Hexi, Is There Really Only One Path?

Listening to Hexi's barrage of questions, Jiang Zhen shook his head and looked at her seriously.

"You've never cultivated. How can you be sure it won't work?"

Hexi said, "We used computers to simulate it. It simply won't work. Reaching the level of a Second Generation Super Soldier is already the absolute limit.

"And that would require exceptionally gifted individuals!"

Jiang Zhen smiled softly and looked at Hexi.

"Lady Hexi, I have a question I'd like to ask you."

Hexi said, "Please."

Jiang Zhen said, "Before I emerged, I also investigated the situation in this Universe.

"I discovered something. Your Angel Race was once controlled by Male Angels, wasn't it?"

The moment those words came out, Hexi's expression changed. Still, she nodded without answering.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhen said nothing and merely continued with a smile.

"At that time, you didn't have nearly as much technological support. In fact, the Male Angels had a very powerful computer supporting them back then.

"Under those circumstances, why couldn't the Male Angels foresee their own defeat and change their strategy accordingly?

"Do you think the Male Angels of that era were incapable of simulating a battle?"

Hexi fell silent at those words.

"No! They could do it. Their technology simply wasn't as advanced or as precise as ours is now."

Jiang Zhen nodded upon hearing that.

"By your reasoning, the Male Angels of that time shouldn't have lost to you.

"So why did they lose? What did you female Angels rely on back then?

"Was it so-called computing power, a Celestial Computer, or technology so powerful that nothing could rival it?"

Hexi shook her head directly.

"No, none of those. Back then, we fought with our lives on the line. And the battlefield changed unpredictably. A computer alone couldn't calculate changes in people's hearts!"

Jiang Zhen smiled and nodded.

"Exactly! Technology can't calculate the human heart! Because there is no limit to where the heart can lead.

"Since that's the case, why do you believe the path of cultivation has limits? Just because your computers calculated it that way?"

Hexi said, "This..."

Jiang Zhen said, "In your eyes, the human body has limits. But in ours, what limits does the human body have?

"What exists is only insufficient talent, insufficient comprehension, or a heart that isn't broad enough.

"The limits you speak of are the body and the brain. But why do you think the human brain is inferior to a so-called Celestial Computer?"

Hexi's eyes widened instantly, her face full of disbelief.

"No, what do you mean by that? Are you saying the brain can rival a Celestial Computer?"

Jiang Zhen burst into laughter.

Then he pointed at Hexi.

"Lady Hexi, according to your calculations, how much has your brain been developed?"

Though puzzled, Hexi still answered.

"At present, according to Angel calculations within the Known Universe, Angel brain development is the highest.

"It has reached forty-five percent!"

Jiang Zhen nodded. "Mm! That is forty-five percent according to your theories, or according to the algorithms of your so-called Known Universe.

"But how did you arrive at that number? Was it based on the data you already possessed?

"According to you, brain development is only forty-five percent. Then where did that forty-five come from?

"Did you use your so-called Celestial Computer? Are you truly certain that thing can calculate brain development?

"Or are you using what you don't understand to guess at the unknown, even defining the unknown?"

Hexi said, "This..."

Though Hexi wanted to argue, after recalling the methods Jiang Zhen had just displayed, she found herself unsure how to refute him.

Jiang Zhen continued, "You say the human brain has limits, but are you certain that is truly its limit, rather than your own limit?

"The limit beyond which you are unable to continue developing it. And you say the human body cannot endure it.

"But why can your current bodies endure it?

"Isn't it because you evolved through technology? Through technology, you used all kinds of energy to strengthen yourselves.

"Then why are you so certain cultivation cannot achieve the same thing?

"Can't cultivation first refine the body, then increase the energy within it?

"Your so-called Super Soldiers have radiation within their bodies. If an ordinary person cultivated until their body could withstand radiation head-on, do you think they could endure the impact of Dark Energy?

"If they could, then how much Dark Energy and other such energy could they absorb?

"After reaching a certain limit, could they cultivate again, strengthen their bodies, and evolve further?

"You can keep advancing through technology. Why can't cultivation do the same?

"To you, some of this may sound mystical, but isn't the Void you speak of equally fantastical?"

Hexi fell silent at those words.

Jiang Zhen continued.

"Moreover, there is something even more important that I find incomprehensible!"

Hexi asked, "What is it?"

Jiang Zhen said, "The Known Universe is so vast. Why is there only one technology, one path?"

Hexi said, "One technology? One path?"

Jiang Zhen said, "You Angels research Super Soldiers and divine bodies.

"Blazing Sun researches Stellar Energy, but in the end, it is still creating Super Soldiers and divine bodies.

"Then there is Death God Karl, as well as your enemy, Demon Morgana.

"Even countless spacefaring civilizations are evolving toward these so-called divine bodies.

"I really don't understand it. Why is there only the path of divine bodies and Celestial Computers? Is there nothing else?

"Or have you directly imprisoned all other paths? Take the path of genes, for example. Could it be that computers are truly the only option?

"And even if you researched weapons, that would be fine. Simply pursuing longevity shouldn't be a problem, should it?

"It feels as though your path has been planned out and sealed off by someone. This entire Universe is walking the same path.

"You are like game characters, holding controllers and using them to control yourselves in battle.

"But once that controller has a problem, wouldn't you be finished immediately?

"Why do you turn a blind eye to such an enormous flaw? Or have you simply grown accustomed to it and stopped caring?"

Hexi felt as though a bolt of lightning had struck her mind. She sat there blankly, stunned.

"That's right! Why is there only one path, the divine body? Growing accustomed to it, growing accustomed to it!

"That's right, growing accustomed to it. The Super God Academy... it's the Super God Academy!"

Jiang Zhen continued.

"One of your Angels is called Angel Yan. She was born able to control Thunder.

"It is something she possesses naturally. But there is a problem: why didn't you continue developing her Thunder Gene?

"Surely you don't think Thunder is weak?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Zhen waved his hand.

"Rumble..."

In an instant, pitch-black Thunder erupted, and cracks appeared throughout the surrounding space.

Hexi was filled with shock and disbelief at the sight.

Jiang Zhen continued.

"Fire, once its temperature reaches an extreme level, can burn everything.

"Even the air can be burned until it twists. So why can't space be burned as well?

"If it cannot, that only means your flames are not hot enough.

"And then there is ice, gravity, repulsion, and so on.

"Why have you not studied these simple powers that exist in the Universe? What would happen if such abilities were added to the Longevity Gene?

"And the Void you speak of—I know a little about it. It is said to rewrite concepts. But is it truly rewriting concepts?

"Even fire can burn a vacuum into existence. So when fire burns within a vacuum, what do you think it is burning? Space, or a concept?

"Don't limit your vision to such a tiny place. That is far too pathetic.

"Technology should flourish in a hundred different directions. Even if one civilization lacks the energy, do all these civilizations lack it as well?"