Chapter 177: The Piercing Death Knell

So far, Leo doesn't know what the conditions for replenishing the power of Nightmare are, and it can only be converted through psionic points. A little nightmare power requires two points of psionic energy, and even if Leo's current spiritual energy is fully converted, it can only replenish less than two hundred points of nightmare power.

When Leo made the swallow potion just now, the nightmare power consumed was only two points, and a spiritual network psionic skill consumed fifty-six nightmare powers, which is more than a hundred psionic energy points, and in terms of cost performance, there is a kind of gain that outweighs the loss.

But then this idea of not being cost-effective was erased from Leo's mind, because in the ten seconds that the spirit network was unleashed just now, the auxiliary brain system collected a large amount of information fed back by the spirit network, and when this information was compiled into data and displayed in front of him, he immediately felt that the consumption of the fifty-six points of nightmare power was not a loss at all.

The information collected by the spirit net, which only lasted for ten seconds, was far beyond his expectations in terms of quality and quantity, this information involved not only the vine platform that formed the foundation under his feet, but also the surrounding dark lake water, and even some unknown dream spirits hidden in the lake water were also infiltrated by this ten-second spirit net, and explored the mysteries contained in it, and these mysteries could not be understood by his own spirit network skills.

Even, even Jiwei Elle, who was sitting opposite, and some secrets hidden in her body were discovered by the ten-second spirit network.

Due to the amount of information fed back, even if the secondary brain system has not even sorted out one percent of the information, Leo can only learn the general situation from some of the materials that have been archived.

It's just that Leo's mind is not on these precious materials at all at this moment, what he thinks about is why there is such a big gap between the same spiritual network skills after they are cast, is it really because of the effect of the transformation of the power of nightmares?

However, Leo soon found the answer, and when he re-examined the spirit web manual he had selected from the database, he found that this spirit web manual turned out to be the first general spirit web manual published by the Earth Federation.

In the early days, when the Earth Federation came into contact with psionic energy, it only had a vague concept of psionic energy, there was no detailed classification of psionic energy, and most of the psionic knowledge was only divided and sorted out according to different types, which made some psionic skill manuals specially prepared for psionic people in the early days mixed with a large number of psionic skills that only high-level psionic people could cast.

The Psychic Web Skill Manual, which Leo had selected, was one such unconventional manual, and the contents of this edition were traded directly from psionics of an alien race through spies.

At that time, the Earth Federation was fighting for the mining rights of a resource star and an alien race, and the fleet of that alien race had several high-level psionics who had mastered the spiritual network psionic energy, and these psionics played an important role in the battle, causing heavy losses to the Earth Federation's fleet.

Therefore, after the Earth Federation obtained the psionic skill manual on the cosmic-level high-level spiritual network, it simply compiled it and sent it directly to the psionic people of the front-line fleet, hoping to come in handy.

It's just that the Earth Federation didn't expect that the high-level spiritual network skills recorded in this manual were psionic skills that could only be performed by psionic people above level eight, so when low-level psionic people forcibly cast them, there were successive situations of psionic energy backlash and loss of combat effectiveness.

Without the assistance of psionics, the fleet of the Earth Federation could not compete with the alien fleet at all, and had to withdraw from the star field where the resource star was located.

It is precisely because of this incident that the Earth Federation began to pay attention to the classification of psionics and psionic skills, and then the information related to psionic energy was also standardized.

The reason why Leo's subbrain system found out this high-level spiritual network skill manual that was not suitable for Leo at all was because this version of the information was the first version of the data, and there was no marker related to the skill level on the data, and it was mixed with other low-level psionic materials, plus his instructions to the paracerebral system were a little vague, which made the subbrain system pick out this manual of psionic skills that can only be performed by high-level psionic people.

It's just that this wrong choice gave Leo a big surprise, and through this high-level spiritual network skill that can only be performed by an eighth-level psionic person, Leo discovered the power of nightmares.

As long as he has enough nightmare power, the few high-level psionic skills recorded in his database can now be used, and he also has a few more hole cards that will allow him to turn the tables after a crisis, at least if he encounters an existence like the Lady of the Lake, he also has the power to escape.

Just as Leo and Gvielle were both lost in thought due to their own strength, a shrill bell from outside the house woke them from their thoughts.

At the same time as hearing the bell, the two of them also frowned in unison, not because their thoughts were interrupted to show such expressions, but because this kind of bell is too ugly, but they can't say what is so ugly, if you have to describe it, it is most appropriate to use the banshee's scream to describe this kind of bell.

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Jivi Elle couldn't help the disgust in her heart, and said what was in her heart directly, "This bell is really ugly!"

Leo had a little contemplative look on his face, and explained, "Of course it's ugly, it's the death knell, it should be that someone from the Alcott family has died." ”

He knew from the books he had collected that if someone died in Alcott, the ruling family of Lake Town, the town where the deceased was located, a special kind of death knell made by a wizard would ring the news to the townspeople. Although there is no mention of this death knell sound in that book, when he heard the current bell, he felt that it should be the death knell of the Alcott family.

Givy Elle quickly recalled what she had heard from Leo and asked, "The Alcott family?"

"Yes, this is the family. Leo replied somewhat casually, walked over to the window, opened it, and looked in the direction of the aristocratic quarter. A brazier with silver-blue flames was lit at intervals on the wall that divided the aristocratic and commoner quarters, allowing anyone in Lake Town to see the light of this special flame, which, like the death knell, was a necessary proclamation ceremony for the death of a member of the Alcott family.

"Leo, I'm ......" Jivielle also walked over to Leo, about to say something.

"Wait, don't talk!" Leo rudely raised his hand to Givie Elle, and then looked in the direction of the noble district with a serious expression.

Jivielle could tell from Leo's expression and demeanor that he must have something important now, so he didn't continue to ask about his own affairs, but followed Leo's request and stayed quietly aside.

At this moment, Leo had activated the psychic skill in the secondary brain system, and looked intently in the direction of the aristocratic district.

Although in the eyes of ordinary people, there are not many other anomalies in the aristocratic area except for some braziers on the wall, but in Leo's spiritual observation, he found that a mixed force poured out of the noble area.

The image of this power in the spiritual vision is a colorful light, which does not condense in the sky above the aristocratic district, but radiates upwards for a distance, and then spreads out in all directions, merging into different objects, most of which are integrated into the lake and the vineman.

Moreover, Leo found that the frequency of the spread of this light was somewhat regular with the time when the death knell struck, as if the sound of the death knell was controlling the final return of the light.

At that moment, a burst of mist rose on the surface of the lake, covering all the water on the surface of the lake.

"Huh!" Seeing the sight on the lake, Leo immediately thought of the monster collector in the lake that he had encountered when he first arrived in Lake Town.

At this moment, Leo clearly observed through his spiritual vision that there was a huge shadow on the surface of the lake near the noble district, which was exactly the same as the tentacle shadow in the lake he had seen at the beginning, but it was many times larger.

"Activate the mechanical will. "When he saw the monster in the lake appear, the secondary brain system immediately reminded Leo that his daily value of will was rapidly decreasing, obviously affected by the shadow in the lake, so he immediately activated the mechanical will,

As the mechanical will was activated, the hint of the reduced will value disappeared immediately, and Leo's state of mind became no different from that of the robot, calmly watching the shadows in the lake.

However, at this time, Jivielle, who was on the side, suddenly moved quickly and hid by the window, her body pressed against the wall, completely hiding her body in the corner of the shadows, and her face showed a frightened expression, as if she was frightened by something.

Leo ignored Givan Elle's actions, his attention was entirely focused on the shadow of the lake.

Before that, he had guessed that this monster in the lake was a god of this realm called the corpse collector, and now it seemed to confirm his suspicion that this corpse collector was probably coming for the recently deceased member of the Alcott family.

However, the corpse collector seemed to have encountered some confusion, wandering in the lake of the aristocratic district, trying to penetrate the tentacles deep into the water several times, but as soon as those shadow tentacles left the lake, they would be immediately swallowed by the fog on the surface of the lake.

The futile actions also made the corpse collector more and more irritable, and even Leo, who was a few cities away, could feel the intense irritation. However, no matter how angry the corpse collector was, he could not leave the lake, and eventually he could only let out a roar that only psionics could hear.

Seeing that the corpse collector had left, Leo turned off his mechanical will ability and also stopped his psionic ability to return himself to his normal state.

"Are you gone?" asked Leo abruptly, and leaned slightly to the side so that she could see a little bit of the lake along the edge of the window.

"It's gone. Leo replied, and asked Givy Elle, who was slightly relieved, "Can you see that monster too?"

"See what?'s contents of the lake?" Jiviel was stunned, then quickly shook her head again, and said, "I can't see the monster in your mouth, but I can feel that there is a very terrifying thing in the lake just now." ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the area of the lake where the corpse collector had appeared earlier.

Leo was a little surprised by Gviel's keen senses, but he quickly returned to normalcy and explained to Gviel, "It's a god called the Corpse Collector who just appeared. ”

"Gods, was that a god just now?" said Givan Elle with a look of disbelief.

It's no wonder that Givie Elle has such an expression, because Leo had mentioned that there were some terrifying monsters in the lake before, so when she felt a terrifying aura in the lake area, she subconsciously thought that it was the monster in the lake that Leo mentioned.

But she couldn't have imagined that this monster that scared her to hide just by the breath when she appeared turned out to be a god, which made her not know what to say for a while.

"Leo, you can't be mistaken, are you? Is that really a god?" asked Jivielle with a puzzle in her heart.

Leo immediately explained, "Of course, it's a god, and there are people in Lake Town who have created a sect specifically for him, and there are special sacrifices in this sect. ”

Shocked by this unexpected answer, Givy Elle faintly regretted that she hadn't been able to see the true god with her own eyes.

However, before her regret calmed down, she heard Leo say again: "However, it is not wrong for you to say that he is a monster, because he is indeed not qualified to be called a god." ”

Leo's words suddenly stopped at this point, and did not continue, and Jivielle also felt that Leo's words were not finished, and wanted to ask, but finally held back the curiosity in her heart.

The reason why Leo said this was entirely because he felt that although the corpse collector was powerful, he was not an omega-level advanced creature like the lady of the lake he had met earlier, and in terms of psionic level, it was only about eight psionic levels at most, which was completely incomparable to the golden giant deer he had seen in the Black Forest.

It's just that the corpse collector has more life breath similar to that of an omega-level higher creature than the lady in the lake, which makes Leo's will daily value affected when he observes him through his spiritual vision, and in this respect, he is more similar to the true eye of the veron world.

After that, Leo did not talk to Gviar about the gods of the dream world, but went back to what had just been interrupted, and continued to learn Gviarella's witcher alchemy and witcher's seal.

Although Giva Elle was very curious about these gods, the terrifying aura that impressed her too much before, and she forcibly dispelled her curiosity, until she taught Leo everything she knew about witcher alchemy and magic seals, and did not ask a word about the gods again.