Chapter 369
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Chapter 369: Mechanical Ascension
After rescuing Jade, those blasphemous black words transformed back into Belfast’s right hand.
Jade appeared and fell to the ground, breathing heavily and looking terrified.
At the same time, the pale hand holding the music box disappeared, leaving only the music box floating in the air, playing a soothing lullaby that could calm both humans and ghosts.
In the next moment, the hand suddenly reappeared and stabbed into Belfast’s chest! It seemed as if it wanted to dig out her heart.
Unfortunately, the part it stabbed into turned into words, as if Sister Bel was not a physical being but a monster made entirely of words.
And after the hand sank in, it was instead corroded and devoured by countless words, quickly disappearing.
On the other side, Chu Jiang reached out and grabbed the music box in the air, but he wasn’t drawn inside and turned into a little puppet.
Because the music box needed to suppress Chu’s Jiang’s power in the supernatural battle in order to completely contain him.
First, Chu Jiang ignited the music box with black flames, but he was surprised to find that the meme infection didn’t work on this ghost. Instead, the influence of the lullaby on the Black Sun became even stronger.
"Can you not take this from me?" Belfast elegantly extended her hand. She didn’t attack Chu Jiang, but rather held her palm up, as if hoping he would "be sensible" and voluntarily hand over the music box.
Chu Jiang reached out his hand and took hers, saying, "Please give me that hand, thank you."
As the two of them had their own thoughts, the music from the music box became more melodious, and it started snowing around them…
In the snowflakes, Snow White’s expression grew sadder, and her face seemed to come to life, as if she wanted to truly step out of the music box and into this world.
Chu Jiang and Belfast exchanged a glance, and then both of them stopped talking, understanding each other well enough to continue joining the pale hand with the music box.
Clearly, this ghost was still going through some unknown changes. So the two clever individuals decided to seal the ghost together first, and then discuss ownership later.
Although they joined the two parts of the ghost together, neither of them let go, no matter if it was their left or right hand.
And so, holding each other’s left hand and gripping the Music Box Ghost with all their strength in their right hands, they began to try sealing it in their own ways.
Inside Belfast, two ribbon-like streams flowed out, red like blood. They formed a beautiful bow on the surface of the music box, like wrapping a gift.
As the bow took shape, the sound of the requiem weakened, and the snow around them stopped.
On Chu Jiang’s side, he combined the powers of Black Sun and Blood Hand Ghost, causing a blood-red flame to burn on the surface of the music box.
This time, he didn’t want to infect the other side, but just purely borrowed the power of Blood Hand Ghost to suppress the supernatural power; as for the addition of the black flame, it was to help Blood Hand Ghost, whose level was not high enough, resist the erosion of the music box.
If it doesn’t work, Chu Jiang will use the power of Chu’s Jiang to violently crush it.
Luckily, this approach was effective, but it took a long time to take effect, requiring some time to gradually wear it down.
Anyway, under the combined restraint of Sister Bel and Chu Jiang, the restless hand gradually stopped struggling, and the rotating speed of the Snow White inside the music box also began to slow down….
Taking advantage of this break, Chu Jiang looked at Belfast’s deep blue eyes, without asking when the other person came and what their purpose was, just asking, "When you said it was unbelievable, what was it that was unbelievable?"
"Of course it’s the false god, it chose a path that none of us expected," Sister Bel said, with a sense of astonishment in her eyes.
"Of course, you may not understand, or even know why there are two false gods."
"Let me put it this way, if we have to find an adjective that is easy for you to understand, the only one that comes to mind is ‘mechanical ascension’."
Chu Jiang’s eyes showed a look of astonishment that he couldn’t hide. He probably guessed what the false god had done.
But can this really be achieved? It seems too crazy, doesn’t it?
The term "mechanical ascension" comes from a game called "Stellaris" by P Studios. It refers to the process of digitizing the consciousness of living beings and abandoning their weak flesh bodies in favor of mechanical ones.
When consciousness is digitized and the body no longer ages, it is equivalent to achieving immortality in a way.
But Chu Jiang didn’t understand. Aren’t ghosts already immortal? Why would the false god do this?
"The false god is a conscious entity, and I believe you have realized this. Moreover, the birth of this consciousness should not have been very long ago. It probably happened after its revival in modern times."
"And then this ghost is particularly obsessed with electronic data and the internet, somehow."
"At first, both our master and I thought that the false god didn’t want to be the absolute ruler of the sealing realm, but rather wanted to go on a completely new path."
"But the result proved us wrong. The false god is extremely determined not to exist in this world in the form of a ghost."
"It just wants to be a bunch of data, a line of code."
"Just like what you see, it separated its consciousness from its ghost body and uploaded its consciousness into the electronic world."
When it came to the last sentence, Belfast had a very serious expression.
"In other words, the ghost you sealed is indeed a false god, but only a part of it, a body it didn’t want. It even completely separated the power of its sealing domain."
"Its consciousness, now it no longer knows which node of the global network it roams."
"And that part of consciousness has become a kind of electronic ghost-like existence."
"I don’t know if it still counts as a ghost, but at least it has freed itself from the instinct to kill. Otherwise, the remaining citizens of El Paso City wouldn’t have survived."
Chu Jiang listened and stayed silent for a moment. "A ghost that doesn’t want to be a ghost? And it succeeded?"
"What will happen next? What does the consciousness of the false god want to do?"
Sister Bel shook her head, "I don’t know, maybe you can have faith in the Almighty and listen to its predictions."
"In any case, the El Paso City incident has come to an end, and this ghostly false god no longer exists. Perhaps in the future, we can call it the electronic deity."
"And we must always be cautious of it. I have no doubt that this data from the electronic deity can control the global network, even paralyze it, depending on whether it wants to or not."
"Of course, you might think I’m exaggerating, but I must remind you that the sentence you just saw on the control panel, ‘A new deity is born from this moment,’ has been synchronized to electronic screens across the globe."
"It has truly achieved it, announcing its evolution to all life on the planet…"
