novelbin Chapter 71 My range is light-years away
Chapter 71 My range is light-years away
It wasn't that Hu Biao didn't want to use torture to extract the true identities of these alien monsters, but rather that he lacked the ability.
He was just an ordinary college student; where would he get any interrogation experience?
Besides, he knew nothing about this strange creature and couldn't possibly make a simple judgment about it just because it appeared in a TV series. Therefore, his choice was to learn about this creature first.
To understand a living organism, what better method than anatomical research than observation?
Moreover, he is also a biology undergraduate who is conducting biological experiments himself, so dissecting this guy and conducting species research is the best way. In addition, the Prometheus Ecological Base itself has sufficient scientific research capabilities and resources to study this kind of alien monster.
As for the rest, he already had a plan, since there was more than one of these alien monsters in the world anyway.
So after leaving Ledger at the Prometheus Ecological Base, he stopped caring about him, since studying a newly discovered species takes time.
Putting aside the matter of the Proxima Centauri base, he sat back on the bed and began his daily, unwavering cultivation routine.
A Guide to Optimizing Basic Consciousness Structure
He obtained this spiritual cultivation method from the temple system of the Second Civilization. After such a long period of practice, he gradually grasped the mysteries of this spiritual cultivation secret method.
Although it is only a basic spiritual cultivation method, it is also an extremely mature and rigorous method, consisting of five stages and three qualitative changes: awakening, condensation, formation, true seed, and leap.
The awakening stage involves being able to perceive one's own stream of consciousness, initially freeing oneself from the interference of unconscious distractions, and establishing the ability to actively perceive consciousness. This is also the most difficult stage because the mental strength of ordinary humans is limited, making it almost impossible to perceive one's own stream of consciousness; it requires long periods of meditation and quiet sitting, emptying the mind. He took a shortcut.
The faith pool of the temple system was directly connected to him, which made his mental strength somewhat beyond his capabilities, making it easy for him to perceive. After perceiving the stream of consciousness, all he needed to do next was follow the steps one by one. The advantage of this stage was—calmness!
Yes, you read that right. It can calm people down by perceiving and controlling the chaotic thoughts in their minds, making them more aware of their own emotions and thoughts, and no longer being troubled by inexplicable irritability and confusion, thus becoming exceptionally calm.
As you become more proficient, your concentration will improve and your mental state will recover faster.
He could experience all of these things, but as for the slight effect of resisting low-intensity mental noise mentioned in the guide, he did not experience it because he had never encountered it.
The second stage, condensation, refers to the condensation of one's own consciousness. By perceiving the basic nodes of one's own consciousness, these scattered nodes are solidified, allowing for a clear distinction between the "core consciousness" of active thought and the meaningless "redundant consciousness," and enabling the active rejection of redundant consciousness, thus reducing mental strain. During this stage, memory is greatly enhanced, enabling the rapid memorization of fragmented information with less forgetting, and the ability to initially intervene in one's own actions is established, resulting in a significant improvement in reaction speed.
The third stage is formation. This stage involves a qualitative change.
What does it mean to take shape? It means constructing one's spirit into a "stable basic consciousness structure." What is a stable basic structure? It's essentially a tangible entity. Spiritual power is inherently intangible, but at this stage, it transforms the intangible into the tangible, initially reaching the level of consciousness interfering with matter. Only at this stage can one truly be called extraordinary, because at this stage, consciousness can interfere with matter, manifesting as the ability to move objects with one's will. Of course, the size and weight that can be moved depends on the strength and control of one's spiritual power, but even being able to move only a feather is extraordinary.
The fourth stage, the True Seed, refers to the process of compressing one's spiritual power through specific methods after consciousness has taken shape, ultimately causing a second qualitative change. This results in the formation of a crystallization similar to a "seed" deep within the consciousness, much like crystallizations of faith. However, while crystallizations of faith are formed by the condensation of spiritual power from a large number of different humans, the True Seed is formed by the condensation of one's own spiritual power. At this stage, the interference of the spirit with matter deepens further because mental power is generated. Through mental power, the size and weight of objects that can be moved will increase significantly.
The fifth stage is the leap. This stage echoes the fourth stage. After the true seed of spirit condenses to a certain degree, it will slowly evolve, eventually sprouting into a completely new spiritual power. This is the third qualitative change. The Basic Consciousness Structure Optimization Guide doesn't mention much about what happens after the leap, because different beings exhibit a wide variety of manifestations after a spiritual power leap, which is no longer part of the basic content.
Hu Biao is now in the fourth stage, the true seed.
You ask why it's so fast?
Because he's an evil god!
This is not the benefit of being an evil god; otherwise, why would so many people engage in evil cultivation?
As I always say, practicing evil cultivation is always fun!
Of the five stages in the "Guide to Optimizing the Basic Consciousness Structure", the first three stages are done step by step. In the fourth stage, due to the generation of mental power, a new concept also arises: range. In the guide, this is called domain, but Hu Biao still prefers to call it range.
The so-called range refers to the distance that telekinesis can extend. For example, Hu Biao's current telekinesis range is about 100 meters, which means he can control objects within a 100-meter radius around his body. However, the control force is inversely proportional to the distance. The closer the distance, the stronger the control. Within 10 meters, Hu Biao's telekinesis can control objects weighing more than 100 kilograms, while at 100 meters, he can only control objects weighing about 1 kilogram.
As for the application of mental power, Hu Biao adopted the simplest method, which can be described in plain language as push and pull, in classical Chinese as soaring cranes to capture dragons, and in colloquial language as Shinra Tensei and Bansho Ten'in...
Of course, these are all effects that he can achieve when he is in a normal human form.
What truly terrified him was that in a higher-dimensional state, his psychic power also became higher-dimensional. Its range scaled proportionally to his size in that higher-dimensional state, and vice versa. In this higher-dimensional state, his psychic power could move stars, and even annihilate them. Furthermore, as his mental strength increased, his perception also improved. This wasn't a problem in his human form, but in a higher-dimensional state, he could even perceive and influence the gravitational pull between celestial bodies, if his specialty was astrophysics…
Well, it doesn't mean anything to him anyway.
West Eagle, Golden Bull Street
On the top floor of a building, Vic La slammed the phone he was holding onto the table.
"Shit, what's going on? Why isn't he answering the phone? Doesn't he know what day it is?!" Just then, the phone rang. He paused slightly, opened the drawer with the fingerprint lock, took out a silver phone, and answered it...
"Vic, what happened on your end?!"
Vic looked bewildered. "What's wrong? Nothing, what's wrong?!"
"Ledger's life support device went out."