Chapter 357: Kurumi Tokisaki: The Advantage Is Mine

——Even divine power.

——Has limits that cannot be crossed.

The life and death of mortal things, to divine power, are merely flowers before the lens……

Growing, blooming, withering……

None of this is irreversible.

But they are merely mortal things; extraordinary beings are different, especially those entangled with higher powers, which are even more troublesome.

After all, let's not even mention quasi-gods, demon lords, and the like……

Even those who are essentially still mortals, but are extremely devout clerics or believers, their souls have establishment……

Operating on this kind naturally becomes much more troublesome, not so simple.

So strictly speaking——

Xia Zhi's words are indeed not empty.

Although how to define that "mortal thing" is indeed still debatable, because no matter how you look at it, even Spirits before him actually only count as mortals.

Even Mio Takamiya is the same.

But putting this point aside, those reincarnated souls have indeed lost the opportunity for resurrection.

Or rather, such souls have already departed from the state belonging to death, so what resurrection is there to speak of.

They have already embarked on a new journey, begun another life's exploration.

………………

Kurumi Tokisaki was somewhat disappointed.

But she also quickly adjusted her mindset.

"Then let's not talk about this, register me first……" she said with a grin, "Miss Reine, is it still you in charge?"

While saying this, Kurumi Tokisaki looked toward the Analyst Miss standing beside her.

"……"

"……"

"Miss Reine?"

Kurumi Tokisaki raised an eyebrow, looking at the Analyst Miss who was somewhat dazed and blank, as if in a daze, and called out again.

"Ah? Oh oh, wh-what is it?"

Reine Murasame finally came to her senses, looking toward her somewhat flusteredly.

"Miss Reine, you can't be like this, I feel your sleep is severely insufficient, is the work pressure too great?"

Kurumi Tokisaki said this, but didn't suspect anything.

Because in her memory, this Fraxinus Analyst indeed suffered long-term sleep deprivation, was always so listless, always so weak.

Not saying she'd drop dead at any moment.

But the type who, walking on the road, makes people worry she might trip on flat ground.

"Indeed some insomnia……"

Reine Murasame said vaguely, brushing past this topic, while looking somewhat troubled: "What do you mean by saying it's still me in charge?"

"It's just……"

Kurumi Tokisaki subconsciously wanted to answer, then immediately reacted, subconsciously looking toward the person beside her who wasn't speaking, just calmly drinking tea.

"Mm, wait, at this time point it seems there isn't……"

"There isn't not, I installed a nano core on Fraxinus, as long as it's needed, it can expand corresponding modules."

Xia Zhi sipped a mouthful of tea, blinked, and said.

"Just request it from the ship AI, wait for it to complete the remodeling upgrade, the warship's calculation core will have sufficient performance and computing power……"

Directly cosplaying Skynet is very simple.

Of course not referring to computing power settings that can't even compare to an RTX 4090 graphics card, but referring to that kind of prestige setting.

"Is that so? Won't that affect your arrangements?"

Kurumi Tokisaki went "aiya" a few times, looking very embarrassed.

Clearly the smile on her face was bright, yet it had quite a bit of a tea art feel, but because she acted rather deliberately, it instead revealed this feeling.

Tea art.

But it's fake.

So negative times negative equals positive, it's not real tea art, even such pretentious posturing instead reveals a trace of broad-minded meaning.

This grasp of measure is quite good.

Xia Zhi is also a well-informed person, naturally wouldn't think she's some green tea bitch, of course even more impossible to think she's some understanding good younger sister.

He wasn't moved at all, didn't even raise an eyebrow: "I have no arrangements, you do as you please, anyway I'm fine with anything……"

"Eh, it's 'you're fine with anything' again?"

Black long straight hair fell covering half her eyes, the girl like an elegant, poised young lady, couldn't help but pull at the corner of her mouth.

This kind of stance, isn't good news.

Alright, looks like it's still that situation, the other party might really not care.

"Then I use my memory of the future to guide the organization to develop in advance, this is also okay?" While thinking this, she asked this.

Like probing, yet also like confirming.

"Of course okay, anything goes…… anyway you transmigrated back by your own ability, this is what you deserve." The youth smiled, spreading his hands: "Each by their own means."

As a judge, he still has to pretend to be fair, open, and just.

Won't be partial to any side, so this side got a cheat, that side also has to get a cheat……

"By the way, what's your external name going to be in the future?" He seemed to recall something, asking with feigned curiosity.

"You don't know this either?"

Kurumi Tokisaki's expression was somewhat subtle.

"Knowing everything would be boring..." Xia Zhi naturally wouldn't admit he actually save-scummed frequently just to fine-tune and optimize route choices.

"..."

"..."

Hao Le, the other party truly didn't care at all who won or lost...

This unwillingness to spoil things attitude was simply like purely watching a good show; right now she probably just got suddenly curious about a detail and asked casually...

Perceiving this signal, Kurumi Tokisaki was somewhat speechless and somewhat helpless.

But she still maintained the bright and brilliant smile on her face well, answering with a beaming smile: "Hydra—"

"Because there were originally Ten Spirits, but in the power that classmate Folding Paper grasped, there appeared the most obvious deviation..."

"There is one Spirit who is hostile to us, so in the end we took this name; anyway it's just a codename..."

She also explained the reason.

"Good name, I think you guys can start a S. H. I. E. L. D. shell company too." The youth blinked, giving the suggestion with a straight face.

"Eh?"

Kurumi Tokisaki froze for a moment, thought seriously: "Is there some connection?"

"One team, two signs..."

Xia Zhi remained deadpan: "When roleplaying Justice League, say you're Hydra; when acting as evil organization, say you're S. H. I. E. L. D."

………………

………………

Kurumi Tokisaki pondered the connection between "Hydra" and "S. H. I. E. L. D.", following Reine Murasame away from the bridge area.

"The Ship Mainframe's location should be in the New Kong Zhi Shi..."

Reine Murasame passed through the Corridor, maintaining her insomniac woman persona, looking somewhat staggering.

"Permission registration has to be done there, and we first need to obtain the Captain's Agreement."

Recalling the information that person told her when loading the Nano Core onto the ship, the Analyst spoke matter-of-factly.

Mm, that is indeed the process.

And it indeed also needs Itsuka Commander's Agreement; after all, have to give this fourteen-year-old Captain a little tiny bit of respect.

To reflect the other party's existence meaning and value.

"I understand." Kurumi Tokisaki came to her senses, nodding slightly.

"..."

"..."

Reine Murasame also stopped speaking.

At this moment, both their moods were equally complex, and surprisingly consistent.

Not long after, the two found Kotori Itsuka—the latter wasn't too reassured, observing the situation from the adjacent cabin during Tobiichi Origami and her family of four's reunion.

Now it felt relatively stable; even Inverse Form Origami seemingly wouldn't commit violence, so she was relieved.

Hearing the two's purpose, Kotori Itsuka also gladly accepted, bringing the two toward the New Kong Zhi Shi at the deepest part of the Interior.

After all, she also hadn't had time to properly look at what more intuitive changes her beloved flagship had after the upgrade and remodel; this was a good chance to familiarize herself.

New Kong Zhi Shi.

The central hub of the entire Nano Zhan Fu.

This is a very special Information Space, treating light recognition as network, visualized data flowing within.

A structure composed of simple geometric shapes, suspended at the very Center of this space.

Facing such a Data Landscape, the other two were both somewhat surprised; only Kurumi Tokisaki from the future seemed very familiar.

"Fraxinus, hello... we meet again."

Kurumi Tokisaki greeted cheerfully.

Simultaneously, she also sighed in her heart.

Fraxinus, this Air Battleship would be the Organization's main base in the future; it chases the Sun, circles the World.

It itself also possesses extremely powerful performance, can handle all kinds of tedious complex affairs... this situation continued until boarding the Orbital Great Wall, switching to the Orbital Ring Base.

But even then, not much changed.

Because the whole world couldn't find any Super Computer that could match the Ship Mainframe's performance; in the end still had to rely on it.

But precisely because of this...

This instead became an extremely obvious Weak Point, finally seized by the final BOSS, easily wiped out.

That scene flashed back in her mind: the huge hull exploding in Mid-air, turning into a scene of gorgeous Fireworks...

Kurumi Tokisaki couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Perhaps it was from that moment that the originally greatly advantaged Our Side thoroughly went Downhill.

Losing the Ship Mainframe's performance, the Orbital Ring Base not only failed to exert its due effect, but instead completely became a burden.

—The Opponent is the Planet's Son, the Earth's incarnation.

—Then Our Side must have a Celestial Suppression Weapon.

This was originally a very correct strategic train of thought, however among them there is a problem.

How to drive that massive Steel Sky, how to control that Orbital Space Station that operates in units of Ten Thousand Li?

Only someone gone mad would think of purely relying on Brainpower and Manpower to achieve control and operation.

The best solution was still to entrust this complex task to a powerful Artificial Heart.

Tireless, possessing epoch-making performance and computing power, able to coordinate vast data resources, easily crushing all computers of the Old World with an absolute generation gap...

This was undoubtedly the most suitable.

It was a pity that they originally had this trump card, but had not been able to use it well.

They had not even been able to protect it properly, and the trump card was blown.

Thus—

The situation rapidly declined, their advantages were quickly lost, and the Celestial Suppression Weapon they had obtained not only failed to be further mastered, but became a burden.

Without the Qin Empire's Lost Technology, those Ancient Technologies could not be restored, and the Organization had no possibility of controlling those technical achievements built upon the Immortal Path.

Moreover, because the Dao Arts Heavenly Net rose strongly during that period, the corresponding fields became Technical Forbidden Zones, making people pale at the mention of them...

Originating from Immortal Arts Neural Machinery, but ultimately evolving into a Jutsu with its own will—

Intuitively revealing a characteristic...

Teaching everyone...

What is "Law Has Spirit Origin"?

It is a Dao Art, a living Dao Art, a Dao Art that has become a spirit.

It seems to have its own life, its own will, and its own thoughts... It wants to carve itself into the foundation of the World, weaving itself into the Planet's future.

And within the future woven by this Dao Art that has come to life...

Everything is so cold.

Heaven and Earth are not benevolent, regarding the Ten Thousand Things as Straw Dogs.

It does not truly regard Humans as enemies, yet it grants no privilege to the Primate among the Ten Thousand Things, only absolute Equality and Impartiality.

"Fate of Lifespan is Heaven's Decree, Strength and Weakness are self-determined"—everything must be within this order, and no one is allowed to break it.

To a certain extent...

The Dao Arts Heavenly Net is no easier to deal with than the Origin Spirit.

If these two were not likewise targeting each other, the Living Beings on the ground might not have any chance to catch their breath at all.

Therefore, losing Fraxinus is an unacceptable loss.

Fortunately—

This time I can keep it.

The Spirit of Time stared at the Ship Mainframe hub before her, silently making her Determination.

—This time, the advantage is mine.

Although...

While the girl was thinking this, the Analyst Miss also stood at her Side, taking her Expression all into her eyes.

(Chapter End)