The Martial Unity

He was of this body, of this existence, just like the body-consciousness. They were both aspects of the greater being known as Rui Quarrier. Rui Quarrier was a higher emergent entity in this universe, of which the brain and body were merely constituents.

“‘My’ Enlightenment of Self only applies to the brain-consciousness, not Rui Quarrier,” Rui realized. “Even if both the brain and body are Rui Quarrier, it does help me understand why I never realized the truth of the nature of consciousness.”

He turned back to his body-consciousness as he studied the information comprising his being. What he saw was a consciousness that was shaped by decades of training and combat that Rui, or the brain-consciousness rather, had put his body through. His body fought alongside him in an indirect manner.

His body trained alongside him.

His body grew alongside him.

It loved, grieved, and experienced life alongside him.

It was Rui Quarrier as much as he was.

It had earned the right to be Rui Quarrier as much as he had.

And yet, he didn’t so much as even acknowledge its existence this entire time. The very notion of this truth made him feel a surge of overwhelming guilt and sadness within him, represented by the tear of information that emerged from the eyes of Rui.

“Forgive me, I swear I will never ignore your existence aware again,” Rui promised with a determined sincerity. He stretched out his hand in a beckoning gesture. “Forgive me, and join me.”

His ethereal eyes sharpened.

“Join me in battle.”

His tone grew profoundly intense.

“Join me in deciding the fate of our existence as you rightfully deserve.”

The body-consciousness smiled as it stretched out its hand, clasping that of the brain-consciousness firmly. Rui could sense a deep affirmation and willingness from his body-consciousness.

From this day forth, the spectrum of consciousness that existed within the being known as Rui Quarrier would fight together. They would grow stronger.

They would grow stronger than they could ever imagine.

“…But how do I give you control over our body?” Rui muttered.

After all, the brain-consciousness could control the body through neurobiology. Neurobiology was the interface between his consciousness and his body.

His ethereal eyes lit up with realization.

“Then I just need to create a separate interface for you!”

With his Martial Soul, his quantum tweezers, and his Anthean half, he could sculpt his body however he liked with enough time. Then all he needed to do was sculpt it create a permanent interface for the body-consciousness to control his body.

“And since the body-consciousness exists within and across that very body, the distance between the consciousness and body is zero, which meant that there would be no lag time!” Rui realized with a profound excitement boiling up within him. “I will be able to achieve the goal of Project Autocorpus!”

Time did not flow through the information dimension in the same manner either, even time was reduced a mere parameter in the information dimension. So the body-consciousness could potentially never ever run out of time when deciding to react to anything, as it was solely a information phenomenon.

And when it gained access to his prophetic power, then it would mean that literally nothing in the universe would ever be able to catch it off-guard or truly outpace it. For it could react and instantaneously defend against the future in the present. Even if someone teleported an attack on his skin, he would be able to dodge it.

Rui could see the same excitement within the body-consciousness that he felt himself. Indeed, they were of the same being. “I will get to work immediately and create an interface for you to control this body,” Rui promised. “When I’m done, we will be invincible. Nothing will ever be able to so much as even touch as anymore. Nothing will ever be a threat to us anymore.”

With the known exception of Transcendent phenomenon, of course.

But Rui quickly withdrew from the incorporeal plane that represented his subjective experience of the information dimension, returning to reality.

When he opened his eyes, he couldn’t control his a wild, excited grin from emerging on his face. Just the very thought of what he was going to achieve made him want to abandon his dignity and pump his fist in the air like a child.

However, he immediately channeled all that energy towards completing Project Autocorpus, directing his attention inwards. Much to his surprise, he sensed his body-consciousness even in the real world with his Martial Soul.

He could sense its ’emotion’ and even its thoughts.

Yet, they were silent and nonverbal.

But it was information nonetheless.

Integrated information.

“You…” he spoke out aloud with an amazed expression. “I see, it was because I grew familiar with your integrated information in the information dimension that I can recognize you even in the real world.”

He could even communicate with his body-consciousness through his Martial Soul in a silent manner, allowing them to connect their consciousnesses through the Soul in a manner that defied even his understanding. Their consciousnesses connected, allowing the body-consciousness to share with him its knowledge.

It showed him the path forward.

It showed him what he needed to.

A profoundly deep realization dawned on him as the body-consciousness passed on its wisdom to him. The body-consciousness understood their body to a much, much deeper level than Rui did.

If he was an expert, then the body-consciousness was a master.

It transmitted a blueprint of the interface that it needed to achieve Project Autocorpus.

It was one of the complex physiological blueprints that Rui had ever seen in his entire life. Yet, it detailed exactly how the body-consciousness could gain control over their body.

“Quantum entanglement. That is the basis of the interface that I need to create to achieve Project Autocorpus.”

It created a system of quantum entanglement across the body that allowed the body-consciousness to move without thought or decision. To move instantaneously and automatically.

Rui’s ethereal eyes flared with determination as he drowned himself in the project.

Several more months passed in the blink of an eye.