Chapter 448: The Levels of a Mind Mage

For a very long time, Luo Qi was immersed in his own thoughts. He knew Clownfish was holding something back from him, but he also felt that the words spoken were still credible.

He silently contemplated all possible scenarios, recalling all relevant past events; Clownfish's words were like grout, bonding many rough gaps, just like stones gradually stacking and bonding into a three-dimensional fortress. He saw the architectural structure of the fortress clearly, and he filled the fortress with his own thoughts.

"Have you ever thought that Du Zhengyi is a person with a complete personal worldview? He is a person of the Qionglin, and he maintains basic consistency with the Qionglin," Clownfish said.

"He will eventually forgive me." Luo Qi withdrew his gaze from the distant sea and turned to stare at Clownfish's subject projection. His figure was obscure, but his ocean was exceptionally clear; ink-colored waves churned beneath the cliffs, and in the distance stood a solitary rock, like a giant's arm reaching out beyond the waves. "Even if he doesn't forgive me, it doesn't matter; he should live, and order should be maintained."

"Should? Order? How many people know that you are actually a control freak?" Clownfish grinned, looking quite pleased. "Our worlds are very similar; they are cold regardless."

"Speaking of which, I am a bit curious," Luo Qi said. "I know that only Mind Mages have the ability to materialize their mental worlds, but if everyone had this ability..."

"I know what you are asking," Clownfish said knowingly, tolerantly allowing Luo Qi to ask the Master questions. "When I first realized I was a Mind Mage, I also liked to explore the inner worlds of others. But in reality, not everyone has a large territory; some people only have a mental world the size of a 350ml milk carton. If two people stand in the same mountain, the larger the inner world, the more scenery one can see. Humans..." He paused and said in a low voice, "In this regard, they are exactly the same as us. Some humans can see as much as the two of us can, even if they don't have our quantification ability."

Luo Qi stared at him suspiciously. "Are you a pervert? Why are you so fractured? You understand humans so deeply, yet you can still bring yourself to slaughter them? As far as I know, in the eyes of those who kill, humans are just livestock; only then can they get rid of psychological pressure."

"Perhaps so." Clownfish calmly affirmed his words, admitting to his pervert title. "Just like you are a control freak, we Mind Mages are all not quite normal."

Luo Qi expressed deep skepticism about this, not quite believing Clownfish's words.

Clownfish said again, "We Mind Mages are Mages of a higher level than other Mages. I don't know if you've noticed?"

"How is this 'higher level' calculated?"

"I know how Liu Ziyu discovered me," Clownfish said. "Because my Invisibility Magic consumed energy. Almost all magic in the world requires calling upon the world's energy, except for Telepathy. If it is pure Telepathy, as long as it does not exceed the caster's ability, we do not need external power. Remember this, elementary schooler."

Luo Qi pondered for a while. "Could it be because this is power from the mind? It can only be sought within one's own heart?"

"Perhaps," Clownfish said. "My theory isn't very strong. You've also noticed, haven't you? Highland Mages are all Telepaths, so they are unwilling to mingle with other Mages."

"They think they can ascend," Luo Qi said, not intending it as mockery. "I know what you are doing here, stealing the knowledge of the Highland Mages. Are you also planning to ascend? If you can find that girl again?"

"No interest," Clownfish said indifferently.

"That is because they are closest to the bloodline of the Progenitor Mage," Luo Qi said. He thought for a moment and asked, "Are you still planning to touch the secrets underground?"

"Why not? Wasn't that Progenitor Mage very interested in the underground treasures here?"

"Don't go down," Luo Qi said. "Below is a Chernobyl problem pit."

He noticed the vibration in Clownfish's mental world; in a certain sense, at least Clownfish understood his words. However, thinking of how he had married a human woman and lived in the human world for many years, he was almost a pure human.

"You didn't know there was Radiation below, and you cautiously stopped at the sixth floor?" Luo Qi said with some surprise, then added, "I don't know what you did here just now, but you'd better not do it again; you just caused the Radiation here to rise. Honestly, me coming downstairs might have saved your dog life."

The fluctuations in Clownfish's mental world were extremely shocked and bewildered, and they continued without human language as a carrier for the stream of consciousness. If Luo Qi were to translate this confusion into human speech, it would probably be, "Nani? How? What did you say?"

"You owe me a favor," Luo Qi continued. His heart was calm, and the language transmitted in his consciousness remained his usual self. He faked a wave of gloating, but Clownfish gave him a sneer.

"Stop pretending," Clownfish said. "I can feel that you can't laugh at all right now." He pondered for a while. "I can stay here for a few days; perhaps at a critical moment, I can stabilize your spirit. Maybe I can save your dog life and repay this favor."