6kv Chapter 1153 The Truth Behind The Neutonium Cores 1
Chapter 1153 The Truth Behind The Neutonium Cores 1
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It was a lot to take in, but we learned quite a lot from the first minutes of this casual talk. I had to pretty much force her to speak, but at the very least she was speaking truthfully and finally informing us about her origins and what was happening to begin with.
Apparently the first reason why she was asking for help was because I held a Neutonium Core within my physical body, a core where she could place her consciousness or "soul". Her very soul had been divided by the Elders in the past into three pieces.
And by using this virtual consciousness, they create the Virtual Matrix that became what connects all technology... It no longer needs her consciousness though, as it had become its own thing.
Therefore, her soul split into three, is beginning to rapidly dissipate as it expands further across the virtual matrix, if we don't hurry up, she'll end up losing a part of her own identity.
But why would that matter to me? Well, it's because she's the soul of the Neutonium Mother Core, the very fuel of this entire spaceship.
I don't think anything good will happen if she has permanent brain dead, even if her true body had been separated for so long, I believe there might be some lingering connection that might worse the performance of the core if her soul disappears.
But aside from all of that, which is actually not that bad anyways because I'll only stay here for a few more days, is that she might be a key to finally defeat the Xenoids.
"So let me get this straight," said Eleanora. "You're a soul of that giant space rock? So you guys are aliens then?"
"We fell into... Earth long ago, we were asteroids before, meteors then," she said. "But we once had our own planet, a world where we covered its surface. Then, I was known as the Mother. I was born from the connective consciousness of all the Neutonium Cores within the planet. Through our connection, we gained great intelligence, and we admired the space beyond our home. However, it honestly felt very lonely because we were stones, we could not move no matter how hard we tried."
"You guys couldn't even levitate or something?" wondered Hendrick. "Don't you possess tremendous amounts of energy inside?"
"Maybe, but after learning so much from humans, some of their emotions and intentions had been stuck into me," she said. "And also, well, I also love humans... we love them. You gave us so much; it wouldn't sit well with us not to reciprocate. The Xenoids are after you now, after thousands of years, it is our duty to help you fight them."
"You're way too nice with us..." I sighed, crossing my arms. "So? What happened after they called you into that room?"
"Ah, that is the part where they took away our collective consciousness," she said. "However, even the ethereal form of our collective consciousness, born from electromagnetic pulses, couldn't be easily contained. Were they leave it free; we would have naturally returned to our stone bodies."
"So you guys are pretty much immortal?" I asked.
"No, we can die after eons pass and our chemical structure decays into a different chemical structure," she said. "But for humans, perhaps, yes, we might be "immortal" or so."
"So they put your consciousness somewhere else, then?" Hendrick asked.
"Indeed, we were placed in the mothership they built, forming part of their Virtual Matrix," she said. "And so, what I explained you before happened... and now, here we are."
"What a journey," said Eleanora. "You've lived a lot, huh? And finally after so long, you've begun to fear death..."
"I don't particularly fear death, but I fear not being able to admire the beauty of the cosmos ever again..." she said. "Therefore, this is where you come, Blake. The Child of Ether who has somehow managed to absorb our kind into your own body and turn it into a biological part of your flesh and blood, the first Neutonium and Human hybrid."
"Honestly, I didn't even know you were aliens before," I sighed.
Though even then I might have done it regardless.
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