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Chapter 10 3D Printers and Artificial Souls

Ryuji entered the data of the Third Kazekage's body into the computer, then went to the sealed box on the other side of the control panel, opened the opening, and took out a bunch of random materials from the system space and poured them in.

The system has an infinitely large space and can collect items with a thought, but only inanimate items produced by the system.

After pouring out the materials, Ryuji pressed a green button on the sealed box.

Immediately, the robotic arm started moving.

The light pen above projects a beam of light, and as the robotic arm moves, it draws a human body on the control panel, much like painting.

3D printer.

Simply input the relevant information into the computer, add the necessary materials, and press the start button to produce it.

This is the reward Long Er received after signing in for three years, and it is also one of his three major awards.

Research is conducted using analytical and deductive instruments, and 3D printers transform research results into physical objects.

With these two things, even without ninja talent and without any connection to the Six Paths family, Ryuji could still reach the pinnacle.

After all, the source of power in this world—chakra—was originally a fruit of the God Tree.

The Divine Tree is a creature created by the Otsutsuki clan through technological research.

Since others can research this kind of thing, there's no reason why we, who possess the observation equipment, can't research it as well.

Regarding the nature of chakra... he began his research as soon as he obtained the observation instrument, and he hasn't stopped since.

Although not all of it has been fully studied, the data analyzed over the past five years has greatly benefited Long Er, leading to many research results.

—An artificial soul!

This is one of the many results obtained from studying the nature of chakra.

Now, Ryuji is going to create another third Kazekage.

His body was transformed into a puppet?

Then let's make another body that's exactly the same.

Has the soul and consciousness died?

Then let's create another soul.

Of course, Ryuji is not the Third Kazekage. He does not have the Third Kazekage's rich combat experience, village management experience, or mastery of a large number of ninjutsu and secret techniques... Naturally, he cannot create a soul that is exactly the same as the Third Kazekage's.

But it can still pass for the real thing.

Before long, the Third Kazekage's body was completed.

From the inside out, from physical strength to appearance and height, it is exactly the same as before, not a bit more or less.

Perfect, exactly the same.

"Next is the creation of souls."

Ryuji turned his head to look at the other side, raised his left hand, and five chakra threads were flung out, connecting to the Third Kazekage puppet lying under the observation device.

Instantly, the puppet stood upright and floated over here.

"I need some of your chakra."

Ryuji formed hand seals, controlling the puppet. He reached his right hand to the opening of the sealed box and continuously fed the extracted chakra into it.

"That's about it!"

After about ten minutes, Ryuji stopped after estimating the amount of chakra transferred.

He closed the sealed box, then went to the computer and entered the formula for the composition of the artificial soul and related information.

Creating an artificial soul is much more difficult than creating an artificial body.

Without considering compatibility, bloodline limits, or physical attributes, creating a body is nothing more than a complex formula combining more than sixty elements.

But artificial souls are different.

Artificial souls are a product of research that takes into account the principle that chakra can carry human consciousness and combines it with the principle that various clone techniques can give rise to independent personalities and wills.

This process involved over 36,000 experiments, including many elements not found in the periodic table and changes corresponding to physical laws, which Ryuji named "Spiritual Laws," resulting in over 120,000 combinations and variations of formulas.

The chakra of the Third Kazekage was extracted from a human puppet, and then the Third Kazekage's chakra was used to create an independent personality and will through the physical clone technique.

Finally, by using chakra to carry consciousness, and then subtly manipulating and modifying the chakra, setting up a series of dense instructions that would make even a glance at them dizzying, they transformed it into the final form they desired.

Once all settings were finalized and confirmed to be correct, Ryuji pressed the start button.

Immediately, the 3D printer started working.

The light pen on the control panel shines on the created body, drawing the soul directly from inside the body through the surface.

The entire process takes no more than ten seconds.

In fact, creating an artificial soul is far more difficult than imagined.

It requires complex and advanced technology, with more than 100,000 complicated procedures... Without a 3D printer, even with the manufacturing method of an artificial soul, it cannot be made.

That's what makes 3D printers so terrifying.

It allows Ryuji to disregard the world's technological advancements and manufacture those cutting-edge technologies.

"Artificial souls, like those clone techniques, need a continuous supply of chakra to maintain their existence. However, if the soul and body are perfectly integrated, then the soul can refine its own chakra and exist indefinitely."

Ryuji looked at the still unconscious Third Kazekage and lifted him onto the observation device for examination.

The examination results showed that the process of the target's soul merging with the body went very smoothly, and he was expected to wake up in half an hour.

"Yes, it's about what we expected." Ryuji nodded in satisfaction. "The artificial soul was created using the Third Kazekage's chakra and independent consciousness, and its body is exactly the same as the original. The two have a perfect compatibility, so this result is to be expected."

Afterwards, Ryuji had the puppet dress the Third Kazekage and then moved him aside.

He then took out the crashed mechanical bird.

This mechanical bird is a mechanical beast recorded in the Mozi, possessing the ability to fly independently.

Ryuji created it based on the recorded manufacturing method and then modified it by incorporating puppetry techniques from the ninja world.

He inscribed a lightning-attribute nature transformation mark inside the mechanical bird, and also placed a chakra storage scroll and a conductive beam tube for emission.

Once the chakra within the scroll is released, the ninjutsu seal will convert the chakra into lightning-attribute energy, which will then be ejected through a conductive beam tube to form a laser cannon.

Ryuji wanted to make further modifications to the mechanical bird, so he didn't hand it over to Red for repairs, but instead gave her Silver and the scarabs.

"The laser cannon is indeed very powerful, but its function is too singular. In addition, due to the problem of elemental advantage, a more diversified attack is needed."

Ryuji added the other four nature transformation seals to the mechanical bird, and then used Yekura's blood to connect the wind and fire transformation seals to create the scorching release ninjutsu seal.

Finally, because the space inside the mechanical bird was limited, Ryuji replaced the egg-sized conductive bundle tube with a little finger-sized one.

The freed-up space was used to add five guide tubes.

Four guide tubes of other attributes, and one guide tube of Scorching Escape.

"Although reducing the diameter of the guide tube will sacrifice power, there is a stronger Scorching Release technique to replace it, and it can also be used for combined ninjutsu attacks, increasing more possibilities."

(End of this chapter)