Inside the Demon Palace.
Lin Hui sat cross-legged, floating in mid-air, opposite the dozing skeleton old man, Fusheng.
The soft, white Heavenly Demon was named Aba and was held in Wu Anning's arms, where it was constantly being tormented.
The other disciples have all gone out to explore their Mind Sea and have not yet returned.
Wu Anning was the most honest; although he was interested in the outside world, he preferred to stay by Lin Hui's side.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Puff puff puff!!
In an instant, three faint sounds rang out from the air above the first-floor lobby.
Xia Si, Yun Xiazi, and Su Yaping simultaneously materialized rapidly, returning from a semi-transparent to a solid state.
" The Illusion Destruction Eye resurrection effect has been triggered," Lin Hui said calmly.
"This... Teacher means they're all dead?" Wu Anning had just understood the exaggerated effect of the Illusion Destruction Eye and was now somewhat doubtful as he looked up at the three of them.
The revived bodies were initially naked, so Lin Hui waved his hand and threw out three blankets to wrap the three of them.
"More or less. This isn't exactly a benevolent place. With their strength... it's normal for them to come back dead."
Wu Anning seemed to want to say something, but ultimately remained silent.
She didn't recognize Xia Si and the other two, and felt it was dangerous to get close to them. But Liu Xuezhen had also gone out to explore with them and hadn't returned... she was somewhat worried.
" Liu Xuezhen is alright, she's just temporarily trapped, she'll be able to break free and come back soon. Don't worry." With his current mental strength, Lin Hui could sense what she was thinking with just a glance.
Those with weak Divine Power have no secrets from him at this moment, except for their deepest memories.
"That's good." Wu Anning breathed a slight sigh of relief and nodded.
While the three were still dazed and clearly not yet recovered from the trauma of death, Lin Hui continued to look at Wu Anning.
"An Ning, you've trained diligently for many years, and it seems you've made some progress. What level have you reached in your swordsmanship?"
"Teacher... this disciple is dull-witted and has only mastered the Raging Wind Swordplay to a minor level... This is all thanks to the meticulous guidance of Grandmaster Seven Extinctions," Wu Anning said honestly.
"Not bad." Lin Hui stretched out his hand and gently beckoned towards the door.
Whoosh!
Outside the door, a beam of white light shot in swiftly, landing silently on the ground and transforming into a beautiful, intelligent woman covered in black mud, her eyes vacant. The woman was none other than Liu Xuezhen.
She rushed out the door, but after running only a short distance, she lost her landmarks and became disoriented, wandering aimlessly. Eventually, she accidentally fell into a strange mud pit, unable to escape its grasp, until she was completely swallowed. "Notify me with the Wind Chime after they've regained their senses." Judging from their expressions, it would take them some time to fully recover.
Lin Hui simply got up and instantly arrived at the second floor.
They were also not allowed to enter or leave the second floor, because he intended it to be a key location for the evolution of the Blood Seal.
This time, the supercomputer to be evolved is the Radiant Prosperity, which he carefully selected from Central Star Group.
The name of the supercomputer itself reveals the ambition of the top management at Central Star Group for the rise of humanity.
Unfortunately... the gap is too big.
The entire supercomputer is not large in size; it is just a cylinder three meters high and two meters wide.
Numerous tiny silver circuits flickered and spread across the surface from time to time.
The power supply here is also a small reactor generator that Lin Hui brought along along with the equipment.
"Based on Lin Yuexiu's previous demonstration, the most convenient way for me to obtain intelligence is to connect the three races' networks and collect information from the virtual network. Then, I can send disciples offline to verify the information. By summarizing the information in this way, I can obtain enough information as quickly as possible."
The disciples with the Illusion Destruction Eye are the best explorers.
Even if they are discovered during the exploration, they won't be traced back to themselves immediately.
In reality, Lin Hui intended to use his disciples as a buffer.
To minimize the risk of being killed on first encounter with techniques like the Unfinished Final Scene Sword Technique that he himself had acquired.
After all, you only worry about others treating you the same way if you're good at something.
Coming to his senses, Lin Hui reached out and gently pressed his hand on the surface of the supercomputer.
"Evolutionary target: the Radiant Prosperity system." His evolutionary target included the reactor motor that would provide energy.
Soon, lines of information appeared in Blood Seal's field of vision.
" Radiant Prosperity: Central Star Group's second backup supercomputer, capable of simultaneously processing all customer communication information from Red Pattern Star globally, and responsible for periodically optimizing and upgrading various internal system programs to prevent potential hacker attacks."
Special effects: None.
Evolvable branch: 9.
This time, Lin Hui's own energy level and physique have obviously been greatly improved, so the Blood Seal has many more directions for evolution.
"Sure enough, as long as there's enough energy, there will be enough branches of evolution..." Lin Hui thought to himself.
Click to view them one by one.
Of the nine evolutionary directions, the first five all aim to enhance the already formidable computing power of supercomputers.
But these are not what he needs. What Lin Hui needs is a powerful assistant who can easily enter and exit the networks of various races, and a martial arts supercomputer that can help his disciples quickly master the martial arts of the sect.
Therefore, he disregarded those five and only looked at the remaining four special evolutions.
"6. Red Sleeve: One of the core supercomputers of the Green Lotus Sect. Based on the sect's internal system, it has super-strong auxiliary capabilities for martial arts below the ultimate level, and can help increase the cultivation speed of martial arts above the ultimate level by 30%."
"7. Azure Luan: The main supercomputer of the Deerland Realm, one of the four sacred mechanical beasts within the realm. It can split into sub-devices to assist in the construction of production lines and establish mechanical cultivation sects. It can acquire the special effect Azure Flame (which, when activated, greatly enhances its computing power, maximizes the accuracy of practical cultivation, improves energy utilization, and unlocks the potential of its body and soul)."
"8-1 Elsdu: An immortal being in the Silverwood Realm, its original form was an ordinary computer, which underwent a mutation for unknown reasons, losing most of its computing power and gaining only one special effect."
Special Effect: Game (Holding the position for more than ten seconds will automatically trigger a game-locking field, which can forcibly pull opponents into the game rules determined by the player. The loser will be completely devoured and disappear by Elsdu.)
Note: This effect cannot be used on targets whose energy level is significantly higher than your own.
"This branch..." This was the first time Lin Hui had ever seen such bizarre ability effects.
There's no description of the game, and it seems there's no guarantee of winning.
He glanced at it briefly and then continued reading.
"9. The Lightless Brain: The most powerful supercomputing system created by the Great Mechanical Empire Hengfang, originally intended to predict and analyze all external crises and disasters facing the empire. Later, an unknown mutation occurred, and strange biological brain tissue grew inside the supercomputing system."
Special Effects: Excessive Consumption (This supercomputing consumes far more power than other machines of the same level; this is a negative effect), Soul Dissection ( The Lightless Brain can easily create any low-energy soul it has dissected), Reproductive Aggression ( The Lightless Brain possesses an extremely exaggerated greed; it harbors immense curiosity about any virtual network it has not yet explored and constantly attempts to extend its branches and invade new networks. These networks are not limited to electronic networks; the mental networks belonging to living beings are also included.), Immortal Item (This item possesses mysterious and unknown properties and cannot be completely destroyed.)
"This... is somewhat suitable. It should be of great help to me in gathering intelligence. Its evolution time is less than two hundred thousand years." Lin Hui calculated the Existence Force given by Indoma, and without any hesitation, directly clicked on the last option.
The next moment, the supercomputing cylinder on the second floor suddenly lit up with a soft white light.
Lin Hui took out the items Existence Force collected by Indoma and quickly absorbed them...
The supercomputer cylinder also began to show subtle ripples, like the surface of a tranquil lake shattered by a pebble.
As the Existence Force was rapidly depleted, with only a few gem-like items remaining unabsorbed...
Evolution is complete.
Lin Hui felt a blur before his eyes. One second he was in the Radiant Prosperity, and the next second he was in the shape of a small, silvery-white metal tree.
Silvery nodules of varying sizes grew on the tree trunk.
"Evolution complete." The Blood Seal immediately announced, "According to the principles of evolution, the Lightless Brain has automatically recognized you as its sole master. No one else has control over you."
Lin Hui glanced at the dwindling amount of his Existence Force, then shifted his gaze back to the small mechanical tree, which was only three or four meters tall. With a thought, he...
Suddenly, a lump on the trunk of the Lightless Brain tree fell off automatically.
Silver tentacles sprouted from the base of the tumor, carrying it as it quickly crawled toward Lin Hui.
"Please provide the data for creating the soul body." A neutral, cold, mechanical voice entered Lin Hui's ears.
"Creating a soul body... I can't think of a use for this special effect yet." Lin Hui mentally controlled the tumor to run back, then returned to the tree trunk and stopped moving.
What he values most is the characteristic of reproductive aggression.
As long as any child of the Lightless Brain is taken out and connected to other external networks, it can quickly become familiar with everything in the new network and gradually devour and dominate it.
After clarifying the usage instructions...
Lin Hui got up and left the second floor, returning to the first floor.
At this moment, Xia Si, Su Yaping, Yun Xiazi, and Liu Xuezhen had all regained consciousness and were standing in the corner of the hall with grim expressions, chatting amongst themselves.
Seeing Lin Hui come down, everyone quickly turned around, stood at attention, and faced him.
"How's it going? Are you pretty familiar with this place now?" Lin Hui smiled as he walked up to the group, floating up beside Fusheng, sitting cross-legged and observing them.
"Teacher, you mentioned rebuilding the mountain gate, could it be here? This place is a bit too small, isn't it?" Wu Anning was the only one who answered honestly.
The others were somewhat unable to accept the bitterness of suddenly being reduced to the lowest level.
Upon hearing Lin Hui's question, Yun Xiazi was the first to speak.
"Master, didn't you say before that the situation we're about to face would be tense, dangerous, and full of opportunities...?" "What? You're not convinced?" Lin Hui replied, seemingly unrelated to the question.
He ignored the other person's question because Yun Xiazi was currently caught in some kind of negative and disturbing emotions.
It's clear they encountered some trouble while exploring outside.
"I am, after all, an invincible ruler of this realm... and I will even integrate the Divine Art into the Wind Sword Art, further enhancing my strength. But..." Lin Hui glanced at the others.
"You think so too? You think what I told you was all empty talk? With your abilities, it's impossible that you're all at the bottom here?" The group remained silent, especially Xia Si and Yun Xiazi. Their trip out and their return from their deaths had been a huge blow to their morale.
"Alright, I'll give you a chance." Lin Hui smiled. Finally, they could start mobilizing their free labor force.