128: Chapter 128 Give Me a Reason to Make a Contract with You
"No matter what I ask, will you tell me the answer?"
Di Zhenzhen looked at the earnest Yun Zhuo and smiled slightly. "That depends on what you ask. If I don't know the answer either, I won't be able to tell you."
"What are you?"
Di Zhenzhen was stunned; she hadn't expected Yun Zhuo's first question to be this.
"What did your mother tell you?"
Yun Zhuo shook his head. "She passed away when I was two. Even if she had told me, I wouldn't have remembered it at two years old."
Heaven knows what Qiu Min would have said before she died; I'm not her son anyway.
"Your mother told us that we are human."
"Although she created us using biological pods, we are still human. Just like test-tube babies, we grew bit by bit from embryos to infants."
"The difference is that our gene editing wasn't to remove some genetic disease, but to allow us all to become high-ranking War Princesses."
"But for now, we are still semi-finished products."
"Semi-finished products? Half-humans?"
"Your head isn't big, but your imagination is quite large." Di Zhenzhen glared at Yun Zhuo and continued, "Dr. Qiu's gene editing can make us high-ranking War Princesses, but it hasn't been activated yet."
"Activated?" Yun Zhuo was stunned. They did indeed need to be activated. Once all nine hidden inlay slots were activated, they could become Imperial Rank War Princesses.
Does this world have the same technology as the System's activation function?
Di Zhenzhen nodded. "Yes, only after activation can we become high-ranking War Princesses. It wasn't that Dr. Qiu couldn't activate us, but she couldn't because she was constrained by the Su Family."
"But she also left us hope, and that is you. You will have a way to activate us."
That Qiu Min really is a prophet, she actually guessed this?
Pfft, is there really such a coincidence in this world?
DNA similarity 100%, if this is true.
I'm starting to suspect that I was created, and my memories of my past life are just data stored in a database by scientists from the old world.
Like Fan Xian from another world.
And the awakened System is just a piece of technology Qiu Min left behind, with the purpose of activating these nuns she created.
Yun Zhuo quickly went through his memories in his head again: childhood, elementary school, middle school, high school, university, and after entering society.
He remembered his grandparents, parents, and classmates who left a deep impression during each period, their names and appearances, all very clearly.
Although he couldn't remember many things, the memory chain was complete.
That was enough. He was Yun Zhuo. Although he shared the same name as the original owner, he was himself. At most, he had transmigrated into an artificial human.
Besides, wasn't Krillin's wife an artificial human too?
Number Eighteen, wasn't she great?
But what if these memories of mine are fake too? Then what exactly am I?
Pfft, Fan Xian wouldn't think about these things, yet here I am splitting hairs. Am I crazy?
Besides, these are just my own conjectures. Why am I obsessing over a conjecture? With this time, I might as well think about how to make myself bigger and stronger.
The past already exists and cannot be changed, but my future still has infinite possibilities.
Now that even surviving is a problem, what right do I have to think about these things?
With that thought, Yun Zhuo's mood instantly cleared.
"Are you okay?"
When Yun Zhuo came back to his senses, the first thing he saw was Di Zhenzhen's phoenix eyes, filled with gentleness and concern, which warmed his heart.
"There were some things I couldn't figure out just now, but I'm fine now. Sister Zhenzhen, let's continue."
"What else do you want to know?"
"If the condition to activate you is to form a pact with me, would you be willing?"
"I cannot represent everyone's will alone, so let everyone answer this question for you."
After saying that, she turned to look at all the nuns present.
"Please raise your hand if you are unwilling."
After waiting for a moment and seeing no one raise their hand, Di Zhenzhen said again, "I will ask again. If any sisters are unwilling, please raise your hand."
After waiting for another moment, still no one raised their hand.
She turned back to Yun Zhuo and smiled slightly. "It seems the condition you mentioned is not a problem."
Yun Zhuo corrected her. "This isn't a condition I set; it's my activation ability, which will automatically convert into a death pact after activation."
After saying this, he looked at the nuns present. "It's not too late for you to change your minds now."
Yun Zhuo felt it was better to make some things clear in advance.
Although not saying anything might increase the chance of forming a pact with them, a forced melon is not sweet; it might quench thirst, but it could also be fatal.
Therefore, he had to nip the danger in the bud; this was the most time-saving and effortless way.
He wanted to see who would raise their hand now.
Whoever raised their hand, he would kill them, nipping the danger in the bud. This "nipping" was not an adjective, but a verb.
After a long while, still no one raised their hand.
This left Yun Zhuo a bit unsure. How could there not be a single person with an opposing opinion?
This was a death pact, one that could not be dissolved for life. Once concluded, they would be his people forever.
This was no longer a simple pact, but a shackle.
To you, I am still just a stranger. Do you trust me this much?
Yun Zhuo didn't believe it, but in this situation, he couldn't just kill them all, could he?
Yun Zhuo subconsciously looked at Di Zhenzhen, hoping she could give him a reason to form a pact with them.
"I believe in them. Their current attitude is what they truly think, and there is absolutely no reluctance."
Yun Zhuo was stunned. This is the reason you're giving me? Isn't that too superficial?
Di Zhenzhen smiled. "You don't understand them yet. When you do, you'll know I'm not lying to you."
"But I can't form a pact with so many people right now."
"I know. We have waited for so many years, so we don't mind waiting a few more."
"But you must be fast, because if you aren't, we will grow old."
"Then let's begin."
"Now?"
"Didn't you say we should be fast?"
"Don't you already have two War Princesses? Can you still form a pact?"
"Two is definitely not my limit. As for how many I can form a pact with, I'll only know after trying."
If it's just about forming a pact, it depends on the Corrosion Energy conversion efficiency of the corrosion energy furnace.
The more War Princesses he formed a pact with, the more Corrosion Energy would be transmitted through the pact, and the greater the load on the corrosion energy furnace.
If the System's automatic matching function has no limit, then it doesn't matter how many he forms a pact with.
The only problem lies in activating the War Princess's second form.
This relies on Mental Energy. After the War Princess transforms, she can only control her second form through mental sharing with the War Spirit Master, thereby becoming the War Spirit Master's wingman.
In other words, the stronger the War Spirit Master's Mental Energy, the more War Princesses they can control.
"But we don't have any azure essence stones right now," Di Zhenzhen said.
"Not needed."
Hearing this, the nuns, including Di Zhenzhen and Jiang Jingjing, were all stunned, but soon they were relieved, all assuming this must be Dr. Qiu's doing.
She must have arranged everything, just waiting for us to meet this kid.
"Then... let's begin. You must not force yourself."
"I'm not forcing myself. If I force myself in this, it won't do me any good either."
"Who will go first?"