Chapter 852: Electromagnetic Force

So...

You've reorganized your own structure!?

Looking at the dazzling, bewildering point of light at the fingertip, Lin An's heart jolted violently.

It's hard to imagine how many times the Second Will has tried to achieve such an unimaginable feat.

Like tempering steel through repeated forging, over time the skin beneath the damaged epidermis forms old calluses, and fractured bones that heal become increasingly hard.

In theory, the flesh can be continuously strengthened until its original form is altered.

But, if only relying on weak mental power to make slight alterations, under a 'crude' method, bodily collapse is inevitable.

Whether at the cellular, genetic, or bodily tissue level, any external force alteration could lead to irreversible errors or even mutations.

Like cancer cells, they are essentially normal cells that have gone wrong.

He nodded, and the projection of the Second Will lowered his arm:

("About right…")

("After trying about thirteen thousand times, I first altered the bone structure of my right hand's fingers.")

("Crushing, regenerating, healing... repeating…")

("Until the bone's hardness became comparable to that of ordinary alloy.")

("After becoming familiar with it, I began to modify bodily organs, and later, brain tissue…")

Smiling, the Second Will tapped his own brow:

("You know, the left and right hemispheres of the human brain each have different functional areas, and nerve transmission occurs in the form of signal pulses.")

("The speed of myelin sheath transmission is too slow…")

("So I thought about severing the connection between the left and right brains, fusing them together—what would happen if the connection were sped up?")

("Or let the brain directly regrow a neural network along the spine, with multiple pathways operating in parallel to command the limbs…")

His smile widened, as if the terrifying scene he described were merely a trivial matter.

Locking gazes, Lin An suppressed his complex feelings and, with a slightly dry throat, asked:

"So, do you think I can observe the Heavenly Calamity Skill, manipulate spiritual energy in that way, and then remodel my body like you?"

"Bingo!"

He snapped his fingers; the Second Will, still smiling, gave a slight nod:

("Correct..")

("But you're only half right..")

After pondering for a moment, he waved his hand to pause the enlarged image, then pointed to the spiritual energy, as fine as a thread:

("With your current physical condition and means, you are far stronger than I was back then.")

("Back then, with my mental power I couldn't even see cellular structures, let alone the molecular level.")

("A slight adjustment would be like a three-year-old wielding an axe to perform brain surgery on himself.")

("I recall that back then, I often would accidentally drive myself mad or become paralyzed when cutting brain nerves.")

("You know, the brain is actually as fragile as tofu.")

He sighed, a hint of playfulness flashing in the Second Will's eyes:

("Sometimes I accidentally "locked" myself up, turning into a vegetative state, and then could only slowly grow old and die in the virtual world... that truly was a... grueling ordeal..")

After listening to the Second Will's narration, Lin An fell silent for a moment, then couldn't help but ask back:

"What do you mean by 'half right'?"

"Moreover... your modification experience might not be effective."

"Reality and virtuality are fundamentally different. Perhaps in reality, your experiences cannot be applied at all."

"If we fail, we don't have infinite chances to respawn!"

Lin An's concern is not without reason.

Just like in a game, no matter how good your marksmanship is, when transferred to reality, even the way you use the sights might be wrong.

He withdrew his smile, hearing the words, the Second Will replied solemnly:

("Before modifying the brain, the risks you face are minimal.")

("I used to fail often, also because my mental power was too weak, my technique not fine enough, unable to observe the molecular level.")

("Like a blind person or a disabled individual with trembling hands.")

("But you're different. Having a system demonstrate the use of spiritual energy for you makes you far stronger than I was back then.")

("Moreover, increasing attribute points essentially also modifies the body; from that, you can also imitate.")

He pointed with his finger, the paused image resumed playing, and the Second Will shifted his tone, continuing:

("As for being half right, that's another matter.")

("Look here!")

As his words fell, Lin An followed his gaze and saw a dark-gold spiritual energy filament driving the movement of large swaths of molecules.

After observing for another second, Lin An already felt a faint strain on his mental power.

With the same doubt, he couldn't think of anything more for the moment.

Seeing Lin An's doubtful gaze, the Second Will directly spoke to explain:

("The military has always wanted to research how to let humanity wield transcendent power.")

("In other words, they want to find a way for the non-material to affect the material, or for intention to affect reality.")

("You've always wondered why I got so excited after seeing the use of the Death Heavenly Calamity's spiritual energy, haven't you?")

("It's simple! As I said before, whether it's a skill or mental power, it is not truly using intention to affect reality!")

("It's fake! That is not humanity's own power!")

Hearing the Second Will repeat the theory again, Lin An furrowed his brows; vaguely, he felt he was about to break through that layer of mist.

False?

The skill is indeed false..

Without activating the skill, even a third-rank could not conjure fireballs or ice cones out of thin air, no matter how abundant his spiritual energy.

Mental power..

If mental power is not converted into telekinesis, one cannot truly control objects in the void.

Noticing that Lin An had grasped the key point, the Second Will showed a hint of a smile:

("You figured it out, right?")

("The use of spiritual energy in the Death Heavenly Calamity is essentially a manifestation of the Four Forces!")

("Like pushing molecular friction, discharging to form thunderstorms—actually, this is a manifestation of the Electromagnetic Force!!")

Those few short words struck Lin An's ears like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

His pupils constricted slightly.

In an instant, he understood why the Second Will was so excited.

The manifestation of the Electromagnetic Force!?

That's it..

Spiritual energy acting upon the real world is no longer like magic, generating different skill effects under the system's settings.

It truly alters matter, then manifests astonishing abilities.

His expression excited, the Second Will seemed unable to contain his emotions:

("The Four Forces... this is probably the first time humanity has ever come so close to the essence of truth, the true appearance of the world..")

("If those scientists knew you could control one of the Four Forces, they'd probably go mad with excitement..")

("The Four Forces: gravity, electromagnetic force, strong interaction force, weak interaction force.")

("These four forces constitute all manifestations of the material world and are the cornerstone of the world...")

His mouth was dry.

Lin An struggled to move his throat.

Having absorbed some memory fragments, he naturally knew what the essential manifestation of the Four Forces was.

Gravity: the force that macroscopically gathers matter, making planets round and causing them to orbit, all relying on omnipresent gravity.

If one masters gravity, they can bend light and spacetime dimensions.

At the initial stage, one can achieve invisibility, create an absolute darkness domain, disregard gravity, and achieve anti-gravity flight.

At the intermediate stage, one can control the gravitational field, infinitely increase speed, cause any planet to collapse and crumble.

At the advanced stage, one can use gravitational waves for faster-than-light communication, retroactively predict fate beyond the light cone, and create black holes barehanded!

And the strong and weak interaction forces are a kind of 'cohesion' that binds or repels neutrons and quarks, a mutually exclusive force.

If one masters the strong and weak interaction forces, they can dismantle the basic structure of any matter.

At the initial stage, one can cause cellular fusion, gaining limitless strengthening ability, and every bodily structure can be hardened to the utmost.

If it is fission, one can gain endless vitality, heal all injuries, and remain forever at peak condition.

At the intermediate stage, one can achieve nuclear fusion or fission, gaining endless energy.

At the advanced stage, one can dismantle all material forms, reducing any substance to the 'energy soup' of the early Big Bang!

In an instant, one can collapse the sun into heavy-metal atoms or split it into hydrogen atoms!

As for... the Electromagnetic Force..