Chapter 339 How to Make Broken Jade
Chapter 339 How to Make Broken Jade
"The Hollow Formation of the God of Death?"
Lu Li was intrigued by Aizen's words. When he was in Hueco Mundo, he initially asked Xiao Wu to follow him in the hope of observing the process of the evolution of the Great Hollow and figuring out the principle of the transformation of the Hollow's power.
However, although he made observations and records according to Aizen's instructions, he himself did not realize the mystery behind it.
"That's right. This time I went to Hueco Mundo and studied the sample that Lu Jun gave me in detail. Combined with the research records of Sal Apollo, I have a new understanding of Hollowization."
Aizen said that long before they separated last time, Lu Li gave him some "spiritual tissue" and asked him to study the changes that had taken place in Lu Li's body.
However, due to the limitations of research conditions within Soul Society, he was unable to successfully research the cause of Lu Li's changes. He only confirmed that Lu Li was a very strange spirit.
For example, he discovered that Lu Li's body did not seem to be composed of pure spirit particles, and was different from ordinary souls. In essence, Lu Li was a fusion of spirit particles and instrument particles, and was no longer an ordinary god of death.
Lu Li in this state may be able to do things that ordinary death gods cannot do. For example, Lu Li can appear in the world and be seen by ordinary people without spiritual power by regulating the frequency of his own lepton.
To put it more extremely, Aizen even suspected that Lu Li could have children directly with humans.
He didn't know whether Lu Li had been like this from the beginning or had mutated in Hueco Mundo, but this new trait interested him very much. He believed that Lu Li had become a new creature and was no longer limited by the system of Death.
This time when he went to Hueco Mundo, he used the research equipment that Sal Apollo had obtained before to conduct in-depth research and found that Lu Li's Bankai was very difficult and had nothing to do with his physique.
Although Lu Li's 'spiritual body' seemed to him to have many abnormalities, this was definitely not the reason why Lu Li had difficulty in performing Bankai. The reason why Lu Li had difficulty in performing Bankai was because of some kind of special spirit particle floating in the depths of his soul.
This special spirit particle is very magical. Aizen observed it by chance when he borrowed Sal Apollo's super spirit particle microscope. What's strange is that this spirit particle can inexplicably disappear from his sight.
It was as if it had its own awareness and was intentionally avoiding him when he was observing it. Aizen even suspected that the special spirit particle he accidentally observed had a certain level of intelligence and was deliberately avoiding him.
He subsequently used all sorts of tricks and observed that special lepton several times. However, after observing it using the same new method, he could no longer observe it when he used it repeatedly.
As a result, Aizen is still unable to determine what that thing is. He can only speculate that this special spirit particle is the strangeness in Lu Li's soul, which is one of the factors that make it difficult for him to achieve Bankai.
Although he had not boasted to Lu Li that he would help Lu Li master Bankai before, the failure of this research still made Aizen a little unhappy. With his research hindered, he did not turn back to his original research on Sal Apollo, but instead began research on hollowization.
Speaking of hollowization, he actually did not start this research in Hueco Mundo. He had been involved in it as early as seventy years ago when he graduated from the Maou Spiritual Academy.
It wasn't that he had been thinking about breaking the limits between the God of Death and the Hollow from the beginning, but Lu Li had just disappeared at that time, and he wanted to go to Hueco Mundo to look for him, but as a God of Death, it was difficult for him to open a stable black cavity to reach Hueco Mundo.
In order to study the way to open a stable black cavity, he began to study the power of the void, and then gained a certain understanding of the void.
Although Lu Jun had previously reminded him not to use the residents of Rukongai for experiments, he had to admit that he had previously experimented on the ruffians on the outskirts of Rukongai, otherwise he would not have been able to master the technique to open the black cavity.
He was still relatively young at the time, and as Lu Jun said, he had a clear bottom line in doing things. He believed that those souls who burned, killed and looted outside of Rukongai would not attract the attention of outsiders even if they died. After all, they often died in large numbers in daily fights.
After some preliminary research, he had actually found a way to induce the soul to become virtual, but he was not satisfied with the results.
Fortunately, he finally found a way to open the black cavity, and the previous research records were preserved, which laid the foundation for the current formal research.
"Can I achieve the Hollow? Doesn't it require any material? Just like the hypothesis you proposed before, Sosuke, is it really possible to achieve perfect Hollow without that kind of imaginary material?"
Lu Li asked curiously at this time, he didn't know exactly when Aizen made the Hogyoku, but it was definitely not there yet.
Referring to the age of Gin Ichimaru in the original work, ninety years later, Gin Ichimaru graduated from the Maou Spiritual Academy and became a chief officer directly. After getting close to Aizen, he was trained by Aizen and kept by his side.
And Ichimaru Gin deliberately approached Aizen in order to take revenge on Aizen and regain the "Finger of the Soul King" that Aizen took from Rangiku Matsumoto.
Roughly calculating the time, Sosuke obtained the Soul King's fingertip in the original work and integrated it into the Hougyoku he made, which may have been about 80 years ago. After all, after the incident, Ichimaru Gin quickly chose to become a god of death and graduated from the Maou Spiritual Academy at a very fast speed.
However, it is worth mentioning that the Hogyoku was made before Sosuke obtained the fingertips of the Soul King.
The original description is, "After devouring the Soul King's fingertips, it began to awaken and showed signs of growth."
This shows that Sosuke had created the Hogyoku much earlier, but without the fingertips of the Spirit King, it lacked spirituality and the power to grow, and was an incomplete Hogyoku among incomplete Hogyoku.
"Beng Yu, I named that substance Beng Yu, but I haven't been able to make it yet."
Aizen said, "In fact, in my opinion, the theory of the formation of the substance called Hogyoku is already very complete, but it lacks experiments to verify its feasibility."
"Sosuke is trying to say that as long as we have a flexible lower limit, we can complete the Hougyoku?"
Lu Li roughly understood what the other party meant. Sosuke already had the theory of Collapsing Jade. If he were to conduct an experiment later, referring to the original work, Lu Li believed that Sosuke would also be able to succeed.
The only problem was that, as far as he knew, the material needed for Sosuke's version of the Hogyoku was the soul of a god of death, and not just an ordinary soul from Rukongai. Even if it was a soul with strong spiritual pressure potential, it could not be used as material for the Hogyoku if it did not obtain a Zanpakutō and become a god of death.
It's easy to find some souls for experiments. The thugs on the edge of Rukongai, the big villains in the world who would have been sent to hell after death, these souls, Sosuke thinks it's nothing to casually use them.
But if they want to use the souls of the Shinigami, they will have to attack the Gotei soldiers in the Seireitei.
"Flexibility limit? Lu Jun's analogy is not very appropriate. In fact, what is the difference between the Gotei and the Hollows? If we use the Hollows for experiments, it would also be a cruel act. The creatures of the three realms are essentially the same. In my opinion, it is not objective to directly divide them into superior and inferior ones."
Aizen said, "Are the Shinigami of the Gotei necessarily good? Are the Hollows necessarily evil? Mr. Lu, who has traveled in the Hueco Mundo for many years, must have more experience than me, right?"
Lu Li was silent for a while after hearing this. He knew that Sosuke was the best at making up stories, but he had to admit that what he said made sense.
There are also some Hollows in Hueco Mundo who he thinks are kind-hearted. They get along well with each other when they travel together.
Not all people in Soul Society are good. Most of the Gotei members are from Rukongai. They want to find a good job and join the Gotei 13. Their personal character and code of conduct vary greatly from person to person. It can only be said that there are "good people" everywhere, and there are also "bad people" who are disgusting.
"Then can Sosuke guarantee that the materials he has selected are all people who deserve to be executed?"
Lu Li asked back, having actually made a concession.
"If there is enough time, it will just be a long screening process, but we don't have that much time right now, Mr. Lu. So if we want to make Broken Jade, I can't guarantee that they are all people who deserve to die in your opinion."
Aizen pushed his glasses down on his nose. "When we don't have much time left, of course we have to prioritize our own survival. Captain Zaraki won't give us too much time."
Lu Li frowned and thought for a moment, feeling that the matter was indeed very troublesome.
The current situation is that they are a little passive, and they need new strength to break the deadlock. In this situation, it would be a bit naive to think that they can defeat the other party without hurting innocent people.
But the education Lu Li received since childhood made it difficult for him to accept such things. He would rather fight alone and fight to the last moment than move forward with grudges in his heart.
Amidst the noisy thoughts, a figure suddenly flashed through Lu Li's mind, and he felt that there might be other solutions to this problem.
In order to complete the hollowing of the God of Death, it is not necessary to use Sosuke's version of the Hogyoku. They can also use Urahara Kisuke's version of the Hogyoku!
In the original work, when Mako Hirako and others were turned into hollows, Urahara Kisuke took out the Hogyoku he made to rescue them. It was because of his help that Mako Hirako and others were able to regain their sanity and become masked soldiers instead of mindless beasts.
According to Urahara Kisuke, the Hogyoku was made when he was researching how to break the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows. The specific production process was not explained in detail, but it was definitely not made using the soul of a Shinigami like Sosuke's.
And judging from his tone, his Hougyoku had been made for some time, but had never been used in practice. The time he saved Hirako Mamoru and the others was the first time he used it.
Considering that Sosuke has already completed the theoretical research on Hogyoku, does Urahara Kisuke also have a more complete theory?
"Sosuke, do you still remember Urahara Kisuke?"
Lu Li said.
"Urahara Kisuke? The third seat of the second division? He was quite low-key when he was a student, but I admire his intelligence."
Aizen said that he paid more attention to all geniuses, and Urahara Kisuke was one of them.
Although that guy usually looks lazy, he actually has a very high IQ. It is said that he is now doing research in the second team and has achieved considerable results.
But Lu Li mentioned Urahara Kisuke at this time, which made him very confused, "Does our previous topic have anything to do with him?"
"I just heard some rumors. Urahara Kisuke might be researching how to break the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows..."
An interesting idea popped up in Lu Li's mind, "Soyousuke, do you two want to meet and talk? Exchange ideas in the field of scientific research?"
If you think about it carefully, this is not impossible. To be honest, at this stage, Sosuke has not done anything to harm the Soul Society. The only biggest handle may be the collusion with Hueco Mundo that Kenpachi Zaraki knows.
But even if such a thing were to be exposed, as long as it did not cause any substantial harm to Soul Society, there would be room for defense, and the Central 46 would not sentence him to many years in prison.
Even from the perspective of a normal bystander like Lu Li, isn't it a great achievement for a god of death to rule over Hueco Mundo?
Just like in later generations, Kurotsuchi Mayuri also set up a research base in the Hueco Mundo and conducted extensive research on Hollows. He made outstanding contributions to the Thousand Year Blood War with his research results.
To be honest, there is nothing to blame about this matter. The biggest mistake Sosuke and him made was not reporting this matter to the authorities...
Of course, they have their own reasons for not saying it. After all, controlling the Hueco Mundo and setting up a laboratory is only the first half of their plan, and the latter part is a bit shameful.
Not to mention the rebellion to overthrow the Soul Society system and the creation of a new structure for the Three Realms, the Hollowification experiment alone was enough to sentence them both to thousands of years.
Well, the same thing applies to Urahara Kisuke. Strictly speaking, the research he did to develop the Hogyoku is also banned. They are the same.
Therefore, in the original work, Sosuke was not framing Urahara Kisuke, he did do relevant research.
"Urahara Kisuke is also researching this?"
Aizen groaned, "Mr. Lu, Urahara Kisuke is a smart man. If he is really doing relevant research, how could the news leak out?"
Lu Li was suddenly speechless, because he found that the source of the information was really difficult to explain. Urahara Kisuke would at most tell Yoruichi about such an important matter, but Yoruichi would never talk big about something that concerned Urahara Kisuke's life.
"Forget it. Since what you said, Mr. Lu, is indeed groundless, I will go and see him tomorrow and I will know."
Aizen thought things were getting interesting. He originally wanted to convince Lu Li to let go of his little insistence so that they could quickly make the Hogyoku and then start the process of hollowing out the god of death.
Unexpectedly, Lu Li provided him with a new route. If Urahara Kisuke really had some skills and achievements in the corresponding field, then it was not impossible for the two of them to cooperate.
He understood the inner world of researchers best. For example, although Sal Apollo was intimidated by his dominance, he quickly entered a frenzy and worked very hard when conducting research with him.
It's because the research project is so interesting that any researcher would find it hard to resist its temptation.
If Urahara Kisuke is really doing relevant research, then he will definitely not be able to resist the temptation to realize the research theory. The other party is inconvenient in various ways in Soul Society, but he has a research laboratory in Hueco Mundo, and the two sides can complement each other.
(End of this chapter)