Chapter 28 - Impossible Fight Finale: The Closing Curtain (1/2)

Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological processes such as signaling and self-sustaining execution from those that do not. Either because if such functions have ceased then they will be classified as dead.

But is it the only thing that separates them both? There were many arguments and consensus about what life truly was, but it has been broken down by one single person in the history of scientific metaphysical matters.

'To live is to have a soul, a center of consciousness strings that utilizes the thoughts to alter reality in a physical sense. But higher beings could also be categorized as alive because they do have a soul or even multiple that could tamper with reality without any medium such as a brain or physical vessel.'

Consciousness Strings, page 189. Author, Ethera Mana.

”Foel, cast more layers, together with a breathing spell,” MF said, as she tried to calculate her own capabilities in string manipulation.

”You have a plan?”

In a sharp turn toward the sky. MF used 10 months worth of energy to create another organic rocket engine together with the fuel glands. As the sun from the unknown world shined ever brighter than the glowing ball of fire from Neamh, the humanoid speedster dared to challenge the height limit as she sought out the sole object beyond the sky like a hungry moth.

MF only had around 30 months worth of energy by now but she still hasn't given up, trying to utilize the surplus of the cancer cell perpetual creation and destruction inside her body.

Foel had cast numerous layers, oxygen layer, friction layer, heat layer, protection layer—using almost every mana she had for this sole moment.

The exhilaration tried to dig deep into both rebels' hearts, usurping their imminent death by keeping movement forward to outpace death. ”It's the time to be Icarus, but with stronger wings.”

Breaking the sound barrier quadrupled the times, the couple held tight onto each other as the world began to shrink and more divine beasts could be seen. Enormous dragon with the length of Saturn's rings, a turtle the size of the entire galaxy, and more wonders could be seen unmoving even though Foel and MF were accelerating in the speed that no normal human's eyes could capture without anticipating.

Until eventually, they soared higher than the Crysaj himself.

”With our speed, we have thirty second before the golden strings can catch up,” MF said, glancing Foel's face to see if there were any hidden wounds mentally or physically for the 111th time on this ride. ”I know what to do. For now, just look at this scenic universe that no mortal has perceived, ingrain it within your memory.”

Foel tightened her grips to MF's shoulder. ”You could actually just leave me back then.”

”Indeed…”

MF had planned out what she would do in that 30 seconds. In the first three seconds, she explored her own body in the effort to find where the soul was attached to the physical vessel. Her thousands of consciousness strings were sprawling like a net, the ultimate tentacle that were trained to meticulously temper something small like genes in DNA.

'Is it the heart? The lung? The brain? The center?'

The soul of someone has always been referred to as supernatural or metaphysical. Why does reincarnation even exist? What was the factor that determines this complex universe? Every living being could sense and feel what happened to their soul but none of them could detect or locate them without using Artifacts.

It took a second longer than what she had planned to uncover the secret location of the soul.

42.

There were forty two anchors that kept the soul hidden from the physical world, as if it was in another private three-dimensional space located in the living being's center.

Just like a robot tinkered with its own code, MF found the symbols pill orbiting her own soul. All of this time, she didn't know what the look of her soul was like, now she knew. Her mind kept searching for answers every second she was alive.

Most of the soul anchor was found within the brain and the rest were spread evenly throughout the physical vessel. Calamities and animals might have a different soul anchor's position than humans.

A mana cultivator would probably find and feel their soul easily, a physical cultivator could do it when they reach a higher stage but MF was neither of those. MF was the first mortal ever recorded in the book of life to ever locate their own soul without any intervention of outside energy.

'Soul Enlightenment' acquired.

Another second was taken to determine Foel's soul location hastily. When she found the fiery and valiant soul that the tanomobi had, MF needed her partner's consent before tampering with it as it could result in the death of her if not done meticulously.