It is said that although the world of Mass Effect is a world of high magic and high technology, there is always an irreparable difference between the external energy of this world and the magical energy of the normal world. This difference makes it hundreds of times more difficult to control magic energy. Even magic masters like Lu Yuan have to use the "eternal" staff if they want to ensure the success rate of spell casting.
In other words, in such a world, the difficulty of birthing a magical civilization is much higher than that of a technological civilization.
But having said that, since the soil is fertile, plants must be able to grow. Although a mature magic system cannot be established, the development of spiritual power does not lag behind other worlds - the giant beast Leviathan is one of the best.
Every individual of this race is a spiritual master! The giant beasts are good at using their mental power to control and enslave creatures of other races. It is precisely by virtue of their invincible ability that they have dominated the entire galaxy for tens of millions of years! This ability is called "enlightenment".
Lu Yuan's doubts lie in this——
If the first-generation Reapers were made from the corpse of the behemoth Leviathan, and thus the "Pioneer"-level Reapers inherited the mental abilities of the behemoth Leviathan, this is fair enough - then different uses will be used in the future. Where did the "overlord" level reapers created by the race come from? ! ——You can’t just learn it, right?
Lu Yuan wanted to laugh when he thought of "Pioneer" class reapers holding teaching classes and "Overlord" class reapers being primary school students...
It wasn't until he saw the millions of tortured souls on the wreckage of the battleship that they screamed in twisted ways that Lu Yuan suddenly realized it! All questions are suddenly clear!
It seems that the giant beast Leviathan was really relieved when it created the AI "catalyst". Not only do they impart their knowledge, spiritual abilities, etc., they don't even hide the secrets of the soul - when a creature's spiritual power is strong enough, it will definitely come into contact with the existence of the soul.
The reason why the "Pioneer" class reapers are so powerful. Not only is its body made from the corpse of the giant beast Leviathan, its soul is too! In other words, the "Pioneer" class Reaper. It is almost the reappearance of the original giant beast Leviathan! Their mental abilities are extremely powerful and they can brainwash and control creatures remotely. You can even leave your own body and occupy the body of others!
In contrast, the "education" ability possessed by the "Overlord" level reaper is nothing more than a simple and crude imitation of the mental ability of the giant beast Leviathan by gathering the power of millions of souls.
After figuring out the whole thing, Lu Yuan was completely relieved and began to sit cross-legged, quietly realizing the impact of this "educational" ability on his spiritual world. Wherever there is a law, it must be broken. Now that he understands the cause and effect, Lu Yuan is confident that he can completely solve the problem of "enlightenment"!
As a master of magic, he is probably the authority standing at the top of the world when it comes to the study of souls.
"Just calm down and listen carefully. They can help you find flaws in your soul." Lu Yuan said casually to Feng Jian Youxiang. Youxiang was doubtful about this - so many people were "buzzing" like flies in her ears, and the more she listened, the more irritated she became! I just want to beat up so and so!
Lu Yuan was right, even if she was physically as strong as Feng Jian Youxiang, her soul was still being affected by the "overlord".
The principle of "education" is actually to amplify a certain "weakness" in the heart, even beautiful emotions!
It can make the timid give up - like Saren. As a turian genius and the youngest ghost agent of the Citadel. He hides his weakness beneath a hard exoskeleton. Use your powerful strength and ruthless killing to cover it up so that others cannot detect it! But when the Reapers captured his soul, heroes like Saren faced the coming Reaper invasion. The choice is capitulationism and escapeism...
It can also make stubborn people become ambitious - an example is "The Phantom Man". In the trilogy, his attitude toward humans gradually changes from salvation to dominance, from survival to dominance, and finally he even wants to control the Reapers! The Reaper quietly twisted his obsession of "protecting mankind" into his ambition of "ruling mankind", and in the end he became the Reaper's tool.
There are many such examples, such as a person who loves his wife very much. Then the Reapers made a "deal" with him, in exchange for giving up attacking the colony where his wife was located, in exchange for him voluntarily leading the team into the Reaper's trap...
This is what people hate about reapers! No matter the shortcomings of human nature. Such as weakness, cruelty, selfishness...; or the shining points in human nature, such as love, sacrifice, protection... can eventually become the objects of their use!
Imagine... I'm afraid the giant beast Leviathan ruled the galaxy in this way...
It’s really hateful!
The Reaper warship is made from the corpses of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of creatures, the shackled souls. He rushed towards the two people crazily, roaring, begging... countless voices echoed in the ears of the two people.
Feng Jian Youxiang has always been a pessimistic person who only likes planting flowers and fighting. At this moment, her soul, under the influence of this chaotic noise, was rolling like a boiling lake! Gradually render a layer of dark purple demonic color!
On the contrary, Master Lu is greedy for money and sex, lazy to eat, and fond of petty gains. His mind is smaller than the nose of a needle, but his soul is like a piece of pure blue glass. No matter how many thousands of innocent souls come and go, I will never let them linger in my heart.
Seeing Feng Jian Youxiang staring at him angrily, Lu Yuan reached out and touched Youxiang's hair, muttering, "Don't be anxious~Don't be anxious~, come, recite haha with me... The world is so beautiful, I But being so irritable, this is not good, this is not good.”
Feng Jianyou's fragrance was so strong that he suddenly smiled and said, "Go to hell!"
A small, jade-like fist hit Master Lu hard on the cheek!
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"We agreed not to do anything..." Lu Yuan complained bitterly. He held a black pot in his left hand and waved a staff in his right hand, "Capture Soul!"
The spirit of the reaper roared...
The tens of millions of souls, which are almost the same size as the entire Reaper warship, are under the control of magic. Just like jackdaws rushing to water, they rushed into the small pot one after another. When the last soul got in, Lu Yuan took out a lid and stuffed it gently. "It's done! It's that simple... Do you still feel noisy now?"
Feng Jian Youxiang gave him a roll of eyes and said nothing. I'm bothering you...
When it comes to controlling souls, the giant beast Leviathan has accumulated some methods. But it is nothing compared to a prosperous magic civilization. Baldur's Gate has a systematic system of soul spells - there are more than a hundred soul-related spells in Lu Yuan's pocket!
After collecting the soul of the battleship, the ship is completely "dead". No, it should have been downgraded from a composite battleship to an ordinary mechanical battleship. With computer control, the ship's mass effect core is still functioning. There was no immediate disintegration.
"Then let's go..." Lu Yuan waved his staff three times, and a huge light door enveloped the entire two-kilometer-long battleship!
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Ships approaching the Falcon eta constellation repeater saw a strange sight today.
A strange ship with a big hole in it, tattered and on the verge of disintegration, suddenly appeared near the repeater! On its body, except for the thin protective cover, no running engines can be seen, and no operators can be seen... It is very puzzling how this ship came here. (Ships escaping from super-light speed during navigation will cause sudden scenes.
But about "Ghost Ship" or something like that. There is always a shortage of strange stories about interstellar navigation, but they still stopped them from coming forward to see what happened.
"Moxi Moxi, it's Dawn. I'm your Captain Lu! There's a ship here that needs to go through. Let's build a passage... Sign? There's no sign... What does the ship look like? It looks like a harvest, probably. Go ahead...remember not to bombard!"
Then in a burst of blue light, the strange battleship disappeared from everyone's sight.
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On the Dawn Mothership, in a completely isolated room, Lu Yuan released the reaper's spirit body again.
Spirits roared and rolled around the room. Sometimes it turns into a ferocious monster and opens its mouth to demonstrate to Lu Yuan. But Lu Yuan seemed to turn a blind eye to this... He unfolded six huge TV screens. It takes up six interior sides of the house. After confirming that the TV could not be destroyed by spirits, Lu Yuan turned on the TV. Then withdrew.
On the TV screen, what was being scrolled was the program collection of the "Voice of Country x" over the years. Concentrated...it's all the essence! The brainwashing method used by the KGB was the simplest and crudest, but also the most effective...
Time passes day by day and year by year.
Lu Yuan seemed to have completely forgotten about that room and the soul of the reaper that had been imprisoned in it.
Finally, when the fifth year came, the pure white room... finally opened a gap, and Lu Yuan came in.
At this time, there were no monsters or reapers in the room. There is only one soul squatting in front of the TV, watching the TV carefully - its appearance has changed into a human one - but that is not the point! The point is, there is only one, and it is no longer made up of thousands of lonely souls.
All souls have condensed into one. His eyes were always fixed on the TV screen, and his lips trembled slightly with the lecture inside, as if he was retelling it. Even when Lu Yuan walked in, he couldn't take his eyes off the TV.
"What do you want now?" Lu Yuan asked gently.
"Sanzui, swim on your own!" it replied in a hoarse voice, which seemed to contain millions of layers of harmony!
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ps: Lao Lei has always felt that only reapers can brainwash humans. This is simply too weak! The brainwashing technology of us people on Earth has surpassed that of the Zentraedi Star! It’s really cool to wash it back... (To be continued)
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