Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 244 Cognitive Disaster

is the day.

In the secret room.

After adjusting his condition to the best, Xie Shen silently began to practice the Butterfly Dream Technique.

At this moment, countless starlight points transformed from human souls were constantly flashing in the entire secret room.

Surrounded by countless stars, Xie Shen looked at the one that was closest to the center of the Milky Way and had the most concentrated power of law.

After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly stretched out his right hand and pointed lightly at the starlight.

next second.

The starlight was then infinitely magnified in front of Xie Shen until it engulfed the entire world.
...

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Half asleep and half awake, Xie Shen felt an inexplicable burning sensation, as if he was in a furnace.

The strong feeling of discomfort made him instinctively open his eyes and look around.

——What came into view was a Western-style church where countless refugees gathered.

There were several bonfires lit in the church, with clay pots and iron pans placed on top, in which some unknown ingredients were being cooked.

Around these bonfires, you can also see countless sleeping bags placed in a haphazard manner.

Obviously.

This Western-style church has become a survivor camp where countless refugees gather.

"Xiao Xia, are you awake?"

In the church.

Seeing Xie Shen wake up, a woman with slightly ragged clothes hurriedly came forward.

She squatted down, looked at Xie Shen very gently and said, "Baby, do you feel better?"

baby??
The moment he heard the name, Xie Shen hurriedly took a look at his body as if it was a conditioned reflex.

Upon seeing this, he discovered that the body he occupied this time was actually that of a little girl who was no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.

This situation was somewhat beyond Xie Shen's expectations.

After all, the bodies he possessed during his previous travels were all teenage males without exception.

Therefore, this time when he traveled through time, he had a preconceived notion that he would occupy the body of a young or adult male.

"Why don't you speak?"

Seeing that Xie Shen remained silent, the woman who was suspected to be the mother of the original owner of the body directly put her hand on Xie Shen's shoulder.

She reminded Xie Shen: "If you feel uncomfortable, it's okay not to speak."

"Just please don't fall asleep again."

"After all, when people are asleep, the body's ability to self-regulate decreases, and they can easily be killed by the heat."

Being killed by heat?

what's the situation?
Because Xie Shen didn't know what realm the body he was currently occupying was in.

So, out of caution, he first immersed his mind into the sea of ​​consciousness of the original owner of the body, and did not rush to talk to the woman.

By browsing the memory fragments in the sea of ​​consciousness, we can know:
The original owner of this body was named Qixia. Ever since he could remember, he had been living with his parents in this Church of Our Lady.

As for why we live in the church.
Due to some unknown reasons, cognitive disasters that are difficult for ordinary people to understand often occur on this planet.

For example, at this moment, the "cognitive heat wave" is tormenting everyone present.

——The so-called cognitive heat wave refers to a kind of "heat" that does not exist in the material world and only affects humans on a spiritual level.

This 'hot air' will neither raise the temperature substantially nor change the degree on the thermometer.

Its function is simply to make humans feel heat.

Extreme heat.

In addition to cognitive heat waves, cognitive cold waves often occur on this planet, causing humans to feel extremely cold on a spiritual level.

Same as 'heat'.

What cognitive cold waves bring is the "cold air" that makes people feel extremely cold.

The original owner Qixia had heard her father mention:
The cognitive disaster suddenly appeared on this planet about 2000 years ago, around 4000 AD.

Since the cognitive disaster occurred, countless humans have died in cold waves and heat waves in the countless years.

As more and more people die from disasters.

Soon someone discovered that the statues in churches that were prayed and worshipped actually had the function of protecting against cognitive disasters.

Except for the church.

For example, temples that enshrine Buddha statues and Taoist temples that enshrine gods. These religious places can provide shelter to people during disasters.

So over time, places like churches and temples gradually developed into the human settlements of today.

...

In the church.

After learning about the general situation of this planet through the memory fragments of the original owner of the body, Xie Shenchong responded to the original owner's mother.

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy."

"I'm glad you're okay." Seeing that Xie Shen was safe and sound, Qi Xia's mother couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She chose a more comfortable position, sat cross-legged next to Xie Shen, and chatted with him.

"This evening, there was a sudden heat wave outside."

"And then our statue of the Virgin Mary broke down at that very moment."

"This caused the heat wave to rush directly into our church."

"Because the temperature was so high, many people passed out from heat stroke during this heat wave."

"Some people were even killed by the heat."

The mother looked at Xie Shen with lingering fear and said, "But fortunately, you are okay."

"When you first fell unconscious, I was so scared that I almost lost my soul."

After hearing this, Xie Shen understood something in his mind: It seems that the original owner was most likely due to his weak constitution and his very young age, so he could not withstand the heat wave just now and was directly killed by the heat while in a coma.

This gave Xie Shen an opportunity to take advantage of and occupy his body.

Perhaps in order to allow Xie Shen to stay awake, his mother kept talking to him in a low voice.

"Anyway, as long as you can wake up."

"Your father and other people in the church are already desperately trying to repair the statue of the Virgin Mary."

"I think we can repair the statue before daybreak."

"By then, the temperature in the church will be able to return to normal again."

Around the campfire.

After hearing what his mother said, Xie Shen subconsciously looked towards the statue of the Virgin Mary.

Can see:

At this moment, countless people are kneeling beside the statue, some with their hands folded in prayer, some with their heads kowtowed in worship.

This scene made Xie Shen wonder, "Didn't they say they were going to repair the statue? Why are they all worshipping it?"

The mother explained, "That is repairing the statue. The more people worship and pray, and the more devout they are, the faster the statue will be repaired."

And this kind of operation?

In order to find out how the statue worked, Xie Shen decisively released his spiritual consciousness and probed towards the statue of the Virgin Mary.

After investigating with his spiritual sense, Xie Shen discovered that the statue of the Virgin Mary, although ordinary on the surface, seemed to be just a work of art carved out of marble.

But in fact, the internal structure of the statue is extremely complex, with many mechanical parts and circuit boards.

Obviously.

This statue of the Virgin Mary is the product of a combination of high technology and extraordinary power.

The person who could build these statues must be someone very important.

Xie Shen is a monk.

He knew nothing about technological creations, and no matter how carefully he looked at them, he could not figure out the trick.

Out of curiosity, Xie Shen asked his mother again: "So how were statues like this built?"

"How could I know that?" Mother replied with a smile. "Statues like these placed in churches and temples must have a history of hundreds or even thousands of years. It's such a long time ago that few people can tell the difference now."

Pity.

Since he couldn't find out the origin of the statue, Xie Shen turned his attention to the cognitive heat wave.

He first used his spiritual sense to directly block the five senses of his current body.

But even so, Xie Shen could still clearly feel the omnipresent burning sensation.

——This shows that the so-called cognitive heat wave does directly affect people’s spiritual level rather than the physical body.

As for how this heat wave was generated.
Based on his past experience, the first thing Xie Shen thought of was the indescribable native creatures on the planet.

In his opinion, this heat wave is most likely caused by pollution spread by unspeakable creatures.

However, no matter how Xie Shen used his spiritual sense to explore, he was still unable to sense even the slightest breath of the unique aura of the indescribable creature from the heat wave.

This is strange.

Unable to figure it out, Xie Shen decided not to think about it for the time being.

Everything is important to understand and absorb the power of the law.

This is his real purpose for coming to this planet.
...

That night.

Xie Shen sat cross-legged on the sleeping bag.

He endured the scorching and torture brought by the cognitive heat wave, forced himself to calm his mind, and silently practiced the "True Explanation of Mortal Power" technique.

Xie Shen practiced hard like this for a whole night.

Just as a light suddenly appeared outside the church and the sky was about to brighten, a loud roar suddenly reached Xie Shen's ears.

After hearing the noise, Xie Shen hurriedly took out a pill from the storage bag he was carrying and put it into his mouth.

After the elixir turned into magic power in his body, Xie Shen hurriedly activated that trace of magic power and added it to his eyes.

Following the sound of the explosion, he looked around in the darkness, and his eyes soon locked on the statue of the Virgin Mary not far away.

Can see:

The statue of the Virgin Mary, which had been prayed and worshipped by countless people all night, suddenly exploded from the inside and fell down.

The loud noise soon woke up the survivors who were dozing in the church.

Someone immediately shouted, "What's that sound? Did something explode?"

"It's a statue!"

When people who were closer to the statue of the Virgin Mary saw it explode, they screamed, "It's over, it's over."

"The statue didn't explode earlier or later, but just happened to explode in the morning when the temperature was about to rise."

"Now we can't leave even if we want to."

"What should we do now?" Someone else shouted, "Before the statue exploded, the temperature in the church was so high that we could barely hold on."

“But now the statue has exploded and is gone!”

"It won't be long before the temperature in this church rises to 70 or even 80 degrees!"

"We'll all be killed by the heat!"

It was as if to confirm what this person said.

in the dark.

Xie Shen, who was sitting cross-legged on the sleeping bag, could clearly feel with the help of his spiritual consciousness that the temperature around him was rising little by little.

Because of this temperature change, it directly affects people's spiritual level rather than their physical body.

Therefore, even if Xie Shen used elixirs to forcibly increase the strength of his current body to the Qi Refining or even Foundation Building stage, it would be of no avail.

The change in temperature is like a countdown to death.

Once a certain critical value is reached, everyone present, including the body controlled by Xie Shen, will be burned to death.

In a hurry, Xie Shen stopped pretending.

He placed his hand on the heart of the shell and directly took out the storage bag that the original body carried with him.

Xie Shen took out the combat power detector from the storage bag and hung it on his left eye.

He ignored the passers-by around him and the shocked look of the original owner's mother, and spoke directly to Li Xiu.

"You should be able to see the statue parts scattered on the ground, right?"

"Those are parts of the statue of the Virgin."

"This statue appears to have the ability to control the perception of the humans around it."

"Then I now need your help to repair the statue, or use the parts to piece together a similar replacement on the spot."

"Can it be done?"

Inside the combat power detector.

After a brief silence, Li Xiu said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, this statue of the Virgin Mary should be used to control people's body temperature, right?"

Having said that, he quickly added another sentence.

"The temperature I'm talking about here is not the physical temperature in reality."

"It's the temperature of human subjective perception and spiritual level."

"Not bad!" Xie Shen said quickly, "Can you fix this thing?"

"Or, can you use the parts scattered on the ground to find some alternative solutions?"

"Yes, of course." Li Xiu replied calmly, "The question is, how much time do you have left?"

Xie Shen closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

He replied: "There is less than an hour left. How about it? Is it in time?"

"We are in too short a time." Li Xiu's answer was concise and clear: "If you bring the statue parts to my laboratory, I am sure I can completely restore it to its original state within a day."

"And if I'm the only one commanding remotely, and you and others around you are the ones operating it."

"It will take at least ten days to half a month to restore the statue."

Li Xiu explained: "This statue is very interesting."

"Although it is composed of countless mechanical parts, it looks like a product of technological civilization."

"But in fact, it absorbs the power of human faith to power itself."

"So from the perspective of the energy source, it can be considered a product of the cultivation civilization."

"even."

Li Xiu continued, "Since it can directly utilize the power of human emotions, from a certain perspective, it can even be regarded as a pocket-sized indescribable creature."

(End of this chapter)