Chapter 138 - 116: Chip Loading

Chapter 138: Chapter 116: Chip Loading

"Not bad, not bad. Your color is much better than before I left."

"Xiaohong, it seems you really are a lucky bird!"

"Come on, time for a shot!"

Chen Qi, having just returned, happened to witness the Red Falcon King’s meal.

"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP!"

The moment it saw its master return, the Red Falcon King, its loyalty maxed out, lunged toward him.

If not for the air around it crackling as it was displaced, its posture would have looked just like a duckling’s.

"Good, good. All my efforts in raising you haven’t been in vain!"

Chen Qi unceremoniously began another examination of the Red Falcon King. Three Spells spun continuously within his right pupil, emitting an uncanny silver light.

This was the [Spiritual Eye Technique] from the Earth Master’s legacy. With the Spiritual Energy provided by the Source Ore, Chen Qi had mastered it completely in just three days.

The ordeal he had endured over the past few days was no less severe than the Red Falcon King’s.

His right eye alone had gone blind hundreds of times. And it wasn’t as simple as just being unable to see; sometimes, it was genuinely painful.

Fortunately, after his skill advanced to LV3, Chen Qi’s flesh-and-blood generation and organ-reconstruction abilities became even more powerful.

If he weren’t still clinging to a shred of sanity, Chen Qi felt he could have even tried challenging the forbidden zone of the brain.

The Cultivation of the Spiritual Eye was meant to be a slow, gradual process, but he had forcibly fast-forwarded it a thousandfold. It was impossible not to pay a price for that.

And that was only because the Cultivation Technique for the Spiritual Eye was recorded in such meticulous detail that it was practically foolproof.

But out of caution, Chen Qi had only performed the Cultivation on his right eye.

’Who knew if someone had tampered with this Spiritual Eye Technique?’

It turned out he had been overly suspicious; the technique was actually the genuine, unaltered article.

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The Spiritual Eye Technique had two main effects. When the three Spells rotated counter-clockwise, the user could see the Matter Field that permeated the world.

The range was limited only by one’s line of sight, with even the weakest user able to see clearly for 500 meters around them.

When the three Spells rotated clockwise, the user could perceive the surrounding Life Magnet Field.

This range was also limited only by one’s line of sight.

Generally, to lower the difficulty of the Cultivation, an ordinary Earth Master would choose to assign one effect to each eye.

That is, the Spiritual Eye cultivated in the left eye would specialize in the Matter Field, while the right eye’s was dedicated to the Life Magnet Field.

This allowed for a much simpler construction of the Spells, using less potent versions.

Naturally, Chen Qi wouldn’t choose such a mediocre path, which was also why he had failed so many times.

But he could afford to fail.

Chen Qi couldn’t help but reflect, ’Having a game-like skill is pretty great sometimes.’

’At least the vast majority of Earth Masters at the Transcendent stage couldn’t be as reckless as he was.’

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"The situation isn’t too bad. There’s been no deterioration."

"You gave me a scare. I thought your good color just now was a final Return of the Light."

The silver light in Chen Qi’s right eye faded. After his examination, he concluded that Taruno had done a decent job taking care of the bird, so he dismissed him.

Taruno fled as if he’d been granted a royal pardon.

It was no wonder Chen Qi was so concerned about the Red Falcon King; its actual condition was far worse than it appeared.

’Hmm, my concept is definitely sound!’

’By influencing its Life Magnet Field, I can indeed stimulate changes in the Red Falcon King’s cells.’

’Therefore, strengthening the Red Falcon King’s body by adjusting its Life Magnet Field is theoretically feasible.’

’But to do it constantly, with exquisite precision, I can only rely on the power of a chip.’

’If a chip can be installed in a human, then it can certainly be installed in a bird.’

Chen Qi reviewed his experimental design as he took out the Longevity Hormone.

’The idea itself is sound, but the difficulty involved is substantial.’

’The essence of the chip is Extraordinary Metal. Its Matter Field is more easily influenced by Spirituality than that of ordinary metal.’

’If the test subject were human, they could naturally rely on their own powerful Spirituality to forcibly distort the Extraordinary Metal’s Matter Field and complete the link with their own Life Magnet Field.’

’But I want to install the chip in the Red Falcon King, and that’s much more difficult. After all, its Spirituality is far lower than a human’s.’

’Especially with its limited brain capacity, it has no idea how to mobilize its own Spirituality.’

’I believe that even among humans, not everyone can have a chip installed. And before they underwent the experiment, they must have learned how to mobilize their own Spirituality.’

If Flette were here, he would undoubtedly be prostrate in admiration of Chen Qi.

Back then, thousands of people had participated in the experiment. After numerous trials and selections, the ten with the most powerful Spirituality were chosen.

They then underwent a year of willpower and meditation training, and of course, the study of ancient texts was not neglected either.

It could be said that although they hadn’t completed their Spirit Awakening, they could already skillfully manipulate parts of their own Spirituality.

But even then, only three of them succeeded in using their Spirituality to distort the chip’s Matter Field, completing the Assimilation and linking it with their own Life Magnet Field.

And that was with the help of various special devices that lowered the difficulty.

But now Chen Qi was actually planning to install a chip in a bird. It was a ludicrous idea; the difficulty was easily a thousand times greater.

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’Of course I know installing a chip in a bird is difficult, but that’s what makes it interesting.’

’Indeed, making a bird actively call upon its Spirituality is difficult. So, why not try a different approach? Force a Passive Assimilation.’

’I’ll use a resentment-weaving technique to forcibly bind and suture the Extraordinary Metal’s Matter Field to the Red Falcon King’s Life Magnet Field.’

’This Xiaohong fellow is practically a butcher among birds. It’s brimming with resentment, which is perfect for me to exploit.’

’When two different fields are forcibly bound together, they are bound to be in constant conflict.’