Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1004 Technology Can Also Lead to Immortality
There were four people in the room: He Songling was the main speaker, and Lu Huizhong was the teaching assistant.

The two students listening to the lecture, the highly skilled one named Ru Hu, were completely bewildered. As a physical cultivator who spent his days training his muscles and seeking out fights, he was utterly confused by any theories, principles, or scientific concepts.

On the contrary, Zhao Fangxu listened with his eyes shining.

"So you mean that even if you're not very successful in refining Qi, you still have a chance to become an immortal?"

This is his forte!
Although his splitting palm technique could only spill some water from the cup, making him arguably the weakest superhuman in the world of superhumans, he was also known as the enlightened master.

Gao Yushan is the same, a cyber-tech master.

So, can those who are not very good at cultivating Qi but are very talented in other areas also become immortals?

"Of course."

He Songling gave Lao Zhao an affirmative answer. "The methods of time travel and immortality in movies that use scientific means are just an imagination of 'advancing to the innate through scientific means'."

"Mr. Zhao, have you seen *Doraemon*? Doraemon has a gadget called the Time Cloth, which can make people younger and achieve immortality. This is a manifestation of innate creation. And innate creation isn't limited to the human body, or even carbon-based life forms! Those robots of the future can also be considered to be at the innate level."

"So..." Zhao Fangxu nervously licked his lips, "it's actually possible to do it?"

"Theoretically, it should be possible. In my view, achieving innate talent through science is the most correct path, and it's also the path that allows us to go further, even breaking through the 'innate' realm and moving towards the next level," He Songling nodded and said.

"The so-called innate state is actually just a necessary path of evolution or something else. It's just that from ignorance to enlightenment, from primitiveness to civilization, the first thing that developed in humankind was inevitably the mysticism. The mysticism was the first to discover and enter this realm, and thus gave it its own name."

Then, out of fear or some other reason, they all kept it a secret from their descendants, which made becoming immortals or gods seem extremely rare in the tens of thousands of years of Homo sapiens' evolutionary history and the thousands of years of human civilization.

This is actually a path to enlightenment that has been monopolized by ignorance, and even now, Earth's technology hasn't caught up. So, Mr. Zhao, let me tell you, and those people behind you, stop dreaming. With current Earth technology, we can't achieve this yet, at least not in your lifetime.

Of course, they will catch up in the future. The existence of extraterrestrial life in this universe isn't a secret to beings at your level, is it?

"Yes, yes." Zhao Fangxu was initially somewhat distraught, but quickly accepted the reality. After all, he wasn't some extraordinary person with profound life cultivation; his lifespan was actually similar to that of an ordinary person. He was already over seventy years old and had never really thought he could live much longer.

The "lifeline" was fleeting and wouldn't cause any devastating damage to his mind.

"So you've been having Trinity University research the integration of Qi cultivation with science, all for the sake of..." "Back then, I didn't have this idea; I just felt it was the direction that should be developed in the future. Now it should be considered confirmed."

He Songling readily admitted: "The highest level we currently know of is the innate state, and mysticism has indeed already reached that. Therefore, it is natural to use mysticism to assist science and quickly reach that level."

This is the significance of the continuation of human civilization. There's no need to waste time and effort on paths already explored. We can leverage this advantage to quickly close the technological gap with extraterrestrial civilizations. After all, our occult knowledge has reached a level beyond our mortal realm, something aliens haven't achieved.

He Songling was somewhat certain of this. Judging from the performance of the aliens in "Great Love," Wang Zhenqiu was able to handle them fairly well. Clearly, these alien civilizations were not particularly outstanding in terms of mysticism and were far inferior to Earth's.

"Once our technology reaches that level, we can start climbing to even higher peaks. After all, the mystical arts have already reached their limit at the innate level, while science is clearly just beginning and seems to be endless."

Ru Hu finally came to his senses and asked a crucial and practical question: "How can I reach the Innate Realm?"

That's a very pertinent question. He Songling's long-winded explanations were mostly general principles and concepts, which weren't very helpful to someone like Ru Hu who focused on practical combat. At most, they broadened his horizons.

"Just follow the path of body refinement. There's no distinction between high and low. In the past, they called people like you guardian deities or golden-armored warriors. They treated people like you who cultivated in this way as servants. But in the future, you can call yourself 'the one who proves the Dao through strength'."

He Songling looked at the thick-necked man and laughed, "They call you that, and you can call them that too. Just say that proving the Dao with force is the most powerful way, the way of Pangu, which is much more powerful than those who cultivate magic. Anyway, it's all just talk! Nobody has become an immortal yet, so whoever talks the most is the winner. As for when everyone becomes an immortal, then nobody can beat anyone else, so it doesn't matter."

"Will that work?" Na Ruhu was a little worried. "I'm not good with words, unlike those religious people who can endorse hundreds or thousands of historical texts and historical figures."

"What era are we living in? Why are we still clinging to those ancient ideas?" He Songling scoffed. "What's so great about those ancient people? Aren't they all just dressed up like little girls by modern people?"

You should know that online fantasy novels have been incredibly popular for ten years. From early works like "Dragon Raja" and "Zhu Xian" to recently completed works like "Panlong" and "Battle Through the Heavens," the influence of popular novels, thanks to the internet, far surpasses that of these religions.

Within Taoism, let alone Quanzhen, even Zhengyi has largely copied Buddhist definitions and concepts. Throughout the entire history of Taoism, there has never been a time when Taoism could surpass Buddhism.

Even during the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, it was only the upper echelons who echoed the emperor's preferences. In terms of the overall religious landscape across the country, Buddhism far surpassed other religions in terms of both the number of temples and religious personnel.

But nowadays, everyone denounces Buddhism as hypocritical, while Taoism is our native religion, emphasizing transcendence and non-action—that's the true immortal, the real sect, and it always wins. Its reputation among young people is far superior to Buddhism's. Why is that? It's all thanks to online novels!

(End of this chapter)