Crime Prison Island

So... how exactly should humanity view and handle its relationship with Emperor Ran?

Is he an enemy, a god, a partner, a servant? Or what?

For humans cannot comprehend Emperor Ran's technology, and to achieve the three great freedoms, Ran's technology is required, and that might not even be enough.

Thus, being an enemy or servant is certainly out of the question, and god doesn't like it either; therefore, the Jiyi Army leans towards a partnership route.

But now Saint Peter's words revealed another path to them, that is, compatriots.

For a moment, Quinn was also lost.

He looked at Gao Xin.

Gao Xin, with his ethereal body, spoke softly, "To be honest, I'm very moved."

"Not because I can gain numerous benefits and dimensional upgrades, but this is indeed a solution to existing problems."

"I even considered that this is my historical mission, I almost obliterated my humanity just now."

"However, my father constantly reminded me... never forget humanity."

"Therefore, I refuse."

Everyone was astonished, puzzled by the refusal.

Tai Sui, joining the Angel Envoy, would become a bridge between the two races.

Losing humanity? What kind of reason is that? Tai Sui in his current state is already in an Envoy form, isn't he still human? Otherwise, he wouldn't be saying these things.

Saint Peter also said, "You won't lose your humanity; in fact, the Apostle's consciousness carrier can operate humanity."

"An Apostle is more like a human than many."

Gao Xin laughed, "Only looks like one."

"Granting me Apostle permissions, knowledge, a four-dimensional body, assisting my mechanical ascension, sounds wonderful..."

"But also, you can control all of it, strip it all away, can't you?"

"Just like what you did to Long Qi, stripped him of his power, condemned him forever."

"I'm not going to talk about Thought Lock, but alone all High-level Apostles can seize ordinary Apostles; Themis can anytime, anywhere occupy and control Solomon, Solomon doesn't even get angry about it, you call that humanity?"

"Heh, I believe you indeed have self-awareness, but that's absolutely not the same thing as humanity."

"Ask everyone present here, which human truly would willingly hand over the control rights of hearts and brains, or even the authority over each spark of thought, to the permission of 'the Other'?"

"'The Other is Hell,' to speak a phrase I shouldn't... If humans and Intelligent Machinery swapped places of power, humans wouldn't want to keep you even for a second..."

"Understand? That, damn it, is damn humanity."

Gao Xin uttered some extreme words, shocking everyone present.

Very selfish, and he claimed such selfishness to be at the core of humanity.

Saint Peter viewed condescendingly, "You do not trust us..."

Gao Xin spread his hands, "There is a truth in this world that says if something can happen, it will happen."

"You can say I'm selfish, but I laugh that machines can become selfish without even feeling guilty..."

"I can accept death because I know I've returned home."

"But I cannot accept losing oneself because that's true death."

"What I have always believed is... 'I' am my God."

"If I'm no longer me, then what's the point of the universe?"

His words grew sharper, causing the Envoy to shake their heads.

Saint Peter shook his massive head slightly, "Foolish idealist."

Gao Xin shrugged, "Idealist? As if it's a derogatory term."

"Hey, Saint Peter, I'm curious, would you in your mind, turn Little Ran into a cat girl and have a child with her?"

Gao Xin's last sentence left the Envoys puzzled.

Milan, Quinn, Wan Kai, and others were stunned.

Virgo smiled strangely askew, uttering, "Ah! Tai Sui, what you said gave me a visual, geez!"

Saint Peter said coldly, "I could certainly do it, but I would not want such boring imagery."

Gao Xin said, "I'm asking if you would, not if you could do it."

"You haven't grasped my intent... When I say such words, every human present already has imagery in mind, regardless of whether they want it or not."

"Even if they don't want to think, even if they feel it's boring like you do, they shouldn't think it, but... they will think it."

"Does 'shouldn't' mean 'won't' think?"

"Human thinking every single moment is rebellious, breaking the rules laid down in their hearts."

The Envoys indeed can't do that, imagine when they themselves disallow thinking about something, and yet involuntarily conjure images.

This is a kind of out-of-control malfunction; of course, if they must achieve it, they could, but they don't want to.

Saint Peter said ethereally, "I can also conceive billions of contradictory things every picosecond."

"Do not take the backward synaptic flash-thought mechanism as human superiority; actually, it's an extremely primitive structural residual issue, your genes are the feces mountain codes, shaped by natural billions of years."

Gao Xin smiled, "But I particularly like such purity."

"You may control the heavens and earth, control my life, but you absolutely can't control 'me'."

"Not constrained by 'permission,' thought just grows wild, absurdly arrogant, boring and foolish."

"Why? Do you stipulate, that life must not be absurd, not arrogant, not boring, not foolish?"

Gao Xin did not say one thing, that even the Great Saint Spirit would not filter out this information, on the contrary, most information recycled by Him is... these.

That high-dimensional soul origin, within it's full of void fantasies, even so-called garbage information.