A Living Legend

"You're going to become Captain Orangutan!"

When Cheng Tian saw the metal red-haired orangutan floating quietly inside the cultivation tank, the image of Captain Orangutan's backward-bent legs immediately flashed through his mind.

Cheng Tian would not interfere with Utan's choice in any way and would give it the respect it deserved.

To open up more projects and conduct research simultaneously, the red-haired orangutan's already sparse hair had long become thin enough to clearly reveal his scalp. If he could not even choose his own form of life, then all that energy would have been wasted.

However, Cheng Tian had thought Utan might choose something like Raptor Warrior, with a purely metallic beast form. It seemed, though, that a considerable amount of flesh had still been retained.

"Just a final round of adjustments, and I can proceed with the consciousness transfer."

Utan stated something terrifying in an utterly casual tone.

Perhaps he had been influenced by that crazy woman Touko Aozaki. Utan, who had never had many reservations about replicating his own personality and knowledge, had also discarded ideas like the "true self" and the Ship of Theseus altogether.

Many people might agonize over the question: if I instill my personality and knowledge into a doll, then after I die, is that resurrected doll still me?

But Touko Aozaki did not care, and neither did Utan.

Cheng Tian could only say that Utan, for even entertaining such thoughts, was probably a lunatic at heart as well.

"If you put it that way, Boss, your Larval Cultivation Tank and that Golden Knight Statue that can revive people are not fundamentally different from what I'm doing."

After noticing Cheng Tian's undisguised stare, Utan offered his explanation.

"...That's actually true."

Cheng Tian considered it carefully. That really did seem to be the case.

Reviving