Jiraiya held his head high.

He seemed to be in that white absolute gaze.

Orochimaru chuckled softly, as if he was satirizing his friend's innocence as always.

"It's okay if you don't have to be so affectionate, it's just an empty shell."

"Empty shells?" Jiraiya was slightly surprised.

But there is obviously some kind of chakra fluctuation on its body, and this fluctuation

Very familiar.

Orochimaru nodded, walked to the console to the side, picked up a data record, and handed it to Jiraiya.

Without waiting for him to take a closer look, he explained as if he was taking care of this stupid man: "You can simply understand that . . . It has no soul. ”

"Of course, if the explanation of the soul feels too illusory to you, it can also be explained in a more scientific way."

"They don't have brains, they don't have internal organs, they don't have meridians, they don't have blood vessels. The whole body is composed of intercolumnar cells with extremely special properties. ”

"But they also have part of the genetic information of humans, and they are very strange creatures."

"It has some plant properties, but it can also take human form and even have similar skills, but its components are more like . Spore. ”

Orochimaru's assertion on this is not arbitrary.

Because even plants have a clear hierarchy, and this creature is more like a fungal organism with a unified structure from the inside out.

Or even algae?

Looking at Jiraiya's jaw, which was starting to become a little unclosing.

Orochimaru seemed a little helpless: "It's not easy to understand?" Then you can think of them as a kind of fungus or a special kind of mushroom. ”

"Fungi? Mushroom? ”

No matter how Orochimaru explains, he is still in a half-confused state.

It's not that this snow-haired hero is rare and weird.

There are no brains and no internal organs, but they can 'live'.

There are no blood vessels and no meridians, but there is a chakra that symbolizes life.

Anyone who sees such a strange thing for the first time will be surprised and even frightened.

However, the difference in human temperament is also reflected here.

If Jiraiya was the first to discover this kind of lifeform, it would only be regarded as one of the wonders of the ninja world, and I am afraid that he would choose to stay away.

However, Orochimaru is clearly not prepared to let go of this thing that advances the course of humanity. He'll take advantage of it.

"If, to this extent, you still think that I am disregarding human life, just look at this."

Orochimaru pulled down the lever of the console, and the lights in the basement flickered slightly.

A peculiar liquid agitation sounded in the pipes connecting the tank.

Everything seems a little weird.

And as the mysterious liquid was injected into it, Bai Jue, who was originally as quiet as a specimen, suddenly began to writhe and agitate.

It was as if something was about to burst out of it.

Such a strange scene made the pharmacist Ye Naiyu unconsciously take a half step back and hide himself behind the young man on the side.

Seiichi glanced sideways slightly, and his steady steps blocked her gaze.

But the nun-like agent was scared, and when Seiichi completely blocked her view, she gently grabbed Seiichi's shoulders and exposed half of her head as if peeping.

Is this an occupational disease?

Not to mention it's pretty cute.

What happened in the cultivation tank, Seiichi didn't really care too much.

Because he already knew about this process.

'With natural energy, or immortal chakra, give birth to the White Jew and divide it'.

He had already verified this conjecture when he was in the Dragon Cave.

It's just that the immortal chakra used by the Great Snake Pill is not pure enough.

Obviously, it is used to extract the body fluids of the innate immortal human body 'Chongwu'.

Of course, the natural energy contained in it is not as pure as the serious Longdi Cave immortals, and the speed of birth is much slower.

But perhaps it's because it's been relatively slow.

Seeing the picture of a 'person' and 'cracking' so clearly does have a little bit of picture impact.

Orochimaru pulled down a lever again, and the white jue in the cultivation tank, which had not yet completely split, was cut off by the sound.

Seiichi could feel the big sister hiding behind him tremble, but she didn't make any sound.

"Orochimaru!"

"Don't make a noise, look closely."

It seems to be what Orochimaru said before confirming it.

The white incision, which was split in two, did not show any bone meridians or even blood.

Their bodily fluids are like some kind of . Juice? It is usually suspended in a vessel.

And its broken incision is also in the immortal chakra that continues to be infused, and it is quickly reborn and repaired in a posture that is by no means human.

"How? Self also. Orochimaru's voice was cold, but it seemed like there was some kind of pride hidden, "Do you still think that they are human?" ”

Jiraiya stood still for a while and took a deep breath.

"You guy. It's scary as always. ”

What he has witnessed at this moment is undoubtedly a bit beyond the norm for this 'traditional' ninja.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was puzzled again:

"But. . . What's the use of you saying that they don't have consciousness and no brains to cultivate such a strange life? ”

In the opinion of Zilai, these.' Life', and it can't become the ninja that can be used by the village in the original Mu Dun ninja cultivation plan.

Even if it is peculiar, it is only peculiar.

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya, his gaze slightly contemptuous.

"So Jiraiya, even if you have lived a long time, you are still that naïve fool in my eyes."

Although he seemed to be talking to Jiraiya, Orochimaru's gaze remained fixed on the split cultivation tank.

Fiery and even fanatical.

"It's just a stage, a ladder to success."

"What's the point of such a strange life?"

"Hum hum" The strange and hoarse low laughter gradually rose, and Orochimaru's gaze seemed to slowly cool with this hoarse laughter.

He reverted back to the numb eyes that seemed to look down on everything, and there seemed to be no emotion in his words.

"Yo from the beginning. Can you answer me, what is the meaning of life? ”

“.”

"What? Aren't you going to convince me that your ninja life is not born but dies? ”

Zilai also frowned and was silent for a long time, and finally sighed:

"Because I know it means nothing to you."

"Of course." Orochimaru let out a hoarse laugh again, "People born in this ninja world, no matter what talent they have, what dreams they have, what they are unwilling to do, and what attachments they have."

"As long as this sentence is paraphrased, their lives seem to have meaning, and their deaths seem to have a value that can be determined."

Orochimaru's laughter grew.

"But that's self-defeat."

"Because the person who died, even if he wanted to refute this sentence at that time, he would have no chance."

His hoarse voice was slowly low, as if he looked down on everything with indifference and as if he was angry.

"There is no point in death, because there is no point in life."

"We never had the right to choose."

"We can't just live if we want to live, and wanting to die is just self-consolation when we have to die."

"The search for death is never a choice that life is willing to make, but an end that has to be accepted."

"Therefore."

"People will pray to the gods for good health in the next life, saying that this life is enough" The golden pupils stared straight at the snow-haired hero, as if a word.

"It's all self-deception."

"Therefore."

"Life has no meaning until it is eternal enough."

"Death is likewise meaningless until it can truly be chosen."

"Push life to the root and sink death to the grave."

"All the meanings will be answered."

His voice paused slightly, as if he had revisited the words of the person in front of him.

"My dreams? Hmph yes, let me think about it."

He paced back and forth in the laboratory, and everyone present was nothing more than a stubborn stone listening to the Buddha's enlightenment.

The Buddha is talking, and the stone is listening.

But they have nothing to do with it.

Buddha, in fact, is just thinking about the sutras.

"I Dream"

Eventually, he seemed to have finally realized his dream and could confide it in human language.

"One day, humanity will be able to remember death."

When it came to the real exit, the frenzied golden eyes were quiet.

At the moment, he is only stating.

"It will no longer be the end, it will really just be a human choice."

"Human beings are constantly forgetting because they are constantly learning and dying."

"Legacy. Just a kind of decaying eternity. ”

"In the process, they will forget the pain of blood and tears, and forget the teachings engraved in this life, until they forget the preciousness of peace again, and provoke all strife again, and then engrave the pain again in the marrow of the marrow, and it is foolish."

Orochimaru finally stopped chanting like a hymn, and once again stroked the new and split white body.

As if to say.

Not far off.

Everything is no longer far away.

"And it is the first step of mankind towards eternity."

"That's what I do, what it means."

Pale face, golden eyes. Breath of Slaughter.

Black and white stand side by side, and Orochimaru is murderous at the moment.

"Since you have to do it, you want to. Stop me? ”

(End of chapter)