Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 152 Research on Fusion Ritual

There is still a long time before the skill loan is returned, enough time for him to think about these things.

Thanks to the large amount of occult research collected by the Control Bureau, even if Xia Shou did not take notes, he still had a lot of occult knowledge to refer to and learn. He had a basic understanding of some of the most mainstream common rituals and beliefs.

Although religious beliefs are mixed and the statements vary, the names of those gods are different and contradictory.

But only the powers held by gods are similar, for example:
Like the Blood God, there are also worships similar to the Blood God - Blood Mother, Blood Father, Red Dragon, etc.

They are all gods who are in charge of life, blood, and physical pain. Religious studies classify them as gods of life.

In addition to the god of life, there are also gods who are responsible for closely linking unrelated things together, which is conceptually presented as connection and fusion, and in more specific behaviors as suturing and gluing.

The tailor is the most recognized god among this type of gods. The fusion ceremony that Xia Shou will perform later will rely on the power of the tailor's agent.

Then, there is the god who is in charge of the concepts of division and cutting, named the Shears of Division.

The waning moon rules promises and secrets.

The Thirst Fang that governs restlessness and desire.

A sharp tongue that is skilled in deception.

And a human-god who loves humans.

There are many legends about gods, and the most mainstream view today is that gods are very likely beyond human thinking and understanding. Compared with personal gods, they are closer to more primitive natural gods, and it is impossible to guess their thoughts. They may not even have such things as "thoughts" and "self-awareness".

For a long time, humans were so proud of their superiority, souls, thoughts, and abstract thinking that they refused to admit in the study of mysticism that God, the supreme being that transcends humans, is a creature without thoughts.

It was not until later that Nietzsche pointed out that things like thought and consciousness could themselves be a huge flaw, a natural phenomenon that was fleeting in the midst of change, like ripples on the water.

Therefore, scholars' imagination of God has made a breakthrough on this basis.

If human thinking is a circle of ripples on the water, then God's "thinking" is the sparkling waves of a lake. Ripples in opposite directions constantly collide and cancel each other out, and the fluctuations on the water surface caused by natural factors rise and fall one after another, with no pattern to follow.

Who can say that the ripples of a lake are inferior to those of a circle of ripples?

The most direct result of the emergence of this view is that human beings began to "use" God with pure empiricism, rather than trying to explore the full picture of God.

Rituals and knowledge are good as long as they are useful; don't try to figure out why they are useful.

If useful knowledge suddenly becomes useless, there is no need to explore the reasons for the loss of usefulness.

But the amazing thing is that scholars’ research on God cannot escape the anthropomorphic part, because there are many desires that can only be expressed most directly in humans, an animal with rich emotions.

"Excluding the skills absorbed by my second self, the remaining ones are Seeking Death, Reaching the Pinnacle, Substitute, Power Bank, Mirror Magic, and Intelligence Defense.

Alice, which one do you think I need the least right now?

“Master Xia Shou, I think the least practical things right now are the supernatural bank, substitutes, and intelligence defense.

Because your abnormality level is only level 1, the range of trading objects of the Ability Bank is very small, and the resistance that intelligence defense can improve for you is also very limited, and its practicality is not high.

The stand's loyalty requirements for the bound object are too strict and its practicality is very low.

The practicality and difficulty of using intelligence defense are quite touching.

Only the potential of the Ability Bank is very huge, even if it is inconvenient to use in the short term, it is worth keeping." Alice commented objectively and seriously.

"That makes sense!" Xia Shou agreed.

Just like what Alice said, he would definitely use intelligence defense as material. But every other one of them made him extremely entangled.

Alice also seemed unable to see Su Weiyu, so she didn't know how useful the stand was. Among the three skills with low practicality, only intelligence defense was the one he could abandon without any worries.

"It seems that this is the time to use [Seeking Death]!" Xia Shou clenched his fists lightly.

Use self-destructive methods to repeatedly trial and error, and boldly integrate precious materials, so that even if the precious materials become garbage, you can go back and start over.

However, the cooldown time for Seeking Self-Destruction is 24 hours, and it can only be tried once a day. Moreover, each use will leave traces in the Root Sea. Xia Shou must try his best to improve the efficiency of use.

Since the fusion ritual is the domain of the Tailor, there must be a way to improve the "skill of Tailoring".

For this point, you can only ask the notes, because there is no method of integrating superpowers in the files of the Control Bureau.

Xia Shou unfolded his notes and asked about methods to improve his fusion skills.

[Become a tailor's apprentice, practice the art of "sewing" spiritually, or ask the tailor's apprentice to perform a ceremony for you.

I don't recommend becoming a believer in a certain god. First of all, it is difficult to be spiritually pious. Even if you do, you will be constrained in many ways. If you lean towards one side, you will inevitably be opposed to the other side. 】

Xia Shou then asked about the impact of seeking one's own death on the fusion ritual, and whether the Death Record Note could be reset a second time by seeking one's own death.

The answer from the notes is: the number of pages used in the notes cannot be reset, because the inability to read the notes is not due to the notes, but to the reader's own mental fatigue, and seeking death will not reset the mental state of the person involved.

The good news is that the fusion ritual can indeed be used to seek death through trial and error.

Xia Shou nodded and said, "One last question, what level of transcendent are you?"

Xia Shou stared at the blank page seriously, waiting for the answer to emerge.

Although the notes have helped him a lot so far and don't seem to have ever plotted against him.

But Xia Shou would never forget that he was just an ordinary senior high school student preparing for the exam. If it weren't for the notes, he would never have come to this damn place!
This time, no words appeared on the paper immediately.

[My answer is meaningless. Believe it or not, I have said this once before.

Since you want to know the answer so badly, I'll tell you.

I am a level 180 transcendent, are you satisfied? 】

"Damn, what's his attitude? What's his attitude towards Alice?" Xia Shou was furious.

It's just a note with a personality whose authenticity is unknown and will be replaced sooner or later, so why can it still be so arrogant?

Wait, there seems to be something I didn't expect...

A sudden idea came to Xia Shou's mind and his eyes lit up.

Yup!

Alice!
Alice is the resentful spirit contracted by the previous owner of the notebook, so Alice must know something about the previous owner.

"Alice, I have something to ask you." Xia Shou said.

"Lord Xia Shou, I'm listening." Alice replied respectfully.

(End of this chapter)