Master of the Stars Chapter 93: Archetype Flame (2/2)

Chapter 93: Archetype Fla (2/2)

Translator: Strivon

Luo Nan opened his eyes but still maintained his sitting position. The penetratingly cold river brought chunks of ice to endlessly batter against his chest. Occasionally, there seed to be a shard that could penetrate the defenses of his tactical helt and directly injure his face. The ice also seed to be mocking him in low voices.

"Ha, what’s appeared within your body? What’s dancing within?"

What appeared was the Archetype Format. What danced was the Format of Fire.

Luo Nan had expected this even before he had jumped off the high-back starship chair. He was eagerly awaiting these results.

He absolutely would have refused this opportunity a week or two ago, perhaps due to feelings of pride. But through the Format ‘My heart’s a prison’, through subduing the Human-Faced Arachnid, through establishing the Format Pyramid, through the out-of-body state, and through contemplation over reality and fantasy, he had experienced many different trains of thought. He was very different from before.

Only when one planted their feet and stood firmly could they hold a calm and objective attitude when facing problems on the plane of reality.

Luo Nan was already convinced that the Formatting Theory he had inherited really did have practical results and that it was not in the least bit inferior to the Archetype Format. In fact, it was even more amazing on the ntal plane.

However, he conceded that the Archetype Format’s developnt and application in the field of the human body’s potential had been conducted to an extrely deep level. They had already established a relatively complete systematic standard that was able to successfully appear in a virtual reality system. This was extrely extraordinary.

What he wanted to do now was to dig deeper into the mysteries within, from the Archetype Format itself to the source and technology of the simulated copy. He would not let a single hair escape his grasp.

The water level of the U-shaped symbol continued to shake and drop, showing Luo Nan that his internal energy reserves were still being used up. However, this sort of consumption had already displayed its value.

Right now in Luo Nan’s lower abdominals was a real sensation of heat manifested from his internal energy. It forced down the chill and continued to circle around his lower abdominals, making his inner organs slightly warm.

Luo Nan stood up and moved his limbs a bit. The effects of the internal energy grew clearer under this movent. There was now an axis for the energy of his entire body. Although the heat was constantly being worn away, a portion of it operated and flowed via the axis’ control. It flowed from his upper limbs to his lower limbs, from areas of high heat to areas of low heat. Even though the efficiency was all over the place, Luo Nan was still able to maintain the normal functions of his body.

Luo Nan could feel sothing like an armor ford from the support of the heat upon the outer layer of his skin. What used to be a bone-chilling cold beca sowhat bearable.

"Yes. This is it."

This was none other than the results of being able to control his nervous system. He had been looking for this during his repeated attempts in Frost River Room No. 3. Previously, he was unable to grasp it when faced with the complex structure of the hypothalamus and had given up.

But now, through his internal energy, through the Archetype Format, everything was accomplished naturally and easily. If Luo Nan were to look at it from an observer’s point of view, he would be able to sense the stimulated area of the two front and back sides of the hypothalamus and the thermoreceptors that covered his entire body. Through a high-degree of conformity, they coordinately stimulated every location: top and bottom, inside and out. All of his body was used to transport this heat all around, forming a fine Heat Network that covered his entire body.

The involving neurons, blood vessels, muscle fibers, and even fine and hidden conductive paths were controlled in a fashion that was a thousand tis more complicated than Luo Nan expected. No, ten thousand?

However, this control thod was not ntally taxing at all. He just spurred his thoughts and issued a not-so-clear instruction. The Archetype Format that was powered by his internal energy reserves had completed everything for him.

Luo Nan began to walk forward with large strides. The heat armor displayed its effects very prominently. Even though the water level of the waterway was gradually rising and the contact of the icy water with his body grew greater and greater, the response of his body actually grew quicker. He could effortlessly avoid the large chunks of ice floe that was rushing down the watery rapids. He could also sense the unsteady undercurrent below and was able to control his body in ti and maintain his balance.

Soon, he had walked over two, three hundred ters; a distance that far exceeded his previous record.

"It really is important to have good ’software’..." thought Luo Nan with sudden emotion.

Because of the existence of the Archetype Format, he did not need to manipulate his complicated nervous system directly. Instead, through his internal energy, he achieved a thod of manipulation that even an idiot could do. He could focus more of his energy towards responding to external stimuli.

Luo Nan’s Self-Format was like this as well. Did he know how to control the Human-Faced Arachnid? Did he know how to increase his number of believers?

He totally did not know!

Even if he possessed ten tis the strength he had now, he would still need to personally experience all of the details. He would need to dig from the application all the way down to the base layer in order to put every link in place. It was practically impossible.

But once he had the Format Pyramid of ‘My heart’s a prison’, everything beca easy. All he had to do was tap into the potential of the Format Pyramid, then supply it with the necessary energy. The high-level applications would then beca successful.

The current situation was very interesting.

Most of Luo Nan’s Self-Format targeted the soul and the ntal plane. The effects towards his fleshly body were lacking.

The Archetype Format mobilized the potential of the human body to a very large degree, fully achieving control and application towards every part of the human body. However, Luo Nan could see that its results were diocre in the ntal realm from his various experiences thus far.

What was the factor that led to the two theories, which could be said to have stemd from the sa source, to have such a big difference between them appear? Thinking a step further, if he could rge the two together, could he be able to create sothing that could affect both the ntal and the material plane? A highly effective Formatting Software?

Luo Nan was unable to find an answer in this short amount of ti but he recognized one point very clearly. Right now, just touching the software of the Archetype Format was his only version of experience. He hadn’t really ford the Archetype Format.

The cause was very simple... Right now, there was a difference in the stimulation of the Archetype Format towards the body. It did not matter whether it was the operation of his brain and spinal cord or the arrangent of his forty-three cranial and spinal nerves. There existed a discrepancy. Perhaps this discrepancy was big, perhaps it was small. It was between them all and the Format of Luo Nan himself.

Though the two design philosophies were identical, the details were completely different; they were two different works. They could be compared but they could not be confused to be the sa.

What he could currently perceive was just stimuli conferred to him through the VR system. For example, the ice flow of water that endlessly battered against him was just so data model being cast onto his body.

Its results were real, real enough to touch upon a part of his energy, transform it into internal energy reserves, and ignite the Format of Fire. However, it still fundantally did not exist.

Luo Nan was not dejected though. The Archetype Format, an alteration of the body that touched upon the deepest levels of the body’s chanisms, was not sothing that could be casually obtained. Just being able to experience it once had already far exceeded his expectations.

Most of Luo Nan’s attention was cast upon his body. The external world grew fuzzier under his perception but there was an understanding and that understanding was the depth of the waters. Right now, the icy waters were already past his chest and then his neck. It seed impossible to carry on walking normally. Luckily, Luo Nan knew how to swim a little and started to half walk and half float.

But since the waters were like this, he lost his sense of ti and distance.

Right now, had he reached the five hundred ter mark yet?

Right when he sought to find the system confirmation, the space beneath Luo Nan’s feet beca nothingness. His toes could no longer reach the bottom and from here henceforth, the depths of the water exceeded his height.

This was nothing but the problem was that the thick rock strata was already within reach. If he were to continue on, it would not be long before the flow of the water would completely subrge this endless cavern, leaving not even a sliver of space behind.

Had he reached the second stage?

A rumble sounded right when Luo Nan was pondering over how to overco this juncture. The rocky wall behind him collapsed and another stream of water ca gushing out. The two streams collided against each other, forming a whirlpool with a bizarrely large force. He was drawn into the whirlpool instantly and was fiercely flung and smashed onto the un-level rocky wall. It smashed him silly on the spot and his tactical helt beca damaged. A cold stream of water ca gushing inside and the so-called Heat Network, his so-called armor, was of no use. His consciousness faded and the world instantly spun all around.