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Chapter 390: Stolen Power
Chapter 390: Stolen Power
"Actually, I've always been curious. You were created by merging the Heavenly Eagle Martial Will with the Secret Spirit of the Full Sky. If I were to repeat the process, would another you be created?" Qin Muye asked with great curiosity.
"As the Starry Eagle, I am a unique existence. I have already taken my place in the World Heart, and even if I die, I will simply return to the World Heart," the Starry Eagle replied without any hesitation. It wasn't foolish, after all.
"Then, if I use the Blood Rose in conjunction with the Heavenly Eagle Martial Will, would something like a Blood Eagle be created?" Qin Muye asked again.
"Your idea is good, but the Heavenly Eagle and the Secret Spirit of the Full Sky have already been used and cannot be reused. Therefore, it would not form a new World Child," the Starry Eagle explained.
Qin Muye was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected the Starry Eagle to refer to itself as a World Child, which seemed to indicate its identity.
However, this identity didn't hold much value to Qin Muye.
"Then, let's try another experiment. If multiple Martial Wills and Secret Spirits are combined, could they form a whole?" Qin Muye felt that the Starry Eagle had a good personality, at least it answered his questions.
This made the Starry Eagle fall silent. "I don't know."
It wasn't omniscient, and Qin Muye's question clearly fell into its knowledge blind spot, so it had no answer.
"Then, it could be possible. Hmm, can you revert back to the state of the Heavenly Eagle Martial Will and the Secret Spirit of the Full Sky?" Qin Muye asked with a devious grin.
"Impossible. I have already formed, unless—"
"No, I think it's still possible. From your description, you World Children aren't the first to appear, but were scattered due to some unknown reason. So, as long as we find a way, you can be restored," Qin Muye instantly realized that the other party was lying.
This made him feel particularly elated. The other party had a high level of intelligence and might have inherited the legacy of the previous generation.
By analyzing the data from the Starry Eagle and the various intelligence he had gathered, Qin Muye deduced that the legacy carrier of the World Children could be the Martial Will and Secret Spirit. As long as they were combined, the wisdom and legacy of the previous generation could be obtained.
More importantly, this legacy could be interchanged. The current Starry Eagle was formed by the Heavenly Eagle Martial Will and the Secret Spirit of the Full Sky. In the previous generation, there might not have been a Starry Eagle, as these two combinations were randomly chosen by Qin Muye.
Therefore, theoretically, there could be countless varieties of World Children.
Currently, they were formed in pairs, and Qin Muye wanted to try combinations of three or five to see if he could create a final World Child.
Given their unique characteristics, it wasn't an exaggeration for them to call themselves World Children.
Seeing the Starry Eagle's silence, Qin Muye asked again, "How did such powerful beings like you fall?"
Don't be fooled by its current docile state; it was a 6th-rank entity, capable of sweeping through the entire world. Before the Umbrella Corporation was established, Qin Muye's bio-weapons and military equipment were so powerful that they dominated the world.
"Because someone stole our power. At that time..." The Starry Eagle didn't hide anything and recounted the entire story.
In ancient times, they, the World Children, were favored by heaven and earth. Humanity had just begun its civilization, and out of survival and reverence, they worshipped the World Children as deities.
Under the protection of the World Children, human civilization gradually stabilized, and ambition began to grow.
The story that followed was somewhat cliche: all the World Children fell, and humans gained immense power.
However, the World Children were not to be underestimated. Though they were defeated, they didn't completely vanish. They transformed into the extraordinary, becoming an integral part of civilization, gradually forming the two systems of Martial Artists and Secret Spirit Masters.
Males inherited the mental powers of the World Children, which evolved over time into Secret Martial Arts.
Secret Martial Arts were not invented by humans but derived from the powers of the World Children.
Females, on the other hand, inherited the physical strength of the World Children, transforming into Secret Spirits. The reason for the need to implant corresponding plants later was that the Secret Spirits required activation; otherwise, they would remain hidden deep within the body. As for Secret Techniques, they were abilities developed from the innate talents of the World Children.
Compared to their physical forms, the spirits of the World Children could exist within civilization. This led to the revival of martial artists who practiced complete Secret Martial Arts, causing chaos at the time. Later, they were divided, which finally stopped the trend.
This is also the reason why males cannot become Secret Spirit Masters, and females cannot become martial artists.
The reason is not due to their bodies or souls, but rather the higher level of human civilization. These World Children, who are like imprints or rules, are deeply intertwined with the concept of human civilization.
Over time, it's unclear who has won or lost. If you say the World Children lost, they have become concepts that span the entire human civilization. If they are lucky, they can even emerge from these concepts, like the Starry Eagle.
However, if you say they won, it is extremely tragic for these divine beings, who were nurtured by heaven and earth, to end up like this, akin to prisoners.
Moreover, they have all become a mess, no longer what they once were.
"Is that so? Then you really are unlucky," Qin Muye shook his head. He now knew how to revert the Heavenly Eagle Martial Will and the Secret Spirit of the Full Sky back to their original states—simply by killing the Starry Eagle.
However, Qin Muye did not plan to do this immediately. He needed to study for a while and then intended to summon all the World Children from civilization and merge them, using them as experimental subjects. After his research, he could also keep them as collectibles.
The problem was that summoning them was quite troublesome, requiring all the Secret Martial Arts and Secret Spirits, which was a significant challenge.
Throughout the ages, many of these things have been lost, making it no easy task to find them all.
Extracting all the World Children from civilization at once would be extremely difficult, and Qin Muye did not have access to such a concept.
He was not as miraculous as the World Children, after all, who were the true offspring of this world and enjoyed special treatment. Despite being betrayed by their human "adoptive children," this clearly showed that identity did not guarantee inheritance; intelligence did.
So, this was a massive project. Qin Muye found it quite challenging, but at least he had successfully traced the origins of the world's extraordinary system.
Whether it was martial artists or Secret Spirit Masters, they all traced back to the World Children.
"By the way, how did humans steal your power?" Qin Muye asked, curious.
Although the Starry Eagle had mentioned it in a simple sentence, it held a great secret.
"What do you want to do? You don't also want to obtain our power, do you?" the Starry Eagle said warily. "If so, you're too late. Our past powers were long ago taken by humans. The power we have now is drawn from human civilization."
The Starry Eagle's tone in the last sentence was somewhat mocking. Humans had taken the World Children's power, and now everything humans had was working to serve the World Children, as if the world still loved them.
"I'm just curious. You have memories, so tell me," Qin Muye said, not caring much. The Starry Eagle was a great treasure, and he needed to dig deeper.
However, the Starry Eagle's character was relatively simple, probably due to the pure and simple nature of ancient times. Otherwise, the World Children would not have died en masse.
"Humans used the power we gave them to achieve this," the Starry Eagle felt it didn't matter if Qin Muye knew, as their current power was fundamentally different from the ancient times.
"???" Qin Muye was dumbfounded. You could actually give away your power?
Hearing this, he couldn't help but marvel at how the World Children were truly blessed, but it was a pity that such a good start did not lead to development. Instead, humans reaped the benefits.
If things had gone smoothly, it would have been the age of myths, where the World Children could have been deities, and they would have been much stronger than the suspected artificial deities in the magic continent server.
Unfortunately, everything has already been decided. Moreover, Qin Muye thought the World Children were valuable treasures, so he wanted them.
(End of Chapter)
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