After mastering the first step of the Heavenly Eye Express Edition —seeing electromagnetic waves of a specified frequency with the naked eye— Li Xingkong's world had undergone a dramatic transformation.
In his eyes, the sky was no longer empty; the entire sky was covered by countless ripples. As information was transmitted, these ripples twisted and turned, as if adding a dynamic skin to the outer layer of the entire Earth Star.
To avoid obstructing his normal vision, the ripples in Li Xingkong's eyes were transparent; although he could see them, they wouldn't block his view. After all, electromagnetic waves are used extensively in modern society.
If there were no restrictions, Li Xingkong would become blind in reality after using such magic. Electromagnetic waves would be everywhere, making it impossible for him to see any useful information.
The first step of the spell was completed, but to him, the electromagnetic waves he could see were still just useless energy; he couldn't extract the information he wanted from them yet.
The information that a signal can be understood and perceived by a person needs to be transformed.
As for the conversion method, we need to refer to how television, mobile phones, or the internet convert signals into the information we see on these terminals.
This part is relatively simpler compared to the previous steps. Compared to the vast amounts of knowledge that are transmitted frequently when practicing magic, this is nothing.
These signals can actually be considered a language, except that this language is not for humans, but for machines.
The second step Li Xingkong needed to take was to embed a translator within his own magical structure to translate the received information into something he could understand. Then, he would display the translated information in his field of vision.
That's why studying translation is one of the few good career paths for humanities majors. Even if you become an immortal, you'll still need to translate, although the language you translate may not necessarily be human.
The entire process of analyzing the signal was done within the spell structure. This step wasn't entirely done by Li Xingkong himself, since there were existing analysis methods he could copy.
He copied the vision of Spirit Vision Spell and the data processing method of a mobile phone, then combined the two copied and pasted things, and that was his own spell.
Let's not even talk about magic tricks. In modern society, a large portion of product development, regardless of the industry, is done this way. Software: just cobble things together and copy. Games: just copy. Mechanical design: just copy.
In any case, the final result is your own; how much of other people's content you borrowed in the process is unknown.
In short, after completing the second step of analysis, Li Xingkong's spell was also created.
After he finished constructing the spell, he immediately cast it on himself to test its effect.
With a flash of magical light, Li Xingkong's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of blue light, making him look somewhat sinister.
He looked up and around, and the world before his eyes instantly changed.
Simply put, in addition to the scenery of the real world, he can see countless barrage-like things flying around him.
After carefully examining the passing bullet comments, Li Xingkong could see all the information within them.
"[ Foreign Persimmon Novels ] Verification code 1234, used for mobile phone verification login, valid for 5 minutes. Providing the verification code to others may result in account theft; please do not disclose it and beware of scams."
"Hello, the RMB 378,000 granted to you by our bank will mature on June 5th. Please reply with '2' to apply for repayment, or reply with 'R' to refuse."
"I am Qin Shihuang, and I am not actually dead..."
"564a5sdfasera56FDseafw..."
Well, countless messages flashed before my eyes: other people's verification codes, random text messages, undecipherable gibberish, and so on.
For him, there is no privacy left in the online world.
No wonder there's no internet in the cultivation world; with this spell activated, anyone going online would be practically running around naked...
Although in the real world most people are essentially defenseless when it comes to online security, only a minority of people can actually access this information; only a small percentage of hackers can do so.
But things are different after cultivating immortality. Li Xingkong is only at the Qi Refining, a half-baked level of cultivation, yet he has already achieved this. Not to mention the great powers above his level.
After observing for a while with the spell active, all he could still decipher was ordinary text information.
For now, all we can see when we receive images, videos, or audio files is a string of gibberish.
It's not a big deal; it just involves using a few more converters during the parsing process.
With this spell, I won't need to run around anymore. If I want to see someone's information, why would I need to ask you in person?
I'll just squat downstairs at your house, or next to a cell tower near your house, and I'll just crane my neck to look at it.
Cultivating immortality truly is the primary productive force—how convenient!
The spell has been initially mastered, so the next step is practical application. There isn't much time for him to practice; we need to see how well it works in actual combat.
The first thing to do is to find your own Body Tempering Grass.
Li Xingkong then got up and went to the school where Ximen Feng was.
It no longer matters where Ximen Feng is; all he needs to do now is follow the signal and find the school's base station.
In fact, it is quite difficult to filter out the information you want from countless signals, but this kind of observation ability is acceptable to Li Xingkong. He can find the information he wants in the first instance.
The closer you are to the base station, the more information you can see, and the greater the amount of information.
The explosive news contained in these messages also gave Li Xingkong entertained.
Hehe, even if you don't use this spell to find people, it's also incredibly useful for watching the drama unfold.
Who would have thought that a seemingly respectable person would be like online? Many people love the contrast, and there's a reason for that.
However, watching the drama wasn't my main goal; I'd just take a quick look. My primary objective was to find the Body Tempering Grass.
After waiting at the base station for a while, Li Xingkong quickly extracted keywords from a large amount of information.
plant.
When should that plant be moved?
The few words flew by, and if Li Xingkong hadn't been highly focused, he probably would have missed them.
With this information as a foundation, Li Xingkong quickly eliminated other signals, leaving only this one piece of information in his field of vision.
Finding someone based on the direction the information is transmitted is not impossible, but the information travels too fast, and he can't reach the speed of light to catch up.
Once he can fly at the speed of light, he can chase after information and beat people up.
But since they're traveling at the speed of light, using that to hit someone is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.