This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 10 Immortal Path Divine Sense, Spiritual Power

After finishing the report, Ye Yang began a new round of exploration.

"I was too excited last night and busy absorbing cosmic energy into my body, so I forgot about my consciousness."

"As early as when I first absorbed and devoured the cosmic energy of the world, I discovered that when I used my divine sense to capture it into my body, the cosmic energy would directly flow into my brain, develop my brain, and thus indirectly strengthen my divine sense."

"According to the textbook... the Gate of All Heavens allowed my consciousness to descend into this instance world. It was a small part that split off from my original soul and used as the core to construct a brand new soul and body."

"This brand-new soul is perfectly adapted to the rules of devouring the world, but it also bears strong traces of immortal cultivation."

"Then I'd like to know, what's the difference between divine consciousness and mental power? If I absorb a large amount of cosmic energy to develop my brain, will I awaken mental power, or will I retain the characteristics of divine consciousness?"

"Or perhaps the characteristics of divine consciousness disappear and transform into mental power? Or can the two characteristics coexist?"

Ye Yang sat cross-legged on the bed. This time, instead of practicing the Five Hearts Facing Heaven cultivation, he extended his divine sense to feel the cosmic energy drifting around his body.

After absorbing a large amount of cosmic energy last night, Ye Yang not only became stronger in all aspects of his physical fitness, but his spiritual sense also doubled.

At this moment, he sensed the existence of cosmic energy with exceptional clarity, and directly captured it with his divine sense, bringing it back into his body.

"Ah~" he couldn't help but groan.

Although it wasn't the same as last night's rapid optimization of life genes that produced the ultimate fear and pleasure, Ye Yang's mind felt as if a cool spring was flowing through it, nourishing the parched and scorching earth.

"Wow, that's fast! I didn't expect that after reaching the first level of apprenticeship, the compatibility between my divine sense and cosmic energy would increase so much. I can capture much more cosmic energy at once, and now it's all being absorbed by my brain..."

Ye Yang felt that he was gradually "getting the hang of it".

This feeling was similar to, but also different from, the feeling he had when his "spiritual awareness" transformed into "divine consciousness" during his foundation building.

His divine sense extended out of his body, like a tentacle that was constantly hunting, continuously bringing strands of cosmic energy back into Ye Yang's brain.

As his brain developed and his consciousness grew stronger, Ye Yang's senses of smell, hearing, and touch were significantly enhanced. A large amount of chaotic information from the outside world flooded in, but his brain easily absorbed and processed it.

One hour, two hours... three hours later, Ye Yang finally opened his eyes.

"My brain is throbbing and it feels like I've reached my limit."

"It seems that the original work mentioned that mental strength can only be two levels stronger than physical strength at most, which is the limit that the brain can withstand."

"So, I now possess the psychic power of an apprentice at level three?"

"Not necessarily, because..."

Ye Yang looked into his mind's eye and saw a boundless, thin mist, within which faint silver light shimmered.

"I always feel that my current mental power is different from normal mental power, and it is similar to divine consciousness, but there are also differences."

"You'll know once you try it."

Ye Yang opened his eyes and looked at the metal chair in front of him.

With a thought, his spiritual power extended outwards, like an invisible hand, and grasped the metal chair.

With just a little effort, the metal chair lifted off the ground!

"He can now control objects remotely, and... he's incredibly strong!"

Ye Yang left the bed and sat directly on the metal chair.

The moment the thought arose, an invisible force acted on the window, opening it completely.

Ye Yang sat directly in the metal chair and flew out, reaching a height of 100 meters, and then began to accelerate.

woohoo-

The wind whistled in his ears. Ye Yang roughly estimated the speed and then calculated the order of magnitude of the force based on the wind resistance formula.

"Apprentice level two! Very close to level three, but not quite level three yet, but I have indeed reached my limit."

"So, is my current spiritual power a mixture of divine consciousness and mental power?"

Flying back to his room, Ye Yang looked serious and closed his eyes to carefully sense his surroundings.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, a vortex was gradually stirred up, and specks of silver light within the mist were separated out... forming extremely fine silver threads.

Ye Yang could sense that the energy contained in the mist and the silver threads was equal in each!

The silver threads were the divine consciousness of immortals that he was familiar with, while the mist was the spiritual power that devoured the world.

"After the two separated, I felt that my mental power became more difficult to manipulate, but it still had a strong ability to interfere with matter."

"As for the divine consciousness of immortals, it has almost lost the ability to interfere with matter, but retains a more refined ability to perceive and manipulate."

"However... the divine sense of immortals can affect other life forms!"

"I can force it on anyone whose mental strength is weaker than mine, but my ability to interfere with matter is too weak. I usually use it to set up restrictions and seals inside the enemy's body."

"If the two are combined again... all the advantages complement each other perfectly, and with the enhancement of the characteristics of divine sense, it may become possible to directly probe the enemy's body with mental power and crush their heart or brain!"

Ye Yang felt a little excited.

This strange fusion of spiritual power within me can be called divine consciousness or mental power. It may possess other potentials that I have not yet explored!

"The soul cultivation of the instance can be fed back to the main body in the main world by spending Destiny Points."

"If time proves that this special spiritual power is indeed superior to simple divine sense or mental power, then I can try to make the main body of the main world possess it as well."

Ye Yang took a deep breath, a smile on his lips, and began to cultivate the Five Hearts Towards Heaven.

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3 month 24 day.

Ye Yang taught and trained as usual, without revealing the presence of his mental power.

Because he is only an apprentice at level one, he cannot ignore modern firearms.

Furthermore, once the RR virus is under control, he will continue to promote martial arts, inevitably becoming a well-known figure. He will then face various attacks, both overt and covert, so he must be cautious.

Of course, Ye Yang doesn't need to reach the planetary level; he only needs to reach the fourth level of apprentice (junior warrior) to be able to withstand the damage from ordinary firearms.

If one reaches the seventh level of apprentice (beginner war god) or above, one can ignore most thermal weapons with one's bare body; only nuclear weapons and high-energy laser cannons that have not yet been developed can effectively kill one.

In the afternoon, Ye Yang's eyes suddenly lit up.

He received a notification from the Gate of All Heavens and gained 8457 Fate Points!

"Is it that report? It seems to have worked quite well, giving me 8000 points in one go. I now have a total of 5 Destiny Points."

Ye Yang wore a look of joy on his face, and with a thought, his consciousness withdrew from the Devouring World.

Using the "Supreme Goodness Still Water Technique," the time flow rate of the instance is reduced to 1/32.

Ye Yang then opened his academy terminal:

"The mission to earn 5 Destiny Points is finally complete. Let's see what the reward is..."

Ye Yang, who was checking his rewards, was completely unaware of the enormous sensation his report to the top echelons of the Devouring World China had caused.

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