Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 721 [True Spirit]

When I saw Chakoro, the man had a steady breath, leaning back in his chair, and leisurely sipping his drink and watching the TV program.

"No sequelae?" Song Shi raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say that you knocked down several fifth rings in a row? It's not that hard to do so?"

"It's just a rumor." Chakoro turned around and said, "We didn't fight to the death. We retreated after a few moves."

"in addition."

He thought about it and confirmed it.

"If we limit it to the fifth ring, there may be people who are better than me, but if we only talk about the field of 'post-war recovery', I should be the first."

Song Shi sighed: "It's true."

The man in front of him had hardly ever been seriously injured since the day he achieved "reversal", except for the blow he received from the throne in the past. With the power of "reversal", even if he was seriously injured at the moment, as long as he successfully evacuated, the enemy would return in a few days like lightning if they were not careful.

One thing that must be admitted is that the other party is much better than me in this aspect.

"but."

Song Shi shifted his gaze to the other side with a subtle expression.

"Why are you hiding underground and watching Zenryu Setsuna's concert alone?"

On the screen, the girl seemed to have all the glory in the world focused on her, standing on the grand stage of the neon galaxy, singing to her heart's content. She raised her hand proudly, and a drop of crystal sweat slid down the end of her platinum hair.

Song Shi glanced at the introduction in the upper right corner. This was "Core Meltdown: Sweet Apocalypse" (Pink Nuclear Explosion Live × Final Concert Before the World Restarts) by super idol Zenryu Setsuna. There was more to the suffix than just this, and there was a whole string of other things following it, which was dizzying.

"Song Shi, take another closer look." Cha Keluo said in a gentle voice.

Hearing this, Song Shi became interested and observed carefully for a while: "Interesting."

Song Shi's pupils were like fire reflecting colored glass: "The moment of Zen is ready"

"Not bad." Chakoro pressed the pause button and moved his eyes away from the beautiful girl with platinum and blonde highlights. He shook his head slightly: "The war is ready to start. She is ready to break through the fifth ring at any time."

"It will be tricky." Song Shi commented objectively.

Zen Liu Shanna had been in the fourth ring for many years and had already broken the destined death with his own hands. Claiming to have entered the fifth ring was just a matter of "wanting or not wanting" rather than "can or cannot" - and he knew clearly that this was not just a claim but a reality.

One of the reasons why Zen Liu Shanna has never chosen to break through is that she has chosen the path of "faith", especially as a [Consensus] psychic. If the "power of faith" is a double-edged sword for other paths, then it is a super-doubled double-edged sword for [Consensus].

The mottled, complex, ever-changing sea of ​​desires formed by countless people who believed in her, loved her, and longed for her would backfire and pollute themselves if they were not careful. For psychics who pursued themselves to the extreme, this was too fatal.

And now.

Zen Liu Shanna finally ended its long-term stagnation and climbed to a higher peak under the pressure of the war. It is hard to say whether it is true or not, or there is another possibility that the other party has realized something and has solved all the problems brought about by "faith", so he has no scruples anymore.

But no matter which possibility it is, it does not affect the other party's difficulty.

The high pressure, blood and despair under the shadow of war are the best soil for nurturing religion. Even ordinary people who are powerless can have a chance to start a small underground cult as long as they have some eloquence. I have seen many such examples during the Seven Lands War in [Infinity of All Things].

And the moment of Zen.
He is neither completely powerless nor has only some eloquence.

The pinnacle of the fourth ring, [Consensus], she is the leading figure in faith in Terra today, apart from the Empire. With the help of a new wave of the Seven Lands War, it is not impossible for her to increase her current number of fans tenfold.

To a fifth-ring psychic, the fanatical wave of millions of people who are determined to fight to the death is as fragile as powder and not worth mentioning. However, to some fifth-ring psychics, it is an extremely difficult shackle to deal with.

"Should we kill him now?" Song Shi proposed a solution cautiously.

Chakoro choked and nearly spilled the half-finished drink.

"Let's not talk about this for now."

He knocked on the table, and the liquid level in the cup rose visibly again. The man stared at the young man, pondered for a few breaths, and spoke word by word.

"——How is the scenery of the True Spirit?"

Song Shi thought without hesitation.

"Once you've seen 4K video, you won't be able to tolerate 360P."

"You passed." Chakoro nodded.

"There is also a judging ceremony?"

"Just a joke." Chakoro spread his hands.

"Well, I have another question." Song Shi pulled a chair and sat down: "Renata?"

"The Empire didn't die at that time. They only took away Renata Clemens' body, a handful of ashes." Chakoro seemed to recall the scene of that day and replied, "The funeral has been held."

"Is that so?"

Song Shi nodded.

When he said this, Chakoro looked in one direction, his sight seemed to penetrate the ceiling, straight into the atmosphere, and even above the atmosphere. As if he saw some earth-shattering scene, the man's face could not help but change a little: "They are still fighting."

——"Daoyi", Fulantu.

——Beiting Defense Front, Grand Marshal.

The old and new [Throne] are fighting outside Terra, a battle that will determine the future of Terra.

"I saw it a long time ago." Song Shi was also looking in that direction.

For most people, today's day is no different from yesterday's night, and it remains the same.

But in Song Shi's perception, in the sky where the sun and the setting moon were hanging high, there were two new beings that were as majestic and vast as them.

Indeed, compared to the sun and the setting moon, their presence is much weaker, and it is estimated that only the fifth ring and the few fourth rings are qualified to feel it.

However, no matter whether the sense of presence is thin or strong.

They are right there.

"【True Spirit】."

Chakoro rubbed his fists slowly.

"Do you understand?" "Yes." Song Shi raised his index finger and tapped his forehead: "If we regard the various situations in the world as a torrent, we, the intelligent machines, the chickens, ducks and dogs are no different. We are all part of the vast flow swept away by this torrent."

"Even psychics who have reached the fourth ring [Sublimation] are only slightly stronger and have the ability to stop occasionally, or jump out of the torrent for a moment to catch their breath, and then fall back in and be submerged the next second."

"And [True Spirit]."

Deep in Song Shi’s pupils, red gold gradually lit up.

"We have already jumped out of this torrent and are no longer bound by it."

"exactly."

Chakoro agreed and then told a little-known story.

"I awakened my psychic powers when I was fifteen, and I used this power to do some stupid things. Well, good things in terms of ideas, but stupid things in terms of actions. Later, the local Enlightened Ones noticed me, sent someone to contact me, and invited me to join."

A rare look of reminiscence appeared in Chakoro's eyes.

"I had long been dissatisfied with the company's behavior and harbored hatred, so I agreed on the spot. From then on, it was just a smooth and unremarkable journey."

When saying this, Chakolo's tone hardly changed at all, and then Song Shi realized that the other party didn't actually say "ordinary", this was something he subconsciously added in his ears.

“I can’t say I never failed, but I did lose less often. It was also with the systematic teaching that I gradually realized that I had a very high talent. At that time, I firmly believed that I could break through the fifth ring.”

"It's just that after reaching the peak of the fourth ring, I fell into a state of stagnation for a long time. I stood still and could not see the way forward." Chakoro shook his head: "The situation of the Enlightened One was not very good at that time. The previous commander-in-chief was seriously injured in the Freedom Revolution and could die at any time."

"Xu Yudu has just broken through the fifth ring, and his strength is not that strong. Once his teacher passes away, it will be difficult for him to support the Enlightened One alone. According to our assessment at the time, the probability of the company launching a total annihilation war during this period has reached more than 67%."

"I was a rising star that was highly anticipated and cultivated." Chakoro paused and changed his words: "I was almost 40 at the time, so I was not really a rising star. The pressure I was under was not small."

"I hesitated for a while and doubted my chances of breaking through the fifth ring," Chakoro said frankly, "but in the end, I succeeded."

"I shattered the destined death and broke through my own [True Spirit]."

The man stretched out his hand and exposed his palm.

"Song Shi, I came here a few years earlier than you, so I am qualified to talk about this. From my current perspective, the first ring, [Awakening], is to make the seeds of our hearts germinate. The second and third rings are all to build on this foundation."

"And the fourth ring: [Sublimation]——"

Chakoro made a gesture of overthrow.

“If we say that we have been piling up blocks to build a building, no matter how beautiful and fancy it looks, it is still just blocks in essence. If a strong wind blows, it will collapse in a blink of an eye.”

"So we shattered ourselves and recast ourselves, which is equivalent to remembering all the exterior and interior details of the building, and then casting it as a whole, realizing the transformation from 'building blocks' to 'the only whole'."

"There's no need to talk about these, right? They're all basic knowledge." Song Shi said, still lazily, "This is also why it's so difficult to reverse the third ring to the fourth ring. If we just give a score, beautiful and wonderful buildings will naturally get higher scores, but if we only look at the actual strength, when the two collide, the building blocks will definitely collapse."

There is a qualitative difference between the third ring, [Control], and the fourth ring, [Sublimation].

If we only look at potential, the future achievements of some brilliant people will obviously not stop at the fourth ring. But even so, if they are asked to fight against those in the fourth ring when they are in the third ring - even if the latter is not as talented as the former, it will be extremely difficult for them to win.

Chakoro seemed not to have heard what the other party said. He waited patiently for a while and continued speaking.

"The 'sublimation' of the fourth ring has given us an extremely solid foundation, which can support our awakening of the [True Spirit]."

Chakoro flipped his hands, and the spiritual energy known as "denial" and "rejection" flowed lightly between his fingers. This was the power that the man gained when he reached the first four rings, and he used it to gain a great reputation.

During the years when he was a field agent for the Enlightened, he was also a character who killed many people. Unfortunately, even so, in the KDA rankings circulated on the Enterprise Alliance website, Chakoro Vaughn's ranking was still not very high, which was regrettable.

Hey, company.

"--Song Shi, do you know the structure of the hospital?" Cha Keluo suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"Uh." Song Shi thought hard for a moment: "Registration office, payment window and consultation room?"

"More or less." Chaklo confirmed, then corrected: "Administrative building, departments responsible for different diseases, laboratory, operating room, administrative room"

He opened his hands and made a gesture of rolling them into a ball.

"These blocks with different functions are combined into a building we call a 'hospital'. It can help you castrate your reproductive organs, remove cancerous tumors, or treat fever, implant prostheses and psychological treatment - it can be subdivided continuously, but in essence, these are all one thing."

Song Shi said it for the other party: "Cure diseases and save lives."

"That's right. Restaurants, municipal centers, power stations, automated factories, and any other type of building can be subdivided in this way." Chakoro casually listed a series of examples. "But in the end, when we refer to these buildings, we don't say that this is a comprehensive entity consisting of an administrative building, departments, operating rooms, etc. We just say 'hospital'."

"【True Spirit】, that's it."

Chakoro said.

"The first to fourth ring psionic arts have become an inseparable part of ourselves. They have many effects, making us extraordinary and gaining all kinds of powers that seem incredible to others."

"——The whole they form, and the general term that is transformed from this whole, is our 'True Spirit'!"

In Chakoro's hand, "denial" and "rejection" suddenly disappeared.

In less than one ten-thousandth of a second, a new force was born, a terrifying psychic power that was enough to force reality to bow down and allow itself to be tampered with by the will of the individual.

"reverse".

"This is my 'true spirit' after reaching the fifth ring." Chakoro showed off his spiritual power, his tone tinged with a bit of emotion: "The third stage of the fifth ring, reversal, reversal of life and death, reversal of paradox. I have reached the limit of the second stage and glimpsed the true appearance of the third stage."

One of the only two generals of the former [Beiting Defense Front], "Five Phase Rotation" Wang Chenlie also said the same thing.

The Five Phases Rotate·Endless Life, the Five Phases Rotate·Five Punishments Destruction, the Five Phases Rotate·The Beginning of Chaos. The opponent has also reached the second stage, but is not yet stable, and is obviously not as good as Chakoro Vaughan at this moment.

"Ah, these days when I was sleeping, my consciousness was actually floating in and out, and I didn't sleep well at all." Song Shi's voice sounded leisurely: "I saw a lot of wonderful and strange things, and also saw a lot of very familiar things. They floated with me, and finally when I opened my eyes, they all disappeared completely."

"I searched here and there for a long time, and finally found the only thing left."

Chakoro looked at the young man and asked, "What's your name?"

Song Shi grinned.

“——‘Total annihilation’.”

(End of this chapter)