Chapter 406: Uh, I seem to have control rights

"Why do you need a mark to go to the Home of the Departed?" On the way, Nigris asked in confusion.

"Of course you need a mark; otherwise, if anyone could connect, wouldn't it be chaotic? To obtain a mark, you need a teleportation array and a Spark of Faith. Through the Spark of Faith, you can connect to the soul network of the Home of the Departed, and then through the teleportation array, you can trade directly..."

Just as she said this, Du Luo Ken coughed repeatedly with a strange expression.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong? You're a lich, what are you pretending to cough for?" Luokesi said irritably.

Du Luo Ken said with a strange expression: "I thought of something else; it has nothing to do with you."

"Oh, then I'll continue. Without a mark, the Home of the Departed doesn't know which teleportation beacon is yours. What if you teleport to the wrong place? The procedures for these things are very complicated. You also know how low the work efficiency of those dead spirits is. It's good if they can get it done in three or five years, and they still keep saying: You're already dead, what's the rush? You have plenty of time. It's infuriating."

Luokesi seemed to have been very angry when she was getting her mark, and she started complaining as soon as she found an opportunity.

Du Luo Ken nodded in deep agreement. It wasn't just the undead here; the undead in all planes were the same. You couldn't demand efficiency from them; after all, time is the least valuable thing to them.

Among the undead, the most efficient ones are actually those mindless skeletons and zombies, who work hard without complaint and do whatever they are told.

Everyone turned left and right and finally arrived at the place where Luokesi kept her Spark of Faith. A large room was empty, with a small teleportation array one meter in diameter in the center, and a sacrificial altar in the corner, with a small flame burning on the altar.

"Uh, what kind of Spark of Faith is this? Isn't this just undead fire? It's just, this is too small, right?" Nigris said after one look.

Before Luokesi could explain, Du Luo Ken had already responded: "It is undead fire. One that sends thoughts doesn't need to be very vigorous; only the undead fire that receives thoughts needs to be very vigorous."

"Receiving thoughts? You mean using undead fire to receive thoughts and then sending them to other places?" Nigris asked.

Before Luokesi could speak, Du Luo Ken said: "Yes, this is actually a simplification of the soul network. A powerful spirit body and countless small Sparks of Faith form a soul network. Anyone can connect to this soul network through a Spark of Faith and communicate with other souls connected to the network."

"Eh? Relay tower?" Nigris immediately thought of something similar to what Du Luo Ken described.

Now Luokesi wasn't prepared to speak, just listening with wide eyes. Why was she understanding less and less of what they were saying?

"You mean those relay towers in the Land of Sinking, right? Although I haven't seen them, they should be the same thing. The Great Sage couldn't have come up with something I don't understand. It's just that they are composed of powerful spirit bodies and don't have these small Sparks of Faith. The soul network is a line, not connected into a web like this one."

"Might as well call those powerful spirit bodies relay spirits. Relay spirits and Sparks of Faith connect into a web, but they originally have no wisdom, so when you connect to it, you need a mark so that others can learn some of your information from this mark."

"This information is kept in the hands of those who manage the relay spirits. In other words, the person you are trading and communicating with doesn't know your identity and address, so they can't follow the teleportation array to beat you up, greatly increasing security."

Du Luo Ken's explanation not only made Nigris understand, but even Luokesi suddenly realized: "So it was for safety. I was wondering why a mark was needed. It made me worry about my identity being exposed and someone following the teleportation array to rob me, so I only dared to build a small teleportation array, and couldn't even teleport larger things."

Nigris didn't even want to expose her: "You built such a small teleportation array because you were worried about someone teleporting over to rob you? Or were you too poor to build a bigger one?"

"Poor..." Luokesi was poked in a sore spot and admitted it painfully.

"Security is only secondary; more importantly, it's transaction security. The relay spirits are actually equivalent to guaranteeing your transactions. Every time you trade, you hand over the goods and money to the relay spirits, and it performs the exchange," Du Luo Ken said.

Nigris had long seen that something was wrong. At this time, Luokesi also realized it and couldn't help but ask: "Why are you so familiar with it? Didn't you say you hadn't been to the Home of the Departed? And you don't have a mark either?"

Du Luo Ken spread his hands and said: "If I say I designed the whole system, do you believe me?"

Nigris was the first not to believe it: "I don't believe it. If there were such an easy-to-use trading system, would you not build one in the Abyss of Rest?"

Du Luo Ken said: "This involves a new soul network. I can only 'design' this system, not 'build' this system. It can only be built by His Majesty. Do you understand?"

When he said this, Nigris understood. It was just like how no matter how many ideas it had, it would only ever suggest them to Ang and would never cross the line to make decisions for Ang.

Luokesi heard everything they said and asked hesitantly: "The Majesty you mentioned, is it the one currently attacking the Starburst Array?" As she spoke, she pointed to the sky.

Confirming it was the same one, Luokesi's whole body went soft. Oh my god, she was just a small town mayor of a remote village, and she actually got involved with the King's people. This thigh was too thick.

After saying so much, Du Luo Ken was actually impatient. Because of His Majesty, this system had never been able to be built in the Abyss of Rest. He didn't expect to see a completed one here.

Walking to the Spark of Faith and looking, Du Luo Ken touched the sacrificial altar a few times, turned to Ang and said: "Lord, the Spark of Faith is too weak; it might need to be replenished."

Ang nodded, grabbed a handful of soul crystals, refined them, and poured them all into the Spark of Faith. The Spark of Faith, which originally looked like a small flame, suddenly turned into a half-meter-high pillar of fire, illuminating the whole room in blue.

Du Luo Ken glared at Luokesi again: "The Spark of Faith needs soul energy to maintain. You definitely couldn't bear to add energy to it usually."

Luokesi looked at Du Luo Ken and then at Ang, especially the soul crystals in his hand. The pain on her face could be seen even by a blind person: "I am a weak lich; it's already good that I didn't let it go out. How else should I add to it? With so many soul crystals, it's better to save some for me."

Du Luo Ken ignored her and threw his thoughts into the Spark of Faith on his own.

He skillfully manipulated the array and the Spark of Faith on the altar, occasionally pulling his thoughts out and then probing them back in. After repeating this for a while, he suddenly looked up and said:

"Uh, His Majesty seems to have copied my design, even the control of the mark is the same. I seem to have control rights over the entire soul network." ===== CHAPTER 407 =====