Secret Cache, Part 2

"Are these all experimental records?" Zhang Rongfang's heart skipped a beat.

He had long felt that the people in this world couldn't be so foolish as to not bother to test and understand the Spiritized Person at all.

It now seems that it wasn't that they didn't do it, but rather that they did it but didn't expose it.

He immediately continued reading.

Test methods: firewood, coal fire, iron smelting furnace, and Earth Fire.

Test duration: First time 10 minutes, second time 1 hour, third time 1 hour, fourth time...

Following that are rows of extended time records.

Zhang Rongfang casually flipped through the pages and found that each test contained detailed records of the Spiritualized Individual.

He flipped directly to the end and found that every single record showed someone had survived.

Survival, survival, survival, survival!! Each survival felt like a silent mockery, even making the handwriting on the records somewhat messy.

Finally.

There was a different sign.

'Test results: Individual is mentally confused, suspected of being insane.'

After the fiftieth kill and resurrection, everything returned to normal. The madness disappeared, but some memories were lost. Everything was back to square one.

"Even if the experimental subjects went mad, they could be restored?" Zhang Rongfang a chill in his heart.

It showed both the ruthlessness shown in the experiments on the Heavenly Maiden and others, and the shock it caused to the Spiritualized Individual.

This kind of resurrection actually repairs the mental aspect as well, meaning that Deity Worship Spirit Transformation can indeed affect the spirit.

Therefore, it remains to be seen whether the immortal individual created after Worship God is truly oneself.

At this moment, Zhang Rongfang was absolutely determined not to have the idea of Worship God.

Such Worship God is utterly heresy!

He closed document number one and continued to look at the documents below.

The following are the remaining tests on the Spiritualized Individual: poisoning, drowning, crushing with heavy weapons, cutting with sharp weapons, exploding with explosives, and various other methods of execution.

Most of these execution methods resulted in the Spiritized Person being driven insane, then resurrected, losing some of its memories, and regaining its sanity.

Moreover, after a certain number of deaths is reached, a Spirit Burst Spirit Burst occurs, after which everything returns to normal, and the number of deaths must be accumulated again.

That is, the Spirit Guard ritual more than forty times and the Spirit Vein performed the ritual ninety-nine times.

Zhang Rongfang flipped through the book in his hand, pausing for a moment at the section on the experiment of cutting Spiritized Person with a divine weapon.

'The thirteenth limb-cutting test.'

The moment the limbs were forcibly separated, Spirit Thread burst forth from the wounds, causing the three people on the edge to die on the spot and have their lives taken away.

The Spirit Thread link the separated limbs, restoring them to their original state.

'The sixteenth head-cutting test.'

'At the moment of death, the head was severed, and Spirit Thread erupted from the neck, affecting all living beings within a ten-meter radius. The two were unable to dodge and died instantly.'

'The thirtieth organ removal test.'

'The moment the eyeball was gouged out, the Spirit Thread exploded.'

The documents record data obtained from repeated experiments where the subjects risked their lives.

Zhang Rongfang read on, his heart grew heavier and heavier.

The documents record that any organ of even slightly larger size was forcibly removed from the Spiritized Person.

This will result in localized Spirit Burst.

In experiments, the localized Spirit Burst phenomenon even resulted in the immediate death of a top-tier expert with Three Voids Super Grade.

The source of the localized Spirit Burst was merely a lowly Spirit Guard they had secretly captured, whose strength was only at the Ninth Grade Ninth Grade. This caused the death of a Super Grade expert at the Three Voids. For the first time, Zhang Rongfang truly felt the fragility of ordinary people compared to Spiritized Person.

Even if one's martial arts reach the pinnacle of the Super Grade, then... what happens next?

He continued to peruse the subsequent documents.

As more and more test subjects were captured, and even some experiments on Spirit Vein directly resulted in a Grandmaster of the Eastern Sect who was involved in the experiments being seriously injured.

The nature of those Spirit Thread was gradually being tested.

Its characteristics are: sharp, highly toxic, with an initial burst speed comparable to a firearm bullet, possessing certain biological instincts, able to seek advantage and avoid harm, and automatically pursuing targets.

In one experiment, someone wore a full set of heavy armor, but was still pierced by the Spirit Thread threads and died on the spot.

The test results showed that among all known objects, only one thing could effectively block the Spirit Thread.

Everything else is useless; even metal can only delay the time it takes to be pierced.

When Zhang Rongfang turned the page and saw the hand-drawn illustration of that object, he was both surprised and somewhat expectant.

"Sir, have you made any progress?" Zhang Yunqi asked as he approached.

"A great harvest." Zhang Rongfang pointed to the documents on the table and sighed.

The number of people who died accidentally during the experiment, as recorded in these documents alone, is no less than a hundred.

It is evident that the Eastern Sect has spent an unknown amount of time conducting research here.

So many people, one after another, risked their lives to thoroughly study the Spiritization Worship God. This Secret Cache of the Eastern Sect, the gift of the Heavenly Maiden, was indeed too heavy a burden for him. Zhang Yunqi also picked up a document and carefully read it, his expression changing slightly.

While he was looking at the documents, Zhang Rongfang continued to look through the rest of the records.

Aside from the records of executing Spiritized Person, there is also research on Super Grade Secret Medicine here.

It's clear that the Eastern Sect is trying to find a way to fight against the Spiritized Person through Secret Medicine and martial arts.

Unfortunately, the two are not comparable at all.

The most successful one in the experiment only had skin comparable to steel and strength and speed reaching the peak of the Three Voids.

However, this person only lived for thirty-two days due to an overdose of the Secret Medicine combination.

Before he knew it, Zhang Rongfang had already turned to the last document.

The handwriting on this document is quite different from the others.

The handwriting on the other documents was more or less crooked and messy, with varying lengths and subtle differences in the strokes and spacing of each character.

But this document is different.

Each character has an absolutely equal spacing, the same height, and the same width.

Each stroke is so neat and precise, as if printed by a printer.

'Test 13672.'

'By collecting martial arts techniques from various schools and sects, and combining them with Secret Medicine, we can strengthen the body and push it beyond its limits.'

The techniques involved are as follows.

'Eastern Sect: Great Bright Dragon Form Fist.'

'True One Sect: Ultimate Technique - Extreme Mysterious Yin Finger.'

'The Moon God lineage of the Sensing Gate: The Six Flourishing Moon Scripture.'

'Confucian Sect: The Heart Illumination Qi Nourishment Method.'

'Imperial Clan: Great Completion Martial Classic.'

'Heaven Lock Sect: Heart Lock Sacrificial Method.'

Following that were a series of cultivation techniques belonging to factions that Zhang Rongfang had never heard of before.

He flipped through the pages one by one until the very end, until he found hundreds of carefully selected orphans from all over the country, each one of whom was exceptionally gifted.

They began practicing various Body Tempering Martial Art from a young age, and over the decades, they used all kinds of Super Grade medicines to purely enhance their physical strength.

Finally, after reaching the limit of these techniques, they returned here one by one to undergo testing.

Zhang Rongfang didn't know what methods the Eastern Sect used to bring all these orphans who eventually became top experts back here.

However, the results of the experiment were still recorded.

Conclusion: No matter the martial art, even with the full strength of a human body, reaching its limit and equipped with a full set of protective gear, it is impossible to withstand the power of the Spirit Thread.

Therefore, if martial arts are to have any hope for the future, they must abandon Hard Skill and focus on movement techniques.

The last sentence was written in neat, regular handwriting, looking the same as the previous ones, but the last stroke had a slight fluctuation.

That was the only imperfection.

However, it also reveals the strong emotions the writer felt at the time.

Zhang Rongfang sighed softly.

He finally understood why so many martial arts in the world today focus primarily on agility.

In retrospect, it turns out that the cause was predetermined many years ago.

"Sir, come and take a look here." Suddenly, Zhang Yunqi spoke up from the side.

Zhang Rongfang put down the documents and looked in the direction of the sound.

Zhang Yunqi was standing by the bookshelf inside the cave, holding a Little Booklet in his hand.

The booklet cover also had serial numbers written on it, but the material seemed much newer than the documents pressed on the table.

It appears to have been recorded recently.

Zhang Rongfang quickly walked over, took the document, and began to read it.

Tong Zhang left his mark—

Tests have shown that the identity Token left by those from various factions who perform Worship God ceremonies are used to monitor the cultivation level of their main cultivation techniques.

Use with extreme caution. Token often reveal their secrets during the return handover.

Zhang Rongfang's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked at the Great Dao Sect identity Token hanging on his body.

Fortunately, even with surveillance, he's only dealing with Super Grade External Medicine, so it's not too outrageous yet.

Fortunately, I noticed this here. If I hadn't paid any attention, I might have exposed the secret of how quickly my strength had increased when I got back.

Although before Worship God, Zhang Rongfang believed that his master Chongxuan, would not have any ill intentions towards him.

But some secrets must never be revealed.

He continued reading.

'In the summer of 1158, the Master went into seclusion, and I was tasked with testing the continuation of the work.'

'13673rd test'.

In terms of martial arts, one can find a person with exceptional talent whose Body Tempering Skill has reached its peak.

Test results: Can extend survival time by several seconds during Spirit Thread Burst.

In actual one-on-one combat, the win rate is zero.

'13674th test.'

Abandoning martial arts, they attempted to use Statue Fragment as obstacles, combined with armor.

The experiment failed; the Spirit Thread seeped into the armor through a gap, and the test subject died.

Later, Zhang Rongfang vaguely realized that the handwriting seemed to be that of the Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang.

She should be the one to take over from the previous person and continue the testing.

However, what puzzled him was that if it were only this much content, it wouldn't be enough to attract the attention of so many forces to the Secret Cache.

There must be a real, more important secret hidden here.

"Is there nothing else here besides these?"

Zhang Rongfang was puzzled and quickly flipped through the new document.

Soon, a new experimental record appeared before his eyes.

In 1183, a plan to eliminate Secret Teaching was implemented.

The Gesari sect, a branch of Secret Teaching Gesa Li Sect, has completely eradicated all Spirit Guard Spirit Vein. A clue has been discovered.

' The Divine General Er Sha Duo was dispatched. In order to preserve the doctrines and scriptures of the Gesa Li Sect, he personally launched a surprise attack and entered the Gesa Li Cathedral an hour later.'

Inside the Hall of Dawn Light, all the Core Statue were destroyed.

All the Spirit Guard and Spirit Vein simultaneously lost consciousness.

The conclusion is confirmed: Every Statue Worship God possesses a corresponding Spiritization entity.

Weakness identified: If Worship God succeeds, the Statue will automatically appear in the temple of the gods.

Destroying the corresponding Statue will completely kill the corresponding Spiritized Person.