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Chapter 280 Martial Soul: The Tiss Starry Sky Insect Clan, Code Name [13]?! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

"So, who could have predicted it?"

In Chen Hong's research lab at the headquarters of the Soto City Technology Chamber of Commerce, Chen Hong summoned his three soul rings, one purple and one black, and looked at them with a complex expression.

"The Tess Star Insectoids, codename [13], symbolizing the Queen Mother of Destruction and Evil."

Chen Hong murmured to himself, but he couldn't say anything more.

He had no memory of what happened afterward; his memory ended forever after he stepped into the space jump matrix he had hastily put together.

Chen Hong learned all his information about that mysterious insectoid race from the dimensional star map.

"I should have realized this sooner. From the moment my telekinesis began to possess powerful perception and exhibit extremely strong control abilities, I should have associated it with that mysterious Tiss insect queen."

Chen Hong's martial spirit is not some kind of psychic power or physical martial spirit. Physical martial spirits require physical organs as a carrier, while Chen Hong's psychic power is a special existence that relies on Chen Hong's soul.

"Although I don't know why my mental power has undergone such a severe mutation, it's highly likely that the Zerg Queen was destroyed by the explosion when that lost star map shattered, right? But why was I reborn? And it seems I still carry many of the Zerg Queen's characteristics."

Having deduced what his martial soul was, Chen Hong's doubts only grew stronger.

For example, why was he reborn? Why doesn't he possess a Martial Soul like everyone else? Why is his psychic power so similar in characteristics to that of the Tiss Zerg Queen who controls the life and death of billions of beings? Why is his unique spiritual power, originating from his soul, recognized as a Martial Soul by the rules of this world?

These are all questions that Chen Hong cannot understand at the moment, and big question marks fill Chen Hong's young heart.

Even Chen Hong sometimes had to wonder whether he was Chen Hong or the mysterious Tiss Zerg Queen who had only seen a trace of information in the lost star map.

Or perhaps, a fusion of the two?

"Indeed. Who am I, where am I, and where am I going? This ultimate philosophy of life is never outdated."

Chen Hong shook his head, trying to clear away the jumbled thoughts in his mind.

"No matter who I am or where I come from, at least for now, in this world, I am Chen Hong, Ning Lu's handsome son, the future creator of civilization in this world!"

After setting aside the question of the origin of his martial spirit, Chen Hong began to realize a problem:

"Instead of attributing the recognition of psychic power as a martial soul to the assimilation of rules, perhaps we should boldly speculate that psychic power just happens to match this world's definition of a martial soul? Or perhaps it triggers a threshold?"

"In other words, psychic power originates from the soul, but it is also mixed with spiritual power, yet it is something more advanced than spiritual power. So, is a martial spirit also something that originates from the soul and is mixed with spiritual power?"

"This can explain the formation of weapon spirits. But what about beast spirits and body spirits?"

Since weapon spirits are affected by mental power, it means that spirits can be influenced by mental imprints and mental marks. For example, the hammer spirit masters of the Clear Sky Sect are all skilled forgers. At first, Chen Hong thought they hammered first and then forged, but now it should be the other way around: forging first and then hammering.

A powerful mental will interferes with the formation of a martial soul, and how does this change in the martial soul affect the descendants?

这是一个问题.

Wait a minute, Chen Hong suddenly realized that he had been attacked by a Soul Master before he was even born.

"So, either the genetic material of the Soul Masters in this world contains some kind of mysterious substance that can project onto the Martial Soul power, such as some kind of energy flow information? Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the fetus will be affected by the spiritual imprints from the outside world, thus affecting the formation of the Martial Soul. I still believe the first one more, after all, I have discovered the divine rune system from the Soul Rings."

"The bloodline of this world truly contains mysterious power, and therefore cannot be viewed through the lens of a materialistic worldview."

"In that case, the difference between Beast Martial Soul and Body Martial Soul becomes much clearer."

"Bloodline, soul, spirit, and martial spirit are all influenced by these three."

Chen Hong's thoughts jumped around very quickly. One second he was thinking about "Who am I?" and the next second he began to have an epiphany about the origin of his martial soul.

"Now that we've found the direction, things will be much easier."

Chen Hong nodded to himself, then took out some Soul-Nourishing Crystal materials from the storage room next to him and began to make the Philosopher's Stone.

The Philosopher's Stone is a necessity at the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. Chen Hong was so engrossed in his research on martial spirits that he forgot about time and is only now starting to rush to make it.

Fortunately, Chen Hong had a very deep understanding of Sage Runes. With his soul power having unknowingly reached level 35, the creation of Sage Runes made him more adept at both improving his soul power and mental power.

Soon, Chen Hong, working tirelessly for three days and three nights at a rate of almost one Philosopher's Stone per hour, produced sixty Philosopher's Stones, which was enough for the time being.

During this time, Chen Hong also took the time to write out the outline of "The Origin of Martial Souls". He only needs to gradually add the data of the humanoid materials he has to complete his "The Origin of Martial Souls".

"My third soul skill has enhanced my perception of special entities like spiritual beings, and even given me some room to maneuver. Indeed, the future is incredibly bright!"

After spending almost a month in his research lab, Chen Hong, who was smelly all over, finally stepped out of the hut to greet the sun, carrying his research results from the past month and a Philosopher's Stone that filled his storage space with soul tools.

"If you don't come out now, I'm going to break down the door!" As soon as he stepped out, Chen Hong went to visit his mother, Ning Lu, and was thoroughly tormented by her for a while.

A lot happened during Chen Hong's month of "seclusion." First, the launch of the Topaz-class Sea Soul ship at the Soto Shipyard attracted great attention from the two great empires. However, Chen Lin, the president of the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce, ignored everyone and told the whole continent that the order was acceptable.

The cost of building a Topaz-class warship at the Soto Shipyard is around 50 million New Soul Coins, and the subsequent cost can be reduced to around 20 million. However, Chen Lin quoted the two great empires a price of 100 million per ship.

Well, since the Sea Soul Ship didn't reveal too many of its functions, the two great empires eventually thought, "It's just an ironclad ship, why make such a huge demand?" Even though they were very curious and envious of the Technology Chamber of Commerce's steel-clad ships, they ultimately let it go.

However, in private, both empires were secretly increasing their resource investment in their respective shipyards.

Chirp's Little Theater:

Old Deng: Forget about him (the Ring of Ruins)!

Chirp: Waaah! I can't forget it! Waaah!

Old Deng: You guys won't get anywhere!

Chirp: Waaaaah! I won't!

Old Deng: You are mine (giving Douluo a technological shock)!

Chirp: Waaaaah! Let me go! Waaaaah! Let me go!

(End of this chapter)