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After checking the abnormalities in the soul several times to make sure that nothing would go wrong in the short term, they quickly devoted themselves to the research on this mutated virus.
The observed phenomenon in the origin world is that matter takes precedence over spirit. The conclusion derived from this is that the survival of the human body determines the life and death of the soul... It has to be said that this is quite cruel. In this world, no matter how much a person struggles or how dissatisfied they are with reality, they are only confined to this small body. Once they leave the body, everything will end.
Lin Yi was once like that; all he could do was try his best to adapt to this world until he came into contact with the Supreme God and more worlds...
He shook his head, pulling his thoughts back. "Dance, shout, 'ba scar, Lin Qi Liao (〒?一)'"
The phenomena observed in the Reiki world are that matter and spirit coexist. After a person's physical body dies, the soul does not disappear immediately, but exists for a short period of time. If one can absorb vitality, it can even be extended indefinitely.
This is why there are so many ghost stories in the spiritual world. Generally speaking, these are stories about people who lost their physical bodies but whose souls continued to exist after coming into contact with active beings, and these stories were then observed and spread by the living.
And the observed phenomena in the T-virus world...
Recalling the spirit he saw in the main city, he remained silent for a while before deciding to skip it.
Then there are the Kabane world and the Giant world. The conclusions are roughly the same as those for the Origin world, but in these worlds, there are phenomena of matter interfering with the spirit and the body interfering with the soul, until the Prototype Disease World...
Feeling the rhythm of the "carrier" inside the vacuum vessel, even in Lin Yi's form, he felt a little excited.
"In the material world, there is indeed a phenomenon where matter interferes with the spirit, and the body interferes with the soul."
Soul Leap: Chapter 358 Soul Leap (10)
Before confirming a vague definition, Lin Yi had to clarify two issues.
First, what is a human being?
Humans can be defined from various perspectives, including biological, spiritual, and cultural aspects, or a combination of these perspectives.
Biologically, humans are classified as Hominidae, Hominus, and Homo species. The centromere fusion (balanced translocation) pattern of chromosome 2 and the gamma chromosome of chimpanzees is more than 16N similar, and there are multiple interarm inversions. The remaining chromosomes have strong homology, making it a higher animal.
On a spiritual level, humans are described as capable of using various concepts of souls, which in religions are considered to be related to divine power or existence. In cultural anthropology, humans are defined as beings capable of using language, possessing complex social organization and technological development, and especially capable of establishing groups and institutions to achieve mutual support and assistance.
It is quite obvious that from a purely biological perspective, there is not much difference between humans and animals. Both belong to the primate class, and humans are just one of the species that have evolved relatively quickly in nature. In some non-intellectual aspects, other species are even far superior to humans.
Ultimately, what truly distinguishes humans from animals belongs to the realm of the spirit, and when it comes to the spirit, it is often inseparable from one word—soul.
Second, what is the soul?
Conceptually, people regard the non-material aspects of a person's existence after death as the soul. However, generally speaking, the simple and primitive concept of the soul held by primitive people often contained a strong material character. It was not until religion and philosophy gradually developed that the human view of the soul tended towards dematerialization, that is, a 'spiritual unity'.
Some researchers who explore the concept of the "soul" believe that it is an unknown, non-material factor that governs a person's thoughts, behaviors, spirit, emotions, and other subconscious aspects. They believe that each person has a unique soul that changes as they grow and disappears upon death.
Stripping away unnecessary details and abstract concepts, if we were to truly give the soul a concrete description, Lin Yi believes it would be "thought," enabling us to generate inward awareness—self, outward exploration—curiosity, and connections with ourselves, others, and the entire material world—our values and worldview.
Having clarified these two fundamental questions, let's return to the starting point.
—Which takes precedence: a person's biological or spiritual aspects?
Under the materialist worldview, matter determines spirit, and human biology determines spirituality. If humans cannot even maintain their most basic biological nature—or rather, their material nature—then their spirituality in understanding themselves and the outside world is naturally out of the question. The Origin World, the T-Virus World, the Kabane World… almost all virus worlds exist in accordance with this basic concept.
However, the emergence of activity quietly changed everything.
Just like the various incredible magic and spells in the Type-Moon universe, after witnessing firsthand those phenomena driven by individual spirit, can we really believe that human materiality is unique or indispensable?
If that's the case, the existence of heroic spirits should have disappeared the moment they died as humans, instead of reappearing in the material world hundreds or thousands of years later through the transmission of legends.
From both perspectives, the material and spiritual aspects of human beings seem to be on the same level. There is no such thing as the material being superior to the spiritual, nor is there any such thing as the spiritual being superior to the material. The two coexist without interfering with each other, and the beings that are formed by this are called "humans".
This understanding persisted until the emergence of the "carrier".
By integrating all the virus systems that Lin Yi had come into contact with, the "prototype virus" was finally born. Using this virus, Lin Yi successfully came into contact with the biological limits of the human species, and even exceeded the limits of humans, truly stepping into the "forbidden zone" that humans should not step into.
In this respect, the "prototype virus" may represent the ultimate manifestation of humanity on the material level. As for what lies beyond the forbidden zone, it is clearly not eternal transcendence, but self-destruction.
Similarly, the "carrier" that was reborn in the prototype world after countless evolutions and mutations based on the "prototype virus" is also a similar existence. However, it is different from Lin Yi. Through countless experiments and observations over the past year, Lin Yi is confident that the "carrier" has not stepped into the forbidden zone. Theoretically, as long as it has enough genetic data and biological energy supply, it can continue to evolve and mutate indefinitely—until it surpasses the human realm.
"...Inconceivable."
Uncontrollably, this absurd thought began to grow and spread in my mind.
Both are entities that explore this path using viruses as a medium. The "forbidden zone," which has always been like the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads and slowly falling downwards, seems to have no existence at all for the "carrier." It has to be said that this huge difference almost made Lin Yi despair for a period of time. Fortunately, he soon noticed the price the "carrier" paid for it.
The first reason is that the "vessel" cannot obtain the ultimate physical power by self-destruction by stepping into the "forbidden zone" like itself. This is also why it was so easy for Lin Yi, who could not use most of his power, to defeat it in the original world. If the "vessel" could have opened the forbidden zone at that time, even if Lin Yi could have won, he would have had to pay a lot of price.
The second issue is that the subsequent development of the "carrier" is strictly limited.
Multiple experiments have shown that after acquiring the ability to devour and evolve without limit, the "carrier" loses the possibility of development on a spiritual level, and even if activity is actively instilled into it, it will be completely eliminated.
Ultimately, Lin Yi defined "carrier" in this way.
—A materialistic being through and through.
It may possess self-awareness and external cognition abilities like humans, but it can no longer make changes in the realm of spirit and soul like humans. This is why Lin Yi was able to capture its phenomenon of interfering with the spirit with matter and the soul with the body in the prototype world. At that time, he thought it was a benign mutation, but now it seems that it may not be.
Sacrificing spiritual possibilities for infinite material possibilities... Lin Yi couldn't define whether this behavior was right or wrong, but he was certain that he couldn't walk this path at all, even if he were willing to gouge out his left eye and cut off his right hand.
Once you step into the forbidden zone of life, there is no option to retreat.
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Soul Leap: Chapter 359 Soul Leap (End)
After giving up the idea of using the mutated prototype virus to solve his own problems, Lin Yi did not give up observing the "carrier" but instead continued to increase the time and energy he invested.
After all, in addition to the emphasis and sacrifice of material and spiritual aspects, there is a huge breakthrough in the "carrier" that cannot be ignored.
—It has no "forbidden zones".
"Every human being has 'forbidden zones.' Just as humans, as carbon-based life forms, can't compete with the hardness of silicon-based Transformers no matter how much they evolve, even if viral mutations are applied externally, these innate genes still influence and restrict human development. It's absolutely impossible to explain this simply by giving up a possibility of the soul."
Completely absorbed in observing and studying the "carrier," Lin Yi forgot about the passage of time outside. The operation of the main god space and the progress of the "fusion" were completely forgotten. Only the information constantly being recorded in his mind and the increasingly detailed data...
Such days continued until one day.
[Fragment fusion complete]
[Detecting the host's current status...]
[Abnormal soul fluctuations detected, determined to be a deformity/mutation, intervention procedure initiated...]
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[Soul interference failed. Please grant access, host!]
[Soul interference failed. Please grant access, host!]
[Soul interference failed. Please grant access, host!]
The cold, mechanical voice that kept repeating in his mind and his frantically running thoughts were like two unrelated entities. Lin Yi didn't notice the existence of the main god as it kept repeating itself, but poured himself into this "puzzle" in an almost frenzied manner.
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What caused the "carrier" to lose human limitations and become what it is today?
It was obviously a virus, and a "prototype virus" created by Lin Yi himself. But a virus alone was not enough. After all, he himself, who was also infected with the virus, had already stepped into the "forbidden zone," unable to move forward and with his retreat blocked. There was no reason why it wouldn't be the same for another human being.
Even if Lin Yi's own exceptional nature is the reason for the "forbidden zone," how do we explain the reincarnators in the God Space who are also infected with the "prototype virus"? Why do they experience the same situation as Lin Yi in the past?
In any case, the existence of the "vessel" is even stranger than Lin Yi and those reincarnators, and what Lin Yi needs to do is find out the root of this strangeness.
"The virus is merely a medium, not an inevitable cause."
Flipping through memories that had been repeated countless times in his mind, Lin Yi did his best to search for any possible information. It was at this moment that Lin Yi discovered the true function of the "Akasha Records".
Unlike the vague prototype virus world, among the dozen or so worlds he had personally experienced, only the Type-Moon world and the GEASS world could recall every detail without missing a single one—down to the outrageous level of detail down to every single pebble at his feet. Even as he flipped through these "records," the throbbing pain in his mind did nothing to stop Lin Yi's fervent emotions.
Unfortunately, the "carrier" was discovered in the prototype world, but Lin Yi did not obtain the "Akasha Record" of the prototype world, and he did not even know if it existed. Naturally, there was no way to steal it. At this time, he completely forgot that his soul, which was in a state of "saturation", could no longer contain even a trace of information, let alone the "record" of another entire world.
Undeterred by losing one direction, Lin Yi immediately turned to exploring a second one.
"Going back to the beginning... The two main factors that determine a person's humanity are biological and spiritual. Biologically, the 'carrier' is no different from humans; it is just a primate that was infected with the prototype virus. So the main reason that led it to become what it is today is still spiritual."
Sensing the experimental subject inside the vacuum vessel, Lin Yi was driven by some intuition to take action—
Suppressing the excruciating pain that seemed to tear at his soul, he opened his left eye and looked at the "vessel" through this blind eye. Naturally, the abilities of the Eye of Origin were completely unusable, and even the vortex in his eye that led directly to the "Origin" had stopped. However, this eye could still play a little role at this moment.
When one's damaged soul is exposed to the "vessel" through the left eye, the "soul" belonging to the vessel is also exposed to the left eye. Thus, the two incompatible souls begin to observe each other from a distance of less than thirty centimeters...
—He died, but it still lives.
The former "he" was James Heller, whose independent consciousness was erased by the world's will when he left the original world. The latter "it" is this body that has lost its independent consciousness. Even without the soul that can control this body, it is still alive, able to devour and assimilate, able to mutate and evolve. It can do everything that James Heller could do, and even... everything that he, a "human", could not do.
In that instant, all the fog was lifted, and before the broken soul, Lin Yi saw not a "human," but a non-human being.
"Ha...haha...hahaha...this is truly—"
A profound sense of irony washed over me. After such a long pursuit of the truth, and so many seemingly plausible detours, it all turned out to be nothing more than my own escapist mentality at play.
"Wasn't this obvious from the beginning?"
Opening his other eye, the emptiness he saw gradually dissipated and shattered: "'Forbidden Zones' belong to everyone, but if someone isn't human, where do these genetic restrictions come from, and where do these forbidden zones of life come from?"
In the worldview of viruses, matter determines consciousness, and thus people are limited by matter.
In the Reiki worldview, consciousness determines matter, and thus people are limited by their consciousness.
These phenomena do not arise to lead people to determine whether matter or consciousness takes precedence, because for humans, matter and consciousness are generally no different, only manipulated and controlled by activity.
As for the truth, it has been laid bare from the very beginning.
"Everyone who is human will be subject to restrictions."
Limited by material constraints, the human body has insurmountable "forbidden zones".
Because of the limitations imposed by consciousness, the human soul exists at an insurmountable "saturation point".
The solution, however, has always been right in front of them.
"Lord God."
Gazing at this ever-present emptiness—the inevitable punishment for those who dared to step into the realm of the inhuman—Lin Yi smiled: "I'm not human anymore."
[…Soul leap, activated]
Crossing the Boundaries of Faith: Chapter 360 The Highly Active World
Magical world.
As a race with high development potential, the humans of this world are not as insignificant as Lin Yi imagined. Even when facing orcs with strong bodies, elves with high magical affinity, and even dragons who are almost invincible, the humans of this world still survive tenaciously.
That being said, when facing powerful races like dragons, people inevitably have to make sacrifices. No matter what race, once the number of sacrifices exceeds a certain level, it becomes unbearable. Rather than making more sacrifices, people will subconsciously seek other "ways" to solve the problem without making more sacrifices... The legend of the gods was born in this context.
Middle-earth.
On the desolate plain, there is an ancient altar. Judging from its layout, it was probably a place used by people in ancient times to worship gods and pray for blessings. However, it has long been abandoned due to long-term disuse. Through the few remaining traces, one can vaguely glimpse the shadow of its former glory.
However, that's all there is to it. Neither subjective needs nor objective conditions allow people to recreate the scenes of the Middle Ages in this place. It seems that the only fate for this place is to gradually disappear with the passage of time... if no "accident" happens.
Thunder rumbled across the boundless clear sky, and the blazing light illuminated the entire plain in a white expanse before quickly disappearing without a trace. After a while, a figure rose from the almost ruined altar.
"Lord God, how is the situation?"
[The integrity of the spiritual energy system transmission is 11.84%, the integrity of the magic system transmission is 74.21%, the integrity of the fire seed system transmission is 51.94%... The overall integrity of the main transmission is 55.14%]
Clenching his fist and feeling the realism of this "body," Lin Yi exhaled: "It feels like an 'external avatar'?"
[Incorrect judgment. This fragment is a non-fictional concept segmented by the host based on their own genes, energy, and spirit, and possesses highly compressed information properties.]
Raising an eyebrow slightly, he looked around and asked, "So, what should I call you?"
[Information]
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This is definitely not a simple world. This is something that can be felt directly by the "information body" standing here, without even needing a reminder from the main god.
If the active energy in a low-activity world is equivalent to carbon dioxide in the air (0.03%), then the active energy in this world is roughly equivalent to nitrogen in the air (78%). The two are completely incomparable. Even just standing here without doing anything gives one a suffocating feeling of being swallowed by the active energy. One can imagine what kind of "unscientific" existence would arise in such a world. Judging from the active world ability of the main god, only the spiritual world that was once invaded by the Immortal Execution Sword and whose Three Realms have not been broken can compare to this world. In other words...
"A highly active world".
He opened his palm, and a wisp of flame was ignited in the air above his palm by the pull of the "root". However, after coming into contact with the active energy that permeated the air, it suddenly expanded more than tenfold, and even showed a tendency to turn blue: "Interesting."
In other words, the resolution is not high enough. If the rules system of the original Type-Moon world were directly applied to this world, the range of any "Unique Marble" would probably be calculated in the hundreds of miles. However, this would be somewhat similar to the so-called "domain".
After pondering for a moment and finishing his magic trick, Lin Yi was about to leave in the direction of life when he suddenly stopped and looked up at the distant sky—
This world, where industry doesn't yet exist and is unlikely to develop any concept of industry, obviously wouldn't experience the kind of air pollution seen in the origin world, and the boundless sky would naturally display a deep blue hue. But at this moment, a rather discordant black dot appeared on that blue expanse at the edge of the horizon, and if I'm not mistaken, it was approaching this place at an extremely rapid speed?