Chapter 471: The Ship of Theseus of the Directive School

[When you come back to your senses, you have returned to the president's office......]

[The 'President of the Erudite Council' was not surprised to see that you were the only one to return, as it seemed to have expected that Rhona would stay in the 'Prophetic Society'. 】

[It tells you that since you already know all the secrets, it will not hide it from you, but what you have seen today must not be revealed to the outside world. 】

[Although there are a few people in the 'Council of Erudition' who are aware of these secrets, they are the next successors who are completely loyal to the school and may be promoted to the position of prophet. 】

【…… When you are promoted to the Great Sage, it will also allow you to join the 'Council of Erudition'. 】

[Every Prophet stationed in the Prophet's Council, the only one who remains awake, is in great pain in the long struggle against disorder, and may be lost and collapsed at any moment. 】

[A prophet needs a real anchor to stay awake, as the anchor of the previous prophet is it, because that prophet is its father.] 】

[And the anchor point of Prophet Rhona is his friend Mr. Bennet...... Now you can barely count one. 】

[You have to remember that you will have time to come and see Rona more often in the future and be a qualified anchor ......]

[You nodded when you heard this, and you were a little puzzled, the previous prophet had already ...... The president could not see the slightest sign of sadness. 】

[It seems to understand the doubts in your heart, and patiently explains......]

[It knows that its father has been put to rest because of Rhona's promotion, which is nothing to be sad about, for its father this is a long-awaited relief, and for it, it has long been mentally prepared. 】

[Giving everything for one's faith is not a sacrifice, but a destination. 】

[Every sage who joins the Council of Erudite and learns of this secret is also mentally prepared to give everything for their faith if they are promoted to the prophet. 】

[At that time, Rhona's promotion speed was too fast, and before she could join the 'Erudite Council' and slowly accept this secret, she was about to break through the boundary between humans and gods. 】

[It can only give Lorna some hints first, so that Lorna is psychologically prepared to be the successor first, but I didn't expect this move to seem to scare Lorna. 】

[You can't blame Lorna, ordinary people suddenly learned that those high-ranking prophets in the school have long been reduced to disorder monsters, and in the face of such a desperate fact, where can they remain calm. 】

[This is probably the reason why the school has always kept this secret ......]

【……】

[Although the journey in the middle is full of twists and turns, these are not important, because it is not wrong for Rona, and Rona has never wavered in her faith in Allah. 】

[Prophet Rona eventually returned to the school and took on this important responsibility......]

[As he spoke, he handed you a teleportation badge and a letter, and continued, you can take this letter of introduction and look directly at the school, and you will be able to complete the task given to you by the Prophet Lorna without hindrance. 】

[Okay, let's go......]

[The president turned his back and waved his hand.] 】

[You have obtained the 'Prophet's Society's Painting Teleportation Badge' (item)]

[You have obtained a 'Letter of Introduction to the Multi-Vision School' (item)]

[After you bid farewell to the 'President of the Erudite Council', you left the Multi-Vision School and rode the refined bronze carriage to the headquarters of the Direct Vision School......]

【……】

【……】

[Compared with the three modest buildings of the multi-vision headquarters, the headquarters of the Direct Vision School in the center of the imperial capital makes you think that what you are facing is not the headquarters of the association, but the royal court. 】

[Although it is covered by a thick fog and is not very visible, just by looking inside the gate of the association, you can get a glimpse of the beautiful fountain, the baroque garden, and the majestic palace-like buildings. 】

[Standing outside the gate of the association are not guards, but two small giant-like bronze dolls, looking at their shiny and glittering copper skin, and the huge size with a sense of oppression, it is not only the terrifying destructive power, but also the high cost. 】

[You show the giant doll a letter of introduction, and when it sees the stamp of the 'Multivision School', you call a host scholar and let it go.] 】

[Although the concept of the multi-vision school and the direct vision school do not agree, their high-level management has been communicating for reasons you already know. 】

[The letter of introduction you carry, its fire paint stamp is the highest level of communication between the two sides, this level of stamp letters, usually by the teleportation magic array to quickly submit, this time by your special delivery, it seems that the matters explained in the letter are definitely not simple. 】

[The receiving scholar does not dare to be careless, and directly leads you to meet the top leader of the school......]

[Along the way, if you observe carefully, the number of scholars in the direct school is obviously smaller than that in the multi-vision school, but although the number is small, the strength of the scholars who come and go should not be underestimated. 】

[And there are a lot of bronze dolls you see along the way, not only auxiliary maid dolls that mow garden lawns, but also battle-type maid dolls that follow the scholars, and scout-type maid dolls.] 】

[You've even seen a scholar with a companion-type maid puppet ......]

[Here, it seems that it has become the norm to have a few fine bronze dolls in hand. 】

[You can't help but ask the reason for the 'reception scholar' next to you.] 】

[It leads you to your destination while explaining to you......]

[Scholars need to focus on book knowledge, and they also need to conduct a lot of academic experiments, and it is inconvenient for daily life to be taken care of by themselves or servants, and the fine bronze puppet can perfectly solve all these problems. 】

[What's more, the bronze puppet can also be used as a combat support, making the adventure journey of scholars exploring the abyss and traveling in the open sea easier and smoother.] 】

[Of course, ordinary bronze dolls can't be the help of powerful scholars, but they don't look directly at the school.] 】

[Because the school has moved the 'Johnny' master!] 】

[Master Johnny is the best puppet maker in the world, and the school spends a lot of money to recruit the master and all his students to serve the school together. 】

[Although the cost of a high-end puppet is extremely expensive, it is also worth the money, an excellent puppet can not only save the life of a scholar at a critical moment, but also relieve the loneliness of a scholar during a boring journey......]

"Puppet Maker Johnny ......"

Lin Xun opened the inventory and looked at the 'Token of the Doll Maker Johnny' presented by the craftsman Coleman.

['Token of Johnny the Dollmaker' (Special Item): A miniature version of a small puppet with extremely intricate carvings.] Hold this token and find Johnny, the master doll maker, and he will be able to satisfy one of your requirements unconditionally. 】

"I see, no wonder Rona asked me to come in person when she could have someone else deliver the letter."

[You ask where the doll maker 'Johnny' is now?] 】

[The receiving scholar points to the huge building in the distance that is out of step with the school's environment, even if it is not a short distance, you can still see the building that looks like a factory, and the thick chimney above the building that is constantly emitting thick black smoke. 】

[The Receiving Scholar said to you, if you want to visit Master Johnny, he can take you there after seeing the President deliver the letter.] 】

[But if you want Master Johnny to create a doll for you, then you have to be prepared for heavy bleeding, just to prepare the refined copper material ......]

[Halfway through the reception of scholars, it seems that he remembered your identity as a multi-vision scholar, and instead said, huh...... In fact, Master Johnny's students have good manufacturing skills. 】

[It's not that Master Johnny can't afford it, but its students are more cost-effective.] 】

Lin Xun pouted: "I have an exclusive token, I can prostitute for nothing without spending money, can you?" ”

Valkyrie, a summon that combines copper technology and magic, is estimated to be unable to be strengthened in other chapters except for this world.

The opportunity for a white prostitute was in front of him, and of course Lin Xun was not ready to let it go, so he decided to wait for the letter and the 'Ring of Stars to Shine' before going to Master Johnny.

Soon, Lin Xun, under the leadership of the receiving scholars, met with the 'President of the Headquarters of the Direct Vision School'.

The president took the letter and read it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more excited he became.

Directly pulled Lin Xun to a magnificent tower in the center of the school, the Prophet Tower.

After years of analysis by the two schools of knowledge, there are very few coordinates of the stars and gods that have not been resolved.

Now the Multivision School analyzes the memory of the 'Executive Officer' on the side, and the Direct Vision School analyzes the 'Ring of the Stars Shining', and the two-pronged approach can wipe out the remaining Star Gods.

When the analysis of the two schools is completed, it is the time to awaken the decisive battle of the supreme leader of the two schools, the Great Prophet.

【……】

[Look directly at the president and lead you into the tower, to the top of the tower......]

[Here, as you can see in the 'Prophet's Society', there is also a huge and complex analytical magic array. 】

[It's just that the analysis points of the magic array are more than half less than those of the 'Prophet Society', but the number of surviving prophets today is not much different from that of the Multivision School. 】

[All this is because the prophets who are seated in the magic array have lost the appearance of human beings. 】

[Their bodies are made entirely of refined copper parts, and they are not so much human beings as they are pure bronze dolls.] 】

[The bodies of these puppets are covered with ugly traces of rust, as if they have passed countless years.] 】

[Strangely, where there are no traces of rust on the surface of its body, it shines with the bright color of refined copper, as if it has just been freshly polished. 】

[The 'Direct-Sighted President' explains to you that the Direct-Sight School was originally used as a vessel for the souls of the prophets, as a means of slowing down the erosion of disorder, as you did with the Orthodox School. 】

[However, this method is not the best way to slow down the erosion of disorder, because each additional body replacement will cause the Prophet's soul to be eroded a little more.] 】

[After 'Master Johnny' came to the school, he served the school wholeheartedly, and made many powerful bronze dolls, which became an indispensable help for scholars. 】

[In terms of physical strength alone, the fine bronze dolls made by Master Johnny surpass the human body by thousands of times. 】

[At that time, the school put forward the hypothesis that Discord could cause flesh and blood to rot and distort, but it would not necessarily have an effect on the cold and hard fine copper. 】

[Is it possible for the Prophets to abandon the human body and let Master Johnny create a new bronze body for the Prophets?] 】

[It is worth mentioning that even the immortal souls of the prophets need to find a suitable shell to accommodate them.] 】

[The bodies originally provided for the prophets were all bodies that had been screened through layers and matched the characteristics of the prophets themselves, and if the conditions were not up to standard, the souls of the prophets could not be replaced with new bodies. 】

[The human body still has such strict requirements, let alone a lifeless refined bronze body? 】

[The top leaders of the school have been arguing about this, but no result has been discussed. 】

[In the end, it was the prophet who was still sober and decided that as long as there was a slight possibility, it was worth trying.] 】

[With this assumption in mind, the school began to experiment ......]

[As a result, the experiment of incorporating the souls of the prophets into the refined bronze bodies failed without exception.] 】

[For scholars who delve into academic studies, it is common for experiments to fail.] 】

[The school did not give up because of this, but began to retreat to the second. 】

[Since the direct replacement of the refined copper body failed, why not gradually transform the body, and first transform some of the flesh and blood limbs into refined copper prosthetics......]

[This idea succeeded in the experimental phase, but unfortunately, even the world's hardest refined copper could not stop disorderly erosion. 】

[Maybe there is nothing in the world that can escape the erosion of disorder, whether it is a living thing or a dead thing......]

[The traces of rust you see now are caused by disorderly erosion, but they are just a different form of expression. 】

[Although experiments have proved that even refined copper cannot resist Discord, there is still exciting news.] 】

[After comparing multiple sets of data, the school found that the refined copper prosthetic is indeed more tolerant to disorder than the flesh and blood limb.] 】

[But only if it's made by 'Master Johnny' and made of the finest copper materials.] 】

Johnny is the only immortal craftsman in the world who has surpassed the legend, and his skills have reached heights that have never been achieved before. 】

[The bronze prosthetic made by Master Johnny is about one-third more resistant to disorder.] 】

Don't underestimate this third, even if it's just a third, it will make the prophets last a long time. 】

[Since then, the school has continued to replace the flesh and blood bodies of the prophets with the best bronze prosthetics, although the cost of this is extremely high, so high that it is a little unbearable to look directly at the school. 】

[But as long as it can slow down disorderly erosion, it's all worth it.] 】

[In the continuous replacement of limbs, the flesh and blood of the prophets have all been replaced with refined copper. 】

[A paradox has been put forward by some scholars, there is a ship that needs to be constantly repaired and replaced with parts during a long voyage. If one board is replaced, the ship is still the same ship, and the same is true for two or three pieces. 】

[But if all the parts are replaced one by one over time during the long voyage, then is this ship still the same ship?] 】

[The same is true of these prophets, when their flesh and blood bodies are completely replaced with fine bronze, when their souls are also disfigured beyond recognition due to disorderly erosion, are the prophets still the same prophets? 】

[Previously it didn't have an answer, but now it has.] 】

[As long as the target of the ship is still that port, the ship will still be the same ship.] 】

[As long as the prophets continue to dedicate themselves to their faith, they will always be prophets.] 】