233: Just a coincidence

However, using technological means for Possession has no such restrictions. As long as a Xuan Practitioner can be controlled, the soul in their mind can be eroded, making them lose the ability to resist, and allowing a new consciousness to settle in and achieve Rebirth!

The success rate of Rebirth through this method is almost 100%!

Long Yuan believes that if people from the alien Cultivation World discovered this Heaven-Defying technology, they would probably go mad trying to seize it from the Blue Star!

This is his biggest concern!

Of course, this method of consciousness transplantation also has many imperfections. For example, it still cannot be as clean and decisive as the “Possession” in the Cultivation World. From multiple cases, although Rebirth was successful, the reborn person still retained a lot of the original host's consciousness, preventing the new consciousness from fully controlling the new body. Some even developed dissociative identity disorder, meaning two consciousnesses coexisted in the same body, constantly fighting for control until both were tormented to death without a clear victor. Such a person would naturally be considered useless... But these factions are continuing their research, attempting to eliminate these weaknesses, and they have indeed found some methods. For example, making the consciousness upload more frequent and closer to the present time results in a more vibrant consciousness; trying to completely erase the consciousness of the Xuan Practitioner providing the body, which requires various torturous methods to make the Xuan Practitioner feel life is worse than death, willingly giving up all efforts to survive, and so on; there is also a more direct method, which is to cultivate their own host body!

This means using “cloning,” or replication, to cultivate a new body for oneself, and then letting this new body grow in an extremely simple environment. This way, the new body's consciousness is extremely simple, even devoid of any emotional factors. Such a host body can not only easily erase the original consciousness but also will not produce rejection reactions with the main consciousness, making it the best host body!

Of course, the cost of cultivating such a host body is extremely high. It must be nurtured from a young age, strengthened with various nutrients to adapt to the main body's abilities, allowing the main consciousness to quickly return to its original level after transplantation.

Some have even tried to make the new body produce the talents possessed by the main body, continuously upgrading these talents, even surpassing the main body's talent level, or adding new talents, making the main consciousness even more powerful after transplantation, greatly increasing its strength!

Currently, the emergence of such powerful individuals in the Snow Eagle Country, Flying Lion Country, and War Bear Country is clear evidence!

Some of them even do it intentionally, actively performing consciousness transplantation surgery before the main body dies, with the goal of increasing their strength. As long as their strength increases, all costs incurred can be recouped!

To achieve their goals, these people cultivate not just one or two host bodies, but a large group. Then, they meticulously select the most suitable few for focused cultivation, adding new talents and upgrading their talent levels. During this process, they must prevent the host body's consciousness from becoming complex. When the time is right, the main body will undergo the transplantation surgery, thereby achieving its planned goals... These methods sound astonishing, even to Long Yuan, but he quickly processed this information, simultaneously discovering its merits and shortcomings. In his opinion, if this method were perfected, it would truly be more captivating than the “Possession” in the Cultivation World, because it can be used an infinite number of times, and its success rate is almost 100%!

Of course, the ethical issues involved are also extremely serious, especially for those who cultivate a large group of host bodies. They will ultimately only select one or a few; what about the other host bodies? They are all living beings!

And those who are unfortunately chosen to be host bodies—these people are either forcibly kidnapped, or forced to agree to be host bodies for their families or livelihoods, or for other unavoidable reasons. These people sacrifice their precious lives for the longevity of others. Perhaps at the time, they saw themselves as insignificant lives, but from the perspective of bioethics, it is very difficult to accept... However, in this world where the strong prey on the weak and strength is paramount, such practices do not seem to have caused much stir. Many even consider it natural!

Long Yuan thought about it and decided that he should temporarily not apply Earth's set of ethics and morals to this Blue Star, because the two are absolutely incompatible. To be honest, even on Earth, so-called ethics and morals are just the simple thoughts of some lower-class people; to some powerful individuals and refined egoists, they are nonsense. If this set of rules truly had binding power, there wouldn't be so many astonishing strange people and strange events. And it's even more so on this alien Blue Star. Everything prioritizes strength. Only with strength comes the right to speak, and with the right to speak, one can naturally whitewash oneself. Even if one commits acts that infuriate both gods and men, as long as one has strength, resources, and connections, it can ultimately be whitewashed. Therefore, there is no need to fight for the right to be human for those simple-minded host bodies... “It seems I must infiltrate the cult headquarters to obtain their research results on the immortality plan. This is of great significance to many high-ranking officials of Great Ming! Because many of them are nearing the end of their Lifespan, and dying now would be a huge loss. If I can help them extend their lives or achieve Rebirth, I can not only earn a lot of money but also maintain Great Ming's strength, at least giving them more confidence when faced with attacks from Mythical Beasts or dealing with other countries' targeting...” Long Yuan mused to himself. He immediately put this task on the blacklist, instructing the Heavenly Dao Eye to constantly monitor relevant information and infiltrate the cult headquarters to grab information sources if an opportunity arises... “Slacking off feels great, always feels great to slack off...” The phone rang; it was Xu Ruoying.

“It seems I must infiltrate the cult headquarters to obtain their research results on the immortality plan. This is of great significance to many high-ranking officials of Great Ming! Because many of them are nearing the end of their Lifespan, and dying now would be a huge loss. If I can help them extend their lives or achieve Rebirth, I can not only earn a lot of money but also maintain Great Ming's strength, at least giving them more confidence when faced with attacks from Mythical Beasts or dealing with other countries' targeting...” Long Yuan mused to himself. He immediately put this task on the blacklist, instructing the Heavenly Dao Eye to constantly monitor relevant information and infiltrate the cult headquarters to grab information sources if an opportunity arises... “Slacking off feels great, always feels great to slack off...” The phone rang; it was Xu Ruoying.

“Connect!”

“Long Yuan, where are you?” Xu Ruoying's voice came through.

“Just say what you need!”

“You blunt man... *cough cough*... Long Yuan, my father and third uncle said that you helped them escape with their lives this time. No words can express our gratitude. We're hosting a banquet tomorrow night at the Qin Family Grand Restaurant, you absolutely must come!” Xu Ruoying said sweetly.

“I just happened to be there; they don't need to thank me! Also, aren't you returning to Shuntian Prefecture tomorrow?” Long Yuan asked curiously.

“This matter delayed it by a day, you know! Oh, I heard Father talk about what happened in that Evil Forest, and I was almost scared to death! If you hadn't happened to go there, I'm afraid both of them, along with Uncle Geng and Captain Qi, would have been trapped there. It was truly terrifying! I'm very curious why you were in the Evil Forest at that time?” Once Xu Ruoying opened her floodgates, she couldn't stop, continuously pressing him with questions...