Chapter 385 A False Alarm

"How are you feeling now?"

"Not bad." Yu Cang's expression didn't show any panic at all. He was just carefully sensing, "I didn't sense anything unusual."

Director Yu frowned, turned his head and looked at Cheng Mingye: "I give you full authority."

Just as Cheng Mingye introduced, Director Yu was just a "special envoy". Although he had learned a lot about the theories of card making after becoming the director, in terms of professionalism, he was definitely not as good as a researcher like Cheng Mingye.

At this moment, Cheng Mingye also put away the smile on his face, frowned slightly, and turned on all the equipment in the venue: "Can you sense where the 'mark' is taking effect?"

"specific……"

Yu Cang thought for a moment and snapped his fingers lightly.

Suddenly, Wang Zhijin emerged from the invisibility on the side and directly activated [Control Me].

Wang Zhiwo gently closed his eyes, and his figure gradually dimmed. In his original position, a figure made of blue light appeared.

"The specific location should be on the 'Soul Source Self'."

The Soul Origin I is a whole from head to toe, composed only of blue light, without any details. It looks like an outline, but the outline is exactly the same as Yu Cang's.

At this moment, a brown structure like a tree root was rooted in the chest of this figure. It was beating with the fluctuation of the dim light, like a heartbeat.

Cheng Mingye's brows furrowed even tighter: "Huang."

"Um."

"He's infecting you?"

"not yet."

"Hmm..." Cheng Mingye's eyes swept across the computer. "I've already sent a message to the teacher, and he'll be here soon. Before that—Yu Cang, since this mark was brought by the Soul Card, can we try to disconnect this Soul Card directly?"

"No." Yu Cang shook his head. "I've already tried it. If I disconnect directly, the kill mark will be detonated directly. There's no difference."

Cheng Mingye: "...How long is the death cooldown of this soul card?"

"Ten minutes, eight minutes left now."

"I see."

Cheng Mingye walked to the side and injected soul energy into a totem contact point, and then rays of light lit up from those unknown instruments.

Seeing him like this, Yu Cang said, "Actually, there's no need to worry—this card shouldn't pose any threat to me."

Director Yu: "What do you mean?"

"Because." Yu Cang smiled. "This is a Soul Card, not a banned card. As long as a Soul Card is used normally, it will not cause harm to the user. This Soul Card was made by me, I can be sure of that."

"I know you're very confident." Cheng Mingye didn't even look up, still adjusting various totems, "But you have to know that the distinction between banned cards and soul cards isn't black and white. Essentially, banned cards are also a type of soul card, and the difference between them isn't as big as you think.

"There are people who have been harmed by regular Soul Cards. Ultimately, whether a Soul Card is banned or not is determined by humans. A banned card is simply a Soul Card that cannot be fully controlled by a Soul Card Master."

Hearing this, Director Yu couldn't help but look over here a few times, but didn't say anything.

To Director Yu, these words clearly sounded like outrageous treason. Indeed, with the advancement of card making, many things that were previously banned cards have gradually been standardized and systematized, becoming common soul cards.

The most classic example is probably the Undead... The soul cards of this race were basically banned in the early days, and "human sacrifice" was indispensable during the production process.

However, later, as card making developed into modern times, great progress has been made in materials science. Humans can now make more powerful Undead Soul Cards through more reasonable material selection, so this race has gradually been separated from the banned cards.

Nowadays, the production of Undead Soul Cards requires tools from wild beasts, and humans are no longer needed.

Judging from this trend, sooner or later, all banned cards will probably be turned into ordinary soul cards in this way. What Cheng Mingye said seems to be correct.

However, as a former special envoy, Director Yu knows better than anyone the terrible harm that will be caused by the out-of-control of the banned cards. To him, Cheng Mingye’s words are quite irresponsible - banned cards will always be just banned cards!

However, Yu Cang's matter was more important now, so he just took a look and said nothing.

"So, do you understand?" Cheng Mingye continued to talk to himself. "Even ordinary soul cards have the same risk of getting out of control as banned cards. Yu Cang, no matter what, we must be prepared for the worst!"

Yu Cang was silent for a moment, then said, "Then what are you going to do?"

"...activate the peeling totems number one, three, and seven."

As Cheng Mingye finished speaking, a series of glowing rhythmic patterns lit up from the floor, forming a mysterious pattern in the center of the test site.

"The function of these totems is to separate the connection between the consciousness and the banned card, mainly to prevent the banned card from getting out of control. I will try to separate the mark on you when the death cooldown is about to end... However, your situation is a little different from the banned card, so I need to adjust the specific parameters."

Yu Cang blinked and said nothing.

Hmm... I think there was some mention of these devices in those notes.

I didn’t expect that the first time I came into contact with these devices would be as objects of use.

There are many such peeling totems. The three models mentioned by Cheng Mingye should be more suitable for your situation.

Cheng Mingye also noticed Yu Cang's curious gaze.

So he began to repeat his own operating steps - Yu Cang is now learning from him. Although the situation is not quite right now, it is indeed a good opportunity for teaching.

"Totem No. 1 has the most comprehensive functions. When the specific situation is unclear, using it won't cause too many problems. Totem No. 3 is mainly used when card banning has just begun and the main consciousness has not yet been crushed. Although this has nothing to do with card banning, as long as the application parameters are adjusted, it can be effective on your Soul Source Self.

"Using number seven is my personal opinion. Although there's no particularly obvious spread effect right now, the data shows that the risk of worsening in this direction cannot be ruled out. Furthermore, I chose the consciousness stabilization totems one, four, and nineteen, and kept the card-banning counter totems at level three. This is mainly because..."

Cheng Mingye spoke very fast, and his voice kept popping out like a machine gun, which made people dizzy. But for Yu Cang, at least it was easy to remember it.

Although he spoke quickly, Cheng Mingye's men did not slow down. Soul energy continued to flow out, and they adjusted the parameters of all the totem patterns in an orderly manner. His eyes were always fixed on the computer, constantly scanning the data on it.

Director Yu had quietly retreated to the side at some point and was standing at a soul energy receiving port, continuously injecting soul energy into the totem. In an invisible place, he had one hand behind his back, with several soul cards already pinched at his fingertips.

Suddenly, a soul card door opened on the wall and a wheelchair was pushed out.

The person in the wheelchair is Dr. Ji, and the person pushing the wheelchair is also an old man.

Before he even entered the room, Dr. Ji said, "Start the body destruction ritual again."

As soon as the words fell, the entire testing ground fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of soul energy flowing when the totem was operating in the air.

The silence didn't last long.

Cheng Mingye pushed his glasses, his eyes still calm: "Okay, then first disable the banned card counter totem..."

Director Yu frowned: "Dr. Ji, is this necessary?"

"To be on the safe side—we must consider the possibility that Yu Cang will not survive." Dr. Ji said, "Don't worry, I gave this order, and I take responsibility."

Director Yu: “…That’s not what I meant.”

Dr. Ji has already reached the edge of the venue.

"Yu Cang," Dr. Ji said, "I've read your paper on rituals. Much of its content coincides with the research the Reception Bureau has conducted in recent years."

I can only say that a genius is indeed a genius.

The Reception Bureau had been researching the summoning method, which was then called "Awakening Summoning," for nearly six years. Naturally, they had achieved many results, all of which were applied to the banned cards. However, Dr. Ji had to admit that Yu Cang's paper on "Ritual Summoning" completely surpassed these six years of research.

The interpretation of equivalence is quite brilliant.

Of course, this does not mean that the people in the treatment bureau are not capable enough. The reason why the research on ritual summoning is progressing so slowly is largely due to the lack of star ranks.

Without the important attribute of star rank, the Reception Bureau's research on ritual summoning was limited to banned cards, and they didn't even consider it as a normal soul card. As a result, the progress was naturally very slow.

There is no way, scientific research is so cruel.

"The body destruction ritual is a recent development," Dr. Ji continued, "you can think of it as... a more efficient and secure way to create banned cards. There's even a certain chance that banned cards created through this ritual will retain their original personality intact."

Yu Cang seemed to understand something: "So, what you mean is..."

"That's right." Dr. Ji said, "If you are about to be killed by Huang and it is irreversible, I will make you a banned card. No matter what, being alive is better than being dead."

This sounded a bit creepy, but Dr. Ji's expression remained calm and his tone was terrifyingly calm.

In response to this, Yu Cang smiled:

"I understand—but I don't think I'll need this anymore."

"I hope so." Dr. Ji did not comment.

"I'm not overconfident." Yu Cang turned his head and looked at my soul source beside him.

After all this trouble just now, the death cooldown of Desolate Remnant Consciousness is now only ten seconds away.

At this time, all the totems have been arranged in an orderly manner.

A smile appeared on Yu Cang's face at this time.

"Even if we put everything aside——Huang, how could you possibly hurt me."

Bang!

As soon as he finished speaking, the roots wrapped around the soul source of my chest exploded, and countless roots grew towards the soul source of my limbs and bones. In the blink of an eye, they had spread to every corner.

Cheng Mingye's eyes narrowed, and he was about to activate the peeling totem directly, but he saw Yu Cang raised his hand: "Okay, it seems that everything is fine."

“…”

Dr. Ji's expression eased slightly. He sat in a wheelchair and came to the computer, his eyes fixed on the data fed back by the consciousness stabilization totem.

“…I’m really fine.”

Cheng Mingye raised his head: "Do you feel anything strange?"

"No, I'm fine." Yu Cang clenched his fists. "However, I am now very sure that the Soul Energy Well is the important reason why humans are not infected by the wilderness!"

Dr. Ji's expression changed slightly: "Oh?"

People have been studying this aspect since ancient times, but there has been no substantial evidence. Since Yu Cang discovered the real harm of Huang, Yan State has paid attention to this aspect, but the time is still short, and in fact, most of the research in this aspect is just speculation.

It is true that most people believe that the soul energy well is the key, but there is no evidence after all - mainly because no one without a soul energy well can be found.

Although the banned card can destroy the soul energy well...but in this way, the person will become a soul card, and the soul card will not be infected by Huang.

When everyone really turns their attention to this aspect, they will find that apart from banning cards, there is actually no way to destroy or separate the Soul Energy Well.

Without a control group, there is naturally no evidence to prove that it is the soul energy well that prevents humans from being infected.

"What did you notice?"

Yu Cang looked at my soul source.

Those spreading roots did not last long before they gradually became transparent and even disappeared.

"Just now, I was indeed infected a lot in a short period of time." Yu Cang said, "But... the soul energy well has not stopped extracting mental power into soul energy. Moreover, it seems that the 'priority' of extraction has quietly changed, now prioritizing the infected part.

"To put it simply, within a very short period of time, all the infection within my soul source self... was converted into 'soul energy' by the soul energy well. This process happened so quickly that it was over before I even had a chance to react."

"Ah?" Cheng Mingye blinked, "Is that true?"

Listening to the description... doesn't this soul energy well become a kind of "purifier"?

This sounds quite mysterious, and no related cases have been found before. In the past, no matter how frequently humans and Huang came into contact, Huang's infection could not enter the human body, let alone reach such a deep place in the Soul Source, so naturally, I have never seen it.

"All the infections were transformed?"

"Yes, there is none left."

To be honest, this conversion efficiency is really surprising...Huang's infection can be said to be completely powerless to fight back.

"...Luckily, it was a false alarm." Dr. Ji's expression relaxed a little. "I just saw the data of the Desolate Remnant Consciousness from Mingye... Only you can make a soul card like this without any side effects."

"Well... it's not completely without side effects." Yu Cang scratched his head. "Although, the 'Soul Energy' converted by the Soul Energy Well cannot be used to activate Soul Cards at all. It can't even be used. It's just stuck in the Soul Energy Well."

broken.

He didn't expect that the soul energy well could also cause constipation.

Hearing this, everyone present looked at each other in confusion.

The Soul Energy Well is blocked? ... Doesn't that mean that as long as the Soul Card Master uses Desolate Remnant Consciousness and the opponent finds a flaw and drags them until the Death Cooldown naturally ends, they will lose the strength to fight again?

Well, that's reasonable. It's a comeback and a burst of attacks.

"Then, how can we take these souls out?"

"I'll do it!"

A small, white and tender hand was raised.

Qi'er seemed to have finally found an opportunity to show off: "Qi'er can absorb all this soul energy! And Qi'er is not afraid of wasteland!"

(End of this chapter)