Chen Ziang sent his sister back to the bedroom, and after settling in, he returned to his room.
Tonight, he had to decide on the upgrade direction of Touch of the Abyss - this was much more important than adjusting the organizational structure of some unit.
After all, it cost him 100 fire seeds!
For these 100 fire seeds, I traveled all the way to Lingyi Town, went deep into the mysterious and gloomy charnel house, was besieged by a lot of lower-level races, and received glares from gods through thousands of dimensions... If I can't change
If we get a satisfactory result, wouldn't all the suffering and sin we have endured be in vain?
First go to the ancient city of Enlank and see what you can ask from Priest Neeko.
Using the power of dream walking to quickly sink into the world of the collective subconscious, Chen Ziang once again set foot in the residence of the Nightmare Clan.
Compared with the last time I came here, the ancient city of Enrank now no longer has those thick beating blood vessels, the scarlet moss spreading at the base of the walls, and the dried blood seeping into the gaps between the stone slabs.
Instead, there were many purple, firefly-like light groups, dancing slowly and freely in the air.
Chen Ziang tried hard not to pay attention to these light groups, and at the same time not to let them touch his body, he quickly walked through the deserted streets and arrived at the square in the center of the town.
Priest Neeko, holding a scepter, slowly walked out of the temple to greet him - still with a slim and graceful figure, and a face as smooth as a mask without features.
"Welcome, Mr. Aske." Although she has no mouth, Nicole can still make a sexy and mature female voice through some unknown means, "Have you noticed anything different about our Enrank?"
"To be honest, I don't really care about this." Chen Ziang said cautiously.
In the mysterious world, the more you know, the more dangerous you are. This is an unbreakable truth.
Of course, knowing nothing is equally dangerous, so you must carefully choose the knowledge you need to know and avoid the taboos you don't need to know.
"Well, in that case, I won't say much more." Priest Neeko said with a smile, "Exchange the power? Or what information is needed?"
"Yes, I hope to buy information." Chen Ziang asked a prepared question, "What are 'substrate', 'concept' and 'spirituality'?"
"A very valuable question." Priest Neeko said slowly, "I have three answers here, worth 20 points, 100 points and 2000 merit points respectively. Which one do you need to buy?"
"Why are there three prices?" Chen Ziang asked in surprise.
"Because this question actually refers directly to the nature of the universe." Nicole said in an ethereal and mysterious voice, "The nature of the universe is supreme and great and cannot be fully explained. Every individual, no matter how great or humble, can only try his own.
To understand, describe, and write your own answers.”
"The 20 points of merit are the answer that you humans can understand; the 100 points of merit are what we, the Nightmare Clan, have already discovered; the 2000 points of merit come from a lower race that is far superior to us, and we spent a huge price to fight with them.
In exchange for this precious, taboo knowledge."
"I choose 20 points of merit." Chen Ziang replied.
It's not because he can only afford this version of the answer, but because Nicole has made it very clear: knowledge of more than 100 points of merit, even if I tell you all of it, is not something you can understand now.
The bodies of humans and nightmares are completely different, and the gap in cognitive limits is extremely huge, perhaps even greater than the gap between ants and humans.
If ants want to exchange information with humans, the most valuable thing is of course "where to find food" rather than "how to use genetic engineering to improve crops." Even if the latter is completely instilled into the ants' brains, it will
It is impossible to understand even a little bit of information, and you will only go crazy.
"Wise choice." Nicole said leisurely, "Substrate, concept and spirituality are called the 'three major elements', which together constitute the entire universe as we know it today."
"The matrix is actually the collection of all matter, energy, time and space. This should be the element that you humans are most familiar with at the moment."
"Concepts are the collection of all information, data and laws. They are the embodiment of the existence, movement, change and destruction of the matrix."
"Spirit, somewhat close to what you humans call a soul, is a unique reflection projected onto the matrix from a distant dimension."
"If we want to use an analogy to explain, only the matrix is like a corpse, and the matrix and concepts are like a vegetative person. Only the matrix, concepts and spirituality are all combined, and we are a living human being - which is our current universe.
"
Chen Ziang seemed to understand, and felt that his 20 points of fire seemed to have been wasted.
"Let me guess." Nicole continued as if she had read through his mind, "You should have upgraded your redemption ability and are currently considering the direction of evolution, right?"
"Yeah." From the tone of the other party, it seemed that this was some common basic question, so Chen Ziang nodded and admitted.
"To put it simply." Nicole said, "If you choose the matrix as the direction of evolution, the power will be more material-oriented; if you choose concepts, the direction of evolution will be more spiritual; if you choose spirituality, the direction of evolution will be weird. It's hard for me to use language you can understand.
To explain, after all, you humans have too little understanding of spirituality."
"Let me just say this: If you want to deal with a fierce battle on the frontal battlefield, it is recommended to choose the matrix; if you want to hide in the dark and murder others, choose the concept; if you only consider escaping or saving your life, choosing spirituality is the most appropriate."
Chen Ziang finally understood.
The matrix is physical attack, such as hitting people with tentacles; the concept is spiritual sneak attack, such as those tentacles attacking Xia Zili's spiritual body in her subconscious.
As for spirituality, it is the most bizarre direction of evolution. It may not be useful in this situation, but it may work wonders in that situation next time.
Considering that he had to confront Mie Saikawa head-on, he finally made a decision:
Just choose the base!
Standing in front of the altar again, Chen Ziang voted his decision to the Altar of Chaos.
[Touch of the Abyss], the evolutionary direction is selected as "Matrix".
Advanced available: [Touch of Bloat]
Before he had time to think about what [Touch of Bloat] was, Chen Ziang's consciousness suddenly dropped.
He saw that in the weird and terrifying tentacle kingdom, surrounded by countless tentacles, was a huge, bloated tentacle.
Its diameter far exceeds the ordinary Abyss Touch, and each sucker is covered with disgusting granulations, like cancer cells that proliferate crazily.