Pure Soul

Wu Renbao was assigned the mission. It was a simple one: travel to various countries, find agents, shake their hands, and assign them tasks.

Mifeng's financial resources were immense, so buying villas was never a second thought.

On Blue Star, almost no one could resist a financial assault. "What? You won't sell for a million? Five million! Still not selling! Ten million! The end result is always selling! Selling! Selling!"

None of this was what Zhang Hao was focused on. He was diligently adjusting his body and soul. After his soul returned to his physical body, he truly felt that this body was a cage, holding him down tightly, suppressing him. In the Soul Crystal, as long as he possessed robots and mechs, he was free to do anything. These were two extremes!

A sense of powerlessness and irritation followed him, especially a feeling of displacement that drove him mad.

He tried to play the piano. At first, he almost broke his own fingers. He had no idea how to control his strength.

After continuous attempts, he finally recovered. A piece of piano music calmed his soul.

Because he tried hard to calm himself down, the piano piece he played carried a soul-soothing melody that resonated with his soul, completely pacifying his agitated spirit.

Mifeng posted the piano piece he played online again, naming it "An Ordinary Heart."

The video was casually uploaded to a small, inactive Weibo account. This account had no followers and followed no one, so it didn't even cause a ripple. The title was: Piano Piece: An Ordinary Heart.

The previous piano piece was still trending. Someone searched for matching piano pieces and discovered this one. In just two days, it went viral.

Heisqun also reposted it and followed the dormant Weibo account.

This time, the impact was even greater!

Because the piano piece soothed souls, it resonated deeply with many people.

A famous actress reposted the video.

[I'm listening to this piano piece on repeat. It calms me and stops my melancholy. Thank you to the young man who played it.]

[Viral!]

Because this actress was a well-known public figure in the entertainment industry with millions of Weibo followers, many people clicked on the video because of her.

Zhang Hao was completely unaware. He was diligently exercising. Now, he desperately wanted to return to the bridgehead and put on his robot body… According to Mifeng, this was "loss of power syndrome"!

Practicing the piano, exercising, painting oil paintings, even cooking his own meals – all for the sole purpose of regaining the lost coordination and strength of his physical body.

Gradually, Zhang Hao calmed down.

This was a process. According to Mifeng's explanation, it was also a hurdle that Zhang Hao had to overcome himself.

Recently, Zhang Hao discovered that with the combination of his body and soul, he was beginning to digest and absorb the information obtained on the killing planet. It was very effective. Not only was his soul slowly growing stronger, but his body was also growing with it. Thus, he added another task: spacing out whenever possible.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Zhang Hao strangely found that his soul was growing rather quickly, no less than its growth within the Soul Crystal. Even more miraculously, his body was also growing, and the compatibility between the two became much better. This left him utterly perplexed.

For this reason, he specifically went to find Mifeng.

Mifeng had been in the underground base, busy with who-knew-what. Zhang Hao told him his doubts, and only then did Mifeng ask Zhang Hao to open his phone and tell him, "You've become famous!"

Zhang Hao was bewildered. He went online to check and discovered that the video of him playing the piano had spread everywhere.

There were three videos in total: one playing "Missing," one playing "An Ordinary Heart," and a recent one he played called "Nameless Melody." Countless people were asking who he was, leaving him dumbfounded.

"I told you, the more people know you, the more their praise or resentment can purify your soul. Of course, the prerequisite for this change is that your soul must have resided in the Soul Crystal before, allowing your soul to become so sensitive."

Trouble!

Zhang Hao didn't want to be a celebrity. The reason he made his clone so handsome was out of curiosity. No matter who it was, facing the possibility of modifying their appearance, they would surely do it. Otherwise, the beauty industry wouldn't be so prosperous. Getting double eyelids, a nose job, or jaw reduction – so many people would participate. This was an era that judged by looks.

Extremists even had the slogan "looks are justice."

Zhang Hao was no exception. At first, he had similar thoughts. But after a trip to the killing planet, he no longer cared much about it. It was just a skin, like a robot, just a shell!

As his soul grew, Zhang Hao's thoughts and interests gradually changed.

As Zhang Hao pondered, he gradually understood that the soul was most fragile in the physical body, but it was also the most suitable and purest environment for the soul. Residing in the Soul Crystal made the soul's growth easier. Coupled with the abilities of a robot, it was hard not to become a superhero. If one could also pilot a mech, they would truly be a terrifying existence.

Purifying the soul!

This was one of the reasons Zhang Hao had to go home.

Now, Zhang Hao understood that Mifeng was a remaining soul without a physical body. The most unfortunate thing was that he was trapped on Blue Star. It wasn't until the emergence of the internet that he had an opportunity. No wonder he said he wasn't an alien or a human. Zhang Hao finally understood these words.

Zhang Hao asked, "Great God, why can't you cultivate a physical body? I believe you must have retained your body data. Is cloning that difficult?"

Mifeng repeatedly shook his head. He said, "I was careless. In my youthful arrogance, I thought having the Soul Crystal meant nothing else mattered. Then I encountered a spacetime storm that shattered my original body stored in spacetime. The seeds left for cloning were too few and quickly depleted. Back then, I used an extremely rudimentary robot to operate in this era."

"Because it was a large-scale war, I needed to collect souls. Then I was careless again. I thought I could be safe with this robot body. Occasionally, I entered an armory wanting to get some weapons, but then… very unfortunately, the armory exploded…"

Zhang Hao's eyes widened. This was the first time he had heard that Mifeng could be so unlucky.

"The robots back then had very ordinary defensive capabilities. The result of the explosion was that the robot was more than half destroyed. It was very difficult to control, and I could only barely crawl out. Thinking I couldn't move, I had to dig into the ground and bury myself to enter hibernation. The only fortunate thing was the existence of the Soul Crystal, which allowed me to continue existing."

"It wasn't until I cooperated with you that I reactivated the bridgehead."

Zhang Hao actually still had many questions in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask. He thought that if it wasn't a cooperative relationship from the start, and he was asked to help activate the bridgehead and then be killed, that was also a possibility.