Mechanism Analysis
The civilization behind Qi Yuan could easily construct millions of similar petri dishes to cultivate subjects like Qi Yuan.
That's quite an impressive feat. Su Luo couldn't understand the technology this civilization controlled, but their control over matter and energy...
The sheer amount of material used to construct the foundations of each era already exceeded the total mass of a Fixed Star in the Milky Way, according to Su Luo.
"Qi Yuan, is our civilization short of people?"
Su Luo desperately wanted to improve.
"No shortage."
Su Luo, oblivious to everyone else, also copied Qi Yuan by swiping around a couple of times and clicking on the side to scroll down the list.
[Era24237181]
[Extraordinary Genres: Evil Gods, Technology, Rules, Faith]
[Number of Counterpart: 99.37 trillion]
[Design cleanup: None available]
[Special Design: Parallel World, Containment, Recognizable Identity, Multiple Training]
"Can I choose the next era? I choose this one."
As Su Luo spoke, she noticed that these worlds shared a common characteristic.
The later the era, the greater the number of beings in the Counterpart, climbing from billions to hundreds of billions, all the way to the trillions level, with the size of both the number of beings and the size of the world continuously iterating and upgrading.
However, it will not exceed a hundred trillion at most, and perhaps the number of Counterpart is also only a hundred trillion.
How would I know what your next era will be? I don't even know if you'll have a next era at all.
Qi Yuan just watched as Su Luo slid the light screen on the wall.
That's a pity.
Su Luo memorized all the eras as quickly as possible.
The total number of eras is less than 30 million; we can simply compare them in the next era.
"Is the Exploration Quest complete?"
Qi Yuan's boss came to her house for drinks, her husband got drunk and passed out, and her wife covered her mouth, watching helplessly as her boss tormented her husband.
"Of course it's not finished. I came here to explore this place, but I don't even know what this place is for. This mess is completely worthless."
Su Luo replied, then asked another question:
"What does 'Counterpart' mean? Do they refer to the permanent NPCs in each era?"
"Yes."
After thinking for a while, Qi Yuan finally retrieved a new document from the wall.
[Log: Voyage of the 3400th Puxiji (approximately 930,000 years ago)]
[Leaving from the Great World [▇▇], mistakenly entering [▇▇] due to spatial changes]
[Attempt to leave]
[After 0.03 Puxiji, an anomaly was observed in [▇▇], and all realms fell.]
[Self-rescue failed]
[Attempting to screen juvenile individuals for cultivation [▇▇] mimicry...]
The lab report is quite lengthy, but that's about all the main content; almost all the other techniques and details are...
This indicates a kind of censorship, and also suggests that the report only looks impressive but actually contains little information.
"You..." Su Luo frowned, about to speak.
[Exploration Quest completed]
You have acquired the Purple Skill - [Eye of Guixu]!
The tiny black star at the hollow top of the black stick in Su Luo's hand, or rather, the stick that looked like a transformation device, vanished into thin air, leaving only the bare stick.
"Is the Exploration Quest complete?" Qi Yuan asked impatiently.
"No." Su Luo replied without blushing or skipping a beat.
Although she didn't understand why Qi Yuan, who came from such a powerful civilization, acted like a fool, it didn't stop Su Luo from taking advantage of his power and pushing her luck.
"I still have a few questions. Once I know the answers, perhaps I'll have finished exploring this ancient structure."
Qi Yuan looked into Su Luo's eyes, which had become dark and deep, and hesitated.
[Wu Guang] hovers above the heavens, Jingjing overlooking the floating world below.
The vast and majestic [God] move about in the vast human world, and their activities are not merely about traveling.
Wherever He went, strands of golden divine patterns fell from His body, descending upon the vast world, and He was laying out a realm based on some kind of faith.
He did not choose the most convenient Silk Mana, because all creations and lives made of Silk Mana would be subject to the Authority of the Demon Realm, including His divine body.
The reason why [Wu Guang] is not taking action now is simply because he is wary of Sai Wangli's ability to Death Possession.
If it is merely the divine body of God, then it is not worth mentioning.
The Scholar can't be killed, but he can.
"Tsk, Scholar's letter."
Just as Wu Guang was still sorting out the situation, the Void trembled slightly, and an envelope wreathed in pure black flames traveled through the air and landed precisely in His palm.
[As you can see, the test subject has become an integral part of Sai Wangli. His Talent, in some ways, even more extraordinary than we imagined, but he also has corresponding weaknesses.]
The core function of the original Talent of [Sai Wangli is [Death Possession], and the operating mechanism of [Death Possession] is [Consciousness Exchange]
This [Consciousness Exchange] is not merely an exchange of Consciousness Entity; it also carries the other Consciousness Entity's ability to control the current body, its memory skills, and its state—the state of the Consciousness Entity.
Wu Guang's eyes flickered slightly, instantly catching the crucial flaw, and he muttered to himself:
"Based on this mechanism, where did the original consciousness of the Possessed Target go? It couldn't have simply vanished into thin air."
[We don't know the specifics of the Talent and trial-enhanced skills, but we are certain that the "state" of the two parties' Consciousness Entity can be exchanged.]
The emphasis on the next page directly answered the question that [Wu Guang] had in an instant.
"Heh, so in other words, at the moment of [Sai Wangli's ] death, his consciousness and the consciousness of the person who killed him were swapped."
"The exchange included the death state of [Sai Wangli]'s consciousness and the survival state of the other party's consciousness."
"So in that instant, the other's consciousness died in place of [Sai Wangli], and [Sai Wangli] inherited everything about the other... no, it can't be everything, because the Survival System can't be inherited unless the other has other skills to supplement and enhance their Talents."
[Wu Guang]'s eyes suddenly cleared, and she smiled with relief, having understood this underworld mechanism.
"If that's the case, then it's indeed not as powerful as imagined, because even with the inheritance of consciousness, after exchanging with those underworld beings and powerful entities—"
"He will die just like everyone else, so the difference in the strength of his consciousness limits the types of bodies he can possess; those that are too powerful cannot be possessed."
"The reason he can freely possess other beings in Large Dungeons without restriction is simply because his consciousness has already reached the strength corresponding to Thirty Attributes. If a powerful being with 32 or 33 Attributes comes along, he won't dare to possess them at will."
In summary, this explains why [Sai Wangli], despite having successfully possessed someone long before, only emerged at the end of that era.
He was too obsessed with consciousness.
The next page of the Scholar's letter begins to explain why the combination of the mechanisms of the Great Holy Spirit and the mechanisms of Sai Wangli is so sinister.
The significance of the Great Holy Spirit is that [the Sai Wangli] allows the [death quota] for activating the Talent of death, as well as the [exchange quota] for possession, to be distributed to other Consciousness Entity within the Great Holy Spirit.