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Chapter 713 The artificial soul is completed, the beginning of a new era! (6800)

The moment the scarlet sphere space appeared, whether it was the giant mire adder or a certain existence outside the swamp, they all turned their eyes and looked in this direction in surprise.

And at this moment, the many splashes of mud that hit like cannonballs all rotated in the space in a spiral trajectory, and finally gathered in front of Myers, hitting him!
Bang!
In an instant, Miles' whole body flew away. His body hit the tree behind him, crushing it in the middle, and then hit the ground with a bang, exploding a hole several meters in size.

The ground trembled, but the giant viper opened its eyes wide.

Because it realized that its attack was not only deflected by these humans, but...even the little man who looked quite fragile and sublimated didn't kill him!
Smoke and dust rose from the pit, and Miles crawled out of it in a somewhat embarrassing figure - the fine iron long sword gathered in his hand had been broken and broken, and his arm also showed an unnatural twisted direction, Obviously broken.

But he was still alive, and alive and well—a broken bone, nothing permanent to the Terran.

With the physical fitness of an ordinary person, he forcibly withstood the blow of the second-level monster!
Even with a casual blow, this defense is comparable to a city wall!
"Huh? Didn't die? Make me worry!"

At this moment, there was an exclamation-like sound from outside the black swamp, and the giant mud viper didn't have the energy to make up for Miles. Instead, it turned its head, looked out of the swamp, let out a ferocious and high-pitched roar, and vibrated Surrounding woods and lakes.

But what greeted the giant beast was a sword like a tide.

All of a sudden, whether it was Myers, other pioneers, or even the Mire Giant Viper, they all saw a broad and mighty streamer, which was as blue as the sea, wrapped in a moist and surging breath, and made the sound of rolling waves.

It's like a big tide on the sea level, pushing it flatly, but it's unstoppable.

The giant mud viper was horrified, its scales stood on end, it let out a roar, and countless mud in the black swamp rolled up, forming a layer of mud tornado that was constantly rotating to protect itself in the center, and this tide-like sword light came hit on it.

In an instant, time was frozen here, and the azure light stream trembled and trembled, as if looking for the weak point of the enemy's defense.

it found.

So immediately after, Jian Guang easily cut through the mud shield like a hot knife cutting through butter, and then traversed half of the sky.

Being pierced by the sword light, the Mire Giant Viper stood still in place. After a few seconds, it waited for the waves to dissipate and the blue mist to dissipate before it suddenly fell down without a sound.

The breath of the giant beast weakened, and he was seriously injured by seeing it, and he no longer had the strength to fight.

"It's the sublimator from Chongling Sect—"

There was an exclamation among the pioneers. The fisherman from before seemed to have thought of something, and he suddenly said, "Yes, I remembered. Some time ago, the person in charge said that recently, the church will dispatch sublimators to help We wiped out the beasts of the Black Marsh..."

"But they didn't say that this sublimator is so strong!"

And when Miles gritted his teeth to set his bones, he finally understood why the Mire Giant Viper suddenly appeared before, and why he just attacked them casually—because the Giant Viper sensed the breath of the sublimator outside the Black Swamp , was forced to come out, and it is precisely because of this that it has no energy to target these little pioneers!
But more, Miles was still amazed at the psychic power he had just erupted.

Just now, the scarlet psychic power that Miles erupted was far greater than the psychic power he used to protect Cynthia in the past, and he couldn't figure out why for a while.

It is impossible to say that these workers are more important than Cynthia in his heart. There is definitely a condition for his psionic activation, and what is this condition...

"Is it because I'm not reconciled, I don't want to see the end where everyone dies, or is it because others are in danger, and I want to stop this desire?"

It's hard to say, but Miles' instinct tells him that it's a combination of both.

And ten seconds later, outside the black swamp, a figure came to the area where the pioneers were at extremely fast speed.

Qing Chao glanced at the Mire Giant Viper. The giant beast that was severely injured by his sword was not because of its poor strength, but because of its poor brain.

The special ability of the second energy level of the 'Tide Bringer', the 'Sword of Tide Repelling', is to pass through the enemy's defense and directly damage the core internal organs through the strong kinetic energy brought by the resonance of the water mist.

If the giant viper uses its own flesh and blood to defend, it may be able to offset the damage of his sword with the source quality, at most it is a slight injury, but it has to use a shield to block it, or a fluid mud shield, and the result is naturally the power of the mud itself They were all resonated by the tide sword, which in turn hurt itself.

This skill of beating cattle across the mountains is more powerful in the sea. The real name of the Tidebringer is famous precisely because when the nations of Terra faced the sea beasts landing more than 500 years ago, because the gathered troops were not enough, Almost failing to prevent most of the enemies from building lairs, the first generation of tidebringers rushed into the sea under the protection of many comrades in arms, set off a tsunami sword, directly cut off the world line, and blew the horn of counterattack.

That sword shattered a large piece of land including sea beast lairs, and even the continental plate where Jingsong Cliff was located moved outwards, forming the large vortex area between the inner sea of ​​Jingsong Cliff and the Wandering Sea today, and that person The place where the Tidebringer set off is the 'Far Vortex Port', the heavy sea port of the Absalom lineage of the Flying Flame Kingdoms.

Qingchao came here to wipe out the monsters in the Black Swamp area for the pioneers and avoid danger.

For this reason, he also specially notified the gathering place, asking the pioneers not to enter the Black Swamp today.

Unexpectedly, Miles and his party set off too early. When his news arrived, they had already entered the swamp and could not be pulled back at all.

Not to mention, he felt a little bit, and was shocked to find that this group of people was actually beside the giant viper—the flat land where these people stood was the top floor of the giant viper's lair!
They also didn't think about it, what does it mean that a piece of solid soil suddenly appeared in the middle of a big swamp?It's hard to say about other places. Putting it in the Baisen Mountains, such an abnormal area that violates the surrounding environment, it must be a monster's lair!

This group of people stepped on the heads of other monsters and made a fuss, that is to say, the giant viper endured the humiliation and didn't want to be found, so it didn't come out, otherwise it would have eaten up this group of people!
But later, the giant viper discovered his arrival, so he had to take action and confront them, but even so, he gave them a blow because of anger.

Originally, Qingchao thought that this group of unlucky pioneers would die here... But he never thought that among these pioneers, there would be a psychic!
"You kid...is actually a psychic?"

The blue-haired swordsman stepped on the water mist and landed beside Miles. He looked at the young man with interest, lifted him up, and used the source quality to help him stabilize his injury, and then sent Miles to Going to his fellow workers: "It seems that you are showing your psychic powers to protect other people. That's great!"

"If it weren't for you, even if I was there, you would probably all die."

Of course everyone knew that Myers saved their lives—they did not understand psionic power, but they could still understand the process of the scarlet space converging all the attacks on Myers himself. This was obviously, Myers Use your own body to block the fatal blow for them.

Immediately, everyone began to ask questions, and Miles was speechless: "Don't, don't touch me! It hurts!"

Although his main injury was in his hand, in fact, during the activation of his spiritual power, the attack he received was distributed among his whole body. The reason why his hand was broken was that his spiritual power was not strong enough. If his spiritual power could go further and can completely block the enemy's attack , then even after the fatal injuries are apportioned, they are probably equivalent to minor injuries.

This kind of spiritual power is enough to turn him into a perfect body with no fatal injuries and only 'blood volume'!

Qing Chao watched this scene with a smile, he touched his chin, feeling that he had gained a lot.

Killing the Mire Giant Viper is obviously his credit, but this credit is just as it should be. He has become the second energy level, so he should replace Ian to do these things to wipe out the monsters-the real gain is to discover Got a psyker!
For a lord like Ian, it is a great achievement to have a psychic in the territory, and it will also be of great help to ask for assistance from the empire in the future, not to mention that the psychic itself is synonymous with sublimation and genius. Carefully cultivated, they are born with souls and they are not a problem at all to advance to the second energy level.

In particular, when this psyker was using psychic power, it seemed that he used some kind of sword skill to reverse the direction of the enemy's attack and reduce the damage to himself... Although the talent of sword skills is not as good as his, it is enough!
"Let's go!"

Thinking of this, Qing Chao didn't say much, but patted Miles on the shoulder, making the other party laugh when his face darkened, and poured a little source quality to help him recover: "Let's go out of the Black Swamp first, after all, May I have your name?"

……

Void.

Ian was in the virtual world with Adalbert, and when he was researching the built-in functional structure of the "Xiahui Ling Edition Artificial Soul" and related matters related to the programming of its own functions (simply speaking, writing programs), he suddenly let out a light sigh.

The young man raised his head and looked to the northwest: "There is a psychic reaction over there, and it's not weak. It's not a newly awakened person."

"Hmm. And, a very familiar smell..."

Adalbert also raised his head. The two have been working in the Void for a long time. Programming artificial souls is not a big deal for experienced dead kings, but Ian is concerned about the functions required by the new artificial souls. It is much more than the dead king, even if it can't be realized at present, he still needs to reserve a space interface, so things will become complicated.

Even with a genius like Adbert and a prophet like Ian deduced, after so many days, their progress is barely halfway.

Most importantly, they couldn't find a living artificial soul holder as a reference to observe the pattern of the operating artificial soul.

Both of them are dead kings, and the artificial souls in their bodies have been solidified, which cannot be used as a reference at all.

——It would be great if there was a living Grand Duke who was an observer.

Both of them were so emotional, but they couldn't find it, so they had to continue to repair and experiment with themselves, constantly repairing BUG.

But just now, they sensed a familiar aura.

A hint of... a breath of psionic energy that has something to do with the dead king.

"I'll check the situation, Adbert, you continue."

Ian and the dead king researcher looked at each other, and then they were about to leave the void, but Yadbert quickly followed: "Wait for me, it has something to do with the dead king, I'm definitely going too!"

Therefore, Qing Chao, who was reporting news at the gathering place of the Black Swamp, was waiting for two unexpected characters.

"Boss? Old Shadow?"

The swordsman touched his head, he was a little surprised and also a little confused: "Why are you all here? It shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Qingchao didn't mean to underestimate the importance of psykers, but it wasn't to the point where a lord ran out of the door himself—let alone Guying, a cutting-edge researcher.

Although it was not clear at the beginning, Qingchao clearly understood after staying in Xiahui for a few weeks that the gentle and honest Bai Zhimin (Adelbert's disguise) he had taken over from the Dragon Blessing Sect identity) is actually a genius whose research strength is not inferior to that of his own boss. He has personally witnessed the fierce discussion and even debate with Ian on certain research projects. Although Ian wins more than loses, but this is One of the few times he had seen Ian persuaded by another person's opinion!

As a full-time researcher and a top alchemist, Guying is at least at the T1 level below Ian in the Xiahui collar ecological chain!

These two heavyweights actually ran directly to the Black Swamp just for the news of Miles. Could it be that... this kid has more potential than he thought?

Or is his ability rare?

It's a little bit of both.

"You've done a great job this time, Qing Chao!"

The silver-blue light in Ian's eyes was shining. He stared at Miles who was resting in the room and was being taken care of by the orange-haired little girl. His tone was burning hot: "I didn't expect that it would take so much effort—it actually really made me feel better." I found the last survivor of Azure City again...a living man-made soul holder!"

"And, his psychic state is amazing!"

Compared to Ian's excitement, Adalbert's emotions are very subtle, mixed with a kind of joy and self-blame: "The last survivors of Azure City... If you didn't come in time for Qing Chao, they might die in our territory."

"If this is the case, this is probably a mistake that I will never forgive in my life... Thank you very much, Qingchao!"

Saying so, Adalbert tightly held the dazed Aoshio's hand, with gratitude on his face, which made the swordsman a little embarrassed: "Ah...is it really so powerful?"

In fact, it is indeed that powerful.

Ian glanced at Miles and several other workers beside him, all of them were dead, black and red, and they didn't return to normal until he arrived.

If the original trajectory is followed, they are obviously going to die, and God knows why they are so unlucky.

But because of the changes brought about by Ian, whether it was the advancement of the Qingchao or the sweeping of the Baisen Mountains by the mountain people, the monsters were restrained a lot, so they had the possibility of surviving.

The prophet's changes to the surrounding environment and the general trend of the times are enough to change the fate of countless people.

But here is the problem, this kind of change is good or bad, even a prophet needs help to notice all kinds of subtle 'opportunities' - it is Qingchao who grasps this kind of opportunity, detects and protects Myers.

Miles himself never imagined that just by showing his psychic power, he would be able to arouse his immediate boss's immediate boss's immediate boss's immediate boss-it sounds like stacked armor, but in fact it has so many layers!

After all, on top of the person in charge of the gathering place is the chief person in charge, and on top of the general person in charge is the development department of the Baisen Mountain Range led by Xiahui, and the development department of the Baisen Mountain Range is directly managed by the lord... If it is not for the body, it is really inconvenient, hear When the news came, Miles got out of bed and was about to kneel down—he was not dead, but he didn't dare to lie on the bed and wait for the lord to come over.

But just as Miles was about to get out of bed, he saw Ian's face who opened the door, and he was taken aback for a moment.

Those blue eyes...

"You, are you the one who gave me that box of supplies?"

Miles himself didn't notice that he had knelt down, but he didn't feel it at all. Those familiar blue eyes and the scene of the aircraft exploding later appeared in the dream of the young swordsman from time to time. He was thinking about everything. , Is the sublimator who kindly gave me supplies dead, and do I still have the opportunity to thank him... But because his own life is very difficult, he really doesn't have the energy to think too much, so he can only give up.

And just recently, as he settled for food, clothing, housing and transportation, Miles picked up this distress instead.

Maybe it's because of the obsession of the psyker. Psykers are a group of people who are persistent and have abnormal thinking. He has always wanted to know the identity of the sublimated person and repay him.After all, without that box of supplies, he and Cynthia would have died long ago.

"Yes. That's me."

There is no rule for the Xiahui leader to kneel, but many people are still willing to kneel to Ian. Ian didn't say much about it. Anyway, as long as he is loyal to him, he doesn't mind the form.

Staring at the purple-haired swordsman in front of him, Ian glanced at the little girl with light orange hair on one side, who was a little restless and dazed. He smiled slightly, and an invisible force lifted the two of them up, making them sit side by side. On the bed: "Don't be so nervous, the last two survivors of Azure City, I didn't expect to see you here. It seems that we really have some fate."

"Walking around, you came to my territory, and in a sense, I was able to advance to the second energy level so early because of you. The flow of fate is really interesting."

The precognitive vision and the silver chip were activated at the same time, and Ian completely saw through Miles' current situation at this moment.

At this moment, the injuries of the young swordsman's body have been basically controlled. The spiritual energy and the physical body are one, and the awakening of the spiritual energy will bring about the activation and sublimation of the physical body, so that the physical strength, regenerative power and even the digestion ability will be improved. , Just like when Ian awakened to predict the horizon, his physical fitness has also improved in all aspects, and he has reached the most basic training requirements for sublimators.

For ordinary people, Miles' injury is serious, but as long as he is recuperated, he can recover in a week or two, and this kind of spiritual ability that evenly distributes the injury makes Ian's eyes shine. Basically, it can be regarded as another damage-reducing 'structure'. In simple terms, it's like digitizing everything about a person, turning all vitality into 'blood volume'.

As long as the blood volume does not drop to a certain level, it will not affect the combat effectiveness. The damage that can cut off the limbs can only make Myers bleed all over the body if he encounters the psionic power. Although it looks scary, it will not Reduce combat power.

And...the opponent's psionic power is also very special when activated.

Not only as a model of the most important "designated defensive power" of the "shelter shield".

Miles' psionic power is built with a part of his 'soul'.

In other words, Miles is also a "little dead king", and the souls of many relatives or residents of Azure City remain on Miles and the little girl Cynthia, but they are not really dead kings. There is no imprint of the dead king, so when the power of the soul strengthens their bodies, it gradually makes their bodies tend to become spiritual.

This is not a good thing for ordinary people... The holder of the ectoplasmic body has a soul and can perceive the outside world more keenly, but for a little girl without a soul, a half-step ectoplasmic body will It leads to insensitivity to the injuries of one's own body, which can easily cause various accidents.

Miles himself is a psychic, which is okay. He has a soul prototype, and the impact is not great, but his psychic power is connected to the souls of some residents, which certainly strengthens the power of his psychic power, and even Even the attacks of the second-level monsters can be resisted, but they are not effective at all.

This is not ineffective, but that Miles needs a firmer 'belief' if he wants to activate his ability.

A persistent belief that can not only affect oneself, but also affect the soul in one's body can be successful!

"Interesting, very interesting!"

This special structure made Ian's eyes shine.

The natural "augmentation structure" composed of psionic energy and foreign psionic energy in Miles may be a gift from the souls of the Azure City to their only survivor, and if this natural structure can be used in the "spiritual tool core" in his plan Asylum system', can greatly enhance the defense.

Moreover, Miles's spiritual power is also very similar to the "protection knight" he saw on the way of spiritual disaster... If Ian was still thinking before, part of the protection knight is the ability of his own dead king' Ghost Armor', but the other part didn't know what it was, so now, he understood that Miles was the prototype of 'Protection Knight'!

The psychic power in Miles,

The guidance of fate, or in other words, what Ian did along the way led Miles to his territory.

This is not luck, but a kind of destiny!
Not to mention, Miles and Cynthia are the few remaining living holders of Grand Duke Thorin's artificial soul experiment!

This can just solve the problems he and Adalbert encountered before... As long as you check the operation of the artificial souls in Miles and Cynthia a few times, the new version of artificial souls can quickly break away from the initial laboratory stage, Entering the clinical practical stage!

[Adelbert? 】

Ian looked at the dead king, he wanted to communicate with the other party how to use some excuse to trick Miles into the laboratory... Well, with his current status, with one order, Miles will have to enter the lab. The laboratory will also regard it as a reward, after all, there will be no problems with this kind of inspection.

Ian will even help him sort out the link structure between psionic energy and undead, so that his psionic energy can be played more smoothly.

But obviously, Yadelbert is not thinking about things related to the experiment.

Ian noticed that his chief researcher was equally excited, but it wasn't like him. He saw the "inspiration" and "prototype" that many future technologies urgently needed from Myers.

This dead king researcher with too good morals was only excited because the other party was one of the few survivors in the Avak Territory.

"It's okay, you have already arrived at Nanling, and there will be no more danger in the future!"

Adelbert stepped forward, and the researcher with a tender face, who looked a little younger than Myers, held the hand of a bewildered Myers, and sincerely promised: "This time, it's the last time. ! Believe me, this place is absolutely different from the Avak Territory, it is a quiet and peaceful territory!"

"You and your sister will usher in a new future and a new life!"

Qingchao and Miles looked at each other. The two swordsmen who were also clasped by Yadbert and looked dazed, but also felt the sincerity of each other, felt almost identical in their hearts. idea.

"Ah this..."

"Is it really that powerful?"

And Ian sighed.

As a prophet, Ian is used to making various choices based on cold pros and cons and trends. He doesn't need to think about the difference between emotions and reality, because his emotions are always in line with reality.

Thinking about it carefully, the reason why he is so utilitarian as a lord is probably to make up for the excess and abundant emotions of his subordinates.

But that's...not a bad thing.

After all, if you want to go to the high sky, let people spontaneously look up at the stars, longing to go to the distance...

What is obviously needed is a smile, not sadness.

In 774 Terra, on February 2, Qing Tide killed the Mire Giant Viper in the middle of the Black Marsh.

In 774 Terra, on March 3th, the experimental version of the Xiahui collar artificial soul was freshly released.

The era is entering a new chapter.

(End of this chapter)