Only I can make them stronger

【Strength: 6】

[Physique: 11]

[Agility: 6]

【Intelligence: 55】

[Will: 29]

【Inspiration: 33】

[Bond Mission: None]

[Special elements:

① Myth Armor: When the host, Karen, and Jinniel are within a 10-meter range, Karen and Jinniel can combine into the [Brutal Hero Exoskeleton Armor] and equip it on the host's body. The [Armor Energy] and mental strength will be consumed continuously during the maintenance period. The activation of the armor ability requires additional consumption of [Armor Energy] and mental strength. It can be removed at any time. After removal, this element cannot be used again within 1 natural day.]

"Wow?!" After seeing the two people's new panels and special elements, Xia Ye's eyes almost popped out.

Exoskeleton armor? Combined robot girl?

What kind of unexpected yet reasonable development is this?

These Thai pants are also hot!

Xia Ye was greatly attracted when he thought of the Brutal Hero's smooth lines shining with golden light and its shape that combined a sense of technology and industry like a work of art.

Regardless of whether he is strong or not, he is definitely handsome!

Which boy doesn’t have a dream of driving a mecha?

What’s more, he is driving a mecha together with his beloved wife!

Cool!

Xia Ye felt that the biggest gain from this trip had come.

While thinking about it, he also checked his panel. If nothing unexpected happened, in addition to the attribute growth, there should also be some special elements provided to him by the two.

[Name: Xia Ye]

【Sex: Male】

[Race: Unknown]

[Age: 20 years old]

【Height and weight: 176cm & 65kg】

【Full size: length 21.8cm/radius 2.66cm】

【Strength: 40】

[Physique: 43]

[Agility: 34]

【Intelligence: 34】

[Will: 33]

【Inspiration: 66】

[Character Ability: Origin]

【Mental Power: 140】

[Special elements:

① The union of beasts: ...

②Functional reaction:……

③ Mental Barrier: ... (omitted)

④ Life Energy: When having intercourse with Karen and Jinniel at the same time, the recovery of [Armor Energy] can be accelerated, and the compatibility between the host and Karen and Jinniel can be improved. When the compatibility accumulates to a certain level, additional enhancements such as increasing the upper limit of [Armor Energy], reducing [Armor Energy] consumption, and improving armor strength will be obtained. There is a certain cooling time for the accumulation of this compatibility, so please exercise restraint.]

"My goodness, this is the official 3P partner..."

Xia Ye looked at this special element with a strong directionality with a smile or tears in his eyes, then cast his gaze at the two snow-white bodies lying on the left and right, thinking in his heart.

From now on, I will have to pull Karen and Giannielle to sleep in the same bed together more often.

103. The Secret of Ritual

Afterwards, Xia Ye drew the two rewards after the factor link was unlocked.

[Your origin effect ②Strength increase]

[Your origin effect ④ Reduced mental power consumption]

Although he still didn't get the crowbar enhancement that Xia Ye wanted most, the increased strength of the healing fire and the reduced consumption of the enhanced fire are still practical, and better than nothing.

After all the harvests were sorted out, Xia Ye gave Karen and Ginelle a light kiss on their sweaty foreheads, then stood up, put on his clothes, and went back to the next room.

This trip, including the battle for treatment and extra beds, took almost three or four hours. He was very worried about how Anke and Qilisi were getting along next door.

But as soon as I opened the door, an unexpected scene appeared -

The girls in the room were actually chatting quite enthusiastically, and there was even a rare faint smile on Qilisi's face.

And the credit for all this seems to belong to Fiti, who had woken up at some point.

"When did you wake up?" Xia Ye closed the door and sat among the people and asked Fiti.

"It was Qilisi who helped me..." Fiti's soft and sweet voice sounded a little weak.

"Oh?" Xia Ye looked at Anke curiously, who shrugged helplessly, with a lot less hostility towards Qilisi in his eyes.

"I'm familiar with her condition. It's a state of suspended inspiration after the ritual was over-activated. In other words, the inspiration is somewhat separated from the body. If it continues for too long, there may be a risk of inspiration loss. So I just helped her restore the connection between inspiration and body."

"We vampires also have many rituals. I remember some of them, and some of them are specifically for operating on inspiration."

"Thank you so much..." Xia Ye was shocked when he heard that.

He really didn't know what exactly happened to Fitty. He thought she was just in a coma due to overdraft, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

If it weren't for Qilisi's help, it would have been really troublesome.

But we can't blame him. After all, he doesn't know much about "ritual", a mysterious method that is completely different from the common fighting methods on the mainland. Even Fiti only knows its action but not its meaning.

"You're welcome." Qilisi smiled and shook her head to indicate that it was just a small favor.

"Qilisi, do you know a lot about the ceremony? Would you mind explaining it to me systematically?" Xia Ye took this opportunity to ask.

After obtaining information from the battle with the Brutal Hero, Xia Ye confirmed the existence of more diverse mythological species and clearly understood the essence of the ritual, but he still had no idea about the specific working methods and some detailed contents of this method, and he had a hunch that he would need them sooner or later.

In the future, they will definitely face more than one mythical enemy, including some strange gods created by some weird operations of the crazy people.

At least the God of Hidden is a certainty.

"These things are imprinted in my mind, as if they were innate memories, so I don't know much about theoretical principles and the like." said Qilisi.

"It's okay, just tell me what you know."

"Hmm... what I know..."

Qi Lisi's gorgeous red eyes showed a trace of thought, and then she slowly opened her mouth and said:

"In my opinion, rituals are something completely different from factor abilities."

"When the factor ability is activated, the rationale is used to amplify or materialize certain characteristics of the mutant factor. You should all understand this."

Xia Ye nodded. These were common sense in Hill Continent.

"In other words, the source of the factor ability, or... uh..." Qilisi couldn't think of a suitable description at once.

"Format." Xia Ye summarized it in one word.

"Yes! Format! You are so smart!" Qilisi praised in her usual natural and pure tone.

"Go on." Xia Ye waved his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"The format of the factor's ability comes from the format of the mutant factor itself, and it cannot be activated independently of the mutant factor."

"But rituals are different. The source of the ritual format is not in itself, but in a [real but transcendent existence]."

"Well...that's God." Xia Ye summarized silently in his heart.

"The function of the ritual is to establish a certain level of connection between oneself and this being, and through this connection, borrow its power to accomplish one's own goals."

"Generally, to initiate a ritual, you need a high level of inspiration and sufficient rationality. Inspiration builds the bridge, while rationality is used to provide energy for the ritual."

“But in fact, both are just external factors in constructing the ritual form. What really works on the essence of the ritual to produce communication and borrowing effects is something very subtle.”

"Subtle?" Upon hearing this description, Xia Ye, Fiti and Anke, who were fascinated by it, all expressed their doubts at the same time.

"Well, I can't describe it in concrete terms. I only know that it exists in our brains. It's similar to consciousness or thinking, but it's more unified and dominant than that. It's closely related to our entire being."

"Under normal conditions, I can't even feel its existence at all, but only when the ritual is activated, I can feel it a little bit. It is indeed in a state of being consumed."

"The inspiration suspension state I mentioned just now is the state in which the inspiration used to build the bridge cannot return to itself after it receives a strong impact or trauma, and is suspended outside the body. Over time, the suspended inspiration will gradually deteriorate or even break away from itself under the erosion of the elements in the atmosphere."

Hearing this, Xia Ye frowned slightly.

Why does this description sound more and more wrong the more I listen to it?

I always feel like I have caught something...

"I have this feeling in my head about this subtle thing.

If the absence of inspiration causes a person to lose all senses and control, then without it, one will truly lose everything, unable to think, without basic cognition, as if completely isolated from the world. "

Grass!

A flash of inspiration suddenly came to Xia Ye's mind, and he knew something was wrong.

Isn't this a state similar to brain death?

Could it be that the "subtle thing" that Qilisi mentioned is TM's mental power?

"Under this premise, I guess that perhaps due to some limitations of the xenobiotics or physiological factors, people gradually found a new trait in themselves and developed rituals, an ability based on the new trait."

“I have to say, rituals are very useful in many cases.”

"Because it doesn't even have any requirements for mutant factors, it can allow people to exert powers that are completely different from their own characteristics... What's wrong with you...?"

"Why are you all looking at Xia Ye like that?"

As Qilisi was talking, she felt that there was a bit more confusion and weirdness in the looks that Anke and Fiti gave Xia Ye.

"Because... my abilities are just like you said, varied and without any characteristics."

Xia Ye sighed. He was now certain of his previous guess.

I'm afraid that ritual and real ability are exactly the same thing.

104. I am my own God!

If this is a correct inference, many things can be connected together.

Why is it that according to Luo Qi, the ability of the character is superior to the ability of the factor, and can even possess the existence of true control over the power of the element;

Why the Healing Fire was able to directly interrupt Fitty's one-for-one ritual and return her inspiration and power to herself;

Why are my various abilities often able to show restraining effects on other aliens?

Why was he able to block the iteration and power of the Brutal Hero through the Fire of Reversal...

Because from the perspective of power level, things like rationality and inspiration are just tools used to serve the purpose of launching rituals, and the use of one's own abilities is essentially the launch of a ritual.

Even if it is not the case, it is definitely very close, with only some superficial differences.

So a new question arises -

If launching a ritual requires the existence of a "god" as a source of power, then what is the source of power for a person with real abilities?

The answer was ready to come out in Xia Ye's mind after this question came up:

"I am...my own God?!"

"Shit, is the real ability actually such a chuunibyou thing?"