[Please recruit your required team mbers as soon as possible.]
A system prompt sounded.
With practiced ease, Qin Feng opened the Fearless Warband’s internal recruitnt channel and imdiately posted the mission he had just accepted.
At the sa ti, he also set the minimum standard for applications.
—Vitality Index: no lower than 1,500 points.
Having done all this, Qin Feng leisurely leaned back in his chair and waited quietly.
He was confident that with the mission’s generous rewards, it wouldn’t be long before suitable, powerful teammates started applying.
The mission was posted, but Qin Feng didn’t remain idle. As he waited for suitable teammates to apply, he found himself growing curious about the mission he had just accepted.
’Primordial Acupoint...’
He silently mulled over the word.
He knew that when a Martial Artist of the Acupoint Opening Realm had opened all their Acupoints to Perfection, they could then attempt "Acupoint rging."
It was the process of rging the independent Acupoints through a profound thod, unifying them to ultimately form a stable and powerful Energy Core within the body.
This Energy Core was what was known as a Primordial Acupoint.
’But why would the Empire go to such great lengths to retrieve a Primordial Acupoint left behind by a fallen Martial Artist?’
’Could it have other uses?’
A flicker of doubt crossed Qin Feng’s mind, and he imdiately issued a command to his Intelligent Assistant.
"Hamr, look up information on ’Primordial Acupoint retrieval’."
He paused, then added another question.
"Also, if I were to unfortunately fall during a future mission, would my Primordial Acupoint also be retrieved by the Empire in the sa way?"
[Command received. Searching the Imperial Forum... Permissions confird... Searching...]
Hamr’s reply was almost instantaneous.
A stream of curated and summarized information quickly materialized before Qin Feng’s eyes.
[Regarding the significance of "Primordial Acupoint retrieval," there are two main points:]
[First, strategic value. For a Martial Artist who cultivates a Top-grade Acupoint Opening Technique and successfully rges their Acupoints, the Primordial Acupoint ford within their body possesses extrely high research and replication value.
If the Primordial Acupoint remains stable after the Martial Artist’s demise, through so stroke of luck, the Empire’s Supre Science Institute can use cutting-edge android technologies like "bio-cloning" and "Spiritual Energy grafting" to quickly replicate a Sixth-Level Soaring Martial Artist who also possesses that sa Primordial Acupoint.]
[Although this android would lack the original owner’s combat experience and Will, its fundantal hardware would be completely identical to the original’s.
With the infusion of the Empire’s vast resources, it would only take several hundred years for it to successfully break through the four great limiting thresholds of the vitality index and beco a true Planet-level Strongman, capable of roaming the Star Sea.]
[Second, humanitarian value.
The Empire’s Supre Science Institute possesses "mory upload" technology.
If, after a Martial Artist’s fall, the mory data stream stored in their brain can be promptly extracted and fully uploaded to the Subspace Network cloud, then combined with the android technology described in the first point, it is theoretically possible to achieve a "conceptual Rebirth" for that Martial Artist.]
Upon reading this, Qin Feng’s pupils constricted violently. A storm raged in his mind.
’Rebirth?’
’That word, sothing that only existed in myths and legends, could actually be made real by the Empire’s technology?’
"Hamr, are you sure?" he couldn’t help but ask. "It’s just a stored mory data stream. Can a replica, one with the exact sa mories and body, truly be equated to ’Rebirth’? Is it still the sa person?"
The question seed to touch on a deeper, more fundantal boundary of philosophy and techno-ethics.
Hamr, who was usually so fluent, experienced a rare lag that lasted for over ten seconds.
Qin Feng could clearly ’see’ it in the Subspace Network’s backend. His S-class Intelligent Assistant was using a staggering amount of processing power, frantically sifting through and cross-referencing oceanic volus of data. It was scouring the Empire’s various public and encrypted forums for topics like "soul," "consciousness," and "Rebirth."
Countless viewpoints, theories, and debates clashed violently within its data core.
After a long mont, Hamr finally replied. Its voice seed to hold a hint of uncertainty that wasn’t there before.
[Master, there is no standard answer to your question.]
[From a purely technical standpoint—in terms of "data streams," "atomic structure," and "Spiritual Energy structure"—the answer is yes. The Empire can achieve a 100% perfect replication. Neither the body nor the mories would have any difference from the original. On that level, it could be called "Rebirth."]
[However...]
There was a distinct shift in Hamr’s tone.
[From the perspective of higher dinsions, such as the "Spiritual Power Origin" or the "Subspace Soul Projection," a replica is ultimately just a replica.
It possesses everything the original had, except for their one-of-a-kind "soul."
So, from that perspective, it is not the sa person.]
[In summary, life remains precious. Death remains irreversible. At least, that is the case within the known bounds of current technology.]
After hearing Hamr’s nuanced explanation, Qin Feng slowly nodded. The shock in his heart gradually subsided.
’In the end, this so-called "Rebirth" was nothing more than a replica.’
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