Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 361 Seed of Spirit
Before Xiangzi returned to the world of "A Chinese Ghost Story", he made many preparations.

For example, by using telekinesis to stimulate all the cells in her body, she could restore her body to the state of an eighteen-year-old. This abnormal accelerated development would affect some of her potential, but this loss could be made up for by continuing to reincarnate, so it was insignificant.

The world of A Chinese Ghost Story, the underworld.

Xiangzi stood up shakily, picked up her water glass to replenish her energy, and after catching her breath, she sensed the scene in the distant laboratory and said, "It seems that none of my clones have the aptitude to be a mental controller."

“Mental controllers seem to be very difficult to create artificially.”

"Perhaps, only by creating an external avatar from a cloned embryo can that external avatar gain the ability to control mental power."

Upon returning to this world, Xiangzi immediately instructed Xu Feng to create 200,000 clone embryos based on her genes.

Unlike the ordinary reincarnators of the East Sea team, she will use her own clone embryo to create an external avatar.

However, creating an avatar often requires relatively high-grade materials. Before transforming the clone into an avatar, Xu Feng also needs to help her strengthen the clone to a certain extent.

The purpose of mass-producing embryos is to select the strongest ones, for example, clones that are qualified to become mind controllers.

Unfortunately, this goal has not yet been achieved.

Xu Feng sat up lazily: "Just as I expected, at this stage, the East China Sea team has enough mental power controllers. The fact that the avatars cannot obtain the talent of mental power controllers will not affect the overall situation."

Xiangzi sighed, "Indeed, mental controllers are very useful when the team is not strong enough, but once the battle involves interstellar space, the significance of this special profession will be greatly reduced."

The fastest way for the East China Sea team to obtain information these days is no longer through mental scanning, but through Xu Feng's Heavenly Eye.

Moreover, Xu Feng is not the only member in the team who has acquired the supernatural ability of the Heavenly Eye without a teacher. However, Xu Feng's level is higher, and he can observe more information.

Xiangzi glanced at the little witch in the womb and said, "Back then, I grasped most of the information about this ecosystem in the core of the 'Underworld Floating Ecosystem'. In terms of data volume, a single flower does not contain much information, but this small amount of information can breed a system that covers the entire Underworld and rewrites the rules of this environment... This is actually quite incredible."

"This even gave me the illusion that the world is probably very simple in its composition."

“That’s obviously an illusion.” Xu Feng shook his head with a smile: “The most profound part of the world’s structure lies in ‘why it exists.’ As for its form after it exists, it’s not too complicated. ‘Plank ecosystem’ only reshapes the form of existence.”

Xiangzi paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile: "So, the skill I'm planning to develop seems to be like water without a source or a tree without roots."

"Not necessarily." Xu Feng pulled the exhausted girl into his arms again.

He observed on the timeline what kind of skills Shoko intended to create.

Planktonic ecosystems can spread from a tiny seed to the entire underworld... In theory, given enough information, an ecosystem can even take over other environments.

Mental strength is also a kind of extraordinary power.

By constructing the illusory spirit according to the form of 'seeds of a floating ecosystem', it is theoretically possible to quickly cover the spiritual ocean of a human being.

This is the theoretical basis for the move that Xiangzi is preparing to develop.

However, there are many difficulties in transforming the basics into specific moves. She needs to first create a virtual world that can control the 'seeds of spirit', that is, a 'floating flower sea' on the spiritual level. The seeds separated from the 'flower sea' can then be used to turn others into puppets.

According to Xiangzi's design, the world composed of the 'spiritual floating ecology' is based on her original spirit. In this way, those who are infected will become her 'clones', and their thoughts and will will be like her clones, and they will absolutely obey her.

Moreover, Xiangzi has already cultivated the Sixteen Contemplations of Pure Land to the sixth level, basically completing the construction of the Pure Land in his heart, which can serve as the foundation for the 'spiritual floating ecology'.

However, this tactic seems to have encountered intractable problems from the very beginning.

“Creating a truly real world is extremely difficult, but the world of the soul is very different from the real world. In a sense, dreams are also a kind of world of the soul,” Xu Feng said with a smile.

“But the ‘realism’ of the ‘spiritual floating ecology’ is the core that determines the power of this move. If it’s just the realism at the ‘dream’ level, the controlled creature will naturally break free from my control when it awakens from the dream,” Xiangzi said with distress.

Xu Feng took out the 'Void Mustard Seed Wheel' with a smile on his face.

"If the basic abilities aren't up to par, then use magic weapons to make up for it."

This magical artifact is a core component of the virtual world. Xu Feng used this not-so-expensive item to collect a large amount of faith power for Tifa, and then used it to create a virtual world to train many newcomers.

"Hehe, this item is becoming less and less helpful to me at this stage. I might as well use this item to help you cultivate the most suitable external avatar for you."

Xu Feng selected the two best-quality cloned embryos from 200,000 cloned embryos.

“I originally prepared another avatar for you, but now that you have developed this skill, the most suitable avatar for you is actually the ‘Destroyer’ matrix.”

The Destroyer Mother from the Poké Ball appears the most frequently among the nine cannon fodder systems of Team East Blue.

However, the cost of this mother body that can mass-produce 'Blazing Angel' offspring is not expensive... Initially, it was just two beautiful women created by Park Chang-ho, costing only 1,000 points. Now, only two clones are needed. Although it takes a certain amount of time to cultivate, this cultivation can be done conveniently during the time spent on cultivation and exchange. Theoretically, it does not require any extra money.

Xu Feng did not create more Destroyer Mothers because these things need resources to reproduce offspring, and one Mother is enough. Moreover, relatively large Mothers require storage space items that can store organisms to carry them. When the East Sea Team has enough storage space, the significance of this level of combat tool is no longer very great.

"The Destroyer Matrix?" Xiangzi blinked.

"Hmm, wouldn't it be possible for it to split off in the future..."

Her bright eyes glanced again at the shrine maiden sisters who were pregnant. It seemed that in the future, she would be the one with the most people!
After adding the Dragon Descendant gene to the embryos, Xu Feng took Xiangzi and the pair of embryos back to the mortal realm.

“Those descended from the dragon race, nurtured within the dragon veins, have the opportunity to surpass the limits of this race,” Xu Feng said with a smile.

I saw.

An earthy-yellow energy continuously enveloped the two embryos, amplifying their potential. Several months later.

Two clones that had developed into adults began to fuse, and the twin goddesses contained in their genes began to manifest. Ultimately, these twin goddesses, due to the lack of their souls, began to degenerate into destroyers among the awakened ones.

The moment the Destroyer Mother matured, Xiangzi, following the cultivation method of external avatars, separated a portion of her spiritual will and gradually entrusted it to the new 'Destroyer' Mother.

After transforming this creation into her own clone, Shoko discovered that this clone was very special.

"This extraordinary power doesn't seem to be demonic energy..."

"The Force? When the embryo awakened, Xu Feng fused a fibrinolytic organism into the embryo for me?"

Xiangzi seemed to be deep in thought.

One of the Celestials enhanced his Force, but he was not taken prisoner. He was shattered into pieces by Tifa's sword energy during the battle. However, Xu Feng used the power of the Ancient Blood to record all the special features of the Force during the battle and collected a small amount of cell fragments, thus thoroughly analyzing the enhanced abilities of this Celestial.

"This gives the 'Blazing Angel Sub-Body' created by the 'Destroyer' mother body another upgrade. After the sub-body is fused with the Fibroblast, its combat endurance will probably increase significantly!"

Xiangzi smiled and said, "The best way to simply control the Force is to control both the light and dark forces at the same time. However, the 'Destroyer's' core fighting style is light, so pure light force is actually the most suitable for this avatar."

"This doesn't mean that this avatar has given up mastering the Dark Force; it's just not the right time... Once I reach a certain level, the Dark Force might be the opportunity for this avatar to become stronger again!"

Shoko still sensed the item, the Void Mustard Seed Wheel, within the awakened body's brain.

It also took advantage of the awakening of this external avatar to merge into this body, becoming part of the 'Destroyer'.

"Let's build a 'spiritual floating ecosystem' in that virtual world!" Xu Feng arranged with a smile.

Xiangzi nodded and immediately resonated with her avatar. She had previously mastered the 'Destroyer' through mental power skills, and now that she had obtained such an avatar, it was very easy to control.

Soon, he constructed his spiritual world according to the blueprint in his mind.

The original Xiangzi was conceived in the underworld for 28 days. Similarly, after 28 days, this blueprint grew into a virtual world covered with bright red flowers.

"This move... actually succeeded!" Xiangzi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

She unfolds her own avatar.

This unique avatar of hers is about 100 meters tall, still shorter than the previous Destroyer Mother, but it can continue to develop for a long time as long as resources are available.

Three hundred and sixty biological material arrows shot out from the crown of the god, which was a hundred meters tall.

These arrows then quickly transformed into the appearance of Xiangzi.

It's like the East China Sea team's mental strength lady has 360 clones.

"Hehe, by entrusting the seeds of my spirit to these 'fiery angel' offspring, once the seeds of my spirit blossom and sprout, covering the spiritual seas of these offspring, they will possess the same thought patterns as me, and can be considered my clones!"

Shoko manipulates these clones within the mental chains, displaying all their abilities.

then.

Three hundred and sixty fiery angel sub-bodies with faces resembling Xiangzi sprouted three pairs of wings from their backs and formed various battle formations in the air.

In just a short while, the surrounding mountains were burned into a flat plain shimmering with iridescent light.

What excited Shoko so much was not the creation of so many clones, but the fact that the 'spiritual seed' technique was actually feasible!
This technique is very simple to control; any creature that her mental energy chains can connect to is likely to be affected. This technique can even break through mental energy shields. 'Mental Floating Ecosystems' can absorb mental energy, and mental energy shields are built on a sufficiently dense layer of mental energy. The mental energy within the shielded area will also become their food.

In theory, she could use this move to control the vast majority of members in the cycle of reincarnation... Only those with a higher level of cultivation and greater mental strength than her could possibly block this move!
Of course, if the target has cultivated a technique or skill specifically designed to counter mental attacks, or if the target possesses a top-tier magical artifact capable of defending against soul attacks, then that's a different story.

It's no exaggeration to say that Xu Feng is currently the only player on the East China Sea team who is completely immune to this move.

Tifa can block most of the time, but if she is careless, she will also become Shoko's prisoner... It is difficult for ordinary people to maintain a state of mental tension and vigilance all day long. Even if a strong person maintains this state for a long time, it will be affected in future battles.

As for the Heavenly God Team, the East Sea Team's recent enemy... Xiangzi could wipe out most of the members with just one look, and the remaining one or two could only hold out for a short while before their spirit and will completely decayed.

"Stop showing off!" Xu Feng waved his hand.

"Perfect timing. The newcomer has already defeated the target of the second round of testing, so let your clones fight her."

Xu Feng looked out over the sea at Zhao Yingkong, who was fighting against Sadako, a creation of the 'fantasy construct'. This girl was fighting against the same enemy that the East China Sea team had faced before. After such a long and arduous battle, she was very close to unlocking the third stage of her gene lock, only needing a trigger.

In fact, Xu Feng felt that if the level of danger was high enough, she had probably already unlocked the third-order gene lock.

These fantastical monsters were entirely under his control. In terms of the precision of his control, the killing intent was simulated very realistically, but it was merely a simulation... His killing intent as the actual controller was still somewhat lacking.

Xiangzi might actually harbor some murderous intent... Although Xiangzi could control that murderous intent and prevent himself from doing anything irrational, that tiny bit of murderous intent was enough.

After witnessing Zhao Yingkong and Fantasy Sadako's entire battle, Xiangzi couldn't help but sigh, "Tsk tsk, this performance... this newcomer will probably be the first person in our East China Sea team to unlock the third-tier gene lock."

Having found a new way of fighting, Zhao Yingkong has 'changed' to a swordsman, and her current weapon is a two-handed greatsword.

Thanks again to Team Celestial for the gift. The A-grade holy sword Durandal in the hands of Team Celestial's priest has unleashed power far exceeding that of its original owner in Zhao Yingkong's hands.

(End of this chapter)