The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 723 The Collapse of the Mental Segment

Guan Xiaodie couldn't understand why her true self would side with this man and actively expose her existence.

This shouldn't be happening at all; she's the one who's mentally distracted!
They should be one!
"who are you!"

Guan Xiaodie stopped looking at Liang Yuan and glared angrily at Ling Yurong, the real person.

Seeing her expression, Ling Yurong knew what she was thinking.

He could only sigh and say, "Don't struggle anymore, there's no chance."

“I have already acknowledged Mr. Liang as my master. You are merely a mental construct of mine. Surrender now.”

Guan Xiaodie's face was full of disbelief, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

"You, what did you say?"

"Surrendered?"

She almost thought she had misheard.

Is the person in front of me still my original self?

Is she still the lord of the frozen sea, the high and mighty goddess of ice?
She was somewhat unable to accept this change and became extremely angry.

"What are you saying, Ling Yurong!"

"You are me, you are me! How could you surrender?"

"You bastard! You scoundrel!"

Guan Xiaodie roared in disbelief.

However, Ling Yurong's expression remained unchanged, though she sighed inwardly.

If given a choice, who would want to acknowledge someone else as their master and become their servant?

Back then, she was the only one who took people into slavery, and the only one who had others recognize her as their master.

But fortunes change, and this time she fell into Liang Yuan's trap.

Even this fleeting thought cannot escape it.

"Ling Yurong, what are you waiting for? Why don't you merge with the fragmented thoughts within her body?"

"Yes, Master."

At Liang Yuan's command, Ling Yurong said no more and placed her hand on Guan Xiaodie's head.

She activated her inner spiritual power, and instantly, a powerful suction force emanated from her body.

A burst of spiritual energy suddenly emanated from Guan Xiaodie's body.

A fragment of spiritual consciousness was forcibly pulled out from the depths of Guan Xiaodie's body by Ling Yurong.

This is her mental distraction.

As this wisp of spiritual consciousness flew out, it struggled and cursed.

"Are you crazy! Are you insane?"

"I am who I am, and you are me. We are one. How could you harm me?"

"You bastard, Liang, what have you done! What have you done to my true form!"

Despite the screams from the crowd, Liang Yuan remained unmoved and calm.

Before long, the two merged into one, and Ling Yurong also gained a memory of Guan Xiaodie's life trajectory.

Guan Xiaodie herself fell into a deep sleep.

Guan Yue was completely dumbfounded by what she saw.

"Mr. Liang, what exactly is going on?"

Liang Yuan looked at her, handed Guan Xiaodie over to her, and said, "The spiritual fragment of an ancient superhuman is hidden in her body. That wisp of spiritual body just now was the spiritual fragment of an ancient superhuman."

"This kind of spiritual subconsciousness will gradually grow stronger as she continues to grow, and eventually take its place."

"Her main personality is no longer in danger. Her mental strength may be somewhat damaged, but she will recover after a period of rest."

Guan Yue was horrified: "An ancient supernatural being? A split-minded individual?"

She was not of a high enough rank to attend the Yangshan Conference, so she was unaware of some confidential information.

Liang Yuan picked out some key information and told her about it.

Her face turned very pale for a moment.

"Damn it, how could this happen? We barely survived and awakened our superpowers, but now we have to be wary of ancient superpowered beings coveting our bodies deep within us?"

"Mr. Liang, is there any way to detect this situation earlier?"

Liang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Observe the people around you more. If there are people who show obvious multiple personalities, or whose temperament changes drastically, or who say strange things, pay close attention to them, arrest them directly, and bring them to me."

Upon hearing this, Guan Yue glanced at Guan Xiaodie in her arms and said, "Now that you mention it, I do remember that Xiaodie was indeed acting strangely for a while."

“She used to get along very well with Xiaoyu. She would go to Xiaoyu privately several times to say that she was not feeling well, but every time she would suddenly change her attitude after just starting to say something.”

Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow: "It seems that her dominant personality has sensed something, so she came out to ask for help."

Didn't Xiaoyu report this to you?

"I reported it, but when I saw Xiaodie, she was perfectly normal. It seems that her body had already been taken over by the spiritual fragments of the ancient superhuman at that time."

Guan Yue asked with lingering fear, "Mr. Liang, what will she do after she completely takes over Xiaodie?"

Liang Yuan shook his head slightly: "I'm not sure. After these ancient superhumans regain their strength, their primary task is to restore their cultivation level."

"They will most likely try to find other mental fragments of themselves, and this action will require manpower."

"I think she might try to seize power and have a group of followers."

Guan Yue felt a chill run down her spine, based on Mr. Liang's analysis.

After Guan Xiaodie rapidly increases her strength, the force she will most likely want to control is the mermaids and merfolk in front of her.

Given Mr. Liang's power, once they discover this, they will inevitably have to confront him.

For a moment, Guan Yue felt relieved that Mr. Liang had arrived in time. "Mr. Liang, I will find the others who haven't returned yet, and you can check them all for me."

Guan Yue took the initiative to speak and was quite cooperative.

Liang Yuan nodded: "Okay, go find someone."

As he spoke, he turned to Ling Yurong and said, "Unfreeze them and release them."

"Yes, Master." Ling Yu glanced at Liang Yuan with a complicated expression, then waved her hand and broke the ice seal.

Immediately, everyone below recovered.

They came to their senses and realized they had heard Liang Yuan and Guan Yue's conversation clearly.

At this moment, they all looked at Ling Yurong with apprehension, and then at Guan Xiaodie, who was being held by Guan Yue.

Fear of Guan Xiaodie appeared in their eyes.

It seems they think Guan Xiaodie is acting strangely.

Seeing this, Liang Yuan felt it necessary to say a few words, otherwise Guan Xiaodie might have a hard time integrating into this group in the future.

He stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, you must have heard what Miss Guan and I were saying just now."

"Guan Xiaodie previously had another person's spiritual consciousness hidden within her body. This spiritual consciousness has now been eliminated by me, and Guan Xiaodie is now the same Guan Xiaodie as before."

"She is no longer in danger, so please don't look at her with prejudice."

Guan Yue also came to her senses and immediately understood that Liang Yuan was going to vouch for Guan Xiaodie so that she could have a normal life and integrate into everyone else.

She quickly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Liang is right, everyone. Xiaodie is also a victim now. Please don't look at her with prejudice in the future, and give her more care and help."

"Little Fish, you need to set a good example."

As she spoke, Guan Yue looked at Ji Xiaoyu, who was standing nearby.

Ji Xiaoyu was frozen in ice, but she heard Liang Yuan and Guan Yue's words clearly.

Hearing this, he immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, we will all treat Xiaodie as family. I will be the first to object to anyone who dares to bully her."

Liang Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

So after waiting a while, people started to return one after another.

Ling Yurong and Di Quanke checked everything one by one, but found nothing else.

I spent the whole afternoon working on this.

Once this matter was over, Liang Yuan selected Ji Xiaoyu and several other teenagers and sent them to Yangshan to report for duty.

He wasn't just joking about forming a special team.

The Yangshan-2 series spacecraft has now entered production at the R&D department and will soon be mass-produced.

At that time, we will need a lot of talented pilots and combat personnel.

Because the environment on the floating island is unknown, the teams that go up must have a strong ability to adapt.

It's best to have ability users who can navigate land, water, and air terrain to adapt to more complex environments.

On the way back, Liang Yuan was thinking about another question.

"There must have been quite a few ancient people who sought to live a second life through methods of immortality."

"Relying solely on Ling Yurong and Di Quanke only captures the mental fragmentation of the two individuals."

"And Jin Peng, I've also branded that guy with the Soul Restraint Talisman."

"Then we can have the three of them take charge of this matter and investigate all personnel within the entire Yangshan sphere of influence."

"We must not allow unidentified ancient superhumans to lurk among them and pose a threat to Yangshan."

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan looked at Ling Yurong and Di Quanke and asked, "Do you two have any way to directly check whether there is a spiritual fragment of an ancient superhuman in a person's body?"

Ling Yurong and Di Quanke looked at each other and shook their heads.

Ling Yurong said, "In the early years, there were also cases where the spiritual fragments of ancient superhumans were discovered and then deciphered."

"Later, when we came to our area, everyone became smarter and merged their spiritual thoughts with their genes to form genetically inherited memories, thus solving the problem directly through genetic inheritance."

"Problems at the genetic level can only be solved through genetic means."

"Unless the host itself reaches the level of genetic recombination and can counter the mental distraction, there is no other way."

"For outsiders to detect the existence of a mental fragment, they can only do so by observing the abnormal behavior of the host body."

Di Quanke nodded slightly and said, "In essence, through countless generations of inheritance, the spiritual fragments have completely merged with this host body."

"In fact, they are all one person, so it is very difficult to completely separate the host body from the mental fragments."

"Of course, some legendary special skills might work, such as causal skills, which don't follow any logic."

"However, causal skills are hard to find. Such skills are extremely rare. Even if a causal skill rune bone appears, I'm afraid no one would be willing to trade it."

Di Quanke's words stirred something in Liang Yuan's heart.

Others may not have causal skills, but I do.

Leaving aside Gu Jianye, whom I captured earlier, his [Word Spirit] skill is a standard causal skill.

Without regard to any reason, it is used to launch an attack and kill directly through cause and effect.

Gu Jianye is still imprisoned in the water dungeon. Although he planted a parasitic seed before, it is still useless to him if the other party is determined to die.

However, now that Liang Yuan has the [Soul Restraint Talisman], even if Gu Jianye wants to die, he cannot escape his control.

Even if Gu Jianye doesn't cooperate, I still have the system, which allows me to directly exchange for relevant causal skills.

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

He already had a plan in mind.

"Let's use a two-pronged approach. First, I'll exchange for the [Word of Power] skill from the system, and then I'll control Gu Jianye and make him work for me."

“In this way, even if I am not in Yangshan, there will be people guarding this place for me.”

(End of this chapter)