Assassin Seven, starting in Shennong Kingdom!

Chapter 247: Spiritual Cultivation

Coming to her senses, Bai Yuekui looked at Qin Ming, and their eyes met.

"I remember you."

Qin Ming said, "For me, not much time has passed."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yuekui paused for a moment, then asked the question that had been lingering in his mind, "Are you someone who awakened in ancient times? Or rather... a god?"

Qin Ming smiled and said, "I remember you should be a staunch atheist."

I still vividly remember his remarks at the press conference. Calling him blasphemous would be too lenient; arrogance would be a more accurate description. As a human being, he showed contempt for God.

Bai Yuekui paused, looking at the two completely different worlds below—one a wasteland, the other a pristine paradise—and said, “I do not believe in the existence of God, but the world has become like this, and it seems that humanity has no choice but to pray to God.”

Qin Ming nodded noncommittally and said, “It seems you have indeed experienced a lot. I have met countless great scholars, philosophers and scientists in human history. Most of them, like you, were staunch atheists in their youth. But later, they all came to believe in the existence of God... They did not revere that ethereal God, but learned to put away their arrogance.”

"..."

Bai Yuekui seemed to be deep in thought, thinking of many things. He closed his eyes slightly, then opened them and exhaled.

Qin Ming is right. Wasn't the mistake she made in her youth due to her impulsive arrogance?

She also paid a heavy price for it.

His mentor, Horn Garcia, was utterly destroyed, and Bai Yuetian, in his attempt to save her, was left with only a half-dead brain. Jiuchuan City was completely destroyed, affecting tens of millions of people...

ASH's data also accelerated the process of the apocalypse.

Bai Yuekui no longer wanted to recall these things. By now, her mindset had become extremely resilient, and she understood that self-pity was meaningless.

He looked at Qin Ming and said, "Now you can tell me, who exactly are you..."

Qin Ming had already walked to a rock not far away and sat down. Behind him was a huge Mana flower. He waved his hand, gesturing for her to sit down, and said, "I once gave the fire to the first human to emerge from the cave, witnessed the creation of civilization from nothing, and saw two spiritual leaps in human civilization. Even now, I am still searching for the origin of life."

Bai Yuekui walked a short distance away, somewhat shocked, but still sat down and said, "Life is an ordered system composed of microscopic particles such as molecules and atoms, so if we can use massive computing power to accurately calculate the movement trajectory of each atom, we can predict..."

“Your father, no, I should say your father’s android, gave me the same answer.”

Qin Ming waved his hand, and a low table appeared in front of him, while he sat on a cushion. The teapot on the table automatically poured two cups of tea, and a faint tea fragrance filled the air, refreshing and pleasant.

He gestured for Bai Yuekui to drink tea, explaining, "Such immense computing power, if it weren't used for such meaningless things, the world wouldn't be what it is today. Reaching the level you described, the celestial-level artificial intelligence that wields this computing power would be enough to change the life form of the human species, yet it's being used to accurately predict things that can be easily deduced from a macroscopic perspective using only the human brain..."

With a sigh, Qin Ming had witnessed almost the entire history of humankind. He didn't need any deductions; in fact, based solely on this "experience," he could predict the future trajectory of human civilization in this world.

Human civilization has not yet reached the point of complete disappearance.

It's just going back from 100 to 1.

If this process is handled properly, it is not difficult to return to the previous era; in his view, it would only take about a thousand years, or even a few hundred years.

The difficult part is going from 0 to 1; it took early humans nearly a million years to take that step...

Bai Yuekui was somewhat surprised, "My father?"

"Ah."

Qin Ming nodded slightly, seeing through her thoughts, and said, "It seems you don't know, Bai Yuetian probably didn't have time to tell you, right?"

"My brother, he..."

Bai Yuekui reached for the device at his waist; this was all Bai Yuetian had left.

In this post-apocalyptic world, she couldn't even find the conditions to perform a brain transplant on Bai Yuetian, let alone upload his consciousness or create a complete mechanical prosthetic body.

Seeing this, Qin Ming waved his hand, and a living being was released, which combined with the material spirit, and a body gradually took shape, with Bai Yuetian's brain being implanted into it.

"elder brother!"

Snapped!

Qin Ming snapped his fingers, waking Bai Yuetian's brain, which had almost entered a dormant state.

"Yue Kui, what's wrong with me...?"

Bai Yuetian was a little dazed, looking at his hands.

Bai Yuekui burst into tears of joy, and it took her a long time to calm down before she bowed deeply to Qin Ming, saying, "Thank you, thank you!"

Qin Ming waved his hand and said, "I've been observing this world for a long time and I'm a little tired. I just wanted to talk to someone. Sit down."

An extra seat appeared automatically, and the brother and sister sat down.

Bai Yuekui hesitated for a moment and said, "May I ask you..."

Qin Ming interrupted her question beforehand, saying, "You don't need to know the name."

"why?"

Could it be because the names of gods cannot be observed by lower-dimensional life forms? Right, the ability to do this probably belongs to another dimension, a higher-dimensional life form!

Bai Yuekui and Bai Yuetian suddenly thought of many things and exchanged a glance.

To everyone's surprise, Qin Ming waved his hand and said, "It's not as complicated as you think. I just need to maintain my mysterious image."

Bai Yuekui and Bai Yuetian, "...(sweat)"

Hasn't that already been said?

Qin Ming poured himself some tea and continued, "Gods don't necessarily have to exist in reality. Even though we're facing the end of the world now, if the disaster ends one day, humanity will still repeat the same mistakes and end up like this. Human history is just a series of repeating the same errors."

The brother and sister thought for a moment, then both sighed. They wanted to refute it because, in their view, Qin Ming could not possibly be human.

From a human perspective, they naturally wouldn't speak up for Qin Ming.

But the facts left them no room for argument.

Repeated mistakes are the essence of humanity.

At this point, Qin Ming didn't continue the topic. Instead, he looked at Bai Yuekui and said, "The 'Return to Origin Technique' you practice is not suitable for this era. Relying on stimulating one's own life essence to unlock potential is very difficult for humans in this era. Your gene lock should only be unlocked at the second stage, right?"

"Um... um."

Bai Yuekui belatedly realized that Qin Ming's seemingly divine abilities meant she had no secrets whatsoever.

Qin Ming casually pulled out a scroll and smiled, "The person who taught you this method came from ancient times. I speculate that the people of that era were far stronger than humans today. They could use it, but it's not suitable for humans today. Why don't you try mine?"

With a start, Bai Yuekui realized she was no longer the impulsive and arrogant girl she once was. Having experienced the cataclysm and the apocalypse, she understood how important power was to humanity.

Simply relying on replacing the body and organs to prolong life is far too short-sighted.