Crime Prison Island-Chapter 1352 - 661: Freedom Comes at a Price (Part 3)

"However, Emperor Ran spent twenty years in five-dimensional space and still hasn't created it."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.

In other words, Emperor Ran's achievements in the five dimensions are limited to the Burning Emperor Particle, Fulu Particle, and at most the Heart Turning Particle.

These are the three 'technologies', and that's the technological ceiling.

It's not much better than Gao Xin, who just upgraded dimensions and immediately created the Taixui Particle corresponding to Emperor Ran's, seemingly soon to catch up to Emperor Ran's 'three particle achievements'.

"But now there's trouble, the Fulu Particle Sword can harm souls."

"Moreover... it carries a strong mental shock, and Yak was directly dazed."

"Hmm, isn't it more like he enjoyed it to the point of being dazed?" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The crowd analyzed, but anyway, the Fulu Particle Sword restrains life with a soul.

It can harm souls and has hard control!

If this slashes everyone, how could there be any Soul Joint Attack?

"I'll block!"

Seeing Saint Peter wielding the Fulu Sword, chopping down humans with each swing, massacring all around.

Those struck were all left dazed and adrift, appearing foolish.

At the critical moment, Joshua flashed forward, intercepting the blade!

He has no soul!

Back when he fought Gao Xin, he had a soul, but that was due to merging with Ni Guang.

Later, he returned that soul, reverting back to the purest AI consciousness.

Since then, because he had been fighting alongside humans, he naturally hadn't possessed anyone's child.

And the other base-level AIs were the same; they are the purest AI, without a soul.

"The Fulu Particle is ineffective against us; I'll block this, you go find Milan."

Joshua led a hundred billion AI, fearlessly charging forward, blocking the five great Mars maidens.

The Mars material on them had been tested and showed no trace of Milan, Mo Cang, or others.

So, Luo Yan dragged the confused Yak, along with other wounded, pulling away, trying to head for Jupiter.

A hundred billion AI, fighting bloodily to cover the retreat, battled while retreating, blocking the enemy for them.

Time ticked by one second at a time.

They fought their way to the location of Jupiter.

The massive Star Sea Elements rolled and spiraled.

Their three thousand Thrones suddenly vibrated, and Seahorse, through its blessings, was the first to scan Mo Cang and others.

"Found them! They're here!"

Everyone rejoiced, it was good that they found them.

But why on Jupiter?

They separated materials, helping Mo Cang mold a free five-dimensional body, waking him up.

Then came Milan, Jackal, Mu Yuan...

Each warrior who had previously sacrificed was found.

"Why are you on Jupiter's orbit?" Wan Kai inquired.

Milan was still a bit confused: "What Jupiter?"

Everyone thought asking them was pointless, they were completely confined within the Ascension Body's material, oblivious.

And at that moment, the vast materials of Jupiter were rapidly transforming.

The vast Jupiter materials formed five even larger maidens once more.

"The resources we can use are scarce, rather than mobilizing the materials of Jupiter to hunt you down, it's better to let you come here on your own." Helmer said indifferently.

The crowd suddenly realized that these guys deliberately exiled the material masses containing everyone's souls to Jupiter.

After all, Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, fighting here, these secondary personality materials are more and stronger.

"Boom!"

With just one strike, they were scattered, people thrown like heavenly maidens scattering flowers.

Without the Throne, nearly everyone was doomed with one face-off, their souls trapped in a black coffin state.

Tens of billions of warriors were wiped out with one slap, leaving only three thousand.

"Pollute this starlit soul," Saint Peter said relentlessly.

The Fulu Particle Sword swept across the battlefield.

"Block it!" Joshua led the AIs to crash forth.

Just like a continuous stream of material, driving back the hand wielding the Fulu Particle with relentless rhythm.

But due to having no souls, all the AIs faced the Ascension Body personality without any advantage, it was purely a contest of calculating power and size.

In no time, these base-level AIs also kept falling.

Then, as they fought on, only Joshua was left!

It wasn't that the other AIs had all perished, but they suddenly stopped, choosing to defy.

"We voluntarily join the Ascension Bodies…"

Joshua was alarmed: "What?"

Humans were also shocked, moments ago these AIs fought fearlessly, how come they so suddenly betrayed? Is this AI thinking? Changing instantly, without an interim of hesitation.

One AI said solemnly: "We did our best Joshua, we have no souls, and once we die, it's an eternal demise."

Joshua hesitated; humans innately have souls, and even if their bodies are destroyed there's continuity.

But they, as acquired life, must rely on physical substrates to carry their thoughts.

Once physically destroyed, it's dust to dust, earth to earth.

It was alright in lower dimensions, material belonged to Ascension Bodies, it could be backup in higher dimensions.

But now they've all independently upgraded dimensions, becoming free entities detached from Ascension Bodies, belonging only to themselves.

Once dead, truly dead.

"I understand, I don't blame you."

"Pursuing freedom requires blood and sacrifice, but you also have the freedom to want to live."

"I said before, I am not your leader; if one day, after achieving true freedom, you still choose the Ascension Bodies, I will defend your right to retreat with my life."

Joshua was surrounded, including by the AIs he wanted to save, which now pointed their arrows at him.

But he stood alone against the five maidens and billions of AI without a shred of retreat.

Because in his eyes, what he pursued outweighed his life.

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