High Above

In that game, the protective circle that saved Xia Hui City performed exceptionally and after the Giant of Light appeared, Adelbert fell into a coma.

It's not a big deal, it's just that my mental energy is exhausted and my soul is a little shaken.

After knowing that Adalbert had woken up, Ian went over as soon as possible and did a full set of examinations on his left and right arms to confirm that the dazed researcher did not appear to have "another life in his body". The outer universe may be a super-civilized consciousness in the virtual realm, or it may carry a divine light rod with it.

He was fine, much to Ian's regret.

"If the Giant of Light really exists, how can there be so much shit in the universe of Terra?"

Ian sighed, but Adalbert was in high spirits: "Ian, I feel very good! I seem to have awakened my spiritual power!"

This is the most important point - what spiritual power did he awaken?

"Gather the insignificant hearts and turn them into majestic divine power."

Ian mobilized the computing power of the Heart of Terra, allowing himself to observe Adlbert's psychic model and extract his key words bit by bit. The prophet looked a little solemn: "Your psychic power... is very strong."

"However, it is too difficult to use!"

Adebert's psychic power would have been impossible for Terra to use in the past.

Because the necessary condition for this psychic ability is that all participants have souls.

Yes, this is a multiplayer psychic.

When Adalbert was alone, his spiritual power manifested itself in the form of 'the firmer he is, the stronger his defense power'. It was a very strong life-saving psychic power, and his defense power was close to Miles's protection. It has power, but it has no other power except defense and can only protect itself.

However, if there are other people with souls who recognize Adebert's beliefs and resonate with him, then Adelbert's defense will be further improved. As the number of participants increases, he will even begin to improve his ability to control the source of matter. Psychic power.

When the number of people with energy and resonance exceeds a certain number, all spiritual energy can even be briefly erupted, transforming into a huge virtual entity (giant of light), and inflicting horrific blows on the enemy.

"Isn't this just charging and transforming?"

Ian commented: "Thanks to me for giving you Xia Hui Ling's energy system authority. Otherwise, with Xia Hui Ling's resonance, I might not be able to meet your psychic activation standards."

Adlbert's spiritual power requires huge energy, huge computing power, and a huge soul support burden to be fully exerted. To put it simply, it cannot be used by one person at all.

From the beginning, Adlbert's belief was not just about himself - he himself had no wishes or obsessions. Many times he just couldn't see how many people were suffering in this world, so he wanted to change.

It's just that Adalbert himself doesn't even know how to change. He has a strong mind, but he can't imagine the future.

He has powerful 'techniques', but no 'methods' and 'paths'.

Ian told him about the future and gave him a land to protect—Ian shared his path with him.

In the Silver Peak Territory, he finally understood many things, such as how the future world should be considered beautiful, what kind of order he should protect, and which direction his intelligence should be directed in.

Therefore, from the beginning, he was not doing it for himself, but for everyone.

In this case, everyone's strength will also become his strength.

This is a spiritual energy that Ian cannot awaken.

He can make others yearn for him, follow him, and trust him, but Ian cannot 'believe' in others.

To him, other humans are too fragile, even weak.

Echoers who transcend death and time and space can only believe in themselves and all 'selves' from the bottom of their hearts.

"Yes, this psychic has great potential."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Ian patted the shoulder of Adlbert on the hospital bed, but he felt a little regretful: "Unfortunately, the requirements for this psychic ability are too high and difficult to copy - where can I find a second one?" Such a person has awakened this kind of spiritual energy."

"There will always be...right? I think there should be some people similar to me in this world."

Adlbert himself was actually a little afraid to confirm. He hesitated and said: "At present, there are not so many places that need to be protected?"

"There will be more in the future. Not to mention that I will conquer all of Terra in the future. Even now, if I integrate the entire South Ridge, there will be at least seven or eight places that need to be protected."

Ian shook his head slightly: "Even if you can defend four or five places by yourself, at least another one of you is needed to protect the entire South Ridge."

In any case, Adlbert has no problem. He is very happy: "Take good care of your body. This is your own awakening and the power you control. It is not the dead king, it purely belongs to you."

"I think you can now try to integrate your own meditation methods and spiritual powers, and try to master your unique arcane path."

Ian's arcane path is based on fairies and the Immovable Fortress. This 'Legacy of Steel' is something that only he can handle.

As for Adelbert's spiritual power, his understanding of the souls and dead kings, his grasp of his own spiritual power, as well as the computing power and source core that are common to the arcane path... they may all allow him to find a different path. Yu Ian's 'Legacy of Steel' system.

A heritage called ‘Light’.

Speaking of light... Ian suddenly thought of a person.

"Loren."

Ian said thoughtfully: "Although Loren's holy light is different from yours, if you think about it carefully, it has altruistic properties."

"Moreover, the power of the Holy Light can naturally attract people to yearn for and revere..."

"Well, Adlbert, if you have time to talk to that kid Duohe Loren... I have a hunch that your 'Giant of Light' psychic power and his 'Holy Light' might be very interesting. linkage."

"My spiritual power is called 'Hearts of All'." Adlbert reminded: "It's not the Giant of Light."

"I understand, Giant of Light."

Things are always very complicated when it comes to the development of psionics and other heritages, but overall, everything is thriving and moving in a good direction.

Both Adlbert and Loren can find a way forward, and Ian does not need to worry about them, which makes Ian quite relieved.

After making sure that Adlbert was fine, Ian immediately captured him and worked overtime with him.

This was not because Ian was squeezing Adlbert, but mainly because the researcher asked very thoughtfully, ‘Do you need my help? ’, then Ian’s answer is of course ‘Yes! 'ah.

Therefore, Adlbert, who had just woken up less than half an hour ago, accompanied Ian to see the demon in the virtual world.

To be precise, it was the fusion demon ‘Confused Heart’ that Ian captured during the Xiahui airship attack.

Doubtful Heart has been imprisoned by Ian and is now sleeping in a square psychic container.

This is a soul body composed of a large number of purple-red ribbons. It is very chaotic as a whole. It does not have the slightest form of a regular assembly of Void Realm Machine God, Ian and others. It looks a bit like tangled seaweed, but if you look closely, , but you can see a large number of tiny barbs in those purple-red psychic light belts.

These barbs have no lethality, but they allow this soul to easily hang on other soul bodies and exert its own influence.

"This is the devil's soul. This fusion of devil's psychic energy is an extremely rare 'charm ability', but its original essential desire is actually 'desire for attention'. He hopes that his parents can pay attention to him and not ignore him, so he got This kind of spiritual power can gain people’s favor and attention.”

Ian pointed at the bewitched soul and explained: "But after becoming a demon, this kind of spiritual power has been distorted and strengthened - the original favor and attention have become mandatory obedience. The person who is charmed, no matter what he gets, Whatever their orders are, they will be willing to do so even if it means making people die for deception."

"A very terrifying brainwashing ability. If it is paired with the soul seal, God knows how terrifying it will be."

Ian was very emotional and serious when he said this, but the listeners always felt that something was not right.

——Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?

Adlbert couldn't help but look sideways at Ian, who looked serious, but when he thought about it carefully, it was different.

Ian can achieve similar effects without using psychic powers at all, which is obviously more terrifying than confusing the mind!

Now, within the Yinfeng territory, there are two fused demon captives, ‘Rong Ying’ and ‘Huoxin’.

Ian has never seen what a real devil looks like, so he needs Adlbert to come and tell the difference.

"Look, how are they different from real demons?"

Ian asked seriously: "Also, is this fusion technology...similar to the Dead River Arms?"

"Somewhat similar."

When it came to technical issues, Adalbert became serious. He got closer to the past, carefully observed the soul form of Dou Xin, and then came to the conclusion: "It is almost the same as when Viscount Avak was almost assimilated by the Dead River Armed Forces in the end."

"The human soul's initial form in the virtual realm is a 'ball'. This is the original and perfect form. No matter who it is, even the chosen psyker, before he realizes his own soul, he is a Round ball.”

"On this basis, the more orderly the soul is, the more regular the geometry will be formed by those who abide by the rules and live in society."

"There are also different geometric shapes, such as hexagonal souls, which represent that the holders of souls like to integrate into the collective, because they can build a stable structure with countless similar souls."

"The eight-sided prism like me is more lonely because it is difficult to fit in with other prisms."

"As for Ian, you Metatron Cube... it proves that although you follow your own inner order extremely, you hardly recognize anyone."

"As for the devil..."

Adalbert lifted the confused soul, observed it carefully, and then shook his head: "Demons are absolutely chaotic, and it is impossible to understand other people, and it is impossible to join forces. The order of demons is only the simplest 'big and small'" Strong or weak'. So their souls have such irregular, pictographic patterns."

"But according to what you said, Ian, the fusion of demons has overcome this essence - the army of demons? This technology developed by Feiyandi is a bit wonderful."

"That's what I mean."

Ian thought: "It is impossible for demons to obey other people's orders. But Feiyandi uses a certain technology that allows demons to become an army... If we can find the key, can we directly disintegrate Feiyan? The demonic army of Flame Land?”

"It's difficult, but it's not hopeless." Adalbert has looked through the confusing soul from the inside out. This is the power of meditation, which allows people to carve the shape of their soul with their own power. Carry out the most essential self-transformation.

At the same time, those who practice meditation have extremely strong control over their own soul power, and can even indirectly interfere with other souls who have no power to resist.

"I see."

After all, Adlbert had also studied some of the techniques of the Dead River Arms. After careful observation, he came to some understanding: "Ian, look at the soul core of this mind-bewitching demon."

Ian leaned over to take a look and found that the core of the mind-bending demon was a blackened gem-like object.

[The Confused Demon Ace Nirmathas]

[Second Energy Level·Chimera·Excellence·Innately Intelligent Creatures·Void Realm Fusion Creatures·Devil's Fallen Transformation]

[This individual has been transformed by abyss technology and has become a special virtual monster, and its life essence has been converted into a demon]

[Body material...virtual realm conversion completed]

[Strength level: Normal]

[Contains source quality: 8800.0835 spiritual quality units]

【……】

There is nothing special about it.

Ian looked at Adbot, waiting for an explanation, while the white-haired researcher scratched his head: "The crystal of the gem is synonymous with natural order, and its crystallization sequence itself represents a kind of order... If we say that the fusion of the demon core is If it is these ectoplasm gems, then it means that their thoughts of order are lodged in these gems."

"Let's put it this way, Ian. These fusion demons are basically pure demons, but these demons don't have a 'brain'."

"And the human souls residing in these gems are their brains. With the power of these specially processed ectoplasm gems, we can resist the erosion of resentment, and use human will to control the power of demons."

When he said this, Adlbert was quite emotional: "In fact, the same principle applies to the Death River Arms. The Death River Arms itself is the body of the Void Sea Blood Demon, and the wearer is the driver who turns himself into the Blood Demon's power - —It’s just that the purpose of the Dead River Arms is to convert people into blood demons, but the fusion demon technology does not want to fuse, but to ensure the purity of people’s thinking.”

"I think this is probably the reason why the man-made demons in Feiyan Land will not be wiped out by the 'Void Realm Machine God', because they are still human in nature, they just use the power of demons."

——What a magical girl. If the magic gem becomes dirty, it will turn into a real devil, right?

And it seems that Feiyandi didn't lie. They really created a man-made demon system where the enemy and we are of the same origin? Then when will Devil Mask X-Sister also appear?

Ian had a lot of things in his heart, but he couldn't say them out for a while. He vaguely felt that things were not that simple: "But I tortured Zhuoxin before, and he told me that the reward promised to him by Nirmasas was a promotion. As the 'big devil'."

"This simple consciousness lodging technology will definitely not meet the conditions for promotion to a great devil. With such strong resentment, they will directly turn into true devils."

The real devil cannot be controlled, and Fei Yandi cannot do this.

"That means they must have a sublimation technology based on this core gem."

Adlbert said firmly: "The Great Demon City has the power of 'immortal memory and immortal demon'. If the memories related to them are not forgotten, they will not disappear completely, so they can only seal or weaken the guards. But the price is that the new demon that is resurrected every time is not the original one."

"Man-made demons will definitely not be so wasteful. They must ensure that they are the same person before they can be controlled. I am wondering, is this possible? It is remote control... just like the dragon soul, which separates the soul core from the body, but To ensure the transmission of information in a virtual realm, and to control an immortal body to fight while isolating the pollution from the power of demons..."

"Phylactery?"

Ian somewhat understood the concept: "Devil Lich?"

"What is a lich?" Adalbert asked curiously, and Ian explained for him: "An immortal monster that preserves the essence of life in an extremely strong and almost immortal 'box' , the outer body is irrelevant, even if it is destroyed, it can be revived again."

Speaking of this, Ian suddenly thought of the names of the super troops on the way to the Star-ending Road in the Flying Flame Land.

immortal person……

"Interesting, that's probably what it is, the immortal demon army? The immortal lich army?"

Adlbert does understand demons, and the possibility he mentioned may really be the final result of Feiyandi's technology - from this point of view, it is no wonder that some people are tempted by demon technology, which is a mixture of immortality and self-sublimation. The triple possible path to ascension of civilization is indeed an irresistible temptation for the Terran people.

"Demon Lich, an interesting mix." Ian murmured a few words with a strange look on his face, and then smiled: "Yes, there are similar legends about demons. Their bodies are located in the abyss, and what appears in the material world is only a projection. A projection If you are destroyed, you will be hurt, but you will not really die."

"Then, is there any way to cut off this communication? Let all the fused demons and artificial demons turn into uncontrollable real demons, and then summon the virtual realm machine gods to destroy them?" Ian asked.

"have!"

Adlbert nodded without hesitation, but then shook his head regretfully: "But I won't!"

"I have never been exposed to this technology. It was probably researched locally in Feiyan Land and has not been handled in the Awak laboratory, so I don't know the specific details. And if I want the virtual realm machine god to identify these man-made demons, I need to Break the core, but if you break the core, the demon will die, and it is completely meaningless to summon the Void Realm Machine God or not."

"that's enough."

Ian nodded slightly. Adlbert was worthy of being the chief researcher of the Avak Laboratory. He indeed knew far better about demons than he did, and he found the essence of Feiyandi's artificial demon technology so quickly.

"Then what's the weakness?"

He asked. Adlbert thought for a moment, and then said: "Except for the core gem, their actions require a lot of resentment to block the perception of other creatures in the virtual realm."

""I guess the reason why they carried out scorched earth tactics was to create a virtual black realm. After all, artificial demons are not real demons. As long as they suppress the spread of resentment and prevent them from arbitrarily blocking the perception of the virtual machine god, their ability to move will not be so elusive. "

"However, the virtual realm machine god can only move in the virtual realm. Now the demon army in Feiyan Land basically moves in the material world. This is not a shortcoming at all."

"They can even avoid the artillery fire of the material world by hiding in the virtual realm. It is indeed quite inexplicable. It is indeed the core technology of Feiyandi."

"Yeah?"

But after Ian heard these words, he had an idea in his mind: "You mean...as long as we can find a group of virtual realm machine gods squatting next to the cursed black soil, then these artificial demons can only Staying in the material world, you can’t just shuttle back and forth like before?”

"Yes."

Adlbert nodded, but he was a little confused: "But Ian, the information you gave me shows that these man-made demons are also very powerful in the material world - almost all of them have the first to second energy levels. With the strength between them, artillery fire in the general sense cannot reduce their numbers at all."

"This is not a weakness," the researcher emphasized.

"Then it only needs unusual artillery fire."

Ian already had an idea in his mind. He smiled and raised his head to look at the sky: "I can only say that preparation in advance will definitely be effective."

"As for now, let's wake up this little demon."

Looking at Zhuoxin, Ian said calmly: "I may need him in some places in my plan later."