Pirate Kingship

Swoosh!

A little man the size of a peanut, almost indistinguishable to the naked eye in the night, bounced at high speed on the crest of the wave, leaping thousands of meters.

Starting from the third island of the Centaur Archipelago, they soon arrived outside the largest island, the first one.

The huge ghost fleet burning with ghost lights first came into view, and countless tireless undead sailors were patrolling back and forth with guns and swords.

At night, they were obviously more active than during the day.

In particular, a young [Lich] on the ship was holding a whale oil lamp that seemed to be a "pass" to the edge of the world. Every boat shouted:

"The World's Edge Branch of the Pioneer Navigation Colonial Trading Company is recruiting new members.

The environment at the edge of the world is friendly, the climate is suitable for ghosts, the people are simple, the moon is rounder than the material world, and there are endless treasures that are very beneficial to undead creatures.

Although we are cursed by the damn false god and cannot go ashore, there are also many treasures underwater.

As long as you join the company, you will be given the blood sublimation ceremony of the [Book of the Dead] and transformed into a formal and powerful employee with infinite strength, thick skin and unlimited endurance.

The treatment is generous, the number of places is limited, and it is first come first served!"

The [Sailboat Collector] stopped and carefully identified it.

It was found that this young [Lich] should be Norwich, the son of Norwich York, the fleet marshal on the "King Edward".

"They actually got the token of the edge of the world?

Each of these treasures is worth a fortune, and there is only one in my collection.

These white roses in the Kingdom of Hattings are really lucky!

They are preparing to recruit people to explore the edge of the world.

However, soon all of this will be mine, and a beauty with a generous dowry is more pleasing."

The corresponding high-sequence [First-level holy relic·Emperor's New Clothes] not only confused the existence of the two warships, but also matched the identities of the personnel on the warships one by one, leaving no flaws.

Morton Gray even mistook his cousin Edward for Little Norwich.

He continued to move forward, quietly bypassing the outer ghost fleet and touching the "King Edward" and the Golden Deer parked in the middle.

Seeing them up close, his eyes bloomed with intoxicated brilliance again, even hotter than when Byron and Violet looked at each other.

It looked like he was really hungry.

"Under normal circumstances, I should kill everyone first, and then put the beauties into the bottle.

But the Ocean Throne is right next door, and he probably won't sit back and watch me kill the [Lantern Man] and ruin the good situation of the entire 'Fissure Trench'.

There's not that much time left for me to slowly deal with the beginning and the end.

However, as long as the seal is completed, I will turn around and run.

Relying on my magic [Virtual Ship Spirit], it should be enough to temporarily suppress the original ship spirit of the ghost ship, leaving them powerless to resist.

After returning to the Broken Islands, there will naturally be countless time to slowly wash the two beauties clean."

The sailboat collector couldn't wait to hold the bronze steering wheel and an empty wine bottle, and activate [Black Magic·Sailboat in Bottle] to put them all into the bottle.

"Hmph!"

But before he could do anything, he suddenly heard a very suppressed groan from a building on the shore that was half submerged in water and half built on land, which looked like a water dungeon.

It was like someone was screaming at all costs, but because of the lack of some key vocal organs, they could only make this kind of suppressed sound.

Even if they really screamed their throats out, it would not be so miserable.

With the experience of sailing collectors who have been roaming the sea for many years, they immediately judged that this should be a prisoner being tortured.

And the dying pain groans one after another, almost without interruption.

According to the intensity of this torture, how many people are being tortured at once? !

Even with the cruelty of [Sailing Collector], he wondered if he had entered some bloody devil's cave, rather than the territory of the "good man" Saint Byron.

Subconsciously, he mobilized the powerful senses of the legendary level and listened attentively to the movements in the water prison.

Unexpectedly, when he listened, he had an unexpected surprise.

A very sharp voice like a mosquito said:

"This time, should I have Red Beard's head?

Thank you, Mr. Robert was a famous knifeman. His knife skills are really good. Look at this head. The cervical vertebrae are cut off from the joints without any bone damage.

I want to practice such knife skills. It will take about three months to complete the 10,000 cuts.

But, have you ever thought about a question?"

Then there was a sound as if the head was being lifted up by the hand, and the sharp voice continued:

"As long as Red Beard's heart hidden in the [Soul-hiding Life Box] is not destroyed, he will not really die.

Even if he is... Cut into pieces, crush bones and scatter ashes, and it can be restored to its original state immediately.

We have dissected this immortal body dozens of times in the past half night. As long as the spell-breaking stone is removed, he will be resurrected on the largest corpse every time and grow a complete body again.

Then an interesting question comes.

There are so many body parts of Edward Red Beard here, and we can completely reassemble dozens of complete Red Beards.

Then use [Transmutation Blood] to revive it and make it exactly the same as before, so which of these bodies is the real Red Beard? "

When ordinary people hear such a brain-burning question, they probably curse inwardly: "I think you are just too full" and then turn around and leave.

When the sailing ship collector heard this, his body was shaken.

Because this question has been echoing in his mind for a full ten years since he obtained the [Theseus Ship Spirit Mystery]!

He also searched for the answer alone on this road for ten years.

Essentially, it is a variant of the ultimate question "Theseus' Paradox" in "The Mystery of the Ship of Theseus" - the Red Beard Paradox.

Although he and the group of people inside took different extraordinary paths, at this moment, they were chasing the same problem!

If Moulton Gray hadn't known that he was an infiltrator now, he would have wanted to run in and sit with those people to discuss this issue.

[Murder Doctor] Robert Wriston, who was distributing dissection materials to a group of great wizards, thought for a moment and responded to [Mosquito Mage]:

“You, the Bloodthirsty Order, should know the answer to this question best.

[The blood of transmutation] is the blood of transformation and replacement, symbolizing something that never changes in this world, that is ‘change’!

The great [Father of Medicine] wrote in his works that even ordinary human bodies are actually being replaced all the time.

Proteins, the basic materials in living organisms, refer to the information carried in genetic material to allow our bodies to continuously renew themselves.

For example, human stomach cells are renewed every 7 days, skin cells are renewed every 28 days, red blood cells are renewed every 120 days, and liver cells are renewed every 180 days.

In about a year, 98% of the cells in the human body will be renewed, and the renewal of bone cells takes 7 years, so the cells in the entire body of an average human will be completely replaced in about 7 years.

I can also ask the same question in another way.

Will you still be who you are now seven years from now? "

Silence fell in the water prison.

But including the [Sailboat Collector] who was eavesdropping outside, all the dark wizards were convinced that they would still be themselves seven years later.

Although the materials that make up the body are no longer the same, the shape and structure are still intact.

What plays a key role is the genetic material in the body, or the life information they carry - the "genetic code".

At this time, [Ms. Leech] continued:

“His Excellency the High Priest made it very clear in the theory of genetics.

Mortals may not be able to live forever, but the genetic code carried in their blood can, which can be regarded as a kind of 'collective immortality'.

Individuals will eventually die out, but populations or families can survive over a long period of time.

For example, the Y chromosome remains unchanged among men in the same family lineage and can be inherited across thousands of years.

In the absence of mutations, the Y chromosome is inherited from father to son and grandson, and the genetic information it carries always remains consistent.

The outward expression is the aristocratic lineage and family inheritance.

This is why you wrote in the book: "YY is eternal, one will be passed down forever. If you love her, give her an ancestral chromosome." ’.”

When Moulton Gray heard this, he immediately made an analogy and was extremely excited:

"Yes, that's it!

Although everything is changing, life can achieve eternity in an alternative way.

For the 'Ship of Theseus', the wood changes but the information remains unchanged. It is a unique composition method among infinite kinds of material structures.

This is Theseus' life information and genetic code!

I understand! I'm going to become a god! "

The personality of each ship spirit is equivalent to the fifth-level [false god] in the mythical era, and initially possesses the power to resist time.

For example, the Dragon Head Ship was a legendary battleship hundreds of years ago, and the spirit of the ship is still alive and kicking. As long as it is not physically obliterated, it will continue to be alive and kicking.

This is the lowest level of immortality that can be achieved while retaining oneself, far exceeding those [cursed spirits] who possess immortality but have no self at all.

However, it has not been many years since mankind embraced forbidden knowledge again, and few people can still explain clearly what it is that can make people immortal.

Many dark wizards, and even the great figures of the Church's Cardinals and the God's Council are searching for this answer.

For people like [Sailboat Collector] who have reached a high-sequence legendary level, ordinary knowledge is no longer the factor limiting their growth, but cognition is.

The answer to "Theseus' Paradox" is the key to his promotion to the fifth-level legendary ship spirit and obtaining immortality!

In other words, the birth of every fifth-level [false god] needs to extract such an eternal concept from its own path, and then firmly anchor it.

The sailing ship collector was probably so engrossed in what he heard that he walked onto the island without realizing it, getting closer and closer to the water prison.

They didn't notice at all that a slightly hazy layer of "Border Mystery Lock" had quietly completely blocked the entire No. 1 Island and the surrounding waters.

Suddenly, he heard an inexplicable deathly silence in the water prison.

Then a clear voice sounded in his ears, and the words he spoke went straight to his heart like a divine voice:

“The basis for determining whether a thing is itself, not the substance that makes up the thing.

It is the internal structure of this thing - the relationship between material elements, and the space-time continuity of this thing.

Stripping away and summarizing the essence of ‘Ship of Theseus’, it is:

Specific relationships between parts with space-time continuity.

Even after countless repairs and replacements of wood, the Ship of Theseus that always sails on the sea is still itself.

If someone continues to help it maintain this specific relationship, the 'Ship of Theseus' will undoubtedly be immortal.

No amount of time or force can destroy this concept, just like hundreds of millions of years can't destroy a mathematical theorem. "

After hearing this, [Sailboat Collector] finally couldn't help but jump up, as if he saw a smooth road in front of him.

He danced excitedly and said:

“The ship of Theseus is the specific relationship between the parts with space-time continuity!

It’s so insightful, so insightful!

Why didn't I think of that?

This is the most important pillar in the fifth-level taboo ritual ‘The Long Step to Ascend to the Gods’. It is the ladder to immortality. I will definitely be able to anchor that eternal symbol this time.

Become the first human being in the Old World to achieve immortality in the new era! Huh? "

Suddenly I realized something was wrong.

When he looked up, he saw that while he was swaying and unable to control himself, a pair of young men and women with an appearance that made people feel ashamed quietly appeared on the street not far away.

The young man was wearing the uniform of a commodore of the Hattings Navy, while the girl was wearing a shirt and trousers, dressed like a confidential secretary. Judging from the blush on her face that had not completely faded away, she knew she was "performing her duties" just now.

Looking around again, I don't know when one, two, three, a total of fourteen third-level great wizards silently gathered around them, and the blood on many of their hands had not yet been wiped dry.

On the other side, [Guardian Knight] Bruch, [Blood-Red Whiskey] Alfred, nearly ten third-level pirate officers, plus [Blue Hair], a fourth-level shame.

The ghost ship "King Edward" on the sea also sailed to the shore silently.

The two fourth-level undead officers on the ship and the third-level undead officers who also exceeded double digits showed their cannons and swords to him.

With so many mid-sequence extraordinary beings gathered together, the Xuan He's extraordinary aura almost lit up the night sky, but it was blocked by the national boundary and no one noticed anything unusual.

Even gods in this world will die under the siege of ants.

If they fight regardless of the cost, their terrifying lineup is enough to surround and kill an intact fifth-level [false god].

"[Sailboat Collector] Mr. Moulton Gray, it is indeed you."

Just now, two giant wolves reminded Byron that humans with malicious intentions had quietly come to the island.

He could only change clothes with Violet immediately and launch a counterattack against the "sailing idiot" who had fallen into the eyes of two ravens.

While throwing out a theory that everyone knew in the previous life to attract his attention, he completed the encirclement.

At this time, he did not order everyone to fight to the death with a fifth-level person. After all, it was not easy to save this little wealth, and even if he won, he would still suffer heavy losses.

Instead, he nodded to him and said:

"Mr. Moulton Gray, please give me some face!"

[Sailboat Collector] was about to take a preemptive strike when faced with this sudden trap, but immediately stopped when he heard these words.

Subconsciously, I wanted to continue to hear what other high opinions this man in front of me, Mr. Saint Byron, who seemed to be really "possessed by the Holy Spirit" and extraordinary from the ordinary world, had.

But he saw Byron throw a golden card at him with his backhand.

"Catch it!"

The card turned into light and disappeared, and when it reappeared, it had transformed into a huge golden scale.

The two ends of the tray landed on his and [Sailboat Collector]'s heads respectively.

A majestic voice sounded in the hearts of both of them:

"The rules of the balance of dominance: Based on the worldly status, both parties are forced to be subordinate.

The person with a higher status enjoys complete control over the person with a lower status, and can exercise absolute orders on them three times, except for suicide, and the effective time limit is one day! "