368. Soul and Master (Second Update)

"Astral projection?"

Dilos looked at Charles before him and frowned. "I've heard of this ability before, but can psychic mutants do it too? Or is this also an ability of psychic mutants?"

Ever since receiving Charles's call, Dilos had used his spatial pendant to teleport over instantly. He had assumed there was some urgent matter, only to hear Charles say that he wanted to teach him the final psychic skill: astral projection.

Astral projection was also known as spirit projection or spirit flight. Put in the simplest, most straightforward terms, it was the soul leaving the body.

Dilos knew that Charles could exchange his own consciousness with that of others, but he had truly never expected him to possess the ability to project his spirit.

After all, transferring consciousness was one thing, but it was completely different from astral projection.

"Dilos, what do you think is the relationship between consciousness and the soul?"

Charles, seated in his wheelchair, did not answer Dilos's question. Instead, he smiled and asked, "Do you think they are two different things?"

Dilos frowned as he considered Charles's words, then voiced what was on his mind.

"I think the soul may encompass consciousness. The relationship between consciousness and the soul is like that between the brain and the body. But..."

Then he recalled the mental world he had once entered while erasing the parasitic consciousnesses. He could not help but sigh. "But there are too many contradictions. I don't really understand what's going on."

If consciousness and the soul truly had the relationship of the brain and the body, then what exactly had that mental world he had entered been? Was that mental world actually the soul itself, or something else entirely?

Hearing Dilos's answer, Charles nodded. "You're right. There are indeed many contradictions, but there