Chapter 210
What invaded her mind? A remnant of extraordinary power from the world of 'home'?
"Bang!"
With a thought from the Dominant Will, the black shadow exploded and was instantly and completely erased.
Within her own Mind Palace, Wen Jing was the absolute ruler, with everything under her control. Not to mention erasing this powerless and informationless shadow, erasing a personality node with a huge amount of information would be a matter of an instant.
"What exactly happened?!"
The Personality Network was in an uproar, thoughts churning, and Wen Jing was extremely angry and vigilant.
Even though the shadowy figure seems to have completely disappeared and left no trace, its very existence indicates that an uncontrollable vulnerability has appeared in her most core and private area of ability.
Where did this completely unknown and uncontrollable being come from? How long has it been lurking? Will it reappear?
The threat level posed by the mysterious shadowy figure instantly rose to the highest level in her mind, and all her personal thoughts were activated to investigate and consider the reasons and possibilities behind everything.
The next moment, she made a new discovery.
"Skill Points have been reduced by 1." This message came from the Analysis Personality, who is most sensitive to data.
On the skill board, the Skill Points that had just increased to 41127 had become 41126.
Aside from the normal consumption of evolution, the only time Wen Jing passively lost Skill Points was when he first entered the Ancient Wilderness and encountered the blue flame altar, facing that strange, degenerated flame.
Immediately afterwards, she remembered that when the personalities reached a consensus, strange transparent flames emerged from the four personalities, and flames also emerged from the shadowy figure that appeared at that time.
After the flames merged into her Mind Palace, she gained five Skill Points.
Now that the shadow has been erased, has the Skill Points from it also disappeared?
This speculation heightened Wen Jing Jing's vigilance to the extreme.
This seems to imply that the shadowy figure, within the Gestalt Consciousness, is also considered one of her personality nodes, a member of the ' Insect Race '.
We must find out.
Wen Jing then repeated the previous steps, getting everyone to reach a consensus and create a skill.
Buzz...
The transparent flame shone again from the personality, one, two, three, four...
Five!
The shadowy figure reappeared, stretching out its forelimbs along with the persona beside it.
"Bang!"
The next instant, Wen Jing had a thought, and the black shadow exploded and disappeared again, with 1 Skill Points deducted from the panel.
She then tried to learn various skills from other civilizations, but they did not appear.
But as long as it's a self-created skill...
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Wen Jing tried dozens of times, and each time, the shadowy figure appeared on time like a diligent employee, only to be instantly erased by her.
Her Skill Points fluctuated between '+1' and '-1'.
Even Wen Jing, who now possesses [Calmness] and [Absolute Mind], couldn't help but complain.
... No, is this its own circle? Is it just forcibly integrating here?
Finally, after repeated verification, it was confirmed that although the shadowy figure was strange, it could not interfere with the operation and recording of the ' Constant Self '.
This time, when the shadowy figure appeared, Wen Jing did not immediately eliminate it, but instead conveyed a message to it for the first time:
What are you?
Chapter 210
What are you?
Wen Jing could clearly confirm that his message had been transmitted.
Within the Mind Palace, everything was under the control of the Dominant Will. Although she did not understand when the shadowy figure appeared or why it existed, she could not hide from its every move, even the fluctuations in its thoughts.
Faced with her question, the shadowy figure paused, as if receiving a signal and reacting.
It raised its forelimbs to a 45-degree angle with the ground, then spread them horizontally...
She then performed the entire ' Insect Race Gymnastics ' routine that she had just designed in front of Wen Jing.
"..."
Wen Jing watched it finish its performance, speechless. "And then?"
The shadowy figure paused, then raised its forelimbs at a 45-degree angle to the ground...
"Bang!"
The shadowy figure vanished.
Wen Jing looked at the Skill Points on the panel that had decreased by one point again, and decided not to create his own skills until he understood what they were, even though it was a stable way to gain Skill Points.
Next, the Dominant Will assigned tasks to each personality.
The Analysis Personality, together with the original personality of the corresponding Spacetime Amber, organizes all past memories to search for clues as to what the shadowy figure might be.
Creation Personality to travel to the Phase Creation Civilization, handle the aftermath of the prisoners captured by the Boundary-Breaking Empire, and gather information about the civilization.
The Strongest Clone enters the Ancient Wilderness, devouring extraordinary matter to recover the energy lost during this period.
If you can't figure out what the shadowy figure is, then conserve your strength for now.
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, one Clone remained in place, while the other two Clone simultaneously disappeared.
"Splash splash splash..."
Waves crashed against the rocks on the shore, and the purple moon hung high in the night sky, as if covered by a dreamlike, hazy mist.
A pitch-black alien insect appeared in the Ancient Wilderness night, hovering above the reef.
This world is very deep. In the past, when the Devouring Clone entered, they only cleaned the shallow outer layer and did not devour the world in the Gluttony state.
Because when she faced the dark seawater, she sensed an extremely dangerous aura emanating from below.
Wen Jing can use the coordinate properties of the Gravity Silk to enter worlds with a depth lower than his own strength, but that doesn't mean that the natural Ancient Wilderness with higher depths are safe.
In terms of depth, this natural Ancient Wilderness is at least at the level of an industrial-age relic, and may even be at the level of an information-age site.
She now possesses the Strongest Clone ability, which is why she chose this location.
After all, even if you enter a shallow world and devour all the matter in it, you won't replenish much of what you've consumed.
This is also the first time Wen Jing has entered the Ancient Wilderness since obtaining [Information Perception].
Under the Information Perception, all the Wilderness Beast and rare treasures in the vicinity have nowhere to hide.
The more powerful a being is, the more information it contains.
In the heart of the island, deep underwater... that place containing the greatest amount of information was as vivid in her perception as a light source in the night.
"Let's start with the one on the island."
After sensing for a moment, Wen Jing formulated a strategy in his mind and prepared to begin tonight's hunt.
Suddenly, a subtle feeling arose.
A ripple of light appeared around her, and a figure suddenly appeared.
The moment the figure appeared, the two personality nodes that were pondering within the Mind Palace paused.
Because the Skill Points on the panel have decreased by one again.
"... A shadowy figure?!"
Wen Jing's entire consciousness tensed up immediately.
So, besides her Personality Network, the shadowy figure could also appear in the Ancient Wilderness?
However, in the next instant, her entire Personality Network trembled violently.
Because what appeared before her was neither the insect-shaped black shadow from before, nor some strange Wilderness Beast.
Instead... it's just one person.
His icy blue eyes held no emotion, or rather, no feeling, yet they were set against an impeccably handsome face, exuding an inorganic beauty.
Her long, silver hair cascaded down her bare, fair skin, flowing along the contours of her body and concealing what lay beneath...
It wasn't covered.
This is a man.
Although a fleeting Wen Jing's mind like a barrage of comments, such as "Wear some clothes," and "So this is what white looks like,"...
But the main theme echoing in her mind at this moment was the common sense that every human being in this era knew, which her teacher in the basic theory School District Planet in first grade had taught her.
"Rare treasures, Wilderness Beast, ruins, bizarre rules... anything can happen in the Ancient Wilderness, except for people."
Wen Jing has not seen a human being for more than two years... no, if you include the ten years she spent in seclusion studying using the black hole time difference, she has not seen a human being for almost twelve years, except for herself.
From an intellectual and rational perspective, aliens are 'human,' but ultimately they are not her kind.
So much so that she didn't immediately launch an attack.
However, the man opposite her, who was also watching her, spoke first.
"Dominate."
A clear, melodious voice came through the background of ocean waves. He wasn't using the Mental Link or the Federation language, but rather Wen Jing's Huaxia language from his previous life.
"..."
Wen Jing paused slightly, surprised to hear her native accent again at this moment and in this place.
However, in her Wilderness Body form, she could only answer Mental Link: "Was it you I erased from my consciousness before? Who are you?"
"It's me."
The silver-haired man readily admitted it, his expression and eyes remaining unchanged, but what followed was a string of gibberish. "I am @#&%..."
Wen Jing: "... Say that again?"
Silver-haired man. "I am @#&%..."
After trying this three times, Wen Jing interrupted him, "I don't understand what you're saying."
However, based on this eerie sense of familiarity, it can be basically confirmed that the other party is the shadowy figure in the Mind Palace who has been doing Insect Race Gymnastics.
Upon hearing this, the silver-haired man paused, seemingly considering for a moment, before extending his palm to Wen Jing.
"Give me a Fire of Civilization."
Wen Jing's heart stirred, recalling the transparent flames that appeared on each personality when he created his skill. He asked with a hint of realization, "What is the Fire of Civilization?"
"What sustains my current form is the Fire of Civilization."
So, the essence of Skill Points is actually the Fire of Civilization...?