It is not difficult to understand that controlling information, that is, other people's memories, the dissemination of data, the spread of images, the printing of text... can exert a variety of direct influences on other targets.

The most typical example is various curses.

They usually work by casting a spell on something to make it polluting.

As a result, anything that comes into contact with it or has a direct relationship with it will be indirectly affected.

A more severe curse.

It is also possible to achieve so-called memetic infection.

It causes its effects to spread rapidly in a very extreme way.

but.

Such things or methods are often strictly prohibited in many areas.

Because they can easily cause various disasters with a wide range of impact and accidentally injure a large number of unrelated people.

Furthermore.

For a strong person, the power of this kind of thing is really limited.

Difficult to cause actual impact.

It can only be regarded as a weapon for killing young children.

Instead of wasting time messing around, in most cases it would be better to just use various powerful destructive weapons to quickly eliminate the enemy immediately.

after all.

Since we can completely smash every atom of the enemy and leave the enemy's base, there is no need to do some fancy and useless operations...

so.

It is often okay to say that those methods are tasteless and a pity to throw away.

In the end, everyone simply chose to ban its use.

This saves the ignorant civilians from messing around and causing all kinds of unnecessary trouble.

Right now.

Because there is a problem with my own memory.

Ani Zuniga immediately sensed a hint of memetic weapons in Xi Shenlian's methods.

He believed that Xi Shenlian might have exerted some conceptual or memetic power on his own information, and once outsiders came into contact with it, they would be immediately affected.

Just like now, it is not just Li Shizhou's memory that has been polluted.

As the guy who reads those memories.

He himself seemed to have been affected to a certain extent.

The emergence of this situation immediately caused a great deal of vigilance to flash through His mind.

"Is it a [superpower] with a special effect...?"

Being a cautious guy.

Without any hesitation or delay.

Before things could change any further, he decisively destroyed most of his knowledge and memories of Xi Shenlian, including but not limited to information about Xi Shenlian's appearance... in order to forcibly isolate himself from all influences.

then.

"Don't resist..."

After he finished speaking, he thought about it, and a certain force immediately extended outwards.

When his subordinates dared not to resist at all.

Like an extremely precise scalpel, it made specific interference to Li Shizhou's memory, forcibly erasing part of his memory on the spot.

Feel it all.

Li Shizhou was inevitably confused for a moment.

His first reaction was that the other party felt that the matter involved some secrets, so he could not preserve the corresponding memory.

This situation is not uncommon when carrying out such a secret mission, so his acceptance level is quite high.

'how?'

'Does the existence called Xi Shen Lian involve any big secrets?'

He had no idea that his memory had already become an area where Xi Shenlian could move freely.

As a self-proclaimed experienced [Awakener of Infinite Stages].

He felt that he had a pretty good control over himself.

There is absolutely no possibility of memory confusion or mental impact without one being aware of it...

However.

Facts have proved that no matter how confident you are, things will not change.

now.

Regarding his doubts.

Ani Zuniga certainly felt it.

only.

He had no interest in explaining.

After dealing with the problems of his subordinates.

He immediately waved his hand gently and began to drive people away.

"Okay, you can leave now."

There are many things that are not accessible to the other party.

See this situation.

Although he was very curious, Li Shizhou, who was under someone's roof, had no choice but to obey.

No further questions.

He didn't even show his curiosity.

Don't be curious about things that your leader doesn't say out loud. This is one of the basic qualities of a subordinate.

This is especially true when the matters involved are likely to be of great importance.

…

Not long after.

[The Empire of the End - Central Imperial Capital - Imperial Judgment Department - Headquarters].

In the vast space and time, a metal sphere of unknown size is suspended in the sky, rotating steadily but apparently slowly.

Its surface is covered with various irregular lines and textures.

An endless stream of light meandered from an unknown distance in time and space and came here, constantly merging into the metal sphere like a swift returning to its nest.

This metal sphere is the place within the [Imperial Inquisition] that is specifically used to handle various important intelligence.

Those streams of light represent the wills of different individuals.

After arriving here, you will be directly led to different areas inside the metal sphere according to your identity, specifically to handle information of completely different levels of importance.

The information about Xi Shenlian has now been sent to a group of high-ranking personnel for discussion.

“…Even Ani Zuniga was affected?”

"It seems that this guy named Xi Shenlian may indeed be the work of a certain [Awakener Beyond the Stage]..."

"Of course, there is another possibility. He is truly gifted, so gifted that even we can hardly understand him..."

This is the sound of someone talking to himself.

Although no obvious opinions or positions were expressed.

But the meaning of the words still caused some controversy.

Immediately, someone said curiously:

"A talent so powerful that even we can't understand it?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Could it be that you mean he is born with the potential to reach the [Transcendence Stage]?"

Between words.

There are some doubts to some extent.

[Transcendence Stage], excluding the [Supreme Stage] which is outside the theory, can already exist as the [End Empire] or the top of the food chain of this world.

The reason why this level is called the [Transcendence Stage] is that the meaning is actually very simple, that is, they have all transcended common sense and reached a completely different level.

Even in the entire [End Empire], there are very few beings of that level.

basically.

Each one of them crawled out from an endless sea of ​​corpses and blood.

In the process of reaching the summit, I have to overcome countless dangers and near-death situations.

So after hearing that one of their colleagues actually gave Xi Shenlian such an evaluation, everyone felt quite unacceptable and thought it was too outrageous.