The Colossus Brain remained expressionless, unwilling to take the bait.
Lynn stared wide-eyed. "So, how do I go about following the Colossus path? If you don't want to tell me, selling Zuo Zuo to you isn't entirely off the table."
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The Colossus Brain quietly gave an almost imperceptible roll of her eyes. Although the proposal did tempt her a little, she couldn't bring herself to discuss buying and selling the Queen right in front of her.
She wasn't an abnormal creature like Lynn.
She paced, then finally shook her head.
"You can't take that path."
Lynn: "???"
The Colossus Brain raised her head, gazing at the countless points of starlight.
"Because we weren't born through cultivation. You know that. We Colossi came from the sacrifice of countless trillions of lives in our civilization. We are a collective, so this isn't a path just anyone can replicate, unless you have the ability and resolve to sacrifice every living thing on your Blue Star to yourself."
She glanced sideways at him.
"If you did that, you should be able to reach the Origin rank very quickly."
Lynn rubbed his chin, carefully considering the feasibility of her suggestion.
He stared wide-eyed. "Would there be any side effects? Like, would I get really stuffed?"
"..."
The Colossus Brain said, "Is how stuffed you'd be what I'm discussing with you?"
Lynn said, "But swallowing a whole civilization would definitely leave you stuffed."
"..."
The girl the Colossus Brain had become took a deep breath, struggling not to show any signs of wanting to beat him up. Normal communication was already impossible.
She clenched her fists, trying hard to calm herself down.
"In short, you can't replicate that path. But