Chapter 1134
Chapter 1134 - 1120: The Taboo Door
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From the beginning, the Bureau of Anomaly Management’s assessment of Lu Ping’an as a "suspected zzz-level (God-level+) pollutant" was correct.
However, this extremely high pollution and threat assessment was only a potential and possibility. No one expected that Lu Ping’an, under the pressure from inside and out, would realize that potential in just under two years.
From a certain regulatory perspective, it appears that the best course of action would have been to eliminate Lu Ping’an, who has now become a "city-destroyer" or even a "nation-destroyer" level threat, with a single shot at the beginning. But now, from the official standpoint of the supervisory side, if anyone really dares to trouble Lu Ping’an, it would be the officials, especially those from the Ancient City, who would be instantly enraged.
Under surveillance from all sides, Lu Ping’an didn’t have a young man’s fiery impulse to "take charge of his own fate" and self-destruct. On the contrary, he tried to improve relationships with those who were monitoring and antagonizing him, gradually forming alliances and even mutually binding interests.
His survival to this day isn’t merely because he can fight and grow fast, but rather because he has always made "lowering his own threat level" his top priority after confirming his "God-level potential", gradually gaining a host of allies bound by mutual interests... and this time is no different.
He has become formidable, formidable enough that he can’t be ignored by other powers.
Hence, he needs more allies, needs to expose his vulnerabilities (weak points), needs to share his interests, needs to establish common enemies, and needs nominally shared benefits.
Cunning? Wise? No, he’s just the same as he was before, ordinarily trying to survive.
"Actually, from the beginning, awakening another life within a life form is absolutely achievable..."
The moment Lu Ping’an’s "rules" were spoken, they caused a stir. Within the Life System, this was obviously heretical.
Whether it’s parasitism, erosion, or assembly, those are cruel acts only the cultists would dare muddle with... but what Lu Ping’an was talking about wasn’t any of those.
"We professionals, at the moment of our awakening, at the moment when we are endowed with Talent Abilities, another ’I’ has already awakened... It is always in conflict with our self, trying to completely erode and assimilate us, transforming us into demons."
How could Mortals possibly possess Talent Abilities? Having Abnormal Abilities means being a Newborn demon transformed by Pollution.
Every time Talent Abilities are used, in actuality, the "Newborn" inside takes up more share. When professionals borrow external power (Career Ability), they are actually restricting their own "normal transformation".
Lu Ping’an’s "research findings," based on an analysis of Fei’er’s current condition are profane and totally "contrary to common sense".
Pondering, facing these shocked high-level life system powerhouses, Lu Ping’an threw out his "bait", an irresistible theory and creative idea...
"If I can endow another life, another ’self’, it not only has the potential to awaken a second Abnormal Ability, but it might also be possible to come to a mutual restraint with the ’second I’, as everyone knows the stability of ’bilateral relations’ can never compare to that of a ’triangle’..."
Lu Ping’an’s words were too crazy, like a dream, making those high-level life series unable to comprehend, even feeling that it was a desecration and heresy.
"Creating life, how can that be, life below Quasi-God level can’t create entirely new life..."
Yes, that was one of the ironclad rules of the Life System. The Life System cannot "create" life. This rule is not only the ironclad rule for Life-based Professionals but also a common "Curse of the Ten Thousand Spirits" for the high-level life system... the curse of "being childless."
Beast Tamer? Gardener? Healer?
Beast Tamers always domesticate species, evolving the life groups.
Mechanical Beast Tamers try to accomplish the transformation from life to death, giving mechanical form to life, but it’s still just an assembly of old souls.
Healers transform and assemble various lives, they act as menders and tailors, but they cannot create from nothing.
The closest to it are the Gardeners with "Summoning Treant"... They haven’t created from nothing, but they have changed the life form of Magic Plants, making them transform from plant to animal, thus drawing Lu Ping’an’s focused attention.
"The Life System is unable to create from nothing..."
Before Lu Ping’an, "Creation" was the exclusive prerogative of the ninth-order Quasi-Divine. But for Lu Ping’an...
"...Long before now, I could create." said Lu Ping’an, clapping his hands as bizarre creatures appeared before these outsiders.
Below the guise of metal puppets breathed the essence of souls, and she, with a solid professional aura, was undoubtedly a true life form.
Sacred flames transformed into tranquil sacred beasts; upon drawing closer, one could feel the terrifying aggressiveness hidden beneath their peaceful aura.
The illusory great snake twisted the distance between reality and fantasy, devouring the entire world, seeming to exist and yet not exist at the same time.
The diminutive treant, however, consumed all the energy around it, creating a magic-free zone exclusively hers... The playful little thing posed a lethal threat to all those of the life system.
In Lu Ping’an’s grasp was an ancient book, that codex of life was also the foundation of his achievement of the "Road".
Perhaps, the rule of "Creation" had arrived earlier than anticipated.
Before the reality that defied common sense, all theories, debates, and technical difficulties became laughable.
In the presence of Lu Ping’an’s "family", doubting became meaningless.
"So, how do you establish a connection between the creation of life with others, and what do you use to construct new life forms that aren’t rejected?"
On the ancient book that Lu Ping’an spread out lay two gold coins; dropping the coins into the book, a "Spirit Ghost" slowly came into being... and it possessed the lower-order of abilities of the gold coin’s owner, without a doubt, it was his "fabricated body", his "fragment".
"Ha, although my ability has probably already made the list of major concerns, based on my recorded feats of slaying two rule-level individuals, you should have some idea... These gold coins represent the ’weight’ of a soul; with them as ’seeds’, it is possible to give birth to new souls."
Lu Ping’an had pondered over the grand road, principles, and technical details, and his choosing to reveal his cards now surely had its own purpose.
"However, to construct new life, to bestow upon it ’flesh’, I need to supplement with new professional ability systems. In my view, the Summoning Treant System is probably the best choice, as it truly endows that life with a new corporeal form..."
Lu Ping’an had already prepared the "Chapter", now it was just a matter of filling it in.
"I need more ’knowledge’ as a technical reserve. If you’re willing, you can sell directly to the Taboo Library, and I’ll purchase from there. Of course, I also need your instruction..."
Lu Ping’an laid out his needs, boldly demanding everything.
"What can you gain from this? In addition to my friendship, perhaps you can become part of my first batch of experiment subjects... ah, ’trade partners’ and ’blessed recipients’?"
Could those of the life system refuse?
"A harmless other self, deriving from oneself; a new life that grows through one’s own essence, isn’t that enough?"
"New Talent Abilities? New Curses? New bodies? Or even a second life... all are possible, but to what extent I can achieve, I do not know. I need more ’knowledge’, I need your cooperation and help to perfect it."
Lu Ping’an no longer hesitated; those eyes, becoming increasingly bright, said it all.
"Time is of the essence. If you desire ’newborn’ life, then enter into a new contract with me... no, no, no, I never aspire to be anyone’s master, I’ve always maintained, trade on equal terms, mutual benefit. So, can you become my new friends? At least, new trade partners?"
Lu Ping’an, smiling, raised his glass.
"Hehe, I knew what your choice would be... Friends, let us raise our glasses, to a more beautiful tomorrow."
— End of Chapter 1134 —