Chapter 395: Gu Qing and Gu Qing'er

"What method?" Na'er asked immediately.

Qin Jian, however, suddenly laughed: "Why must the consciousnesses also fuse when two people undergo Fusion? Why can't two consciousnesses be retained simultaneously?"

"Retain... two consciousnesses simultaneously?"

Na'er's eyes lit up: "Do you mean one as the primary consciousness and one as the secondary consciousness? But does such a person really exist? Two consciousnesses existing in one mind?"

"Of course they exist."

Qin Jian knew that only if they both believed it could they truly fuse into one body with two consciousnesses.

So, he said: "I don't know if you've heard of dissociative identity disorder?"

"Dissociative identity disorder?"

Na'er probed: "You mean... a personality splitting into two people?"

"That's right."

Qin Jian nodded and said: "When a person's stress is too great, one personality is not enough to face everything in reality, so a second personality appears; this is a mental self-protection mechanism."

"I understand, it means splitting into a second personality to escape reality..."

Na'er nodded, then thought for a moment and said: "Then, let's proceed with me as the primary personality and you appearing as the secondary personality. This way, your consciousness and mine can exist simultaneously, and we can switch at any time."

"Then let's try it. You are the primary personality, and after I enter, I will be placed in the depths of the mind as the secondary personality..."

As Qin Jian spoke, he slowly brought his head close to hers, bit by bit, and fused into her.

"Hiss!"

A strange white glow suddenly burst forth from them, completely enveloping the two.

"Hum!"

The next moment, the white glow gradually died down, and a figure appeared faintly within the white mist.

She had a beautiful face that leaned toward androgynous, yet possessed all the characteristics of a female.

The clothes on her body were neither Qin Jian's Light Blue Sword Outfit nor Na'er's One-piece Dress, but a set of blue-and-white female battle armor.

Her stature had become half a head taller than Na'er and half a head shorter than Qin Jian, and her hands and legs also leaned toward a feminine appearance.

Her palms were fair and slender, extremely beautiful.

"Is this what we look like after merging?"

She did not speak, but Qin Jian's voice rang out in the depths of her mind.

"Mm, this is what we look like after our Fusion with me as the primary," she said aloud.

She raised her hands and took two steps forward, looking quite curious herself.

"My turn, my turn, I want to experience it too," Qin Jian said impatiently in the mind.

"Okay."

She gently closed her eyes, the personalities in her mind switched, and then she opened her eyes again, becoming dominated by Qin Jian.

After simply walking two steps and looking at his own hands and feet, Qin Jian began to curiously explore other parts.

"You, where are you touching?!"

Na'er's exasperated voice rang out immediately.

"Since this is a female-dominated Fusion, I'm naturally curious about what it feels like to be touched there..."

Qin Jian withdrew his hand from the chest area, looking very innocent.

"Hmm, this feeling, it's very real..."

His tone was somewhat strange.

He had originally thought that since this was a consciousness body, he wouldn't truly perceive the sensation of touching himself, but just now it had been so clear.

"Idiot, we are completely fused now; there are just two personalities existing. All other perceptions are from our fused body, so the feeling is also a superposition of two people."

Na'er said crossly: "So this fused body, theoretically speaking, is neither you nor me, but a combination of us both. Since it's our combination, you can naturally feel what I feel."

"A combination of us both..."

The fused body's expression was clearly somewhat strange: "Then, can the current you and me neither be called Qin Jian nor Na'er?"

"Does that matter? When it's female-dominated, call it Na'er, and when it's male-dominated, call it Qin Jian, wouldn't that be fine?" Na'er said.

"After all, it's a combination of us both, like a biological son or daughter; it would be awkward to keep using our own names," Qin Jian said in the mind.

"Biological son... biological daughter..."

Na'er looked clearly chilled by the thought.

"Names don't really matter..."

After a long while, she asked curiously: "Then what name do you want to pick?"

The fused body pinched its chin in a contemplative pose: "Qin Na?"

"Ugly," Na'er evaluated mercilessly.

"Then... Qin Nana?" Qin Jian said in the mind.

"Don't, are you trying to gross me out?"

Na'er said helplessly: "How about taking my surname?"

"Why should our child take your surname?!" Qin Jian said, very unhappy.

"Wha... what our child..."

Na'er was uncharacteristically stuttering: "This is just a Fusion of the two of us!"

If someone were looking from the outside, they would find it very strange, because this female fused body had been talking to itself the whole time.

Her voice was also fused, a magnetic, androgynous tone.

"Then should we call it Gu Qing?" Qin Jian said crossly.

"Isn't that pretty good? It sounds much better than that Qin Na thing." Na'er's tone was clearly a bit happier.

Qin Jian shrugged and said, "You like it? Then let's go with that... but Gu Qing is more suited for a male version; the female version isn't soft enough."

"What should the female version be called?" Na'er asked immediately.

Qin Jian smiled slightly: "Gu Qing'er."

"Good, that's the one."

Na'er made the final decision.

And so, um... Gu Qing'er let out a soft laugh: "Next, it's your turn to take over the personality; I don't know how to condense the Spirit."

The next moment, her smile faded: "Alright."

The talking to oneself finally came to an end.

Gu Qing'er closed her eyes, then opened them again, having changed to Na'er's main personality in control.

"In the future, when we're outside, when the secondary personality is speaking, let's not interfere with the body; the feeling of talking to oneself is a bit strange," Gu Qing'er said again.

"Outside..."

Qin Jian's voice rang out in her mind: "So it really is possible to achieve Fusion even when outside..."

"Of course. Since the Fusion has produced two consciousness entities like Gu Qing and Gu Qing'er, they won't disappear again. As long as we are willing, we can fuse at any time, and all kinds of abilities will be fused, thereby causing our strength to... skyrocket."

Gu Qing'er paused, then added: "Of course, Qin Jian, if you don't want to drag down Na'er's strength and want to fuse the most powerful version of me, then you must become a god. Before that, all Fusions are just Na'er accommodating you, Qin Jian."

"Emmm..."

Qin Jian's voice rang in her mind: "Na'er, why does Gu Qing'er seem like a third personality? The way she speaks is slowly becoming a mix of the two of us."

At this moment, Na'er's voice also rang out in her mind: "Since we have fused, the two consciousnesses will begin to erode each other, so Gu Qing'er's personality is neither an independent you nor an independent me, but a complete me plus our fused parts."

"If this continues, will we slowly turn into one person?"

Qin Jian's voice was very... strange: "Uh, I don't want to turn into one person; I still prefer being a separate individual from you..."

The Fusion he wanted was not this kind of Fusion that turns into one person...

"Rest assured, it's not that we are turning into one person, but turning into four people..."

Na'er said in her mind: "You, me, Gu Qing'er led by me, and Gu Qing led by you—a total of four people."

Qin Jian: "..."

His thoughts were very chaotic; if he used Gu Qing to do certain things in the future, would that count as cuckolding himself?

If he were to fuse into Gu Qing'er using Na'er's own body as the lead in the future, would that count as sleeping with himself...

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