The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The bandit headquarters.

On the table, there was a dark balance scale on one side and a dark pocket watch on the other.

Their surfaces have similar golden patterns, resembling some kind of writing.

At the same time, they all have that iconic Eye of Horus.

"This long day wasn't entirely fruitless at all. Speaking of which, now that we only have one Beast King Core, should we restore the pocket watch's function or the balance scales' function?"

The Dark Balance once said...

The "artifact" and "spirit" of a Dark Artifact each have their own "restoration system".

"Spirit" needs soul power to become stronger.

The "artifacts" require energy from the core of the mutated beast to restore them to their peak state. Currently, all the sacred artifacts are in a damaged state and their functions are incomplete.

Soul power can make spirits stronger, and it is also the medium for spirit actuators.

The more beast core energy a vessel receives, the higher its recovery rate, meaning it can unleash a wider variety of abilities.

Humans cannot activate sacred artifacts unless they become the host of the sacred artifact.

Neither Song Gua nor his clones are the host; their so-called use of the scales is actually through the evil spirit of the scales acting as an intermediary.

This method involves exploiting a bug using the Soul-Eating Bead.

As the intermediary, Ling would collect soul power, so he was naturally happy for Song Gua to use the scales, and thus never refused, always cooperating.

If there is no evil spirit of the scales, or if the evil spirit is separated from the scales too far apart, the scales will be unusable.

"Okay, ask the pocket watch what functions it has now. If the recovery is more complete, can new functions be unlocked? I'll see which one is more cost-effective."

Inside the second Soul-Devouring Pearl, Curious Guy Number Two kicked the evil spirit in the pocket watch.

"Hey kid, our boss's asking you, what functions do you have now?"

The evil spirit in the pocket watch confessed honestly.

"Brother, the current focus is on 'backtracking'."

"Explain yourself clearly! Damn it, you're not detailed when you should be, and you ramble on and on when you shouldn't!"

"Oh, my friend, there's an ancient book in your Huaxia administrative region that I really like."

"Oh my gosh, your thinking is so damn unpredictable! Did I even ask you what kind of books you like?"

"That book is called the Tao Te Ching, and the opening line is 'The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.' My friend, do you know what that means?"

"Do I look like someone who could understand this kind of book? Damn! Are you mocking me?!"

"Oh, in short, some truths can't be described in words; they're more like things that can only be understood intuitively than explained. But I can try my best to describe them. However, please remember, my friend, it's only a 'try'; it's impossible to describe them completely..."

According to the description of the dark pocket watch.

The ultimate rule for pocket watches is "time".

But to truly master the rules of time, the pocket watch and the spirit must both be restored to 200%.

200%?

Isn't that strange?

Essentially, it requires them not only to return to their peak condition, but also to further cultivate and break through their limits.

The pocket watch has been restored to 23% and can only use the rewind function.

The scope of backtracking can only be limited to a relatively small range and number of events.

such as.

To trace back a person's position, to take them back to a certain point in time.

To rewind a character's actions and revert their skills—it should be noted that in "Cleric," once you use a skill, it goes on cooldown. So whether you rewind or not, the skill will still enter its cooldown period.

To rewind a person's memories, allowing a portion of their memories to rewind to a certain point in time.

There are actually many other subtle operations that can be performed.

They are all related to time, but not to complete control over time.

Modern pocket watches can only have a slight effect in certain areas.

The more soul power invested in these operations, the longer the time span, but there is an upper limit, and it is not high, as it is limited by the recovery degree of the artifact.

A single Beast King Core can restore 1% to 5% of a device's health; the exact amount depends on the device's current recovery level.

The pocket watch states that if the Beast King's core is given to him, it can restore 25% of his health. It will not unlock new pocket watch abilities, but it can extend the maximum time limit for rewinding.

"Without a qualitative change, it's not very meaningful. What about the balance?"

Libra begins his formal self-introduction.

Actually, it wasn't that Libra didn't want to introduce himself before, but rather that he woke up late and lost many memories.

After spending more than half a year among bandits, he regained some of his memories.

The ultimate rule of the balance scale is "constancy".

In the material world, conservation is very common: conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, conservation of wealth...

The scales are currently at 8% recovery level. If they absorb the Beast King's core, they will recover to 12%.

Once you reach 10%, you can unlock the fusion feature.

"It's more cost-effective to give it to Libra. This pocket watch is no good. It's already recovered to 23%, but it still only has one ability. Others have two abilities at 10% recovery."

Curious Guy said.

"The scales say the pocket watch is the strongest dark artifact, but it needs to be restored to a high enough level to undergo a qualitative change."

"We don't have enough beast cores right now, and we can't wait for his qualitative change. Let's give them to Tianping first to unlock his new abilities."

Song Gua gave the beast king's core, as well as a large number of cloned mutant beast cores, to Dark Balance.

The balance has recovered to 13%.

Song Gua immediately tried out the fusion function.

According to the scales, there are two types of fusion.

A fusion can enhance combat power.

A random fusion.

The former requires that the two parties involved in the fusion should be as similar in terms of spiritual power and life form as possible.

The so-called "similar spiritual power" is actually equivalent to "similar combat strength" in the terms of professionals.

Similar life forms refer to both similar organisms and similar life fluctuations.

The better the two sides work together and the longer the integration process takes, the greater the increase in combat power after integration.

The latter has no requirements and can even fuse people and any object together. What kind of monster will be created by the fusion is unknown even to Libra himself.

Regardless of the type of fusion, if one of the participants is a conscious life form, its consent is required for the fusion to be successful.

If there's no awareness, then it doesn't matter.

Song Gua first tried the first type of fusion.

He found two clones with the same profession and level 27, removed their equipment, and ensured that their combat power was basically the same.

Nine thousand hands held up the balance scales, and began to chant.

"Merge—into—"

From Horus's Eye of the Scales, two black beams of light, like chains, shot out, binding the clones that were participating in the fusion and pulling them closer to each other.

"Hey, hey, hey, they didn't say we had to stick together!"

"Damn it! We're not wearing clothes, I don't want to be close to him!"

Although the two clones resisted, they were merely clones of Song Gua, and the original Song Gua was willing to merge with them.

The onlookers, after receiving sunflower seeds from "Sunflower Seed Bro," stared wide-eyed.

"How weird! They've melted!"

"Wow! How disgusting, they've merged into one!"

"Wow~ Isn't this just like making two clay figures, breaking them up, mixing them with water, and then making another one, so they're intertwined? How romantic~~"

"What will it become?"

"Nonsense! They look alike, so even after merging, they'll still have that old thief's pure prison-style face."