I will be stronger after the remake

"With so many countries in the EU united, there are only four fourth-level psionicists. Oh, Britain withdrew, so now there are only three. The US is at a huge disadvantage in this regard. It managed to get two by poaching people, and it doesn't even qualify as a rival to its own country."

"Nowadays, no one can advance to the fourth level with the belief of 'defending the country' because no one believes that anyone can force the motherland to such a point. No matter how loud the slogan is, it cannot be convincing if it lacks a realistic basis."

"As the saying goes, 'He who possesses a sharp blade will naturally have the will to kill.' Psionicists themselves place great importance on building their mental and physical strength. Once they become stronger, they will inevitably have higher aspirations. However, the country still treats psionicists as ordinary people, assuming that by providing them with abundant material benefits, they will be content with the status quo of having a wife, children, and a warm bed."

"If you're an ordinary person, no matter how lofty your ideals are, like wanting to build the world into a communist order, you can only sigh in vain because you're trapped by reality. But psionicists are beings who gather great power within themselves and have the ability to turn their ideas into reality. If the country is unwilling to do it, then I'll do it myself! If the country can't give me a satisfactory belief, I'll find one myself!"

Unexpectedly, the answer had nothing to do with wealth or power, and Wen Xia fell silent for a moment.

Tang Ping sighed, "Because of the lag in policy, the country cannot meet the growing spiritual needs of psionicists... But I digress. Let's get back to you. I've always had a guess about you, but it's too far-fetched and lacks evidence, so I can only ask you to confirm it."

Feng Yingying said thoughtfully, "I can roughly guess what you want to say. Perhaps the most suitable one for you is the spirit grid involving divination, which can maximize your intelligence analysis ability."

"Thank you for the compliment. I feel like the people around me have all chosen the wrong spiritual path. Are you manipulating things behind the scenes?"

"It's not just me, but a group of members of the Church of the Returning Spirits, including myself. Don't be surprised. Even within the same cult, different groups can emerge due to divergent paths. If a cult is united, there's no doubt that they've used brainwashing psychic powers."

Why did you do this?

"The reason has already been stated: to prevent the emergence of fifth-level psionic users, we must nip those potential geniuses in the bud."

"If we're talking about talent alone, I wouldn't call myself a genius."

“Your situation is somewhat special. I have never seen you become a psionicist before, so I thought I was just in case… Judging from the results, it can’t be said that I was wrong; you do indeed have extraordinary talent.”

Tang Ping was not angry, nor did she accuse the other party of being ungrateful. Instead, she keenly grasped the key phrase: "before?"

Feng Yingying realized she had misspoke and did not respond.

However, Tang Ping, combining the spiritual effects of the "spirit child," has already made a deduction: "Because of my father, you have been paying attention to me. The so-called 'I have never seen you before' is not logically valid. But if your 'before' does not refer to this life, but includes past lives, then it makes sense."

Feng Yingying countered, "Do you think that's possible?"

Tang Ping looked up at the sky: "Even the creation has appeared, so what's impossible about the appearance of a past life? Moreover, you keep claiming that the birth of a fifth-level psychic will bring about the end of the world, but before Gu Linglong, I have never heard of anyone advancing to the fifth level. Why are you so sure? I can only assume that you have personally experienced it, and that I did not become a psychic in my past life, so you are curious about me in this life. Judging from your tone, you have experienced more than one reincarnation."

This explains why Feng Yingying was able to advance to the fourth level so quietly. She has experienced multiple reincarnations, making her essentially a reborn person, and she must know the locations of rare and precious materials similar to Xu Fu's elixir.

Yuan Ji was somewhat angry and unwilling, and said, "What makes you so sure that someone advancing to the fifth level will bring about the end of the world?"

Feng Yingying did not answer directly, but instead asked Tang Ping, "Do you still remember the experiment you did at the psionic training base?"

Tang Ping recalled: "The one about the moon?"

"Well, the final conclusion is that the two moons are not the same. The moon in the Illusionary Realm can improve cultivation efficiency, but the moon in the mortal world cannot. Have you thought about why?"

"You already said the conclusion is not the same... Wait a minute! Since you brought it up on purpose, it means the answer might be unexpected, the kind that defies common sense."

Tang Ping reversed his thinking and suddenly came to a startling answer: "Could it be that the moon in the real world is fake, and the moon in the illusory world is the real moon?"

Feng Yingying said coldly, "To be more precise, what you think is the real world is actually a man-made world. The Illusionary Realm is the true real world!"

"This is impossible!"

Yuan Ji and Wen Xia both denied it.

After her initial shock, Tang Ping calmed down and pondered, "No wonder the medium to reach the Realm of Illusion is the Illusion-Breaking Stone. Breaking illusions is the true realm of illusion. Only by breaking the illusion can one reach the Realm of Truth! No wonder demons cannot come to the Realm of Truth. The Realm of Truth is a world designed to protect humanity, so it naturally rejects the invasion of demons!"

Feng Yingying said emotionlessly, "According to our speculation, a certain fifth-level psychic created the 'Current World' to protect ordinary humans from the threat of monsters and set a restriction that psychics cannot actively use their psychic powers. However, this psychic is most likely dead. The 'Current World' is like an unattended formation, gradually losing its effect. Therefore, when someone breaks through to the fourth level, they will vaguely feel the restriction loosening. When they break through to the fifth level, the powerful spiritual pressure generated will break through the formation, the 'Current World' will shatter, and everyone will return to the Illusionary Realm—that is, the real world."

Tang Ping said, "Wait a minute. It's undeniable that ordinary people can't survive in the Illusionary Realm, but it's far from the end of the world. With the protection of powerful spiritual beings, it's not difficult for some people to survive."

You'll understand soon.

Feng Yingying stopped answering and simply looked up at the sky.

Soon after, an unusual phenomenon appeared: the sky, which had been burning like a sea of ​​fire, was replaced by a strange ocean of numbers, as if an invisible giant hand was rewriting the rules of this world.

The digital ocean spread rapidly, and buildings on the ground began to flicker, like electronic images with unstable signals, ready to disappear at any moment.

At this moment, a deafening shriek came from afar, and a huge fiery Vermilion Bird soared into the sky, carrying the power of creation, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth resonated with it.

Clearly, this was Gu Linglong sensing something was wrong and doing everything in her power to stop the strange phenomenon from spreading.

However, faced with the incomprehensible ocean of numbers, the mighty Vermilion Bird of Flames only resisted for a short while before disintegrating, turning into shimmering numbers, and merging into that ocean of numbers.

Feng Yingying sighed, not surprised by the result: "The creation was not completed. In the face of the end of the world, even a fifth-level psionicist seems insignificant."

The digital ocean quickly spread to Tang Ping and the others, and everything, including the river, trees, and ruins of Leifeng Pagoda, became illusory. The whole world seemed to have become a huge digital sandbox, and all life and matter were being rearranged.

Yuan Ji and the others wanted to rebel, but they didn't know how to rebel or who to rebel against.

Soon, digital traces also appeared on their bodies.

Ma Yiming was the first to be infected. He glanced at his arm, which had turned into strings of characters, and instead of screaming in despair, he shouted, "Strategist, what should we do?"

Tang Ping, trying to find humor in his predicament, said, "There's no other way, just wait to die. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, hurry up and tell me."

"If I say it, can you make it happen for me?"

"It's probably impossible to achieve."

"Forget it. If I were the only one who died, I would definitely leave a will. But now that we're all dying together, there's no point in leaving a will."

Digitalization spread incredibly fast. In just a few words, most of Ma Yiming's body had turned into strings of text. He raised his only remaining arm, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "Let's be brothers again in the next life!"

After he finished speaking, he transformed into a string of characters and merged into the ocean of numbers.

Tang Ping noticed that resistance to digitization seemed to be related to realm; the higher the realm, the slower the digitization. However, even Gu Linglong, who had advanced to the fifth level, was not immune, and no one thought they would be an exception.

Soon after, Yuan Ji also showed signs of being digitized, leaving only Tang Ping and Feng Yingying on the scene.

Yuan Ji noticed this and decisively transformed into his wind spirit form, sweeping Tang Ping away. Feng Yingying assumed that the two wanted to stay together in their final moments and did not stop them. She simply waved her hand and said, "Let's meet again in the next life, even though you won't remember me anymore."

After flying three kilometers in one breath, Yuan Ji landed on the ground. Half of her body had turned into strings of strings, but she didn't care at all. Instead, she carefully examined Tang Ping and said with genuine joy, "You're not infected!"

Tang Ping calmly analyzed, "It's meaningless. According to Feng Yingying, I was also in her previous life, but I still died in the end."

"No matter what, you are the special one. We must not let Feng Yingying know this, because she will retain her memories of this life."

In fact, Crystal Fung obtains her past life memories through psychic abilities, rather than retaining them, but there's no need to correct that at this moment.

Suddenly, Tang Ping sensed something and looked up to see a dark vortex appearing in the sky, absorbing digital information like a recycling bin, and everything on Earth began to disappear at an accelerated pace.

Yuan Ji could no longer maintain his form. With his last strength, he transformed into a gentle breeze and touched Tang Ping's lips, leaving behind unfinished words: "In the next life, we will definitely..."

(End of this volume)

Volume Two: Cult Leader

Chapter 151 Summary and Reinforcement

[Player death detected. Playthrough 2 complete. Please choose to exit the game or start Playthrough 3.]

In a spacious, white, cube-shaped room, a emotionless electronic voice rang out.

Tang Ping, lying in the center of the room, opened her eyes. The memories of the two reincarnations merged, and were slightly chaotic, requiring time to sort them out.

Fortunately, the latter half of his two lives were so different that they were easy to distinguish, just as he wouldn't confuse his experiences before time travel.

"I barely managed to uncover a corner of the truth of the world and witnessed the beginning of the apocalypse, but my strength is still too weak. I can only touch the edges and corners, not the core area. Sigh, if only I could inherit the memories."

Before the cycle of reincarnation restarted last time, he couldn't help but curse after learning that he couldn't inherit the memories. This time, however, he was able to take it calmly.

There's no other reason than that even if he inherited the memories of the first timeline, his life in the second timeline wouldn't be much different.

His plan to "get to know Ma Feiyan as soon as possible and then contact the supernatural system through Ma Feiyan" was impossible to achieve, because ordinary people would forget their memories related to psionicists, and they could only recall them when the spiritual factors in his body were activated.

Besides, his memories from his first time around contained no other valuable information other than knowing that the end of the world was coming, so nothing could be changed.

"Wait! The timing of the apocalypse in the two cycles is different. In the first cycle, I was already 26 years old, but in the second cycle, I was only 24 years old. There's a full two-year difference..."

After a moment's thought, Tang Ping guessed the reason. The person who caused the apocalypse in the first cycle was most likely not Gu Linglong, and it had nothing to do with creation. It was simply that someone had advanced to the fifth level.

This is not a baseless guess. Judging from Feng Yingying's reaction, she has experienced far fewer instances of creation than the number of times someone has advanced to the fifth level, which is why she seems relatively unfamiliar with the former.

Although there is no concrete evidence, Tang Ping boldly speculates that "being forgotten by the world and then remembered again" is a prerequisite for starting the creation.

In the second playthrough, he broke the restriction by awakening Yuan Ji's memories of Gu Linglong. In the first playthrough, Gu Linglong was likely forgotten by the world and never remembered again.

“Feng Yingying once said that ‘advancing to the fifth level would trigger the end of the world’, and also said that ‘Gu Linglong has already advanced to the fifth level.’ This shows that as long as the prerequisite for creation is met, even if one advances to the fifth level, it will not trigger the end of the world. This point is very crucial!”

Tang Ping patiently dissected her second playthrough experience, analyzing it to find useful information.

Although starting a new cycle would mean forgetting previous memories, it seemed that no matter how well he analyzed things now, it would be useless. However, this limitation was not insurmountable; at least he had thought of two methods.

One option is to choose the novice monk spirit type. Once he advances to the third-level "spirit child", he can obtain memories of his past life, and the probability of him choosing the novice monk spirit type is very high.

Because as long as he accepts the Spirit Compatibility Calculation of the Spiritual Energy Administration, he will be told that the best compatibility is the Immortal Spiritual Type, and the most useful is the Monk Spiritual Type. Considering that the number of Immortal Dao Seeds is rare, he will most likely choose the latter. The only concern is that the Monk Spiritual Type is also divided into different types. If he chooses the same type as Ling Chong, it will be troublesome.

Another option is to date a psychic like Feng Yingying who has the ability to "restore past life memories" and extract psychic energy through a cheat. The downside is that it doesn't work in the current playthrough and only works in the future. Moreover, judging from the memories of the second playthrough, it seems that only Feng Yingying has advanced to the "Spiritual Rank".

Of course, considering that the country keeps information about third-level psionicists strictly confidential, the possibility of other people being involved cannot be ruled out.

"However, dating Feng Yingying feels even more difficult than dating Yu Shujiang."

Tang Ping didn't think that Feng Yingying had too much life experience, or that dating her was like dating an immortal. After all, considering the timing of the two previous apocalypses, it was hard to say whether Feng Yingying could live past 30 in each reincarnation.

Some time travelers believe that "I lived for 20 years in my previous life and another 20 years in this life, so my mental age is 40 years old." This is actually a seriously flawed calculation method because they have never experienced life from 21 to 40 years old. Compared with people who are actually 40 years old, they are obviously immature and naive.

If he were to experience 20 years of life ten times over, his mental state would likely remain forever at the student level, and he would never grow up.

Feng Yingying's situation is the same. She did not gain her past life memories after being reborn, but only after advancing to the third level of "spirit child". Her life before that was probably pretty much the same, and her memories from her student days accounted for the majority of her personality.

Judging from the second time around, Feng Yingying, after awakening her memories, had no interest in romantic love and was only focused on preventing the apocalypse. To this end, she did not hesitate to join a cult and betray her colleagues.

As for her methods to prevent the apocalypse, Tang Ping declined to comment.

Without experiencing the other person's life, it's hard to say whether "suppressing the potential of a genius psychic" is a foolish method born of insufficient intelligence or a helpless choice made out of despair.

"I think the only way to date Feng Yingying is before she advances to the third level, but she's older than me and we didn't know each other before, so there's no chance for us to get to know each other. It's basically impossible... Besides, if I get targeted by her and forced to choose the 'vixen' instead of dating, that would be the real disaster. I'd just have to repeat the same experience."

Thinking of this, Tang Ping suddenly realized that there was an important difference between the two reincarnations.

"According to the regulations of the Psychic Administration, they will test students for spiritual factors during their physical examinations. So, in my first playthrough, I didn't become a psychic, not because of any special opportunity, but simply because I didn't possess spiritual factors. However, in my second playthrough, I was found to have spiritual factors. The difference here is..."

Tang Ping looked up and around, determined to find an explanation, and this was probably it.

"Thinking on the bright side, with each reincarnation, my spiritual factors will increase. I might awaken earlier in the third cycle, and it's not impossible to awaken my unique spiritual personality directly in the fourth cycle."

He went through all the clues in his mind again, making sure nothing was missing, and silently said "open the program" before clicking "continue the game".

Players who have completed multiple playthroughs can inherit one talent from a character they have already completed and gain enhancement points based on completion achievements. Currently unlocked achievements include "Unrequited Love Between Human and Ghost," "Dealing with a Tiger," and "Brothers Like Uncles." Completed characters "Ma Feiyan" and "Yuan Ji" have 1 inheritance point and 2 enhancement points.

Tang Ping glanced at it. "Seeking help from a tiger" clearly refers to Yuan Ji, and this idiom has a double meaning, while "brothers are like maternal uncles" undoubtedly refers to Ma Yiming.

"It turns out that achievements can be unlocked not only with romantic partners, but also with other people you are close to. I guess it's because I resolved Ma Yiming's inner conflict that I achieved the achievement. It seems that the number of inherited points is related to the number of romantic partners, while the number of enhancement points is determined by the number of achievements. I wonder if I can play through it again in the third playthrough... Judging from the default system mechanism in the game industry, it should not be possible to repeat it. Achievements are usually permanently retained after being unlocked."

Tang Ping tried clicking on "Ma Feiyan's" name and discovered that the newly acquired inheritance points could not only be used to inherit Yuan Ji's spiritual power, but also any target he had already conquered. He could continue to inherit the other abilities of "Heavenly General Ma Lingyao".

"Feiyan did not awaken her uniqueness in the second playthrough. Her spirit rank is 'Heavenly General', but it is still displayed here as 'Heavenly General Ma Lingyao'. There are two possibilities: one is that it only displays a more powerful spirit rank, and the other is that it remains constant as the original spirit rank and will not change with multiple playthroughs."

In theory, Tang Ping could save all his inheritance points and wait until he finds a girlfriend with fourth or fifth rank spiritual power to inherit multiple more powerful spiritual abilities.

However, considering the current situation, the priority is to develop as quickly as possible. So, I immediately exited the character page and clicked on the name "Yuan Ji".

[Character: Yuan Ji]

[Lingge: Tiger God - Tiger Vanguard]

[Psionic Abilities: Wind Spirit Body, Tiger Eyes and Divine Might, Commanding Ghosts, Tiger God Worship, Tiger-Shaped Substitute]

[Talent: Martial Arts Prodigy]

"A new 'talent bar' has been added!"

Tang Ping quickly switched to Ma Feiyan's character page to confirm that there was no talent bar.

"By the way, the original version of this cheat, that dating game, was supposed to inherit the talents of the characters you've already conquered. Inheriting psychic energy was a result of being heavily modified!"

“Ma Feiyan doesn’t have a talent slot, either because her situation is special, and it’s hard to say whether she’s even alive after being resurrected, or because her innate abilities don’t meet the standards for being listed in the talent slot.”

Tang Ping has personally experienced firsthand just how outrageous Yuan Ji's combat intuition is. If this is used as the standard for entering the talent pool, one must be one in a million. Ordinary people are really not qualified.

Tang Ping switched back to Yuan Ji's character page and clicked on "Martial Arts Prodigy" in the talent bar.

[Martial Arts Prodigy: You are a martial arts genius, one in a century. Your physical training efficiency is ten times that of ordinary people, your muscle memory efficiency is a hundred times that of ordinary people, and you have an extraordinary intuition for combat. The more dangerous the battle, the more you can perform exceptionally well.]

He looked at the description and hesitated.

According to his original plan, he was definitely going to inherit the psionic "Wind Spirit Body".

This psionic power has multiple effects. First, it is a top-tier wind magic talent. The Xun trigram symbolizes wind, and Xun belongs to the category of wood. Wind magic is generally considered to be a variant of wood magic. Even if your original wood magic aptitude is zero, after obtaining this ability, you will become a child of the wind element and be able to manipulate airflow at will.

Secondly, it frees one from the constraints of flesh and blood, granting a transcendent body without any vital organs. It doesn't matter if one's head or heart is blown off. Furthermore, after transforming into elemental form, one can not only fly at high speeds but also penetrate into the enemy's body through tiny gaps to cause damage.