The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"Of course there is a difference. The will of a god is only the god himself, but the spirit brain, in fact, every soul it links to is a part of its will... although a few strange consciousnesses have appeared recently due to an accident."

As he spoke, Congressman Wendt arrived at the door of his cabin. "Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pushed open the door, revealing the interior decoration.

This is similar to Ella's luxury suite, but with a slight difference: there's an alchemy table in the corner with bottles and jars on it.

On the platform was a peculiar metal device, shaped like a helmet frame made of a bunch of metal tubes engraved with runes. Two glass tubes filled with dark green liquid were suspended from it, and two thin steel needles were attached to the front.

"Please keep an eye on the door for me."

After speaking to Qina, Councilor Wendt sat down at the alchemy table, picked up the strange helmet, took a deep breath, and put it on his head. The two steel needles were positioned perfectly, directly in front of his eyes.

“Every time I see you wearing this weird thing, it gives me the creeps. Don’t you feel any pain?”

Qina said expressionlessly as she sat down on the soft chair by the room door.

"This is simply a necessary sacrifice for science."

Councilor Wendt smiled, then took a deep breath and slowly turned the knob on the side of his helmet with one hand.

The two slender steel needles aimed directly at his face slowly pierced into Congressman Wendt's eyeballs as the knob was turned.

As Councilor Wendt gritted his teeth and cried out in pain, a series of bubbles began to emerge from the dark green liquid in the glass tube hanging behind him.

The scene before his eyes was no longer the luxurious cabin and alchemy table. With a dizzying sensation, the scenery merged together like an oil painting, slowly transforming into a gray-black stone hall with a campfire burning in the center.

One after another, illusory figures appeared around the campfire. Among them, a petite girl with short black hair saw Councilor Wendt appear and waved to him.

"So, Miss Iphie, are you getting used to this place now?"

Councilor Wendt looked at the girl and asked with a smile.

Chapter Sixty-Three: Soul Fusion

"Ah, hello, Mr. Wendt."

Iphie responded somewhat reservedly, "I guess I'm used to it... but it feels a little strange... I can't understand what the people around me are saying."

As Iphie spoke, she looked around. The other figures dressed in noble attire gathered around the campfire all looked blank, like emotionless pieces of wood.

After arriving in this strange place, Iphie tried to communicate with these people.

They rarely speak on their own initiative, but after Iphie speaks to them, they will reply with some vague and unintelligible words. The content is basically the same few sentences, and after a few more sentences, they will start repeating them endlessly.

"This is normal; their souls were not complete when they entered this world."

Councilor Wendt smiled and said, "In fact, you are the first soul to enter here completely... well, to be precise, it shouldn't be called entering here, but rather projecting here."

"projection?"

Iphie tilted her head.

"Your true soul is still inside your own body. The 'you' here is actually a projection connected to your true soul."

"So in fact you are still you, only your soul has an additional connection to this place."

Councillor Wind explained.

"In that case...may I leave here?"

"Iphie asked hopefully."

"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about that."

Councilor Wendt shrugged. “Like I said before, you are actually just a projection. Although you have memories from your true self, you were actually created here, so you can’t leave.”

"Ok."

Iphie was a little disappointed.

"Don't worry, this won't always be just a dark hall."

Councilor Wendt patted Ife on the shoulder, “But to develop this place and bring you more partners, I need your help.”

"Forehead……"

Iphie paused, then asked, "Are you going to bring more people here?"

"of course not……"

Representative Wendt smiled wryly, "I was completely caught off guard by your arrival."

"However, since you are the first complete soul to be projected here, I can only ask that you help me build this place."

"What do I do now that you've said that?"

Iphie was confused.

"Put your hands on this campfire."

Upon hearing this, Iphie did as she was told, and the deep red firelight illuminated her milkshake-white skin.

As the flames flickered, Iphie saw several milky-white halos slowly emerge from the flames, like countless floating bubbles, with a clearly visible human figure in each halo.

"Mermaids...?"

Effie recognized the image of the merman boy in one of the halos of light.

"Oh, you've seen him before? But don't touch this aura; it's rather special. Let's start with something simple."

Councilor Wendt pointed to a halo that reflected the image of an adult woman, "Try touching her with your finger."

Iphie did as instructed, puzzled, but the instant her fingertips touched the halo of light, her brain felt as if it had been smashed open by a hammer.

She clutched her head in anguish as a flood of memories and emotions not belonging to her rushed in. Everything in her vision began to spin, and unfamiliar scenes and people flashed before her eyes like reels of an old movie.

"Relax, it's normal to feel uncomfortable."

Councilor Wendt stood beside the girl, his hand on her shoulder, a kind smile on his face.

"Well……"

Ifi felt as if her brain was about to explode, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Fortunately, the pain didn't last too long. After a while, the throbbing pain gradually subsided as she gasped for breath.

"What...what is this...why am I..."

"You can suddenly have memories that aren't yours?"

Representative Wendt smiled. "That's normal, because you've just integrated the memories of another fragmented consciousness."

"I……"

Iphie's eyes showed confusion. Suddenly, she saw a semi-transparent figure slowly emerging beside the campfire.

It was the woman she had just seen in the halo.

"Look, haven't we gained more partners?"

"But isn't this just an illusion..."

Iphie waved to the figure, but the figure ignored her, staring blankly at the bonfire in the center of the hall, just like the other figures.

"I was just afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it, so I chose a soul with a relatively high degree of incompleteness."

Councilor Wind reassured him, “Once you can bear a more complete soul, you will find true companions.”

"But I still don't quite understand..."

Iphie rubbed her head. "What's the point of doing this... Even if there are a bunch of people chatting... we're still stuck in this dark and cramped hall."

"No, you'll have a day when you can get out."

"Oh, really!"

"Of course, it's just not the right time yet... at least, you have to wait until you've fused with enough souls and grown up."

Representative Wendt smiled and said, "'Miss Effie'."

"ok, I get it."

Iphie nodded, "I...I'll try my best to merge with more souls..."

"Don't rush, this matter will eventually have to be done step by step."

Councilor Wendt waved his hand, "You must wait until I'm here before you integrate, so that I can help you in time if anything unexpected happens. Let's stop here for now."

"Oh, is that so?"

Iphie scratched her cheek. "Okay, when will you come in next?"

"soon."

Representative Wendt waved his hand. "Well then, goodbye, Miss 'If'."

"See you later, Mr. Winder."

……

"Ugh..."

At the alchemy table, Councilor Wendt removed his helmet and hurriedly covered his eyes with a towel soaked in potion.

"You've been staying quite a while this time."

"It's China, sitting by the door," she said.

"Yes... the spirit brain has been infiltrated with complete individual consciousness... so I no longer need to assist in fusing those souls..."

Councilor Wendt covered his eyes and whispered, "There's been too much fusion; I'm starting to lose track of which memories are truly mine..."

"If it's this painful, why didn't you just have a complete soul merge into it?"

"That's different..."

Councilor Wendt sighed. "After all, a complete soul comes from the living. Picking up the remnants of the soul's consciousness from the dead and imprisoning the soul of the living are two different things."

"That doesn't count as confinement, does it?"

China sneered, "The soul has completely become a slave to that consciousness; what you're doing should be called devouring."

"No, no, you can't say that. They still exist, and their understanding hasn't changed. They just think together and fight together for their 'lineage' connected by the spirit brain."

"But I lied to her too," Councillor Winder corrected, then sighed.

"To whom?"

"Regarding the brain..."

Councilor Wendt put down the towel, its surface stained a horrifying crimson with blood. "She still thought she was the soul of that child named 'Effie'."

What does it matter?

"I will feel guilty."

Representative Wendt gave a wry smile.

"Tsk."

China squinted and curled her lip, "Hypocrite."

Chapter Sixty-Four Royal Spies

After the ghost ship incident, the journey returned to peace.

Storms still occur from time to time in the Sea of ​​Magala, but none are as severe as when merchant ships first entered the Sea of ​​Magala.

With nothing much going on on the merchant ship, Ye Xiao naturally wasn't in a hurry to go back. Instead, he disguised himself and used a spatial portal to travel to the Mansa Islands, where he began investigating the rumors about merfolk.

After learning that the Merfolk clan was likely the same family of Miracle Sorcerers, information about the Merfolk and the Fountain of Youth became important, especially the origin of the Merfolk boy. After seeing the various strange abilities he displayed, Ye Xiao was somewhat surprised. How exactly did that couple capture the Merfolk in the first place?

However, Ye Xiao did not act alone this time; he also brought Greta along.

The maid harbored deep resentment after learning that Ye Xiao had abandoned her in her room the night before and gone off to the escort ship to do all sorts of messy things.

Walking down the street, her little face puffed up like a hamster's in a huff.

"Oh, my lady, I only intended to go and take a look at it. I feel bad waking you up for something like this."

Ye Xiao continued to comfort him as she walked.

"What do you mean you're sorry? You just don't want to take me with you!"

The little maid blushed and said, "You find me annoying!"