Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 811 Final preparations

Independence is a slogan, but it cannot be just a slogan.

This is a massive project affecting countless people and every corner of society. A seemingly insignificant stroke of the pen at the top of the decision-making table, once it spreads downwards, can forever change the fate of tens of thousands of people.

It can be insignificant, arbitrary, and carried out with the most innovative thinking and the most adventurous behavior, regardless of the cost. But the enlightened ones were unwilling to let it be insignificant and arbitrary; they chose the most cautious and restrained approach, formulating policies for independence, anticipating possible scenarios, and developing countermeasures.

Fortunately, this is not an isolated case.

Besides the Enlighteners, the Science Ethics Committee and the Security Agency also have a strategic blueprint in their strategic repositories. Its content can be basically summarized as: if "I" dominate the corporate alliance one day in the future, how to transform the others into the form that "I" find most pleasing.

The three parties pulled out their respective strategic blueprints, slammed them on the decision-making table, pieced them together, and after several rounds of discussions and compromises, initially determined the division of functions after independence.

The Enlightened Ones hold executive and legislative power, forming the core of the new political entity. The Security Bureau takes over the judicial and police systems, just as it has always done in the past. The Science Ethics Committee gets what it wants, and any field or matter involving "technology" will be under their scrutiny. They can intervene almost unconditionally and immediately in a closed manner. They are both supervisors and adjudicators.

As for the military forces, they are temporarily under the joint control of the three parties. Each of the three parties has its own elite troops. Considering various factors, they are nominally merged, but in reality, they still obey the command of their respective leaders.

A person's perspective determines what they can see.

Street kids only think about where to get the trendiest, coolest, most powerful, and most ruthless alloy baseball bat to smash the heads of any bastards they don't like. Sales interns have to study hacking techniques, force ads onto people, and strive to meet their weekly KPIs. They can only see the reality right in front of them, the reality below.

Compared to the day before, the night before, the previous quarter assessment cycle, and the quarter before that assessment cycle, everything seems unchanged.

But in the eyes of some, these days, beneath the seemingly calm and peaceful surface of the corporate alliance, a slowly surging undercurrent is brewing, just waiting for the moment to break through the ice and become a huge storm that will destroy the world!
For many, the world is monotonous and unchanging, but for others, they can feel the oppressive atmosphere that hangs over the sky and the earth, like the calm before a summer downpour, making it hard to breathe.

However, none of this matter concerned Song Shi.

Regardless of the circumstances, this newly formed political entity will undoubtedly reserve a permanent seat for him at the highest decision-making level.

Song Shi was making final preparations.

—The final preparations for the showdown with the "awakened one" Zenruksha.

In theory, this should be the responsibility of the strongest, Chaklo Vaughn, who gained some insights after his battle with Dwight Brooks and has already taken a step into the third stage of the True Spirit.

However, Song Shi possessed the true spirit "present world," which could maximally hinder the [Dissolution of Human Intelligence] and suppress the singularity technology "Base Reality Overwrite." In addition, due to his own strong intention, he was chosen to be the main attacker against Zenru Shasana.

"—Psionic power."

[Dayuan] On the way, Song Shi's thoughts arose.

Countless orbs of light, varying in color and size, floated around him, like a sea of ​​glass marbles being stroked by a hand, colliding and making crisp sounds. These were the many psionic techniques provided by the Path of the Dao and inherited from previous generations of psionicists.

To be fair, from Song Shi's current perspective, most of these psionic techniques are of little value. A teacher is not necessarily better than a student, nor is a student necessarily inferior to a teacher. In the past and present, psionicists are all psionicists. Song Shi only judges the quality of the psionic techniques they created, not their order.

Some psionic techniques have disappeared into the annals of history due to their declining strength, while others from ancient times still shine brightly today. For example, the renowned "True Fire of the Sun" was once extremely powerful and invincible in its original version created by the people of the Eastern Continent. After being improved by generations of geniuses, masters, and grandmasters of the Great Source, its strength has kept pace with the times and it has always been considered a top-tier psionic technique.

Or rather, only powerful psionic techniques like "True Sun Fire" continue to attract successors, while crude, weak, and restrictive psionic techniques gradually fall out of favor—the strong become stronger, and the weak disappear.

Such psionic skills are destined to be few and far between.

However, at this moment, Song Shi's gaze was not solely focused on this "minority".

He listened to the sound of the waves coming from the sea of ​​glass marbles, and watched as various psionic techniques rose and fell. No matter how crude a psionic technique was, at the moment it was created, it contained the thoughts and feelings of the psionicist.

Song Shi viewed it from all angles.

Amidst the turbulent fluctuations, it was as if the "Great Sources" from thousands of years ago appeared before me. Their appearances were so blurry that only their general outlines could be discerned. Only the mental cards from when they developed their spiritual energy techniques remained clear and bright.

Song Shi closed his eyes.

According to the assessment of Chaklo Vaughn and others, including himself, their opponent had been accumulating strength for a long time and had suddenly become incredibly powerful, making him arguably the strongest in the Corporate League. Even if Dwight Brooks were to be resurrected, the two sides would still have to fight to determine who was stronger.

"The Awakened One," Zenru Setsuna, wields complex powers. These include the "Eternal Dreamland," a space carrier and beacon of faith; the resource management of the behemoth corporation [Dust Contract Generation]; the vast amount of faith power accumulated through entertainment and revelry; her identity as the King of the Abyss at Depth 6; and the psionic energy of the fifth ring.
—If we win, that's not a reason to win.

—If you lose, that's no excuse for losing.

"call"

Song Shi slowly opened his eyes.

The sea of ​​glass marbles stopped colliding, paused as if by unspoken agreement, and then, like bubbles that had reached their limit, quietly dissipated one by one.

"Tsk, still not quite right."

Song Shi rubbed his wrist and stood up.

These days he has been immersing himself in the path of Taoism, studying various spiritual arts, but the third stage of the True Spirit is still unclear, like the blind men and the elephant, a state of confusion and uncertainty.

However, there were gains, namely, a much deeper understanding of the application of the second stage of the true spirit, "the present world".

If I could return to that moment of "oneness" with Terra now, I would definitely be much more at ease and wouldn't be as difficult and troublesome as before, almost causing me to lose my composure.

(End of this chapter)