A Scathing Review of Soul Engineers
Over the next few days, Shen Yichen kept polishing his "persona."
He was familiar with the script, and he could spin nonsense at the drop of a hat.
Shen Yichen believed his "persona" would absolutely fool the other Diary Copy holders to no end!
He had even discussed it with Mu En and Sister Lexuan.
When the time came to ask a question, they were not to mention his name directly.
Instead, they would ask, "Besides Huo Yuhao, which other first-rate geniuses were there on the continent during the Peerless Tang Sect era?"
That way, he could make an appearance without anyone noticing what he was up to!
Unfortunately...
Sister Lexuan did not get the chance to ask the random question.
The topic was: Compared to traditional Soul Masters, were Soul Engineers the direction of future development?
Shen Yichen could tell who had asked that lousy question with his eyes closed!
I spent days polishing the script in advance just to show my face, and you made me lose this completely. Fuck!
With his little head pillowed on Sister Lexuan's lap, he gently rolled over and pressed his face against her warm little belly.
He nuzzled her gently, and the little ball of white fluff made a "wu wu" sound.
Zhang Lexuan reached out to comb and massage Shen Yichen's beautiful silver hair and asked softly, "What's wrong, little one?"
"I thought I'd finally find out what my future would be like this time~" Shen Yichen answered in a muffled voice.
"Don't worry, and don't be afraid. Big sister will protect you..."
Zhang Lexuan pinched Shen Yichen's cheek, a trace of ferocity flashing in her eyes.
Even if it were Sea God Tang San, as long as he made a move against the little one, he had better prepare for her vengeance until one of them died!
"Hehe~"
By rights, Shen Yichen had been a university student before he transmigrated. He should not have been so childish...
But he could not help it. Sometimes, when he saw a straight tree branch, he just wanted to pick it up and swing it around. When he saw a little stone on the road, he could not resist kicking it along. And when he was held by the motherly Sister Lexuan, he could not help wanting to snuggle up and act spoiled.
Could it be... this child's body is affecting my mind?!
Or maybe men remain boys until the day they die!
Although Sister Lexuan's comfort made Shen Yichen feel much better, his displeasure with "Soul Engineers" had not diminished one bit.
Stopping someone from showing off is like cutting off their path to riches...
He took up his pen in his mind and gave it a flourish. This time, Zaun's number-one flamer was coming online!
[Topic: Compared to traditional Soul Masters, were Soul Engineers the direction of future development?]
[What kind of fucking stupid question is that?]
A thunderbolt right at the opening left Jing Hongchen speechless, his old face reddening with frustration.
[Are Soul Engineers even comparable to Soul Masters? Not at all, okay?!]
[You make it sound like Soul Engineers aren't Soul Masters.]
[To put it in terms from my previous life, traditional Soul Masters are the "Dao," while Soul Tools are merely "techniques." The Dao is the foundation; techniques are merely an extension.]
[That will never change, no matter the era or how powerful Soul Tools become!]
Jing Hongchen: "..."
To make "Soul Engineers" accept it wholeheartedly, Shen Yichen continued writing.
[In the era I currently live in, the greatest use of Soul Tools is storage.]
[Ten thousand years later, in the Peerless Tang Sect era, Soul Tools took the stage of history. That was also the heyday of Soul Engineers.]
[But even in that era, Soul Tools still weren't the answer to the meta.]
[And although Battle Armor Masters and Mecha Masters twenty thousand years later also belonged to the realm of Soul Tools, they were fundamentally different from Soul Engineers.]
[The reason I say Soul Engineers fall short in every respect is that they pursue too many things.]
[From selecting materials and forging metal to engraving Core Arrays, assembly, and application. Even research and development!]
[So many processes and such a multitude of subjects piled onto one person is undoubtedly unreasonable!]
[A person's attention and time are both limited. When you spend your time on all that miscellaneous stuff, you have no time to settle down and cultivate. A Soul Engineer is a warped profession that puts the cart before the horse!]
The string of words nearly knocked Jing Hongchen senseless.
His lips trembled slightly. Impossible, it's false! If Soul Engineering really is warped and puts the cart before the horse, then why can the Sun Moon Empire exert its might over the entire continent?!
Let the facts speak for themselves. In this era, Soul Tools are undoubtedly the "answer to the meta"!
The next moment, words appeared in the diary as though they had read Jing Hongchen's thoughts...
[Admittedly, for some Soul Masters of limited talent or support-type Soul Masters, the emergence of Soul Tools changed their status and made them stronger and more versatile.]
[They even allowed the Sun Moon Empire's national power to far surpass that of the three Douluo kingdoms.]
[Perhaps that is precisely why the Sun Moon Empire developed blind confidence in Soul Tools, just like the Tang Sect once blindly trusted Hidden Weapons!]
[I have only one question: Can Soul Tools... make you a god?!]
Jing Hongchen: "..."
[Only gods can sit before the board as players. If you don't become a god... you're nothing but a piece!]
Jing Hongchen's lips moved. He very much wanted to say... Does being a Soul Master mean you're guaranteed to become a god?
But he knew that would only be sophistry.
The vast majority of Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire understood that, in the current era, a top Soul Master was bound to be stronger than a top Soul Engineer.
However, they had always held on to one hope: once a Level 10 Soul Engineer appeared, the situation would be rewritten in an instant.
Thus, countless Soul Engineers had set foot on this path, one after another.
But once "gods" entered the picture, the efforts of Soul Engineers paled in comparison.
What... exactly are gods?
They had always regarded gods as beings fabricated by the three Douluo kingdoms. If gods really existed, why had they not saved the people of the Douluo Continent when the Sun Moon Empire's cannons broke through its defenses?
If gods really existed, why had the Tang Sect declined to such a state?
If gods really existed...
Jing Hongchen could not lie to himself, because gods really did exist...
The only reason he had never appeared was that he did not care about the petty squabbles of the mortal world.
[The development of Soul Tools can hardly affect the supremacy of individual might. It does more to advance civilization as a whole.]
[A fool opened a lock with a key, and from then on, tried to open every lock he saw with that same key. Perhaps there really is a master key in this world that can open every lock, but unfortunately, its name will not be Soul Tools!]
[Perhaps... the three thousand great Daos lead to the same destination by different paths.]
[As countless years pass, perhaps one day the path of Soul Tools will also lead to an outcome that shocks the world.]
[But looking over the thirty thousand years of this planet's history, Soul Tools have never been the dazzling protagonist amid the tides of the eras. They have merely been a fleeting backdrop, like a night-blooming flower that blossoms but once.]
[What's more...]
[Even if Soul Tools really could reach the level of gods, would the gods... permit it?]