Chapter 345 The Principle of Virtualization

Chapter 345 The Principle of Virtualization

Chapter 345 The Principle of Virtualization

In the present world, two figures passed through the pavilion and stopped on a terrace.

"Mr. Lu, this is it. Lord Aizen is waiting for you on the other side."

Dong Xianyao spoke respectfully. He was the chief officer of the 9th Division and was in charge of Lu Li's "present-world internship"

This situation is not uncommon in Soul Society. Some ordinary soldiers of the First Division will go to other divisions for internship before "leaving the factory" to learn the many details of carrying out missions in the real world.

Generally speaking, after leaving the first squadron, they will be sent to the squadron where they had previously interned, and directly serve as chief officers or deputy captains.

Lu Li asked the deputy captain of the Sparrow Division yesterday to approve his internship. It just so happened that the 9th Division had a mission in the real world, so Lu Li chose the team that Dong Xian was going to lead and came out naturally.

Just as the captain said, he is not under house arrest in the First Squadron. It would not be difficult to find his way out as long as he goes through the normal procedures.

"Thank you for your help, Tou Xian."

Lu Li said politely that Dong Xianyao’s strength was actually quite good, but he was a little young in this era.

It can be seen that Tosen also wants to go to Hueco Mundo to meet Sosuke, but he still has to cover for himself in the real world. After all, Tosen is not the only one going out this time, there are other members of the 9th Division as well.

After confirming that there were no hidden dangers in the real world, Dongxian used the device developed by Aizen to open the small black cavity, and Lu Li went straight in.

Just as Lu Li had just entered the black cavity and was gathering spirit particles under his feet to move forward, he suddenly received a prompt from the End Space.

[Pioneer 008, your second talent awakening mission has been loaded, please check it in time. ]

Lu Li was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that he had used the item "Book of Talent Awakening. Sequel" before entering the world of Death.

However, although he received many tasks when he first entered the world, he did not receive any tasks related to his talent. After wondering about it for a while, he forgot about it.

I didn't expect the delay in the End Space to be so high. Does this mission require special preparation?

Out of curiosity, Lu Li opened the task menu while he was on his way to check his new task.

[Talent Awakening Mission. Continued: The Path to the Strongest]

Mission content: Kill the current captain of the 11th Division, Kenpachi Zaraki, and replace him to become the new captain of the 11th Division.

Mission Difficulty: Nightmare ~ Death
Mission Reward: Second Talent Awakening after Returning
Failure penalty: Permanently lose the qualification to awaken the second talent

This task is simple and clear, but it is also very difficult. At present, it is unlikely that he can complete this task.

Kenpachi Zaraki is very strong. Even Sosuke is difficult to deal with, so he will be even more difficult to kill.

Fortunately, this mission does not conflict with his current goal. Now Kenpachi Zaraki is in cahoots with the Soul Singer, who is his enemy, and a conflict will break out sooner or later.

At that time, he could consider getting rid of the Soul Singer first, and then look for an opportunity to kill Kenpachi Zaraki.

If he kills the enemy independently with witnesses, then he can become the captain of the 11th Division even if he does not know Bankai. This has been the rule of the 11th Division since ancient times.

But if they fought in an shameful battlefield in the chaos and he eventually killed Kenpachi Zaraki, then if he wanted to fill the gap, Bankai would still be necessary.

Lu Li closed the menu and stopped thinking about it for the time being. Anyway, it would not affect his established goals. The most urgent task was to further improve himself.

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"Leave--"

Facing the figure flying towards him, Lu Li dodged sideways and made it miss and fall onto the gray sand.

Fortunately, the newcomer had soft brakes, and it stopped after sliding on the fine sand for a short distance. After getting up, it looked at Lu Li with resentment, "Li, why did you walk for so long? Didn't you say you would be back soon?"

Lu Li walked forward and used his spiritual pressure to brush away some of the dust from Nilu, "I've been gone for less than two weeks, isn't that fast?"

The Nel in front of him had changed since the last time he saw her. She looked less hollow on the surface and was wearing a pure white standard uniform of the Kuroyoru Palace, which was said to be designed by Sosuke. All he could say was that he could always trust Sosuke's fashion aesthetic.

The white uniform fits Nilu's figure perfectly, outlining her graceful curves while also revealing a soldier-like efficiency.

If Nile was more serious, showing her cool side in battle, this outfit could be described as heroic.

"But it's so boring in Xuye Palace. Peixue, Dongdechaka, and I can't even play mahjong together."

Ni Lu said with a puffed face, grabbing Lu Li's arm again, "Li, come and play with us."

Lu Li was a little helpless, "Stark should be willing to play with you, right?"

Xiao Wu and Harribel are responsible for handling all the affairs of the Palace of Night and are said to be very busy recently, but Stark is a slacker and is said to find various places to sleep all day long.

"But Stark said he always loses and thinks the game is boring."

Nello complained.

Lu Lixin said, "I don't want to play mahjong with you either. Who would want to play if you always lose?"
"Mr. Lu."

At this time, a calm and indifferent voice sounded, it was Ulquiorra who arrived.

He looked at Nel without emotion, "Woman, Mr. Lu came to Xuye Palace for serious business, and Mr. Aizen has been waiting for him for a long time."

"Tsk, Xiao Wu, you don't know how to enjoy life at all. Aren't you tired of running around all day?"

Although Ni Lu said this, she had already let go of Lu Li.

Lu Li felt that Ni Lu was a little different from the original novel. It might be because of the timeline, or it might be because of different experiences. Ni Lu seemed to be more casual and didn’t seriously think about helping Xuye Palace.

Of course, he felt that this might also be because Xiao Wu and Harribel were too capable. She was no longer needed to do anything in the Xuye Palace, so she was bored and had nothing to do but play every day.

"This is something Mr. Lu asked me to do. I will naturally do it well."

Xiao Wu said expressionlessly, and then looked at Lu Li, "Mr. Lu, do you want to go over now?" Lu Li couldn't wait to see the power of the broken jade, so he didn't intend to meet Stark and the others first, "Let's go, we'll get together after we're done."

Anyway, he will stay in Hueco Mundo for several days this time, so there is no rush to reminisce with old friends.

But after meeting Nel and Xiao Wu, whose fashion sense returned to its peak after becoming an Arrancar, Lu Li discovered that his previous guess was correct.

After becoming an Arrancar, at least in human form holding a Zanpakutō, the spiritual pressure of the Arrancar is not as good as before when they were in the Vastod state. On the contrary, it will decrease a little, and the decrease is not small, probably more than one third.

If the spiritual pressure can be doubled on this basis after returning to the blade, it may be stronger than the previous Vastod state, but it is not a qualitative improvement.

What does this mean? Simply breaking the boundary between the god of death and the hollow cannot gain transcendental power, especially for those who are already close to the peak.

"Nelu, do you also want to watch the process of my Hollowization experiment?"

Seeing Ni Lu following him, Lu Li said that Sosuke had already told everyone that he came to Hueco Mundo to conduct a hollowification experiment, and he heard that Ni Lu was opposed to it.

"Li, you are a good human being, why do you want to become virtual? Isn't this a step from rationality to animality?"

Nel said worriedly that even though she had successfully gained the power of the Arrancar, she still felt that the risk of becoming a Hollow was too great.

After all, the transformation from Hollow to Arrancar is a process of regaining rationality. She had seen Aizen's experiments several times before. Even those Achukas who were more irritable and difficult to communicate with would be transformed into human forms with Zanpakutō after being made into Arrancar. They became able to communicate and regained rationality.

Analyzing from this point, she believed that a person who was originally very rational would become beastly after obtaining the power of the void, which was something she did not want to see in Lu Li.

She discussed this matter with Xiao Wu, who she had known for a long time and had a close relationship with, but Xiao Wu just said expressionlessly, "This is Mr. Lu's own decision." This made Ni Lu very angry.

Stark just lazily said, "Mr. Lu is very strong, we don't need to worry about him, right?"

Harribel seemed even more indifferent, saying, "Just don't cause any further damage to Hueco Mundo."

Facing Nilu's question, Lu Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't lose my rationality. Let me ask you in return, Nilu, why did you choose to become an Arrancar?"

The results of Sal Apollo's experiments show that a Wa-class Hollow will not gain a leap in power after becoming an Arrancar. Even with a large number of experimental examples, no one can guarantee that the process of becoming an Arrancar is 100% safe.

Given Nel's personality, Lu Li couldn't figure out why she would choose to become an Arrancar when she was already at the top of the Hollow and living a happy life with her friends.

"I...I just feel that I need to have enough strength to protect the important people."

Nel stammered, her voice finally lowered, her steps lagged behind, and she fell behind Ulquiorra.

They walked through the Kyūya Palace at a fairly fast pace and soon arrived at Aizen's main laboratory area.

"Mr. Lu, you're here just in time."

Aizen, who was standing in front of the electronic screen, sensed the arrival of Lu Li and others, turned around and smiled.

"Sosuke, is that the Hogyoku?"

After Lu Li approached, he looked at a bead that Aizen had placed on the crystal glass table and asked curiously.

"Would you like to take a look? Actually, after understanding how to make it, I think Collapsed Jade is not a rare substance."

Aizen said as he took out the Hougyoku and handed it to Lu Li.

After Lu Li took it, he used the identification function of the space to check it, and was surprised to find that the quality of this broken jade was a new grade he had never seen before, and it was a sacred object grade.

Judging from the scoring range of the space, the holy relic level should be of a quality above the dark gold level. This broken jade is just a semi-finished product, but it has such a high rating. It is hard to imagine what level the complete broken jade is.

Interestingly, even a half-finished Collapsing Jade does not only have the function of breaking the boundary between the god of death and the void. According to the above description, this Collapsing Jade also has the potential to evolve. As long as the power of the Spirit King is injected into it, its other characteristics can be activated.

It turns out that whether it is the Collapsing Jade made by the soul of the god of death or the Collapsing Jade made by the Hollow, both have the possibility of growth. The only difference lies in whether the power of the Spirit King is activated.

If Sosuke could get a portion of the Soul King's energy injected into the Collapsing Jade, he would be able to obtain a mostly finished Collapsing Jade in advance.

"It is indeed a magical substance. I can feel the strange energy contained in it. But Sosuke, I heard you say that in order to transform it into a hollow, more than just the Collapsing Jade is needed, right?"

Lu Li put the Broken Jade back. Although it was of high quality, it was of no use to him. If he just wanted to take it back and sell it for money, he could ask Sosuke to make one for him later.

"That's right. Unlike the Hollow's transformation into a Shinigami, the Hollow's transformation into a Shinigami is more complicated."

Aizen said, "It requires the infusion of a different soul, that is, the infusion of a hollow soul, in order for the god of death to complete the hollowing. From this point of view, I think the theory of hollowing is still incomplete."

"Sosuke thinks that since the Hollows don't need to be injected with the souls of the Shinigami to be transformed, then in theory, the Shinigami shouldn't need to be injected with the souls of the Hollows to be transformed?"

Lu Li roughly understood what Aizen meant.

"Lu Jun's ability to understand has improved. This is indeed what I find strange. If we trace back from the original characteristics of the soul, I think the power of the Hollow and the power of the Shinigami should have the same origin, just like a human soul can become a Hollow, and can also become a Shinigami after entering Soul Society."

Aizen explained, "So I think it's strange that the Shinigami can't directly transform into a Hollow. But after my research, I think that even if the power of the Hogyoku is used to catalyze it, the Shinigami can't be stimulated to become a Hollow without external force."

Lu Li was thoughtful after hearing this. He had learned about this situation in the original work. On the surface, Ichigo Kurosaki did not seem to have been injected with a soul, but the White Hollow in his body was inherited from his mother, so he could be considered to have a different soul.

When Mako Hirako and others were transforming into Hollows, it was because Sosuke injected the souls of Hollows into them that they were able to undergo the changes.

In essence, the hollowing of the God of Death is not actually an increase after the change of its own characteristics, but more like a 1+1 effect. After all, there is more hollow soul power in the body. When the hollowing uses that part of power, the spiritual pressure will of course increase.

"Sosuke, after injecting a different kind of soul into the body, will it affect the purity of the original soul?"

Lu Li asked the question that he was more concerned about.

"In essence, with current technology, it is difficult to complete the fusion of souls, so I think Xu's power is independent of Lu Jun's original soul. It's just that when you use his power, the two will temporarily merge."

Aizen analyzed, "As you continue to use them, the stronger of the two souls will devour the other. This is the law of nature. So, Lu Jun, as long as you can suppress the power of the Hollow, even if they merge in the end, only this power will be absorbed by your soul, not your soul being polluted."

At this point he changed the subject, "But on the other hand, if you are suppressed by the spirit of the void, you will be absorbed by the void."

(End of this chapter)