During the short waiting period that followed,Xia Li sat on the soft sofa with his eyes closed, regulating his breath.The mont all the prosthetics were installed, he would have to return imdiately.That ant his remaining ti on Earth this trip was already running short.Suddenly, a communication request ca in and woke him from his light sleep.It was Ke Xiao."Sister Ke, what's up?""Nothing major. I saw that her side confird the loadout, so I got curious and ca to ask how you've been. Your luck really hasn't been small lately. You went to New Tokyo and instantly turned into a big star. Now you've beco the number one Golden Core too.""Number one Golden Core? Isn't that a bit exaggerated...""Even if you're not number one, you're absolutely top three. More importantly, you actually slept with her? You really are a beast."Ke Xiao had never expected soone as old-fashioned as Xia Li to actually go through with it."She was asking for it."Running around every day saying, "If you've got the guts, co fuck ," and then actually getting fucked?That was what people ant by disaster coming out of one's own mouth."She's an illegal synthetic human. Strictly speaking, she's basically a revived corpse. I'm not criticizing you, and I don't an I despise her. She probably has a knot in her own heart over it too. But since you've already done it, then take proper responsibility. Don't be as casual with her as you are with .""That depends on her attitude."If she was casual, then Xia Li would be casual too."What do you think her attitude is? She was the one who offered to help get you a sixth-generation Heaven Chip. I don't have that kind of ability. I can only follow normal procedures. The sixth-generation chip Yagyu Military Industries issued to her is, in principle, not transferable to anyone. Whether it's lost or damaged, it has to be reported.""What are you getting at, Sister Ke?""It's a hidden danger. Maybe one day it'll explode. I know I can't go as far as she did, so I ca to remind you. I don't want you being too casual about it.""I'll rember."Xia Li's reply was solemn.If that day ever ca, and if he had the ability to storm Yagyu Military Industries, he would not waste words.And even if he lacked that ability, he would still give it everything he had."I thought you'd refuse the sixth-generation chip. The old you definitely would've.""I need a sixth-generation chip right now, and I don't want to expose myself.""I understand. That's all I wanted to say. When are you coming back to Liguang?""I'm not sure. Maybe I won't be back for a long ti. Liguang's a little inconvenient."There were fewer good things in Liguang City, it was slower to earn spirit stones there, and more importantly, the only thing in Liguang truly worth Xia Li's attachnt was Ke Xiao."Your call. Hanging up.""Mm. Good night, Sister Ke."After ending the communication, Yagyu Chihaya happened to enter the break room."Everything's here. Installing now?""Now."Xia Li stood up from the sofa."By the way, who were you just talking to? I'm not prying into your privacy, just asking casually. Say it or don't, up to you."There was already a faint air of checking up on him in Yagyu Chihaya's tone.That made Xia Li let out a small, helpless laugh."It was Sister Ke. She told about the risks behind your helping get a sixth-generation Heaven Chip.""So? What are you planning to do?""If that day really cos, you can tell Yagyu Military Industries who I am. Say you did it to win over.""You're not afraid of being exposed?""I am. But I'm more afraid of you dying a second ti. If you die too thoroughly, I won't be able to gather enough pieces of your corpse to stitch back together.""What kind of nonsense is that? Even if you don't find it disgusting, I do.""As long as I don't, it's fine. Co on, let's get to the modification. I've still got things to do afterward."Xia Li urged Yagyu Chihaya to get on with the serious work.But while they were walking toward the modification pod, Yagyu Chihaya suddenly asked:"Do you know the Ship of Theseus?"The Ship of Theseus was a paradox of identity.If one replaced every plank of a ship one by one, and in the end all the planks were different, was it still the original ship?And in a way, Yagyu Chihaya's own situation was similar.Her current body had been assembled from the Yagyu sisters.So which of them was she, really?The older sister Chigusa?Or the younger sister Chihaya?"I do. But in my view, no matter how many tis the planks making up the ship are changed, even if they're replaced ten or twenty tis, as long as the captain is still the sa person, then the ship is still the Ship of Theseus.""Because the one who cares about the ship is a person, not the ship itself.""So... you can be Chihaya. You can be Chigusa. Or you can be neither."Even if she were nothing more than a brand-new soul that had inherited the Yagyu sisters' mories, that would still be fine.Her identity should be decided by her herself."Interesting view. We're here. I don't need to tell you what to do next, right?""Of course not."
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Xia Li began undressing on his own, then lay down inside the modification pod and closed his eyes.Under the effect of the sedative gas, he quickly fell into deep sleep.Thinking back to that paradox, it was actually sothing modern people had to consider too.When every part of the body beca prosthetic, and even thoughts could be implanted into an intelligent brain, was the self still the self?Perhaps the original self had already died, and what remained was rely a copy.But did that even matter?If one really wanted to keep thinking, then did every ti a person went to sleep an that yesterday's self had died, and the self that woke up was rely a copy carrying yesterday's mories?Drifting in thought, Xia Li sank into sleep.And after a long absence, he dread again.Only this ti, the dream was no mory.On a beach facing the sea, the entire shoreline glowed faintly. A barefoot girl in a dress sat by the shore, quietly watching the ocean.Xia Li walked toward her.The closer he ca,the more her form began to shift.At tis she looked young, at tis old. Ti and age were in disorder around her, and even her face had beco blurred.When Xia Li reached her side, she raised her head to look at him.Her face had no features, only strings of electronic data code flickering and leaping where her features should have been."Who are you? Who am I?"Her voice was strange, as tender as a child and yet as hoarse as an old woman."I am one who has crossed history. And you are one who writes it.""History?"The girl tilted her head at Xia Li."History is the set of footprints you leave as you walk along this shore. Would you like to leave sothing behind?"Xia Li bowed from the waist and extended a hand toward her with practiced elegance."Mm..."The girl nodded and reached out to take his hand.Then Xia Li led her into a dance across the beach.Their footprints were pressed into the sand.Though the seawater quickly washed them away,that mont was rembered by ti itself.At light-years of distance, it still had not yet happened.Looked at from another angle, that dance had already been written into the universe.Matter would change.Matter would vanish.But information endured forever.When the dance ended, the girl's features were no longer blurred.Holding up her skirt with both hands, she bowed and smiled at Xia Li.Xia Li took the hat from his head and placed it against his chest in a bow of his own.This was his dream. He could wear what he wished, and what he wore now was the very outfit from before.A perfectly elegant gentleman.The two of them smiled at one another.Then the calm sea suddenly rose into a colossal wave and swallowed everything whole.【Consciousness recovery detected】【Biotric authentication passed】【Neural connection established】【Connected to brain bridge】【Performing cognitive encoding】【Cognitive Intervention ready】【Establishing links with all other devices】【Setting baseline values for all devices】【Dyson Sphere A2*Modified ready. Set to optimal operating values】【Hestia ready. Set to optimal operating values】【All devices ready. Heat dissipation check passed】【All device trial-tuning complete. Initiating wake-up sequence】The modification pod opened.Xia Li awoke from deep sleep, and a terrifying heat wave imdiately spread out from his body in all directions.He slowly sat up and realized that the world itself now felt different.His perception of everything had beco unnaturally clear.His thoughts felt liberated, as though any single idea could instantly produce countless echoes and arrive at a conclusion.His thinking had grown faster.His senses sharper.He could almost see, with the naked eye, every change in the material world before him."Heaven Chip, calculate my current realm strength."【Your current realm-strength rating is: standard Mid Nascent Soul】With the support of a sixth-generation Heaven Chip and all the other prosthetics, Xia Li, though only at early Golden Core in actual cultivation, now possessed Mid Nascent Soul combat power in normal state.That was one full major realm plus one minor stage crossed at once."That's enough!"Thinking of what was coming next, Xia Li felt his confidence rise even further.He was about to face two long-famous geniuses.Both the xiao demon and Mo Ye were beings who, at Nascent Soul, could stand against Soul Transformation cultivators.They were both known as Nascent Soul Pinnacle.But compared to him, Earth's own Golden Core Pinnacle...which was stronger?He was truly looking forward to the battle to co.Let him see just what the true geniuses of another world were capable of.He only hoped they would not disappoint him too badly.At this mont, he was already enough to represent Earth's Dao.So the coming battle would also be a collision between two worlds.
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