Chapter 275: Chapter 275 Holy Fool_1
As his facial features transformed, Fu Qian’s body twisted and rapidly contracted, ultimately becoming a withered old man.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…
It seemed that this time, Ariel stood there, lost in thought, for an even longer period.
“So that’s how it is!”
After a long while, Ariel examined the blood-stained right claw of Fu Qian, revealing a meaningful smile.
“The Rebirth Club has actually joined forces with the Night Watchman?”
“It seems my face is quite recognizable.”
Fu Qian also let out an indistinctly cold laugh.
“As long as there is a common goal, anyone can come together.”
As he spoke, he took a deep breath, and the wounds on his body slowly healed.
“Truly remarkable!”
Ariel appeared to be utterly unfazed.
“Just relying on Limb Attachment and integration, you’ve managed to ascend to the level of a demigod. It seems you not only faked your death and escaped in the last incident, but you even gained some benefits.”
“Now, could you explain what exactly was that action just now?”
“You don’t need the preamble, I would’ve answered if you’d asked me directly.”
Fu Qian raised his hand and pointed towards Yuan Shan.
“Simple, just stopping her from doing something pointless.”
“You said that neither of us poses a threat to you, yet you still rushed towards us.”
“You seem to have gone a bit too far with your strike.”
“Indeed, it was a bit too heavy, hehehe!”
Fu Qian let out a series of meaningful laughter.
“Mainly, I wanted to see your reaction.”
Without waiting for a response, Fu Qian gazed at Ariel, who seemed a bit dazed.
“It proves that the new species cultivated by the Native Council are indeed interesting!”
“I thought I had made substantial gains recently, but coming to Shangjing has been full of pleasant surprises.”
“I don’t quite follow your meaning,”
Ariel’s expression had completely cooled.
“I didn’t expect even you to be insincere. It appears that lies truly are eternal, aren’t they!”
[SAN Points decreased by 1]
As Fu Qian contemplated, he quietly activated Mythical Form + Decree Residue.
The next moment, a dazzling golden radiance burst forth, dispelling the darkness of the night once more.
Yuan Shan, who had just begun to show signs of awakening, collapsed once again.
“I know far more than you can imagine, and please believe that if I wanted to leave, there is absolutely no way you could keep me here.”
Enjoying the stupefied expression on Ariel’s face once again, Fu Qian shook his head.
“Perhaps I shouldn’t use the term ‘you’? After all, you are now merely a lump of intuitions coupled together.”
Indeed, the place that had always seemed odd to Fu Qian, he had finally figured out just now.
Why did Ariel have no emotional noise?
Why did his sanity seem unaffected after being descended upon by a True God?
Just a moment ago, considering these inconceivable behaviors, Fu Qian had come up with a possibility—this guy simply lacked what we call sanity.
He was not a person in the psychological sense, but rather resembled a “Chinese Room”.
He collected external information, processed it through rules and provided feedback, even able to mimic emotions, making himself appear almost like a living human being.
But he himself is not a person anymore, perhaps he once was, but at least, he is not now.
In simple terms, Ariel is an intelligent entity that you cannot distinguish from a human.
He lacks a concept of self; he doesn’t even need to understand his own feedback information, so he truly isn’t afraid of the mind-warping descent of a True God, because he simply doesn’t possess such a thing.
That’s also why his emotions are noise-free, to make his reactions more reasonable and believable—his emotions are displayed as needed.
But here lies a loophole.
Because his emotions are “calculated,” they don’t precede his rationality as they do in most people.
When faced with a suddenly complex situation, his emotional responses lag behind.
Which means, until he has calculated the appropriate response according to the rules, he will show no unconscious emotional expressions.
This was the source of that indescribable awkwardness I felt before.
It’s also why I acted as I did just now.
As it turns out, after performing a series of complex and unfathomable actions, emotions such as surprise and confusion were only displayed by Ariel after a short period of blankness.
This is not normal human behavior.
“You shouldn’t be called a Divine Envoy, ‘Holy Fool’ might actually be more appropriate,”
In the face of silent Ariel, Fu Qian looked at him as if he were an object, even focusing his gaze into the far distance.
“Your emotions exist merely because you need to display them.”
“I don’t know how your creators did it. Cutting out a part of your brain? It’s probably not that simple.”
Fu Qian continued, shaking his head.
“I know quite a bit about your affairs, but I must say, this approach is still refreshing to me.”
“To rid oneself of self-awareness, a burdensome redundancy, and rely entirely on the innate instinct of biological ascension to touch divinity—that’s an interesting idea!”
“And the results were surprisingly good; you’ve actually crafted a Divine Envoy.”
“Deng Feizhou.”
Ariel didn’t answer Fu Qian’s previous questions but uttered a name instead.
“Actually, I didn’t talk much with him, all the speculation above is purely my own inference,”
Fu Qian’s tone was very even.
“But from my interactions with him, I did deduce some things and made a side deal with the Night Watchman in the process.”
“You just killed your trading partner.”
“She said herself that her death was certain, might as well put her remaining warmth to good use.”
Fu Qian glanced at Yuan Shan with a look of indifference.
“Deng Feizhou did say something quite correct; mere Limb Attachment will never reach the heights of elegance and refinement, I must say this inspired me.”
“And what you did to Chen Xing was a clever trick indeed.”
Fu Qian’s face showed his admiration.
“It’s evident that over the years, you’ve made a lot of progress and have been dedicated to cooperating with families from various places.”
“All this the Night Watchman knows?”
“Of course, to confirm it we waited together for a long time, if you didn’t come soon, they were about to lose their faith in me.”
“Speaking of which, I must thank you for what you did with Xiao Mingyue, it was ultimately because of that they found me convincing.”
Fu Qian let out a raspy chuckle.
“But that’s all there is to it, don’t worry, as long as you answer one question for me, your secrets won’t be exposed to them—can you tell me, before they turned you into this, what was your original state?”
Fu Qian asked what was to him the most intriguing question.
Regrettably, Ariel showed no reaction and simply transformed into a streak of light, fleeing into the distance.
“The Way of Oblivion, such nonchalance!”
Standing amid the ruins with his hands behind his back, Fu Qian expressed his sincere admiration.