Chapter 723 - 457: Soul Transplantation (Part 2)
At this moment, the information flooding into Wang Ye’s mind was millions of times more than the previous prediction, far exceeding his capacity. This kind of foresight not only requires extreme computational power but also vast amounts of knowledge. Because only by knowing the traits of a substance can you consider it. For example, if you don’t know the speed of a car, you can’t predict where it will be in an hour.
However, Wang Ye can bypass the learning process because his observational skills allow him to discern the internal structure of any substance and know its traits. But the process of analysis also consumes his computational power and energy.
This mountain-like volume of information crushed Wang Ye’s brain domain, severely impacting his primordial spirit. Black blood gushed from his seven orifices, making him look terrifying. Realizing that this volume of information far exceeded his capabilities, he hastily interrupted the foresight.
Only then did his primordial spirit feel slightly relieved.
"It seems that the current range of foreseeing the future is still confined to a one-kilometer radius, and the time cannot exceed one hour." Wang Ye did a quick calculation and determined his current limit of foresight.
Foreseeing the future within a range of a few hundred meters and five seconds, as before, was as simple as eating or drinking for Wang Ye. Predicting five seconds into the future at close range is simple because the increase in time scale and spatial scale results in an exponential growth in computation since both lead to more variables. Doubling time and space could even increase computational difficulty ten or a hundredfold.
His current primordial spirit strength is enough to comfortably accommodate most variables within a few hundred meters, provided unexpected variables like alien invasions or asteroid impacts don’t occur, allowing his foresight accuracy to be as high as 99.999999... countless nines.
And the consumption of his primordial spirit is very low.
For example, would an ordinary person walking on the street find it difficult to foresee the steps of pedestrians and the trajectories of vehicles around them? This level of foresight can be achieved by any adult with complete intellectual functions. Because even a commonplace ordinary person can easily grasp this information and these variables, pure instinct alone can achieve complete foresight. Of course, there are instances of foresight failure, like in car accidents.
Within just a minute of all-encompassing foresight, Wang Ye doesn’t even need to actively acquire information for computation,
his instincts can achieve it.
After completing the foresight test, Wang Ye planned to return to the laboratory to see if his foresight ability could be effective in cloning experiments.
He crafted a set of simple clothes using carbon atoms, wore them, and then walked toward the laboratory.
While moving, his brain was also conducting short-term foresight. This constant foresight feeling was very peculiar, allowing Wang Ye to continuously see a phantom of himself moving toward his target. Moreover, his trajectory happened to be the optimal path, avoiding any mid-course risks and obstacles, almost as if he was following a strategy guide.
Yet, long accustomed to life without foresight, suddenly having this ability was somewhat unsettling. Should he adapt, he might develop other more practical skills based on foresight for use in daily life.
Moments later, Wang Ye returned to the laboratory. As soon as he entered, he began cultivating clone embryos. During the cultivation process, Wang Ye was astonished to find that many minor details that could have led to failure in the past seemed predictable and avoidable thanks to foresight.
This ability significantly increased his efficiency in cultivating clones and instantly raised the genetic similarity of the clones by about one percent, bringing them much closer to a hundred percent.
However, with cloning experiments reaching this point, further increasing genetic similarity no longer held much significance. To continue advancing the Phoenix Plan, he needed to fully understand the traits of the primordial spirit.
If possessing and taking over could indeed allow him to switch bodies, it would indicate the feasibility of the Phoenix Plan.
Moreover, he didn’t need to worry about the disappearance of his system after possessing. For this reason, Wang Ye had specifically tested that even after the primordial spirit emergence, he could still summon the system.
This indicates that the system is bound to his soul, not his physical body, so even after possessing another body, he can continue daily evolution and return to the peak.
Thus, whether the clone is powerful or not doesn’t really matter. As long as he can take over with the knowledge in his mind, he can cultivate any fragile body to the peak.
He could even normally evolve after possessing a completely unrelated human or wild animal.
He could even rely on the Disguise Technique to transform back to his original appearance. Appearances aren’t important; beneath the skin, it’s just 206 bones.
Therefore, Wang Ye gave up further increasing the genetic similarity of clones. A high genetic similarity might only simplify post-possession recovery work.
Although he can extend the primordial spirit emergence for hours, using his primordial spirit to attempt possession and switch bodies still carries certain risks.
He is uncertain whether the destruction of the possessed body might result in his primordial spirit’s death,
and whether he could return to his own body afterward.
Hence, he needed to find a few test subjects for soul transfer experiments.
Wang Ye left the laboratory and began searching for nearby life forms.
Since experimenting on humans would be unethical and he couldn’t guarantee success in soul transfer experiments, he intended to use wild animals as test subjects for now.
After several laps within a few hundred kilometers, he caught two or three squirrels.
Returning to the laboratory, Wang Ye placed the squirrels into separate containers.
Then he began the soul transfer experiment.
The experiment was simple: transplanting one squirrel’s primordial spirit into another’s body. Observing whether it could survive, and if it could, for how long, whether the body’s adaptability matched the original, despite the squirrels not being humans, they still served as a biological reference.
To be honest, with Wang Ye’s current level of evolution, the difference between him and humans might exceed that between humans and squirrels. Therefore, using humans or squirrels for experiments doesn’t really matter. He simply wanted to verify whether souls between creatures could interchange.
Wang Ye first shattered the primordial spirit of one squirrel,
immediately causing it to collapse, lifeless and cold. It was dead.
Seizing the moment before the body cooled completely, Wang Ye swiftly extracted another squirrel’s primordial spirit, attempting to insert it into the dead squirrel’s body.
After inserting the squirrel’s primordial spirit into the body,
the dead squirrel’s body shivered,
as if shocked by electricity.
In the next moment, the supposedly dead squirrel began to breathe again, its heart pumping blood anew.
However, it appeared in great pain, continuously curling, seemingly enduring the agony of cramping and wrenching bones.
Wang Ye frowned slightly, realizing that the squirrel’s primordial spirit lacked the strength to withstand the rejection reaction.
The rejection reaction was the flood of memories and thoughts stored in the original squirrel’s brain into the intruding squirrel’s primordial spirit.
The primordial spirit of a squirrel was inherently weak. Receiving such an impact in a short time naturally induced a reaction.
Similar to the protagonist in the movie "The Butterfly Effect" suffering severe brain damage after absorbing decades of memories at once.
Just that, this squirrel suffered damage on a soul level.