Chapter 8 Weak? Impossible to be weak! 1
Just when Lin Yao really couldn't control himself and was about to reach out for the slime evening primrose.
Something suddenly popped out from his left wrist, forming a mental image. It then wrapped around the morning glory grass, wrapping the entire flowerpot in a spiral.
When Lin Yao felt the word "delicious", he felt that the food was spoiled. Sure enough, the vines opened the flowerpot, and the poor slime morning glory was nowhere to be seen.
Lin Yao quickly checked on his computer: Is it a crime to kill the plants cultivated by the Imperial Academy of Sciences?
The result, of course, is a blank.
After all, the families that can raise these things are generally more powerful. Who knows whether they have killed them or not? If they know, who will hold them accountable?
Anyway, the Academy of Sciences had already prepared for the animals to die when it put them up for sale. Of course, Lin Yao only learned this information later.
Lin Yao is now like a frightened bird, because there are no cases, neither good nor bad, which makes him think that he is the first case.
In order to avoid being caught, I can only put it in the storage ring. After all, it is my own thing, so it is normal that I only want to appreciate it myself!
It was not until Lin Yao pretended to be calm and sat back on the stool for a long time that he came to his senses. What made him come to his senses was that he suddenly felt a warm wave coming from his spiritual sea.
He subconsciously explored his spiritual sea and found that the area of his spiritual sea had increased in size, and the range of his spiritual power had expanded by half a meter.
Lin Yao stared at the two vines wriggling in the empty flowerpot. This was a chain reaction caused by devouring the slime morning glory grass.
"It also has a buff effect?" Lin Yao raised his eyebrows, his consciousness hovering above the treetops in the mental picture.
On the trunk of the mountain banyan tree, the originally illuminated spiral pattern was continuously releasing energy, part of which was absorbed into the aerial roots, making the dark brown roots more resilient.
The other part flowed into Lin Yao's spiritual sea along the spiritual connection, like a cup of warm water, soothing the pain in his nerve endings bit by bit.
This is the key point. The mountain banyan tree's devouring is not only for its own evolution, but also to "digest" foreign substances and supply Lin Yao's spiritual sea, thereby improving his spiritual power.
Just like now, the weak energy contained in the swallowed morning glory grass, after being transformed by the mountain banyan tree, has become a mild tonic, more effective than any dose of "tranquilizer" the original owner had taken before.
But the price of this nourishment is the aerial root vines' increasingly voracious appetite.
The two vines were no longer satisfied with licking the mucus in the flowerpot. The ice-blue vines tried to climb down the table legs to find something edible in the room.
"Come back!" Lin Yao used his mental power to pull the two air roots back, and a clear pulling sensation came from his fingertips.
The aerial vines twisted in mid-air, making a 'buzzing' sound of grievance. The ice-blue leaf marks on the vines were bright and hot, obviously their appetite had been aroused.
In the mental picture, the crown of the mountain banyan tree shook violently, and more aerial roots poked out from between the branches and leaves, like a group of hungry chicks.
As they became restless, Lin Yao could feel that his mental strength was rapidly rising, and there was even a tendency for it to break through a bottleneck.
The benefit brought by this devouring was even more intense than he expected.
But risks also come with it.
He glanced at the information about 'Morning Grass' on his computer:
This variety contains trace amounts of residual radiation and must be treated in a white tower before it can be used by guides.
The banyan tree swallowed the energy in a hurry just now and did not filter out the radiation at all. The energy converted at this moment was mixed with a very faint, aggressive wave that mixed into the golden energy.
Lin Yao quickly used his mental strength to restrain the inexplicable desire to fight, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
It's like holding a hot gold ingot in your hands. You don't want to throw it away, but you are also afraid of getting burned to pieces.
"It seems that I need to carefully select the recipes at the beginning." Lin Yao sighed in his heart, looking at the two aerial vines that were still struggling.
"The beneficial ones can unlock abilities and increase my mental strength, and the harmful ones can also... but I'm afraid they'll lead me straight into trouble."
Lin Yao could clearly sense that the vines on his spiritual body had been stained with gold and were about to attack.
Lin Yao could only say, "As expected of you! The evil cultivator from the plant world truly never forgets his original aspiration!"
It's not that he doesn't want to. Who wouldn't want to have multiple functions, such as attack and defense? But his current mental strength can't keep up, which is very troublesome!
As he was speaking, the two aerial roots suddenly turned, and the aerial vines pointed towards the blood-stained cuffs of his pajamas that he had placed aside.
The remaining mental fluctuations there were extremely weak, but they carried the traumatic mark of last night's mental picture collapse.
The moment the aerial vines came into contact with the bloodstains, they suddenly contracted as if they were scalded.
But then, they greedily wrapped around it again, and the ice-blue leaf marks on the aerial vines lit up instantly.
It was the energy of the peony that was at work, neutralizing the traumatic energy in the bloodstains.
Lin Yao's mental strength then surged again, the dull pain in his head completely disappeared, and his vision became much clearer.
In the spiritual sea, a second spiral pattern appeared on the mountain banyan tree, emitting a soft bright green glow. What was unlocked this time was the enhanced healing ability to repair mental trauma.
"So it can be done this way..." Lin Yao was stunned.
The mountain banyan tree can not only devour external substances, but also digest and transform its own spiritual residues.
The traumas that once caused the original owner unbearable pain have now become the nutrients that nourish new life.
When the aerial vines loosened the cuffs, the bloodstains had disappeared without a trace, and the aerial vines were stained with a light layer of bright green, like tender buds that had absorbed nutrients.
Lin Yao looked at the increasingly luxuriant mountain banyan tree in his spiritual sea, and suddenly realized the advancement principle of this mutated spiritual body:
Its devouring is indiscriminate plundering, and any energy it can transform will become its nourishment.
Good or bad, beneficial or harmful, as long as it is digested, it will eventually turn into the power of its advancement, and at the same time drive his mental power to climb up step by step, solidly.
In this regard, Lin Yao can only say that it is worthy of being called the strangler fig that is so popular!
The two aerial vines had obviously tasted the sweetness and were spinning excitedly in his hands.
Lin Yao couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. It was really eye-opening!
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Lin Yao folded the Qi root in his hand and looked through the original owner's memory. There was indeed a record in the history of spiritual evolution that the spiritual body would change after consuming material energy, and that was devouring and transformation.
Devouring and transformation is a rough and very effective way of advancing a spiritual body. A spiritual body with this ability will devour and transform all energy that comes to it, and while advancing itself, it will react to the master's spiritual power.
This ability is so rare and incredible that it has only been recorded once in history. That person was a sentinel. Because of the backlash of the spirit body devouring, he was directly brought to 3S, even though he originally only had E.
There is no guide. After all, over the years, there has never been a guide whose spirit is so ferocious and has predatory attributes.
After reviewing this information, Lin Yao couldn't help but sigh that although he had destroyed the apology gift given by others, he had accidentally discovered the growth method of the mountain banyan.
It is known that the mutated plant is edible, but that thing is too expensive and you may not be able to buy it even if you have money, so this food is passed.
There was also the medicine that Uncle Fu sent him. He had originally not intended to drink it, but his mental image was filled with waves of desire, prompting him to drink the bowl of medicine.
Thinking about it this way, the desire comes from the mountain banyan, so it is better to take the medicine on time in the future.
Lin Yao had no idea if Zerg were on its menu. After all, where would he get a Zerg to experiment with? He decided to put it aside for now and try again when he had the chance.
There was other 'food'. Now he was trapped in the shabby courtyard of the De Lin family, so Lin Yao's eyes fell on the blank space on the calendar. He was now looking forward to the arrival of the assessment! Or other opportunities.
Now all he had to do was to help it find food, constantly expand his spiritual sea, practice his spiritual power and those energies, so that he could become bigger and stronger.
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The afternoon sun filtered through the energy barrier, casting diamond-shaped spots of light on the floor of the hovercar.
Lin Yao leaned against the car window, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the potted green ivy in his arms. It lay quietly in the special nutrient soil, and he used his mental power to protect the flowerpot along with it to avoid bumps.
"Master, the new residence is just ahead." The driver's voice came through the communicator, steady and professional.
Lin Yao looked up and saw the hovercraft slowly landing in front of a single-family courtyard called Bamboo Garden.
This place is far away from the main house of the De Lin family and is hidden in an artificial bamboo forest. Although it is as remote as the shabby courtyard where he lived before, it is essentially different.
For example, the courtyard wall here is a translucent energy screen, through which you can see several interstellar luminous bamboos planted in the courtyard, with light green light flowing between the bamboo nodes.
This is also what he mentioned to Butler Zhan this morning. If they arrange a new courtyard, try to find a place with good conditions and a quiet location away from the main courtyard, because he needs to recuperate!
Lin Yao thought that Butler Zhan would arrange things for him later, perhaps because he had caused such a commotion yesterday, so he was under pressure! Or maybe there were other reasons.
Anyway, he had just finished his lunch and drank the bowl of medicine when Butler Zhan came to tell him that the new courtyard had been decided and he could move in at any time!
Lin Yao was not polite at all and immediately asked Butler Zhan to bring people to help him move things.
"Just help me unload the box, please."
Lin Yao got out of the car holding Luoluo, followed by two transport robots, which were methodically moving the original owner's few luggage: a few old clothes, the original owner's diary, and the "Spiritual Body Maintenance Manual" at the bottom of the box into the house one by one.
As for the compensation, it has been moved here long ago!
The new residence is not big, a two-story Western-style building with an independent small courtyard. There is an open-air cultivation platform in the corner of the courtyard, which is perfect for growing his green ivy.
Lin Yao placed the potted plant on the cultivation table, and gently brushed the yellow leaves with his fingertips. Shasha in his mental picture suddenly reacted.
Sha Sha - Lin Yao, who has no talent for naming, gave this name to his spiritual body!
Of course, there are also the two aerial vines that Shasha often uses in his mental images - 'Xiaoyi' and 'Daer'; and in order to disguise himself, Lin Yao specially asked Shasha to separate an aerial vine and dress it up as the original owner's spiritual body. When walking in the outside world, it also has its own name - Zhizhi.
Da Er reached out silently, grabbed a dead leaf, and before Lin Yao could react, he dragged the dead leaf into the sea of consciousness.
There was a soft "crunch" sound, as if something was chewed.
Lin Yao raised his eyebrows and checked with his consciousness. The dead leaf was being broken down into tiny spots of light by the aerial roots and merging into the soil.
The third spiral pattern, which had not yet fully lit up, lit up. Although it was only for a faint moment, it made the edge of the green ivy's leaves appear a very light new green.
"Even the dead branches of ordinary plants can be converted into nutrients?" Lin Yao was a little surprised, and then laughed.
It seems that this Shasha not only has a variety of recipes, but also has a built-in "plant care" function, which saves him a lot of trouble.
He squatted in front of the cultivation table, watching the green radish slowly stretch out its leaves under the "nourishment" of the aerial roots, and felt a strange sense of peace in his heart.
This pot of green ivy was raised by the original owner himself after he was injured. The leaves still bear traces of his fingertips stroking them. Like a silent witness, it accompanied the original owner through those dark days.
Now, it followed him to a new place.
"Let's take root here from now on." Lin Yao said softly, as if he was talking to Luoluo, or as if he was talking to himself.
He stood up and looked around. The furnishings in his new residence were simple but clean. The walls were made of smart materials that could change color according to his mood, and at this moment they were a soft beige color.
The room is fully equipped with bedrooms, study, kitchen, washroom, virtual link warehouse and other rooms.
What satisfied him most was that the energy shielding system here was of the highest level, so he didn't have to worry about the fluctuations of his spiritual body being detected by outsiders, especially those who always wanted to eat something 'new'.
The transport robot completed the final sorting, issued a 'mission completed' prompt tone, and then left on its own.
The only ones left in the yard were Lin Yao, the pot of green ivy, and Shasha, who was ready to make a move in his spiritual sea.
In the spiritual sea, Shasha was excitedly peeking out, really wanting to come out and play.
Lin Yao walked to the gate of the courtyard and raised his hand to close the energy barrier. There was no one else there anyway, and for safety reasons, Lin Yao used the guide's mental shield for the first time before releasing Shasha.
As soon as they came out, some of Shasha's aerial roots entangled the luminous bamboo in the yard, while others wrapped around the energy pipes in the corners of the walls.
The aerial roots and vines are intertwined with each other, and tiny spots of light continuously overflow from the vines, flowing into Lin Yao's spiritual sea along the spiritual connection, bringing waves of comfortable warmth.
He could clearly feel that with the change of environment, his spiritual sea was expanding and his spiritual power was growing.
These energies are slowly impacting the past, and the old life is gradually moving away.
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During the time he moved into his new residence, Lin Yao's life was like a recalibrated star track, slowly but steadily sliding towards a new trajectory.
Every morning, he would be awakened by the "morning chirping" of the luminous bamboo in the yard. It was the clear sound similar to that of wind chimes, produced by the flow of energy in the bamboo joints.
The first thing he did after opening his eyes was to probe into the sea of consciousness to see the changes in area, and then guess what new tricks Shasha had come up with.
Sometimes the aerial vines wrap around the nodes of the luminous bamboo to absorb energy, giving the bright green threads a little more halo; sometimes the aerial vines secretly roll away the dead leaves of the green ivy, in exchange for the third thread of brighter green light.
Every day, Lin Yao can clearly feel the steady growth of his spiritual sea and spiritual power, like soil soaked by spring rain, quietly accumulating strength.
Breakfast is usually rye bread with homemade star honey yogurt. While eating breakfast, he will move the green radish to the window so that it can get enough artificial sunlight.
At the same time, he used his mental power to guide the aerial root vines of Shasha, and carefully replenished nutrients to the green ivy. After several "running-in" times, this ferocious spiritual body finally learned to "fertilize gently" and no longer treated the tender leaves of the green ivy as snacks.
Most of the morning time is spent studying materials.
He looked through the guide assessments over the years and found that the field combat assessment had just been added this year, and the location happened to be a planet on the edge of the radiation belt.
There are a large number of mutant plants growing there, including the highly poisonous "Bone-Eroding Vine" and the "Stardust Flower" that can repair mental strength.
On the computer screen, a three-dimensional image of a stardust flower was slowly rotating, with golden spots dotted on the lavender petals.
When Lin Yao's gaze fell on the spiral pattern in the center of the petals, the Shasha in his spiritual sea suddenly shook slightly, and the aerial vines actually curled slightly to imitate the pattern of the stardust flower.
"It seems you know them too?" Lin Yao chuckled and tapped the screen with his fingertips. "I'll find a few for you as a 'snack' during the assessment."
The afternoon is the unshakable time for 'mental strength and physical fitness training'.
When he returns home in the evening, he will change the nutrient solution of the green ivy with his own hands.
The nutrient soil left by the original owner was almost exhausted, so he went to the cultivation store to buy a new formula, which was mixed with some simulated ingredients of earth soil.
The moment they came into contact with the new nutrient soil, the aerial root vines in the mental image suddenly trembled violently, and the ice blue and gold appeared surprisingly bright against each other.
That was Shasha responding to this familiar 'breath of the earth'.
"Don't worry, there will be more in the future." Lin Yao comforted softly, his fingertips stroking the new shoots of green ivy.
When night falls, he will make a cup of soothing herbal tea, sit under the glowing bamboo in the yard, and watch the aerial roots of the killing trees weave a web in the night.
In the net, aerial roots and vines weave into complex patterns.
Energy flowed through it like a flowing star map, filtering and absorbing the surrounding energy particles bit by bit, and finally transforming them into gentle nutrients, enveloping him and lulling him into sleep.
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A new week, in the training room after dinner, white energy light flows slowly between the link cabins.
Lin Yao skillfully opened the cover of the link cabin and then lay down.
However, in a moment, Lin Yao's consciousness had reached the entrance of the Star Network Training Ground.
The holographic billboard was playing the latest virtual battlefield propaganda on a loop: "Everyone participates, there is no discrimination in the competition, your mental strength is the most powerful weapon!"
Lin Yao was in the bustling crowd, looking at the huge screen, tapping his fingertips on the light computer, waiting for the person who had made an appointment with him - Lei Ya to appear.
He still remembers when he first arrived. In order to be able to train smoothly, he chose the national training ground after weighing the pros and cons.
This is a national training ground different from the White Tower and the military system. Although the simulation equipment is not as sophisticated as the former two, it has the advantage of low threshold and loose supervision.
When registering, you only need to bind basic identity information. As for what code name to use in the virtual world and how much strength to expose, it all depends on your personal wishes.
For Lin Yao, who urgently needs to improve his strength and hide his identity, this is a perfect place tailor-made for him.
At that time, Lin Yao's consciousness had just come out of the home link warehouse, and his feet were stepping on a flowing silver-white energy cloud.
The radiation belt ruins in the distance were still slowly smoking. In the nearby suspended square, thousands of consciousnesses came and went, each with a strange and bizarre avatar.
Some transformed themselves into three-meter-tall mecha warriors, some wore cat ears but controlled the spirit body of a giant python, and there was even a player wearing an ancient robe with wings of light made of particles floating behind him.
The national training ground in front of us is not a physical building, but a virtual space constructed by star network code and energy matrix.
It is also the core charm of the national training ground, which breaks the absolute boundary between virtual and reality.
The building frame is woven from quantum codes, and the training ground's dome, corridors, observation platforms and other basic structures are all products of digital simulation.
It can change its shape in real time through a central control system, for example, instantly transforming a closed space into an open desert scene.
However, when it comes to the core areas related to the trainees, energy materialization technology is used.
Let every object and every goal carry the texture and energy imprint of the real world.
The weapons, protective gear, energy devices, etc. provided in the training area mall appear to be virtual projections on the surface, but in fact their core is energy templates extracted from physical objects, which contain trace amounts of energy from real objects.
For example, the weight, recoil, and energy output frequency of the particle gun used are all derived from the energy data of the Empire's current standard guns.
The builders of the comprehensive training grounds scanned physical weapons using special instruments and converted this data into reproducible code sequences.
Then, a virtual entity with the same characteristics is reconstructed from the total energy matrix of the training ground.
The feeling a trainee experiences when using it is exactly the same as using a physical weapon.
The virtual-real nested design not only avoids the loss of physical equipment, but also allows trainees to obtain muscle memory and operational feedback that is completely consistent with actual combat.
This design is applied to all aspects of training in the national training ground, such as the Zerg in the simulated battlefield, the flowers and plants, and the beautiful women in the exclusive training area.
They are all constructed from energy matrices and contain energy.
Even every person who logs in must enter a wisp of their own mental energy when registering so that the matrix energy can be simulated.
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Welcome! Visitor 259734. We detected that you have not set a fixed image. Do you want to enable the default mimicry?
A translucent panel popped up in front of Lin Yao's eyes, and he tapped "Customize" with his fingertips.
After a moment, his virtual image transformed into a young man in gray clothes, with black hair draped softly on his forehead, covering half of his eye. At first glance, he looked like a soft and sticky guide.
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