21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 779 - 775: Incomplete Enterprise (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Without mentioning how Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais racked their brains for something that could persuade Chen Yu to assist in their revenge against the church, the newly expanded dormitory in Necromantic Space’s Minato Ward was already filled with newly born ship-girls.

As Chen Yu had originally expected, the British ship-girls, who enjoyed drinking tea, occupied the rooms near the courtyard garden and even set up a pergola and placed tables and chairs for their Tea time.

The Japanese ship-girls built their dormitory area around the hot spring pool specially prepared for them and transformed their rooms in the Japanese style, laying out tatami mats and wooden floors, and even replaced doors and windows with sliding ones.

The Germans and Americans did not mingle with them. While the Germans chose rooms close to the Japanese ship-girl dormitories, still maintaining the Axis Alliance, the Americans simply picked a location near the dormitory area’s cafeteria and built a bar, where the Germans would occasionally come to drink.

The entire Minato Ward now had seven additional demigod-level ship-girls, namely Eugene, Tirpitz, Belfast, Renown, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, and Akagi, along with Warspite and Missouri, two units with divine power equivalent to weaker deities, apart from the original seven demigod-level ship-girls along with Shinano and the 6th Destroyer Squadron.

With such formidable strength, no country on Earth currently held military power that could contend with the forces Chen Yu possessed, especially in terms of high-end combat ability.

After all, following World War II, every country suffered significant losses in supernatural powers, and the recovery of supernatural powers was much slower than that of industry and civilian life. As a result, it was almost impossible for any country in the world to muster more than a handful of demigods.

The reason it’s "almost impossible" is that the heritage of a certain ancient country in the Orient was too terrifying, and no one knew if they might unearth a secluded demigod-level hermit from some remote temple who had been in hiding for decades or even centuries.

However, even though he possessed power enough to destroy nations, Chen Yu had no interest in dominating anything.

On the contrary, he became even more curious as to why the USS Enterprise was only a demigod.

USS Enterprise was the most distinguished and legendary ship in human history, with her wartime achievements and storied exploits during World War II being too numerous to state. But if Missouri, whose war experience paled in comparison to hers but gathered the Power of Faith simply because the armistice of World War II was signed on her deck, could break through the demigod threshold and acquire the divine duties of "The Last Battleship" and "Peace," then there was no reason why the USS Enterprise, far more renowned in history than Missouri, would not have enough Power of Faith to break through the demigod level.

As for the fact that the original USS Enterprise had already been dismantled, Warspite faced the same fate, yet she had also broken through to demigod status. It was just that the old lady did not wish to accept the divine duty of guarding the United Kingdom.

Therefore, Chen Yu specifically asked Enterprise about this issue.

"In fact, I am not the complete Enterprise." Faced with Chen Yu’s inquiry, Enterprise hesitated for a moment before revealing her current state: "To be precise, I should be considered an entity that emerged from the aggregation of negative emotions of the USS Enterprise, only half of the USS Enterprise, or perhaps the phantom of the true USS Enterprise."

"Not the real USS Enterprise?" Chen Yu frowned and then asked Enterprise, "You said you’re a phantom, so where is the ’real’ USS Enterprise?"

"In fact, the original USS Enterprise had already developed her own consciousness. Given time, she could have been truly born, but humans..." Enterprise did not continue, for the expression of hatred on her face explained everything.

In March 1960, the USS Enterprise was completely deconstructed after decommissioning, and it goes without saying that the original consciousness naturally dissipated with this disassembly.

Although a piece of the stern armor bearing the ship’s name was preserved, such a small piece of armor was not enough to carry the naturally born consciousness of the USS Enterprise. Even if this faint consciousness did take up residence on this steel plate, after so many years it had long since vanished.

And with the entire ship dismantled to nothing but this small piece of armor, perhaps the true consciousness of the USS Enterprise that dissipated back then had all its grievances against humanity converge upon this remaining piece of armor?

Having learned from the Enterprise about what happened to the USS Enterprise before, Chen Yu was not surprised why she hadn’t become a True God.

Although the last remaining stern of the USS Enterprise was a part of it, allowing for the USS Enterprise to be summoned, the restored hull is not the same as the historical USS Enterprise, and the Power of Faith recognizes and venerates not the restored one.

This is actually a Ship of Theseus problem. If a ship continually had new parts replaced, the hull may no longer be the original, but as long as the recognized and acknowledged name belongs to the ship, it will always be the original ship, and the constant replacement of parts does not strip it of its original name.

Conversely, if it is not recognized or acknowledged, even using all the original parts to build a ship, the one reconstructed will not be the original ship, because the name does not belong to it.

The philosophical Ship of Theseus is a question of idealism, but the magical and theological Ship of Theseus, though also idealistic, is more materialistic.

It is the possession of a name and relevant connections that allows the absorption of related faith. This is why when Chen Yu summons Ship-girls, he searches the world for things left behind by those former warships, because these items are parts recognized in history, holy relics with connections.

It is not that replicating a hull from the original blueprints and inscribing the same name upon it would make it the same ship from history.

The problem with the Enterprise lies therein; Chen Yu used the hull replicated from the ship tail armor of the USS Enterprise to summon her, not the historical USS Enterprise. This inherently weakened the legitimacy and integrity of Enterprise.

Additionally, the USS Enterprise had once truly formed a consciousness, and some remnants of that memory remained, which further affected Enterprise’s self-recognition. She doesn’t believe she is the true USS Enterprise.

This is why she couldn’t fully utilize the Power of Faith of the USS Enterprise to break through the Demigod level. If she herself does not believe she is the true Enterprise, how could she gain the recognition of those powers of faith?

Understanding this, Chen Yu also felt helpless. This is where the faith is idealistic. Believing or not believing depends on one’s own recognition. Although there are methods to deceive the Power of Faith, if you yourself don’t believe you are it, then you can’t fool anyone. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

And as for addressing the psychological issues of Enterprise... Chen Yu didn’t plan to force her, instead letting her follow her nature, after all, a Demigod level Enterprise was already sufficient.