Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 40 Simulated Hidden Effects

No wonder Yan Yu hasn't fallen into despair yet.

Because he only noticed that the energy of the Hunzhen Soul Planet far exceeded expectations, but failed to discover that part of the excess free soul power.

Under Hunzhen's active suppression, the nine Soul Stars were in a state of partial destruction.

Once a soul in this state is possessed, the possessed person will experience a brief moment of lucidity due to their survival instinct, but will then die from severe injuries that shatter their soul. This allows Yan Yu to complete the possession effortlessly, even skipping the year that would normally be needed to weaken the possessed person's soul.

However, this suppression is merely mechanical control.

The master who was being suppressed fell into a coma. As soon as his sea of ​​consciousness was invaded by Yan Yu, the part of his free soul power naturally started to operate as a stress response.

Although this part of the soul power is like water without roots, it shares the same origin as the Hunzhen (primordial chaos), and there is no energy loss during the transformation. Its transformation efficiency far surpasses any elixir or panacea.

After Yan Yu finished telling his story, Hunzhen's Soul Planet had been fully restored.

The amount of that free-floating soul power consumed is probably only about one percent.

After all, it is a sixth-order cosmic-level soul power.

Yan Yu, however, thought that he was facing these nine resurrected soul planets.

Thinking of this, Hunzhen looked at Yanyu with a half-smile and suddenly increased the output of his soul power.

Such reckless consumption is like using force to oppress others, and to achieve this, the utilization rate of unit soul power is naturally inferior to a steady, long-term approach.

"you……"

Yan Yu stared wide-eyed in disbelief, then a mocking look appeared on her face: "Are you just giving up? Ha, so eager to get going? Then I'll send you on your way!"

The waves of their souls surged violently, as if raging storms were rising in the sea of ​​consciousness.

A tenfold or even dozens of times greater output of soul energy would be enough to end a soul war that would normally take a year in just one month.

This was exactly what Yan Yu wanted to do.

Although the camp where this body is located is relatively safe, it is not an absolute safe haven.

He needs to quickly seize more than 50% control of this physical body, and quickly separate his consciousness to control the body in order to "awaken" and deal with the risks from the outside world.

The two sides engaged in fierce offense and defense, but neither could truly occupy more than 50% of the consciousness to awaken the physical body.

Such consumption caused Yan Yu's soul to become slightly more transparent.

He examined Hunzhen's face closely and discovered that the other person's soul state was actually slightly better than his own.

"How is that possible!?"

He suddenly separated a sliver of consciousness to survey his surroundings, then his eyes widened: "You...you tricked me!?"

The tendrils of soul power brushed across the soul planet in the sea of ​​consciousness, as if a thin veil had been lifted, revealing that the originally extremely dim soul planet was now incredibly bright.

The two souls clashed fiercely. Hunzhen's soul output rate did indeed exceed the replenishment efficiency, but... the difference between the two was still less than the rate at which Yanyu's soul power was consumed.

As the tide ebbs and flows, the advantage of Hunzhen's soul power will only increase until Yan Yu is powerless to fight back.

"So I was seen through after all?"

Faced with Yan Yu's barrage of insults, Hun Zhen remained unmoved, even drifting off into a daze.

"To be honest, it's been a really long time since I've inherited any benefits. This is the first time I've been 'absent' for so many days since I transmigrated here."

He was filled with deep emotion.

It's not that he's become too rich and is now complaining about the profits from the few simulations.

It was truly a last resort.

On the day he planned to carry out his seduction plan in his true form, he injured his own soul and simulated the process to confirm whether it would ultimately succeed.

The conclusion is generally the same as the previous "36th" one.

However, as he underwent another soul inheritance, he naturally returned to full strength even though he had not absorbed any excess free soul power.

Combining this with the unchanging descriptions of material inheritance that he had seen several times before, a sudden realization flashed through Hunzhen's mind.

Whether it is the inheritance of material or the inheritance of soul, it is actually a comparison with the peak state of perfect harmony.

Inheriting the soul is not just about inheriting insights; both "willpower" and "soul power" will reach their peak.

He had wondered why, despite the simulated human reaching the sixth level of the cosmic level, he only inherited the second level of cosmic-level consciousness.

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But now, he fully understands the reason.

At the sixth level of the cosmic level, his consciousness strength might be more than that of the sixth level of the cosmic level, but that was determined by both his soul power and will.

Spirit is the soldier, will is the general. Due to the limitations of his life level, he did not inherit that part of the spirit (soul power), but only gained an improvement in will. Naturally, he could not reach the level of consciousness of the simulated human at its peak.

The reason why Luo Feng was able to have his human clone perfectly inherit the Golden Horned Beast's consciousness strength during the Genius Battle was because the source of that consciousness strength was not the human clone, but the Golden Horned Beast's soul.

In reality, the simulation system did not restrict either will or spirit; it was just that a portion of it was preserved and placed by Hunzhen.

"In other words, the inheritance function of the simulation system not only enhances my strength, but also functions like a red potion (replenishing Force and Divine Power) or a blue potion (replenishing Telekinesis and Divine Power) with a one-day cooldown!"

After that, Hunzhen happily came to this conclusion.

Therefore, to this day, he has not carried out any inheritance, which has given his previously disregarded third option, "giving up the benefits of this simulation," a chance to be used.

"I choose option two."

A long-lost whisper escaped his lips, and both the Soul Planet and the wandering soul power instantly returned to their peak state.

This sudden change did not escape the attention of Yan Yu, who was paying even closer attention to Hun Zhen than before.

"you……"

He stopped cursing, and only despair remained on his face.

Even if he were incredibly foolish, he could no longer deceive himself; everyone understood that the gap was insurmountable.

……

"Uncle!"

"Uncle, you're finally awake!"

When he opened his eyes again, he saw two little boys in front of him. He smiled broadly and said, "I'm back."

(End of this chapter)