Purple canyons, purple plains, purple peaks, purple sky, everything in the virtual world is purple, monotonous and desolate.
For psykers whose perception is far beyond that of ordinary people, only the most tenacious beings can live in this silent wasteland for a long time, such as the ascetics of the Order of the Sharp Eyes and the Void Sentinels of the Holy Guard Empire.
The young Elizabeth Woodville was obviously not one of them. She had begun to feel bored after waiting in the virtual world for an unknown length of time. If she hadn't been accompanied by little Juliana, she might not have been able to hold on and set foot on the ship to return home.
When she learned that the two little human girls planned to stay and wait for Yang Tianyi to emerge from her cocoon, Master Lucelido, a one-eyed sage who had been in charge of the Sharp Eye Fortress for hundreds of years, persuaded her not to stay in the virtual realm. Too long.
After all, the two of them had just awakened their spiritual powers at that time. It would be good if they just stayed in the virtual realm for a few days to polish their character, but it was obviously impossible for Yang Tianyi to break out of the cocoon in just a few days. Without systematic study and training, and with a lack of entertainment in the deserted fortress for many years, Master Lucelido did not believe that Elizabeth could persist in a boring life for several months.
But it turned out that the sage's predictions were sometimes wrong. Elizabeth not only persisted until now, but also read a large number of classics written by ascetic monks in the fortress library for more than two months.
Even though most of the contents of these classics are obscure and not suitable for beginners to study, Elizabeth and little Juliana still benefited a lot from the guidance of several monks of the order who were responsible for managing the library.
The former has learned many combat skills using psychic energy for offense and defense, and has become proficient in releasing powerful psychic rays and excellent psychic shields for protection. The latter prefers theoretical knowledge, and often holds heavy classics and reads them for hours. Her excellent patience and spirituality also make little Juliana deeply loved by her teachers.
"Thank you for your teaching, Master Arete. It's getting late, so I won't take up your meditation time." Closing the notebook in her hand, Elizabeth stood up from the wooden chair in the fortress library.
She bowed slightly to Arete, a Yondarim man who came to the library a few days ago to serve as a temporary administrator due to a shift order. She gently touched little Juliana's smooth chestnut hair next to her and said softly: "This The child is much more sensible than I was when I was a child. ^_^ I can’t even pull him away, so I have to ask you to keep an eye on him while you meditate.”
"No problem, Miss Woodville, just leave it to me."
After nodding and promising that the other party would take care of Juliana until meal time, Arete closed his eyes.
Before entering the meditative state, he looked at Elizabeth's leaving figure and said: "Actually, you don't have to see him every day, just let nature take its course. And it's best not to have too many distracting thoughts in the virtual realm, in case you are It would be bad if someone with bad intentions is targeting you.”
Elizabeth stopped when she heard this, replied "Thank you, Master, for reminding me," and then disappeared around the corner of the bookshelf.
Arete shook his head upon seeing this, opened his two eyes on the right side and looked at little Juliana. After seeing the little girl's curiosity, he explained helplessly: "This is how intelligent life is, knowing that some Things will not change due to their own efforts, they will still do it without hesitation. This kind of superfluous emotion is not conducive to spiritual practice."
"But you also said that psykers who have lost their emotions can never understand the true meaning of the void."
Casually exposing the master's pretense of profoundness, little Juliana blinked her big and smart eyes, smiled slightly, and continued to read the classics in her hands. The cunning look made Aret a little bit dumbfounded, but he couldn't open his mouth to argue with a child.
He knows that he is far from qualified to define what emotions are superfluous and what emotions are necessary.
Friendship, love, family affection, these seemingly ubiquitous emotions in life can sometimes hinder a psychic's progress, and sometimes allow him to break through his limits.
Therefore, even the most virtuous and respected sage in the Sharp-Eyed Order can only give an ambiguous answer when answering similar questions. For example, the nature of emotion is as undefinable as the soul, and the existence of emotion maintains the diversity of virtual realms. Sex and so on.
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In the endless virtual wasteland, a giant purple-red cocoon that is a hundred meters high stands majestically. Surrounding the giant cocoon are many ethereal streams of light that have not yet been born with spiritual intelligence.
Like a school of fish in the sea, they feel the amazing energy in the cocoon. Following the biological instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, these streams of light wait day after day, hoping to get some relief after the creatures in the cocoon break out. Dissipate spiritual energy, thus completing the transformation from beast to intelligent life.
In the first few days, Elizabeth would take action to drive away these streams of light, but as the waiting time became longer and longer, and after realizing that their existence would not cause harm to Yang Tianyi, she allowed these streamers to surround the giant cocoon. By the side, she could use her psychic hands to catch a few as pets from time to time to relieve her boredom.
Standing on a boulder, Elizabeth looked at the giant cocoon not far away with calm eyes. For more than two months, she has come here every day to wait for an hour to observe whether the giant cocoon of that day is different from the previous day.
Regrettably, although she could feel that the violent spiritual energy in the giant cocoon was slowly stabilizing, she could never guess when the giant cocoon would burst.
An hour of waiting passed quickly, and Elizabeth jumped up from the boulder in disappointment, preparing to go back to the fortress to eat something and continue studying the classics. But suddenly, she seemed to hear some slight noise in mid-air, like the sound of an egg shell breaking.
She flew to the giant cocoon in a swish. She carefully bent her index finger and tapped the seemingly soft but actually extremely hard surface of the giant cocoon with her knuckles. Then she put her ear against the cocoon and repeatedly confirmed the sound she just heard. Does it really exist?
"Crack!"
Soon, there was another crisp cracking sound, then a second one, a third one, and hundreds of them. After more than two months of incubation, fine cracks finally appeared outside the giant cocoon, which was hundreds of meters high.
For a moment, surging spiritual energy poured out of the crack like a tide, and the feast falling from the sky immediately attracted the attention of the streamers in the virtual realm, who all changed directions and rushed towards the giant cocoon.
Just as they had been waiting for a long time, they impatiently raised their knives and forks and were about to have a big meal. The spiritual energy that had escaped was instantly absorbed back. The strong suction force sucked into the interior of the giant cocoon along with many streams of light rushing in front. It was as if there was an insatiable giant mouth inside that was devouring everything around it.
Realizing that if she didn't leave, she would probably be eaten as food, Elizabeth quickly backed away. She didn't dare to look up at the spiritual vortex formed by the giant cocoon absorbing energy in the sky until she was sure it was safe.
In the center of the vortex, there are bound a large number of virtual stream lights and creatures that were attracted by the previously escaped spiritual energy - for these greedy guys, trying to take advantage of the chaos is the stupidest decision they have ever made in their lives, because The beings in the cocoon are not only more greedy than they are, but also more intelligent and dangerous.
Just when Elizabeth was curious about what Yang Tianyi was going to do with these virtual realm creatures, the originally calm vortex suddenly spun rapidly, like a juicer, twisting everything in the vortex into the purest spiritual energy, and then passed through the vortex below. The passage was sent into the interior of the giant cocoon.
"His awakening has reached the most critical moment. Although I don't know why he needs such a huge amount of spiritual energy, I can feel that the situation in the cocoon is very stable."
After hearing the sound, Master Lucelido floated next to Elizabeth, looking with clear eyes at the whirlpool in the air that was still strangling the creatures in the virtual world. He couldn't help but worry a little: "If he continues to ask for it like this, the situation will not be good. .”
As if I could hear the conversation between the two, the vortex that was still expanding quickly disappeared without a trace, leaving only a giant cocoon full of cracks in the wasteland. It's just that compared with more than two months ago, the wild aura that has been lingering inside and outside the cocoon has completely disappeared. Not only the wild aura, but also the most basic aura of life in the giant cocoon is gone.
Seeing this, Elizabeth quickly wanted to step forward to check, but Lucelido grabbed her with his tentacles. The next second, the cracks on the surface of the giant cocoon glowed brightly, and hundreds of fragments burst apart.
However, just when everyone thought it was about to end, a suction force no weaker than the whirlpool suddenly pulled back all the flying fragments and absorbed them into a purple ball of light.
Just like a baby bird eating its own eggshell when it hatches, Yang Tianyi is using this method of eating it dry to make up for the last gap in spiritual energy needed for awakening.
When all the fragments were swallowed up by the light ball and the dazzling light group collapsed to the size of a person, a familiar voice sounded in Elizabeth's ears.
"Keeping you waiting, Miss Woodville."
He casually used his spiritual energy to put some clothes on his naked body. After Yang Tianyi found that everyone was looking at him with complicated eyes, he said with some embarrassment: "It seems that it has really been a long time since I merged with that guy. .”
"Two months and eleven days."
After giving the accurate time, Elizabeth smiled slightly and said, "But it doesn't matter. Judging from your appearance now, Juliana and I should have waited in vain."
Recalling the knowledge that Master Arete imparted to her when interpreting the classics, she said with a congratulatory and slightly jealous tone: "You know, Yang Tianyi."
"From now on, I have to call you a demigod."
