Chapter 2646: Conflicts of Philosophy, the Portable Villa

Currently, in the Netheril philosophy of death, there is one point very similar to the traditional concepts of Xia Duo's hometown—"If you do not understand life, how can you understand death!"

Although in the eyes of Death Priests, death is eternal peace and the ultimate end of all things, they do not commit suicide to follow the Dao; instead, they strive to achieve fulfillment while alive, for only then can they attain a more perfect death.

Xia Duo also agrees with this point.

In his exchanges with Mote, Xia Duo discovered that many of their concepts coincided, though there were naturally disagreements; for instance, Mote believes that death is the absolute ultimate, and all things must eventually return to death, and should return to death.

But Xia Duo is very clear that death is not the end, but potentially the beginning of another phase.

For example, the Daxia Homeland on the Infinite Wasteland of the Outer Planes—that Shenguo Chu Xing—already contains many Reincarnators who were residents of Daxia Territory during their lifetimes.

The reason they appear there, rather than heading to the Dead Realm of Eternal Peace, is because at the moment of death, before heading to the Outer Planes, they chose the Daxia Homeland they identified with more, rather than the Dead Realm of Eternal Peace.

Of course, one could also say this is a form of affinity attraction.

Those who identify with the Doctrine of the Kingdom of Radiance can go to the Kingdom of Radiance after death; those who identify with the Doctrine of the God of Exploration and Protection can go to the Princess's Nether Palace after death.

If one identifies with multiple doctrines or multiple philosophies simultaneously, generally speaking, they will head toward the direction they identify with most; a person can deceive others, but it is difficult to deceive oneself.

In that situation, is it not permissible for a patient to end their own life?

Perhaps in this world of Magic, Eternal Peace is not the only mainstream afterlife; the true afterlife should be very plain.

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Inside the Level 8 Laboratory, Xia Shao, who had begun to resume Plane research that had been interrupted for various reasons, decided to first create the gift he had promised Jieyi.

But that viewpoint, in Xia Shao's view, is too absolute; if one suffers from a strange disease and has tried every means to no avail, is the patient's life not worse than death?

But this matter cannot be rushed; one can only wait passively. He has already expanded his intelligence sources as much as possible; if a Mist Event truly occurs, he should be able to receive the news at the first opportunity.

Once Linshui Village is renovated, he will place the villa to the west of the Government Hall, by the Linshui River; to the south of that is the planned future maintenance base for the Floating City.

Since those specific trades might still possess Holy Power, they cannot continue to operate in the capacity of Priests.

He intends to get Jieyi a Level 7 standard laboratory; for Jieyi now, that will be sufficient for quite some time to come.

And Jieyi's home is in Linshui Village; the laboratory Jieyi is currently using will soon be demolished. If he doesn't get him a new laboratory as soon as possible, that guy might continue doing experiments at home.

Therefore, Xia Shao's Daxia Homeland now has more and more Reincarnators; at first, there was only one whose name Xia Shao had vaguely heard, but now there are many he has a very deep impression of.

The only pity is that these Reincarnators are somewhat lacking in emotions compared to normal humans on the Main Plane, a bit like intelligent robots implanted with specific memories and specific behavioral patterns.

However, in the long run, Xia Shao will still treat Death Priests as he does Radiant Priests, splitting up their social responsibilities bit by bit and replacing Priests with secular, specific trades.

Although in the future he might change the attributes of the Territory, for the moment, this Territory still belongs to him privately, and maintaining the presence of the Lord is very necessary.

Besides, the Lord's Villa in Linshui Village is also a part that needs to be demolished in this renovation project, but he is reluctant to part with the house he has used for so long and which cost no small price to build.

The safety level of civilian Magic equipment research is relatively low, but that does not mean it is completely non-existent; once such a thing happens, for the person involved, it is an absolutely major accident.

As for the Water Vapor Migration Plan, everything is currently going smoothly, and Talafu has even calculated a more accurate completion date based on the latest progress.

As for the Level 8 Laboratory, there are not many in the entire Tower of Time—including the Floating City—so he won't equip Jieyi with one for the time being.

What he wants to make is a Portable Laboratory; this small project does not pose much difficulty for him. The reason he wants to start making it now is mainly because of the demolition in Linshui Village.

Even if the Lord's Villa is rarely lived in, it must still exist.

Aside from the disagreement over the afterlife, there is also the choice of the method of death; Mote and the vast majority of Death Priests do not accept suicide.

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Regarding the Lord's Villa, Xia Shao currently has no energy to engage in comprehensive Magic-based renovations, so he will just continue using the old one with almost no changes, but the Portable Laboratory he intends to give Jieyi cannot be skimped on in that regard.

Xia Shao only hopes that when dealing with some unconventional suicide cases, the Death Priests, who hold more say in matters of death, can be a bit more flexible.

Although such extreme situations require the most professional judgment possible and cannot be left entirely to the patient to decide, and even Xia Shao himself harbors doubts about this, one must always leave a glimmer of hope!

By the twelfth month, although the perceived temperature had not actually dropped much, the feeling was exceptionally sensitive, as if winter had descended overnight.

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As for Death Priests, they are not yet that abundant at this stage; once the numbers are sufficient, it will be necessary to separate out specialized cemetery management, funeral services, and even graveyard design, funeral equipment research, and so on.

Even more exaggerated is that the first Reincarnator who was from Daxia Territory in his previous life, Sikabeilumu, only had a slight impression of his past name and was somewhat familiar with the skills he had in his previous life.

Floating City.

It can all be completed by early next month.

Of course, the disagreement in this regard is actually far less than that of the afterlife; after all, if a person is determined to commit suicide, others cannot stop them even if they want to.

For example, Radiant Priests, according to their doctrine, can engage in the profession of Judgment or healing, or serve as legal education commissioners, and so on.

Therefore, when preparing the Portable Laboratory for Jieyi, he also intends to make that villa a portable version, though portable does not necessarily mean it must be kept by one's side.

But later, when many Reincarnators appeared there, they immediately remembered their names from their previous lives, and the related skills were also inherited perfectly.

Even establishing reincarnation, just developing that Shenguo Chu Xing, completely exceeded the understanding of Xia Shao; death does not mean the end.

The next day was the start of the last month of Nese Li 839 Nian.

But it is not necessarily impossible to fully recover; it might even be possible to reincarnate them back to the Material Plane, similar to reincarnation; if there is an opportunity in the future, it can still be attempted.

Whether it was the Northland Alliance, or Aiwa and Seventon, no intelligence related to the Mist Event had been transmitted, which made Xia Shao feel somewhat anxious.