The next day.
At the edge of the azure sky, the dusky sun slowly rose.
The midsummer sun began pouring down its heat the moment it appeared.
The dew that had gathered all night rose into the air beneath the sun's radiance.
Green, who had spent the night sorting through his memories, sat up in bed with dark circles beneath his eyes.
How could someone whose soul had only just crossed over possibly fall asleep?
He went to the window and gazed at the distant ground, slightly distorted by evaporating moisture. Then Green walked over to the yellow-bronze mirror in the bedroom and tidied his appearance a little.
The dusky bronze mirror revealed black hair and brown pupils.
Dressed in clothes made of linen, Green left the room.
The original body's room was on the second floor, and Green followed the stairs downward.
In the hall on the first floor, a middle-aged man was setting out various foods. He was likewise dressed in linen, with several wrinkles spread across his face, making him look somewhat aged.
White bread, which ordinary commoners could not eat even once a year, along with jars of honey, was being placed on the table by the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was naturally Old Green.
The two-story cottage beside the villa belonged exclusively to Old Green and Green. There was no one else living there.
"Green, come down and eat once you're awake." Old Green looked at Green and spoke gently.
However, he soon noticed that something was wrong.
"Didn't you sleep well last night? Why are your eyes so dark?"
Faced with the question, Green nodded.
"Yes. I had a nightmare last night and couldn't sleep well!"
Hearing Green's words, Old Green nodded.
"In that case, don't go shopping for supplies today. I'll go by myself. Get some more rest during the day!"
"Mm!"
Green nodded and did not object.
The original body had always been like this. Although he was rather dull, he had never contradicted Old Green.
Before long, Old Green sat beside Green and picked up some white bread.
Old Green picked up a butter knife, dipped it into the jar of honey beside him, and spread some honey over the white bread.
Halfway through the meal, Green suddenly raised his head.
"Old Green, teach me the Breathing Method!"
Green's sudden words made even Old Green raise his head. "Why did you suddenly bring this up? You never used to be like this!"
"That nightmare last night made me feel that I need to learn the Breathing Method to protect both you and me!"
Green did not elaborate, but his tone revealed his determination.
When Old Green heard the word "nightmare," he more or less guessed what sort of dream Green had experienced.
A faint smile appeared on his face. Green's next words made this middle-aged man, who doted on the original body, completely unwilling to think any further.
Old Green put down the knife and fork in his hands and looked solemnly at Green.
"You can't rush learning the Breathing Method. You have to wait until you're an adult, when your body reaches its peak, before you can learn it!"
"Why?" Green asked, puzzled.
"The Breathing Method is a supernatural power that condenses the Life Seed and allows a person to break through their limits. If the body hasn't reached its peak and you cultivate it rashly, it can easily cause injury!" Old Green explained. "Throughout the entire territory, only the baron's eldest son can begin cultivating ahead of time under the nourishment of the baron's Life Seed!"
"Even the baron can only bear the additional burden of one person. As for his other sons and daughters, aren't they just like you, able to do nothing but wait until adulthood?"
Green nodded. Old Green would not lie to him.
"So that's how it is!"
Although he was rather disappointed, Green could only accept it.
"However, although you can't learn the Breathing Method yet, you can start learning swordsmanship and training your body. You're already sixteen or seventeen. You're only a year or two away from the standard age of eighteen. Perhaps you can reach your peak ahead of time and learn the Breathing Method!"
Old Green's words made Green, who had been sitting at the dining table in disappointment, suddenly brighten up.
"When do we start?" Green asked directly.
Seeing Green's enthusiasm, Old Green smiled.
"Get some proper rest first. Since I'm going to buy supplies this time, I can prepare the necessary equipment for you!"
Faced with Old Green's reasoning, Green immediately nodded.
Clip-clop, clip-clop!!!
The sound of hooves rang out as Old Green drove the carriage slowly away from the two-story cottage.
As for Green, he was lying on the bed on the second floor.
Although he felt tired after not sleeping all night, his mind remained unusually active.
"According to the settings in the novels, I'm now an individual with double the Mental Power, far superior to ordinary people!"
Lying on the bed and noticing his abnormal condition, Green thought to himself.
Just as Green emptied his mind and prepared to drift into slumber, a voice suddenly rang out in his head.
[Ding! Sufficient energy has been absorbed. Chip startup in progress. Super Chip entering boot self-check!] [Self-check progress: 1%...2%...50%...]
The sudden voice in his mind made Green's eyes snap open as he lay on the bed.
"What's going on?" he murmured instinctively.
Then Green immediately realized what had happened.
"WTF, the Chip came over with me too!" Green cried out inwardly.
His drowsiness vanished in an instant, and Green sat straight up in bed.
[Self-check complete. All module functions are intact. Beginning startup!] [Ding! Entering initial setup interface!]
The Chip's voice rang out again, and a blue interface suddenly popped up at the corner of Green's eye.
Green could not help looking over.
The interface contained nothing but a rotating circle that kept spinning.
[Ding! Initialization complete. Please provide a name!]
Listening to the Chip's voice, Green thought for a moment.
"Let's call you Truth!"
[Ding! Naming complete! Welcome to Truth!] [Begin genetic logic module modification?]
Hearing the Chip's voice, Green nodded directly in agreement.
On the Chip's interface, a massive Progress Bar began moving forward continuously.
As the first volunteer, Green knew the functions related to the Super Chip extremely well.
Because humanity's technology tree was excessively complicated, the Super Chip had been enhanced in terms of storage and analysis.
For storage, it modified an extremely small number of cells in the human body and borrowed the structure of DNA's double helix to directly record information on the entirety of human civilization.
As for logical analysis, it utilized a highly advanced neural convolutional network. Once the Chip had been given thinking abilities like those of a human, it also possessed an astonishing processing speed!
The only thing that disappointed Green somewhat was that, since this was the first experiment, the Super Chip did not contain humanity's accumulated knowledge.
[Modification complete!]
After waiting on the bed for more than ten minutes, the Progress Bar on the Chip finally reached the end.
"Chip, begin knowledge entry and assist me in organizing my knowledge!"
[Ding. Task accepted. Beginning document creation!]
Green began entering all the knowledge he possessed into the Chip, bit by bit.
Knowledge was easily forgotten. The earlier it was entered, the less would be lost.
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