True Replication

Buzz...

I pressed the switch on one side.

The curtain slowly rose.

A tilted Nutrient Pod slowly reveals its bottom.

It's very clean and tidy, and the model is quite ordinary.

Buzz...

The curtain was still slowly rising, revealing the body inside the Nutrient Pod —a naked man.

Buzz...

The curtain continued to rise.

The man's face was revealed. He was old, with graying temples, and looked to be about 68 years old. His eyes were closed, and although his face was aged and wrinkled at the corners of his eyes, it also carried a hint of uprightness.

Countless wires pierced his scalp.

It is Dr. Jiao Shensan.

In the Metaverse, he didn't adjust his appearance at all; it was exactly the same as in reality.

There was no sign of illness on his body; he looked as if he were fast asleep.

The boy glanced at the empty screen on the side—'User is physically healthy, but in a vegetative state.'

In good health!

Vegetative state?

He's not dead!

If you suffer a fatal injury in the Metaverse, there are two possibilities: one is death in reality, and the other is brain damage, resulting in a vegetative state!

A sense of confusion rose again in the boy's heart.

Buzz...

The curtain continued to rise.

Qin Yiguan's body suddenly froze. "What is this?!"

But what they saw was that directly above Dr. Jiao Shensan Shensan's Nutrient Pod, there were two more Nutrient Pod placed side by side!

Behind these nutritional compartments, all the lines are connected in series, and the overall shape is like an upside-down word ''!

As the curtain rises.

The two Nutrient Pod were fully exposed.

However, both Nutrient Pod were found to be operating normally, but they were completely empty!

Two labels were affixed to the glass surface of the Nutrient Pod.

--Lust (2094).

--Gluttony (2097).

Status: Brain dead.

The boy was inexplicably shocked.

Buzz...

The curtain is still rising.

After the two Nutrient Pod placed side by side, there are three more Nutrient Pod placed side by side.

The lines are also connected in series.

The interior was also completely empty!

It reads: Greed (2099), Sloth (2104), Envy (2098)!

Buzz...

The curtain is still rising.

At this point, the height was already 6 meters above the ground, and the bottom of the third row of Nutrient Pod slowly emerged.

The boy already knew without even looking at the label.

That's Pride and Wrath!

They are all connected in the same way, yet both are completely empty.

final.

The entire curtain has been raised.

The four rows of Nutrient Pod resembled a 9-meter-high city wall, blocking the front and also blocking the boy's heart.

These Nutrient Pod also had the faintest indicator light flashing red.

In this deathly silent and dimly lit environment, the indicator lights looked nothing like stars, but rather like the eyes of demons.

The boy's gaze slowly moved upwards, following the first Nutrient Pod.

"Doctor Jiao's data was not transmitted immediately, but was divided into seven layers, one after another."

"These seven splits occur as individuals enter the Metaverse through separate Nutrient Pod."

"And the years on these seven plaques are exactly the years in which the Seven Deadly Sins were created."

What exactly happened?

now.

The boy squinted and saw starlight flickering near Jiao Shensan's right hand inside the Nutrient Pod.

Look closely.

The inside of the glass enclosure had been disturbed.

Looking at Jiao Shensan's right fingers, although his nails were broken and the wounds on his fingers had healed thanks to the medical function of the Nutrient Pod, there were still faint traces of dried blood on his fingers.

The boy approached the Nutrient Pod.

But inside the glass, two letters 'JL' had been forcibly carved out.

"These are marks he made with his fingernails?"

"The material of this Nutrient Pod is extremely hard!"

"JL...?"

"What's the meaning!"

The boy scanned his surroundings and saw a faintly lit void screen on one side. It could be considered a 'home computer'. Although it was rarely used by its owner, the owner could share information from the Metaverse here if they wished.

The boy arrived in front of the virtual screen.

Type 'JL' in the search bar.

The next instant, a background image resembling a letter appeared on the screen, along with lines of text.

'I am Jiao Shensan.'

'I've been kidnapped.'

To be precise, my consciousness was hijacked.

'That day, I sensed something strange and forcibly awoke from the Metaverse.'

To my horror, I discovered that seven Nutrient Pod had appeared above my head sometime during the night!

'These Nutrient Pod are all diverting my consciousness data.'

I was shocked.

'Furthermore, I discovered that my Nutrient Pod was locked from the outside, preventing me from sending any information to the outside world.'

No matter how hard I knocked, I just couldn't open the hatch.

"I'm trapped in this cramped space, I feel like I'm suffocating, I desperately want to scream something, even just a few fragments. This whole thing is so eerie!"

Upon reading this, the boy glanced at it sideways.

really.

The metal around the entire outer edge of Dr. Jiao Shensan Shensan's Nutrient Pod had melted and solidified, as if it had been welded shut from the outside!

The boy continued reading the message.

'I'm trying hard to recall everything; this must be a conspiracy.'

'Thirty-three years ago, I became the chief scientist of the Research Society, the youngest chief scientist in its history!'

'But just the next day, a mysterious organization approached us, hoping I would join them.'

When I pieced together their plan, I was utterly shocked and couldn't believe it—how could such a cruel plan exist in the world!

'Of course I would refuse them, but I also realized that even as the head of the Research Society, I couldn't compete with them!'

"Their first step."

' B6 Sector have already attracted numerous prominent figures, including high-ranking officials from the Metaverse Government, renowned scientists, and top billionaires! Thankfully, that evil plan has not materialized in the past 33 years.'

"The Metaverse is vast and boundless; B5 and B6 alone cover an area of tens of millions of square kilometers and have a population of 60 million."

'I'm glad I thought their era was over, that they had failed.'

Lately, all sorts of strange memories have been flooding my mind.

'I'm getting more and more uneasy. There's a feeling, or rather, a part of me, that's very Wrath, that feeling is very bloodthirsty...'

It seems like everyone will be killed.

'Until I woke up this time, I found that I saw the nameplate of the Wrathful Jiao Shensan. It showed that he was 35 years old, and the year he was born was the same year I refused to join them!'

'I see.'

33 years ago, they didn't give up! Instead, from that moment on, they came into reality, found me, installed other Nutrient Pod, and began to replicate my consciousness, creating one me after another, until there were seven of them in total!

'Are they after the Fusion Rate?!'

'There's no need for that. Doing some outlandish things might increase Fusion Rate, but why me?'

'I realize, they... they were actually deceiving the Gemini Superbrain!'

'Those "me"s they created were all infants, all entering the Metaverse, somewhere between Digital Human and Half-Humans! I am proficient in seven scientific fields, and those infants all carried my talents; as they grew, each mastered one of my abilities!'

'They will break the rules, turning everyone into tools in their path to advancement!'

'Those inhuman, ghostly things will definitely be merged! They want to recreate me, a person who not only has the same abilities as me, but also obeys their commands!'

'Although I don't know exactly what they will do, it will certainly involve death.'

"I possess a technology they desperately need—a complex technology that only I can master!"

'I can't let that plan succeed...'

'I must die. My consciousness can no longer output anything! By the time you see this message, I will already be dead. I will destroy my brain and heart in the Metaverse!'

'I hope you can go and stop them.'

'But as you get to know them, you may find yourself unable to compete with them.'

'That's their territory after all, B6 Sector.'

'I don't blame you.'

'It was like an abyss, ready to collapse at any moment.'

Therefore, please do not log into the Metaverse B6 or B5 Sector; do not even step into those areas!

The boy read all the content.

His expression shifted uncertainly.

The technology in front of us is not difficult to understand.

He thought of "Human Stick Jiao Shensan," and the "technological kidnapping" that targeted Wanrou.

turn out to be.

Infinity scraping and integrating Wanrou's data is doomed to failure, even with a million data entries.

But the actual approach.

It means completely stripping away a person's consciousness.

The standard for stripping away these sins is the Seven Deadly Sins!

All human behavior evolves from Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride, Wrath!

The most fundamental logic, or the most primal motivation, for all behavior lies in these Seven Deadly Sins!

Sin constitutes every single person!

For example.

Why doesn't Jiao Shensan from the real World City leave? Why does he observe those customers every day through the transparent door?

Lust still firmly controls it!

Perhaps its secret motivation for studying quantum physics is also to become that prestigious VIP!

For example.

What motivated Gluttonous Jiao Shensan, to design these machines? It was to earn a lot of money and then buy expensive food!

For example, why would the Mine Jiao Shensan study geological and geomorphological knowledge?

Because it is Greed, it wants Infinity amount of Source Matter Ore!

A slight chill emanated from behind Qin Yiguan's back.

The mastermind behind this conspiracy... is highly sophisticated, patient, and possesses a deep understanding of human nature!

His technique is largely the same as that of "Human Stick Jiao Shensan," both involving a combination of dispersion and fusion.

But the data acquisition methods are completely different!

He intercepted Jiao Shensan's consciousness, then performed a kind of reset, creating seven beings of unknown attributes in the form of newborn infants. He placed them in environments containing the Seven Deadly Sins and let them grow freely!

The darkest desires give birth to the most powerful driving forces.

It also claimed the lives of many innocent people.

Then.

Their seemingly accidental, yet inevitable, maturity was premature.

The youngest, only 18 years old, has already reached the level of Jiao Shensan in his own field.

Then they were harvested all at once.

This training program, spanning 33 years...

The boy immediately raised his hand.

I typed 'Chief Research Society Jiao Shensan ' into the screen in front of me and clicked search!

Several news items popped up.

'Thirty minutes ago, Dr. Jiao Shensan, the Research Society Chief Scientist, announced several major initiatives!'

He developed a terrifying weapon—a digital bomb.

'They also upgraded the mining technology for Source Matter Ore, but this technology came at the cost of completely destroying the land.'

'The inhabitants of the Metaverse cannot comprehend it; Dr. Jiao Shensan seems like a completely different person!'

The boy squinted.

Looking at Jiao Shensan on the screen, whose steps were steady, whose eyes were full of wisdom, but whose face was expressionless.

It's obvious.

He successfully merged with it.

The Seven Deadly Sins, indeed, can be combined to form a 'normal' human being!

then.

The boy recalled how Blank Slate Jiao Shensan, had acted so timidly in front of him, and how he had even pretended to feel annoyed and guilty.

That was a scam.

Their goal is to trick me out of the data on the Seven Deadly Sins!

This moment.

The boy turned and walked towards the door, his expression calm.

All right.

you.

He died.

you.

They're all dead.