"You already have a daughter?"
Of course, Mirel didn't take it seriously and chuckled, "Does that make her bargain-bin mom?"
Upon hearing this, Le Jia imdiately bowed deeply in Mirel's direction, "Le Jia greets Mother."
Li Zheng: "..."
Mirel: "..."
It was just a joke, but who would have thought that this Optimist Race girl would take it seriously. Mirel instantly lost interest and explained, "You've mistaken for soone else; he's not the Li Zheng you know."
"Li Zheng?" Le Jia was montarily confused upon hearing the na, "Isn't my father called Li Xiaoyao?"
"Ha?" Li Zheng was taken aback. What kind of strange settings did the Terminal give to those old clones? With such a well-known na, aren't they afraid of being sued for copyright infringent?
Well, they aren't on Earth anymore, so even if they wanted to sue, they couldn't reach him.
"Li Xiaoyao?" Mirel pondered for two seconds, "That sounds better than Li Zheng."
"..." Li Zheng was speechless, "Aren't you focusing on the wrong point?"
"But it really does sound better than your na."
"That's a na borrowed from the Terminal!"
"Even if it's borrowed, it sounds better than yours!"
"..." Li Zheng gave up, turning to Le Jia, "You can stand up. I'm really not the person you know. As for why I look just like him, it's because we are clones of the sa person."
"Clones?" Le Jia hesitated for a mont and then asked again, "Are you really not my father?"
"I'm really not..." Li Zheng said with a helpless smile, "I was cloned only a month ago, while you're so grown up. When you were born, I was probably just a concept..."
"But..." Le Jia couldn't believe it, "But why is your Spiritual Power as strong as Father's?"
"What?" Li Zheng instantly caught the keyword, his eyes focused, "Are you saying that my counterpart in the Wilderness also has very strong Spiritual Power? The kind that exceeds the basic level limit?"
Due to his Physique, Li Zheng couldn't fully unleash his Spiritual Power and could only operate slightly below his Physique strength. Although his Spiritual Power seed strong and unbeatable to others, it was only slightly higher than the maximum strength attainable in the Outer City.
However, with an unfathomable foundation, in terms of endurance, he could be the envy of all in the Outer City. When others had exhausted their Spiritual Power and had to rest and recover, he was just getting started.
"That's right. Father's Spiritual Power has taken a crucial step and exceeded its limits."
After confirming several tis that Li Zheng wasn't Li Xiaoyao, Le Jia relaxed sowhat, no longer tense all the ti.
Yet knowing that the man in front of her, who looked like her father, had equally unfathomable Spiritual Power, she remained in awe.
"How did he do it?" Li Zheng frowned. Based on all the information he had so far, there was only one way to breakthrough Spiritual Power, which was to condense a Spiritual Power Node to make room in the mind.
Just like a bottle of carbon dioxide compressed into a solid state would make room for more carbon dioxide.
The thod used in the Outer City forcibly increases the carbon dioxide quantity, squeezing it in limited space, purifying and concentrating it bit by bit.
It's a long and safe process, but with a very low upper limit.
The Energy intensity of those Magic Crystals is insufficient to compress Spiritual Power into nodes, at best akin to compressing carbon dioxide into a liquid state, making further storage difficult.
The thod Virtual invented is more aggressive and dangerous, compressing Spiritual Power autonomously to form a singularity collapse, eventually condensing into a Spiritual Power Node.
This thod is efficient and practical, with discernable progress, but its drawbacks are equally fatal.
If there is no guidance from predecessors or experience with the process in advance, unexpected events can easily occur during the collapse process, leading to a Spiritual Body collapse and ntal exhaustion.
Virtual relied on its unique existence to experint over countless years, finally exploring this path.
If an Outer City resident tries and fails the first ti, almost no one would pursue this "dood to fail" old way, and naturally, there'd be no discovering this seemingly simple breakthrough thod of condensing nodes.
But Virtual is an exception, not sothing everyone can successfully replicate. So how did the clone nad Li Xiaoyao in the Wilderness manage to break through the Spiritual Power limit?
"I also don't know." Le Jia shook her head, "But from as far back as I can rember, Father has been conducting various research related to Spiritual Power. Even I was a test tube baby, created by Father using the genetic information of the Optimist Race and Lop-Eared Tribe to study whether the Talent of the Optimist Race could be inherited through mixed race."
Saying this, Le Jia's expression dimd slightly recalling sothing, "There are many mixed-race children of the Optimist Race, but I'm the only one who successfully inherited the Talent. The siblings who failed were destroyed by Father because they had no use."
If it weren't for an accident at the research base that caused a breach in defenses, allowing her to escape, inadvertently entering a strange place and being discovered by the Optimist Race who then took her to the Outer City. Otherwise, she might still be lying on the operating table or imprisoned in a cage like a jail, ever fearful.
Or perhaps she might have died due to so research mishap.
In any event, she couldn't possibly live as freely and comfortably as she does now.
Every ti she recalls that once sunless life, her heart trembles with anxiety, fearing she might be recaptured one day to continue her fate as an experintal subject.
When she stayed in the research base, without any contact with the Outer World, her life didn't seem out of place to her.
But once she experienced the outside world and enjoyed the joy of freedom, she began to worry endlessly.
If I had never seen the light, I could endure the darkness.
Had I never been free, continuing such a life wouldn't seem wrong.
Yet nowadays, she doesn't want to return to her previous life anymore.
"So, my predecessor was a cruel and heartless guy." Li Zheng frowned in disgust, "He's really tarnished the na Li Xiaoyao!"
The na of a great Shu Mountain hero, committed to saving all beings, was being associated with a ruthless, cold-blooded, life-disregarding individual. It's a disgrace to the na Li Xiaoyao!
"Hmm!" Mirel didn't understand the aning of this na, but agreed with Li Zheng, "I now think your na sounds better!"
Li Zheng's scorn for Li Xiaoyao made Le Jia too afraid to speak up, as she crouched there with her head buried, like a terrified quail.
After a few insults, feeling bored, Li Zheng refocused his attention on Le Jia, "I called you here this ti to figure out exactly how to use the Talent of the Optimist Race."
The Talent of the Optimist Race is the nesis, the natural enemy of an Emotion Storm. If their Talent could be understood and spread, solving the Emotion Storm might beco effortless!
"Whatever you need, I'll cooperate fully!" Le Jia replied trembling.
She had experienced similar scenarios nurous tis at the research base, and when she heard Li Zheng wanted to study the Talent of the Optimist Race, unpleasant mories surged back.
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