Chapter 549: The Possibility of Making the Banned Card Harmless
Yu Cang had already thought about the question raised by Tai Chu when he performed the Zhanhuang Zhuanling technique.
The Art of Desolation and Soul Transformation is a real banned card no matter from its form or principle.
However, it does not have the side effects of banning cards. On the contrary, it is very stable.
So, theoretically speaking, this set of processing methods can also be used on banned cards... However, before in Tianmen, he did not have the conditions to conduct experiments, and it was not easy to conduct banned card experiments there.
"It's theoretically possible." Yu Cang pondered for a moment, "But I'm not sure."
Tai Hina nodded: "If you have any questions, you can tell me."
When it comes to banned cards, Tai Hyun is number one and no one dares to say second.
She is the strongest card banner on Blue Star, without a doubt, no doubt!
Other card banners have become neither human nor ghost when they touch the legendary world. Only she, after becoming a myth, still maintains her self and original heart.
Yu Cang was well aware of this, so he said, "The material for the Desolate Beast Transformation Technique is desolate beasts, and the 'Inner Layer' only involves the transformation of spirit beasts... However, humans are special. I'm not sure that the process that works on spirit beasts will also work on humans."
This is the most important point.
Although Yu Cang did not have any racial discrimination ideas, objectively speaking, humans who had the energy of the Emperor Star integrated into them were more complex and advanced than spirit beasts.
Especially the existence of the Soul Energy Well, even Taichu probably knew very little about it. Yu Cang only knew that it was probably related to the Emperor Star, but he didn't know more.
The current level of human soul card research cannot reach the essence of the soul energy well.
Therefore, it is questionable whether this method can be used on humans.
It is very likely that it is just a way of operation that can only exist in spiritual beasts.
Hearing this, Tai Hina's expression didn't change much. He just nodded and said, "Your doubts make sense. In fact, this is what I want to know... Have you done any experiments?"
“…Not yet.”
"If possible." Tai Chu raised a smile. "After your trip to the Hunter Tribe, you can come to my village and stay. I will treat you well. By the way, I will explore the possibility of using your results on banned cards."
"Well……"
"My materials are even more abundant than those at your Institution... and there, there aren't so many 'rules' to worry about."
"It's better not to." Yu Cang laughed dryly.
"Why, are you afraid that I will hurt you?"
"Of course not! You are a good friend of Senior Di Changan, so of course I trust you... but I have some things to do later, so I'm afraid I won't have time to visit you."
This was not an excuse. After hunting the tribe, he had to rush to the place where the real dragon died to deal with the matters there. He really couldn't insert anything else in between.
Of course, on the other hand... although Tai Chu appears to be very rational now, he is a card banner after all. Yu Cang has a vague feeling that this person is still a bit weird.
Before he has enough power of his own, he doesn't want to go to other people's territory.
"Really?" Tai Hina gave an inexplicable smile. "That's fine... but we still have some time on the road, so we can study together."
"Sure." Yu Cang agreed.
"Since you've agreed to research with me," Taichui's smile widened. "Then, why don't you explain to me the principles behind your findings?"
"...Didn't Emperor Mythology tell you?"
"No. After all, it's your achievement. You should still seek the opinion of the founder before studying it."
"Um...Okay."
…
Yu Cang told Tai Chu a series of relevant knowledge related to the art of killing the wasteland and transforming the soul.
He had nothing to hide. To be honest, the technology tree related to the inside was not complicated. Tai Chu was a myth and possessed the sword intent of Tai Yan. She had just seen Leng Jue in the battle. Even if Yu Cang didn't say it, she would know it by going back and reviewing it a few times.
It is unrealistic to hide the truth, so it is better to be frank and speak out.
Besides, Yu Cang had no need to hide it - from the current perspective, Taichu was a friendly unit with strong scientific research capabilities, which was exactly the talent that Blue Star needed!
After saying this, Tai Hyun stroked his delicate chin, his eyes filled with thought.
After a long time, he said:
"From what you've said, the inner side represents one's 'true self'."
Yu Cang blinked: "True, true me?"
Shouldn't it be the past and instinct?
Tai Chu glanced at Yu Cang and said, "You've been misled by the kid in the back seat. Human instinct and talent are two sides of the same coin. They are essentially the same thing. It's foolish to force them apart."
Yu Cang: "..."
The Taichung person you are referring to is... Wenren Ge, right?
He glanced back quietly and saw Wen Ren Ge catching up on his sleep in the airplane seat, looking like he couldn't be woken up even by thunder - well, he had been tormented enough by Niu Chongtian, and he really needed to catch up on his sleep.
Tai Chu gently raised his finger and looked at it. An invisible meaning quietly lingered around his fingertips.
"Just like 'Tai Yan'—the sword intent itself, to put it simply, is the product of talent and instinct merging into one, evolving to its ultimate form. It's nothing special. However, your statement that the true self represents the past does make some sense."
On the side, after hearing this, Gu Jieshuang's eyes flashed with some thought, and Yu Cang was stunned: "Then Wen Renge..."
"Don't try to teach him anything. He'll naturally understand after he's suffered. Telling him directly will only make it more difficult for him to gain enlightenment."
"Um... okay."
Yu Cang touched his nose.
He also wanted to be friends with Wen Ren Ge and pass on Tai Chu's teachings to him... After all, he was also afraid that Wen Ren Ge would go astray and suddenly die one day.
After saying that, Tai Chu paused, then looked at Gu Jieshuang and smiled: "Of course, baby - you are different."
"Eh?" Gu Jieshuang was stunned. She pointed at herself and said, "Me, me?"
How, how come you called baby?
Yu Cang leaned forward slightly, blocking Tai Chu's sight, and coughed lightly, "Senior, please continue."
"Hmm~ Pretty protective of food."
"Senior, you're joking."
"Okay—let's get back to the point." Tai Chu clenched his fist and extinguished Tai Yan's sword intent in his palm. "You used the spirit beast as the inner side, treating the backlash and other problems of the banned card as the hidden ability of the banned card, and then used the [realm] of the inner side to block the ability of the banned card... After all, the banned card is also a kind of soul card. Using soul cards to deal with soul cards is indeed the way it should be.
"The inner side of the spirit beast uses 'real names' and 'contracts' instead of the spirit beast itself as the forbidden card materials. After it is made, it is directly sealed with [Realm], making it indistinguishable from the real thing... To some extent, it is somewhat similar to my Taiyan Sword Intentions."
Tai Hina stretched out her finger and tapped her chin a few times.
"And banned cards really exist. So, if you use it on a banned card—summon the inner side of the banned card and use that inner side to suppress the backlash of the banned card? In this way, the soul card master can use the inner side to replace the banned card, just like you summon a spirit beast.
"The inner side represents the 'true self,' which is the past of the forbidden card. So, theoretically, when the inner side is summoned, one can dig out the original human being who was once used as material from deep within the forbidden card?"
The inner side of the soul card is the "instinct" transformed from the "background story".
So, isn’t the inside of the banned card the “material” of a former human being?
Yu Cang looked serious and nodded: "In theory... that's right."
What Tai Hina said was exactly what he had been thinking about these days.
It seems simple, but if it is really feasible... then the things behind it are not that simple.
The most obvious thing is - this means that all humans who have ever been made into banned cards... may be resurrected through this technology!
Back from the dead!
There is no need to say what this means.
And who is the inner side of that forbidden card, a mixture of countless materials, summoned through this technology... Is it a certain person from the past, or a combination? It's hard to say, but ethical issues will definitely arise.
"Tsk, what a crazy technique." Tai Chu said with a playful expression, "Yu Cang... if this is true, I might be lucky enough to meet some old friends again... and then kill them again..."
Yu Cang: "..."
"Thank you for sharing." Tai Hyun said, "Do you mind if I continue to study along your lines after I return?"
"……certainly."
"Yu Cang, you're much cuter than those old men." Tai Chu smiled, and then his expression gradually calmed down. "In exchange, I'll give you some information."
"What?"
"It's not really intelligence, just a guess, but it's pretty close."
"You say."
"In fact, the Desolate Sect has approached me many times, wanting to invite me to join them."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yu Cang's eyes narrowed, and then returned to normal.
Well...it's kind of expected.
The Desolate Sect and the Card Banner are not the same thing, but most people in the Desolate Sect are Card Banners.
However, it was a bit strange—the Desolate Sect was a sect, and sects needed missionaries. If most of the people were card banners... wouldn't that just add a lot of inconvenience to the missionaries? It would also ruin their reputation.
Being related to the card banner, it's obviously a cult!
In short, the Cult of the Desolate is very keen on banned cards, so the two sides hit it off - as the strongest card banner, it was natural for Tai Hina to be invited.
"Of course, I didn't agree." Tai Chu sneered barely perceptibly. "I hate these inhuman creatures the most. I find them dirty to use as materials... However, during our previous exchanges, I've gained some understanding of their so-called 'vision'."
Yu Cang's expression had become serious.
Tai Chu continued, "First, they hope that 'Huang' will completely infect everything on Blue Star. By then, under the God of Huang, all living beings will be classified as one race, all things will be equal, and all will be harmoniously united—that's a more pleasant way of putting it.
“In fact, the Desolate Sect was originally just something the first pope created out of greed for the power of desolate beasts. Later, the ancient mountain kingdom was destroyed, the pope died, and some of the believers fled… This false creed was inexplicably spread and eventually evolved into what it is today.
"So, the original sect consisted of normal soul card masters, and their 'divine gift' was only able to control wild beasts. But now, with the grand vision of infecting all of humanity... these guys are starting to think about banning cards."
Having said this, Tai Hina paused.
After a while, he said:
"They believe that the reason humans aren't infected is the Soul Energy Well. And in this world, the only way to artificially remove the Soul Energy Well is through the creation of banned cards. Therefore, they've recruited many banned card masters to research how to more efficiently destroy the Soul Energy Well."
Hearing this, Yu Cang couldn't help but breathe a little slower.
It’s actually like this!
Yes, he should have thought of it earlier... In fact, he had already made some guesses before, and it was only when Tai Hyun actually said it today that everything came together.
Tai Hina said, "At first, I thought it was stupid and pointless. However, after reading the information you found about Huang... perhaps, if they really found the principle behind this method, Huang could actually learn it directly."
Yu Cang couldn't help but remain silent.
Tai Hina is right.
Although Huang does not have intelligence, his ability to "learn" and "evolve" is terrifying.
The ability to infect the starry sky vision is something that Huang gained through continuous evolution.
As long as the card banners can create a gap big enough, then... maybe Huang can really evolve the ability to destroy the soul energy well!
By then, humans will probably no longer be able to ignore the crisis of Huang so easily.
Yu Cang's heart began to feel heavy.
With Huang's learning ability...this kind of thing could happen at any time!
No wonder there are so many card banners in the Desolate Sect...
If they succeed, there will be no need for missionary work. They can just let Huang be infected and directly assimilate him in the physical sense!
Yu Cang couldn't help but look at Qi'er standing beside him.
Wen Yang had said before that Madam Yu had a way to infect people...
Yu Cang's breathing couldn't help but become a little faster.
Doesn't that mean... it's all too late?
No, that's not right!
Yu Cang frowned.
Madam Yu hasn’t handed this method over to the Desolate Sect yet…and the God of Desolation definitely doesn’t want this technology to exist…Perhaps, the reason why Madam Yu was able to reach a deal with the God of Desolation was because she used this technology as a bargaining chip?
Before, at the border, Wen Yang said that Madam Yu had a very special status in the sect. At that time, he thought that Madam Yu’s power came from the God of Wilderness... Now it seems that even if there was no "deal" between her and the God of Wilderness, Madam Yu would still be very important to the sect!
But why did Madam Yu do this? Is she... an enemy or a friend?
…
Suddenly, Tai Hina spoke:
"I guess you are thinking about Yu Wanqing now."
Yu Cang: “…Yes.”
"Heh... She's a disciple I'll never forget." Tai Chu turned and looked out the window. "Because of my curiosity, I let her... run away. In the past two thousand years, she was the first... Later, she got into trouble, and that guy Di Chang'an blamed it on me."
Tai Hina chuckled, "As your enemy, you should be eager to learn more about her... As it happens, I know a very important piece of information."
Hearing this, Yu Cang held his breath.
Very important?
What is it? Is it related to the banned cards... or some kind of weakness... or maybe...
Tai Hina was silent for a moment.
Then, he said slowly:
"She...is a love-brained person."
Yu Cang: “……?”
ah?
Thanks to Linxu for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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