"Heart of Dreams!"
The moment Riko saw it, she cried out and opened her backpack, revealing the Heart of Dreams stored inside.
Comparing the two, aside from their slightly different colors, they were nearly identical in every other respect.
"What is this?" Zhou Qing looked at the Brain Bug.
"It is something that can connect with the minds of Sentient Creatures and alter their bodies. However, its original evolutionary purpose was to adapt to changes in external rules..."
The Brain Bug then changed the subject. "Humans from twenty thousand years ago communicated with another 'me' and obtained quite a few of these for research. They became the so-called Hearts of Dreams, but in essence, they merely made use of their ability to alter the body. Under normal circumstances, though, they would lose control and could not grant the user normal abilities... However, one sentient individual had an exceptionally strong wish. Within the special Aura Field of these Abyss Ruins, her wish was fulfilled in an unusual manner."
Taros looked toward Aitaljia.
At once, everyone understood. The person who had fulfilled her wish through the Heart of Dreams in that unusual way was Namiki. Aitaljia could also be described as an existence formed after an incomplete fragment of Namiki's soul repaired itself. Her situation was similar to the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King formed after the Dragon God split apart.
And Aitaljia's example... although Zhou Qing had intervened and taught her the proper method of cultivating the Innate Internal Scripture Chart, it also indirectly proved that the Swarm Kingdom was telling the truth: creating god-level power was not difficult for the Swarm Kingdom. They simply preferred not to contend with the world.
"However, this is ultimately an object of the Swarm Kingdom. If other species use it, they will