Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 151: Spiritual Transformation Practice: Devouring Souls

Conversation room.

Seeing that the spaceship was getting farther and farther away from the planet-level rhinoceros beetle, Xie Shen suddenly asked Li Xiu: "Now that Huanrang Star is gone, where is our next destination?"

"To Aldebaran." Li Xiu replied: "I have already informed the humans in the Aldebaran star system in advance."

"We are the Earthlings, plus the Huanrang people, and the Jingchen people who haven't finished building their spaceship yet."

"Our three forces will all go to Aldebaran to meet up later."

"At that time, the three of us, together with the humans of Aldebaran, will integrate all the technologies and resources we have."

After hearing Li Xiu's various plans for the future, everyone present had more or less a clue in their minds, and morale was no longer as low as before.

Xie Shen asked again, "I'm curious, what is the specific situation of the humans on Aldebaran?"

"Compared to us, is their overall strength higher or lower?"

"After we go there, will we still be able to gain the right to speak?"

Faced with this doubt, Li Xiu's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

After a few seconds, he responded: "The humans in the Aldebaran star system live on a planet called Aldebaran c."

"That is a planet with a technological civilization, and its technological level is slightly ahead of us on Earth."

"But the situation is the same as on the Fantasy Earth."

"Because Aldebaran c is also contaminated by unknown organisms, its development is greatly restricted."

"The real strength that can be demonstrated must be at least halved."

"Among us Earthlings, we also have you and Dunbin, two high-end fighters."

"So if a conflict really occurs, we will most likely have the upper hand."

"Then"

Li Xiu was halfway through his words when he suddenly started operating the personal terminal on his wrist.

He turned on the 4D projection function on the terminal.

next second.

A map of the Milky Way galaxy's starry sky then appeared in front of everyone.

Li Xiu pointed to a small dot and said, "This is the star system where the planet Aldebaran c is located."

"It is 65 light years away from our Earth."

talking.

He pointed to another small dot on the star map and continued, "Then this place is the star system where Huanrang Star is located."

"That is where our spacecraft is currently located."

"The total distance from here to Aldebaran c is about 43 light years."

"Even if our spacecraft is equipped with a space-time transmission module and can travel in the universe at superluminal speed, it will still take at least 20 years to arrive."

Li Xiu's left side.

Deng Bin looked at the star system where Aldebaran c was located and asked curiously, "It's strange. Why are there two suns in the Aldebaran star system?"

Li Xiu explained: "This is a very common binary star system in the universe. To put it simply, two suns are rotating around a center at the same time."

"I've learned a lot." Deng Bin nodded to show his understanding.

He didn't dwell on it any more, but changed the subject and asked Li Xiu.

"correct."

"I heard from Xie Shen before that he acquired his ability to become a virtual being in the Europa Space Station."

"Since this ability is obtained through technological means, can you replicate it and let me learn how to become virtual?"

Hearing this, Li Xiu's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

After a few seconds, he suddenly asked Dunbin, "You should know what muscle memory means, right?"

"Of course I understand that."

Deng Bin said without hesitation: "Isn't it just a conditioned reflex formed by people through acquired training? What's wrong with that?"

Li Xiudao: "In fact, in addition to muscle memory, cells also have memory capabilities."

"This ability is called cellular memory."

He explained: “In fact, as early as the 21st century, the medical community had already known about cellular memory.”

"For example, patients who have received organ transplants can inherit certain genes."

"You can completely understand it as a conditioned reflex at the cellular level."

After hearing this, Deng Bin understood what Li Xiu wanted to express.

He took over the conversation and said, "So you mean to say that Xie Shen's ability to become virtual is completely a conditioned reflex formed by cells."

"This ability is neither genetic modification nor magic."

"Strictly speaking, this ability can be considered an instinct of Xie Shen."

“So I can’t replicate it.”

"Is that what you mean?"

"Yeah." Li Xiu nodded and said, "In fact, I also have cell memory similar to Xie Shen's."

"I also have various physiological reactions such as pain, hunger, thirst, etc."

"But my brain can selectively ignore these distractions."

“This allows me to be 100% efficient when thinking about problems and working.”

"So I will be much smarter than others."

"This ability also cannot be replicated."

"Okay then." After listening to Li Xiu's explanation, Deng Bin no longer insisted.

Afterwards, Deng Bin took the opportunity to ask Xie Shen how to break through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul stage and cultivate to the Spirit Transformation stage.

Xie Shen did not hide his feelings about this.

He directly told Deng Bin about the 'Butterfly Dream' technique and the various precautions to take when practicing the technique.

...

Interstellar voyages are long and boring.

After obtaining the method of breakthrough, Deng Bin went directly to the secret room of the spaceship to meditate, and several years passed in the blink of an eye.

at the same time.

Li Xiu turned to studying technologies related to mechanical ascension.

He wanted to make a mechanical body for the brain.

As for Xie Shen
He also went into seclusion in the secret room of the spaceship, just to break through from the early stage of Spirit Transformation to the late stage as soon as possible.

Normally:

There is no bottleneck for cultivators to progress from the initial stage to the later stage of the same realm, and all they need to spend in the meantime is just some slow and steady work.

This is the case during the Qi training period.

The same is true for the Nascent Soul stage.

But after reaching the Spirit Transformation Stage, this rule no longer seems to apply.

——Xie Shen had been practicing in seclusion on the Ark spacecraft for several years, but his cultivation was always stuck at the initial stage of the Spirit Transformation and he made no progress.

With no other options, he had to contact the Nascent Soul cultivator Hu Fanzhi again, hoping to get his help.

In the secret room.

Xie Shen sat cross-legged in front of the Shendao Ding.

After a certain amount of black mist was transferred into the cauldron, a black shadow appeared above the cauldron.

Xie Shen greeted him and said, "Friend Hu, I haven't seen you for more than ten years. How are you?"

"Ok??"

After seeing Xie Shen, Hu Fanzhi seemed to sense something.

He exclaimed softly and then asked in surprise: "Fellow Daoist Xie Shen, have you really made a breakthrough?"

"As you can see."

After Xie Shen responded, he unabashedly released a unique aura that belonged to a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage. Hu Fanzhi was shocked again and said, "Sure enough."

"I can feel that this should be the consciousness of a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage."

"I'd love to know."

He was puzzled and asked: "Daoyou's breakthrough was so fast, didn't it mean there were no hidden dangers?"

"To be honest." Xie Shen explained, "The reason why I was able to break through to the Spiritual Transformation Stage in such a short time is because I accidentally chose an indescribable creature as my totem and stole the power of that indescribable creature."

"Ah?" Hu Fan asked with interest, "How do you do it specifically? Can you tell me about it?"

Xie Shen replied: "You should still remember, right?"

"When I first became a god, didn't I choose a mythical creature named Dream as my totem?"

"Later I learned that the indescribable creature on that planet was also called 'Dream'."

"perhaps."

Xie Shen guessed: "There is some kind of connection between the mythical creature named Dream and the indescribable creature 'Dream'."

"It is precisely because there is a certain connection between the two that when I merged with the totem, I inexplicably stole the power of the indescribable creature 'Dream'."

"Amazing!" Hu Fanzhi exclaimed after hearing it: "I didn't expect that a cultivator who has reached the state of godhood can actually do this. I will try it later!"

"This"

Xie Shen kindly reminded.

"If you are going to use my method, you must be careful."

"The act of stealing power can easily be discovered by unspeakable creatures."

"Then it will attack you."

"With the strength of us cultivators at the Spiritualization Stage, it is impossible for us to dodge that attack."

"I don't quite understand." Hu Fanzhi asked, "Since you couldn't escape, how did you survive in the end?"

Xie Shen replied: "After I was attacked by that indescribable creature, my entire body was torn into pieces on the spot."

"But fortunately, I was accidentally infected with a very special curse in my early years."

"That curse can make people immortal."

"Thanks to that curse, no matter how many times I am crushed to death, I can always be resurrected in the end."

"That indescribable creature ravaged me for more than a month before it finally gave up."

Hu Fanzhi summed it up after listening.

He said: "So, in order to steal the power of the indescribable creature, the prerequisite is that you must be immortal?"

Xie Shen added: "It could also be some other defensive method."

"However, no matter what kind of defense method is used, the source of power must be an indescribable creature."

"After all, we humans are still too weak."

"Only by relying on the power of an indescribable creature can we fight against another indescribable creature."

"You are absolutely right, fellow Taoist." Hu Fanzhi responded in agreement.

Xie Shen then said, "Let's get back to the topic."

"The main reason I came to see you this time is that my cultivation has not improved since I broke through."

"So I would like to ask you, fellow Taoist, how should a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage practice in order to continue to break through to a higher realm?"

On the divine cauldron.

The black shadow transformed by Hu Fan patiently explained: "The cultivation of a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage is no longer just about pursuing growth in cultivation."

"So, relying solely on absorbing spiritual energy will not allow you to make further breakthroughs."

"You have to continue to expand your spiritual consciousness."

"Until the quantitative change leads to qualitative change, you can slowly break through from the early stage of the Spiritual Transformation to the late stage."

"Strengthen your spiritual consciousness?" Xie Shen asked hurriedly, "So how do we do it specifically?"

Hu Fanzhi replied: "Don't they say that you are what you eat?"

"People eat to grow."

"Absorbing spiritual energy can increase your cultivation."

"Then the same logic applies: if you want to strengthen your own spiritual consciousness, you naturally have to devour the souls of others."

Ah this
Xie Shen had a strange expression on his face and asked, "How do you swallow it? Just kill the person and then use a secret method to extract the soul?"

"Ah,"

Hu Fanzhi smiled and said, "Daoyou are joking."

"The so-called devouring of souls does not mean just catching someone on the street."

"You have to find someone in the vast universe who is highly compatible with your soul."

"Then, by devouring the souls of this kind of people, one can strengthen one's own spiritual consciousness."

"Soul compatibility?" Xie Shen asked again: "So how can we find someone whose soul is highly compatible with our own?"

"There is no need to look for one at all." Hu Fanzhi replied: "A person who is highly compatible with one's soul is like a ball of fire in the darkness."

“You’re naturally drawn to it.”

“So the key to devouring souls is not in searching.”

“It’s too easy.”

"The really difficult part is how to convince the other person to be devoured by you voluntarily."

"What do you mean?" Xie Shen asked thoughtfully, "Does it mean that before devouring someone's soul, I have to ask for their consent first?"

"You really have to ask for the other party's consent!" Hu Fanzhi said: "The soul is a magical thing."

"If the other party resists, no matter how powerful you are, you will not be able to swallow it up."

Hu Fanzhi finally pointed out the key point.

“So when a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage practices, he will often search the vast universe for people whose souls are highly compatible with his own, but who are on the verge of death or in desperate situations.”

"After all, you understand."

"A dying man is the easiest to persuade."

"You just need to help them fulfill their last wish before they die. When they are free from worries, they will naturally and voluntarily offer their souls to you."

reasonable.

Hearing this, Xie Shen immediately realized another problem.

He said to Hu Fanzhi, "Didn't you just say that a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage needs to find someone whose soul is highly compatible with his own in the vast universe, and then devour him?"

“But the problem is.”

"The universe is so vast that it would take dozens or even hundreds of years to travel back and forth between two different planets."

"I'll never find this, will it?"

"Fellow Daoist, have you forgotten?" Hu Fanzhi reminded him, "Didn't I teach you a technique called 'Diemeng' before?"

"You can use that skill to travel to other planets through dreams, and then occupy the bodies of dying people."

“This way you don’t have to waste time commuting.”

"Of course."

As he spoke, Hu Fanzhi suddenly added.

"The principles I told you before, even if you have reached the Spiritual Transformation Stage now, you still have to abide by them."

"You should still remember that principle, right?"

"Of course I remember." Xie Shen said without hesitation: "Every time I use the 'Dream of the Butterfly' technique, there must be a gap of at least three years, otherwise I will gradually lose myself."

"As long as you still remember it."

at the end.

Hu Fanzhi sent a jade slip to Xie Shen through the Shendao Ding.

He reminded: "The jade slip contains the advanced version of the 'Die Meng' technique, which can only be performed by cultivators in the Spiritualization Stage."

"Give it to you."

(End of this chapter)