Sky-cracking Rider

"Deal!"

After helping Chen Fei for so long, she could finally see the benefits in return, and Her Royal Highness the Princess was quite satisfied. Such a precious item couldn't possibly be given away for free to those not involved. Those who contribute should profit; it's only natural.

"I'll give you another list. Since this is a partnership, there are some things I don't need to figure out myself."

Chen Fei started listing some projects on his tablet. These were also drawn up by the life extension serum research team but lacked the channels to acquire them. Now, no channel could compare to the Slan Royal Family!

The Slan Dynasty, which controlled an entire life planet, was even more affluent than The First Sovereign, possessing more resources.

"No problem, this was originally my responsibility."

Within a few words, Chen Fei and Princess Lin Ziyu reached a secret agreement.

"..." Even if beaten to death, Dang Wei Jun wouldn't speak.

Heseman Brown: "..." It would be difficult to defeat this resilient and elusive S-Class superpower user.

Yilan: "..." What are you talking about?

The Dragon Clan never considers lifespan issues, especially the Metallic Dragons.

Throughout history, those Metallic Dragons who lived to a natural end are scarce; most have grown tired of life and intentionally courted death.

No one present would risk leaking this information.

The loyal maid Fei Dani reminded, "Your Highness, the time has come!"

"Sorry, I have another appointment. I'll leave now, and we can talk next time!"

Lin Ziyu rose with an apologetic air. Her schedule was packed with both personal and official duties, and even meeting Chen Fei required carving out a brief unplanned moment.

"We'll talk next time!"

Chen Fei rose to see her off.

"Please stay, and also, I apologize again for any personal inconvenience!" Lin Ziyu slightly curtsied with her long dress, then departed gracefully with maid Fei Dani.

"Wow! With royal support, there's a chance the life extension serum could be mass-produced soon."

The S-Class Space Series Ability User couldn't contain his excitement.

"I don't think it's that simple." Chen Fei shook his head and continued, "The life extension serum contains soul components. Although we don't know in what form they're stored within, the soul itself isn't simple. The biological combat weapons from the parasitic species, those monsters that invaded Blue Star through the 'Wormhole Cloud,' and the combat organisms released by the biological space mothership, all have only instincts but no souls. Just think, where does the soul in the life extension serum come from?"

A soul must come from a living being, but a living being doesn't necessarily possess a soul. A soul exists as a condition of life, but it's not a necessity.

Then, what's the difference between monsters with only instinct and beings with souls?

"Huh?"

Chen Fei's words carried philosophical and logical implications, bewildering Heseman Brown.

"AI has no soul!" The typically silent Old Party suddenly spoke, opening his mouth like unlocking a treasure chest of words.

The operational mechanism of AI isn't fundamentally much different from those soulless beasts. An AI's reactions are all preset, and though it can add more feedback presets through learning models, it doesn't produce anything outside the framework of its intelligence model. It can do whatever humans can.

"Imagination is the source of creativity; perhaps the soul is related to it."

Chen Fei shifted his gaze to the Metallic Dragon swinging its tail around, idly wrecking the garden, and asked, "Yilan, do you know how to draw?"

The Metallic Dragons are a very unique existence among Intelligent Species. Despite having no spiritual power and thus being naturally immune to all Psychic Series attacks, they still possess a Dragon Soul. So while there is a connection between soul and spiritual power, it's not necessarily a given relationship. A being can have a soul without spiritual power, but if it has spiritual power, it must have a soul.

"Oh? Drawing? Yes! I love it. Let me show you my drawings."

Yilan quickly pulled out a large-screen tablet hidden in her body, displaying it to Chen Fei with pride, showcasing drawings she had personally created over at least a decade. It was a rich and varied collection.

Heseman Brown and Dang Wei Jun took the opportunity to glance at the screen, only to find drawings of small animals with simple lines, usually set against rivers and forests, often in warm tones. The sky always held a sun or two moons. As time passed, the techniques grew, revealing some underlying elements, yet the content remained reminiscent of a child's innocent work, hardly seeming like something a Dragon of Slaughter would draw.

Chen Fei pointed to the large screen resembling a television and said, "See, drawing can reflect creativity, fundamentally differing from AI-generated images. Metallic Dragons also possess imagination, which means they have souls."

Though he had no knowledge about souls, certain things could be inferred through logical relationships, just like economic cycles in economics. Any economic collapse or recession isn't baseless or without any omen. By analyzing various information according to logical rules, you can detect traceable change curves, often called trend lines in the financial sector.

The "Sagali" civilization's mass plundering of life planets might not just be about consuming life matter; in the vast ocean of stars, survival or development might require time far more than resources.