High Above

For Loren, the most important gain during his recent period is getting to know Miles and his sister Cynthia.

Miles is seven years older than him and is the real big brother, but his talent in cultural classes is not as good as his talent in meditation and swordsmanship. Instead, Loren can help him review.

Miles' sister Cynthia is a smart and lovely girl who has also experienced hard times and is more mature than her peers. They have become friends.

Miles also discovered that Loren was indeed worthy of being recognized as a genius by Sir Ian. He had quick thinking and an unusually keen understanding of the nature of things, and he was very humble and polite. This may be due to I had low self-esteem, but now I have gradually transformed into a kind of composure because of learning knowledge.

It would be nice if Loren was older and I could teach him how to sword. Miles thought of this, and he couldn't help but think of his childhood wish: to make a few reliable friends who could be trusted to support others, defeat some villains who harmed others, and just travel from one end of the earth to the other.

Now that things have happened, he actually has the power to fulfill his old wish. His mature psychic abilities and swordsmanship allow him to perform quite well in an ordinary adventure team. If he obtains some bloodline true forms in the future, he will be even more powerful and capable of making great achievements.

But not now. Miles has made up his mind to stay in Xiahui Territory and help the lord build his second hometown.

The suffering that I have suffered must not appear in this land.

This idea of ​​protection became stronger and stronger, and even his spiritual power began to grow gradually.

So, one day after the New Year's holiday, Miles once again invited Loren to visit his home.

His spiritual power underwent a huge transformation.

Along with Loren.

If I have to say it, there may be some accidental elements: It is winter now, and the outdoor eaves have frozen with frost, forming strings of ice picks. These ice picks are usually broken off by children for play, but if they are not careful, they can also cause terrible consequences. harm.

At that time, Miles, who was carrying fruits and vegetables on the street and preparing to go home to prepare lunch, saw Cynthia and Loren building a snowman in their yard.

While he was smiling, he saw a big ice pick next to the eaves suddenly fall down, and it was about to hit Loren.

At this moment, Miles wanted to activate his spiritual energy to attract the ice cone that was about to fall on Loren to himself.

But when he used it, he discovered that the range of his psychic energy was not that large - he could only completely protect an area with a radius of twenty meters centered on himself, and the street was not more than twenty meters away from his home, at least sixty meters away. Many meters away.

He was too late.

At this moment, Miles didn't think about anything, not thinking about what he couldn't do, nor thinking about what would happen if he couldn't do Loren - his spirit was extremely pure at that moment, with only one thought.

That is to protect ‘the other person’.

So, at this moment, Loren, who had just noticed the movement of the ice pick on the eaves, was about to avoid the accident, when a faint red light appeared on his body.

This red spiritual radiance strengthened Loren's physique and defense, and also had the ability to pull. It forcibly pulled the ice pick that Loren had avoided to the top of his head, and then smashed it on the head of the confused boy. .

Bang! "Ouch!"

When Miles hurried back to his home, what he saw was Loren with tears in his eyes, and his sister, who looked confused and helped Loren up.

"Are you OK?!"

Miles said loudly, and Loren looked at him rather resentfully: "Brother Miles..."

He said helplessly: "I can dodge it... I have been training for half a year. If I still can't dodge an ice pick, it means that I have failed in actual combat training!"

"You used your psychic powers to protect me, but you still let me take such a beating."

"Aren't I worried about you..." Seeing that Loren was indeed fine, Miles was relieved. Loren also knew that the other party cared about him, so he just teased her.

And just when the two brothers seemed to be about to take this matter over, Cynthia frowned and realized that the matter was not simple.

"Brother, how can you use your spiritual power on others?"

The little girl was quite puzzled and said: "I saw just now that Loren was emitting red light and sucking the ice pick away... Didn't it always suck to you before?"

good question! But Miles doesn't know the answer! Of course Loren didn't know either.

And just when the two of them were wondering what happened just now, Ian, who was far away on the top of the snow, had a look on his face.

"Huh? Just now, the spiritual energy of faith entrusted to me by Loren suddenly reacted?"

Loren's psychic energy is pure raw stone. It does not have any ability and can only be placed on the object of belief, waiting for his 'god' to determine the form for him.

Because it is the purest and most selfless belief, this spiritual energy does not have its own appearance, but can become anything.

After a long period of observation and confirmation, Ian concluded that the potential of this psychic energy was so high that it was even inferior to his own.

This is no joke.

Just like Ian can shape himself with echoes, allowing himself to constantly awaken to the 'precognitive vision'.

If Ian uses the Soul Seal to completely transform Loren, instill similar memories into him, and imprint his own spiritual energy ripples on Loren's spiritual energy, then there is a great possibility that Loren will awaken to precognitive vision.

The trade-off, of course, is that Loren becomes an echo of Ian.

Only individuals with "spiritual power of faith" can do this kind of thing when encountering a Lord with "precognition vision".

Moreover, it may not really be possible to awaken the precognitive vision. There is a high probability that it is some other spiritual power.

But the possibility was enough to shock Ian.

If it weren't for such an extreme and powerful psychic power as precognitive vision, but for common psychic powers such as the Flowing Sound of the Flowing Sound Knight, talking to animals, controlling elements, psychic braking, etc., Loren would probably be able to withstand it easily.

From pure nothingness to 'power' that can be determined.

The process of gaining power through belief in spiritual energy seems to be similar to the awakening of psykers.

It's just that the power that shapes the spiritual energy of faith is 'God', and the shaper of the spiritual energy of awakening is something like the 'cosmic spiritual truth'.

It is precisely because of this that Ian has not taken action to carve Loren's rough stone, but continues to study the nature of this belief in spiritual energy, intending to grasp something deeper.

Unfortunately, after half a year, he didn't find many clues.

But now, Loren's spiritual energy is showing slight movement?

"I'll go back to Xiahui to lead you. I'll use the terminal to communicate later, or go to the Void Realm to use the Heart of Terra."

Ian first told Scott and Roland, and then told Xio: "If there is another avalanche later, protect them."

After everyone agreed, he walked out of the camp, turned into a flying light, and headed towards Xiahui City.

Not long after, another guest arrived next to Miles' house.

Ian did not show up, but stood far away in the air, hiding his figure, observing Miles and Loren.

The students were having fun in private, and it felt really bad when an elder suddenly showed up.

Although Ian knows that these two people admire him very much, and he would probably be happier if he really met him, there is no need to be troubled for no reason... Who knows what mistakes will be made if he interrupts rashly?

He carefully observed the psychic energy in Miles' body...and found that things had indeed changed.

Originally, the psychic energy in Miles' body was blood red.

This is not the original color of his psychic energy, but the color dyed by the souls of many victims in Azure City.

Because of the dead souls and his own determination, Miles awakened his psychic powers, and once he had them, he could fully exert his power. This allowed him to fight his way out of the Blue City that had turned into hell with the strength of a novice swordsman, defeating many phantoms. , escape from death.

But the "impurity" of his psychic power also makes Miles's psychic power sometimes ineffective. Only when the idea of ​​"sincerely wanting to protect others" appears, the psychic power will work... and it even appears, You may not be able to use your full strength.

This shouldn't be the case.

Psionic energy is the power of the soul. It can be activated by thinking. Concentration is only more effective, not impossible to use. If it is really so troublesome and complicated, or even sometimes ineffective, psionic energy will not be called bloodline. The true and parallel way of truth.

All this was caused by the contamination of the ghost in Miles' body, so he also became the subject of observation in the Xia Hui Ling Psychic Laboratory.

So far, through the reversal of part of the Undead King's technology, the 'undead' transformation of Miles and his sister Cynthia's bodies has been contained and reversed, but his inability to use his psychic powers has not improved.

Ian originally thought that after he solved the project in his hands, he would cooperate with the Heart of Terra to conduct another observation on Miles.

Who knew that as more and more experiments were done on the project, Myers' own data was getting better and better, and the research order was getting further and further back.

And now...

"Well, in psychic energy, the scarlet color representing the power of resentful souls has faded a lot... It's due to the meditation method."

With the silver chip, Ian could tell at a glance why Miles was in his current situation: his original soul structure could be said to be a big white ball covered with a thick layer of scarlet resentment. This ball glowed (using Psychic energy), it will pass through the red resentment, and its manifestation in the outside world is discoloration.

The red resentment will also glow by itself, so as long as the belief is not firm enough, the psychic energy cannot be transmitted and the spiritual energy cannot be effective - the same is because the red resentment will also glow by itself, so as long as Miles successfully uses psychic energy, other The intensity is quite impressive.

But now, as Miles's own soul grows, the shape of his soul changes. It is no longer a ball, but becomes a solid prism. Its corners pierce the original resentment, and the light it emits covers the red color. The light of resentment made him use his spiritual energy more freely and powerfully.

"Just now, it was Miles who exerted his spiritual power on Loren. I guess he wanted to protect him?"

Ian shifted his gaze and looked at the boy who believed in him.

Loren's psychic aura is directly connected to Ian, ignoring the distance of time and space.

He also had the most detailed perception of Loren, and he clearly sensed that there was indeed a force spreading throughout Loren's body just now.

If Loren's spiritual energy was not entrusted to Ian, then this power might be imprinted on Loren's spiritual energy, giving his original pure raw stone spiritual energy a touch of 'protection'.

"interesting."

Ian murmured: "Is this an influence infection?"

"No, this is a realization..." He understood: "It was Loren who sensed Miles's belief in wanting to protect him, so he was also moved. So at that moment, through belief, it seemed to be telling me that I must Let me give him the spiritual power of 'protection'."

"It was just a moment and Loren wasn't really praying to me."

"But, if - if Loren really prays to me, then I will naturally try to copy Miles's psychic model and change his psychic powers into psychic powers that are similar to Miles' psychic powers. ."

"Is this process... conferring divine magic?"

Ian paused suddenly: "No."

He raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes suddenly clear: "This is the awakening of the psychic!"

"Replace me with the truth of the universe, the truth transponder about psionics, the 'God of Psionics' - replace Loren with all the awakened beings with psionic potential."

"When the 'determination and desire' of an intelligent life reaches its peak and the 'God of Spiritual Energy' detects this emotion, it will respond and grant the 'thirst' the corresponding power."

"Granting divine magic...awakening spiritual power!"

"This is the 'Container of Thirst'... the process of awakening spiritual energy!"

This is a possibility that Ian has been speculating on for a long time.

A long time ago, Ian had thought about what if he created a super artificial intelligence hidden in the virtual realm, which could respond to requests according to certain rules, assist practitioners of the arcane path within a certain range to accelerate their cultivation, and even condense and sublimate. organ.

So, can he be considered to have created a kind of ‘magic power’ and ‘cultivation truth’? Even though it is only limited to the Xia Hui Territory, the power is real.

What if this super artificial intelligence covers the entire universe, has a very high priority, and can even distort time and space and control basic forces?

What if this super artificial intelligence is more real than the universe itself?

Then isn't this spiritual energy?

As long as you awaken, you can use your spirit to transform the world, distort gravity, travel through space, and distort matter... Who gave this power?

There is only truth.

There is only the ether itself.

Of course, this is all just speculation.

After all, at that time, Ian didn't know the existence of the Star God, nor the existence of the Great Ether Gyre... And after he learned these truths, he had too many things to do, and he couldn't pick up this idea in a short time. .

But now, Miles and Loren made him pay attention to this aspect again.

So, he observed.

"Heart of Terra, assist me with all your strength."

With a thought in his mind, Ian began to use his "Precognition Vision" with all his strength, and even called out his own mind-light body "Guiding Star" to observe Miles and Loren not far away.

At this moment, endless brilliance converged into a river, flowing mightily through time and space.

Blessed by the incredible and terrifying computing power of the Heart of Terra.

Ian saw it.

He once again saw a mighty rushing river, covering a huge grid of infinite possibilities...a huge structure like the 'River of Destiny'.

【——Great Ether Circulation——】

That is the Great Etheric Gyre, the ultimate truth shaped by the Star Gods that overrides the universe itself, and is also the source of almost all extraordinary powers in this Terran universe.

But the moment he saw the large ether circulation, a trace of doubt flashed in Ian's heart.

——It shouldn’t be.

He thought so. Last time, he was too nervous and had to think about the nature of the Guiding Star's ability, so he didn't think about it seriously.

But now that I think about it, the star gods can flatten and round the speed of light, and the large ether circulation penetrates the universe itself, and even spreads to the super structure of infinite parallel time and space... Then if the 'end' is really the timeline in the black hole Life, there’s no reason why Star God can’t understand it?

After all, the Earth already has relevant black hole theories, so it’s impossible that even the Star Gods don’t know about it, right?

No, wait a minute.

Except for the true ether, there is an event horizon that cannot be crossed by any spiritual energy, and even extraordinary forces are difficult to resist... What is the black hole of the ether universe... exactly?

Does he, Ian, really know?

Is he now using the natural laws of the earth world to think about the possibility of a world of swords and magic...oh, swords and ether?

Is this a bit too arrogant?

"It's not a question I can figure out for the time being... Let's wait until we have the opportunity and get permission from the four dragon kings to take a look at the 'black hole' in the center of Dragon Island."

"You still have to have a little awe in order to walk on the path of truth longer."

Ian muttered in his heart, and then he continued to look at the great ether circulation from the perspective of a prophet transcending time and space...

Then he saw it.

Endless brilliance shines from the mighty great ether circulation, covering all infinite time and space equally, shining on everything.

Just like the radiance of the Heart of Terra, it equally covers all souls entering the chip space.

The two have different approaches but similar effects.

From Ian's perspective, the spirits of Miles and Loren were like burning flames, extremely dazzling in the dark void, intertwined with the brilliance of the great ether circulation, and intertwined with each other.

So they are psykers.

On the side, Cynthia's soul fluctuated relatively gently. It was more like a pile of ashes with heat than a flame, quietly releasing smoke and dust. There was no firelight, and it did not intersect with the light of the great ether circulation.

Ian looked carefully.

He saw desire.

In Miles, the 'points' linked to the brilliance of the Great Ether Circulation, the core of which are 'guarding', 'protecting others', 'it would be better for me to get hurt than to let them get hurt' and 'I want to be strong and protect my Family and friends'.

These core emotional points are the essence of Miles' psychic abilities and the source of his power to transform the world.

What Ian saw in Loren was pure 'belief' and 'gratitude'.

And the point where Loren is connected to the Great Ether Gyre...

"On my body."

Ian nodded slightly: "As expected."

This is the essence of belief in psionic energy, pure belief in another existence, so the link point for awakening psionic energy is given to him.

From an etheric perspective that transcends time and space, the nature of psychic energy is so clear and simple.

The strong enough emotion of intelligent life is a kind of "demand instruction". This demand instruction accesses the large ether circulation, and then the ether feeds back a set of "psionic models" that meet the requirements of intelligent life.

This psychic model is the psychic essence of every awakened psychic, and is also the prototype of many psychic accessories and psychic inscriptions.

Moreover, because everyone’s emotions are different and those ‘keywords’ are different, the spiritual energy they receive is also different.

how to say?

Just like AI drawing.

The super AI Great Ether Circulation accepts all keywords from qualified visitors, identifies the visitor's needs based on the keywords, and then provides a set of psychic models that meet the visitor's requirements.

As for whether this psychic ability really meets the needs of visitors...that's not necessarily the case. After all, not everyone is sane when they awaken to psychic powers.

But no matter what, the spiritual energy they received was absolutely in line with their thoughts and needs at the time, and could definitely solve their problems.

Moreover, even if the keywords are exactly the same, the psychic powers will change in details.

As for why Ian still has precognitive visions so many times...

"It seems that the keywords and corresponding spiritual energy seeds I entered for myself in the past were all the same. This can ensure that the exact same spiritual energy is awakened..."

At this moment, Ian fully understood the nature of psychic energy, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Furthermore, the reason why Miles' psychic energy awakened so quickly is because the dead souls of Azure City 'appealed' with him. The spiritual power came together and turned into a miracle!"

One person's voice may be weak and cannot touch the minimum requirements of the great etheric circulation to awaken spiritual energy, but the gathering of many souls in one person will make it easier for him to awaken.

It is said that in ancient times, there were even priests who awakened similar spiritual powers at the same time through rituals, and then committed suicide to gather the obtained spiritual powers into one person, creating an extremely powerful sublimator... Ian used to think it was just superstition, but now It seems that perhaps this is one of the evil sect's spiritual energy utilization methods summarized by the ancients.

In addition, Ian also understood why the four orthodox religions could master the technology to stably create psykers.

I am afraid that in the history of the four major orthodox religions, there have been prophets who could see the circulation of the great ether.

They observed the essence of psionic energy, and by recording some keywords and models that fixed psionic energy, and by cultivating them from an early age to meet the needs of psionic energy, they were able to create almost identical psykers.

This is the truth about artificial psykers. It is far more efficient than the method used by the Empire and the Flying Flame to force people to awaken by guessing the blind box!

Now, Ian can do this too.

He can also see all psychic keywords and specific details.

Even, because of the gift of the Star God, he can record all the 'psionic models' he has seen... This is different from other prophets who have difficulty summarizing a few psionic models throughout their lives - he can easily do it for free. All the psychic powers I have ever seen!

As long as you give him time and observe quietly for a period of time, he can cultivate various psykers through various methods!

By now……

Holy places, prophets, artificial psykers...

The three cornerstones for the great prosperity of Chongling Sect are now completely in place!