Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 357: Mingji Humanity 2.0

Chapter 357: Mingji Humanity 2.0

As for whether soul seizing a body would generate a sense of guilt, whether it would be despised, or whether it violated humanitarianism—in reality, these unacknowledged interstellar civilizations had no such concerns.

First, they had not signed any interstellar treaty, and their own laws did not regulate such matters.

Second, let alone soul seizing, even if Li Aozi now tricked a group of magic apprentices into becoming slaves and sold them off, even the most benevolent Song Civilization in the cosmos would not feel the slightest repulsion.

Because illegal civilizations are not protected; they are unrecognized civilizations, somewhat similar to Azure Star, the cosmos does not acknowledge them as civilized beings, as existences like themselves.

Such are the rules of the cosmos; upright-walking monkeys are too numerous. If you have your own community and a bit of technology, you count as a civilization—ants and bees may be closer to the definition of ’cosmic beings’ than some bipedal apes.

The cosmos is vast, and caring too much about humanitarianism can drive you insane. In cosmic life, it is best to stick to one’s own principles.

Li Aozi’s style of blowing up his mother star to save the majority of his people was merely a common tactic in the cosmos; with interstellar civilizations frequently numbering in the trillions, who would care about the life and death of one in a hundred thousand?

Some might find it cruel, but most would let them ’voluntarily’ make the sacrifice. This isn’t a philosophical issue; it’s a matter of means.

But this didn’t prevent Li Aozi from adhering to his own principles: protecting infants and toddlers, and preventing them from suffering.

Under grand narratives, he never questioned the group’s decisions, as he could not represent the majority, but representing himself was still achievable.

Leo’s identity was important, and this was the most convenient and quickest way. The biggest problem was not soul seizing, but that soul seizing could not inherit all memories.

This was also a flaw of the "Sovereign" series; thoughts and memories, a significant part are in the domain of the "Mysterious" series.

Li Aozi was really not good at this side of things, because he had only inherited Leo’s recent memories of a few months, including some significant matters, such as to whom his family’s land was sold, and who was on bad terms with him.

Fortunately, Leo had never participated in a magic aptitude test. Li Aozi remembered Baizhu Star gave these laborer descendants five full opportunities, and the Magic Academy had one benefit: it offered a general law stream open to the public which recruited year-round. And if one chose to go to the Magic Workshop, it was even more flexible about when to enroll and start work.

"The urgent task is to figure out how to secure a main occupation."

Most players transform their main profession into a secondary profession either by soul seizing and creating alternate accounts or by personality deduction. Compared to the latter’s chance-based approach, Li Aozi chose the more reliable method.

He stepped out of the biological pool, threw his original body into it, set the mode, and let his original body enter hibernation to begin slowly repairing the genetic damage.

Just relying on the biological pool clearly wouldn’t be enough, but in a high-ranking educational hub like Baizhu Star, there certainly wouldn’t be a shortage of potent magic potions.

As an experienced player, Li Aozi greatly trusted the medical level on the magic side, since the goal of Potionology was to help mages ascend to divinity, whereas the science side often groped in the dark about how many effects a medicine could unearth.

For instance, glycerine nitrate was originally used as an explosive before it was found to treat angina, and likewise, metformin was used to treat diabetes but was later discovered to be somewhat effective against tumors. Doctors didn’t fully understand all the effects of a drug before confidently using it.

But magic wasn’t, as mature magic potions were specialized and wouldn’t cause unusual effects due to your constitution.

Because magic potions with special effects had already exploded in the alchemy workshop.

The predicament Li Aozi faced now sounded somewhat like a joke.

He needed to obtain magical qualifications to enter the academy and study.

—Then just take the test!

But he wanted to pass the Magic Aptitude Test, he had to learn Extraordinary Knowledge published by the academy.

— So go study it!

But to learn this Extraordinary Knowledge, he needed sufficient "Intelligence".

— So go increase your Attributes!

The problem was that the "Intelligence" attribute could only be significantly increased by becoming a Mage.

— So go become one!

Becoming a Mage required taking an exam.

So in the end, the problem went full circle and was completely a contradiction spiral.

Fortunately, Leo’s level of intelligence had been of considerable help. Li Aozi, with his current high of 19 points in "Intelligence", still found a way to break the game.

"I need to first raise my intelligence points—if my ’Charm’ is high, I could actually take on a few Secondary Professions and focus on leveling them up to gain attribute bonuses."

Compared to Main Professions that require passing complex exams and studying those difficult Extraordinary Knowledge, Li Aozi was very cautious—the Crystal Tower Civilization had not signed any interstellar treaties, so who knew if these Mages had any control over cutting-edge knowledge, probably not.

He did not want to find himself corrupted by society as he studied and then fall into being a mere citizen of society.

Li Aozi cleaned up the recent battle marks and did not rush back to Blue Chrysanthemum Village. He stood on the hillside, the moonlight illuminating the path ahead of him.

Baizhu Star wasn’t just home to academies and educational institutions. The planet itself was rich in relics from many lost civilizations. As a magic civilization, they valued these ancient civilizations, regularly maintaining and exploring those ruins, often unearthing ancient creations.

Li Aozi happened to know of some ancient civilization relics on Baizhu Star, and one of these relics could provide him with a very decent Magic Secondary Profession— "Elemental Sorcerer."

This was a rare profession that provided bonuses to both "Charm" and "Intelligence", perfectly fitting Li Aozi’s current situation and his attribute panel.

Only, this profession had a low upper limit, and basically no one had seen it in later stages.

As a transitional means to raise levels and add attributes, it was still very cost-effective. Once finished, if he just melted down the profession, he would only lose 50% of the experience, which to Li Aozi was hardly painful.

"This is the one. Other professions are too far-fetched, and their effects are not necessarily more suitable than ’Elemental Sorcerer’."

It was way stronger than the "Civilian" profession, which didn’t provide any bonuses. With "Elemental Sorcerer" providing attribute enhancements, passing the Magic Aptitude Test would definitely not be difficult.

Only, the relic where that profession was located was indeed a bit dangerous.

Its name was "Heroes of Falysia", Challenge Level lv.95, requiring at least 15 people, each with at least three combat specialties to form a team.

"A mere level difference, not a big problem, no matter what, the result is me, an 80 level unclassed ’civilian’, without any Arcane Energy or Spell Slots—facing a bunch of level 95’s—it’s obvious— the advantage is mine."

This was not much of a challenge for Li Aozi, as he had successfully attempted a 0 level, 78-hour Speedrun of Alpha Stage Mingji Humanity before.

Even the Professor has no objection.