The projection of Lu Qingchen's soul was even clearer and purer than his own. It was even more powerful than what Li Yao saw in the 'Fuxi space' last time.
Different from the confused mental devil a moment ago, he was not confused or hesitant at all. The moment he opened his eyes, the sharpest eyes beamed out.
The broken 'eggshell' slowly surrounded him and gradually shattered into a glittering mist. It seemed to have covered him in a brand-new armor, making his soul even more profound, unpredictable, and unpredictable.
Even though he saw that Li Yao, the mental devil, and Ding Ling Dong were eyeing him covetously, Lu Qingchen was not panicked or surprised at all. Instead, he smiled casually.
"Li Yao, the Blood Devil, and … Speaker Ding."
He bowed at the three of them and said, "Nice to meet you, especially Speaker Ding. We meet again."
"Lu Qingchen, what tricks are you up to this time?"
The flames of fury on Ding Lingdang's head turned into a raging fiery dragon in the virtual space. She bellowed, "Surrender obediently and come back with me to be tried by the federation. Otherwise, this will be the place where you die. I will blow up the last bit of your soul!"
"Speaker Ding, why are you wasting each other's time with such meaningless talk?"
With a smile, Lu Qingchen said casually, "You and Li Yao should be very clear that I would rather perish and be doomed than be judged by anyone or any deity.
"However, are you really sure that you have won, that the test is over, and that there are no unexpected factors, such as the Flood Tide?
"Compared to the Primeval Civilization or the Flood Tide, do you really think that I am a more dangerous enemy that must be destroyed at any cost, even if the cost is the destruction of the Xing Yao Federation and the civilization of mankind?"
"Well …"
Ding Ling Dong was lost for words for a moment.
Li Yao's attitude towards Lu Qingchen was also very complicated.
From the perspective of justice and law, at least eighty million people had been directly or indirectly killed by Lu Qingchen. Putting aside the fact that Lu Qingchen intentionally introduced the extraterrestrial devils during the battle to defend the Federation and demonized the Black Wind Fleet, which led to the sacrifice of countless soldiers of the Federation, and the schemes that Lu Qingchen carried out in the Holy League, in which he treated innocent people as test subjects for brain viruses such as the Glory Virus, the Taotie Virus, and the Love Virus. Let's just say that he sacrificed four Supreme Battleships and all the crew members at the periphery of the ancient giant star to stop Li Yao and the rest of them. That was an out-and-out 'crime against humanity'.
Lu Qingchen was a cold, heartless, and inhumane guy. He was also a complete lunatic. There was no doubt about that.
However, it was exactly because of the lunatic's reckless actions that Li Yao, Ding Ling Dong, Li Jialing, and the other experts of mankind formed an exploration team to explore the primeval relics and finally reveal the secrets of the primeval era.
Had it not been for Lu Qingchen's boldness, Li Yao might've considered the pros and cons and hesitated for years before embarking on the exploration journey of the primeval relics.
Without the 'supervillain' Lu Qingchen as everybody's enemy, it was possible that the exploration team couldn't have been so united in the first place.
Then, the structure of the entire Pangu universe would've undergone fatal changes.
Li Yao did not know how he should comment on Lu Qingchen's role in the whole incident. Perhaps such a commander who was determined to move forward at any cost was exactly the 'necessary evil' on the rise of a civilization.
If there were too many lunatics and fiends, it would've been a terrible disaster. But if there were not one Li Yao, one Ding Ling Dong, and one Lu Qingchen but three Li Yao, it would've been a disaster in a different form, too.
Good and evil, light and darkness, balancing and restricting each other, was the truth of nature.
Li Yao calmed himself down and froze all the messy thoughts. Staring at Lu Qingchen, he asked coldly, "Have you passed the test?"
"I don't know."
Lu Qingchen observed the brand-new virtual space curiously and glanced at Li Yao, the mental devil, and Ding Ling Dong. His smile was even more intense than before. "It seems that you all think that you have passed the ultimate test. But how do you know that you have 'really' passed the ultimate test, and that everything that happens right now and in the future is not part of the test?"
"Cut the crap!"
Li Yao frowned and said, "I don't have the time to debate with you. Tell me, what exactly did you go through in the ultimate test? It doesn't make sense. Only the most sacrificial people who are bold enough to reject the heritage of the Primeval Clan can pass the test. How could you have passed it?"
"You seem to have a deep misunderstanding about me."
Lu Qingchen opened his hands and said, "Yes, I admit that I am a heinous devil and a complete lunatic, but who says that I do not have the spirit of sacrifice? For the Xing Yao Federation and the civilization of mankind, I can sacrifice everything, including my fleshly body, my soul, my reputation, my dignity … Anything. It doesn't matter even if I am minced into pieces and will never be reincarnated.
"In the battle against Fuxi, I proved it. The self-detonation of the soul is highly dangerous. I cannot guarantee that I can be reborn from the information pieces of Fuxi. At the moment of self-detonation, I was really prepared to sacrifice myself for the sake of you and the Federation."
"It does make sense."
Li Yao thought for a moment and realized that Lu Qingchen was indeed different from other lunatics. But he still could not figure it out. "Then, what about the gold key? Did you turn down the gold key?"
"Yes, I did."
Lu Qingchen nodded and said casually.
"Why?"
Li Yao said, "You went through all the trouble, went against the entire universe, sacrificed all the Supreme Fortresses, and made yourself a general without an army, just to get the heritage of the primeval times, didn't you? The heritage of the primitive civilization was the only 'trump card' that could've turned the situation around for you, but you turned it down? "
"That's right. I did come for the primeval legacy in the beginning. If the legacy of the primeval civilization was a literal treasure, a cold magical equipment, a war machine, and a fully-automated fleet, I probably would've seized it a long time ago. I would've gotten it even if the price was to kill all of you."
Lu Qingchen shrugged and said without any regret, "However, during the ultimate test, I gradually grew suspicious of the 'voice' and its purpose. I suspected that it was not a lifeless object or a program that simply carried out orders but had its own life, will, and purpose. It was a super artificial intelligence that was more advanced than 'Fuxi'. It was a brand-new life form.
"Think about it carefully. Even the super crystal processors of the Pangu civilization could develop into such an uncontrollable form as' Fuxi 'after hundreds of thousands of years of consideration and evolution. If the primitive civilization did leave a super crystal processor or a' super program 'billions of years ago and granted the super program extremely high permissions and complicated missions, even allowing it to mobilize astronomical resources to enlighten and destroy a civilization, it would be perfectly normal for the super program to awaken itself after billions of years of preparation. Wouldn't it be normal for the super program to begin considering the true meaning of life that belonged to it without the permission and the ability to bypass the commands and permissions?"
Li Yao was stunned. "It's very normal. So?"
"Therefore, there are three possibilities in front of me."
Lu Qingchen extended three fingers. "Firstly, there was indeed a primitive civilization that was close to deities billions of years ago. Also, it was a standard, well-intentioned civilization that sincerely wanted to pass on its heritage to its descendants in the future selflessly. The super program that it created to carry out the mission never awakened or betrayed but simply carried out its mission dutifully.
"Secondly, the primitive civilization certainly existed, but it was a malicious civilization that had been dormant for billions of years because of certain unforeseen circumstances. Right now, it was trying to absorb the nutrients of the new civilization to moisturize its dry bloodline so that it could be reborn through 'civilization possession'.
"Thirdly, even if the primitive civilization was a well-intentioned civilization, the super program that they created to carry out the 'legacy mission' awakened and betrayed them. It had its own purpose, turning the well-intentioned ultimate test into a trap full of malice.
"I thought for a long time and believed that the first possibility was as good as a fairy tale. The odds of it happening were so slim that it was almost negligible.
"In the latter two possibilities, the 'voice' and the 'female captain' were both highly malicious existences. They could've completely manipulated everything in the test. It was impossible for me to tell the authenticity of the information they provided at all. I could only be toyed with by them and slowly become their puppet and accomplice.
"Yes, I do want to obtain the ancient inheritance. That is the only trump card I have to contend against you all. But if there is no inheritance from the start, only a fatal bait in a trap, even if I want it, even if I am conflicted, what is the use?"
"That explains a lot."
Li Yao took a long breath after hearing that. He felt that Lu Qingchen's thought pattern did make sense. "So, you turned down the female captain's golden key?"
"Sort of."
Lu Qingchen smiled and said, "I pretended that I couldn't wait to grab the golden key, but in fact, I attacked the female captain and all the ghosts of the Primitive Tribe when she was unprepared, trying to swallow them all."
"Huh?"
Li Yao was dumbfounded. "What — what did you do?"
"There's no need to be so surprised, is there?"
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