Chapter 169: Trait Psionic Ability
The Lady of the Lake is the favorite deity of the scholars of the Silvermoon Lake District Alliance, and there are countless books about the Lady of the Lake, but as a deity, the corpse collector is obviously not so popular.
With the exception of a few who specialize in the funeral profession and a few special scholars who like to study the gods, others have more of an impression of the body collector as a monster hidden in the lake than a god.
Leo knew about the existence of this deity because of the medical books in Peter Alcott's house, one of which mentioned that there was a special herb that would ripen when the deity appeared, and he wrote a few details about the deity.
Although the Lake District Union Council has vigorously promoted burial in order to curb the spread of fog areas, the vast majority of people, whether nobles or commoners, are still accustomed to sending their bodies into the water after death, along with coffins.
As the name suggests, the priesthood of the corpse collector is to collect the corpse, and he will wait in the lake on a specific sleeping day, and when a corpse is thrown into the water, he will take the corpse away and take it to the place of eternal rest.
There are various theories about what the corpse collector was like, but the most widely circulated is a poem written by a third-rate poet whose name has not even been handed down.
It was the shadow of everything, the stretched tentacles that dragged the soul away, the depth, only the eternal depth.
This lame poem was recorded in the medical book that Leo saw, and he also drew the image of the corpse collector according to various legends, and the pattern drawn was not much different from the black shadow in the lake that Leo saw that day, coupled with the black shadow's behavior of collecting the corpse, which also made Leo almost certain that he was seeing the special deity of the corpse collector.
Now, from the mouth of the Lady of the Lake, Leo found that he was being watched by the god Corpse Collector, which gave him a bit of a headache, because from past experience, anything that had anything to do with death was a big problem.
Luckily, the collector's range of activity is limited to the lake, and he can't leave the lake, so as long as Leo doesn't enter the lake, the god will hardly pose a threat to him.
"Why, why do you care so much about me?" Leo gradually recovered from the exhaustion of fighting the gods, got up from the ground, found a chair and sat down, carefully recalling the process of contact with the lady of the lake, and muttered to himself, "The smell of the dream body when it is difficult to understand?"
Thinking of this, Leo felt that it was really necessary to figure out what this dream body was.
Leo brought up the personal data interface and focused on the Dream Body. And just as he was thinking about what this dream body was, he suddenly realized that he had overlooked an important question before, that is, why was the talent of the dream body listed as a demonstrable talent by the parabrain system?
All items that can be displayed in the personal data interface basically follow the principle that the database of the parabrain system must have similar references and the ability to fully analyze how it works, such as perfect physical control skills, mental mechanical will, etc.
As for psionic skills, the same is true, but Leo was a cyborg when he was in the Earth Federation, and he was only the combat commander of the low-level special operations team, and most of his contact with psionic energy came from the public database, and he didn't have a lot of psionic information, and most of the information was vague and just a concept, so his analysis of psionic energy was a little inadequate.
For example, basic witchcraft such as the Wizard's Hand that I saw yesterday in the Wizard's Apprentice Handbook can be cast with one's own psionic level, but they are not directly displayed on the personal data interface, but are classified as psionic control talents. As for some other higher-level witchcraft, because they overlap with psionic skills such as spiritual networks and spiritism, they are not included in the display items.
Because the Chaos Stomach Sac has the Io-level higher organisms in the Earth Alliance universe with similar functions as the reference object, the auxiliary brain system can analyze the basic function of this modified organ, so as to include it in the data interface display items.
However, the Dream Body is different, and the parabrain system is unable to analyze any of the functions of the Dream Body, even the Nightmare Power that appears later, and according to the standards of displayable items, the Dream Body should not be displayed on the personal data interface at all.
But the problem is that the dream body is actually displayed in the talent item column, and it is completely contrary to the display rules, and there is no clear ability description, which makes Leo wonder if there is something wrong with his subbrain, just like the system failure of the computer in the old Earth era.
It's just that this suspicion was denied by Leo as soon as it arose, although the auxiliary brain system is similar to a computer system, but its root is still a part of the human brain, which is a concrete manifestation of the human subconscious, not a real computer system, so there is no such thing as a failure. If the paracerebral system really fails, then the brain of the owner of this paracerebral system must also malfunction, either a madman or a fool, and it will definitely not be a normal person.
"The paracerebral system, which shows the talent analysis data of the dream body. Questioning, Leo immediately gave orders to the parabrain system to retrieve the data, but when the paracerebral system reported that the data had been called up and projected on the retina, what he saw in front of him was blank.
"How so?" said Leo, suspicious, and asked about the paracerebral system, and the data was already on display when he responded.
"Could it be that the data is hidden?" Leo suddenly thought of a possibility.
In the Earth Federation, there are some powerful psionic abilities that have some hidden abilities, and this hidden ability will not be displayed by the personal data interface of the secondary brain system, similar to Leo's current situation.
But the difference is that no matter how special the hidden ability is, no matter how impossible it can be analyzed, the psionic skills related to it will still show the basic efficacy and analysis data of the skill, and it will definitely not even hide the analysis data as it is now.
"Access the Nightmare Power analysis data. Leo thought of the Nightmare Power data he had collected from the middle-aged man, and tried to look it up.
However, this time the situation is different, as in the previous analysis data for psionic energy, magic energy and other special energies, the analysis data of the nightmare power is also completely displayed on Leo's retina, and there is no hidden trace.
After carefully reading the analysis data, Leo found that the parabrain system had actually thoroughly analyzed the power of nightmares, and according to the results of the analysis, the parabrain system classified it as a trait type of psychic ability, and because of this, there was no detailed description of the power of nightmares introduced to the main brain.
"It's a trait psionic ability!" Leo was a little surprised.
The Earth Federation has spent countless manpower and material resources to research trait psionic skills, but in the end, it has not been able to research a single reason, and the only concept of the federal government for trait psionic skills is that the effect of such psionic skills cannot be predicted.
Some psionics with trait psionic abilities are not of high psionic level, but the power generated by the trait psionic skills they cast is comparable to that of high-level psionics, and some can even compete with omega-level high-level creatures. The power of some trait psionic skills is so weak that even the basic psionic skills performed by pseudo-psionics who have just activated their psionic talents cannot be compared.
After reading the analysis data, Leo said to himself, "If the Nightmare Power is a trait-type psionic skill, then the Dream Body that produces the Nightmare Power is naturally also a trait-type psionic talent, and it makes sense that it can't display functions and analyze data." ”
While Leo figured out one problem, another one came up. Because according to the records, although trait psionic energy is a non-analyzable category of psionic energy, this type of psionic ability has one thing in common, that is, all the owners of such psionic abilities do not need to go through any learning and are born with the ability to use the corresponding skills of this psionic ability. Moreover, these individuals can deepen their understanding by constantly using this psionic skill, so that their parabrain system can collect enough relevant data to classify it into a manifestable psionic project.
Judging by the Earth Federation's information on trait-like psionic abilities, then he should have fully mastered the innate skill of Dream Body by now.
At this point, from the later appearance of only perceiving a little bit of the nightmare power of others, the corresponding display items appeared on the personal data interface, it can be seen that his own understanding of the dream body is deepening, and the data that provides analysis of the auxiliary brain system is also accumulating.
But the problem now is that Leo doesn't have the slightest knowledge related to the dream body in his head, let alone how to use the dream body, and he can't even figure out what the dream body is.
"What the hell is going on?" muttered Leo, who had found the problem and returned to square one, as he asked the secondary brain system to pull up all the information related to trait-like psionic skills. Since there is no place to put a mouth on the dream body itself, the open research data on trait psionic abilities in the database is a good breakthrough.
While the sub-brain system was sorting out the data, Leo did not continue to stay in the kitchen, but went to the upstairs bedroom, found a clean set of clothes from the closet, changed out of the underwear that had been soaked with sweat, and sat on the chair by the window near the street, carefully checking the information related to these trait psionic skills sorted out by the subbrain system.
After about twenty minutes, Leo's frown began to loosen, and his face showed a thoughtful look for a moment, and then a sudden realization.
After a few more moments, he jerked himself up from his chair and exclaimed, "I see. ”
After consulting the information related to the trait psionic skill, Leo really gained something, and he already understood why the dream body talent skill had such a problem, and all the reason was due to the skill activation conditions.
Trait psionic skills are not only very different from other psionic skills, but also have a big difference in how they are used. It can't be used anytime and anywhere like a normal psionic skill, but requires certain conditions to use it.
For example, an alien realm that is in alliance with the Earth Federation has a powerful trait psionic who can create a small, controllable black hole out of thin air. However, the prerequisite for creating such a black hole is to capture a singularity, so his psionic energy is of little use without the assistance of a psionic who has evolved to an omega-level higher being.
According to this reasoning, the Dream Body, which is also a trait-like psionic talent, should also require certain conditions to be able to use it, and even the secrets and information about this Dream Body need certain conditions to be revealed to him.
And the prerequisite for the activation of this skill, Leo also speculated, just like the strange nature of the dream body, the activation condition of this psionic talent is also strange, that is, the power of deep sleep and nightmares.
Leo reasoned this way, because he was sure that he had used the Dream Body talent once, and that time was Deep Sleep not long ago.
Although I don't know what the effect of the dream body's psionic talent will be after it is activated, judging from the injuries and memories he has lost later, I am afraid that this psionic talent will also be extremely dangerous to him after it is used.
Although Leo wanted to further explore the mysteries of the Dream Body, now was not the best time to explore. Not to mention, the power of nightmares, who doesn't know the specific function for the time being, has not yet recovered to a complete state, and after only experiencing an ultra-high-intensity confrontation, the state of physical and mental wear and tear will directly affect his overall strength, in case he really encounters any danger, with his overall situation now, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with.
Therefore, he resisted the curiosity to continue exploring, got up and went to the secret room of the medical study, and used the medicinal materials at hand to quickly concoct bottles of potions, including both the healing potion of the wizard and the quiet potion for the will.
After all the available medicinal materials were used up, Leo went to the secret room above the wizard's study, and used the materials there to make some trap-type triggered magic circles of his own design, that is, magic mines.
Although the effect of these magic mines is difficult to cause fatal damage to some powerful creatures due to the magic array itself and the materials used, it can affect the actions of these creatures or monsters to a certain extent, giving Leo a full chance to launch a deadly attack.
After finishing two things, a few hours have passed, and the psionic energy consumed before to fight against the Lady of the Lake has been replenished a lot, but other consumption, such as the power of nightmares and mechanical will, is still slowly recovering, and it will take at least a day or more to fully recover.
Of course, if you use potions, this recovery time will be shortened a lot, but he already knows something about the Lake District Alliance, and he is well aware of the preciousness of herbs, especially during the special period of the Silver Moon Period, which is already very precious.