Opening His Eyes!
"This must be what's known as 'array patterns'."
Despite the passage of many years, Zhou You could still vaguely recall some of the content from the original work, and thus could roughly discern that these tiny "grooves" were actually Soul Power circuits, which were also the core reason why Soul Tools could produce various functions.
He then turned the outer shell he had just disassembled over and examined the inside of these components, and sure enough, he found many similar array patterns.
He immediately took a blank piece of parchment and copied down all the "patterns" exactly.
Fortunately, these "grooves" were carved on a flat surface. With the blessing of [visualization], the replication went relatively smoothly, though it was a bit tedious.
His mother came to call him for dinner halfway through, and he rested for a while.
The [Observation] method is quite taxing on the mind, but fortunately, his cultivation has just crossed a major realm, so he can sustain it for a longer period of time.
After eating, my energy and spirit were mostly restored.
Then continue.
It wasn't until late at night that he finished drawing all the Soul Power circuits. When he put down his pen, there were dozens of parchment sheets covered with drawings on the table.
If it weren't for our recent improvement in our family's finances, these papers alone would have been a huge expense.
Indeed, research is very expensive, which is perhaps one of the reasons why not many people in the Douluo Continent are willing to engage in theoretical research...
Thinking of this, Zhou You couldn't help but appreciate his father's ambition. His father's eagerness to establish himself in Spirit City was partly due to his desire to provide financial support to Zhou You.
Otherwise, even if they did something casually, given Zhou You's current importance to the Spirit Hall, the higher-ups would never allow the Zhou Family to fall into poverty; at the very least, they could become moderately wealthy without lifting a finger.
Zhou You pasted all the drawings he had made on the wall one by one, observed them for a long time, and felt that something was not quite right.
Once these things are deployed, the array patterns don't connect at all; they're all broken, which is quite unpleasant to look at.
So he took down the drawings and, comparing them with the patterns on the crystal, pieced together the broken lines one by one, like assembling a jigsaw puzzle.
He then pieced together the parchment into an octahedron, and finally understood.
"It appears to be a two-dimensional array, but when all the pathways are connected, it forms an octahedron—a three-dimensional array pattern!"
To verify his idea, he pieced together the patterns that had been engraved from the outer shell parts in the same way, and sure enough, he got another spherical pattern.
After repeated research, he finally realized that the core function of the [Eye of Truth], namely the array pattern responsible for converting Soul Power into Mental Power, was etched onto the octahedral crystal.
The features that Sun Chuantao boasted to him at the time, such as "seeing a thousand miles away" and "seeing details meticulously," were actually etched on the inside of the spherical shell.
The latter function requires the Eye of Truth to be implanted in the eye socket to be used, but the former does not; these two functions are separate.
Upon closer inspection of the two three-dimensional Soul Power circuit diagrams, Zhou You suddenly realized that these circuits looked quite similar to the meridian pathways.
He then examined the spherical pattern diagram more closely and discovered that the combination of these patterns closely matched the visual nerve, with only subtle differences in details.
Those differences further convinced Zhou You of his hypothesis.
People from Douluo might be completely confused, but Zhou You, a person from another world, recognized it at a glance as an eye Meridians chart!
This discovery greatly surprised him. If his speculation was correct, it meant that the once highly advanced soul-guided civilization could not only recognize the human Meridian System, but also successfully separate it from the human body and transplant it onto external objects.
This line of thinking... is practically identical to the weapon-forging philosophy in the world of "One Person"!
Soul Tools are essentially mechanical constructs powered by Soul Power; they are the [Divine Machine] of the Douluo World.
No wonder he felt that Qi was more suitable for driving the Soul Tool. If this thing is a mechanism modified based on the human Meridian System, then the energy refined from the same system is naturally more suitable for driving this kind of mechanism.
Soul Power and Qi are ultimately different.
Thinking of this, Zhou You suddenly had another brilliant idea.
If that's the case, can we use this advantage in reverse?
Since this Soul Tool was made based on the human eye's Meridian System, could he replicate its function by reverse-engineering the Meridians diagram and directly constructing Circulating Qi diagram within his own body's Meridian System?
It is feasible, but quite risky. After all, the Meridians the eyes are small and fragile. If the flow of Qi is misdirected, the eyes could be ruined on the spot.
If he had already reached the second level of his [Threefold Reversal] technique, he wouldn't need to consider this issue at all; he could just go all out and do whatever he wanted. But now...
If one only seeks stability, it would be safer to wait until one has cultivated to the second level before attempting it. However, the cultivation of Soul Master emphasizes "one step fast, every step fast," and one cannot directly apply the experience of cultivation from one's previous life.
Having experienced the Star Dou Great Forest incident and faced the might of Titled Douluo, even with Zhou You's resolute character, he couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.
Besides, he also has the idea of crossing the ocean and traveling around the world, so the faster the better.
Zhou You repeatedly looked at the spherical pattern diagram, while conducting mental experiments and deducing its meaning repeatedly, and felt more and more that he should give it a try.
When in doubt, consult your Primordial Spirit!
He immediately entered a deep meditative state and returned to the Niwan Palace to listen to the premonition of his Primordial Spirit.
After a moment, he no longer hesitated and immediately channeled his Qi into his eyes, carefully guiding it along the tiny Meridians around them.
Just in case, he tried it with his left eye first, so that if something went wrong, at least he would have one left.
When I cultivate to the second level of Reversal in the future, there might be a chance to heal the eye that was destroyed.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhou You felt a slight swelling in his left eye. He calmed himself and continued Circulating Qi.
Soon, he felt a cooling sensation in his eyes, which extended all the way to his brain. He could even clearly sense where that cooling sensation was located within his brain.
This feeling is quite wonderful.
At this moment, Zhou You were still closed. When he opened them, the enhanced vision in his left eye was quite significant, presenting a stark contrast to his right eye.
If the left eye is seeing an 8K ultra-high-definition image with a bright picture, then the right eye only has 360P clarity, and the picture is dark, with a very obvious difference.
Once you get used to the effect in your left eye, the image in your right eye will appear distorted, as if covered by a layer of fogged glass.
Zhou You already knew that his guess was correct!
He closed his eyes again, and when he opened them again, both eyes had reached "8K" level vision. It was already night, and the candlelight in the room was not very bright.
But his eyes had been enhanced to focus light, and he found the room to be very bright, even able to see dark corners that he couldn't normally see clearly.
When Feidian woke up from his sleep, he happened to meet Zhou You's patrolling gaze. He was immediately startled by the two frighteningly bright pupils, and the beast was instantly awakened. Its fur stood on end, and it immediately went into a state of alert.
It took it a while to realize that the two "light bulbs" were actually its owner's eyes, and it immediately let out a dissatisfied yelp.