Willpower Enslavement

Qi Tian flew all the way to the ocean, bringing along a hundred-meter-wide spaceship and several crew members.

"This spaceship is quite distinctive. It really does look like a flying saucer."

Qi Tian studied the spaceship hovering motionless above the sea with interest, then shifted his gaze to the alien powerhouse named Mikita.

Mikita was still struggling to hold on. The pressure on his consciousness was bearable; after all, to kill him with consciousness alone, his opponent would need to be at least two levels above him.

Qi Tian's consciousness clearly surpassed Universe Level, but had only just reached Domain Lord Level. Under these circumstances, he could make Mikita uncomfortable at most; he couldn't make him completely lose the ability to resist.

But while exerting pressure on Mikita's consciousness, Qi Tian also used his Innate Secret Technique: Universal Sanskrit Sound.

The waves of Sanskrit chanting pierced through Mikita's soul and reached his sea of consciousness. At that moment, they were like terrifying demonic sounds, leaving him unable to spare any attention to order the spaceship to attack.

The spaceship's intelligence, Timas, was merely a simple system that had only just developed emotions. It wasn't yet a true intelligent life-form.

Without an order from Mikita, Timas could only remain where it was and wait quietly.

Seeing that Mikita was still holding on, Qi Tian reckoned he wouldn't be able to deal with him anytime soon. The only alternative was to kill him outright, but then he wouldn't be able to take control of the spaceship.

Inside Mikita's sea of consciousness, a shadow as dark and deep as a black hole continuously emanated Sanskrit chanting he couldn't understand, trying to drag him into an endless abyss.

But gradually, a golden light appeared before him. Qi Tian's voice rang in his ears, helping him resist the terrifying chanting while soothing him and telling him to get some rest.

From Mikita's perspective, he had become tiny, struggling to hide behind a golden Buddha statue of immeasurable, ancient grandeur.

In the distance, the black-hole shadow kept using Soul Secret Techniques to enslave and torment him.

As Qi Tian's gentle voice, like that of a heavenly father, continued to reach him, the broad golden figure protecting him from the chanting gave him an overwhelming sense of security.

It was just like when his parents had protected him from behind when he was young. At that moment, Qi Tian's figure grew infinitely larger, slowly filling Mikita's entire sea of consciousness.

Just a little more. Universal Sanskrit Sound can't directly twist his soul. I need to wear down his will further and let him feel the warmth of fatherly love.

Qi Tian sensed the state of Mikita's will through his innate ability and decided to keep wearing it down. Then he turned his gaze to the other crew members, who were staring blankly.

The crew members were clearly one level weaker than Mikita. Qi Tian didn't even need to use Universal Sanskrit Sound; a mere strike against their consciousness was enough to render them unconscious.

"Let's see where you're from."

Muttering to himself, Qi Tian sent his formidable consciousness straight into one crew member's sea of consciousness and forcibly searched through the memories in his soul.

The crude method made the crew member's face contort with pain. His eyes grew even more vacant, and the aura of his soul gradually weakened.

"Murdered a clansman when he was young, stole his wife... Stole a treasure and hid it on the ruined planet at coordinates xxx... Universe Mercenary Alliance... Virtual Universe Company..."

As Qi Tian forcibly searched his soul, the memories hidden deep in the crew member's heart were dragged out, along with basic knowledge of the universe and the distribution of its major powers.

"So this really is the Swallowed Star World."

Qi Tian was shocked by the memories he had found in the crew member's soul. The moment he saw the names of those major powers, memories of Earth, Luo Feng, the Virtual Universe Company, the Star Tower, and more gradually connected.

By the time he had finished digesting all the memories, the crew member's soul aura had weakened to an extremely low level. He had fallen into a deep slumber, and Qi Tian reckoned that even if he didn't die, he would never wake up again.

Qi Tian then inspected another crew member's memories, gaining more useful information and learning about the star region where he was.

"Gold Soul Planet is within the borders of the Noah Universe Kingdom. This is the edge of the Beihua Empire's territory, and the nearby star regions have only a few mineral planets of little value."

"It borders the Ganwu Universe Kingdom? There's still too little information."

Qi Tian sorted through the memories he had just obtained. The two crew members were both Star Level 9 adventurers.

Most of what they knew came from their low-level connections in the Universe Mercenary Alliance. They knew about some fairly significant events, but nothing highly confidential.

Most of the stories involved some mercenary finding a priceless treasure, an unexpected powerhouse appearing on some native planet, or the discovery of a small secret realm.

Most of this information came from within the Noah Universe Kingdom. They knew little about the broader Human Race, so Qi Tian would have to enter the universe himself to learn anything useful.

Next, Qi Tian had them take out all their valuables. Only one of the four crew members had a Space Ring, and it was very small. The other three had space bracelets.

The crew dumped a large pile of odds and ends onto the ground. Almost all of it was junk.

"Five weapons. Three are Origin Force weapons, and two are telekinetic weapons. They're all mid- to high-tier second-order weapons. There are also several Force Battle Suits."

Qi Tian put the only Space Ring on his finger and stored the weapons and suits inside. He also sorted out several thousand silver coins, the main currency of the Noah Universe Kingdom.

After sorting through the spoils, Qi Tian finally turned his attention to the instigator of this trip, Mikita, their captain and a Universe Level 2 adventurer.

"Based on the memories, my strength is Universe Level 9, but my consciousness is much stronger than that of others at the same level. Otherwise, I couldn't have suppressed him so quickly."

"The golden energy that Jingshi and I use is a domain power with a metal attribute. As for that strange fluctuation, neither of these two has any accurate information about it."

"But it does resemble the descriptions of the fluctuations of laws in the original work. Once this Mikita submits, I'll question him properly."

As Qi Tian pondered, he increased the invasion of his will through his Innate Secret Technique: Universal Sanskrit Sound. About an hour later, Mikita's eyes gradually cleared.

It wasn't that he had broken free. His will had already submitted to Qi Tian. Under the effect of Qi Tian's innate ability, the Universal Sanskrit Sound, which had been like demonic music, now seemed incomparably sacred to Mikita.

After Qi Tian released his pressure on Mikita's consciousness, Mikita's sea of consciousness cleared. The black-hole shadow that had emitted terrifying demonic sounds was gone, while the golden Buddha figure that had shielded him from the chanting gradually merged with the white-robed Qi Tian standing before him.

"Mikita pays his respects to Buddha Lord." Mikita knelt in midair and prostrated himself before Qi Tian, his voice filled with unwavering gratitude.