Chapter 1537: Psionic Species, Defenseless by Nature

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A burst of chaotic psionic fluctuations emanated from "Buluode". Xia Duo frowned slightly; this train of thought was difficult to translate into human language, but distinguishing its general meaning was not difficult.

However, it was mixed with a large amount of emotional information that humans could not understand, requiring time to slowly sort through. In a short time, Xia Duo had roughly learned the origin of this Multi-faceted Crystal Bead.

Psionic information could trace back to the past of all concepts, similar to having built-in translation software, while this "translation software" itself also contained a vast amount of information.

If the receiver could parse Subconscious Information, even if they only received a small fragment of information, they could autonomously interpret far more additional information than the information provider intended, based on the "translation software."

Without a doubt, Xia Duo was such a person capable of parsing Subconscious Information, but just like the reason he hadn't traced the Subconscious Information to find a sense of familiarity with the crystal bead earlier, it was not safe to conduct deep subconscious research here.

He only "guessed" the origin of this bead based on intuition (which was essentially utilizing the subconscious)—

It was the true form of this distorted Phantom, or one could consider it a corpse; before such a special creature died, there would not be such an embodied bead within its body.

Or rather, this special creature did not have a body in the general biological sense at all; only after its death would the residual thoughts condense into this Multi-faceted Crystal Bead.

In the concept of this fake Buluode, if this bead were brought back, the tribe could cultivate new members. Of course, this guy certainly wasn't that kind-hearted.

Because Xia Duo felt an almost irrepressible greed from the other party, one of the fastest ways for the special race to which the other party belonged to become stronger was to devour the "relic beads" of their own kind.

Besides this, there was also the devouring of the souls of intelligent beings.

Judging from the fact that the other party could transform into Buluode, Xia Duo was certain that the other party must have seen Buluode, and perhaps even attacked him. As for whether they succeeded, that was hard to say.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo was in no rush to finish the other party off, but instead sent a segment of conscious information (similar to a Mind Link), asking: "How is Buluode?"

Simple text or speech could not facilitate communication; he could see that the other party was merely imitating Buluode and did not truly understand the Netherese language.

And in the conscious information, the concepts of "Buluode" and "how is he" both carried their own pointers and translations, though Xia Duo could control the boundaries of the conceptual extension so that the other party wouldn't immediately know everything about him.

Upon receiving Xia Duo's Sending, this guy was instantly unable to maintain the "Buluode" form, the whole being twisting and changing, finally appearing in the Force Field prison only as a mass of flowing deep-red Mist.

It began to constantly ram against the prison, attempting to find a way out, but unfortunately, Xia Duo had used the previously encountered distorted Phantom as a reference when taking action, and had even increased the intensity significantly.

No matter how it flew up and down or charged about, it could only be like a headless fly trapped in a glass bottle, unable to escape.

——【Mind Stun】!

"How is Buluode?" Xia Duo asked again.

With the Judgment Spell as a foundation, even if this distorted Phantom was unwilling to reveal anything, its very existence was closely related to its psionic consciousness. After suffering the blow, it immediately erupted with a sharp psionic shriek.

And this time, Xia Duo, who had been prepared, did not treat this shriek as a general attack, but parsed it as psionic information.

Even by relying on direct, rough guessing, a great deal of information could be obtained.

Translated into human language, there were roars, curses, and various emotional expressions; of course, there was also the involuntary "answer" to the question Xia Duo had just asked.

Regarding this, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh, "This thing's soul is truly defenseless by nature!"

Compared to humans, although they lost powerful Psionic Ability, by dividing consciousness into subconscious and conscious mind, general information leakage was mostly limited to the conscious mind—roughly the content currently being thought about.

If one endured and refused to think about it, then even using psionic interrogation, one might not necessarily be able to ask anything out!

Therefore, the Projected Plane Arcane Empire's Judgment Division had the judgment process of 【Stun】 first and 【Inquiry】 later, precisely to break through the resistance, blockade, and even disguise of the conscious mind, so as to ask for the true information in the subconscious.

But for this creature, the subconscious and conscious mind seemed to be fused together by nature; perhaps this was the source of their powerful Psionic Ability, but it also brought the risk of being more easily leaked.

Encountering the weak, that was one thing; once encountering the strong, it was almost no different from being defenseless.

……

Xia Duo repeatedly struck it many times, finally confirming that this guy had indeed encountered Buluode and had even attacked him, but Buluode had found an opportunity to escape.

"What a stroke of luck!" Xia Duo thought to himself; this actually worked in his favor.

Buluode must have been anxious to find Luowei, which was why he didn't get entangled with this guy; otherwise, even without any prior concept of this creature, it wouldn't have been difficult to find its weakness.

Next, Xia Duo did not ask anything else; this guy's form was already somewhat scattered, and the frequency of its distortion and transformation was accelerating.

Having had the experience once, it was not hard for Xia Duo to judge that if he kept playing with this guy, it would likely die. Between a dead sample and a living sample, he undoubtedly chose to keep it alive.

Due to a lack of preparation, Xia Duo rummaged through his Personal Space but could not find a ruby that matched the Soul-Locking Technique; if he went out to get one now, he might not be able to find this place again upon returning.

After a moment of internal conflict, Xia Duo finally decided to use his own 【Soul-Hosting Amulet】 to store this guy. The Soul-Hosting Amulet's restrictive effect on the soul was not as good as the Soul-Locking Technique, but he couldn't think of a better way for the time being.

He could only remind himself to bring everything next time he went out; for this time, he would just be careful and try not to die.

In fact, after his most recent Bloodline Awakening, Xia Duo had already gained the ability of Soul Transition; although he had not actually tried it, he had great confidence in his ability to resurrect directly with just his soul.

The 【Soul-Hosting Amulet】 was no longer as important to him as it had been before.

If not for this situation, Xia Duo would have killed this distorted Phantom without hesitation and just taken the crystal bead, rather than discarding the 【Soul-Hosting Amulet】.

Simply adjusting the settings of the 【Soul-Hosting Amulet】, Xia Duo aimed at the prison and cast 【Soul-Locking Technique】. There were no flashy special effects, only the final psionic shriek of the distorted Phantom before it vanished.

Subsequently, its form suddenly disappeared. At the same time, more than a dozen Magic Net String Connection Nodes were added to the surface of the Soul-Hosting Amulet, and the Magic Aura it emitted suddenly intensified.

At this moment, the Soul-Hosting Amulet was no longer the resurrection tool it had been before; it was merely a soul container with an enhanced containment effect.

Afterwards, even if that distorted Phantom were released, the amulet itself could not be restored to its original state; the cost of repair was greater than making a new one.