Baili Jinyan regained consciousness, but he was unable to use any of the spiritual power in his body, and he couldn't even open his eyelids.
A pain like skin pulling and tendons pulling came from every part of the body, and no part could escape the pain.
Just like when he tortured Li Shiming, his soul was in extreme pain, but at this moment he was in extreme physical pain.
"I was caught by Li Shiming! He is torturing me with the same method!" Baili Jinyan thought of his situation and guessed a possibility.
He did not have Li Shiming's patience. Once this thought came to his mind, he could not think any further.
Because the pain made him lose the ability to think, and the horrible pain made his soul tremble.
He didn't understand what method Li Shiming used to make his body, which had been perfected in the Qi Refining Stage and comparable to that of a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, be restricted to the point where he could not move.
He was even slowly losing the perception of his body, and at the same time he felt that something was eroding his soul.
Baili Jinyan didn't know that the reason his body was restricted was not because Li Shiming did it intentionally, but was caused during the process of refining his natal corpse.
At this time, Baili Jinyan's body was transforming towards a refined corpse, and this was the first time that a living person's body was forcibly transformed into a refined corpse.
It's not that no monks have studied the feasibility of transforming living people into refined corpses. In fact, the evil monks have never stopped experimenting with this cruel method.
However, the body of a living person will fail from the very beginning of corpse refining, which has stumped all cultivators.
Baili Jinyan's body is quite special. The fake death created by the third-grade treasure can even deceive the corpse into converting into corpse fluid in the early stage of its transformation.
After the corpse fluid had been transforming the suspended corpse for more than five hours, the third-grade treasure finally took effect and began to repair Baili Jinyan's body.
This was equivalent to giving Baili Jinyan even more unbearable pain. If it was just the conversion of corpse fluid, he would actually die in a very short time at most, and would not suffer for a long time.
It was precisely because of the third-grade treasure that his body was repeatedly fought over by the conversion of corpse fluid and the healing energy of the third-grade treasure.
In this tug-of-war, the biggest victim is Baili Jinyan.
Slowly, Baili Jinyan's consciousness faded, and his last bit of unwillingness slowly flowed away with his consciousness, replaced by the spirit of the corpse recreated from the converted corpse fluid containing Li Shiming's blood.
What is more important is that the special space of the computer room, which is bound to Li Shiming's soul, has unknowingly strengthened the connection between the corpse-refining spirit and Li Shiming as the corpse-refining spirit is generated.
The connection between the natal corpse and its master was already very deep, but the space in the machine room strengthened this connection a lot, making the newborn soul 100% compatible with Li Shiming.
Since Baili Jinyan's body had not moved, IBMz15 did not warn Li Shiming, so the whole process did not disturb Li Shiming's rest.
Two hours later, the battle inside Baili Jinyan's body finally ended.
This body was neither completely transformed into a refined corpse nor healed by a third-grade treasure. Instead, it was in a state called a living corpse.
Zombies are a special kind of zombies born in nature. They require extremely harsh conditions, the cooperation of multiple high-grade treasures, and countless coincidences to be generated.
Records of zombies come from history, and they are the rarest species of legendary zombies.
This kind of zombie is full of vitality, and has the same defense and cold aura as ordinary zombies. It is a life form between life and death.
After a long sleep, Li Shiming woke up, his fatigue was gone, and his body returned to its best condition.
Thinking back to what happened before, he thought of the body thrown into the computer room.
Just as he was thinking about it, his eyes flashed and he appeared in a room with a four-meter-high white roof in front of him.
He was a little at a loss. What was going on?
"Have I traveled through time again?" Feeling the condition of his body, he couldn't help but have this thought.
It's not his fault that he thought so, because this body was too special. The sense of power that was almost overflowing, and the thick vortex of spiritual energy in the body, all proved that this was not his original body.
Compared to his original body, this body is much stronger.
In terms of strength alone, he estimated that this body could beat the original body with one hand, even if the original body used spells or magical weapons.
Not to mention the spiritual energy vortex in the body. Although the Qi Refining Stage is divided into nine levels, they are actually all the process of the growth of the spiritual energy vortex.
The quality of the spiritual energy vortex in his body at this moment was beyond his imagination.
The huge spiritual energy vortex in the body is more than ten times the size of the original spiritual energy vortex in terms of volume alone.
He tried to sit up, his eyes falling on the plants beside him.
"Isn't this a spiritual tea tree?" he muttered to himself.
Then he saw more familiar things, IBM z15, uninterruptible power supply, perpetual motion generator, etc., and he immediately understood where this place was.
He had never observed the computer room space from this angle. In the past, he always used a God's perspective and controlled the computer room space with his consciousness.
He also tried to enter the computer room space by himself, but unfortunately his body could not enter the computer room space.
After Li Shiming's thoughts became clear, he figured out the whole story and he also knew what was going on with him.
This is when consciousness came to the corpse refiner. He carefully examined the body and found that it was indeed Baili Jinyan's body.
The remaining transformed corpse fluid also illustrates this point.
"Is this a successful transformation?" Li Shiming was a little hesitant and puzzled.
Although the natal corpse is closely connected with the master, it is not so close. This is not a corpse at all, it is simply another body.
"No!" He found something unusual again.
It's not like he hasn't come into contact with refined corpses before. The skin of this body didn't turn dark like a normal refined corpse. At the same time, he had never heard of a refined corpse having an aura vortex.
The strongest point of the corpse refiner is its physique and strength. The cold spiritual power is integrated with the body of the corpse refiner, and there is no spiritual energy vortex.
It can be said that any part of the corpse's body is where its spiritual power is stored. The cold spiritual power strengthens the corpse's body, giving it terrifying defense and strength.
However, this refined corpse was too strange and completely different from the records in "Xuanming Corpse Refining Chapter".
It was clearly made using the method of refining corpses in the 'Xuanming Corpse Refining Chapter', so why is there such a big difference?
But before finding the answer, he wondered how he could return to his original form?
As Li Shiming was thinking about returning to his original body, his eyes became blurred and he returned to his original perspective.
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated. This change was so shocking that he could not calm down for a moment.
His brain connected to IBM z15 and began to inquire about what happened in the computer room while he was sleeping.
The sensors connected to IBMz15 can monitor what is happening in the computer room. This was originally intended to monitor the temperature, humidity, light, etc.
When he planted spiritual plants in the computer room space, he also added visual monitoring to the sensors.
When there is no need to save power, IBM z15 will record the monitoring content on the hard disk.
Li Shiming saw Baili Jinyan's convulsions and various vital signs, and he couldn't help but gasp.
If Baili Jinyan really wakes up and is able to move in the computer room, then his biggest secret will be exposed.
The point is, if the IBM z15 is destroyed, his greatest advantage in the world will be destroyed.
A strong sense of fear rose in his heart, and he couldn't help but blame himself for his carelessness.
At the same time, he also knew that this world could not be explained by technology alone. The deaths detected by IBMz15 were the result of the cultivation world having the means to deceive the detection.
After seeing the process of Baili Jinyan being transformed by the converted corpse fluid, he understood that everything should happen in the changes inside Baili Jinyan's body.
Unfortunately, IBMz15 was unable to monitor the changes in Baili Jinyan's body, so he could not know what exactly had happened.
Li Shiming saved the video data in a special folder. Although he doesn't know whether this process can be replicated, this discovery is undoubtedly extremely important.
Because he really created something similar to a clone, and it was a clone with the cultivation level of the late stage of Qi Refining.
After many experiments, Li Shiming mastered how to control the transformation between the original body and the clone.
He then began to experiment on his clone, the first of which was an experiment on his original body's corpse refining. He wanted to see if his clone had the ability to refine his original body.
There's no need to test its strength; this clone can create an air explosion in its hand with just a light squeeze.
He sent his consciousness into his clone's body, and after instantly changing his perspective, he found himself in the computer room.
In this state, he found that his consciousness could still leave his body and observe the computer room space from a God's perspective.
He used his consciousness to carefully scan the entire body and soon discovered the special features of this body.
When he checked the aura vortex, he found that there was a circle of black substance wrapped around the aura vortex.
His consciousness acted on the black matter, and the black matter suddenly moved inward. The thick golden spiritual energy in the spiritual energy vortex was quickly turning into thick black spiritual energy.
As the vortex of spiritual energy turned black, his body also turned bronze.
In this state, his body completely turned into a bronze corpse, and it was a more powerful bronze corpse than his other bronze corpse.
Li Shiming watched his clone transform into a bronze corpse. Although its defense was greatly increased in this state, it could no longer be regarded as a normal human being in terms of appearance.
In this state, his control over the bronze corpse clone did not decrease, and he could control it at will as if he were controlling his own body.
He tried to move, and like a ghost, several figures appeared in the computer room. Those were afterimages left by his fast speed.
After feeling it, I found that in this state, the defense and strength have been greatly improved.
The most terrifying thing is that he can still use spiritual power, but this spiritual power is black and cold.
This kind of cold spiritual power is extremely corrosive and toxic, and because it is callable spiritual power, he can use this body to drive the spiritual power out of the body and launch long-range attacks.
Of course, he has not yet tried to use the cold spiritual power to cast spells. The main reason is that he dare not experiment in the computer room. Any item in it is too precious to him.
The bronze corpse clone should be considered an enhanced form of the clone, with its defense and strength increased by almost two times. You should know that the clone's original defense and strength are extremely strong.
Li Shiming's consciousness returned to the spiritual energy vortex, and he tried to move the black substance away from the spiritual energy vortex.
The black matter obediently left the spiritual energy vortex, and the spiritual energy vortex turned back into gold again.
In the clone state, this body is like a normal monk.
Unfortunately, without the original cultivation method, he could not control the cultivation of his clone, but from what he sensed about his physical condition, the cultivation method, the casting of spells, etc., everything was no different from that of a normal cultivator.
There are also three ways to control the clone. One is to transfer consciousness to the clone for complete control, and the original body loses conscious control.
In this situation, the main body is extremely vulnerable. He would not do this unless the main body is extremely safe.
The second method is to control it by dividing a part of consciousness like normal corpse refining. In this case, there is no method of multitasking, and it is almost the same as the first case.
The third method is to issue simple commands and the clone will attack autonomously.
After experiments, he found that in this form, the clone could only use the body for close combat attacks like an ordinary corpse, and would not use it even if there was a vortex of spiritual energy.
The spirit in the split body is the spirit of the original corpse. At least at the current stage, it is impossible to improve its wisdom to the point where it can actively use designated skills or spells.
However, Li Shiming quickly put all this aside, as he found that he was thinking too much.
At least in the short term, this clone can only stay in the computer room and cannot appear in the outside world.
Li Shiming told himself that he must behave normally in the near future so as not to let anyone suspect him.
Of course, it is not easy to make others suspect him, and no one will believe that Baili Jinyan was killed by him.
He returned to the cave and began to fiddle with low-level magic array materials.
Even if he wanted to set up surveillance cameras, he would need to hide them with a magic circle first.
This is not the mortal world. The eyes of the monks are extremely sharp. The strange shape of the surveillance camera, although it is an ordinary object, can still be easily discovered by the monks.
He selected five blank formation flags from the formation materials, used a talisman pen dipped in the special ink for formations, and started drawing on the blank formation flags.
This may seem similar to talismans, but it is completely different in essence.
The talisman solidifies the spell casting process into the talisman paper, while the formation flag draws the formation patterns representing different effects onto the blank formation flag.
The drawing of talismans requires the assistance of the true meaning of the spell, while formation flags only require the cooperation of spiritual power.
The formation flag seems simpler, but you should know that this is the simplest and lowest-level formation component, and it is only for novices to practice.
Five blank formation flags were painted with patterns representing the five kinds of magic formations: gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and the preliminary preparations were complete.