Ripples were still spreading out of the hundreds of liquid metal puppets. They were breathing like living people.
It was especially so on their oval 'heads'. The ripples were squeezing together, and their facial organs seemed to be taking shape, turning them into people who were deep in thought.
The members of the daring team were all stunned by the weird scene. For a moment, they did not know what to do with the liquid metal puppets.
Li Yao's heart was even more agitated. He was greatly stimulated.
The appearance of the liquid metal puppets was exactly the same as Professor Mo Xuan's life form right now.
He knew that Professor Mo Xuan had been experimenting with liquid metals as' artificial bodies' since a hundred years ago. He did not know that he had partly succeeded.
But there was no telling whether the liquid metal puppets were actually living souls or pure artificial intelligence. Or perhaps … they were part of Professor Mo Xuan's' body '!
"Drop your weapons. Stop fighting."
Transparent holes appeared on the big, oval faces of the hundreds of liquid metal puppets at the same time, from which the same voice was echoing. It was Professor Mo Xuan's voice, which was full of sorrow, pain, and desperation but also deep excitement and longing. "Enough blood has been shed in the cold space. We are all doing this for the Xing Yao Federation and the civilization of mankind. I do not want to hurt anyone. So, drop your weapons!"
The hundreds of liquid metal puppets uttered the same voice, which was humming in the White Silver World.
It was obviously Professor Mo Xuan's voice, but when hundreds of them overlapped, it sounded twisted, deep, and weird, like some sort of … devil!
Li Yao and Long Yangjun looked at each other and bellowed, "Who are you exactly? Professor Mo Xuan or the extraterrestrial devil?"
"What's the difference?"
Self-mocking chuckles echoed from the holes on the heads of the hundreds of liquid metal puppets at the same time. "Besides, even if I say that I am 'just' Professor Mo Xuan, will you believe me? Is there any way to prove it?
"Therefore, it doesn't matter.
"But you, the experts from … the Ancient Sages Sector, are truly interesting. How did you sense the existence of the extraterrestrial devil, huh?"
His words indirectly admitted his identity as an 'extraterrestrial devil', which raised a lot of whispers among the members of the daring team.
It was not until this moment that they finally confirmed that they were not wrong to disobey orders and leave their post without permission.
However, if the extraterrestrial devils did exist and corrupted the most critical hub of the Spiritual Nexus to such an extent, the future of the Federation was still uncertain!
Li Yao was slightly dazed. Then, he realized that his and Long Yangjun's' first real identity 'was not a secret at all. Even if Professor Mo Xuan's spies were not in the crowd, with his identity as one of the best masters of refining in the Federation, it would not have been difficult for him to implant some eavesdropping chips into someone's Crystal Suit.
Besides, Yan Liren, Master Bitter Cicada, and the rest of them had been misled by Professor Mo Xuan and teleported to an unknown place. It was possible that they had been ambushed by Professor Mo Xuan. It was not strange that their real identities were exposed.
At this moment, Luo Qisheng roared, "Professor Mo Xuan, is it really you? How is it possible? The Professor Mo Xuan that I know is a great hero of the Federation. He has saved the Federation multiple times and made great contributions for the development of the new Federation to this day! But right now, you have conspired with the Black Wind Fleet, controlled all the leadership of Hundred Flowers City, and hacked the hub of the Spiritual Nexus. What do you want exactly? "
"Conspired with the Black Wind Fleet?"
The holes on the faces of the hundreds of liquid metal puppets shivered at the same time, as if they were amused. Their cone-shaped limbs that looked like sharp thorns were shaking softly. "No, you are mistaken. From the beginning to the end, I have been a proud Cultivator of the Xing Yao Federation. I have never conspired with the Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium of True Human Beings.
"I'm sure you've all heard about the recent turmoil in the capital space zone. But everything you know is fake. It was a plan directed and performed by Jin Xinyue herself. She was going to destroy everything with her.
"However, the commander-in-chief of the expedition army of the Imperium is certainly not a reckless man. Also, the information that he has grasped is a hundred times more than what you have. Jin Xinyue's delicate and fragile plan alone is not enough to fool him at all. No matter how delicious the 'bait' looks, the Black Wind Fleet will not bite it.
"The Federation cannot afford any delay. We cannot bear the consequences of a protracted war that lasts decades. Therefore, everything that I have done is based on Jin Xinyue's plan and a minor 'completion'.
"I hate war, but in any case, I have to help the Federation win the war first. Also, I want it to be the last war of the Xing Yao Federation, or at least the last traditional war!
"From now on, absolute peace will come to everybody in the Federation. Even if we have to wage a war against the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Alliance of the Holy Covenant in the future and spread the ideology of 'absolute peace' to them, it will be a war that is entirely different from the one right now. A war that is easy, clean, and painless. A war that is like a game!"
The voices of the liquid metal puppets that were surging out of the transparent holes became high-pitched, like metal tornadoes that were sweeping across the area!
"You!"
Luo Qisheng exclaimed in shock. "Is what they said true? Are you really doing clandestine things deep inside Deep Blue Super Brain Hospital? Think about it. You want to lock everybody into the virtual world. You want to transform all human beings into 'Spiriters'! "
"A real Cultivator is never scared of expressing his ideas."
Professor Mo Xuan said casually, "I have been repeating my ideas for decades. I have published more than a hundred monographs and papers, and I have held countless seminars. Is it a 'shocking secret'?"
"But — but we all thought that you were talking about the things that would happen millions of years later!"
Luo Qisheng roared. "We didn't know that you were so crazy. We didn't know that the renowned Professor Mo Xuan would be involved in such stealthy deals in secret, either!"
"There is no need to hide the ideas of a Cultivator, but the methods to implement the ideas are ever-changing. Nothing is too deceitful in war."
Professor Mo Xuan continued unhurriedly. "It is exactly because I have taken too big a step forward that I am too far ahead of my time that I am bound to be swallowed by the time.
"In the hundred thousand years of history of the civilization of mankind, how many people who were far ahead of their time were minced into pieces and burned at the stake? One step ahead of their time is a hero, two steps ahead is a genius, and three steps ahead is a lunatic. But what about a hundred steps ahead of their time? They will be out-and-out devils!
"I am a man who has been reborn in the first place. What's scary about death? I am not scared of being minced into pieces or burned at the stake. I am certainly not scared of being called a lunatic or a devil.
"However, now that I know that my ideas are correct, I will carry out the idea of 'absolute peace' until I am minced into pieces, burned in flames, and annihilated as a 'lunatic' or a 'devil'. Nobody can … stop me!"
Silver ripples were spreading out from the hundreds of liquid metal puppets again, like Professor Mo Xuan's burning belief.
"Professor Mo Xuan!"
Li Yao could not help but exclaim, "When you showed me the Spiriters' Realm, didn't you say yourself that evolution was not something that could be accomplished overnight but that it would take hundreds of thousands of years or even millions of years? Even though the future of the highly-evolved civilization seemed wonderful, it would only bring disasters if a civilization leaped across millions of years of evolution in only one moment, right?"
"Yes. You're absolutely right. I did say that."
Professor Mo Xuan sighed softly. The holes on the faces of every liquid metal puppet were twisted, as if they were in pain. "After decades of research and exploration, I know the logic better than you do. So, there's no need for you to say anything.
"But … but … but …"
"I am a human being after all, not a cold crystal processor. How can I, how can I, simply hide in my library and do my theoretical studies calmly and rationally while my compatriots live in agony in the flames of war? How can I, how can I, simply hide in my library and do my theoretical studies calmly and rationally while waiting for the arrival of the bright future in thousands of years' time?
"Although the odds of success are only one percent, I still want to try and let the bright future arrive right now. Even if I have to pay everything, even if my reputation is ruined, I have fulfilled my responsibility as a Cultivator and as a human being for my own civilization, haven't I?"
Li Yao cursed in his heart. He didn't know what to say.
"Stop wasting time on him. He must be stalling for time!"
Luo Qisheng roared, "Lock onto him and prepare to shoot!"
"Kacha kacha, kacha kacha!"
All the crystal cannons and storm bolters were activated to the maximal damage mode. Colorful, fatal light balls expanded out of the barrels.
Professor Mo Xuan's hundreds of liquid metal clones stared at the crystal cannons and storm bolters that had locked onto him in silence. He smiled casually and said, "There's no need for me to stall for time because … time is up.
"Also, if you have to shoot, I suggest that you aim well. Because this is the information exchange and processing center of the grand-unified Spiritual Nexus, I have hacked all the super crystal processors here. They are all extremely precise and vulnerable.
"If you open fire in this place, especially when the two Colossi are on a killing spree as they did outside, it will be very easy for the hubs of the Spiritual Nexus to be destroyed.
"Once the processing center of the Spiritual Nexus in Hundred Flowers City at the center of the seven Sectors is seriously sabotaged, although the entire grand-unified Spiritual Nexus will not be paralyzed, the speed of the Spiritual Nexus will drop by at least 30%, and it will be vulnerable to interference and intrusion. Information transmission and space jumps will be greatly affected.
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