What is the essence of Spiritual Energy?
Li Ang sat cross-legged on the ground of the Alchemy Workshop, deep in thought.
Spiritual Energy is the manifestation of ntal strength. ntalists utilize their own ntal strength, projecting it onto the real world, either distorting matter or transforming reality,
or directly acting on the spiritual plane of other beings, inducing effects.
For example, Mind Blast, Mind Control, mory Distortion.
Then, where does ntal strength originate from?
According to the Spirit Power Manual, all beings with a mind possess ntal strength, whether strong or weak.
The strength of ntal power does not depend on the level of wisdom; so animals on primitive planets can also possess innate Spiritual Energy.
These creatures are usually physically weak, instinctively using Spiritual Energy to aid in hunting and foraging, to protect themselves—just as other creatures use sharp teeth and claws for protection.
Spiritual Energy is not mysterious and unfathomable,
Intelligent beings can, through reasonable training, stimulate the potential of their ntal strength, honing their skills, to enhance their level of Spiritual Energy faster than wild animals,
In a few years, they learn the innate talents that wild animals evolved over millions of years,
and based on this, develop complex techniques for using Spiritual Energy.
ntal strength originates from consciousness.
Consciousness originates from the brain, or other types of nervous systems.
Returning to the origins of life evolution, aside from the interference from theories of all things being spiritual or divine creation, the source of consciousness is the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.
An independent organism instinctively maintains itself and creates more similar individuals, needing energy in this process.
Organisms growing in absolutely stable and abundant environnts can stably obtain energy, without the need for mobility or any demands.
Of course, this is an extrely ideal environnt. In most cases, organisms must seek unevenly distributed energy to maintain their existence.
In this process, they need the ability to move and the ability to perceive the outside world, such as vision, sll, touch, to seek benefits, avoid harm, stay away from danger, and get close to food, thereby quickly and safely acquiring energy.
Just this is still not enough, life in a dangerous environnt also needs to generate a "purpose"; it needs to actively search for food, even when food has left its range of perception, it can continue to explore based on residual perception.
Organisms with nervous systems generate mory due to their need for a purpose. And mory gives rise to imagination.
Organisms need not only to rember the shape, direction, and position of food, but based on this, they combine external factors, imagine the relationship between themselves, food, and other elents of the outside world, and the changes that occur as ti passes.
The brain, as a cornerstone, generates mory, mory births purpose, purpose induces imagination, and all elents like the brain, mory, and imagination are mixed together, forming the perception of intelligent life at this mont towards the objective material world—that is, consciousness.
Li Ang furrowed his brow, pressing his five fingers lightly on the ground; around his body, a circle of invisible, intangible, surging Spiritual Energy fluctuations lingered.
Simply put, Spiritual Energy is born from suffering.
It is the harsh and difficult external environnt that prompts organisms to move, forage, fight over limited food and space resources, ultimately giving birth to all manner of suffering nonexistent in lifeless environnts.
Psychics go against the current, compete with heaven and earth and man, using suffering as fuel and nourishnt, licking wounds and drinking blood, growing strong.
But, why do Transcendents strive to beco stronger?
Why do humans live?
Li Ang gazed at the concrete floor of the Alchemy Workshop, falling into silence.
On his journey, he had seen too many people and events, witnessed too much suffering—much of which was utterly senseless.
Parents who lose their children, fall into collapse, and go mad;
Won and children with missing limbs, found in unknown beggars' lairs;
Elderly people stricken with disease, unable to work or move;
Peers in isolated villages, continuing the numb lives of their ancestors, laboring under hardship;
Stories of witnessing heartrending pains may make others feel a fleeting sadness, shed a few tears, and sigh a few tis,
But this sentint will eventually fade.
For those involved, life still continues, and the ripples caused by suffering transform into sothing known as tranquility.
Just like a stone thrown into the lake, ultimately sinking to the bottom, dispersing the ripples,
All unbearable suffering, through the grinding of ti, will subside, solidify, and beco a terrifying tranquility.
Li Ang's gaze was heavy, breathing calmly, letting Spiritual Energy instinctively flow out.
In the face of fate, everyone's only choice,
is to endure the pain, bathe in tranquility, and continue living—for the sake of living itself, for the experience of feeling alive, to continue living.
But, what if not?
Many faces flashed before Li Ang's eyes, his eyes igniting like a fla, and the Spiritual Energy fluctuations around him suddenly swelled.
Human intellect and capabilities are limited, but Transcendents can bear more, transform more of reality.
The past Li Ang was often in anger.
Anger at the filth and dirt within the hearts of so human individuals, anger at the dark corners of human society where sunlight couldn't reach, anger at the obstacles and stagnation faced by the machinery of societal systems in upholding fairness and justice.
People should not rely live.
The Mind Energy surrounding Li Ang gradually gained color, converging into shape, like countless shattered mirror shards, colliding, rotating, absorbing, overlapping.
In the three realms, there is no peace, akin to a house of fire, filled with countless sufferings, so terrifyingly dreadful.
The Buddha encountered the world's sufferings, felt compassion, spread teachings, hoping all beings seek inner tranquility—this is the Buddha's kindness.
But the world is like a burning house, no matter how tranquil and detached one becos, it cannot change the fact that billions of beings reside in a furnace of flas and an ocean of boundless karma.
Rather, crush the suffering, remold order.
Li Ang gently clenched his fist, his will to break and remold as firm and shining as a diamond, his intellect was clear and bright, and the anger tangled in mories transford into blazing fuel.
Human individual power is limited, but Transcendents can achieve more.
He not only wants to live peacefully himself but also wants others, more people, to live in this world with dignity and honor—a world without class, exploitation, and oppression, where humans liberate themselves.
"Ambitious or compassionate..."
Li Ang slowly stood up from the ground and said calmly, "I have the ability to make this world a better place..."
Thoughts beca clear, heart understood, the surging Spiritual Energy surrounding Li Ang gradually cald down, transforming into a tranquil and deep ancient well.
In his mind, the contents from the Psychic Ability Manual naturally surfaced. With a thought, the Spiritual Energy spontaneously coalesced, poised to be unleashed.
Level 4 Psychic Abilities from the Enchantnt System: [Domination]: Forcing the subject to comply with the will;
[World-weariness]: Infusing the subject with negative emotions;
[Enforced Mind Connection]: Creating a psychic link between two unwilling subjects;
[mory Clearance]: Erasing recent mories;
[mory Fabrication]: Implanting false mories into the subject;
The intangible and formless Spiritual Energy slowly circulated,
Li Ang had an uncanny intuition that he could release multiple psychic spells from the level 4 list at any mont if desired.
Moreover, he could freely use secondary abilities from other branches such as prophecy, creation, transformation, and self-molding.
Is this considered... a breakthrough?
Li Ang chuckled and dismissively waved away the surrounding Spiritual Energy.
After ascending to Demigod status, his physique hadn't undergone a qualitative leap, but his Sanity Value and Spirit Energy Value limits had increased significantly.
With the foundation of a Demigod, breaking through with Spiritual Energy was naturally achievable.
"The [Psychic Ability Crystal Guidebook · Beginner] only shows tricks from zero level to level 4 spiritual abilities. To learn spiritual abilities from level 5 to 7, I'd need to sacrifice three Perfect Level Transcendent items—consistent with the initial unlocking conditions."
Li Ang pondered carelessly, "Before, I sacrificed transcendent items from my own inventory primarily to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by bidding wars in the auction house—during that period, prices for nearly all Perfect Level items had risen by thirty percent.
Now, with the Door Contention War ended, the insect nest developed into a stable path, and I myself ascended to Demigod status, gaining sufficient protection capability.
Directly spending money in the auction house to acquire three Perfect Level items is doable..."
The version update of Killing Ga removed the drop limit for epic equipnt,
coupled with the overall expansion of player base,
the frequency of Perfect Level items appearing in the mall or auction house increased considerably, with prices becoming relatively reasonable.
"The runner-up reward for the Door Contention War was thirty thousand ga coins, plus the net profit from the Immaculate Furnace Shop these days, minus the cost for purchasing alchemy materials, magic potion ingredients, and resources needed for large-scale insect nest developnt...
I currently have 54,130 ga coins."
Li Ang nodded, "It should be enough."
He had just walked out of the Alchemy Workshop,
when he saw that Chaichai had brought out the paper Frost Iron Throne Shell used in the King of Shengnan script task at so point,
and was sitting on the throne, with a serious and deep expression, staring into the distance.
Li Ang felt baffled, and asked the reverent Double Blade Turkey standing beside the throne, "What's going on?"
"Her Lady Saint is observing the first generation of Converters,"
the Double Blade Turkey made a gesture over its chest loyally and said reverently, "Her Lady Saint believes they are your first group of human followers in the Mortal World, and must be strictly selected, examined, and tested before taking on heavy responsibilities."
"Hmm?"
Li Ang raised an eyebrow and imrsed his thoughts into the Divine Power Connection,
as the sovereign of the divine network, he found the thought waves belonging to Chaichai.
At this mont, Chaichai was whispering in a low voice into the minds of all the first generation Converters worldwide, "Work hard, strive, don't think what the insect nest can do for you, think what you can do for the insect nest."
"To fight for the Will of the Insect Nest is a great blessing, a grace earned through three lifetis that ordinary people can neither imagine nor obtain. Work hard, struggle, do truly beneficial things to help yourself and your children gain more grace."
"A person's life should be lived like this: when he looks back on his past, he won't regret wasting his ti, nor be ashad of having done nothing; thus, when he dies, he can say, I devoted my entire life and all my energy to humanity's most precious cause—the fight for insect nest liberation and saving all of mankind..."
Chaichai's voice, rendered through the Spiritual Energy Network, sounded grand and solemn, powerful with a Morgan Freeman-like compelling persuasive power,
what added to Li Ang's headache was,
Chaichai, without knowing from where, dragged several idle Brain Worms to use Spiritual Energy to produce majestic "Ah~ Ah-ah~" choral accompanint sounds in the communication network.
"As Converters, on your shoulders rests the responsibility to propagate the Will of the Insect Nest. Spread the seeds, disseminate love, peace, and hope."
"During this process, those who do not understand the great cause of the insect nest might harbor malice towards you. They may think you are erasing personal will and aiding alien races in enslaving humanity as traitors. But these are misunderstandings."
"The insect nest cos for peace. In the face of chaos, only by embracing the insect nest and accepting its guidance can more humans find liberation. Therefore, you must proactively spread."
"The propagation must be done covertly, planting parasites directly on others through physical contact, or spreading insect eggs in water sources..."
"If the process is discovered by others, you need to contact Gene Thieves in the city to help clean up. Do not fear being discovered, the insect nest is your strongest backing..."
Chaichai, with gentle persuasion, instilled the great plan of the insect nest into the minds of the Converters, teaching them how to more widely propagate insect eggs, leaving Li Ang clicking his tongue in astonishnt.
It feels like Chaichai has beco increasingly adept at the Lady Saint role...
Li Ang listened for over ten minutes to Chaichai's passionate description of the beautiful vision of a post-insect nest liberation human world with no exploitation or oppression.
Her speech was not just a speech,
but also paired with hormones released by parasites, along with secondary and tertiary psychic abilities released by Brain Worms.
Such as [Sensory Invasion], [Suggestion], [Heart Connect Technique] and so on.
Under the accumulation of various factors, the first batch of Converters has already begun to develop a resolute Power of Faith towards the profound Insect Nest Will.
This Power of Faith flowed through the Divine Power Connection, passed through the Evil God Statue, and transferred to Li Ang.
Though due to the unclear subject of worship (Converters don't know who is above them), the efficiency of Power of Faith provided by the first batch of Converters isn't high, but with the support of basic quantity, it is still considerable.
"The creator of the insect nest is the wise and magnanimous father. He is supre and holy, grand and majestic, true purity and true blessing, one and yet many, both beginning and end. He is the embodint of perfection..."
Li Ang's eye twitched, watching Chaichai, exuberant and whimsically fabricating the subsequent contents of Chai's Revelation, shook his head and casually instructed Double Blade Turkey before stepping away from the reality and logging into Ga Square.
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