"Now?"

Hearing that Ian was finally going to use a stand-in, Theo, who had already been asked for it, looked excited, she clenched her fists and said seriously, "I'll try!"

"Don't try to reduce your presence." Ian was a little speechless, but because the subject was Theo, it was normal: "I won't say anything else, I disguised myself as Mahdi to do something very dangerous, and I have the deepest secrets about this xenomorph research institute..... Therefore, if you encounter me in the future, you must not come to me, even the prophets may not be able to protect you."

"To be honest, I may not be able to protect myself."

This is Ian's big truth from the heart, he knows very well, don't look at the measures he has prepared so many disguises, but Mahdi's vest is only 'relatively difficult to see...... Not to mention, the real danger is not that the vest is exposed at all, but the huge crisis that comes from the 'Immovable Fortified City' and the 'Silver Chip'.

The danger of these two identities is not at all whether the carrier is Ian or Mahdi, once it is exposed, at least the peak of the third energy level will attack, and even the fourth and fifth energy levels will be in person.

"But does this identity really work?"

Anfa's words on the side were not very nice, but she did ask a rather realistic question worriedly: "That Erg just now..... I'll assume he's Elg, he doesn't seem to be able to see through Ian's specialness without any means."

"If you don't figure out what he's seeing, your Mahdi's identity will be revealed at a glance!" "That's right. But it's not a big problem."

Ian nodded, and he said thoughtfully, "The true identity of that 'Elg' is no less than mine, and he only reveals his true nature because of me..... Actually, only I can see that, that's why he's so bold."

"But I've figured it out - he should be able to see my soul essence directly, and my soul essence is really not like an ordinary person under the transformation of meditation. Well, I kind of get it."

Ian thought of a funny thing - if Elg was really concerned about himself, and even Xia Hui Ling had already launched an investigation, then they would definitely find that most of Xia Hui Ling's leadership were people who had practiced meditation and had extremely special souls.

And because the objects they imitate are all computing units of silver chips, at a glance, they are all a very consistent ultra-complex soul structure.

- This must be from the same source, or even the same person!

Ordinary people would think so, and the Thousand Stars Beast is an existence that parasitizes and devours assimilation...... When he looked at Xia Hui Ling, he must have tacitly assumed that Ian was also a monster with the same essence, parasitic and assimilated a group of people to manage the territory, right?

If that's the case, then it really explains why Elg firmly believes that he and he are the same kind and can understand each other..... Indeed, it's really pretty much the same!

It's just that the Thousand Stars Beast uses a crude physical method, while Ian's assimilation method uses dreams and beliefs, inheritance and technology.

"You don't really have any special status.....

Theo muttered, but paused in the middle of speaking, because Ian was indeed a person with many special identities, and for a while she couldn't be sure why Elg valued Ian so much, so she gave up thinking: "Forget it, we must believe your judgment anyway, and those who don't believe in the prophet must have something wrong with their heads!"

"As a friend, I would advise you to be more suspicious, I may sometimes deceive people not out of intention, but instinctively."

Frankly, Ian undid the 'Hollow Armor' he had been wearing.

And Anfa also took out a large box from the package he was carrying. Inside was one of her low-energy prostheses, a red-haired elven girl dressed in clothes similar to Theo's now.

This is a 'carrier' used to give Theo the ability to use later, and it can be regarded as a prosthetic body to replace Theo's identity.

Although it seems to be a bit suspicious of selling elves, but because

It's dragon blood, so it's normal, and Theo is also rubbing his face, and soon raised his prosthetic height a little, and turned himself into white hair and blue eyes, at a glance he looks nine points similar to Ian, but his demeanor is still a little alienated, a little too close to people's enthusiasm.

Ian pointed out a few words, and gave up after finding that he couldn't change it, Xio couldn't pretend to be so cold, he sighed: "In short, just reduce the sense of existence, I don't seem to outsiders to talk much, and I avoid fighting when I encounter it."

After speaking, Ian found that everyone did not care about his advice, and everyone looked curious, staring at him with burning eyes, as if they were waiting for something.

"I haven't seen Ian, your Mahdi form!"

Esengard opened his mouth to explain Ian's doubts, the blonde boy looked impatient and wanted to remain reserved, and Anfa, who had also never seen it, nodded again and again, and he didn't want to be reserved - although Theo had seen it a few times, she liked to join in the fun, not to mention that she was not reserved.

「.... What's there to see?"

Ian sighed, he raised his hand, brushed his face, and pulled his hair back.

And at this moment, Ian's body shape and temperament were changing drastically, and just after brushing his hair, a person who was completely different from before, and even his soul fluctuations changed.

It was a black-haired young man who stood straight, with long thick hair hanging down to his waist like a crow's feather, two sideburns hanging down his shoulders, and his black eyes revealed not the original indifference and alienation, but a more acute indifference and disgust, as if he had some rejection of the whole world.

This is a very difficult person to get along with, a loner who has always been alone and has never had a companion. The black-haired, black-eyed knight pursed his lips and swept his companion in front of him with a cold gaze.

A very different sense of strangeness and crisis began to creep in.

"Wow." Theo's admiration broke the atmosphere: "No matter how many times I watch it, I feel so handsome - especially Ian, you have changed the feeling of a person with a stroke of your hair, it's like flipping a switch, and you have transformed in an instant, super handsome!"

"Haha, I think it's pretty handsome, too!" Ian in Mahdi form also laughed, he was quite proud of this set of movements and form design, thinking that it was absolutely the opposite of his previous self, and it was impossible to be recognized.

It's a pity that because most of the audience only has themselves, they can only enjoy themselves, but Xi'o can understand the design ideas, which is worthy of a real dragon!

And Isengard and Anfa were somewhat silent.... Of course, they were not frightened by Ian's expression in the form of Mahdi, but they were more keenly than Xio, and they sensed a somewhat unbelievable fact.

- This 'Mahdi'..... It's also true!

This is just a hazy feeling, Anfa is because he has a lot of prosthetics, so he knows very well that if a person changes from one body to another, there will definitely be some habits that need to be adjusted, and occasionally some micro-movements that are only available in the original body will be displayed..... For example, if you change from long hair to short hair, you will still slow down when you turn around, so as not to throw it too quickly. Another example is to change from a man to a woman, and occasionally feel a little uncomfortable....

But Ian didn't! He seamlessly switches Mahdi forms, but has another set of exercise habits that seem to have been from birth until now.... It's impossible, even a prophet can't imagine all the micro-movements of a person out of thin air!

And Isengard is even simpler..... The Eclipse Light Dragon is originally a parasitic creature, although he has not really parasitized anyone, but the memory in the bloodline makes him very clear that every creature has its own unique rhythm, and the Eclipse Light Dragon is to grasp that rhythm, the real rhythm of life, in order to achieve a resonance rate of more than 90% with his parasitic creatures, and then exert greater power.

In fact, the etheric armament of the Eren family is also based on this principle, which resonates with the driver's body, and only when it exceeds 95% can it exert the true power of Gloomy..... In the same way, a person changing into a strange form that is not commonly used is actually reducing the resonance rate of his soul and body, no matter how powerful he is, he will definitely reduce his combat effectiveness a little, unless he adapts to it after acquired training.

But what about Ian? Although the Mahdi form is not commonly used, it directly shows a perfect resonance rate of 100%..... It's impossible!

Could it be that ....

Isengard and Anfa looked at each other, and their stunned eyes convinced each other, "Sure enough, that's it!" "Ian, you're a dual personality, aren't you?"

Ian: "What are you two talking about?"

Regarding Ethan and Anfa's speculation, as well as their subsequent explanations, Ian can only say that their imagination is really not Gaiyi—they can actually guess that after Ian accepted the inheritance of Hilliard, he oppressed himself and concealed it for many years, causing great psychological pressure, and forced the second 'Mahdi Second Personality' representing the disciples of the First Knight.

This personality doesn't usually appear, but as soon as Ian transforms into Mahdi's posture, it will immediately surge up, replacing the original Ian action!

"According to you, do I still have to merge my second personality with my first personality and completely transform into the ultimate form after Ian form has been severely damaged and my life has been exhausted? Or is it that the second personality is pinned on the psychic body, and it becomes a battle spirit that can fight independently, fighting with me against the enemy?"

He complained angrily: "Don't look at too many knights, especially the 'Legend of the Knight of Hades', I have actually read it, after the death of the eldest brother of the Knight of Hades, the Knight of Hades was extremely sad, and a second personality exactly the same as the eldest brother appeared in his heart, and after the Knight of Hades reached the third energy level, the heart light body became the form of the big brother because of the second personality, and he could communicate with the Knight of Hades, fight side by side, and it could almost be said that he was resurrected - the imagination is very good, but in fact it ......"

「......」

At this, Ian pondered.

He propped his chin on his hand and said thoughtfully, "It doesn't feel like it's impossible..."

"It's not a matter of second personality, but Theo, Anfa, have you ever tried to split your own dragon souls and have two dragon souls fight at the same time using different methods and ideas?"

"It's indeed possible, but if you want to maintain the special combat power of the dragon soul, the computing power is very demanding, and splitting it will not increase the combat power, but will decrease."

Anfa had obviously tried similar moves before, so he was able to think of the dual personality at the first time, but this path obviously didn't work: "I've tried many times to control two prosthetic bodies to fight at the same time, and the cooperation is really good, but there will be a sense of condensation, fine operations will reduce efficiency, it's okay to deal with low strength, once the enemy is close to your own strength, it's better to go all out."

"I don't know, I didn't think about it!" Theo's answer was the same as always.

"Looks like it's a matter of computing power." Ian nodded slightly, he knew very well that there were many good-sounding techniques that were limited by 'basic qualities', and calculation power was one of them.

The consciousness that can split itself into two has the original combat power, which means that it must have at least twice the original computing power, but if it really has twice the computing power, then gathering on one will change qualitatively in terms of micro-manipulation and micro-operation - not to mention anything else, Ian can use 70 units of essentia to break Argo's 300 units of essentia attack, which means that his computing power is about two percent higher than Elg's.

Twenty percent is crushing in this regard, not to mention twice as much, which is equivalent to a two-meter-tall giant beating a one-meter-tall dwarf, one-on-one, how many are sent.

To put it simply, doubling computing power can increase combat effectiveness far more than doubling combat effectiveness. But....

Ian happens to have a lot of extras, and it's hard to use the computing power of his own body! "Those spiritual computing units in my soul!"

Ian in Mahdi form nodded slightly, his cold expression and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his body naturally smiled with a little coldness: "If you want to connect these extra computing power into my combat mode, at most, they can only be used to assist in optimizing combat skills in wartime, but if you don't have time to assist in optimizing combat skills in a critical moment, you can assist my heart light body to fight!"

"However, my Psychic Light Body has no combat power, only a Blood Hunter "summon" sent by the swarm on the way..... Speaking of which, I can really study the art of summoning things, if I can

Summoning a second me with extra computing power, the combat power will be increased by at least 50%, not to mention multiplication!"

"Well done, Ethan, Anfa!"

Thinking of this, Ian laughed and reached out to hug the two friends—because Theo on the side said indignantly, 'What about me?' So Ian hugged Theo as well.

However, at this time, Theo's appearance is very similar to Ian's original appearance, and to be honest, hugging feels quite subtle whether it is Ian himself or other bystanders.

Anfa was okay, he didn't understand why Ian suddenly hugged him happily one by one, but he was a little stunned, and the blonde boy looked at Ian in Mahdi form, then at himself, and finally at Theo in Ian form.

His brain was a bit of a mess and it was down.

"Get used to it."

And Anfa patted Isengard's shoulder with a somewhat vicissitudes of life: "With us real dragons..... You'll get used to it."

Isengard muttered, "True Dragon..... And Ian, it's amazing." In fact, Ian is not the only one who is wonderful.

"Armored."

The hand stroked the belt around his waist, and the sound of a slight limp of the huzz sounded, and countless armor parts that emitted a mixture of red and silver light were seen uncompressed from the belt, and they continued to rotate around Ian, and in the process of circling, they were spliced at high speed, forming a prototype of a set of armor.

It looked complicated, but in fact it was only for a moment, and in an instant, a set of silver-gray futuristic armor was equipped on Ian's body, and its surface had blood-colored lattice patterns like circuit boards, flickering and moving with his breath.

On the helmet, which is in the style of acute angles as a whole, two demon-like horns derive diagonally to the rear, like communication antennas, and the eyes are three rows of densely packed circular observation ports, flashing with scarlet blood light.

But that's not the end of it.

[——In the armed connection of the Blood River, the soul resonance is expanded, the essentia structure is docked, and the full-function restriction is lifted——]

At the heart of the armor, blood-colored crystals were shining, and on the inside of the armor, countless tree roots' tentacle-like spiritual data lines were derived, forming a buffer layer, and then spreading to the 'Xun Bone' on Ian's neck, completely connecting the body and soul.

In the amazement of everyone, Ian, who was equipped with the Blood River Armament, floated silently in the air, and the shoulder blades, mid-spine of the Blood River Armament, the elbow joints, the back of the legs and the soles of the feet lit up with orange-red points of light, lifting his body to the ground.

"Now, it's really unrecognizable."

At this moment, even Isengard had to admit that under the cover of this set of Dead River weapons that only Adbert and Ian had jointly transformed, Ian's temperament had changed qualitatively again, and now it was true that no one could see what he had to do with the young White People Lord who loved to laugh before.

"That's what I want."

The Dead River armed moved as they pleased, taking off their helmets, and this heavy consumption of aether armament was also something that a monster like Ian with its own biological aether hearth could bear, and the black-haired young man chuckled, "Then I'll set off - everyone, you must be careful, it really can't be, and it is the right choice to withdraw immediately."

"And, Isengard."

With that, Ian looked at his friend, who was silent for a moment before earnestly instructing, "If I die. Ethan, help me take care of the Xia Hui Ling."

"There are locked notes in my lordship, the code is 766718, and it contains my philosophy of governance, my vision of society, the technology I need, and some key information..... Elder Pud and Elan can't support the Xia Hui Leader, and the others need to grow up, so before that, I need your help to support it, at least not to let everything disappear so quickly."

"What do you say?"

Isengard was a little dazed at first, but he was soon startled, and subconsciously said loudly, "Are you Tuogu?!" What are you kidding, if it's really that dangerous, don't go!"

"What's more, you can't die, you're a prophet, you can't see the danger of death passing!" Ian just smiled.

Gritting his teeth, Isengard wanted to say something, but in fact, from the beginning of this exploration, he vaguely felt the complicated thoughts in Ian's heart... From the very beginning, Ian was 'knowing the danger but wanting to do it', and even the eldest prince Carlos saw this, so he deliberately mentioned it.

And..... Blocking is useless. Clearly, there is something in the Xenomorph Research Institute that Ian is worth risking his life for, and even if it is spoken, it will induce struggle and crisis.

His own strength is not enough to know the truth. "I promise you."

Isengard lowered his head, he clenched his fists, and said slowly, "But Ian, you must know that without you, the large amount of investment and optimism that Xia Hui Ling has received now, and even policy deviations, will no longer be ..... It's like your great-grandfather's reforms, once you die, they're all gone."

"So, I'm talking about ifs. Prophet, this creature always thinks of the worst, the most pessimistic possibility." - Especially now that I'm killing myself.

Seeing Esengard agree, Ian nodded slightly, and then he smiled confidently, "But don't worry." "Death won't find me while I'm in battle, Ethan."

But Ian didn't know that this was not the real complicated thoughts in Isengard's mind.

- I actually think that I need you to say that I will only take care of your territory and relatives after you die.....

- Ian really didn't really trust me?

A flash of reluctance flashed in his heart, but soon, he heard Ian's voice: "When this operation is over, I will tell you my true secret.... If I die, but let you know this level of secret, it is actually harmful."

"But if I live, I have the confidence to stand with you against the dangers ahead."

As soon as he finished speaking, the light on the Dead River armament flickered, and a strong thrust carried Ian away, heading towards the Central District's abyss as fast as he could.

The three of them froze in place.

「..... Actually, Ian is quite good at saying this kind of handsome line." After a moment of silence, Theo commented, "It seems that he really didn't lie, he must have seen a lot of knights!"

"Where did he get the time?" Anfa was deep in thought: "I read alchemy and learned inscriptions, and I also have a deep knowledge of mechanical engineering, and I have even seen many knights..... Ian doesn't need time to read?"

"Why?" Shaking his head, the recovered Isengard sighed, "He also read a lot of history books..... But I do know that Ian doesn't need time to read, he even needs to turn the pages.....

After Ian left, the three of them were able to talk more openly about him. And the other side.

Scarlet courtyard, west edge. City of Learning Exploration Team.

Only half of his body was left 'Elg' emerged from the void, his expression weak, but his face expressionless. And he was greeted by another 'Elg'.

The real Elg.

"What's the matter, Dark, that Silver Peak Baron is so powerful?"

The black-haired young man, who was originally holding a heavy book in his hand and reading carefully, stepped forward with concern, and the monster in the form of half of Elg turned like a whirlpool, and as soon as it turned into a petite black-haired girl.

The long hair up to the ankles is scattered, the long black skirt covers the body, and the girl's big eyes with golden eyes on a black background give people a dangerous 'sense of alienity', but also give people a strange attraction, and the small and delicate facial features make her like a delicate porcelain doll, with an inhuman beauty.

Even so, this girl's appearance is nine points similar to Elg's, but it tends to be feminine and cute. If I had to say anything, it was like the relationship between Ian and Theo's latest prosthetic.

[He's better than me]

Known as "the dark girl, she floated up and sat on Elg's shoulder, while the other members of the City of Knowledge Exploration Team ignored it, as if the girl didn't exist at all."

[No, it shouldn't be said that]

The girl paused, and then continued: [His performance and technology are a generation ahead of mine. Ian is also supposed to be the spark of some ancient civilization..... Even more peculiar]

[The origin of his soul is extremely special, obviously not from that body, but it is 100% integrated with that body, I can't imagine what kind of fusion mode it is]

"So? It's really hard to imagine that it looks safe and makes people subconsciously want to get close, but in fact it is such a monster?"

The psionist, who almost never spoke in front of outsiders, raised his eyebrows, he was actually quite a talkative person, but he didn't usually communicate with unfamiliar people: "Is it more wonderful than our fusion mode?"

【Wonderful】

Gloomy said: [I am just by sharing my life with you, turning myself into a part of your life, avoiding my mother's recall to me, and the "God' ban on my mother..... But he seems to have two, if not more, Origin ..... at the same time.]

[Ian Silverpeak.] This man has more than one secret that makes me curious... He could even see that something was wrong with me and recognize me as inhuman at a glance.... He seems to be able to see that I am a semi-independent derivative of 'Mother', so he is extra wary of me.]

[This is obviously an insight that can only be possessed by the ancient civilization of the mother's era, derived from the ancient civilization of the Star Sea before the Great Collapse, and even derived from the true dragon lord, the god's technology]

[He must also be some kind of spark life, but he plucked himself from the form of spark life bound by sorrow, and obtained an independent personality and body—this is exactly what I desire....

In this way, he firmly said: "He is my kind, the same kind who has gone farther than me"

"Then it looks like I'm going to apologize later. You haven't learned the human way of communicating at all, alas, is it because I don't usually talk to humans?... Well, do you want to tell the teacher?"

Sighing and thinking for a while, Elg shook his head slightly, and said at the same time as Gloomy, "No, I can't tell her. You (I) took it upon ourselves to contact Baron Silverpeak, revealing my identity, the teacher is a fanatical seeker, she will definitely ask us to try to capture Baron Silverpeak, and we just want to live, and we don't want to continue to spoil Ian's relationship]

Speaking of this, Elg Qingyue, who was sharing his memories and perceptions with Dark, couldn't help but be stunned, he saw the scene of Ian shooting back against Dark, and couldn't help but touch his waist and abdomen: "He's so strong? A sword almost killed us?"

"You took fifty percent of my strength at that time, which is almost equal to my heyday when I was alone!"

[It's so strong, and it's not full strength] said calmly: So before the next time we meet and apologize, walk around them, and find a chance to contact again after leaving the ruins]

"Hmm." Elg nodded, then sighed, "Dan Di, you've lost half of your quality, how can I report to the Huaiguang Church later?"

"You lost these qualities for no reason, even if you lost the ability to assimilate physically because you broke away from your mother, but if you don't explain it well, we can't get through it at all..... The executors will definitely interrogate us."

[Just tell the truth] Di seemed to be more familiar with the Huaiguang Church than Elg in this regard, and she shook her head slightly: Huaiguang's real monsters..... They must have seen Ian Silverpeak's specialness a long time ago, and they were secretly paying attention.]

[Do you think that group of executors of the Huaiguang Church came to oversee us?] I think ..... They probably didn't come to this site for us.]

[They are there to witness] [to witness the miracle happening]