Chapter 102
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Chapter 102: The Insufficiency of Divine Consciousness
Yi Chen immediately stood up, soared into the air again, and looked through the dense foliage in the forest to search for other fierce beasts.
…
“What’s going on?”
“Why do I have a bad feeling?”
“I have one too! Yi Chen has been acting very strangely lately.”
The audience in the live room started to panic once more.
Since Yi Chen broke through to the new major realm, his behavior made no sense and was filled with oddities.
He sat in silence for three or four days for no reason, and occasionally his brainwave activity increased tenfold while his spirit power inexplicably continued to drain.
After finally returning to normal, he had just finished killing a Level 12 Fierce Beast and inexplicably stared at the corpse for half a minute before flying away.
“How strange, the scanner shows that during that half-minute, Yi Chen’s spirit power began to drain mysteriously again, and we can’t figure out how it is being consumed.”
“After he flew away, it returned to normal. Although his spirit power continued to drain, it matched the consumption during his flight.”
“The problem is, Yi Chen looks perfectly normal!”
No one could figure out the reason, no matter how hard they thought.
“Do you think Yi Chen might have created some skill that allows his brainwaves to suddenly increase in speed?”
“That could explain the ongoing drain of spirit power while using this skill.”
“How could that be possible? In just three or four days, he could not create a new skill! Moreover, Yi Chen hasn’t established a pathway of energy circulation.”
“Also, the sudden spike in brainwave speed only happened occasionally. But the continuous drain of spirit power occurs frequently.”
“That means when he uses this skill, the spike in brainwave speed is merely one of its states.”
“As for how in just three or four days he could create a new skill and not have a pathway of energy circulation, it might be because this skill doesn’t require a pathway and is extremely simple, so it took very little time?”
“That’s a reasonable explanation, but who knows for sure!”
“Whatever the reason, let’s just hope Yi Chen’s mental state is fine…”
Some guessed the true reason, but everyone remained half-convinced.
Using results to infer causality can always lead to a mountain of reasons.
Just like a person who takes a few steps and suddenly squats down.
If asked to guess the reason, they might say it’s to tie their shoes, because of a stomach ache, or they spotted money on the ground… There can be countless seemingly valid reasons, easily reaching into the hundreds.
Even with many clues to filter and check, there would still be numerous plausible explanations; it’s just a matter of probability.
The truth can only be known by the person involved or revealed at the moment it happens.
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In the forest, Yi Chen quickly spotted a Flame Fox.
It was not large, with bright red fur covering its body.
It moved at an incredible speed.
Moreover, it can spit fire to attack its enemies.
It belongs to the level 8 fierce beasts.
In the Flame Mountain range, it can only be considered a secondary fierce beast in the food chain.
However, its value is quite high.
As Yi Chen reformed the system, using spirit stones as currency, and the Flame Mountain Tribe implemented four income tiers, a class system began to emerge.
The opening of the trading market also acted as a catalyst for this class system.
Many high-income families have shifted their values from mere survival to seeking enjoyment.
A Flame Fox like this one could sell for at least hundreds of spirit stones in the trading market.
The reason lies in its bright, beautiful fur, which is also incredibly rare and hard to find.
The wealthy members of the tribe each offered higher bids than the last.
However, these wealthy individuals were nothing in comparison to Yi Chen.
According to his established rules, apart from the private property of tribe members, all other wealth, including the minerals within his territory, belongs to his private collection.
Even when pooling together, the high-income tribe members with monthly incomes exceeding a hundred did not amount to even a millionth of his wealth.
Squeak!
As Yi Chen dove toward the Flame Fox, the Little Gold Ball quickly squeaked loudly, reminding him that there was a little brother following him.
Such a minor character could be dealt with by the little brother.
But Yi Chen ignored it.
He did not attack the Flame Fox but continued to get closer.
Whoosh!
The Flame Fox sensed the danger and, upon seeing Yi Chen, was startled.
Then, it opened its slender mouth wide.
A fire dragon shot toward Yi Chen.
Yi Chen quickly turned and easily dodged the attack.
The Flame Fox realized the situation was dire and turned to flee.
It moved swiftly and nimbly, but in front of Yi Chen’s speed, it was nothing.
In an instant, Yi Chen caught up with the Flame Fox.
Spirit power surged into his palm as he grabbed the Flame Fox by the neck.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
The Flame Fox opened its mouth, continuously spewing out flames.
As it crashed into the trunks of towering trees, sparks flew everywhere.
It was like holding a flamethrower in hand.
Smack!
Yi Chen slapped the Flame Fox, knocking it unconscious.
With another wave of his hand, a vine spread out from the ground, binding the Flame Fox’s limbs and mouth.
He opened his divine consciousness again but found he couldn’t enter the Flame Fox’s body like he did with the black-armored rhino.
It felt as if an invisible force kept him out.
‘It must be something like a life magnetic field!’
Yi Chen quickly figured out what was happening.
After killing the black-armored rhino, his divine consciousness could easily enter its body.
But the living Flame Fox had its divine consciousness blocked by an invisible force, which could only be explained by something like a life magnetic field.
After considering this, he began to force his divine consciousness into the Flame Fox’s body.
Perhaps because the Flame Fox was in a state of unconsciousness, that invisible force was not very strong.
Soon, his divine consciousness penetrated inside.
‘It seems that the strength of divine consciousness not only depends on level advancement but also needs regular practice to improve its intensity!’
Yi Chen pondered.
Although he didn’t know the strength of the Flame Fox, he could roughly judge that it was not very powerful.
A Flame Fox that wasn’t strong and was currently unconscious.
The energy from the life magnetic field continuously resisted his divine consciousness, making it feel somewhat challenging to move within the Flame Fox’s body.
If it were a stronger fierce beast, the difficulty would surely increase.
In the future, when studying weapon refining techniques, creating spiritual artifacts and treasures, and using divine consciousness to sense the structure and properties of ores, it would undoubtedly become much harder.
To Yi Chen, divine consciousness held extraordinary value, so the stronger it was, the better.
Soon, he discovered a fire-red crystal the size of a peanut inside the Flame Fox’s body.
This crystal was located in the lower part of the Flame Fox’s abdominal cavity, slightly different from the crystal’s position in the black-armored rhino.
This was undoubtedly good news for Yi Chen.
He tried to push the crystal with his divine consciousness.
Unfortunately, the crystal remained motionless.
Yi Chen felt a bit overwhelmed.
Not only did he need to enhance the intensity of his divine consciousness, but he also had to find a way to develop his control over it.
Only then could he remotely control the spirit power in the blood to deal a fatal blow to fierce beasts that had undergone the Blood Pledge of Dominance.
In the future, when crafting spiritual artifacts, treasures, and spirit pills, he would be able to filter out the useless materials or properties by controlling the flames to burn them away.
As for the present…
Yi Chen pressed his right hand against the Flame Fox’s abdomen.
Spirit power surged from his palm into the Flame Fox’s body.
With the aid of his divine consciousness, he controlled the spirit power to move the crystal toward its throat.
Pop!
A peanut-sized crystal popped out from the Flame Fox’s mouth.
Chapter 103: A Special Feeling
“Hey, isn’t that the energy core of a fierce beast?”
“How did he get the energy core out of the fierce beast’s body?”
The viewers in the live room were all a bit surprised.
“What is an energy core?”
Someone couldn’t help but ask.
“Is biology class asleep?”
“The energy core is like the energy storage device of a fierce beast, just like our Qi Sea. It’s a place for storing energy.”
“The energy core is also one of the main ways to differentiate between wild beasts and fierce beasts. Only fierce beasts have energy cores; wild beasts do not.”
“If a wild beast accidentally eats a plant rich in spirit energy and evolves, it will gradually condense an energy core within its body.”
“And that wild beast would successfully evolve into a fierce beast.”
“For fierce beasts of the same type, the stronger the beast, the larger and purer the energy core.”
“For example, the Little Gold Ball, which belongs to the miniature fierce beasts, has reached around Level 22, but its energy core is only the size of a mung bean.”
“Don’t be fooled; even though it’s smaller than this Level 8 Flame Fox’s energy core, its purity and the energy contained inside are over a hundred times greater than that of the Level 8 Flame Fox’s energy core.”
“Rather than how Yi Chen extracted this energy core, I’m more curious as to why he wanted the Flame Fox’s energy core out.”
“Could it be that Yi Chen plans to use the energy core to make a potion?”
Someone explained, “Different types of fierce beasts have different medicinal effects in their energy cores. Many potions on the market actually contain components from fierce beast energy cores.”
“I think Yi Chen might be researching how to control fierce beasts through their energy cores.”
“If that’s true, then he would be invincible. Once we learn this, simply using those top fierce beasts captured by the Military would be enough to greatly enhance our humanity’s strength.”
“I think Yi Chen seems to be studying the energy cores of fierce beasts to see if he can find a way, similar to spirit stones, to speed up training.”
“You all are overthinking it. Yi Chen is just bored and looking for something fun to do. It’s just that his way of having fun is something we mortals can’t understand.”
In the live room, the discussions were lively as they talked about what Yi Chen intended to do with the energy core.
…
In the forest,
Yi Chen casually tossed the fire-red energy core aside.
Then he sat down beside the Flame Fox.
Squeak, squeak!
The Little Gold Ball pointed at the unconscious Flame Fox and then at its own golden fur.
It wanted Yi Chen to allow it to use the Flame Fox as a target to shoot at.
“Go play by yourself!”
Yi Chen waved his hand impatiently.
The Little Gold Ball ran off dejectedly to the side.
But he did not dare to leave too far.
Afraid of becoming an abandoned child, Yi Chen suddenly might not want it anymore and would leave it alone.
Yi Chen used his divine consciousness to observe the Flame Fox’s breath and energy while also practicing his brain’s adaptability.
After just one or two minutes, without the crystal to store energy, the Flame Fox’s breath and energy began to noticeably weaken.
A few more minutes passed, and it lost its vitality in its deep sleep.
This successfully proved that the crystal inside the fierce beast could leave its body and highlighted the crystal’s importance to the fierce beast.
The direction of the new skill was basically confirmed.
It involved merging spirit power and divine consciousness into the blood and then using the spirit power and divine consciousness in the blood to control the fierce beast’s crystal, thereby mastering the fierce beast.
What he needed to do next was to enhance his control over divine consciousness and find a way to manipulate objects with it.
With this intention set,
Yi Chen sat cross-legged and attempted to use his divine consciousness to move a fallen leaf in front of him.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes…
In the blink of an eye, over ten minutes passed, but no matter how he tried, he was unable to do it.
‘Perhaps I can try using divine consciousness to control spirit power? After all, this step will need to be taken sooner or later.’
Yi Chen shifted his focus.
He started researching how to use divine consciousness to control spirit power.
He began with the simplest task:
controlling the surrounding spirit energy with divine consciousness.
He soon encountered a new problem.
To control the surrounding spirit energy with divine consciousness, he needed to have an extremely deep understanding of the characteristics of spirit energy.
So, he first had to comprehend the properties of spirit energy to reach the pinnacle of his current realm.
‘It seems that this Blood Pledge of Dominance is much more troublesome than I expected. Each difficulty leads to a multitude of problems that need to be tackled one by one.’
Yi Chen felt a bit helpless.
With a thought,
he opened the system in his mind.
Strongest Talent System
Host: Yi Chen
Territory: 1,857,000 square kilometers
Talent Bonus: 1.857 times
Instantly filled with fighting spirit and energy!
One hour, two hours, three hours…
In a haze, he seemed to sense something, and Yi Chen opened his eyes.
To his surprise, Bai Ruo Xin was sitting not far away, her eyes shining like stars as she gazed at him without blinking.
“Wow, the chief’s sixth sense seems pretty good! She actually sensed me, but… I have been here for a while, so her sixth sense seems a bit slow.”
Bai Ruo Xin flashed a smile at Yi Chen.
Her snow-white teeth and exquisite face, set against the backdrop of towering trees, made her look like a forest spirit.
“As the leader of the Intelligence Organization, you must have the calmness and even the solemnity that a leader should possess.”
Yi Chen understood that Bai Ruo Xin was reminding him that being too focused was dangerous.
But he couldn’t help it.
Whether practicing or comprehending the principles of the world, he needed to concentrate fully.
His divine consciousness could detect anomalies instantly, but its range was currently only one meter.
That meant he could only sense abnormalities that occurred within that distance.
Moreover, since his brain was not yet fully accustomed to receiving a large amount of information at once, he couldn’t keep his divine consciousness activated all the time.
Of course, he wasn’t completely disregarding his own safety.
The Little Gold Ball never left his sight.
Once a strong enemy appeared, the Little Gold Ball would surely attack at the first opportunity.
However, since Bai Ruo Xin was an acquaintance, the Little Gold Ball didn’t take it seriously.
“Since it’s in front of the chief, I think it’s better for me to be a bit more casual. This way, I can foster some connection with the chief.”
Bai Ruo Xin said with a smile, “Whether I act submissive or keep a serious and composed attitude, it only makes the chief see me as a complete subordinate.”
“Other identities may be okay, but as a leader of the Intelligence Organization who has no bond with the master, the chances of a good ending are incredibly slim.”
Yi Chen felt a bit helpless.
He struggled to see through the girl in front of him.
Logically, someone so unpredictable should never be used by him, even if he lacked people, especially not an intelligence organization leader who was akin to his eyes and ears.
Yet, Bai Ruo Xin gave him a strangely comfortable and unique feeling.
It was lonely at the top.
After becoming the chief of the Flame Mountain Tribe, even Guli looked at him with a hint of fear and tension in her eyes.
But Bai Ruo Xin was surprisingly relaxed in front of him.
She treated him as if he were a family member or friend.
It was as if she had never considered that angering him could lead to losing everything or even the terrible consequence of death.
This was quite illogical.
No matter how bold one might be, one shouldn’t be so indifferent to his status.
The only one who could give him such a feeling was the Little Gold Ball.
Only the Little Gold Ball could be as at ease in front of him as Bai Ruo Xin.
The difference was that the Little Gold Ball was much more honest and obedient, fearing that he might be abandoned.
