Boss Bai's body was extremely thin and small, but the aura that burst out of the thin body and the ambition that could melt the sun were so wild that even A Boxing Champion's ninety-nine iron clones were forced to take a step back by Boss Bai's aggressive, scorching airwaves.
"Boss Bai, I've sensed that your brainwaves are in an extremely unstable state."
A Boxing Champion said, "It's almost like — almost like you're mentally deranged every second, but you've managed to control the mental derangement, or rather, you've been used to the mental derangement. Is this the source of your strength and the reason why you're far above the common Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators? Unbelievable! Crazy!"
"Maybe. Maybe I've been mentally deranged since a long, long time ago, and I've been crazy to this day, and I'll continue to be crazy."
Boss Bai took a deep breath and enjoyed the state of madness. "If I weren't crazy, I could've stayed in my hometown and lived a comfortable life with plenty of children and grandchildren. But for a real space pirate, is such a boring life any different from a walking corpse?
"Now that we have made the step to the center of the cosmos, we naturally have to pursue the craziest dreams, fight the most unbelievable enemies, and explore the places that nobody would, dared, and could explore billions of years ago and billions of years later!
"A Boxing Champion, join me. I'm told that the 'path' you pursue is to be the strongest in the universe, but there are still universes beyond the universe. Even if you become the dominator of the three thousand Sectors, you will still have to flee and be obliterated under the scourge of the destructive torrents of the Great Cataclysm. How can you be the strongest in that case?
"Come with me to conquer the world of magic and the four-dimensional space. Kill all the scumbags in the four-dimensional space. That will be the real 'strongest in the universe'!"
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep! Beep! A Boxing Champion's ninety-nine iron clones were caught in thinking beyond their limits. Thinking for a long time, they said in a daze, "Your proposal sounds reasonable, but Li Yao said …"
"Don't bother about what Li Yao said. What does the cowardly, benevolent, and shortsighted primary school kid know? Whoever teams up with him will only be killed by him."
Boss Bai interrupted A Boxing Champion and hugged one of A Boxing Champion's iron clones. He said, "It's better to follow me. Look at the Blue Sky Market and the starships that we just conquered. Don't you think so?"
A Boxing Champion was confused by Boss Bai's sudden hug. he thought carefully for a moment, he said hesitantly, "You really don't mind that I'm … not a human being?"
"Human? Hahahaha. You are not a human being, but who is a real human being? "
Boss Bai laughed and hugged A Boxing Champion's iron body even more tightly. "Ever since our spiritual roots are awakened and our evolution is accelerated, we have been developing from 'human beings' to 'superhumans' and even 'inhuman'. The more we train ourselves, the farther we are from the concept of 'human being' in the narrow sense.
"Can you split a mountain and avoid fire and water? Are you a human being?
"Can you unleash electric arcs from your pores and resist the heat of thousands of degrees with your fleshly body? Are you a human being?
"Can you leave your body and rush thousands of kilometers away in the blink of an eye? Are you a human being?
"Well, since we are brothers, it doesn't matter if I tell you a little secret. Say, after a Cultivator dies, his soul splits into five hundred mice, and the five hundred mice kill and swallow each other, but they also mate and reproduce. After a hundred years of separation and recombination, the remaining soul that evolves into eventually melts with the remaining soul of another Cultivator and gives birth to a brand-new 'human being'. Is he a f * cking human being, a ghost that has possessed his body, or a mouse that has turned into a demon? Hahahaha. Who can tell the difference? Hahahahaha! "
A Boxing Champion was deeply confused. He realized that his computational ability was always overdrawn in front of Boss Bai. "Five hundred mice turned into human beings. Well …"
"Therefore, I don't want to be bothered by the question of whether or not I am a human being. I don't care about other people's opinions and definitions at all. Right or wrong, right or wrong, black or white, 'human' or 'inhuman'. Who is qualified to judge such things on my behalf?"
Looking at A Boxing Champion's crystal cameras, Boss Bai looked rather crazy, but his eyes were extremely clear. "Your background is not important. How other people view, evaluate, and define you is just bullsh * t. Whether or not you are a human being depends on what you do right now and every second in the future. You will define yourself with everything you do in your entire life. You will not find the real answer until the day of your death and destruction in the end. That is the so-called final conclusion."
A Boxing Champion was silent for a moment. Then he said, "I think I get it now."
"No, you don't. I don't either."
Boss Bai let go of A Boxing Champion. With his hands behind his back, facing the artificial sea breeze, he said casually, "What is a human being exactly? What kind of person am I going to be? How can such questions be answered so easily? Every time we think that we have figured it out, we are only entering greater unknowns, and we are faced with more puzzles and choices.
"Only by training, fighting, and discarding the false as the truth until the last moment of one's life can one know whether or not one is a 'real human being' and what kind of person one is, right? Haha. This is probably 'Cultivation'. This is the meaning of Cultivation.
"Ah, speaking of which, I am truly looking forward to my ultimate death and destruction. For a real space pirate, the best ending is to fall on the battlefield of the eleventh dimension in exhaustion after conquering the wizardly world, sweeping across the four-dimensional space, and overturning the heroes and tyrants in the fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth dimensions.
"Many cosmologists speculate that, even if the higher-dimensional universe does exist, the eleventh dimension is already the limit. Then, this is the best ending that a bug in the three-dimensional universe can have. It feels so good just thinking about it!
"A Boxing Champion, join hands with me. We will cultivate our true selves and find our endings together. Let's embrace survival and destruction. Let's define whether or not you are a human being with your iron fists!"
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
The ninety-nine clones that made up A Boxing Champion's body exploded one after another. The iron skull seemed to be having a fireworks show. Then, the clones fell on their backs one after another.
In the end, the only thing left was the body that Boss Bai hugged just now, which was still shining and carrying A Boxing Champion's burning … soul!
"I seem to have been convinced by you."
A Boxing Champion's previously indifferent voice was now mixed with emotional ripples.
"Hahahaha. I knew that you were the most suitable partner for me!"
Boss Bai laughed crazily. "If a fleet is commanded by the two of us, what world can't we sweep? What treasures can't we loot? What enemies can't we suppress?"
"However, that's all for the future."
A Boxing Champion said, "You may be a daydreamer who is obsessed with daydreaming, but I'm more concerned about the details and practical work of every screw and every rivet. The world of magic and the four-dimensional space are too far away. If our medium-term goal is to establish the most powerful fleet in the world of Cultivators to cross the desolate and boundless' black wall 'beyond the three thousand Sectors, our short-term' small goal 'will be to crush the main-force fleet of the Imperium and the Holy League and get their super warships, resources, and, of course, the most excellent and ambitious talents.
"If we dissect the 'small goal', the swirling chaos in the Imperium right now is a problem that we have to resolve.
"Even though we are commanded by two … monsters, our foundation is too shallow and we are too weak right now. Neither the reformists nor the four families are behemoths that we can compete with head-on. We have to take it slow."
"That's not a big deal."
Boss Bai immediately turned from a fanatical daydreamer into a ruthless schemer. He sneered, "Li Wuji is a spineless dog. He will certainly bend to our will. Then, the National Protection Army will be able to wear the skin for a while longer. When the battle of Seven Seas begins, when the reformists and the four families are at war, we will take advantage of the situation and take advantage of them.
"It doesn't matter even if the reformists and the four families really have a winner. I don't think that the Holy League will vanish so easily. There will definitely be a war between the Holy League and the Imperium. Then, we will continue to do what we did and swallow more defeated fleets to expand our strength!
"We can discuss the subsequent details later. The most important thing right now is to integrate the resources in the Blue Sky Market. After swallowing twenty-eight pirate gangs and Li Wuji's entire fleet, we are truly suffering from indigestion. All the starships are ragged. It will take at least a month or two for them to recover their combat ability. It is safe to say that we are at our weakest right now. We are like boas that cannot move at all after swallowing an elephant that has not been digested yet.
"But it doesn't matter. Li Wuji is in our hands. As long as he sends a message back to his hometown, we will take a good rest here in the name of the National Protection Army. Nobody knows the truth at all, and nobody will come to disturb us. In only one month, we will recover and be ten times stronger than before!
"I've taken all the details into consideration. Every procedure is absolutely flawless. A Boxing Champion, you analyzed it, didn't you?"
"Yes."
A Boxing Champion said, "I also performed a thorough analysis with my most powerful network of crystal processors. The four families have entrusted the battle of the Blue Sky Market to Li Wuji, and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors is busy defending the Seven Seas Grand Market, their nest. Therefore, as long as Li Wuji is willing to yield, there will be absolutely no problem. Nobody will disturb our digestion and upgrade."
"Okay …"
Receiving A Boxing Champion's approval, Boss Bai nodded confidently and laughed aloud again.
Right then, his wrist crystal processor buzzed softly. He turned it on, only to discover that it was a subordinate who was panicking.
"Didn't I tell you that I was going to practice with A Boxing Champion here and that you should not disturb us whatever you hear?"
Frowning, Boss Bai looked at his subordinate's cramping face and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong? Did the captives go on a riot?"
"No, not at all."
His subordinate shrieked, "We just received a distress signal from the edge of the Blue Sky Space Zone. It's … It's very weird!"
"A weird distress signal?"
Boss Bai and A Boxing Champion were slightly dazed. Looking at each other in bewilderment, Boss Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Transfer it to my portable crystal processor. What scared you so much?"
His subordinate swallowed hard and immediately transferred the processed signal over.
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