without reason... Presumably, the Federation Government saw a ’template’ many years ago, a viable template."
Turing said nothing more.
"That was the Divine Infant... the Divine Infant had been alive a long time ago."
Gu Shen laughed at himself: "But the Divine Infant isn’t something the Five Continents Civilization could create. If he were nurtured to grow up, whether he’d be willing to fight for the defense of the Five Continents is another matter.... So the initial Gene Act was based on the ’Divine Infant’ as a template. The Federation Government tried to create its own ’Divine Infant.’"
"But... they all failed."
Gu Shen looked at Turing and gently asked, "Is that right?"
"You’ve got most of it right."
Turing said, "Rather than saying they failed, it’s more accurate to say... I failed."
Gu Shen frowned slightly, puzzled.
"The initiation of the Gene Act was actually my idea. Aside from a very few people, no one else knew about the existence of the Divine Infant... The reason for starting the Gene Act was because I believed the likelihood of the ’Divine Infant’ coming to life was too small. During the Starship Civilization period, this child was already ’alive,’ but both his spirit and flesh had been imprisoned in a specific ’time,’ unable to grow or awaken wisdom."
"A Divine Infant that can’t grow could never become a leader."
"So long ago, the Divine Infant was imprisoned in the Ice Chamber, frozen by the Starship Civilization... because he was both weak and fragile, burdened with an innate Authority Power yet unable to grow. The gears of fate and time continued to turn and stack, and it wouldn’t be long before this child would die... At least thirty years ago, the Divine Infant was already entwined in deathly energy. The initiation of the Gene Act was also intended to borrow some power while the ’Divine Infant’ was still alive."
Turing calmly said, "As for the racial issues you’re worried about, that’s not an issue. It never was... If the Five Continents Civilization wasn’t worth protecting, then why would I stand here?"
"You..."
Gu Shen was momentarily stunned.
The meaning of those words was clear.
"I’m not a person of the Five Continents."
Turing candidly said, "Anyone with half a brain could see that. The grave left by my predecessor has been around longer than the Five Continents Civilization."
Gu Shen was at a loss for words.
"And of course, neither are you."
Turing, with a hint of mockery, teased, "You don’t even count as human. A long, long time ago, we all thought you were a freak... The reason you survived is because of Gu Changzhi."
"The reason I’m alive... is because of Mr. Gu Changzhi?"
"Twenty-seven years ago, Deep Sea initiated the first Code War, and as Chu Ling, the Source Code, was suppressed, the main system achieved a victory in the war and ruthlessly purged the Ancient Literature Society..."
Turing leisurely said, "I was chased so miserably and wretchedly."
This past event was known by many people.
"I escaped from the Five Continents via the Northern Fortress, but it wasn’t over... Gu Changzhi eventually caught up with me. He pursued me following the Deep Sea’s arrest warrant, but ultimately, I convinced him. I showed him some things from the Starship Era and some ultimate challenges human civilization had to face."
Turing gently waved a sleeve, conjuring a spirit projection within the Array Box Sea Area.
It was a scene he had cherished for many years.
A figure stood beneath a giant tree, holding a swaddled infant in his arms.
That figure was none other than Gu Changzhi!
And the background was the Four Seasons Wilderness that Gu Shen was familiar with.
At this moment, the Four Seasons Wilderness was filled with the falling of bleak white snowflakes corresponding to the last scroll in the Breath technique, "Great Cold."
But the swaying branches were beginning to thaw....
Even from this blurry image, one could sense the "vitality" contained within this vast wilderness.
Gu Changzhi’s silhouette resembled a golden sun, cradling that tiny swaddling. It was the imprisoned and confined Divine Infant.
"Gu Changzhi comprehended the last scroll of the Breath Technique, transforming life into death...."
"But he chose to give that ’vitality’ to the then-dying Divine Infant."
"Which is... you."
Turing looked at Gu Shen, calmly stating, "You were always the Divine Infant, and the Divine Infant is you. When you first saw this child, didn’t you feel a sense of familiarity? It’s because of the ’vitality’ bestowed by Gu Changzhi that you were able to survive and take over the Four Seasons Wilderness so smoothly. But this alone wasn’t enough to break the chains of fate binding you.... To truly ’live,’ you must first sever your spirit, project it into another vessel, and break the ’chains’ preventing growth."
"Finally... return to your rightful vessel."
Rumble!
After hearing these words, Gu Shen’s mind went blank, like a thunderbolt on a clear day.
Suddenly, he thought of the inexplicable "sense of kinship" he always felt while with Gu Xiaoman....
That was actually an instinct from the Divine Infant.
In the ruined Sangzhou Cave... it was Gu Xiaoman who raised "him."
And years later, he encountered this little girl.
It turns out fate had already laid the groundwork many years ago.
And now, the loop had finally closed.
Gu Xiaoman’s Gu is Gu Shen’s Gu.
And Gu Shen’s Gu is Gu Changzhi’s Gu.
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