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Once an object generates a soul, it becomes an independent entity and may not necessarily be 100% loyal to the soul-giver.

Secondly, the soul-giver can retrieve the soul by touching the object again.

Thirdly, the consumed spiritual power and sanity value will not be refunded after retrieving the soul.

These points seem quite reasonable. Otherwise, the glove holder could easily touch naval ships during open days, seize control of warships, and launch nuclear missiles single-handedly to start a world war. That would be too outrageous."

"Hmm..."

Gray Rain tilted her head in thought and asked, "If a warship is given a soul, would the resulting spiritual body take human form or would it directly inhabit the ship's electrical control systems?"

"We don't know yet. It's more likely to be the latter; after all, the cucumber's spiritual body was a blob after soul implantation."

Li Cheng walked to the warehouse shelf, using the floating engine to ascend, and grabbed a reproduction of a famous painting by the French artist Jacques Louis David—"Napoleon Crossing the Alps" from the shelf.

He imbued the painting with a soul once again.

This time it was different. The Napoleon in the painting came to life, galloping across the Alps, but soon collided with an air wall, or rather the picture frame, looking bewildered.

Additionally, perhaps due to the painting being a world-renowned artwork, Li Cheng found that he could continue to focus his attention inside it.

As the camera recorded, the spiritual index kept rising,

Napoleon's initially dull and wooden face became lively and excited, and he opened his mouth to say something beyond the painting.

Li Cheng used his assembly puppet ability to connect the painting paper to the speaker, and Napoleon's voice in French immediately came from the speaker, "Who are you? Where am I? Where's my French legion?"

Huh? It seems high-level spiritual bodies not only have the ability to perceive the external world but also possess more complex thought and memory.

"We are four-dimensional beings from a higher dimension. You are now in 2025, as for your French legion..."

Li Cheng found a tablet computer and played the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. After watching a few moments, Napoleon fainted.

Then, Li Cheng replicated the process by bestowing souls to other world-famous paintings, discovering new implicit rules.

Firstly, the imbued object is merely a combination of the carrier itself, public perception, and the glove holder's personal viewpoint.

For example, in this piece "Napoleon Crossing the Alps," historically, Napoleon rode a mule rather than a tall horse, as the mule has better cold resistance and stamina.

Moreover, the model for the painting wasn't Napoleon himself but the artist's son.

In such a case, the revived painting still identifies as Napoleon and does not know about the Battle of Waterloo.

Yet, during his final days on Saint Helena Island, Napoleon clearly remembered Waterloo.

The commonality between them is that their historical knowledge of Napoleon does not exceed what is recorded on the internet and lacks private memories of Napoleon—such as the number of extramarital affairs he and Josephine had.

This indirectly proves that the soul-infused objects are not replicas of the originals but independent derivative works.

Therefore, summoning a hundred Newtons or Einsteins to research nuclear fusion reactors can be forgotten.

However, having them write college assignments or publish papers for essay fees should be achievable.

Secondly, the higher the strength of the soul bestowed, the more pronounced the object's intelligence and self-awareness become.

In one Nietzsche painting, upon realizing it was merely an artwork, it promptly slammed its head into the frame, dissipating its spiritual energy completely.

Furthermore, soul-infused objects can perfectly connect with the [assembly puppet].

If equipped with an eye tracker, computer host, and screen, a painting could even independently connect to the internet.

Finally, a soul can be repeatedly bestowed upon and retrieved from the same object.

A newly birthed soul will lose all prior memories.

Li Cheng retrieved all paintings and sought out numerous figurines, models, and toys to experiment on one by one.

Regarding the 85-centimeter tall Megatron model, when 100 points of soul energy were infused, the model could walk, run, and jump.

With 200 points, it partially simulated Megatron's original personality and thought process and could engage in normal communication, switching between handgun, tank, and jet plane forms.

Infusing 400 points of soul energy enabled the plastic weapon on the model to become "alive," firing plastic projectiles with enough force to pierce a watermelon.

When Li Cheng used the assembly puppet to equip Megatron with real ammunition, it swiftly adapted to the new weapon, using a shoulder-mounted single-soldier rocket launcher to blow holes in metal shooting targets.

After the explosion, it emitted its signature eerie laugh, "Haha! I am now invincible! Optimus Prime can no longer stop me! I will conquer the world!"

"From plastic to steel, from glue to welding. Three meals a day in Lao prison."

Gray Rain muttered and suddenly thought of something, running towards the shelf with a mysterious look to retrieve a large pile of items. "Lao Cheng, try imbuing these things with a soul—this is gentle ○ lady, this is to ○ heart, this is a spring ○ hall life-size figurine..."

"What the heck are you thinking about all day? Wait, why are these things even in my warehouse?"

Li Cheng rolled his eyes and flicked Gray Rain on the forehead.

"It's all about testing the boundaries of the soul-infusing glove. I figured we need to learn from the side of truth and cultivate a spirit of scientific research."

Gray Rain retorted confidently, "I've watched hundreds of episodes of agricultural channel prosperity tips and follow several dozen finance bloggers on social media. This project can definitely earn money.

Many nerdy male and female players have never dated anyone nor even visited the Evil Science Alliance nightclub.

They lack the courage to date but certainly have the guts to spend a few thousand game coins to bring a cherished figurine to life, transitioning instantly to an old married couple lifestyle—and that courage is substantial.

By stacking the [assembly puppet] ability, you could even implant bones, joints, a complete set of respiratory, digestive, and reproductive organs to make figurines extremely human-like, possibly even more realistic than Zhang Sanfeng."

"Are you creating the bio-humans like in Blade Runner?"

Li Cheng twitched at the corner of his eye, "Each soul implantation consumes spiritual power and sanity, you know."

Low consumption doesn't mean no consumption. This Secret Realm exploration isn't a script task. To prepare for the next killing field challenge, Li Cheng needs to save some spiritual power for himself,

It's impossible to recklessly exhaust his spiritual power just for a bit of money.

"Once equipment reaches legendary level, it deeply touches upon so-called [rules], [concepts]. The application of merciful soul goes beyond simply creating activated spirit body armies; it holds one more crucial point, that is, in some sense, immortality."

Li Cheng's expression twisted intriguingly as he actively dissolved the skin of his palm. The cells on his palm started to rapidly divide, slowly "squeezing" out fleshy granules on a macroscopic level.

The fleshy granules tangled and squirmed, forming an irregular sphere with hair, teeth, and eyeballs.

"Wow, how disgusting!"

Gray Rain clicked her tongue, "What is that?"

"Body."

Li Cheng casually brought over a bathtub, filled it with water, and tossed the meatball into the water.

The meatball swelled upon contact with water, its cells dividing rapidly, gradually growing slender limbs.

"This meatball is composed of undifferentiated stem cells and carries a soul that has yet to awaken to consciousness. Once the meatball detects its owner's death, it will enter accelerated growth mode, quickly taking on a human shape and evolving into a person.

Since the soul-infused object is a combination of the carrier itself, public perception, and the glove holder's personal viewpoint, as long as the meatball is regarded as one's replica, it will eventually grow to become the new self."

Li Cheng calmly stated, "In other words, possessing this item allows for the continuous creation of personal backups, ensuring survival even if one perishes in the script world through another means."