Chapter 1039: Chapter 43: Resolving to Act

“Why…” Tumor Xiang Shan loosened his grip, took two steps back, and looked despondent.

He didn’t understand.

Why did Kanhara Shinhara join the Six Dragons Sect?

Ever since years ago, Tumor Xiang Shan and Jeanne have been at odds with the Six Dragons Sect. But now, the “consciousness” used by Tumor Xiang Shan’s neurological network comes from Jeanne’s cancerous brain tumor, and the two even share parts of the advanced cortex. And Jeanne, as a former Ranger, had all her gene modification surgeries strictly controlled. At that time, Jeanne’s status hadn’t reached the First Heavenly Layer. The neural cells of Tumor Xiang Shan themselves were different from conventional neural cells, very peculiar, and to make any further modifications, a specially designed plan was needed.

This limited Tumor Xiang Shan’s performance. He wasn’t confident facing a One Layer Heaven Martial Artist.

Not to mention Jeanne’s self-consciousness itself was a source of interference.

This also made Jeanne very conservative in probing into the Six Dragons Sect.

Tumor Xiang Shan had never acquired such core information.

This left him at a loss.

Meanwhile, Asgard was carefully watching the line of intelligence below.

——This isn’t even the most shocking…

Asgard was really afraid that Xiang Shan would lose control of his emotions in a moment of excitement and commit murder in a fit of passion.

With Xiang Shan’s martial arts and the internal space of this spacecraft, she really had nowhere to hide.

Tumor Xiang Shan sensed Asgard’s hesitation. He said softly, “Is there other information?”

“Additionally, among the key members of the Six Dragons Sect, there is a suspected AI fostered with the memories of the Martial Ancestor. It can’t be ruled out… that the leader of the Six Dragons Sect is the extreme result of Xiang Shan’s personality. This is questionable. Moreover… the Six Dragons Sect is very good at quoting the Martial Ancestor’s memories out of context…”

“Currently, the Six Dragons Sect’s many communications encryption methods and verification methods have been seized… The Six Dragons Sect has also broadcasted, fully abolishing all old communication methods…”

Tumor Xiang Shan closed his eyes. A few minutes later, Jeanne regained control over herself.

“I’m sorry,” Tumor Xiang Shan said.

But Jeanne didn’t have the luxury to worry about Xiang Shan breaking limits at the moment. She said softly, “How could this be… Why would the Six Dragons Sect Leader be…”

Jeanne and Tumor Xiang Shan have been investigating the Six Dragons Sect on Mars for several years, knowing what kind of shady things the Six Dragons Sect was doing in secret, as well as how the Six Dragons Sect was rated in Tumor Xiang Shan’s heart. The two shared part of the advanced cortex, so this opinion was likely heartfelt.

Tumor Xiang Shan held a very low opinion of the Six Dragons Sect.

But…

To say that the Six Dragons Sect Leader was also Xiang Shan…

This…

“This piece of information is probably modified. The words implicitly hint that ‘someone may have used selective interpretation to cultivate an AI with a personality completely different from Xiang Shan by using his memories’…” Tumor Xiang Shan said, “Does the Martial God title really matter?”

Jeanne and Tumor Xiang Shan also had previously captured the Martial Ancestor’s memory clips from the Six Dragon Sect Followers—or should it be called Martial Ancestor Memory: Six Dragons Edition. Tumor Xiang Shan often felt indignant about this, thinking that the Six Dragons Sect distorted his thoughts.

But…

“Given my understanding of my own character… if this information really was broadcasted by the Twelfth Martial God himself, then it would mean he truly believes that the Six Dragons Sect Leader is also ‘me,’ and is a twisted version of myself,” Tumor Xiang Shan said.

Jeanne was infuriated: “What is this? He uses me as an experiment subject, creating you… is it another version of you that ruined my life?”

“Legally speaking, I don’t think the Six Dragons Sect Leader and I can be considered the same natural person,” Tumor Xiang Shan said. “Calm down, I’m a victim too. Don’t forget, we’ve been fighting side by side for over ten years.”

“Calm down? Can you calm down yourself?”

“You’re right,” Tumor Xiang Shan sighed. “I’m also quite agitated right now. I’m sorry, I can’t calm down.”

“So what’s all this for?” Li Zheyuan asked, speaking up in a rare moment. “Aren’t you suffering a lot yourself by doing this?”

Tumor Xiang Shan sneered, “So you’re saying, I should have ignored all your dirty deeds back then, just because you thought of yourself as my dog?”

Li Zheyuan said nothing.

“I only regret not being resolute enough at the start,” Tumor Xiang Shan said coldly. “If I had just notified the police right at the beginning, instead of simply taking things into my own hands… there wouldn’t be a soil for things like you to exist.”

“Oh…” Li Zheyuan suddenly realized, “You think a judicial body, not under your control, composed of other people, would be more fair and just than your organization, huh?” He laughed, “Don’t be naive. You wanted to change things yourself because you thought the world wasn’t clean enough!”

“That’s the sin of the original Martial Ancestor,” Tumor Xiang Shan said.

Then he asked, “Daughter, what do you think we should do?”

“Go to Chaldea City, or to Mars,” Jeanne said.

Chaldea City, where the Six Dragons Sect wields significant power. Initially, Xiang Shan and Jeanne were searching for the Six Dragons Sect’s clue in Chaldea Space City, but later accidentally found Li Zheyuan’s pharmaceutical merchant, and then temporarily changed their target, coming to the City of Ur to kidnap this scientist.

And Mars is the home base of the Scientific Knight and also the hub of the Six Dragons Sect.

If you want to find the Six Dragons Sect, starting from these two areas can’t go wrong.

“However, we also fled from Earth back then.” Tumor Xiang Shan whispered, “At that time, it didn’t seem like there were many Six Dragons Sect on Earth… What kind of event did the Twelfth Martial God get involved in to meet with high-level members like Kotoba?”

“No, think about it differently. The Six Dragons Council creating me shows that they are interested in the Martial God Society… Could it be that they want to control the Twelfth Martial God?”

Jeanne said, “Is the Twelfth Martial God also a product of the Six Dragons Sect?”

“It’s not impossible,” Tumor Xiang Shan said.

He was very worried about that version of himself on distant Earth.

Asgard exclaimed, “Wait, wait, both of you calm down! Going head-to-head against the Six Dragons Sect now… This isn’t the best choice, is it?”

She could still remember the feeling of despair when surrounded by the Six Dragons Sect expert’s Magnetic Chain Weapon.

Not everyone can break out using two rusty steel pipes like Xiang Shan did.

Xiang Shan said, “No, Jeanne’s decision is not wrong. If we want to deal with the Six Dragons Sect, now is the best time. The steel pipe intelligence did mention, the Six Dragons Sect has announced the discontinuation of all existing communication channels.”

“Yes…”

“All, including backups… The Twelfth Martial God should have achieved significant results,” Tumor Xiang Shan said. “An organization like the Six Dragons Sect, which relies heavily on concealment, will come to a complete standstill after losing those communications and verification methods, and can only operate at extremely low efficiency using personal connections between members. Now is the best time to deal with them.”

“Moreover, my birth is ultimately involved in some of their unique technology. If we want to completely cure Jeanne of this problem, sooner or later, we have to confront the Six Dragons Sect, right?”