Douluo Continent: What should I do if I don't have a cheat system?

Chapter 268 Discovering the Believer's Solution to the Implantation Problem

Jerry had previously felt uneasy, and the only thing that could make him feel uneasy was the realm of gods.

As long as there is a global consciousness, Jerry will know as soon as the entrance to the divine realm appears.

Since it's not a matter of the divine realm, what could possibly make him uneasy?

After thinking for a long time, could it be the Church of Light?

Although a batch was dealt with last time, some inevitably remain.

Then Wuhun City began a thorough investigation, and this investigation uncovered a whole host of other problems.

Some were arrested; the rest, who are not important, will be left alone for now.

To prevent detection, a large space was built 3,000 meters underground at the original site of the Spirit Hall, part of which was converted into prison cells.

There is only one teleportation array in the entire space leading to the ground, and the teleportation point is the inner city square.

Even if prisoners escape, once they reach the square, they can only exit through the main gate.

The walls surrounding the original site of the Spirit Hall were reinforced with sturdy runes, and a barrier was also erected above them. Apart from the main gate, there was no other way to get out.

However, these worries are unnecessary; none of the underground prisoners have escaped to this day.

All the arrested members of the Church of Light are being held here.

Moreover, the prisoners inside had no idea they were underground.

All the buildings in the inner city have been moved to the sky, leaving the ground much more empty. Apart from the teleportation plaza, there are no other facilities.

To avoid making it look desolate, greenery was planted, a park was built, and a training ground was constructed.

This is why Yu Xiaogang found nothing after sneaking in.

Wuhun City is now extremely valuable, and in addition to the ground and sky, the underground must also be utilized.

So this underground space was built.

Jerry also used a formation to simulate the sky, the sun, moon, stars, and the changing seasons, so the prisoners held here had no idea that they were no longer on land.

Besides the prison area, the other area is Jerry's experimental base.

Some experiments that require special confidentiality are conducted here.

The key members of the research department also knew about this experimental base, and later they placed many important experiments here.

The research building outside was now just an empty shell.

It can't be said to be a complete shell; some small experiments were conducted in the external research department.

Therefore, even if the research building outside is breached, there will not be any major losses.

Jerry is here, with a follower of the Church of Light tied up in front of him.

His mouth was taped shut. After being caught, the believer stopped hiding and started cursing. Jerry found him annoying and sealed his mouth shut.

This believer is a Soul Master, a level 64 Soul Emperor, who has participated in the Divine Trial.

What Jerry wants to do now is to remove the thoughts maliciously implanted by God after the God's test.

Jerry thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out how this idea was implanted.

Forcibly probing this Soul Master's soul revealed that it was no longer a normal soul.

A wisp of golden soul completely merged into the soul.

When absorbing a spirit ring, a wisp of the spirit beast's soul will be brought into one's own spirit space. However, this wisp of spirit beast's soul will only surround the spirit master's soul and cannot be directly integrated. This is why Jerry dared to help others clear the spirit beast's soul from their spirit space and spirit ring.

Now that it's merged into the soul, how can it be removed? We can't remove it along with the soul master's soul, can we? If we do that, the soul master will either die or become an idiot.

Moreover, Jerry discovered that for most Soul Masters, participating in the Divine Trial was like jumping into a fire pit.

The first test will almost always increase the age limit of all spirit rings.

How to increase it? By injecting energy.

The injected energy was not from the Douluo Continent, but rather compressed energy from the God Realm.

Because of the high energy density, only a small amount was absorbed to extend the lifespan of the spirit ring. The rest was stored within the spirit ring, filling its space completely.

Storing them in spirit rings and not being able to absorb them wasn't a problem in the past, but now the Spirit Hall can increase the age of spirit rings.

How can you inject energy to upgrade a soul ring when all that soul power takes up space inside?

This directly cut off the possibility of upgrading the spirit ring.

Jerry didn't understand why those gods would inject so much energy. These soul masters couldn't absorb or control it, so was it a waste to just leave it in their soul rings?

Furthermore, during the Divine Trial, the first breakthrough to a higher level will be rewarded with a divinely bestowed Soul Ring.

This divinely bestowed soul ring is the biggest trap.

Creating a soul ring requires a soul, and this divinely bestowed soul ring has been infused with a trace of soul, though it is unknown what kind of soul it is.

Unlike the Soul Ring Maker, it doesn't erase the soul after the ring is created.

Wouldn't the gods of the divine realm be able to remove the souls from the soul rings?

A soul ring that hasn't had its soul cleansed cannot be upgraded.

I can't figure it out, but given that there's a lot of high-density energy in the spirit rings, Jerry can upgrade his body monitoring equipment.

The body detection device can already detect spirit rings, so now we're updating its functions to also detect whether there is high-density energy within the spirit rings.

Now that we have the parameters for high-density energy, we can update them directly.

However, the results are not displayed; they can only be displayed in the backend of the Spirit Hall when the data is synchronized in the background.

Now, not only in Wuhun City, but also in the two great empires, mobile phones have become an essential product for almost everyone.

Therefore, with this update, a whole bunch of top test-takers can be found out.

Those who participate in the divine examination can be basically identified as followers of the Church of Light.

The Church of Light, with its five divine messengers.

Jerry thought for a long time and could only conclude that Tang San was the divine messenger. As for who the others were, he was still unsure.

After Tang San disappeared, Yu Xiaogang also disappeared. Oscar and Ma Hongjun didn't pay attention to it, and when they did, they couldn't find the two of them. When they reappeared, they were already in Wuhun City.

Even if you include them all, there are only four people.

Furthermore, Jerry believes that Tang San must be a divine messenger, and it makes sense if Oscar and Ma Hongjun are also divine messengers, but it's a bit far-fetched to say that Yu Xiaogang is a divine messenger.

With his talent, what god would be blind to take a liking to him?

The gods in the divine realm value talent highly. Even if Yu Xiaogang breaks through, it doesn't change the fact that his innate soul power is only half a level.

The last time I attacked Tang San, it was actually just to test him out.

Tang San really does have the protagonist's halo. Even under those circumstances, he wasn't killed, and he even escaped. Moreover, Tang San couldn't be found afterward.

In Jerry's opinion, the Shrek Seven Devils are the only ones in Douluo Continent who have the protagonist's halo.

Tang San has the strongest protagonist aura, followed by the others.

Previously, when Dai Mubai was executed, Jerry thought that people with the protagonist's halo could also be killed. But when it came to Tang San, it was obviously not possible. He was able to escape alive in that situation, which was obviously due to the protagonist's halo.

The Spirit City has never given up searching for Tang San, and after so many years, there has been no news at all.

These protagonists with their aura really can't relax. They disappear for a few years, then reappear and directly challenge the continent.

Jerry doesn't want to be a stepping stone for the main character.

The World Consciousness once said that Jerry's current strength has reached the level of a God-King, so there's nothing to worry about.

However, the world's consciousness is unaware that Tang San's potential is also quite high, with the potential to reach the level of a God-King.

Therefore, Jerry was also afraid that when Tang San reappeared, he would be the God King.

What a pity!

Putting aside Jerry and Tang San's strength, what should have been an easy problem to solve without the protagonist's halo has now become so complicated.

Currently, unless Tang San steps forward himself, there's really no one to be found.

The updated version of the body testing equipment was completed quickly and released immediately.

The new version updates very quickly and automatically, and also includes a notification sound so that every user can receive the message.

Because update notifications frequently appear, improving the updated content.

In this mobile update, Jerry has added a voice pack and redesigned his profile panel.

This is just a facade; the real purpose is to update and detect the high concentration of energy in the spirit rings.

After waiting for a day.

Jerry started checking the backend, and what he saw shocked him.

The backend statistics show that there are 74,351 Soul Masters with high-concentration energy in their Soul Rings.

I killed more than 40,000 of them, and I have more than 8,000 in prison. There are still more than 70,000 outside.

Jerry activated his location; these spirit rings contained spirit masters with high concentrations of energy, scattered throughout the Spirit Hall and the two great empires.

Some are in the far north.

Most of them are distributed in the far north. Goodness, they've come all that way and made that their lair.

There are quite a few Wuhun Cities here.

I printed out the information about the Spirit Hall and then handed it over to a specialist to verify the information of each examinee.

If there are problems, those who should be arrested should be arrested, and those who should be sentenced should be sentenced.

Jerry was terrified after reading the information; it was incredibly pervasive. If he wasn't careful, so many of them would be lurking in Wuhun City.

Fortunately, it was discovered early.

However, Oscar and Ma Hongjun are not on the list.

That's strange, since my detection program can detect gods.

Did I guess wrong?

Oscar and Ma Hongjun do not belong to God.

This is becoming increasingly perplexing.

Jerry updated the background program of the detection instrument to detect high concentrations of energy.

However, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Dugu Yan, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were not displayed in the background.

When they arrive in the realm of gods, they are to inherit divine positions, and these gods have not tampered with their successors.

The gods are waiting for their successors to come to the divine realm, and then they will begin to pass on their divine positions, thus freeing the gods.

He certainly wouldn't do anything to his successor, otherwise, if he were to perish, it would take who knows how long it would take to cultivate another successor.

Moreover, it's not uncommon for successors to perish, so the treatment of successors is quite cautious.

If you don't do anything shady, others won't be able to discover your successor, giving the successor more time to grow.

Those who participated in the Divine Trial have been exposed, but Tang San and his companions are unaware that the Spirit Hall is secretly arresting them.

They didn't arrest everyone; they just arrested those in the main departments and kept the others under observation.

There were too many people, and several people resisted fiercely during the arrest.

However, facing the powerful Spirit Hall, resistance would be futile and would only give the arresting officers an opportunity to have fun.

Those rebellious Soul Masters—after checking all their records, we found they had sent out quite a few messages.

However, most of the information being circulated is publicly available information from Wuhun City. Is it necessary to circulate this information?

One of the Soul Masters seemed to hold a high position within the Church of Light. He was also among those to be captured, but the others protected him.

Looks like we've caught a big fish.

This Soul Master was immediately placed in solitary confinement.

After reviewing all his information, his status is indeed high.

There are chat logs with a divine messenger on the phone.

It was this Soul Master who was reporting to the Divine Envoy.

Looking at the report, it mentioned how many new followers were recruited today, how many points were earned, and how a certain follower gained the boss's trust and got promoted.

Basically, any slightest disturbance had to be reported to the divine messenger.

The divine messenger didn't see it immediately, but that didn't stop him from continuing his daily reports. Only after the divine messenger saw it would he reply with two words: "Read."

Being able to maintain a one-way connection with the divine messenger indicates a position of considerable importance.

When this Soul Master was brought before Jerry, he confessed everything before Jerry could even use his own methods.

Moreover, this situation has also occurred among other believers.

I found out that they had all practiced the "Jerry Visualization Method".

Hearing this, Jerry was both amused and exasperated.

You've set up a Church of Light, but you're using martial arts techniques from Martial Soul City. How impressive! You've picked up everything that's readily available.

Now look what's happened. "Jerry's Visualization Technique" is not a simple cultivation method.

However, some of the Soul Masters mentioned were not inherently bad, but their minds were maliciously implanted due to the Divine Trial.

When asked about the appearance of the five divine envoys, none of them had ever seen them. The only high-ranking member had seen a divine envoy, but the divine envoy wore a mask and they did not know what the divine envoy looked like.

Moreover, the Church of Light recruits followers through a combination of deception and trickery.

They weren't told at first that they were taking the Divine Trial, but that this was where they could accept missions with generous rewards, far exceeding those of missions within the Spirit Hall.

This simple and poorly worded explanation tricked many people into accepting the task.

The moment you accept a task, it's a test of your abilities.

Playing this trick shows that the Church of Light has no bottom line.

The high-ranking official arrested this time had launched many such deceptive operations.

They privately boast about themselves, telling everyone how many people they fool every day.

This is truly eye-opening.

This is a powerful force, backed by a god. Instead of properly developing and accumulating strength, it has been turned into a pyramid scheme.

A bunch of incompetent teammates.

Jerry couldn't help but feel a little relieved; thankfully, these useless teammates were from the Church of Light.

Once the crime is confirmed, Jerry has no reason to be lenient.

They found a follower of the Church of Light who had already been sentenced to death, and tried to directly invade his soul to see if they could extract the golden soul.

He tried several times without success, and finally accidentally shattered his soul, dying on the spot.

The golden soul and the original soul were so tightly bound that it was difficult to separate them.

Why would an outsider's soul merge so closely with the original soul?

I don't quite understand.

Jerry decided to try and understand what God had given him before making a decision.

As each new believer was taken, their spirit rings were removed one by one. Unlike ordinary spirit rings, their spirit rings did not dissipate after being removed.

The high concentration of energy within the spirit ring space prevents the spirit ring from dissipating.

This energy also has this use.

Alright, I'll put it away for now and study this spirit ring later.

Then the believer was thrown into the spirit-dispersing array, and soon his soul power was completely dispersed.

Upon examining the believer's soul, the golden soul within it had voluntarily separated from the original soul.

In the past, Jerry would pulverize other souls for his main soul to absorb, but this golden one was clearly not something his main soul could absorb, so Jerry tried to extract it, and easily extracted the golden soul.

Aside from lacking a spirit ring and being somewhat weak, this believer was otherwise quite normal.

Moreover, after the golden soul was extracted, Jerry also sensed a subtle change occurring in the believer.

After testing, it was confirmed that they had gotten rid of the malicious implantation by God.

What is a golden soul?

You can't tell at all.

Thinking back, after the soul ring was removed, the golden soul separated from the original soul.

It seems that the reason I couldn't separate the golden soul before was because the high-density energy in the soul ring was constantly being mobilized by the golden soul, resisting my attempts to separate it.

Removing the spirit ring is equivalent to cutting off the energy supply to the golden soul, thus separating it from itself.

Even if Jerry doesn't extract the golden soul from the soul space, as time goes by, without replenishment, the golden soul will dissipate, slowly overflowing with a lot of soul energy, which will be absorbed by the original soul and can also strengthen the original soul.

It dissipated very quickly, unlike the previous Nine-Tailed Fox. The Nine-Tailed Fox could be suppressed, but this golden soul could not be suppressed at all. At this speed, it would dissipate completely in two or three days.

This is a good thing.

Then, Jerry examined the captured followers who had been forced to join but had not committed any acts of treason. He arranged for them to have their soul rings removed, and once all the golden souls had dissipated, he arranged for them to reabsorb their soul rings.

Having shaken off the maliciously implanted ideas, they were no longer believers in God, and arrangements were made for their direct release.

They arrested him secretly, and they released him secretly as well.

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(End of this chapter)