Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 660: The Struggle between Chen Mo and the Invigilator
Hearing Luo Fei say this, Xiao Yu’s heart tightened sharply, but he immediately recalled several doubts. “This inference is not reasonable.”
When it came to his own professional field, Luo Fei was clearly displeased by Xiao Yu’s skepticism. In fact, scientists in the Divine Ark Civilization were all like this. They absolutely obeyed Xiao Yu in other matters, but when it came to scientific issues, even a grassroots scientist dared to argue with Xiao Yu on the basis of reason.
This phenomenon was something Xiao Yu had deliberately fostered over several thousand years. Precisely because of this relaxed academic atmosphere, the technology of the Divine Ark Civilization had been able to keep advancing.
“What are your doubts?” Luo Fei asked.
“First, if Chen Mo really handed Zhang Shengya over to me based on that psychology, why did she pass it through the Taihao Civilization’s hands? Second, why was Zhang Shengya dead? Third, within the Taihao Civilization, why did Zhang Shengya suffer certain deliberately arranged torment? Fourth, if she truly wanted someone to take her place in my heart, why did she not simply use biotechnology to make a human of Earth modeled on her own appearance and then send that over?”
Hearing this string of questions, Luo Fei showed a rather helpless expression. “Master, although I must admit your outstanding scientific talent and research ability, in this area there is indeed much you do not know. Let me answer your first question. Think about it. If Chen Mo’s goal was for you to forget her, would she personally show up under such circumstances? If she appeared before you, would that not deepen your impression of her even more?”
“As for the second question, I need you to answer a few of mine first. First, did Zhang Shengya have memories from the Earth era?”
“Yes, she did.” Xiao Yu answered. That was obvious, because Zhang Shengya’s diary had already made this clear, so Xiao Yu replied without hesitation.
“Second, given your technology at the time you received Zhang Shengya’s body, did you have the ability to resurrect her?”
“No,” Xiao Yu answered.
“Then after becoming a Level 6 Civilization, do you have the ability to resurrect her?”
“Yes,” Xiao Yu answered. “Because her body is extremely intact. All of her organs, especially the brain, were preserved very well. It is precisely this intactness that makes resurrection possible. Through life science at the Level 6 Civilization tier, I now completely have the ability to resurrect her. I simply do not wish to do so yet. She is the only fellow member of my race I know of. She and I share the same memories of the Earth era. Before I have the full strength to protect her, I do not intend to resurrect her.”
“It is precisely for this reason that she was dead.” Luo Fei said. “First, you could know in advance the many ways in which she resembles Chen Mo, and she is the only fellow racial member you know. For these two reasons, barring unexpected events, she would quickly hold an important place in your heart. According to common sense, that would mean you would be very eager for the day of her resurrection to arrive. Does that not imply you would push yourself to develop your technology faster, so that you could possess the ability to resurrect her as soon as possible?”
“But I am not in a hurry to resurrect her. I want to wait until my strength is great enough and then…” At this point, Xiao Yu’s tone began to hesitate, because he realized that what Luo Fei said seemed very reasonable.
“I am asking you to answer according to common sense.” Luo Fei pressed.
“Yes,” Xiao Yu answered. “According to common sense, I indeed should be very anxious to resurrect her.”
“You have an enviable lover.” Luo Fei sighed. “To spur you to rapidly develop your technology and become strong quickly, Chen Mo deliberately killed Zhang Shengya. If you wanted to resurrect her, you would have to grow strong. Otherwise, why adopt a method of killing that preserved bodily integrity? By my understanding of our current level of technology, if an intelligent being dies because the body is damaged, we have no way to bring that being back, correct?”
That was indeed true. As long as the intelligent being had not died, Xiao Yu could completely remove its brain and build a mechanical body for it to continue living. But if it had already died, then Xiao Yu had no way. Life was far too mysterious, and his understanding of it was limited. In Zhang Shengya’s case, it was precisely because the body had been preserved with such integrity that this special possibility existed.
As for this integrity, Zhang Shengya had described it in her diary as being due to soul separation. The Taihao Civilization had already denied the so-called act of soul separation. In other words, the manner of Zhang Shengya’s death had been deliberately engineered.
“Now for the third question. Why did Zhang Shengya suffer certain arranged torment? That is even easier to explain.” Luo Fei said. “Zhang Shengya is the only fellow member of your race you know of, so naturally a sense of closeness and identification would form between you and her. After you learned she had suffered such pain, would you not feel compassion, as well as a desire to protect her? You must understand that in many cases, feelings of compassion and the desire to protect someone, especially when the person to be protected is a girl, can easily transform into love.”
Xiao Yu fell silent.
“Chen Mo already created all the necessary conditions for love between you and Zhang Shengya. You two are the only remaining members of your race. Whether in appearance, temperament, or personality, Zhang Shengya fits your aesthetics. You feel compassion for her and want to protect her. Moreover, I am certain that your personality and the appearance you had when you still possessed a body are completely to Zhang Shengya’s liking. Also, you are the strong one, the protector. Then is it not very natural that she would fall in love with you?”
“The only unexpected point is that, for certain reasons, you did not promptly resurrect Zhang Shengya, so the love between you did not arise.” Luo Fei said.
“Very well, perhaps all of this analysis is correct. But my final doubt is this. Why did Chen Mo not simply fabricate a body in her own image and hand it over to me? I know this is not difficult. Chen Mo could certainly do it.”
“Hmm… that is somewhat complicated to explain. You must know that a woman’s thoughts are often contradictory and tangled.” Luo Fei replied. “I can answer you like this. When she decided to deliver a girl of Earth to you, Chen Mo’s feelings were also conflicted. Because she knew she likely could not pass through that calamity, she undertook such an action. Before carrying it out, Chen Mo both wished you could forget her and did not wish you to forget her. We can suppose a situation. If Chen Mo had fabricated a body in her own likeness and handed it to you, then you would certainly take that to be Chen Mo’s true body. You would completely forget that somewhere in the universe there was a real Chen Mo. Chen Mo wanted you to forget her, so she did not show herself. Chen Mo did not want you to forget her, so she delivered Zhang Shengya to you, and not herself.”
“Do you understand? Chen Mo has always kept her feelings for you and has never forgotten. Of course, this is if the being you inferred truly is Chen Mo.” Luo Fei said.
“I understand. I understand.” Xiao Yu said, operating his virtual image and nodding lightly. “Then let us leave it at that. Maintain confidentiality. The content of our conversation today is not to be disclosed to anyone.” 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
“Please rest assured.” Luo Fei said respectfully.
Xiao Yu shut down his virtual projection and left Luo Fei’s room. Yet Luo Fei’s words still circled in Xiao Yu’s mind.
“If all these inferences are correct, then Chen Mo, did you encounter trouble? Moreover, you yourself judged that you could not overcome it. What could that be? It is a pity that, even now, I do not have the ability to help you. But later you sent that necktie and commissioned a spatial lifeform to help me clear obstacles. Can I take that to mean you successfully passed this crisis? What kind of form do you exist in now, and where are you? Are you really in the Andromeda Galaxy? Wait for me. I will certainly come to find you.” Xiao Yu murmured to himself.
At this moment, Xiao Yu suddenly remembered another matter. It was what the Taihao Civilization had said about the invigilator having fallen asleep.
Xiao Yu began to carefully review the entire trajectory of the Taihao Civilization, the interval between low profile and high profile.
“It seems that, after I obtained Zhang Shengya’s body, the Taihao Civilization began to become active. In other words, it was from that time that the invigilator fell asleep. And that was exactly when, according to my inference, Chen Mo encountered great trouble and judged herself unable to pass through it.”
Gradually, a startling hypothesis appeared in Xiao Yu’s mind.
“Was the great trouble Chen Mo encountered the invigilator? Precisely because the enemy was the invigilator, Chen Mo believed she had no chance of survival and delivered Zhang Shengya to me, hoping I would forget her. Judging from what followed, Chen Mo seemed to have passed that calamity safely. It was at that time that the Taihao Civilization began to become active. Does that indicate that, in the struggle between the invigilator and Chen Mo, the invigilator suffered damage to a certain degree?”
