Chapter 246

"Huh?"

Vill-V was taken aback for a moment before she realized what she meant. "Wait, weren't we supposed to be collaborating?"

"Of course we need to cooperate, but learning is also essential. If I don't complete my assigned tasks, how can I explain myself to Doctor Ai Yue?"

Ai nodded seriously, her expression unchanged. "Besides, studying is also part of the plan."

Ai Yue's purpose in having Ai Yi learn from Vill-V was to allow Ai Yi to experience the learning process from a human perspective, while also utilizing Vill-V's knowledge and experience, along with the analytical capabilities of the super Artificial Intelligence itself, to upgrade her own body technologically.

In his vision, Ai Yi would only need six months at most to upgrade the technical level of this body to a higher level.

However, for Ai, the upgrade of her body is not limited to things like performance and strength.

The degree of realism in depicting the human body is equally important.

For example...

With her back to Vill-V, she walked toward the 3D printing equipment in the corner, touching her lower abdomen as she did so.

Compared to humans, her body is indeed lacking many essential organs.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect that Vill-V could create such an exquisite body!"

On the aircraft, Pardofelis was still quite excited. "The moment Ai opened her eyes, it really felt like going from virtual to reality, it was amazing!"

"Her skills weren't bad to begin with, she just liked to do fancy things and insisted on calling it her personal aesthetic,"

Ai Yue shrugged, then added, "But come to think of it, she was actually quite well-behaved this time."

While creating Ai Yi's heart, Ai Yue naturally figured out the specific structure of this body. To his surprise, Vill-V not only did not design any additional elements such as gears or clockwork on the exterior, but she also did not install a backdoor system, giving people the feeling that she had reformed.

However, he did not know that this was a deal that Ai made with Vill-V under the pretext of "cooperation." In order to obtain greater benefits, Vill-V had no choice but to reluctantly give up these things in order to show her sincerity.

"After all, it's a time of peace now. Maybe Vill-V has changed too?"

Pardofelis lay in Ai Yue's arms, "Brother Yue, where do we go next?"

After witnessing so many interesting things, she suddenly felt that there was no need to rush back to the Star of Light.

Although I'm still a little reluctant to leave the past few days, it's already great to be able to stay by Ai Yue's side!

"Let's go take a look at the Morning Sun Academy."

Ai Yue said with a smile, "Last time Aponia told me that the opening ceremony was coming soon and suggested that I visit it if I had time. Now it's just a convenient opportunity to go there."

Moreover, there are some things that he needs to decide.

Chapter Twelve: Hey buddy, why are you opening a New Oriental here?

Morning Sun Academy —no, to be precise, it should be Morning Sun Academy in the Fortress City.

Yes, in the Fortress City Project, although Morning Sun Academy is not a city, it is qualified to build Fortress City due to its special characteristics.

In Ai Yue's plan, this place will serve as a cradle for nurturing young people, becoming an Academy City with the strongest teaching staff, the richest knowledge reserves, and the most comprehensive education system on Earth, opening its doors to all those in the world who crave knowledge.

By then, no matter who you are or what kind of knowledge you want to learn, you will be able to find your place at the Morning Sun Academy.

Even Atra City, which is currently at the forefront of human civilization and technology, will soon exchange resources and knowledge with the Morning Sun Academy.

Morning Sun Academy will become a symbol of knowledge.

Of course, there is still a long way to go to achieve this. At least in the short term, Morning Sun Academy is still just a large-scale public welfare institution that focuses on shelter, rescue and basic education.

Although its education system is quite complete, covering the entire curriculum from preschool to high school, it is still far from enough for Ai Yue's goals.

In any case, the very existence of such an academy in this era is a miracle in itself—not to mention that in the near future, people will have the opportunity to enter a utopian society.

In a society where resources are so plentiful that inequality across most social classes can be easily erased, people can break free from the profit-driven environment, begin to follow their hearts, and do what they want to do.

No longer do you have to study things you don't like just to "get into a good university", no longer do you have to choose a major you're not interested in just to "find a good job", and no longer do you have to compete with countless others for the same job just to "have a stable income".

The true significance of the Morning Sun Academy will only be fully revealed when we truly enter that era.

"What an exciting future!"

Upon hearing Ai Yue's ideas and vision, Aponia smiled and said, "However, students these days probably wouldn't understand such a thing, since the academy still focuses on teaching a specific skill."

"After all, someone has to build this world in order to enter a utopian society."

Ai Yue shrugged, his brow furrowing with some hesitation. "However, this ultimately means that the people of this era will have to make some sacrifices..."

"This is already very good. You can't do everything yourself. You don't owe anything to humans."

Aponia reached out and massaged Ai Yue's brow, trying to smooth out his furrowed brow. "Besides, if you get everything without giving anything in return, who would cherish it?"

Aponia could understand Ai Yue's statement—his perspective had long transcended the mundane, and even if he himself was unaware of it, he still looked down on everyone from a superior position.

This is not entirely a bad thing, but judging from his speech just now, Ai Yue does seem to be developing in the direction of "parents who spoil their children".

Compared to Ai Yue, although Aponia is also a powerful being who surpasses ordinary people, she has a perspective that is closer to that of normal people because she manages Morning Sun Academy.

Therefore, she was well aware that if this utopian society were to fall from the sky, it would actually create many hidden dangers.

Since there is no longer a threat to life and death, the remaining issues should naturally be resolved by humanity itself. If we rely on gods for everything, wouldn't the human race truly become an overgrown baby?

If you don't even have this much ability, how can you shoulder greater responsibilities, or even one day follow Ai Yue to explore the vast universe?

As an entity with actual power managing the Morning Sun Academy, although Aponia did not attend the United Earth Government's meeting, it was still qualified to access the specific details they were discussing.

Aside from the content that didn't interest her, there was one thing that Aponia strongly agreed with—if humanity cannot achieve self-transformation and evolution, then sooner or later it will be left far behind by Ai Yue.

For a certain generation, such a life may be happy and fulfilling enough, but from the perspective of civilization as a whole, the inability to follow in Ai Yue will inevitably become the most regrettable loss for all of human civilization.

"That's right, that's what I thought from the beginning, so why am I starting to have doubts now?"

Ai Yue quickly realized the problem as well, and shook his head. "It seems that I was inevitably affected. I'll have to take a good look at myself after this holiday."

"Speaking of which, where is Pardo?"

Aponia didn't continue the topic, but instead asked casually, "Shouldn't she have come with you?"

"As soon as she landed, she told me she had things to do, but who knows where she went to play again."

Ai Yue shook his head slightly, "But there's no danger here anyway, so let her go."

"Oh, I see."

Aponia blinked, then suddenly said, "But you're actually a little early. The opening ceremony is still two days away."

"It's okay, I don't have anywhere I want to go for the time being anyway."

Ai Yue waved his hand casually, then smiled at Aponia, "It would be better to wait a couple of days, that way I can spend more time with you, right?"

"In that case, two days won't be enough."

Aponia smiled slightly and said jokingly, "I'll spend the same amount of time with Pardo as you have."

"It's all negotiable."

Ai Yue waved his hand and agreed without hesitation, then looked into Aponia's eyes and asked, "How are your abilities now? Are you getting used to them?"

What Ai Yue was asking about was Aponia's ability to see the "shackles of fate".

In Elysia's original plan, she would liberate humanity's fate through self-sacrifice. If all went well, from the moment she faced that door, humanity's fate would no longer be bound, and Aponia would naturally no longer be able to see the so-called threads of fate.

Unfortunately, the plan ultimately failed due to Ai Yue's intervention, and the effort to liberate their destiny was abandoned halfway.

However, due to the success of Ai Yue's plan, he completely surpassed the Cocoon of Finality, thus mastering all of its abilities and controlling it to retract all its "tentacles." As a result, it lost its "anchor" to human civilization, and the original constraints theoretically ceased to exist.

However, because the situation was too urgent when preparing for the final battle, and everyone relaxed too much after it was over, Ai Yue only remembered to ask about it now.

It was precisely because this concern came a little too late that Ai Yue's tone revealed embarrassment as he spoke.

After all, asking this question only now feels rather insincere.

Fortunately, Aponia is not the type of person who cares about such trivial matters. Rather, she would silently bear whatever choice Ai Yue makes, and such small things are naturally insignificant to her.

"I'm used to it."

Aponia then brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and said with a smile, "In fact, this is the result I wanted."

As she spoke, she looked out the window—now, in her view, there were no longer any tangled and complicated threads.

Perhaps because she had already experienced this feeling with Ai Yue, Aponia finally felt relieved after repeatedly confirming that she could no longer observe the threads of fate.

In the original timeline, she was deeply troubled by this ending, even suspecting that it might just be some kind of self-deception. She was willing to pay the price of her life to hold on until the next generation of civilization was born to verify the truth of this matter.

But here, she never had such a thought.

Because this is the result of Ai Yue's creation—that person must be able to do such a thing.

That would be best.

Ai Yue was not surprised by this answer, but then asked, "But in that case, your 'precepts' should also have changed, right?"

Ai Yue had long harbored his own conjectures about Aponia's abilities, and now, having acquired powers far beyond what ordinary people could imagine, he could finally draw his own conclusions—

Observing fate is actually Aponia's true ability; the so-called "commandments" are merely an application of her powerful mental strength.

As for why this power manifests in Aponia in the form of "commandments," it is naturally related to her experience as a nun.

Of course, the precepts are not the point; the point is why Aponia was able to see the threads of fate.

The answer lies hidden in the opponent's powerful and completely unreasonable mental strength—it is this immense mental strength that allows Aponia to observe the trajectory of human civilization anchored by the Cocoon of Finality. Moreover, since she herself is also an anchored part, even if she wants to change something, she cannot escape the fate of being anchored.

In other words, the lock that the Cocoon of Finality has placed on human civilization can only be broken by external forces. People like Elysia, who is born from the power of the Herrscher of the End, and Ai Yue, who is a special being from outside the world, can be considered as external forces. However, Aponia is a native of Earth and naturally does not have the power to change it.

Based on Elysia's situation, Ai Yue made a further deduction: Aponia and Elysia are similar in that they both received some kind of assistance left by the previous generation of civilization, and the powerful mental strength is the basis for reverse observation of the anchoring phenomenon.

If this conclusion holds true, then it could even be argued that Aponia's spirit once resonated with the Cocoon of Finality, which allowed her to observe the threads of fate as a human.

Of course, all of that is in the past. What matters most now is whether the power Aponia currently wields has changed.

The power of the spiritual realm is quite different from other abilities. This power changes with a person's cognition and personality. After the final battle, Aponia was not only able to get rid of the troubles brought to her by the threads of fate, but also briefly experienced the power given to her by Ai Yue. This experience will inevitably affect her abilities.

However, the exact consequences of such an impact still need to be explained by Aponia itself.

"I really couldn't hide it from you."

Upon hearing Ai Yue's question, Aponia couldn't help but smile. "The precepts, in a sense, no longer exist."

"The precepts no longer exist?"

If someone else had heard this, they might have thought that Aponia's power had disappeared, but Ai Yue smiled and said, "Great, that's wonderful!"

Ai Yue has always believed that "precepts" have limited Aponia's power to some extent. She possesses such a vast amount of spiritual power that she should be able to control it at will, but due to certain limitations in her own understanding, she can only release it to the outside world in the form of "precepts".

As we all know, "commandments" are indeed very powerful, but their flaws are equally obvious, so this ability is actually a kind of constraint for Aponia.

Although Aponia has been researching how to bypass the constraints of the Commandments to achieve more and has made considerable progress, as long as the Commandments remain, Aponia will still be unable to fully unleash her power.

Now that the constraints have disappeared, it means that Aponia can more freely control her mental power, thus reaching a new level.

However, when Ai Yue inquired about the details, Aponia showed a hesitant expression.

"Actually, I'm still exploring this myself, so it's hard to give you a precise answer,"

Aponia hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "Besides, it's your vacation now, right? In that case, let's put these things aside for now."

At this point, Aponia revealed a subtle expression. "Compared to that, I would much rather you go out for a walk; you might be pleasantly surprised."

"What other surprises could there be here...?"

Ai Yue for a moment, then realized something, "Could it be that we know someone here?"

No matter how much Morning Sun Academy develops, it's impossible for it to reach a level that would surprise him in a short period of time. So, putting that aside, and considering the recent opening ceremony with the possibility of many new students and faculty joining the faculty, it seems that there's only one possibility.

Sometimes I really wish you weren't so smart, that you were a little more clueless.

Aponia sighed, tacitly agreeing, "So, shall we go take a look?"

"I can be confused when I need to be, but there's no need for that in front of you, is there?"

Ai Yue smiled, stood up, and extended his hand to Aponia. "So, beautiful lady, would you like to come with me?"

Aponia smiled and took Ai Yue's hand, using it to help her stand up. "Of course, it's my honor."

If the two of them were to swagger out like this, it would definitely attract the attention of countless people, and might even cause a riot. After all, even without considering Ai Yue's influence, Aponia herself is the most popular person in the academy. Every time she goes out, she attracts a lot of attention, which has made her stay at home and rarely appear in front of everyone except for necessary occasions.

If you include Ai Yue, it's even more outrageous—most of the students in the academy are young people, and when they get excited, they don't care much about order or anything like that.

Fortunately, Aponia was not without a way to deal with it. Although it seemed that she did nothing, Ai Yue could feel a faint spiritual force enveloping the two of them, forming a special force field.

In this way, even without any disguise or concealment, they still did not attract the attention of others when walking among the crowd.

"Can it deflect the mental field of others' perception?"