Hexi, Is This Truly the Only Way?

Listening to Hexi's barrage of questions, Jiang Zhen simply shook his head, looking at her with a serious expression as he said:

"You've never cultivated, so how can you be so sure it won't work?"

Hexi: "We ran simulations with our computers; it's fundamentally impossible. Reaching the Second Generation Super Soldier level is already the absolute ceiling. And that requires individuals with exceptional talent!"

Jiang Zhen chuckled lightly upon hearing this, then looked at Hexi and said:

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

Hexi: "Please, go ahead."

Jiang Zhen: "When I first emerged, I also surveyed the situation in this universe. I discovered something—your Angel Race was once controlled by Male Angels, wasn't it?"

At these words, Hexi's expression shifted slightly, but she still nodded, though she didn't reply.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhen said nothing more, just smiled and continued:

"Back then, you didn't have as much technological support. In fact, the Male Angels even had a powerful computer system aiding them at the time. Under those circumstances, why couldn't the Male Angels predict their own defeat and change their strategy? Do you think the Male Angels of that era were incapable of simulating the battlefield?"

Hexi fell silent at this.

"No, they could do it—just not with technology as advanced or as precise as ours."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhen nodded and said:

"If that's the case, then the Male Angels shouldn't have lost to you back then. So why did they lose? What did you Female Angels rely on? Was it this so-called computational power, the Celestial Computer, or technology so overwhelmingly powerful it was unmatched?"

Hexi shook her head directly and replied:

"No, none of that. What we fought with was our lives. Moreover, the battlefield is ever-changing; a mere computer cannot calculate the shifts in the human heart."

At this, Jiang Zhen smiled and nodded, saying:

"Exactly! Technology cannot calculate the human heart. Because the direction of the heart has no limits. Since that's the case, why do you believe the path of cultivation has limits, just because your computers calculated it?"

Hexi: "This..."

Jiang Zhen: "In your view, the human body has limits. But in our view, where are the limits of the human body? The only limits are your insufficient talent, or your lack of insight, or your heart not being big enough. The limits you speak of are physical constitution and the brain. But why do you think the human brain can't compare to that so-called Celestial Computer?"

At these words, Hexi's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief, and she said:

"Wait, what do you mean by that? Are you saying the brain can rival a Celestial Computer?"

Jiang Zhen burst into hearty laughter upon hearing this.

Then, pointing at Hexi, he said:

"Lady Hexi, according to your calculations, what percentage of your brain's development has been unlocked?"

Though puzzled, Hexi still answered:

"At present, within the Known Universe, based on what we Angels have calculated, our brain development is the highest. It has reached forty-five percent."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhen nodded and said: "Mm. According to your terms, or the algorithm of the Known Universe as you call it, that's forty-five percent. So, how did you arrive at that figure? Based on your existing data? But if the development is only forty-five percent, where did that forty-five come from? Using your so-called Celestial Computer? Are you really sure that thing can calculate it—can it truly measure development? Or are you using your own ignorance to guess at an unknown, or even define an unknown?"

Hexi: "This..."

At this moment, Hexi wanted to refute, but recalling the methods Jiang Zhen had just displayed, she found herself at a loss for words.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhen continued: "You say the human brain has limits. But are you sure that's the limit, and not your own limit? The limit beyond which you cannot develop further? And you say the human body can't withstand it. But why can your current bodies endure it? Isn't it because you evolved through technology? That technological evolution used science to harness various energies and strengthen yourselves. So why do you insist that cultivation cannot achieve the same? Can't cultivation first temper the body, then increase the energy within it?"

"The super soldiers you speak of? Their bodies always contain radiation. So, if an ordinary person trained their body to the point of withstanding radiation, do you think they could endure the impact of dark energy? If they could, how much dark energy or similar energy could they absorb? Once they reached a certain limit, could they train again to strengthen their body and evolve? You all can continuously improve through technology—so isn't training the same? In your eyes, some things are thresholds, but isn't the Void you speak of just as fantastical?"

At these words, Hexi fell silent.

Then, Jiang Zhen continued: "And there's one more crucial thing I really don't understand!"

Hexi: "What is it?"

Jiang Zhen: "The Known Universe is so vast—why is there only one technology? One path?"

Hexi: "What do you mean, one technology? One path?"

Jiang Zhen: "You angels research super soldiers and divine bodies. The Blazing Sun studies stellar energy, but at the end of the day, they're still making super soldiers and divine bodies. Then there's Death God Karl, and your enemy Demon Morgana. Even countless spacefaring civilizations are all evolving toward these so-called divine bodies. I just don't get it—why is the only path the divine body and the Celestial Computer? Isn't there anything else? Or have you directly locked away all other paths, like the path of genes? Is it really only possible through computers? And if you researched weapons instead, that wouldn't be impossible—pure longevity shouldn't be a problem, right? Your path seems pre-planned, as if the entire universe is walking this single road. You're like characters in a game, holding a controller and directing yourselves to fight. But if that controller malfunctions, aren't you done for? Why do you turn a blind eye to such a massive flaw? Or have you grown so used to it that you no longer care?"

Hearing this, Hexi felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her mind. She sat there, dazed.

"Yes... why is the divine body the only path? Used to it... used to it! Yes, used to it—Super God Academy, it's Super God Academy!"

Then, Jiang Zhen continued: "One of your angels, named Angel Yan, was born with the ability to control lightning. That's innate to her. But here's the question: why haven't you continued developing her lightning gene? You don't think lightning is weak, do you?"

As his words fell, Jiang Zhen waved his hand.

"Boom..."

In an instant, a pitch-black bolt of lightning cracked open, and the entire space began to fracture.

Seeing this, Hexi was stunned, her face filled with shock and disbelief.

Then, Jiang Zhen went on: "Fire, when its temperature reaches extreme heights, can burn everything. Air can be scorched until it warps—so why not space? If it can't, it only means your fire isn't hot enough. And then there's ice, gravity, repulsion, and so on. Why haven't you researched these simple forces of the universe? If you incorporated them into the Longevity Gene, what would happen? And as for the Void you mentioned, I know a little about it—it's called conceptual rewriting. But is it really conceptual rewriting? Fire can burn a vacuum. So when fire burns in a vacuum, what do you think it's burning? Space? Or concepts? Don't limit your vision to just one place—that's far too pathetic. Technology should bloom in a hundred flowers. Even if energy is lacking, don't so many civilizations have the energy for it?"

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