Chapter 257: Mysterious Power
Han Calendar 2103, August, Xun River (Mississippi River) north.
On the river, steamboats with paddle wheels on both sides were sailing.
Unlike the later ships with decks as clean as a stadium and superstructures like sandwich cookies; the steamships just developed in this world, whether warships or inland shipping vessels, all had the style of iron sheds. Just like twenty-first century tanks with sunshades.
In the eyes of contemporary people, this is an era of great technological development; but in the eyes of transmigrators, it is pre-World War I technology.
Humanity has unprecedentedly broken through the limitations of traditional energy sources such as animal power and wind power, using steam as power. And human body technology has also begun to correctly recognize the function of every organ. These great breakthroughs and discoveries make people of this era eager to try, and also cause mysticism to be changed.
In the middle of Xun River, underground of a meat processing plant. In a secret laboratory disguised, some witchcraft experiments coated with contemporary scientific color were being conducted.
In the core area of the laboratory, a group of medical doctors in white robes were observing a copper-plated steel tank, which was inserted with various tubes. Through the glass window of the steel tank, a human face could be seen, with the face twisting and suffering in pain.
These steel tanks containing people were covered with dense but regular patterns; if looked closely, the patterns conformed to the runes used in ancient Eastern Yin people sacrifices.
Of course, if studied more closely, these patterns were similar to the patterns on the brain after opening the human skull.
Inside the tank, rubber tubes with needles were inserted into the body of this test subject, and every muscle in his body was wriggling like a living creature. If not blocked by the steel tank, the screams would shatter the sky.
Soon the pupils of the person in the steel tank emitted eerie purple light, and the researchers participating in the experiment nearby were excited, preparing to witness “ancestor spirit possession”.
…Named taboo technology witchcraft…
Regardless of east or west, mysterious power has always existed in the world and profoundly interfered with the historical direction of this world.
Compared to the orthodox dharma gates in the East that claim to be mandated by heaven, the “ancestor spirit” awakening picked up in Dragon State today belongs to the mysterious power of heterodox path.
However, even as “heterodox path”, its orthodox lineage inheritance surviving to this day is already quite remarkable.
It must be known that at the end of Zhen Han, the Age of Discovery was just emerging; before the world was connected, there were at least dozens of “mysterious power systems” in the world, not to mention the countless unorthodox “supernatural ability activation” evil arts.
Basically, every cultural group occupying one million square kilometers of land surface on the planet has its own mysterious power system. Southeast Asia witchcraft and sorcery, South America pyramid secret transmissions, Africa tribe spirit language inheritances.
But later, as the torrent of the times rolled forward. Most regions’ human cultural forces fell under the assimilation of other advanced cultures. Numerous mysterious power systems disappeared.
The “ancestor spirit” inheritance system was also originally going to disappear; after Eastern Yin people were supported by Xian Han, Xian Han wanted to change customs.
But fifty years ago in Eastern Yin, taking advantage of Xian Han contending with Europe over the “Great Tong River” (Suez), they seized the chance to break away, conducted cultural belief independence, and the “ancestor spirit” inheritance system survived.
However, in order to “survive” and maintain their own small plot of inheritance land, the “ancestor spirit” system now goes very extreme, even having the flavor of demonic path.
According to Xuan Chong’s experience in Da Yao: the reason demonic path is extreme is that the types of resources mastered are few, and the people upholding the orthodox lineage are scarce. So they have to go extreme in competition. Once resources and types increase, more people participate, not lacking geniuses to inherit the orthodox lineage, and under weighing pros and cons, the inheritors will still choose the upright and moderate righteous path.
Nowadays, under the suppression of the “orthodox” dao transmission within Xian Han, the world’s other two major heterodox systems all have some “evil nature” and “obsession”.
For example, “ancestor spirit” awakening is very difficult. See, in the adjacent tank, due to injection failure leading to twisted bones and full body corrosion blood holes corpses, have already filled the freezer, waiting for dissection.
Ancient “ancestor spirit” awakening, ancient Yin people were on stone brick pyramids hosted by priests, using hallucinogenic medicine to let the ritual participant enter a transparent mental state to connect with ancestor spirits.
And now it is in the laboratory, similarly ensuring human consciousness in near-death state, soul overflowing from the body to communicate with the “ancestor spirit sea”.
Only now scalpel replaces the “obsidian knife” used in past sacrifices; and those plant herb juices poured from golden cups to feed the “sacrificed”, are also replaced by syringe injected anesthetics and biological virus serums.
Eastern Yin contemporary these technology methods are all to let “ancestor spirit” power enter the body in a more controllable way.
Eastern Yin people based on a small amount of literature from Xian Han side, conduct half-understood theoretical groping: mysterious power comes from budding in the soul, and soul characteristics cannot be changed, so contemporary awakening ratio is not higher than in the past.
Ancient pyramid awakening success rate was one in ten, and in contemporary this technology test tank, only one in a hundred.
Nowadays science has made very little progress in the mysterious field! Then why bother with science?
The reason Dragon State and Europe boldly used human body modification technology means in the awakening process is to hope the mysterious power types of “ancestor spirit” awakeners develop towards the types hoped by the priests. (This is like players drawing cards, hoping to draw “useful” cards)
In the current tank, as the test subject’s eyes showed purple light, it has entered the spirit communication state, about to succeed.
But just as everyone was about to celebrate and have the kitchen prepare “cocoa foam”, this test subject’s eyes purple light suddenly dimmed, followed by the whole body deflating like a leak, and within a few breaths, became skin and bones.
The scientists outside the tank were shocked, then shouted loudly: “Stop the ritual, inject nutrient solution!”
Doctors wearing rubber protective clothing one by one opened the tank, took down this skeleton, then electrified the heart and lungs for resuscitation, while inserting tubes.
After several rounds of rescue, the test subject was ultimately gasping faintly.
Yin tribe scholars after busying one night, finally gave up, ordered to put him into the freezer.
…Scene shift…
Two staff through dim underground tunnel, pushing the cart shakily sending away this “corpse”, the corpse’s eyeballs under the white cloth moved.
Then a consciousness descended here. This consciousness is also a “Wei School” student, the previous second he just finished the exam, preparing to enter the game cabin with classmates, and now suddenly transmigrated.
Of course, this classmate is not surprised by transmigration, this has happened several times already.
Relying on the “mind control” ability obtained from this transmigration, this experienced classmate quickly learned the situation and made a series of coping plans.
When the corpse arrived at the freezer door, the corpse transporter was twisting the freezer password lock, the other was chewing betel nut mixed coffee, at this time the chewing sound stopped.
A withered hand pressed on the crown of the head of this unlucky betel nut chewer, then he fell into controlled state.
The one nearby who finished entering the password turned his head and saw a purple glowing skeleton-like person. This unlucky guy immediately trembled. But soon he covered his own mouth, tremblingly knelt down, letting this skeleton state guy’s big hand press his head, extracting memory.
“Oh, name is Green.” This transmigrated classmate silently recited this name. Then also understood why the system arranged for him to transmigrate at the original body’s near-death time.
“Ancestor spirit awakening” is Dragon State core power, awakeners in the past belonged to religious ruling class.
But in contemporary, Eastern Yin is already a country standing on industry and commerce, using firearms and cannons for conquest.
In the past “ancestor spirit awakeners” could not prevent Yin people from having the east of the river seized by Europe companies, thanks to that peerless hero of Dragon State who turned the tide through reform.
And from then on, this Dragon State eternal king very much liked to imitate Qin Shi Huang. After he took power, he conducted ultimate control over all “awakeners”, all ancestor spirit awakeners after birth must load “constraint ring” to control spiritual power.
So, Green now after transmigration, the first task is “escape the restraint ring”.
A few minutes later, those two people returned to the laboratory, reported that the corpse has been transported to freezer “X334”.
However no one knew, these two then pushed a small cart with a large amount of nutrient solution and hot water to the lower level.
Green underground swallowed the nutrient solution, then inexplicably a game console appeared in his palm, on the game console, began operating; Green changed his original “tortoise breath” state, after operating the “refining essence into energy” technique, delivered the nutrient solution energy to the whole body. Soon, the shriveled body became bloody.
After slightly better, he tore open the packaging of nearby beef jerky and bread, swallowed largely, then chewed.
The food deliverers wanted to remind that this is bad for the stomach; who knew, after this awakener swallowed the food, the originally shriveled body recovered quickly like earthworms meeting water. Revealed the appearance of a sixteen-year-old youth, very handsome.
He bared white teeth to the two who came to deliver food: “Don’t worry, I don’t eat people. Won’t harm you, but you must send me out.”
…Game system task 2, escape…
At the drainage pipe, Green crawled out, slid into the pond, then swam away swiftly. And afterward, he cut off control over those two.
Ten shichen later, confirming no dog barking behind, he confirmed he escaped, then looked at the system prompt “supernatural ability” characteristics on his body.
Green muttered: “Oh, this world has supernatural abilities? Um, like Marvel mutants type.”
Yes, after ancestor spirit awakening, some mutate whole body into steelization; some mutate swell growing huge muscles, becoming monsters that can dismantle tanks barehanded; of course some can control flames, and he belongs to the mind series.
Just as he nodded, thinking the next task in this plane is to establish an independent “supernatural ability academy” or something.
System task pop-up: “Resist foreign invasion.”
Green: “Hm? Damn, world tension 90, chaos 80?! Damn, who pushed this task level so high, could someone get full score in the ‘exam’!”
Green holding his forehead, checked his brought “game interface”.
…Wei School rules explanation…
This Green’s original body comes from the twenty-fifth century. His classroom and Xuan Chong’s classroom are not the same level, the math he took exam and Xuan Chong’s are completely different.
For example, making twenty-first century people directly compare math with eighteenth century people, that is definitely unfair.
Twenty-fifth century virtual teaching methods make students’ knowledge levels generally much higher than same-age youths.
However! Wei School uses a certain “key element” as benchmark for students from different eras, establishes a set of assessment standards.
So Xuan Someone, by his era’s standard is “three good student”, meaning he outperformed Green on a certain “key element”.
This “key element” obviously withstands historical test. And by the forty-first century, is considered core competitiveness.
Worth mentioning, in Xuan Chong’s classroom can see Green’s original body. He appears in Xuan Chong era campus in the “era appearance” Xuan Chong can understand — that batch who handed in papers first, discussing games in the corridor classmates.
Similarly, since in the same classroom, Green can also see Xuan Chong, but Xuan Chong’s projection in that spacetime appearance is not doing questions in the classroom. But one of those in interstellar space, proficiently using optical equipment doing geometry exam questions.
…Student and student…
Students coming to the teaching world will complete memory loading, that is loading “memories” of previously transmigrated worlds.
After all in Wei School space, teachers to make students study well, all other plane memories seven miscellaneous eight are sealed. But unsealed every time entering transmigration task.
Dimension school founder believes: in the ivory tower, if students do not seal transmigration memories, they will all be scheming deeply in regular classrooms, ultimately burdened by obsession.
In Wei School, Xuan Chong is very pure, thinking himself a reborn person; the residual impressions left by transmigrating Da Yao, treats as teenage fantasy dream.
And arriving in this spacetime now, the shrewdness as “Wu Xiao Que” in memory comes back at once, habitually analyzes any movement in the world from utilitarian perspective.
Xuan Chong loading “Wu Xiao Que” life memory node is in the novel, that book “Brave Soldier” novel.
This is because in Xuan Chong’s simulated spacetime, the prop “allowing human fantasy otherworld” is novel.
Green’s memory loading comes from “game console”. This is something from his twenty-fifth century spacetime, this “game console” is not the “game console” understood by twenty-first century people; this concept is equivalent to the deformation of “folder” word in twenty-first century computer era.
“Game console” in twenty-fifth century is a general term for a “game world model” in virtual world.
In Green’s spacetime, most people gathered in deep sea cities; at that time human entertainment activities were playing “tens of thousands of t” single-player games in holographic game cabins, and such large single-player game folders were called “game world models”.
Of course there is a key situation, Xuan Chong that was at the intersection of twentieth and twenty-first centuries, very underdeveloped relative to the future; novel this fantasy carrier, the contained information inside is limited.
Hundreds of thousands words novel content, similar to dream of fuzzy memory suspected from some classroom nap, Xuan Chong actually dares not confirm he really transmigrated.
Xuan Chong seeing familiar novel plot, only suspects “own memory somewhat disordered”, after finishing the novel, has baseless association to past dreams.
But twenty-fifth century “game console” one world, is ten thousand t memory operation scale.
This thing, server alone over twenty tons heavy, placed in ocean for cooling — at that time everyone had houses in ocean.
Due to fantasy node containing very huge and very detailed information; so these twenty-fifth century students to a certain extent realize they are not “reborn”, but trapped in a special space named school. Just they unclear if teachers are npc, so dare not rebel.
And students recruited in twenty-seventh century all realize teachers are acting.
Green has three game icons in Wei School space. These three game icons correspond to three already transmigrated worlds.
So as an old student, his first reaction after entering classroom is quite experienced. After confirming this world “task level” is propped up by other classmates, now need to find other classmates.
…If sky falls there are tall ones to hold…
Fifteen hours later, Green escaped to a steel mill. And soon, ancestor spirit department people also rode horse carts holding revolvers chasing over. However at the steel mill gate, the gate opened.
Creaking, metal gate slowly pulled open, filled with steam and rust smell.
Three rivet-covered armored vehicles drove out, a rotating machine gun on the armored vehicle lit up. This made the pursuing troops outside the factory holding revolvers put down guns.
Xie Ming wearing phoenix feather crown walked out, he faced the force blocking his door, made a “negotiation” invitation. And half an hour later, that laboratory person in charge who summoned ancestor spirit also appeared, very straightforwardly asked: “Is the person with you.”
Xie Ming unreservedly admitted: the person is with me, my side can pay money.
Priest looked at Xie Ming, after receiving guarantee said: this matter ends here.
…Perspective to the other side of the ocean…
Xuan Chong was interpreting contemporary “Dragon State aggressive diplomatic performance”. Senior diplomat analyzed differences between Dragon State Eastern Yin people and Xian Han people.
Unlike Eastern culture first courtesy then troops, big figures first come out to reason, then when own face refuted, mercilessly move soldiers; Dragon State here is first troops then courtesy, show own strength, force back opposite small ghosts, then magnates come out to speak — this can trace to early tribe era, first war dance, then battle.
Xuan Chong: This is an outdated culture, when previously encountering Europeans, just like this showing tribe power, then chief comes out to negotiate, little knowing such lack of subtlety exposes own trump cards.
If they (Eastern Yin) maintain strong that’s fine, but once fall into weakness, such overly transparent cultural character, if encounter cold opponents, like Xun River great plains encountering northern blizzards, no danger to defend!
Xuan Chong could not help sigh: one side water and soil nurtures one side people,
In Xian Han there is such cultural deconstruction: geography and humanities correspond, if initially Europe people slaughtered all Dragon State natives, replaced with people from other world nations migrated here, then immigrants completely eliminate original culture, form diverse new culture; but ultimately still converge towards Eastern Yin culture. Also become impulsive, love showing off, whether strong or weak do not conceal.
