Chapter 78 Path · [Transcendence]
In the dark bathroom, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared.
The deep breathing sound was slightly rapid, but then slowed down quickly, showing a rhythmic rhythm.
It can be seen that on the surface of Song Shi's body at this moment, there are countless slender protrusions like blood vessels, but if you look closely, these slender "blood vessels" are not protruding, but only exude a vague, Red gold shimmer.
It's like something is burning inside.
If you look through the skin and deep into the body, you can see this scene - countless red and irregular crystal particles are flowing in the blood vessels, turning into firewood and burning in the red-gold flame.
“Huh——”
After a long time, Song Shi slowly opened his eyes.
He covered his mouth and slowly took it away, only to see a pool of black blood in his palm, as well as some extremely fine particles - those are unabsorbable impurities in natural rubies, agates, and crystals. After the "forging flame" is burned, it is discharged.
This is one of the prerequisites for the psychic skill·[Boiling Blood].
Continuously take crystal stones that represent the "fire" zodiac sign, and then burn and absorb them in the body with your own spiritual energy.
Even if you don't get [Boiling Blood] in the end, this is still good for [Great Source] psykers who choose "Power of Great Source Fire". Just like now, after taking it continuously for nearly a week, Song Shi could feel that the forging flames were flowing a little faster.
There is an upper limit to this kind of improvement. It can only be regarded as an "additional head", which is valuable, but not of great value.
However, including [Boiling Blood], there are various psychic skills with similar prerequisites. If you obtain them, you can strengthen these "additional" effects at the moment of acquisition.
"This is the modern psyker."
Song Shi turned on the shower head and rinsed it with cold water while thinking.
In ancient times, although natural rubies, agate crystals and other creations were more abundant, the difficulty of obtaining them was not necessarily lower than today. They can sit at home and wait for the courier to come to their door, while the [Great Source] psykers who have no background in ancient times can slowly collect it on their own.
And various practice environments are also more convenient.
Every year, wild psykers are discovered and caught because they use circuits to practice at home, causing their electricity consumption to exceed the standard. To be more precise, they are wild psykers who choose "Power of the Great Source·Thunder" "The [Great Source] psyker.
——But when it comes to convenience, it is still inferior to the [Transcendence] road.
[Transcendence] The most orthodox way forward is to gradually free psychics from the shackles of "humanity" and become inhuman monsters by continuously shaping "extraordinary organs" one by one.
On the murals in some ancient ruins, or in myths and legends, those lofty and majestic giants and terrifying monsters that wreaked havoc - a large part of them are actually the incarnations of [transcendent] psykers. body.
Of course [Dayuan] is not bad either.
The other group always causes natural disasters in the name of "punishing mortals", raining fire, thunder, and storms. Most of the human "gods" are high-ranking psykers from [Great Source].
——Return to the path of [Transcendence].
On the path of [Transcendence], there is a very classic first-level spiritual skill, [Iron Skin], paired with another second-level spiritual skill, [Forged Stomach Barrier]. The combination of the two allows the holder to chew metals, digest and precipitate them, and form an "alloy plating" on his skin.
With these two psychic skills alone, ancient second-level [Transcendence] psychics can withstand conventional bow and crossbow shooting, sword slashing, and kill wantonly on the battlefield.
But things are different now.
What is the difference between the so-called "iron skin" and "subcutaneous armor"?
To a certain extent, isn’t implanting a prosthetic body also a kind of “extraordinary organ”?
That being the case.
Why don't you just implant a set of "subcutaneous armor" instead of pursuing the rather troublesome "iron skin"?
This is today’s path to [transcendence]. If the goal of the [Great Source] path is to “control the Great Source,” then the goal of the [Transcendence] path is “the insurmountable self.”
The latter's adaptability to implants is significantly higher than that of ordinary people - the 40% modification degree which is very dangerous for ordinary people, and the [transcendence] spirit of the first ring For those who are capable, the risk level is probably equivalent to 30% of the modification degree of ordinary people.
They can directly replace the past process of slowly building "extraordinary organs" through "implantation of prostheses", and achieve it in one step.
But what is truly terrifying is their "plasticity".
Ordinary people with implanted prostheses need to be repaired and replaced regularly, and may even face problems such as performance degradation and obsolescence.
Psykers on the [Transcendence] path are different.
They can use psychic skills to transform these "implanted prosthetics" into "extraordinary organs" that truly belong to them. They no longer have the above restrictions, but can grow and develop as they step by step. Powerful - they can transform the "implanted prosthetic body" from a cold creation into a living life!
This is the power of the path of [transcendence] in this era!
At least before the fourth ring, the performance of the "extraordinary organs" created by ordinary [Transcendence] psykers may not be as good as implanted prosthetics - so what if you are better than the ordinary version? ? There are Plus, Pro, Promax, etc., and there is always a version that is better than you.
Not to mention that if the price is right, you can simply customize it directly and keep stacking materials.
"Gaboy is the 'transcendence' of the third ring. As the head of the security department of Jade Pharmaceutical, he has obtained a 'reproductive suit'."
"Nandou, although I don’t want to admit it, but Cornelia, well, she was our previous commander. Even if there were no ice troops and only Gaboy, Cornelia’s chance of winning would not be more than 40%.”
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"But! If Cornelia wants to leave, no one can stop her! But she retreated to cover us a year ago, so that's why"
Words from the conversation with Flashing Star not long ago , came to mind again.
Song Shi personally expressed regret and respect for the death of the previous commander of the Palother Enlightenment, Cornelia Campbell.
But that's all. After all, they have never met and have no friendship, so it is difficult to have further emotions.
What Song Shi really cares about is Gaboy.
The moment he heard the words "Transcendence of the Third Ring" and "Reproductive Equipment", Song Shi instantly understood what this meant without the need for explanation from Flashing Star.
After the "Fourth Total Corporate War" ended 22 years ago and the giant company [Pure White Biotech] fell, [Emerald Pharmaceuticals] took over most of the former's legacy and used bioengineering to Research in various fields led by
[Reproductive Clothing], this "biological exoskeleton" developed with bioengineering technology is one of the results.
Strictly speaking, Jade Pharmaceutical’s [Reproductive Suit], Chronology and other giant companies’ [Omnic Exoskeleton], and the Vampusta Empire’s [Prayer Armor] represent the “external body”. There are three development directions of "skeletal armor" technology. There are advantages and disadvantages among the specific models of the three, but overall there is no distinction between the three.
[Reproductive Suit] is indeed powerful, but under the same price standard, will the [Omnic Exoskeleton] of giant companies such as Chronology Pass be weaker than the former? The [Prayer Armor] forged by the Vampusta Empire combined with psychic technology will not be weaker than the first two.
——The really scary thing is actually Gaboy’s identity as the “transcendence” of the third ring!
The opponent has integrated the entire [Reproductive Clothes] into itself and turned it into a part of the body. On this basis, coupled with the assistance of various psychic skills - the two are superimposed, even if it is worn by ordinary people, The performance of the same set of [Reproductive Equipment] will be significantly lower than that of Gaboy.
Without the obstruction of extraordinary units of the same level, as long as he is not stupid enough to resist heavy firepower head-on, Gaboy can kill through a mechanized synthetic battalion by himself.
Screw on the valve and turn off the shower head.
Song Shi stared at the black-haired young man in the mirror. After a long time, he heard himself talking to himself in the bathroom.
"Use the weak to attack the strong."
"Huh..."
(End of this chapter)