Chapter 80: The Truth of the Mirror Venerable and Lin Fan’s Questioning

Li Ya said sadly, "You know, Lord Sovereign once entered the Dao and became a saint through the Mirror World, establishing the Heavenly Kingdom."

"The Heavenly Kingdom exists at the intersection between reality and the virtual."

"To maintain the stability of this world, resources must be constantly consumed and acquired, the most important of which is Void Realm matter."

"And to continuously produce Void Realm matter, one must rely on the Void Godhead."

Lin Fan frowned, suddenly realizing, so that was how things were.

Li Ya continued, "Lin Fan, you know that time is long and infinite for us."

"No one is willing to endlessly produce Void Realm matter to maintain the stability of the Heavenly Kingdom; this dependency and consumption will gradually lead us into a predicament."

"The only thing we can do is to obtain the Void Godhead. Only by possessing the Void Godhead can the Heavenly Kingdom become self-sufficient and stable."

Li Ya's gaze gradually dimmed, and she said helplessly and painfully, "The Heavenly Kingdom is a stable, harmonious, and mutually supportive place. I really don't want it to collapse just like that."

Indeed, the so-called Lord Sovereign had established a shining and magnificent image in Li Ya's heart, making Li Ya willing to give everything.

But this Lord Sovereign also used inhumane methods, such as memory modification and locking the collapsed quantum state in past space-time, making Li Ya destined to become her right-hand woman.

Even at critical moments, she personally intervened, causing that Sa'er to fall into madness and bite fiercely at Li Ya's neck.

Lin Fan patted Li Ya's pink back.

"Li Ya, don't be sad anymore. Can you let me meet your Lord Sovereign? I think it would be more effective to discuss a treaty with her in person."

Li Ya was stunned, seemingly not expecting Lin Fan to make such a request.

She was silent for a moment, but eventually nodded, "Okay, I will arrange it."

Three days later, Li Ya hurried into Lin Fan's study. She was holding a glowing communication crystal, her steps light, and her skirt swaying slightly with her movement.

"Brother Fan!" As soon as she spoke, she couldn't help but call out this familiar title, although it was no longer suitable for her current identity.

But three years of time made these words almost slip out of her mouth.

She hurriedly corrected herself, lowered her head, and said nervously, "Lord Sovereign has agreed. Through this communication crystal, you will be able to talk to Lord Sovereign."

She placed the communication crystal on the table, and energy fluctuations quickly gathered. Then, a brilliant light burst forth, and the air seemed to tremble because of it.

After the light dissipated, a woman's figure was projected.

The figure gradually became clear, and could only be described with the two words: stunningly beautiful.

She was dressed in an elegant Hanfu, her figure curvaceous and displaying perfect proportions, gently holding a small rabbit in her arms, showing a hint of tenderness and affection;

Her oval face was lightly powdered, her cherry lips slightly upturned, and her faint smile was captivating;

Her phoenix eyes were full of affection, her nose bridge high, adding a touch of noble temperament to her.

Her black hair was tied into a classical bun, adorned with a few elegant small flowers, making her look fresh and refined, like a Fairy descended from the heavens.

A glance that lasts ten thousand years, a stunning beauty, unforgettable.

The moment she appeared, Li Ya immediately lowered her head respectfully, her hands hanging down, bowing slightly, showing immense reverence and obedience to Lord Sovereign.

She bowed slightly to the side, preparing to leave the room.

But before she had taken a few steps, the woman's voice, like a clear spring, drifted through the study.

"Lily, no need to leave, just listen from the side. I have no secrets from you."

Li Ya nodded respectfully again and stood obediently to the side.

At this moment, Lin Fan felt intense pressure. He believed that beauty is justice, and this Mirror Venerable was just too good-looking.

This gave him the impulse to feel that even if such a beautiful woman committed a crime, it would be a righteous crime.

After all, such beauty could make everything seem reasonable.

Lin Fan cleared his throat, trying to regain his composure, "Are you the Mirror Venerable herself, who has repeatedly obstructed me on Earth?"

The woman nodded gently, a smile in her eyes, like a blooming flower, "Why, don't I look like it?"

As she spoke, she raised her fair hand slightly, and suddenly a mirror-smooth surface appeared before Lin Fan. The mirror surface gleamed, like a pool of clear water, emitting a unique sense of tranquility.

"You can poke it with your heavenly dao divine weapon to see if the feel is the same."

Lin Fan's gaze focused on the smooth mirror surface, and a familiar aura emanating from it shocked him immensely.

The material and aura were completely identical, and it seemed that even the space-time stagnation faintly emanating from it was exactly the same as the Mirror Venerable he had encountered before.

It was hard to imagine that such a beautiful woman was actually the Mirror Venerable herself.

"I didn't expect you to be so beautiful." Lin Fan scratched the back of his head, momentarily not knowing how to continue the conversation, "Um… can I say that our previous disputes were all a misunderstanding?"

The woman smiled lightly, her laughter like a gentle breeze brushing over a lake, soft and pleasant,

"You may have forgotten what you wanted to ask." She paused for a moment and continued softly.

"Let me remind you. The first question you wanted to ask is why I established Watchtower Island on Earth, why I sliced up scientific giants for research, and why I made them work endlessly day and night."

Lin Fan finally came to his senses, his eyes turning cold again.

"Indeed, that is what I wanted to ask. Why did you do that? Why did you establish Watchtower Island on Earth, slice up those great people, and even make them work endlessly?"

The woman waved her hand slightly, displaying a virtual 3D brain structure diagram. In the image, the brain's neurons were intertwined like a complex network.

"The human brain has hundreds of billions of neurons, and they are intricately linked. To replicate consciousness, slicing was the only viable option in the early stages."

Although Lin Fan felt that this reason was scientifically quite plausible, his heart was still filled with dissatisfaction.

The woman smiled calmly and continued, "If you remove the memory stick and CPU of a computer, and then replace them with a more powerful CPU and larger memory stick, would you feel guilty?"

Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, seemingly struck by this analogy, and he answered instinctively, "No."

The woman nodded, a glimmer of appreciation flashing in her eyes, "Good, let's end this question here. If you cannot understand me, I will not force you. Our conversation ends here."

Lin Fan was silent for a while, the conflict in his heart still intense.

Although her words were full of logic, some intuition made it difficult for him to accept them completely.

Slicing consciousness and data storage can indeed find similarities in a certain sense, but how can human life and consciousness be simply compared to data on a hard drive?

"Okay, I understand." Lin Fan finally spoke, "But please continue to answer my question, why did you make them work day and night after resurrecting them?"

The woman's eyes softened, as if she had entered another gentle world.

"Lin Fan, it's not that I don't let them rest, but that they don't want to rest at all."

"What do you mean?"