Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 151 Lifespan
While Han Su was still in shock, Black Rose's voice in the recording was still probing: "Why does it have to be 70%? Can't it be 69% or 71%?"

Is there any significance to these data changes?

The middle-aged man sighed softly: "Why? Humans can't even understand their own minds, how can they comprehend the secrets of the gods? 70% is itself a threshold, a threshold for a qualitative change in spiritual power."

"Before 70%, mental activity still falls within the human realm, but the remaining 30% is already considered a forbidden zone for gods, a realm that mortals are not allowed to touch. It's that simple!"

"..."

Black Rose said, "You really won't touch it if you say you're not allowed to?"

"of course not."

The middle-aged man's voice sounded somewhat anxious: "When have humans ever listened to anything?"

"Although my spirit has not yet come back to life, I have already found out that the first step is to bring my spirit back to life, the second step is to increase my spiritual activity to 70%, and then I need to break through the forbidden zone of the gods."

"However, this step is too difficult; only by finding some professionals can it be done."

"..."

Black Rose seemed intrigued: "A professional like me?"

"What kind of professional are you if you don't even trust your patients?"

The middle-aged man chuckled coldly. Whether it was due to the recording quality or something else, his tone became somewhat mysterious as he spoke: "In this world, those who truly possess mysterious powers are these four types of people."

"One type is the person carrying the suitcase, and the other is a mysterious organization, but the truly learned and long-standing ones are the secret schools and ancient nobles..."

"The Mysterious School originated from scholars who studied the history and relics of the radiation era. They began their research thousands of years ago, generation after generation, getting closer to those mysterious things than ordinary people, and accumulating countless knowledge."

"Ancient nobility..."

"Heh, they are the masters of this world, they've just been disguising themselves as ordinary people, hiding in our city, but everything is under their control..."

"..."

Black Rose remarked, "They must be very wealthy..."

"So, which one did you find?"

The middle-aged man's emotions were interrupted, and he sighed, "I haven't looked yet. My mind is still dead. It's too early to talk about this. Right now, I plan to die for a while."

Black Rose said, "Then good luck. Remember to settle the consultation fee when you leave later, I'm afraid you won't have time later."

The middle-aged man said, "I will get married, but I want you to agree to one condition: you must be my witness. If I really die, the insurance company will think it was suicide and won't pay out."

Black Rose was immediately put in a difficult position: "Even if I confirm it for you, there's no guarantee I'll compensate you..."

The middle-aged man had made up his mind: "But you have to promise to testify for me when the time comes. Of course, there will still be risks, but everything comes at a price, doesn't it?"

……

……

The conversation ended there. Han Su was completely confused. The content did indeed sound like someone obsessed with mysterious powers getting stuck in a rut.

However, this layman actually mentioned psychoactivity, and some so-called secret schools and ancient nobles.
It seems like they know more than I, the investigator, do?
Needless to say, he was familiar with the person carrying the suitcase and the mysterious organization. He was also aware of the existence of the secret school that the man mentioned. But what kind of people were these so-called ancient nobles?

Han Su's curiosity grew stronger, and he felt that the doubts that arose during this mission were being quickly resolved because of the strange conversation.

He sat silently for a long time before sending a message: "So, the reason you showed me this chat log?"

Black Rose seemed to be waiting right in front of the computer, replying instantly: "Didn't you express interest in this before? I came across some related content, so of course I wanted to talk to you."

How does it feel? Amazing, right? Let me tell you, there's even more amazing stuff to come!

【…】

Han Su immediately pressed on: "How amazing is it?"

Black Rose: [After seeing this patient, I felt that although what he said was outrageous, it seemed quite useful. So, I searched for some of the keywords he mentioned...]

[...It's amazing how much related content there is, and it's been compiled into a coherent narrative.]

【…】

Han Su's heart stirred slightly. He temporarily set aside his doubts about the black rose and eagerly asked, "Then tell me, is there anything inside that mentions anything about enhancing mental activity?"

Yes, and there are many.

Black Rose replied: "If this related content is a pseudo-discipline fabricated by idle people, then the issue of psychoactivity constitutes the core of this discipline."

According to their theory, my patient's method for revitalizing the spirit actually has some merit. Similarly, enhancing mental vitality can be achieved through various means, such as adventures, crises, pollution, the thirst for knowledge, understanding of things and philosophy, and insights into life.

Because people have different experiences, their initial mental state when their spirit comes back to life will be significantly higher than that of ordinary people. Those who enjoy adventure and have unusual experiences will have a much higher initial mental state when their spirit comes back to life, and their subsequent improvement will be much faster.

【…】

Han Su suddenly felt as if many things in his mind had been cleared up.

That's certainly true.

The mental activity of those people in D7 was ridiculously high; not to mention the guy with the bowl cut, even the three jackals were more energetic than him.

When I first achieved infiltration, the initial value was also frighteningly high, something that even Secretary Cui Qiao and the person in the red trench coat couldn't comprehend.

Is this because he has always experienced escaping from ancient castles, so he has a natural advantage in mental activity compared to others?
He pondered silently, organizing his thoughts, but this also gave rise to new questions:
But if that's the case, why is it that even though my initial stats are high, my subsequent improvements seem slow? And what about the castle experience? Did it only give me a 30% increase in my initial stats?
I always felt that this advantage was not worthy of the castle's many near-death experiences.

At that moment, Black Rose sent another message: [Besides the impact of the crisis, mental activity will also be affected in another way, namely, the range of life force.]

Han Su was slightly taken aback: [What do you mean?]

Black Rose: [Because these people who fabricate pseudoscience have discovered that, compared to young people, it is more difficult to improve the mental activity of the elderly. This could certainly be due to old age, physical weakness, and mental fatigue, but more importantly, it is influenced by another factor.]

The human spirit is continuous and transcends time; therefore, the total amount of one's spirit is often related to the length of one's life.

Just as heating a glass of water is much simpler than heating a pool of water, the same stimulus will have a far more significant effect on improving the mental activity of young people than on older people.

She seemed to pause for a moment before sending the message: "If someone lives past several hundred years old, their mental activity becomes even more difficult to improve than that of an elderly person, because their total mental capacity is inherently greater than others."

"Shh!"

Upon seeing this, Han Su suddenly felt as if everything had suddenly become clear.

Right.

No wonder the experience in the castle only brought me 30% of my mental vitality, and my subsequent improvement slowed down abruptly.

Because each "flicker" brought me a crisis, but it also increased my mental range by ten years. My activity level has been increasing, but my mental range has also been lengthening.

Just like how the guy with the bowl cut was given a reduced sentence for completing his mission, but his sentence was repeatedly increased because of his niche hobbies, which led to his sentence getting longer and longer.

For me now, let alone improving my mental vitality, in a sense, not regressing is good enough.

This discovery left Han Su sitting in his computer chair, speechless for a long time. Although he had suddenly figured things out, the problem seemed to have led him straight into a dead end.

With such a vast ocean of consciousness, how can one enhance their own mental vitality?

[Sigh, I actually find their writing somewhat interesting. There are always trade-offs; the stronger the spirit, the harder it is to enhance its vitality, but once that vitality is enhanced, the future will be unimaginable. It makes perfect sense.]

Black Rose concluded with a sigh: "But if someone truly has the potential to possess immense mental fortitude from the very beginning, then the biggest challenge must be taking that first step..."

"This is more than just difficult..."

Han Su even felt a little heavy-hearted. Composing himself, he typed: "Thank you, Miss Ai."

The other party replied instantly: 【You're welcome, Mr. Butcher…】

silence!

withdraw!

Black Rose: [Who is Miss Ai? When did you start having affairs behind my back?]

"?"

While she was getting angry, Han Su was also stunned. He had just casually asked a question, but it seemed that he had actually found out something.
Frantically typing on the keyboard: [Who are you? Where are you right now?]

【oops……】

Black Rose tensed up: [I need to make protein powder for my cat, bye!]

After saying that, she stopped replying to any further messages Han Su sent.

Han Su suddenly fell into deep suspicion towards the psychologist he thought he knew very well, and who had even considered silencing him because of the leak.

This is someone I've known for many years, someone I've met more than once, and someone who was the only person who had ever shared the secret of the shimmering light with me. Yet now, I have doubts about this person.

Who is she?

What she found even more confusing was the information she mentioned.

If the code of life requires a certain level of mental activity to be glimpsed, and one's own mental activity, due to the flashing experiences, has become comparable to that of two elderly people, then wouldn't the so-called code of life be a distant dream?
(End of this chapter)