Lu Xin has entered the abyss several times and is even familiar with it.
But there has never been a time when I felt as friendly and curious about this place as when I came in with Mom.
She took Lu Xin's arm and walked side by side through this dark red world, a land full of black palms, and various dilapidated buildings. She saw Satellite City No. 2, which had significantly fewer spiritual monsters compared to other cities. She also saw those powerful monsters that could only hide in dark corners, trying to show their faces but not daring to come out.
They even saw Kid sitting quietly on a high building above the ruins of Qinggang, and the chains flying around her.
Existences that have exceeded the Mental Lord level will inevitably leave their own reflections in the abyss.
Lu Xin also smiled and said hello to Kid, which caused Kid to open his eyes curiously and look at him happily.
However, under the look in Mom's eyes, the two of them didn't say much. They just said hello and passed by.
Mom just took him and walked quickly through the abyss.
That night, I don't know how many people in Qinggang accidentally saw a mother and son in their sleep.
Mom held the young man's arm and entered another person's mind from one person's dream.
Many people in Qinggang woke up at this moment.
Some are so filled with fear that they never dare to fall asleep or even release any mental power. They have the idea of escape from Qinggang in a hurry. Some people soon felt lucky after seeing it. They knew what the shadow that just walked past was, so they knew that they didn't need to do anything at this time. The king can choose his own country or not...
And lower-level lives can only be chosen.
The only one that felt the clearest was Qinggang Main City and Kid, but she just glanced at it and then watched TV with peace of mind.
On TV, a beautiful woman in ancient costume said affectionately, "I'm here to join this family..."
"If you want to truly understand the abyss, you must understand ability users."
While Mom was walking in the abyss with Lu Xin, he explained to him softly, "As for ability users, maybe you have experienced several trainings in Qinggang and have a certain understanding, but in my opinion, this understanding is still not deep enough..."
As she spoke, she led Lu Xin to a section of a building.
The rust here keeps rising, giving people a weird and wonderful feeling.
And in this strange face, Lu Xin saw that there was a unique wind blowing gently in the abyss. Among the countless winds in the abyss that were intertwined with the spiritual power of different people, this wind seemed to be more real and more agile than others. Mom looked over gently and said, "Look, that is a person with abilities, and that is his spiritual trait..."
"The emergence of people with abilities is actually the same as that of people with dementia. They are all caused by a huge change that impacts the spiritual world. Some people's spiritual world is completely destroyed and they become people with dementia, which are also known as madmen."
"Some people have deviations in their mental structure. They are like building blocks that have distorted their shape but have not collapsed. Instead, they have abilities."
"The difference between them and a stable mental structure is their characteristics."
"Traits form abilities."
"And these different differences form different characteristics. This is the category of ability."
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Mom explained softly, "The first stage of ability user, ability awakening, is essentially that simple."
"And because the abyss has always existed, the aftermath of that huge incident has never subsided, so a steady stream of people will be affected and become new ability users. Of course, because there is no such violent impact as before, there are fewer people with dementia now, but you know from watching the news that occasionally, there will still be one or two."
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Lu Xin nodded. What Mom said were all from Seven Steps Theory. He had already read it.
Although Mom said it from a slightly different angle, the essence is almost the same.
Mom continued to walk forward with Lu Xin, and found a shadow that was clearer than the previous ray of spiritual power. It was not only agile, but also much stronger. It swam flexibly in the abyss, occasionally affecting other spiritual powers.
Lu Xin can feel that it can even swallow other spiritual powers to strengthen itself.
But sometimes after swallowing it, he would spit it out quickly, as if he was worried that the swallowed spiritual power would harm him.
"This is the second stage of ability users, trait extension."
Mom explained softly, "The second-stage ability user already has the ability to extend his own spiritual characteristics to other spiritual individuals and assimilate them. From a realistic point of view, he is 'contaminated' another person, but from a spiritual perspective, he is actually assimilating the other person's spiritual power, so that the two form a unified whole at the spiritual level."
"Of course, in the process, it gets scared."
"Because the more you assimilate, the more likely it is that your own consciousness will be diluted and you will lose yourself."
"If consciousness is lost during this assimilation process, then this becomes an ordinary Pollution Source."
"So, ordinary ability users usually deliberately carry out superficial pollution."
"With the help of the spiritual power of other individuals, you can accomplish your goals and then quickly return to your original state."
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Lu Xin Listen to these words carefully, even if you already understand most of them.
Mom, with Lu Xin, had traveled far through the abyss, and finally found a place with a dark red vortex. Lu Xin saw an invisible monster surging in the endless ruins ahead. It was like a black cloud, but from time to time a human arm or face emerged from the cloud. It screamed and charged in despair, but was blocked by invisible restraints.
"In reality, this is a secret laboratory in Qinggang Special Purity Department."
Mom explained to Lu Xin, "Here, there is a Pollution Source who has lost his will."
"If it is broken, it will wildly devour all the spiritual powers around it and turn all the spiritual bodies it encounters into its own likeness, just like a plague is spreading. This is also the origin of the four words 'Mental Plague'..."
"In terms of nature, this is just an out-of-control Second Step ability user."
"But if, in this unlimited pollution, the Second Step ability user has more stable mental characteristics and has enough willpower to keep his consciousness from being overwhelmed by the huge spiritual power, then he can freely release Mental Plague, allowing his own characteristics to continuously extend and grow. This is the characteristic of Third Step, the infinite pollution."
"Of course, Third Step is very dangerous."
"Every ability user, even if their mental structure is stable and their will is strong enough, has their own theoretical upper limit."
"Once this upper limit is exceeded, he will still lose control and become Pollution Source."
"At that time, many institutions that tried to study Seven Steps Theory were stuck at this stage and were unable to make progress."
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Lu Xin listened to Mom's explanation and nodded deeply.
Third Step is indeed the level where madmen are most likely to appear and cause large-scale destruction.
The Black Table back then seemed to have conducted so many horrific experiments just to overcome this problem.
"The problem at the third level is almost insurmountable. It can only depend on the ability user himself."
Mom explained slowly, as carefully as possible. "However, no matter whether it is through Forbidden Experiment, through one's own internal factors, or through luck, as long as it is stabilized at Third Step, then there is always hope that we can make further progress."
"This is Mental Lord."
"At this point, my own strong will played the most critical role, and Mental Palace was initially formed."
"And after possessing Mental Palace, even if it is just a shadow, one's own consciousness and will are greatly guaranteed. At the same time, one also has absolute control over the spiritual power around him. Therefore, a person with abilities at the Mental Lord level can freely adjust the high, medium, and low levels of pollution he causes to the people around him, and can release or withdraw the pollution at will."
"You can build a spiritual field with yourself as the center."
"And within this field, we will prevent and confront other invading spiritual forces, and even dilute and devour them."
"You can even recruit assistants and upgrade their abilities to help them bear the risk of losing control."
"So, Mental Lord is the limit of mortals."
"This can already be called a god walking on earth."
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"So powerful?"
Lu Xin was thinking about Mom's words, and couldn't help but feel slightly surprised and reflective.
After experiencing the incident of Kindling City, do you seem to lack some awe and respect for Mental Lord?
"After Mental Lord, this is the power you have now."
Mom smiled lightly and said, "You know the power of this level very well. Compared with Mental Lord, this is already another level. Mental Lord's field can be easily penetrated and changed its nature. And unlike Mental Lord, which uses its characteristics to distort other people's spiritual power, the power of fantasy can even directly change or erase the characteristics of a person with abilities."
"Of course, it's easy to erase. If you want to change it into another trait, you need to have a very good understanding of the other trait."
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"The power of fantasy, is there such an application?"
Lu Xin frowned. It was a little confusing at first, but from another angle, it became very clear.
For example, Gecko from Spider-type, can I actually turn him into an ordinary person, or into Princess-type?