High Above

Chapter 937 The road to heaven (8200, please vote~)

Ian is also curious about what the other party's path is, but for now he still wants to watch the development conference.

No one who could come to seek refuge under the spire was screened out. After all, Corizion was not trying to embarrass anyone, but just wanted to ensure that no one came in to fish in troubled waters.

Even a second-level person like Isengard, who has no spiritual power, has enough spiritual power after practicing meditation. He can directly enter the subspace with his own power.

In the subspace, there is a huge lecture hall, even larger than the entire floating island, enough to accommodate more than a million people. The hall presents a conch-like structure. The speaker is at the bottom, but the words he speaks can be superimposed layer by layer. There is no attenuation until the top layer.

This is an architectural structure that is difficult to appear in reality, but in subspace, the interface between the material world and the virtual realm, you can use spiritual matter and imagination to shape it.

The envoys and researchers from various countries each chose an area to sit down. After all, the hall is really very big. Even if Terra's unique researchers perform a full martial arts exercise later, it can ensure that others have time to set up a defensive line when the two sides fight.

In fact, the teams of the three established powers, the Empire, Cangtian Royal Court and Yanjiang, have already begun to set up defense lines, raising walls and sandbags to guard against possible attacks from all directions.

"They can't really fight, can they?"

Ian and Isengard were sitting in a relatively back area, away from the big forces to avoid blood splattering on their bodies, but Ian was still a little hard to understand: "Is this a collective paper conference? Is this going to be a fight?"

"It's normal."

On the other hand, Isengard was not surprised: "You publish research results, and there are people underneath who find faults, doubts, and misinterprets - although I think this should not happen in the city of knowledge. After all, there is the Road Builder, the third person." The fifth level is watching, but... if it really happens, are you going to reason, or are you going to let the other party understand the truth?"

This is the truth. Ian thought about it and felt that it was true: "You should stand closer. When the fight starts, I will directly use the power of the steel dragon to support the crystal shield."

It turned out that Ian's worries were a bit excessive, or that psykers had better self-control than ordinary Terrans. After the official lecture began, everyone sat quietly in their seats and listened.

The first person to preach was Song Sangbo, the spiritual master of Yanjiang. He looks like a young man with black hair and purple eyes. He is actually in his seventies, but he is very strong and handsome, like a young fitness model on Earth - which is very suitable for his topic, because Yan Jiang's topic is 'methods and misunderstandings about improving spiritual energy through physical practice'.

Master Sangbo's topic is very simple. He and his research team have determined through long-term comparisons that people with sound or even strong bodies will also increase their mental strength. If they have a perfect body through continuous exercise, In addition to giving birth to strong self-confidence in one's own body, people can also effectively increase the speed of soul growth.

He posted a video comparison: the three groups of people were all skinny and poor at first, with evasive eyes. One group of people is provided with a healthy and nutritious diet and performs scientific exercise; one group is provided with a diet but does not exercise; and a group of people are living as before, just a little more stable.

Five years later, all the people in the first group have become muscular men with strong bodies, at least healthy people with well-proportioned bodies, full of energy, and very confident. Although the second group of people have average physiques, they are also mentally healthy. As for the third group of people, they are still the same as before, but their demeanor is a little calmer.

"Those who have fully exercised and tempered their spirit, even if they have not become sublime, still have a trace of soul in their body. I named it 'spiritual seed'. This is after the physical health is perfect, and through acquired learning, firm confidence , the 'seed of soul' bred from reading books!"

Sangbo said loudly: "It turns out that our bodies contain a lot of heritage. The transformation of the bodies of all people by the civilization of the pre-era era is very effective. They are only the last step away from the 'transcendent ascension' of the whole people spontaneously nurturing their souls, and we only need to pick up the By taking this step, we can rebuild our glory!”

"Based on this, more than 30% of the first group of members with 'spiritual seeds' have awakened their spiritual powers after arduous training - I believe this is the method with the highest spiritual awakening rate in all of Terra. !”

After Master Sangbo finished, the audience fell silent, and Ian took the lead in applauding - the sound of a real dragon's applause was deafening, followed by applause one after another.

Ian applauded from the bottom of his heart, because Master Sangbo's subject was more complete than he imagined.

There is no need for an artificial soul. With the spirit of perfect training and cultivation, people can spontaneously breed the seeds of the soul... In this way, even if they do not practice cultivation later, they only need to take the magic potion, and the soul will be conceived and born in advance.

As for the subsequent hard training that gave birth to psychic powers, Ian was noncommittal. The hardships in Yanjiang are really tough. It involves continuous exercise for 20 days, waterfalls that exceed physical limits, and lava walking on foot. The so-called 30% success rate must have some water. It is definitely Yanjiang. Here we have selected some 'psionic seeds' to cultivate in advance, which is why we have such a high awakening rate.

But even so, it’s remarkable.

Ian was very satisfied, but others obviously had doubts. As expected, a researcher from the Seven Cities Alliance questioned: "Let's not talk about other things, the conditions of the first group are too good - top-level resource allocation, national Develop scientific exercises with real-time follow-up, as well as special cultural classes and reading time... ordinary aristocratic families cannot maintain such conditions!"

This is an objective fact: even aristocratic families rarely have perfect nutritional rations, and it is even less likely that anyone can track and optimize exercise results all the time. As for cultural classes and reading time... it can only be said that even reading is the only way to get promoted. Even though there are still people who are unwilling to study, what’s more, it seems that studying is not the only way for Terra nowadays?

In addition, there are still many doubts. For example, the food control of the second group is not very sufficient, because it is impossible to eat so many nutrients without exercise, and several more control groups should be designed; another example is that the conclusion is not rigorous and can cultivate The spiritual seed itself represents outstanding talent and so on...

Master Sangbo patiently answered one by one at first, but soon he was stimulated by these critical questions and sneered again and again: "At least the compatriots created by my method will lean towards us instead of fighting against you." The experiments created by this group of people are just as opposite!"

Even so, there was no fight, and Master Sangbo exited gracefully.

He did not explain the technical details, but just announced his idea to everyone - use the modified bodies of the Terran people, fully nourish them, and study all day long to achieve perfection in body and spirit, even if they do not become sublimators. You can also give birth to a soul and then try to awaken spiritual energy.

As for how to cultivate them, that is a confidential detail.

In the final analysis, the development conference is just a sharing of ideas to prevent countries from duplicating research and wasting resources.

After Yanjiang, there is Feiyandi - their topic is more simple and direct, which is soul compensation.

Without hesitation and concealment, they produced a large amount of bloody research materials and maps, proving that soul compensation does exist.

As long as the holder of an artificial soul, even an old person, has an acquired disability and is maintained through a specific diet and alchemical potions, the soul in the injured area will not wilt, but will grow stronger. By absorbing the vitality and flourishing, an effect similar to 'life spiritual energy' is formed.

Telekinesis, soul limbs, possession, ghost hands, ghost touch, spiritual eyes...most of the awakened psychic powers fall into this category.

Although the ability is fixed, the probability of awakening spiritual energy... is over 80%!

"...This is already a threat."

At this moment, Isengard frowned. Although he was bullied by the imperial delegation, it did not mean that he did not love the empire. While listening, he said solemnly: "Terra's spiritual weapon technology is not low now. Look over there. The Psychic Mechanism Order, they obviously cooperate with Feiyandi on this technology."

Ian had also discovered a long time ago that in fact, wasn't it the Spiritual Mechanism Order who explored the Great Maze of the South China Sea with Feiyandi? Moreover, the Spiritual Mechanism Order does advocate that flesh and blood are short-lived and mechanical ascension is needed, and Feiyandi's 'soul compensation' theory can allow them to peel off fragile flesh and blood step by step, and contain a powerful soul, and even finally produce a person with powerful spiritual energy. , the existence of a mechanical body!

This is their goal, the ultimate ‘spiritual weapon ascension’!

"It is indeed a path." He whispered: "Although it is very superficial, the Spiritual Weapon Order does have the prototype of its own path... No wonder the Dragon King is so optimistic about them."

He began to feel that participating in this psychic development conference was very worthwhile - perhaps because of the world war, all parties had produced quite valuable research.

But why?

That's why Ian was confused.

Obviously these countries are hostile, why do they really bring out the things and ideas in the bottom box?

Even if there is no core technology, ideas are still very important. In many cases, it is not that other countries do not have the foundation and resources, but they just do not have the ideas - sweat and inspiration. In fact, inspiration is more important.

"Fellow compatriots."

At this moment, the speaker of the third topic came on stage. This was an old man who looked like a shaman and came from the Nine Cold Federation. Her topic was 'Psionic Upgrading' and 'Psionic Shaping'. It is to transform the spiritual energy structure inside one's soul through various methods and sublimate the spiritual energy. It is an evolution based on potion technology, extending the true form of bloodline brought by potions to spiritual energy.

Very classical research directions are not uncommon. It can even be said that there are similar research projects in various countries. At most, Jiuhan Jingshan will take the first step.

However, the words 'compatriots' startled Ian.

Master Sangbo also said this before when communicating with other doubters.

And what this sentence means...

Ian raised his head and looked around at everyone present.

And everyone has psychic powers.

"Psychic..."

Ian murmured to himself: "This is an internal meeting of psykers... This is not a pure academic research, this is a development research conference of 'psykers' scattered among various countries!"

"Only psykers are compatriots?"

【indeed so】

At this moment, Corizon’s voice sounded in Ian’s ears: [Not just psykers, fifty percent of those invited here are the ‘Chosen Ones’]

[Sounds incredible? But the chosen ones are indeed unique. As long as they develop steadily, they can definitely become strong men and advanced scholars. Just like these technicians in front of you, they are the hope for Terra to move into a new era in the future]

[The chosen ones and psykers can be called new humans. In order for everyone to become psychic and become our compatriots, we will naturally work together and cooperate regardless of nationality, organization or even conflicts of faith]

[Because these things are all shaped by the day after tomorrow...and our spiritual talents are given by the truth that precedes all things]

"What exactly is your purpose?"

With his brows raised, Ian soon saw Corizon's figure in the front row. He just turned around at this moment and looked at Ian. His sapphire eyes were full of pure curiosity and curiosity. joy.

He did not answer Ian's question, but continued to listen carefully to what was being said on the stage.

But Ian fell into great doubts.

Apparently, similar psyker development conferences have been going on for more than one round, or even for more than a few decades - it has become a routine.

Are there no reactions from all the countries in Terra? Psykers from various countries have almost formed another independent organization. Don't they have a reaction?

But Ian suddenly thought of another fact.

There are several kinds of spiritual energy, one of which is 'life spiritual energy'.

In other words...sublimators who have exceeded the third energy level are all psychics.

Compared with the 'bloodline true form' that requires a lot of resources to train and replenish magic potions, choosing to seek spiritual energy from the heart is also an option. No wonder Yanjiang's plan will be questioned, because it consumes a lot of resources to awaken spiritual energy. It's pointless, wouldn't it be the same to buy a magic potion with this money?

But even so, Ian believes that even if all the people become psykers' extraordinary ascension, it is definitely not the real purpose of Corizion.

Moreover, definitely not everyone agrees with his plan.

For now, he listens.

At the same time, the capital of learning.

The Quest Spire, the Material World, and Corizion's Study.

Facing each other on both sides, in the endless loop of mirror corridors, two other figures of scholars with thin bodies and blue eyes emerged.

[What do you think of those young people?] Corizon on the left said: [Their research has indeed made a great breakthrough]

[Their research is deepening into the nature of psychic energy] Corizon on the right smiled and nodded: [But we already know the answer]

[This is not a bad thing] Corizion on the left chuckled: [The deeper their research, the deeper and stronger our foundation will be]

[They are already the most elite group of psychic scholars in the world who are leaning toward us.] The right side lamented: [Of course, there are still a group of more talented people who have not yet arrived...such as Ian Silverfeng. 】

Although these two Corizians are also road builders, they don't know that Corizians have discovered that Ian is the Mahdi - their information is indeed not shared, so they can communicate 'with themselves'.

[This is necessary] Zuo Zuo said: [We must leave a batch of seeds that can understand our path, otherwise, they will have to rebuild the path again, which is a waste of time and wisdom]

【yes】

At this moment, the two mirror directors, Corizion, turned their heads and looked outside the study.

[That’s why we have to leave the Silver Sky Gate behind, so that no one can set foot on the road we forged]

City of learning, central pedestal.

The innermost part of the Great Library.

[Corezion has crossed the line, and he is using the foundation and reputation of the City of Knowledge to pave the way for his own path]

The silver human figure is located in a wide hall, which is entirely composed of silver fine solutions. But if you look closely, you can find that these 'solutions' are not water or other liquids, but are constantly moving, as smooth as water. Metal aggregates.

A silver-white human figure stood in the center of countless silver solutions and stated to this silver hall: [He ignored the ultimatum we left, chose to go his own way, and activated the Silver Sky Gate - according to the agreement, we must take action 】

【...What is his purpose...】

In response to the voice of the silver humanoid, the entire hall shook, and countless silver metal dust began to condense, condensing one face after another, and each face was extremely familiar to the residents of the City of Learning, because they were all the City of Learning in the past dynasties. The chief bachelor, as well as outstanding scholars who have received awards.

All the faces gathered together, like pixels, vaguely constructed a huge and hazy human face that could not be seen clearly.

The ‘Big Library’ said: [Pioneers’ pioneering work inherently requires risks, and this is not considered overstepping the bounds]

[His purpose is to have the most elite psykers in Terra. Regardless of his purpose, these psykers will be gone forever - I have foreseen such a future, with the spires desolate and the halls silent, seeking The road is empty]

The silver humanoid 'Guardian of the Great Library' said: [He will make the City of Learning the target of public criticism. Everyone will see the road that should not exist. In this time of war, the City of Learning should not be the focus of the world. 】

[This threatens the preservation and inheritance of knowledge. I propose that Corizion Seeker be deprived of his status as Chief Archmaester]

【So……】

The huge silver face did not know how to confirm the authenticity of the guardian's vague accusation. He said slowly: [Judgment based on deduction]

[The ‘Big Library’ supports your proposal]

Buzz——

At this moment, the entire city of knowledge was shaking.

In the outermost tower area, amid everyone's exclamations and screams, in the Land of Cloud View, the white 'flowing clouds' holding up the entire sky were rolling and floating up, forming around the island. Thick cloud walls, like the strongest walls, isolate all floating islands from other islands, and red warning lights also light up on the inside.

[Crisis Situation—The Great Library of Terra Federation Civilization enters emergency defense mode]

That was the real name of the great library of the pre-era civilization and the origin of the city of learning.

And from the cloud wall, a large amount of silver-white mist swept out. These fine metal dust rolled in mid-air, combined, and quickly condensed into a humanoid mechanical battle armor that was more than twenty meters high, but was extremely refined and strong.

The moment this human figure appeared, invisible ether fluctuations were born. Because of the sudden super-large ether fluctuations, the surrounding source field changed violently. The entire city of knowledge was attacked by a super-large storm, which spread in all directions at supersonic speeds. , the 'Heavenly Capital' constructed of hundreds of floating islands shook slightly as a result, and the entire structure was evenly pushed apart.

And just after the entire structure of the sky was slightly pushed open, an 'eye' vaguely opened in the center of countless floating clouds holding up the floating city.

It was something that could only be described with the eyes. It was extremely deep, like a starry sky in the universe, containing countless silver stars, and these stars were spinning rapidly like whirlpools, making the whole 'eye' look extremely dreamy and blurry.

And just as countless intertwined silver stars were rotating, a pure black area appeared in its center.

It looks like a door leading to the endless distance...

Door.

The door in the eye, the door in the pupil.

The ‘Silver Gate’ opens.

boom!

At this moment, those floating islands protected by the cloud wall also produced violent air quakes that were almost earthquake-like. It is hard to imagine what kind of impact these floating islands would have suffered without the cloud wall.

And as if in response, the Search Spire located in the center of the City of Knowledge was also shaking, but a layer of shadow spread from the top of the tower, covering the entire floating island where the Search Spire was located - the sub-space rift temporarily covered the entire floating island. It is isolated from the material world, and powerful spiritual energy surrounds it, making it impossible for the reorganized humanoid mechanical armor to enter.

[You cannot put the capital of learning into crisis just for your own desires]

The silver battle armor confronted the tower shrouded in subspace. He spoke calmly: [Knowledge needs to be passed on, not because the passion of the moment is burned out. We must think about the future - you open the door to the silver sky with full power, it is The 'taboos' warned by the Ancient God Yintian back then]

[The echo of the master craftsman...the guardian. I have never given up on inheritance]

And a smiling voice came from the tower: [It’s just that for me, this world is the same as the capitals of knowledge in other worlds. Knowledge is not the only thing, but the soul is]

[Only the soul that remembers knowledge is worth protecting. Mere books and data are meaningless]

[I will prove to you that in this cage of despair, existence and continuation are meaningless. Only endless pursuit and building a road forward can we move forward! 】

at the same time.

Beyond Terra, in near stellar orbit.

The Dragon of the Abyss, who was meditating here, suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the demon's lair.

There, the chaotic demon lair suddenly lit up with brilliant golden light, and the sunspots began to flicker due to the huge energy changes.

With a solemn look on his face, he directly used his power to communicate through time and space through the dragon soul: [Warning, there is an extreme reaction from the demon horde! 】

Even if he really said these words, the Dragon of the Abyss still couldn't believe it. He stared blankly at the demon lair in the direction of the sun, then turned his head and looked at the demon lairs on other planets in Terra: [ warn! Not only the stars, Mercury, Avro, Vesta, and Deus all moved! 】

[They...are coming out in droves? ! 】

[Is he the Demon King? 】

The Star-Suppressing Dragon King on duty immediately took over the communication, but the Dragon of the Abyss said solemnly: [No, it is not the King of Demons. I know demons better than anyone else. This is not the reaction of the King of Demons, the birth of the Abyss Lord... This is the reaction of the demons. A reaction to discovering a 'new world'! 】

【New world? 】

[The devil is a fire that uses plunder and killing as fuel, and the new world is the best and driest fuel! ] The voice of the Dragon of the Abyss was also filled with great confusion: [But where did the new world come from? 】

[Be careful, the destination of these demons is the capital of learning! 】

The other side of the continent.

Void Realm, ‘the Garden of Orthodoxy’.

Six hazy light groups are communicating here.

[Apocalypse-level natural disaster reaction occurs in the Capital of Knowledge, the guardian of the Great Library awakens, the Gate of Silver Sky is activated, and the demon horde is moving towards Terra]

[What are they going to do? Is there going to be a civil war in the City of Learning? 】

[Corezion is causing a 'natural disaster'...but it's all expected. The guidance of the virtual realm machine god has been completed, and the demons are not of concern, but the situation in the Capital of Knowledge needs to be contained]

[Ian Silver Peak is there. The Dragon King is also watching, things have not lost control yet]

[But they will not take action until the most critical moment, and the crisis they suppress is the real 'final' crisis]

【Um. It’s not yet time to ‘prophesy’]

After a brief exchange, the light groups dispersed.

They are always much busier than ordinary people imagine. The world is like a candy ball held together by glue. It needs to be repaired from time to time, otherwise it will end up broken.

The eyes of the world are focused on the capital of knowledge. Those who have anticipated it are waiting silently for the results and changes, while those who know nothing about it are extremely shocked, but they also suppress their curiosity.

They will not take action immediately, never, because no one knows whether there is a crisis or an opportunity behind the changes, especially when a big force like the City of Knowledge is involved, and no one wants to become a spy exploring the way for others.

"as I expected."

In the subspace hall, another speaker stepped down. The scholar with blue eyes closed his eyes slightly and smiled: "In the first half hour, no one will take action, and the guardian will not be able to break through my Taixu shield immediately. .”

Corizion knew, or even said, had foreseen all the outcomes, so he dared to hold a psychic development conference now... and ensured that everyone in the venue knew nothing about the turmoil in the outside world, and felt at ease. Publish your own research.

Except that one...

He turned his head slightly and looked behind him. He saw a dark golden dragon prostrate in one place, six eyes looking at him.

--Did you discover it?

——So what if we find out?

Buzz, after a few seconds, the dragon transformed into a human, and the black-haired knight was ready to take the stage.

"Ian, there seems to be something going on outside."

At this moment, Isengard seemed to notice something. He felt a little flustered for some reason, or in other words, his heart was vibrating violently, as if he was expecting something, and he seemed to be afraid of something.

The blond young man whispered: "The situation in the Capital of Knowledge has been very wrong from the beginning. The conference was held too quickly. I suspect this may be..."

"There's a conspiracy. I've known it for a long time."

And Ian slowly stepped forward: "I predicted everyone on the first day I came to the City of Knowledge. This land is peaceful and peaceful. Even you, Yisen, don't have any red light on your body. I don't know what happened." Why is that, but either there is a prophet who interfered with my prediction, or it is all just a false alarm."

"In other words, this matter itself is being watched by someone who transcends time and space, so it is impossible to predict at all."

Stepping forward with a smile, 'Mahdi' didn't care at all about the changes in the outside world: "But these are not important. I only know that now the whole world is watching the Capital of Knowledge."

"This is the scene I wanted."

At this moment, the last speaker before Ian stepped down.

The person who was preaching just now was a scholar from Jingge Cliff. His topic was the connection between food and spiritual energy. The result was unexpectedly valuable.

Special delicacies beyond mortal sensory experience, 'spiritual food' made from monsters and sublimated materials can greatly stimulate the perception of the human brain. Through chewing, swallowing, digesting, absorbing these extraordinary materials and enjoying what they bring With the stimulation, people can have a certain level of 'lucid state perception' before becoming a psyker.

This can even be said to be a weak spiritual power, but in fact, it is the 'spiritual vision' that has been turned on. People who have turned on their spiritual vision can not only see many things that are originally invisible, but also become psykers. The probability has also increased to 30% to 40%!

Ian was the first to give applause, then stood up amidst the applause and walked towards the podium.

Da da da.

Clear footsteps echoed in the hall.

——The messenger of Dragon Island?

——The second generation cannot move to a fortified city?

——What is he going to do? Is the arcane path his subject?

Under everyone's looks of hostility, suspicion, or curiosity, the black-haired knight stood on the podium.

"I am Mahdi Rivengu, the messenger of Dragon Island."

He gave a brief introduction and then got straight to the point: "Your research is all very good, but as the strongest researchers in the field of psychic energy in Terra, haven't you discovered that your research is essentially just A single 'technology'?"

"Psychic energy is created by exerting influence on the body, psychic energy is created by the influence of mood, and psychic energy is created by pure neural and physical feedback brought about by the stimulation of magic potions... All of your technologies are to create spiritual energy. Psionics. Why? Because psionic power does not require resources, it only requires awakening, and ordinary people can become psykers on par with the ascended ones in one leap."

"After becoming a psyker, going back to taking potions is as easy as an adult playing with a child's toy."

"These are all detours. Because you cannot become an ascendant or walk on the path of an ascendant, you have chosen the path of spiritual energy that is more direct but also less clear. It is like a blind box. Little did you know that the civilization of the previous era was also The two should complement each other and should not be isolated from each other."

"Get out!" "What do you know, you're not even a psychic!" "Why can this guy apply for a preaching project? Who let him come up?"

At this moment, there were a lot of doubts and questions in the hall. Obviously, Ian's criticism was a humiliation to all the psykers present.

But he didn't care at all, but said in a smooth tone without any influence: "So today, I will show you the path I forged."

"It can perfectly integrate all your techniques, turning pure 'skills' into a 'method' and finally into 'Tao'."

"It's called the Arcane Path, and it allows even the poorest and most untalented people to practice and take the path straight to heaven!"

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