Bulging its eyes, the mental devil exclaimed, "Yes. In such a case, everything matches up. It also explains why Long Yangjun did not remember her previous life. Perhaps, according to the standard procedure, tremendous memories would have been poured into her head after the embryo was grown, condensing into a clear self-awareness and the complicated knowledge system of the Nuwa Clan. But because of the unexpected crisis, she was launched in a hurry. Therefore, only half of the work was done. She was only implanted with some fuzzy memory pieces."
"Then, our target right now is very clear."
Li Yao was deep in thought. "Now that the first mystery has been solved, we only need to figure out what exactly happened on the Nuwa warship a hundred years ago, which will prove whether or not our speculation is correct."
"It can't be as simple as being invaded by two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators," the mental devil speculated.
"Legends about the Nuwa warship have been spreading in the Ancient Sages Sector for tens of thousands of years. It was regarded as a divine palace by the locals of this Sector, and magical equipment such as the Thousand Stars Tray and the map core were left behind. It is obvious that somebody entered the warship a long time ago and did not trigger a series of reactions at that time. It means that, according to the judgment of the Nuwa warship, it was not a big problem for some locals to enter the warship, and the safety of itself and the embryo would not be threatened. It is just like the automatic defense system of the round silver ball. Didn't it give up attacking you after it tested you and confirmed that you were a real human being?
"If it did not want to be invaded, it could have switched to another Grand Illusionary Land to test whether or not you were one of the original crew members. As long as you were not, it would have killed you instantly without distinguishing between right and wrong."
Li Yao felt that …
The mental devil did have a point.
It seemed that Emperor Phoenix was not the only target that he needed to be wary of. The Nuwa warship itself might be hiding something very wrong. What happened a hundred years ago could not have been as simple as being invaded by two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators.
What should he do next?
The mysteries of Long Yangjun's birth and why she planned everything had basically been figured out. Although she must have kept something to herself, her confession was still highly credible.
Was it possible for him to cooperate with Long Yangjun?
"I still feel that something is not right about her," the mental devil said worriedly.
The mental devil said worriedly. "It's strange. My intuition tells me that what she said just now should be true without much distortion. But my intuition also tells me that she is dangerous. Extremely dangerous." "That's right.
"Why?"
Li Yao said thoughtfully, "If Long Yangjun is the reverse offspring or clone of one of the core crew members on the Nuwa warship hundreds of thousands of years ago, she should be on our side. Didn't the Nuwa Clan was helping human beings to resist the Pangu's tyranny?
"Also, judging from Long Yangjun's body size, she is significantly different from the tall, snake-bodied Nuwa Clan members that we discovered on Kunlun. She should still be a human being. Although she can secrete weird crystal armor from her body and change between male and female forms freely, it is very likely that she is a special troop class that has been modified by the genes of the Nuwa Clan, just like Lei Zhenzi's troops. Getting to the bottom of it, she is still a human being. So, she is definitely on our side.
"We are here to look for allies to resist the Imperium of True Human Beings together. If Long Yangjun is truly a human warrior who has been modified and tutored by the Nuwa Clan hundreds of thousands of years ago, she will be a priceless treasure for the Federation.
"Also, the bridge of this Nuwa warship is so weird that it is not something that we can activate and control on our own. She is the key to everything. How can we get the warship without cooperating with her?"
"In the end …"
Li Yao smiled bitterly. "Even if I don't want to cooperate with her, what can I do? I can't kill her at all. Are we going to stay in a stalemate and die of old age in this place?"
Li Yao's words were not entirely unreasonable, but the mental devil simply ignored them. Suddenly, it bulged its eyes and said, "I know where my uneasiness comes from. Even if your speculations are correct and Long Yangjun is truly an elite warrior raised by the Nuwa Clan, and the Nuwa Clan is indeed on the side of human beings and sincerely helping us overthrow the tyranny of the Pangu, it does not mean that Long Yangjun has to cooperate with the Federation.
"The key is who we are."
Li Yao was dazed. "Who are we?"
"Exactly."
The mental devil said solemnly, "Let's make it simpler and more straightforward. If the standpoint of the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan is whether or not they support human beings to have feelings and self-awareness, and if the former regards human beings as puppets and tools and binds human beings with the Three Fundamental Laws, then all human beings who have feelings and self-awareness are the allies of the Nuwa Clan. They are all us, right?"
Li Yao thought for a moment. "Probably. So what?"
"So what? Don't you understand?"
The mental devil raised its voice and said, "If that is the case, Long Yangjun, the elite warrior raised by the Nuwa Clan, will certainly hate the Alliance of the Holy Covenant and be willing to fight against the Holy League and the Pangu side by side with us. But why does she have to choose the Federation? The Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium of True Human Beings boast self-awareness and feelings, too. Even the humblest slaves under the governance of the Imperium will only be tortured and killed by the Imperium, but it will never deprive them of their feelings and self-awareness."
Li Yao was completely dazed.
"Therefore, the Xing Yao Federation and the Imperium of True Human Beings are in fact both us and the rightful heirs of the spirit of the Nuwa Clan."
The mental devil shook its head and said, "What makes you think that only the Federation is worth cooperating with in Long Yangjun's eyes? Chances are that she will appreciate the system of the Imperium more."
"Are you kidding me?"
Li Yao thought for a moment but still found it hard to believe. "Will the elite warriors of the Nuwa Clan agree with the tyranny of the Imperium that is close to slavery?"
"How do you know that they won't?"
The mental devil sneered. "We have excavated few relics about the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan. A tiny Kunlun is far from enough to depict the civilization and social structure of the primeval era hundreds of thousands of years ago. We don't know what kind of political system they adopted, either. You don't think that the Nuwa Clan is a mess like harmony, equality, democracy, freedom, and so on, do you?"
"Well …"
Li Yao was rendered speechless again.
The mental devil's concerns did have a point.
From the perspective of modern human beings, the Pangu Clan was indeed 'bad', but it did not mean that the Nuwa Clan was necessarily 'good'.
In the collisions and competitions of different civilizations, 'good' and 'bad' were naïve concepts in the first place.
Perhaps everybody had different moral judgment systems. Many reasons that were 'correct' in the eyes of the Nuwa Clan and Long Yangjun were treacherous in the eyes of Li Yao and the Federation.
However, after much consideration, Li Yao still believed that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages if he could reach an agreement with Long Yangjun.
There were no risk-free deals in the world after all. If he had to make sure that every ally was absolutely fine before he talked about cooperation, it would be impossible to find any ally at all, not to mention such a strong ally like Long Yangjun.
Most importantly of all, under normal circumstances, the odds of the Federation winning against the Imperium were extremely low, perhaps not even 10%.
In a game where the outcome of a game could be predicted, the potential winner would always try to eliminate all the interferences, even those that might increase his odds of winning.
It was because he was sure to win without any variables.
As the potential loser, in order to reverse the situation, he had to introduce as many variables as possible, even if they were extremely dangerous.
Even if he did not introduce any variables, his failure and destruction were highly probable.
Therefore, even though Long Yangjun might waver between the Federation and the Imperium and introduce the 'uncertain factor', it would still be in the Federation's favor.
"I'm not objecting to cooperating with Long Yangjun."
The mental devil immediately saw through Li Yao's thoughts. It said gloomily, "Right now, other than Long Yangjun, there are still Emperor Phoenix and the mysterious forces that are even more deeply hidden. It is indeed difficult to resolve the dilemma without cooperating with her.
"I'm just saying that even if we're going to cooperate with this shemale whose pants we don't know what she's hiding, we have to be extremely vigilant. Don't believe every word she says, and don't be hasty to expose all our trump cards."
"Of course."
Li Yao spat on the ground. "If I were so stupid, I would've been swallowed by you a long time ago. She wouldn't have had a chance at all."
Calming himself down, Li Yao looked at Long Yangjun again, only to run into Long Yangjun's eyes, who was deep in thought.
The two of them looked at each other in midair, but no sparks of hostility burst out.
"Fellow Cultivator Long."
Li Yao coughed and changed the way he addressed her. "Right now, you and I have exchanged tremendous intelligence and grasped a lot of each other's secrets. It seems that it will be difficult for us to maintain the status quo of going our separate ways. Right now, we only have two choices. We can either unleash all our methods and fight each other to the death, or we can die together, or only one of us can leave this place in the most weakened and heavily wounded state.
"Or, we can only upgrade our cooperation and become more closely entangled with each other. We can tie each other's interests and plans tightly and gradually merge into one. We can truly live and die together and depend on each other for good and bad."
"Look, we have almost figured out the mysteries of your birth by merely exchanging some information just now. It means that our cooperation will definitely bring us great benefits."
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