In the expectations of the remnant Chu people, it was nearly impossible for this Immortal body to possess its own consciousness.

As for why they were so certain, the reason was simple: there were just too many stitches—if other children had monster flesh sewn onto them, then this one successful Immortal body, after being sewn over a hundred times, could only be said to have a person sewn onto the monster flesh.

More accurately, a part of a person was sewn in.

Due to the need to sew various monster flesh into it while maintaining a normal human form, the remnant Chu people had to continuously reduce the original human flesh on this Immortal body. Initially, it was fine, just replaced with a bit more flesh, and nothing seemed wrong. But as time went on, the monster flesh sewn in grew, and the human flesh decreased accordingly.

The good news was that no matter how much was sewn, there was no rejection reaction; this Immortal body showed amazing adaptability, no matter how much it was sewn with, it didn’t turn into a monster.

As for the bad news...

Too much was sewn.

When the man with a sinister expression realized something was amiss, at least eighty percent of this Immortal body’s parts had been replaced with monster flesh. After that, to test the limits of this Immortal body, he simply sewed in more—the limit was indeed tested. Less than ten percent of this Immortal body was of human flesh, yet it still maintained a human form, even retaining stable vital signs.

In the end, these remnant Chu people still broke through that final taboo.

If all the flesh and bones on this body were replaced with monster flesh, even if the body itself retained a human posture, could it still be considered human?

The remnant Chu people didn’t know, they only knew they had finally created the most perfect Immortal body; if there was a flaw, it was that this Immortal body’s mind remained a blank slate.

This wasn’t good news; an Immortal body with just a shell but no mind couldn’t be taken onto the battlefield, but for the Chu people’s upcoming consciousness transfer, this blank mind wasn’t entirely a bad thing.

As long as a suitable user could be found, this Immortal body could surely shine on the battlefield.

As long as a suitable user could be found.

The right person couldn’t bear the risks, and those who could handle the risks weren’t suitable, which caused the old Chu people’s plan to stall for a time.

However, it was then that the so-called Immortal body, this nameless child, began to move on its own.

"How... is this possible?"

The man with the sinister face showed a look of astonishment for the first time.

"How is this done?"

The remnant Chu people were quite puzzled by this and were once confused.

Only as an observer, Du Chengfeng knew exactly what was happening.

He could sense the state of the blade, even its emotions, so he understood more clearly that these crazy Chu people had indeed created something remarkable—after removing the last piece of human flesh, this body did momentarily fall into a near-collapse state; if it had to be described, it was like a shaky building with its most important supporting pillar pulled out.

Without human consciousness to unify everything within this body, could it really still live?

Yes. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

It really could.

Indeed, the consciousness of this body had lost its unity, collapsing into ruins, but the fallen ruins were far more stable than the previous shaky building.

Just like the saying, once at the bottom, every step is upwards.

Life always finds its way out.

That was an awareness born from the flesh itself, a most pure survival instinct; what this newly born organism wanted was just to live, nothing more.

It was then that it tasted sweetness.

The remnant Chu people gave it sugar water to drink, treating it like a real child—after all, it currently looked just like a child; its innocent eyes would make anyone say it was a good kid.

But it ultimately wasn’t a child.

It was a humanoid weapon crafted by the remnant Chu people.

How to transfer consciousness so that the Chu people could truly use this Immortal body was still being attempted, because no matter how you looked at it, this was a more troublesome project than creating a humanoid weapon, and even though these remnant Chu people were doing their utmost, they still had no leads.

However, the Yu people wouldn’t give them that much time.

More and more remnant Chu people were captured and killed, as the Yu thoroughly wiped the Chu people out, and as the population dwindled, the resources available to the Chu also decreased.

The remaining Chu people no longer had the time or resources to continue with consciousness transfer research.

Until one day, this last stronghold of the remnant Chu people was also attacked by the Yu.

Facing the encirclement and pursuit of the Yu experts, these old remnant Chu people were completely unable to fight back; they tried desperately, but there were simply too many experts on the other side.

They could only transfer as quickly as possible, as long as people could escape, there was still hope.

But there were some who didn’t escape.

Although what didn’t escape didn’t necessarily count as a person, in the chaos, this young Immortal body wasn’t taken away immediately—and after the massacre, in the huge bunker, only this child was left alive.