Demi-human Girls Completion Manual
Chapter 1358 - 29: Life Completion Manual (Part 2)
Reading the story titled "Mountain Climber," Fisher’s consciousness seemed to crash into a dark and deep universe.
Upon close reading, every single word and phrase of this long poem appeared to contain countless deep meanings, completely filling his brain.
But at this moment, immersed in it, he felt nothing. His gaze just shifted slightly to the side, looking at the notes left by Erwin, which were filled with the former Life Minister’s insights on the long poem.
In Erwin’s view, the first poem actually contained the secret of the concept of "rank." If an individual’s rank wants to rise, it must ascend the mountain like the mountain climber.
"The name of the first mountain is ’Human,’ and the path the mountain climber walked actually represents the exploration and mastery of the inner body. The journey he steps through is a renewed understanding of his own body until fully comprehended, reaching the limits of life that humans can attain.
"The name of the second mountain is ’Transcendent,’ symbolizing a power unimaginable to ordinary people, beyond human norms, and also means distancing from the essence of humanity.
"The name of the third mountain is ’Myth,’ those too powerful, unseeable places with hidden secrets, all are shelved by humans with ’imagination,’ even viewing them is beyond reach. Angels transcend the mundane and guard here, conveying a rejection to the mountain climbers who reach this place."
"Ordinary methods cannot pass through the Myth’s Gate; God refuses the humans at the mountain foot to reach here. The only way through is to ’bribe’ the angel. This unorthodox method, and the power contained in this Completion Manual, are very similar, that is ’chaos.’ The only way for humans to reach the Myth is to employ ’chaos,’ but the specific concept ’treasure’ it asks for deserves deep thought."
Erwin’s annotations beside him were cold, peeling away the words filled with great chaotic dangers bit by bit from Fisher’s eyes, and he seemed to tread the convenient path walked by predecessors, uncovering hidden answers one by one.
The meaning of the mountain is special; they represent a part of one’s body, so the mountain this climber seeks is not in any place in the world, but in his dreams at night.
Erwin and the initial contributor of the Life Completion Manual actually discussed through the angel’s mouth a question, if the essence of humanity is a species living at the mountain foot, after consecutively crossing the second mountain peak, if he no longer exists as a human form and even the structure changes, can he still be called ’human’?
The closer to the latter half of the long poem, as the climbing risks grow larger, more changes occur in the mountain climber’s appearance.
Unknowingly, the thoughts and ideas of this mountain climber begin to change.
"The human body structure determines their thoughts and cognition, and the body structure of demi-humans determines their culture and connotations. A Mythical Species with a Life Rank high enough, their way of understanding the world must be different from low-rank creatures. When humans climb ranks upward, when this human undergoes various changes to adapt to ranks, his cognitive structure inevitably changes."
"If strong as gods, those hidden in unknown corners of the world, the creators of this world, what perspective do They have when viewing this world, viewing us living creatures?"
"Perhaps Their perspective in viewing the world far exceeds the imagination of ordinary life, but doesn’t prevent Them from creating the rules of life operation in this world. Just like humans cultivating ants, ants may not imagine from what angle humans view them, yet doesn’t prevent humans from inflicting punishment or effortlessly creating nests, providing materials, changing the rules under which ant nests operate..."
"Similarly, if humans climb to be gods, then human suffering can be easily solved."
Through these leftover words, Fisher finally gleaned a corner of Erwin’s thoughts.
She actually doesn’t want to change the essence of humans as humans, she just wants to climb, transforming from ants to humans, then turn back, using human power to solve all kinds of problems ants encounter.
This is a highly idealistic thing; from Fisher’s objective perspective, she also cannot guarantee she will definitely succeed. Or, even if she succeeds in the end, advancing to a god-like existence, how can she guarantee she can still think as ants do, worry as ants worry?
This itself is a problem without a standard answer, subject to rebuttal and debate no matter what, but Erwin ultimately did fall into practice. Although from a stance, Fisher must stop her, this doesn’t hinder Fisher’s respect for her ideal.
Erwin is indeed worthy of being a genius who concluded a hundred-year-ago calamity, at this moment, Fisher is like a student guided by a master of the hall, with Erwin’s accumulated records and thoughts, he progresses speedily, keeping pace through the path she once walked.
This long poem actually provides readers of the Completion Manual with a method to climb Life Rank, and unlike the direct granting method of the Demi-human Girls Completion Manual, it’s less constrained by the change of rules, filled with chaos.