Chapter 936: Request

Translator:

CKtalon

Shang Jianyao was first shocked before he came to a realization. No wonder there were so many coincidences!

Du Heng maintained his slightly teasing smile and said, In order for Jiang Baimian to break through the barrier and bring the nuclear bomb to the machine, I specially guided her so that she could quickly enter the Mind Corridor.

Oh Shang Jianyao had an I see expression. He then recalled something and asked curiously and with concern, Do the Kalendarium who want to maintain the status quo, as well as Truth and the rest, know that you want to destroy everything?

The Arbiter of Fate and the others should only know that I have some personalities with strong self-destructive tendencies, but those arent mainstream. They belong to the suppressed category. Du Heng smiled and said, Otherwise, they wouldnt have paid so little attention to your team and have such little interference to your team. They would only guide you to a certain extent at a few key points, personally or through an agent. Of course, this is mainly because they are afraid that you will feel persecuted because of this and do something irrational and destructive.

The pressing blinking lights of different colors dyed the room with a hint of heightened urgency.

Shang Jianyao gave a terse acknowledgment. In other words, Truth and the others still dont know that our team has such a nuclear bomb?

Although Ive long added an influence to your corresponding memories to make any reader ignore them, there are always variables and accidents in the world. I cant guarantee anything. Du Heng was relaxed. Even if they know now, they cant exert any influence on Jiang Baimian unless they can defeat me first and obtain control of the New World.

Shang Jianyao nodded slowly.

He looked back at the door as if he were looking at Arbiter of Fate and the other Kalendarium that were attempting to invade. Its no wonder you still let me push open the door and walk into this room despite knowing what they were up to.

I actually cant stop it even if I wanted to. Du Heng laughed self-deprecatingly. My various personalities are very independent, and different personalities guard differentuh, although its not accurate enough, its better to describe them as ports. Therefore, even if I dont want to open the door for you, Xiaochongwhos on good terms with youwont listen. He will open the door corresponding to his. When you enter his room, youwho have the same split personalitywill obtain an ensemble and automatically come here.

Shang Jianyao didnt understand, but he knew something called tyranny of the majority. Wont you send a few people who arent friends with me to guard Xiaochongs room and lock him up the moment you discover that he wants to open the door?

My use of ports was indeed not accurate enough. Du Heng thought for a moment. Can you destroy one of your personalities or fuse it with another personality?

No. Shang Jianyao shook his head.

Du Heng nodded. Every personality of mine corresponds to a room here. As I hold the highest privilege in that machine and control the New World, every room naturally becomes a port that leads here. Im only talking about how it works, not the principle. You can understand, right?

Yes. Shang Jianyao had learned plenty from his illness and understood this immediately. For other personalities to enter Xiaochongs room, it is equivalent to attempting to fuse with him. Its impossible.

Du Heng smiled in satisfaction. Its good that you understand.

Here, my flaws show many problems. They are a part of being targeted.

Shang Jianyaos thoughts raced as he asked in confusion, You should have some personalities that want to change the situation. Wont they secretly go easy and let Truth and the others in?

In other words, the Arbiter of Fate didnt need to send different Old Task Force members over and over again.

Some personalities want to change the situation, but none of them are willing to hand over our dominance of the New World to them. Even if we really want to rebuild order and resolve the latent dangers, we should be the ones in charge. Du Heng seemed to be affected by those personalities as he spoke confidently and domineeringly.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Shang Jianyao clapped

He sighed. Its no wonder the various large factions havent sent anyone over after we told the company the Eighth Research Inst.i.tutes location. Theyre clearly making preparations, but they are actually stalling!

Before obtaining full control over the New World or completely failing, the Arbiter of Fate and the others wouldnt allow people from the various large factions to enter. It was precisely because they understood this that the Eighth Research Inst.i.tute immediately transferred personnel and didnt guard this place.

In any case, Professor Li, Doctor, and the otherswho had some guesses about the past situationwere loyal to whoever controlled the New World. Mortals shouldnt partic.i.p.ate in a fight between deities. They could return and continue being gatekeepers after the matter was over.

Since Master Zhuang had the intention of destroying everything, he naturally didnt stop them from evacuating. He mightve even secretly encouraged them. After all, if he didnt say a word, the Eighth Research Inst.i.tute personnel currently loyal to him might not be able to muster the courage.

To the true higher-ups of the various large factions, theres only one reason to stop them from figuring out the Eighth Inst.i.tutes exact location: The higher-ups dont allow it. Yes, except for the Salvation Army. Du Heng confirmed Shang Jianyaos words.

How sad. It feels like the Salvation Army isnt in this circle. Could it be that they havent received the news of the Eighth Research Inst.i.tutes exact location? Shang Jianyao was very sympathetic.

Perhaps in order to change the situation, some Kalendarium had secretly supported the Salvation Army after the New Calendar. But that was closer to cooperation than protection, much less treating them as one of their own.

Du Heng smiled and didnt answer this ridiculous question.

He looked at the flickering lights and said, Theyre almost here. If you have anything you want to ask, quickly ask. I have something to tell you later.

Shang Jianyao tersely acknowledged it twice. Why are your remains under the old paG.o.da tree in Linhe Village?

Dont you understand the principle of returning to ones roots? Du Heng sighed and smiled. After I discovered that my body was completely dead, I got my good student, Wu Meng, to come to the Second Research Zone and bring my remains back to my hometown. He was deeply involved in the brain development and superpowers project. Back then, he happened to be having an academic exchange elsewhere and escaped the calamity. He was the most suitable candidate. Heh, I didnt expect him to have ambitions because of this.

He had already undergone a preliminary Awakening. The moment he saw the machine and the corresponding biological chips, he had a certain guess. Later, with the research results of our project, he established his secret laboratory in that ruin and used it to circ.u.mvent the Sea of Origins and the Mind Corridor to become rather powerful.

Hes the first and only human in the Ashlands who doesnt rely on the platform we provide to reach the level of half a New World human. This is also the limit of humans.

He sought to seize control of the machine from the outside. For this reason, he did many experiments and created a large number of strange creatures with unique abilities in that ruin. Back then, some Kalendarium wanted to cooperate with him. I could only control this place without freeing myself up. At the same time, I forcefully sent his consciousness into the New World with the help of the Eternal Time Churchs Celestial Master and First City and locked him up.

Very exciting, Shang Jianyao praised sincerely. He then asked in confusion, The Sea of Origins can be bypa.s.sed? Isnt this our own mind world?

Du Heng smiled smugly. When we built that platform, our greatest achievements were two things. The first was that we controlled the damage to our brains to a certain extent through Star Cl.u.s.ter Hall, preventing a situation where several prices were paid at the same time. The second was to a.s.sociate the second step of improvement with the enhancement of ones will and changes in mentality. Therefore, there were the islands of fear corresponding to psychological traumas. This was more systematic and quantifiable, significantly reducing the difficulty for Awakened to enter the Mind Corridor.

However, this was a sufficient condition, not a necessary condition. You can also enter the Mind Corridor using other methods. For example, forcefully stimulating and developing the brain.

Whats with the ones that cant Awaken? Shang Jianyao changed the question.

Du Heng calmly replied, The rule we set was to control the number of Awakened and make Awakening a difficult task. With the current system and the New Worlds uniqueness, the success rate can actually reach 80%. But if that happens, the failures will basically suffer brain damage, but it might not be serious.

Therefore, people who didnt Awaken or show any abnormalities during every Awakening Ceremony were equivalent to having a normal and beautiful sleep there.

Shang Jianyao observed the blinking lights around him. I have another question. Why do your 13 Kalendarium happen to correspond to the brains 13 functional areas? Isnt this too much of a coincidence?

Its not too much of a coincidence, but only that this number of peoplewho correspond to different brain functional areasmanaged to survive. Some of us had already Awakened back then, but a large number of us were still ordinary people. Do you remember me saying that we were using Li Huis brain as an experimental subject back then?

I remember. Shang Jianyao nodded.

Du Heng explained in detail, Li Huis thalamus was the one which allowed us to discover the anomaly. After our consciousness was extracted, we successfully filled his different brain functions and fused them with the anomaly. This was the first step in surviving. After that, the biological chip took effect. The virtual reality created by the machine underwent a qualitative change.

No wonder January is Subhuti! Shang Jianyao came to a realization.

Du Heng nodded. Subhutis corresponding domain also became more complete as a result, allowing him to obtain abilities that dont belong to the thalamus.

Thirteen functional zones, thirteen Kalendarium Shang Jianyao repeated and asked in confusion, Then, how did Truth survive?

Du Heng simply replied, Fourteen functional zones. Hes the hippocampus.

Oh. Shang Jianyao had satisfied his curiosity and obtained sufficient information.

Du Heng didnt give him a chance to ask any more questions. Im telling you so much because I hope you can help me end all of this.

Huh? Shang Jianyao was confused.

Du Heng smiled and said, After the Arbiter of Fate and the others threw you in, they wont care about you anymore. From their point of view, no matter what happens, the subsequent outcome has nothing to do with a mortal like you. You cant be of much use because they believe that everyone is selfish. Very few people take the initiative to sacrifice themselves for unrelated people when they arent forced. The higher their status, the greater their authority. The stronger they are, the less likely it will be like this.

They dont know you, but I do. Ive come into contact with you and know that youre a special person with a pure heart. Therefore, I hope that you can get Jiang Baimian to place your body in the corresponding experimental chamber later and activate the Deities Forbidden Zone mode to further mutate your brain. Then, with my help, you can obtain a certain level of privilege in the New World and become a Kalendaria to resist the Arbiter of Fate and the others with me.

Our main goal is to stall for time while creating a relatively normal electromagnetic environment so that Jiang Baimian can remotely detonate the nuclear bomb. Of course, you can also refuse and not partic.i.p.ate in this matter. When the time comes, seize the opportunity when the New Worlds order collapses to return to your body. Even without you, its not like I have zero confidence. I just want to improve the chances of success.

Yes, I didnt implant any thoughts into you, nor did I attempt to influence you with other abilities because you wouldnt be able to pa.s.s the last stimulus if that happens.

Du Hengs expression instantly turned serious as he sincerely said, Let me formally ask you: Are you willing to give up your life to end this human disaster that has lasted for decades with me?

Shang Jianyao fell silent. After a while, he raised his right hand and solemnly pressed it to his left chest before answering in a deep voice, For all of humanity!