"It won't work." Augustus shook his head. "A conceptual ecosystem requires a unified regulating consciousness. Multiple cores would lead to conflicting judgments, and the system would be unable to operate stably."
"Then why can't it be me?" Leo's Leo Mark shone with golden light. "Why does the most precious person always have to be sacrificed?"
"Because only Lin Ye possesses conceptual Marks from multiple universes within him." Augustus patiently explained, "This cross-universe understanding is a trait the system core must possess."
Leo clenched his fists. "As the leader, I should bear the greatest risk. It is my responsibility."
"Leo, your courage is admirable." Lin Ye looked at him calmly. "But this isn't something courage can solve. It's a matter of capability."
Unexpectedly, Lin Ye himself was remarkably calm. His Sagittarius Mark emitted a steady golden glow without the slightest fluctuation.
"Aren't you afraid?" Asteria asked. "Of losing yourself, losing us, losing every experience of being human?"
Lin Ye considered it for a while. "I remembered the essential meaning of Sagittarius. Sagittarius represents not merely personal freedom, but the pursuit of ultimate truth."
"True freedom isn't choosing for oneself, but choosing for the freedom of all life. If my individual freedom can be exchanged for the conceptual freedom of the entire universe, isn't that the embodiment of the Sagittarius spirit?"
He looked at Asteria and Leo. "Besides, in a sense, I won't truly disappear. I will exist in a new form, protecting you and protecting all life."
Tears welled up in Asteria's eyes. "But we'll lose you. We'll never hear your voice again, see your smile again, or share any experience with you."
"Yes." Lin Ye acknowledged it. "That is the price that must be paid."
At that moment, an even more urgent alarm sounded from outside. The Concept Restart Program