Chapter 471 Looking directly at the ship of Theseus of the school of thought
[When you come to your senses, you are back in the president’s office...]
[The 'President of the Learned Council' was not surprised at all when he saw you alone coming back. It seemed that he had expected that Lorna would stay in the 'Prophet Society'. 】
[It says to you, since you already know all the secrets, it will not hide it from you, but what you saw today must not be revealed to the outside world. 】
[Although there are a few people in the 'Learned Council' who know these secrets, those people are completely loyal to the school and may be promoted to be the next successor of the prophet. 】
[…After you are promoted to Great Sage, it will also let you join the ‘Learned Council’. 】
[Each resident prophet will be the only prophet who remains sober. The long struggle with disorder is very painful, and he may get lost and collapse at any time. 】
[A prophet needs a real anchor to stay awake, such as the anchor of the above prophet, because that prophet is its father.]
[And the anchor point of Prophet Lorna is her good friend Mr. Bennett... Now you can barely count as one. 】
[You have to remember to come and see Lorna more often when you have time in the future, and be a qualified anchor...]
[You nodded after hearing this, but you were a little confused. The last prophet had already... This president couldn't see any sadness at all.]
[It seems to understand your doubts and patiently explains...]
[It knows that its father has passed away because of Lorna's promotion. There is nothing to be sad about. For its father, this is a long-awaited relief. For it, it has long been mentally prepared. 】
[Devoting everything to one’s beliefs is not a sacrifice, but a destination.]
[Every sage who joins the learned council and learns this secret has already been mentally prepared. If they can be promoted to a prophet, they will also dedicate everything for their own beliefs. ]
[Rona's promotion speed was too fast back then. Before she could join the 'Learned Council' and slowly accept this secret, she was about to break through the boundaries between humans and gods. 】
[It can only give Lorna some hints first, so that Lorna can be mentally prepared to be the successor. Unexpectedly, this move seemed to scare Lorna. 】
[We can’t blame Lorna. Ordinary people suddenly learn that the high-ranking prophets in the school have long been reduced to disorderly monsters. How can they remain calm in the face of such desperate facts? 】
[This is probably the reason why the school has always concealed this secret...]
【……】
[Although the journey in the middle was full of twists and turns, these are not important anymore, because it did not misjudge Rona, and Lorna's faith in Allah has never wavered. 】
[Prophet Rona finally returned to the school and took on this important responsibility...]
[Speaking, it handed you a teleportation badge and a letter, and continued, if you take this letter of introduction and look directly at the school, you will be able to complete the task assigned to you by Seer Lorna without any hindrance.]
【Okay, let's go...】
[After the president finished speaking, he turned his back and waved his hand.]
[You obtained the ‘Prophet Society’s Painting Transmission Badge’ (prop)]
[You have obtained the ‘Letter of Introduction from the Polyvision School’ (props)]
[After you bid farewell to the 'President of the Learned Council', you leave the School of Multi-Viewing and take a fine bronze carriage to the headquarters of the School of Direct Vision...]
【……】
【……】
[Compared with the three simple buildings of the Multi-View Headquarters, the Direct-View School Headquarters located in the center of the imperial capital will make you think that what you are facing is not the association headquarters, but the royal palace. 】
[Although the visibility is not high due to the thick fog, just by looking in from outside the association gate, you can see the beautiful fountains and Baroque gardens, as well as the majestic palace-like buildings. 】
[The ones standing guard outside the association's gate are not guards, but two small giant-like fine copper dolls. Looking at their shiny copper skin and their oppressive huge body, they think of more than just terror and destruction.
Power, and the high cost.】
[You show the letter of introduction to the giant doll, and after it sees the stamp of ‘Multi-viewing School’, it summons a receptionist scholar to let it go. 】
[Although the multi-viewing school and the direct-viewing school have different ideas, their senior leaders have been communicating with each other for reasons you already know.]
[The letter of introduction you are carrying has a fire seal that is the highest level of communication between the two parties. Letters stamped at this level are usually delivered quickly by a teleportation magic circle. This time it is delivered by you, a dedicated person, so it appears that the letter is
The matters explained are definitely not simple.】
[Don’t be careless when receiving scholars, I will take you directly to meet the top leader of the school...]
[While traveling along the way, if you observe carefully, the number of scholars from the direct-viewing school is obviously smaller than that of the multi-viewing school. However, although the number is smaller, the strength of the scholars who come and go cannot be underestimated. ]
[And there are also a lot of fine bronze dolls that you see along the way, not only the auxiliary maid dolls that mow the garden lawn, but also the fighting maid dolls that follow the scholars, and the reconnaissance maid dolls. 】
[You even saw some scholars bringing companion-type maid dolls with them openly...]
[Here, it seems that it has become the norm for everyone to have several fine bronze dolls. 】
[You can’t help but ask the reason for ‘receiving scholars’ next to you.]
[It explains to you while leading you to your destination...]
[Scholars need to focus on book knowledge and conduct a lot of academic experiments. It is very inconvenient for them to take care of their daily life by themselves or servants. The fine copper doll can perfectly solve all these problems. 】
[More importantly, the fine bronze doll can also be used as a combat auxiliary, making the adventure journey of scholars exploring the abyss and traveling to the open sea easier and smoother. 】
[Of course, ordinary fine bronze dolls cannot be a help to powerful scholars, but it is different when they look directly at the school. 】
[Because the school invited Master ‘Johnny’! 】
[Master ‘Johnny’ is the most powerful puppet maker in the world. The school spends a lot of money to hire the master and all his students to serve the school. 】
[Although the cost of high-end dolls is extremely expensive, it is still worth the money. An excellent doll can not only save the scholar's life at critical moments, but also relieve the scholar's loneliness during the boring journey...]
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Johnny, the Master Doll Maker..."
Lin Xun opened the inventory and looked at the 'Token of Master Doll Maker Johnny' presented by craftsman Coleman.
['Doll Maker Johnny's Token' (special prop): A miniature version of a small doll, extremely exquisitely carved. With this token, you can find Johnny, the Doll Maker, and he will satisfy you unconditionally.
A request.]
"I see. No wonder Lorna asked me to come in person when she could have others deliver the letter."
[You asked the master puppet maker ‘Johnny’ where is he now? 】
[The receptionist points to the huge building in the distance that is incompatible with the environment of the school. Even though it is not a short distance away, you can still clearly see the building that looks like a factory and the thick chimney that is constantly emitting thick black smoke above the building. 】
[The receptionist said to you, if you want to visit Master Johnny, he can take you there after meeting the president and handing him a letter. ]
[But if you want Master Johnny to build a doll for you, you have to be prepared for a lot of bleeding. Just preparing the fine copper materials will require...]
[Halfway through the reception of the scholar, he seemed to have remembered your identity as a polyspermist, and then said, well... In fact, Master Johnny's students have pretty good manufacturing skills. 】
[It’s not that Master Johnny can’t afford it, but his students are more cost-effective.]
Lin Xun pouted: "I have a special token, so I can have sex for free. Can you do that?"
Summons like the Valkyrie, which combine fine copper technology with magic, cannot be strengthened in other chapters except this world.
The opportunity to have sex for free was right in front of him, and of course Lin Xun was not going to let it go. He decided to go find Master Johnny after handing over the letter and the 'Ring of Shining Stars'.
Soon, Lin Xun, led by the receptionist, met the 'President of the Direct Gaze School Headquarters'.
The president took the letter and read it carefully. The more he read it, the more excited he became.
Pull Lin Xun directly to a magnificent tower in the center of the school - the Prophet's Tower.
After years of analysis by the two schools of knowledge, there are very few star god coordinates that have not yet been analyzed.
Now the multi-viewing school is analyzing the memory of the ‘Executive Officer’, while the direct-viewing school is analyzing the ‘Ring of Shining Stars’. A two-pronged approach can wipe out the remaining star gods in one fell swoop.
When the analysis between the two schools is completed, it will be the decisive battle to awaken the supreme leader of both schools, the Great Prophet.
【……】
[Look directly at the president as he leads you into the tower, straight to the top of the tower...]
[Just like what you saw in the ‘Prophet Society’, there is also a huge and complicated analytical magic circle carved here. 】
[It’s just that the analysis points of the magic circle are more than half less than those of the ‘Prophet Society’, but the number of prophets that still exist today is almost the same as that of the Multi-Seeing School. 】
[All this is because the prophets sitting at the points of the magic circle have lost their appearance as human beings. 】
[Their bodies are entirely made of fine copper parts. Rather than saying they are human beings, they are more like fine copper dolls. 】
[The bodies of these dolls are covered with ugly rust marks, as if they have spent countless years.]
[The strange thing is that in the areas where there are no traces of rust on its surface, it shines with the bright color of fine copper, as if it has been newly polished. 】
['Director of Direct Gazing' explained to you that the Direct Gazing School was originally like your Multi-Viewing School, using flesh and blood bodies as containers for the souls of the prophets as a means of delaying the erosion of disorder. 】
[But this method is not the best way to delay the erosion of disorder, because every time the body is replaced, the prophet's soul will be eroded one more point. 】
[After ‘Master Johnny’ came to the school, he served the school wholeheartedly and created many powerful bronze dolls, becoming an indispensable help for the scholars. 】
[In terms of physical strength alone, the fine copper dolls made by Master Johnny are thousands of times stronger than the human body.]
[At that time, the school put forward a hypothesis that disorder can cause flesh and blood to rot and deform, but it may not necessarily have an effect on cold and hard copper. 】
[Can the prophets be allowed to abandon their human bodies and let Master Johnny build brand new copper bodies for the prophets? 】
[It is worth mentioning that even the immortal souls of the prophets need to find a suitable body to accommodate them. 】
[The bodies originally provided for the prophets were all carefully screened to match the prophets' own characteristics. If the conditions were not up to standard, the souls of the prophets would not be able to be replaced with new bodies. ]
[The human body still has such stringent requirements, let alone a lifeless copper body?]
[The senior leaders of the school have been arguing about this, and there has never been a conclusion. 】
[In the end, the still sober prophet made the decision. As long as there is a chance, it is worth trying. 】
[With this hypothesis, the school began to experiment...]
[As a result, the experiment of incorporating the souls of the prophets into the fine copper bodies failed without exception.]
[For academic scholars, experimental failure is a common thing.]
[The school did not give up because of this, but began to retreat to the next best thing.]
[Since the direct replacement of the fine copper body failed, why not gradually transform the body, first transforming some flesh and blood limbs into fine copper prosthetics...]
[This idea was successful in the experimental stage, but unfortunately, even the hardest refined copper in the world still cannot prevent disordered erosion. 】
[Perhaps there is nothing in the world that can escape the erosion of disorder, whether it is a living thing or a dead thing...]
[The rust marks you see now are caused by disordered erosion, just in another form of expression. 】
[Although experiments have proven that even refined copper cannot resist disorder, we still got some exciting news.]
[After comparing multiple sets of data, the school found that fine copper prosthetics are indeed more tolerant to disorder than flesh and blood limbs. 】
[But the premise is that the prosthesis must be made by ‘Master Johnny’ himself and made of the highest quality copper materials. 】
[Johnny is the only immortal craftsman in the world who transcends legend, and his skills have reached a height that no one before him could reach. 】
[The fine copper prosthetic limbs made by Master Johnny increase the tolerance to disorder by about one-third.]
[Don’t underestimate this one-third, even just one-third can make the prophets last longer.]
[Since then, the school has continued to replace the flesh and blood bodies of the prophets with top-notch copper prostheses. Although the cost of doing so is extremely high, it is difficult for the school to bear it when looking directly at it. 】
【But as long as it can delay the erosion of disorder, it is all worth it.】
[After the continuous replacement of limbs, all the flesh and blood of the prophets have been replaced with fine copper. 】
[Some scholars once proposed a paradox. During a long voyage, a ship needs to be constantly repaired and parts replaced. If one ship plate is replaced, the ship is still the same ship, and the same is true if two or three pieces are replaced.]
[But if all the parts are replaced one by one during the long voyage as time goes by, will the ship still be the original ship? 】
[The same goes for these prophets. After their flesh and blood bodies are completely replaced with fine copper, and when their souls are beyond recognition due to disordered erosion, will the prophets still be the original prophets? 】
[It didn’t have the answer before, but now it does.]
[As long as the destination of the ship is still that port, the ship will still be the same ship.]
[As long as prophets continue to dedicate themselves to their beliefs, prophets will always be prophets.]