Chapter 242: The Devil's Path and the Path of Heaven (5500)

The star of guidance shines.

In Yin Eun's perception, on the other side of time and space, the 'insect swarm path Yin Eun', who had established a connection with himself, passed back praise and follow-up reports.

When Yin En first awakened the Guiding Star, he had a data exchange with himself in the Insect Swarm Path and the Spiritual Calamity Path.

Among them, in addition to exchanging technical information on the 'artificial soul' of the insect swarm path, Yin En also gave the other party a complete set of development opinions.

Insidious, assimilated, secretly developed...... The water in Terra is very deep, don't think that the swarm will be pushed flat, it will be pushed flat.

Hidden among humans, subtly changing their minds and developing their own power...... Absorb those desperate people in the human race, transform them into their own existence, and then select excellent individuals to spread to human society and increase their influence.

That's probably what happened - Yoon was confident that he would listen to his advice, and that his other self would be absolutely cautious when he learned of Terra's horrors.

And that's exactly what happened.

The swarm Yin En sent it was basically good news.

In the last year, the insect swarm Yin Eun has not left Harrison Port, because 'Yin Eun' is dead on the surface, so nothing related to Yin Eun has happened since then.

However, Yin En of the Insect Swarm reconnected with Elan and used Elan to connect with Elder Pud again.

Then, Yin Eun of the insect swarm took the people of Bai as the foundation and used artificial souls as a starting point, giving birth to a large number of cornerstone members among the people of Bai.

These members can connect the network of insect swarms through their souls, trust and help each other, and under the guidance of Yin Eun, they can quickly spot fish, find shipwreck treasures, or discover some submarine mineral veins and island sublimation plants that were difficult for humans to discover before.

Taking advantage of the complete conquest of the natives in Harrison Harbor and the spring breeze of trade on all sides, this group of white people quickly became rich.

And became the most faithful believer of the biter.

They formed a small sect called the 'Sea Spirit Sect', revering Yin En as the 'Spirit of the Sea', and the doctrine was similar to that of the Sequoia indigenous Chonghai Sect, in short, it was the primitive sea belief, and no one cared about this level at all, let alone a sect that spread privately within the clan.

At the same time, with these eyeliners that had begun to spread across the entire South Ridge, Yin Eun of the insect swarm knew the horror and depth of the water on Terra's side now.

If he had stayed in Southridge, Port Harrison and Base Redwoods, he would never have been able to imagine how many ghosts there were in this place of Terra for the rest of his life.

When a white citizen connected to the swarm network arrived in the imperial capital, Yin Eun felt the shock of the swarm even stronger than Yin Eun.

Because the insect swarm Yin En has seriously thought about how to lead his troops into the imperial capital - God knows that what he is going to fight is actually this kind of super fortress!

- Thankfully, I didn't fight!

All in all, that's it.

Although Yin Eun has lost his apparent identity, the insect swarm has already paved the way for the sect and has begun to spread in Nanling.

This sect spreads with artificial souls as the core, and Yin Eun of the insect swarm controls the souls of people in each sect with a powerful psionic network, supervises every consciousness, and gradually exerts influence to ensure the loyalty of people in each sect.

Now he has begun to recruit refugees from the west as the basis of his power, and use these refugees as pawns to be planted in various towns and cities, and even build independent villages in the mountains.

Don't worry about Warcraft...... Yin En's control of the insect swarm may need some tricks to avoid being discovered by the four major Orthodox Christians and the Empire, but it is much more convenient to control the demonic beasts, and it is really not possible to push all the creatures on the invasion of the Flying Flame Land, they are all the ghosts!

Moreover, it is precisely because Yin En is not there, there is only a swarm of insects, and the Flying Flame Land is a collapse of the Nanling Mountains, and the civil war on the side of the mountain people is still continuing, and the insect swarm Yin En is now planning to use this opportunity as an entry point to insert his own forces into the mountain people.

"Not bad, indeed."

Sensing this, Yin En couldn't help but nod slightly, praising Yin En's decisiveness in the insect swarm.

The use of artificial souls and swarm networks to rewrite the underlying thinking, and slow brainwashing to lay forces, can indeed reduce the probability of discovery by the four major Orthodox Christians and the Imperial side, even if it is really discovered, it is difficult to think that it is a swarm, at most it is a 'crisis' created by a powerful psyker or the resurrection of an alien god.

Moreover, because it is only brainwashing at most, this crisis is not big, at least, under the cover of the 'swarm prophet', they cannot determine the specific origin of the crisis.

The insect swarm has not been discovered in the South China Sea for six years, and now it is lurking in the dark and slowly developing, accumulating strength, and naturally it will not be discovered.

The reason why Yin Eun is grateful to Yin Eun is precisely because Yin Eun's advice is crucial, and the technology given is also the cornerstone of her development.

This technology is far more valuable than the bio-modification technology of 'Crystallized Blood Hunter' and the technology related to the 'Swarm Network' that she gave before.

Therefore, she intends to give Yoon Eun 'in return'.

The Guiding Star shone brightly, and Yin Eun felt the new technology emerging in his mind.

And the name of this technology is......

【Soul Seal】

Sensing this, Yin En raised his left brow, his eyes lit up with a red blue light, pure, ruthless, like blood flowing with any purposeless malice.

This is the brilliance of the swarm.

“…… Am I inhuman at all in the swarm? This technology has been developed. ”

With a snort, Yin En didn't have much real anger in his heart, he was just surprised that the insect swarm himself really had a unique insight into psionic energy, and he could certainly find the 'back door' so quickly with an artificial soul.

To put it simply, the soul seal is to add some additional soul structures when shaping artificial souls to achieve some complete distortion of thoughts.

For example, never divulge news about the biter, always maintain a positive attitude, etc......

While it sounds pretty good, it's actually a pretty scary way to control your mind.

To be able to ensure people's loyalty and maintain a person's mentality is equivalent to being able to freely shape and change a person's heart. Since then, the mind and soul are no longer free things of their own, but 'wealth' in the palm of the hands of the swarm.

The swarm has given these people wealth, given these people a common consensus, given these people a future of hope in despair, and given these people the strength to protect themselves in troubled times.

The swarm doesn't need any earthly wealth, just the soul and mind to her.

It's ......

"It's like the devil."

Whispering to himself, Yoon closed his eyes.

yes, how much like the devil.

Yin Eun could sense that Yin Eun of the insect swarm did not 'force' convert anyone.

After receiving Yoon's reminder, she withdrew her hand called 'Forced' and turned to bewitch humanity with benefits and peace of mind.

- If you have a wish, if you have a prayer.

- Humans, if you have dreams.

- Just tell me your hopes, and trade your soul for it.

Yin En of the insect swarm gives his soul to the people of the whites, the refugees from the West, the mountain people who have been displaced by the civil war catalyzed by the Flying Flame Lands, and who have suffered food disasters.

At the same time, she gave wealth to the long-exiled white people, gave the power to control demonic beasts to the displaced refugees in the west, and gave some 'meat worms' that only need to gnaw trees to absorb water to continuously grow high-quality protein......

The devil commodits hope.

In exchange for 'absolute loyalty'.

"The path of the swarm has been changed by me...... Already embarked on another path. ”

The 'red blue' brilliance in his eyes gradually faded, turning into a deep dark purple, and Yoon Eun said to himself, "The things she gave are enough to make everyone sincerely loyal to her." ”

"Yes, the wealth that can reverse the reputation of the exiles, the land where the refugees can live, and the food ...... the famine."

"Even if it's a devil, she (the swarm) is qualified to make people worship her."

Yin didn't feel indignant, or ostracize the swarm for it—he didn't have the spare time to care about parallel planes.

Not only that, but at this moment, Yin Eun even has a different kind of crazy idea in his heart......

"Perhaps."

Because of the influence of the Guiding Star, Yin Eun's eyes shone with a deep purple light representing the swarm, and chuckled, "I can help her forge a new path." ”

"[The Devil's Way]."

When you think of it, you do it.

Yin Eun closed his eyes slightly.

The 'Soul Steel Seal' of the Swarm Dao Path is essentially a special soul transformation operation, and this kind of technology is slightly transformed, it is a special meditation method, even if the insect swarm Yin En will not think of the relevant research direction for a while, she will carry out the research of the 'meditation method' in a few years at most.

After all, even if the other party is not as good as his own 'peculiarity', it is Yin Eun.

In this case, it is better for Yin Eun to take the initiative to teach the 'meditation method' to the other party.

Moreover, Yin Eun does have other ideas in his heart.

- The Soul Seal is a good technology, although it is suspected of interfering with freedom of thought, but I can interfere with humans instead of it, but AI.

Even AI built on a purely material structure has the potential to gain souls, not to mention that most of the artificial intelligence in the world of Terra has to do with soul psionic energy.

Such an AI can easily become a real life, easily pass the Turing test, and even become a strong artificial intelligence and become a sublimator...... But in the same way, such AI can easily lead to 'selfish desires', which in turn leads to the inability of many tasks to move forward stably.

Yoon doesn't intend to create 'AI with the same rights as humans' – if he wants to create, he will only create pure tool AI.

AI that creates humanity is equivalent to creating life, and Yoon Eun will not be irresponsible, so he didn't intend to let those AIs have human intelligence and perceive pain from the beginning.

Therefore, he wants to completely lock the logic of AI from the soul side, so that it cannot give birth to human intelligence, and can only operate according to the original design regulations.

It's like ...... The natural rules of heaven at work.

It is as unshakable as the truth.

After all, now, Yin En still has in his hands the fifth-level 'essentia computing chip' from the last echo - its computing power and essence are the core architecture of a super-giant AI.

With it, Xia Hui Ling will soon be able to quickly leap to the point of 'artificial intelligence distribution' through the 'terminal production line' that has been sent by Yafuda, and at that time, Yin En can completely block the possibility of artificial intelligence getting out of control from the two worlds of the material realm through the soul seal.

And that was also the first step in Yoon's next 'new social form'.

"Yin En of the insect swarm sent me a big gift, and I naturally have to return the gift."

The Guiding Star shone brightly, and Yoon once again sent his return gift to the 'Swarm Yoon'.

That's the material about the 'meditation method'.

and the method of creating a 'computing unit' using 'psionics'.

Through the meditation method, ordinary people under the command of the swarm will quickly gain a lot of computing power - even if they themselves can't learn the meditation method, the swarm Yin En himself can transform their souls through the swarm network instead of them.

In a sense, this is a kind of 'power of faith'.

The god (the swarm master) assists the believers (the swarm unit) in shaping their souls and transforming them into soul forms with stronger computing power, which allows the believer to obtain advanced computing power without having to exercise for a long time.

Once an epiphany, it's no longer a lie—but at the price, the computing power is essentially part of the swarm.

When the swarm reigns, or rather, the king of the devil is the enemy of the whole world.

Then the demons of hell, even the swarm itself, can only declare war with their gods and kings.

Yin Eun, who holds the Guide Star, would not do this.

"With the ability to erode the mind, the alien gods who are like gods have been killed by Terra, even if they really go to the devil's path, I'm afraid I don't have the ability to break through the Prison Star Heavenly Prison and avoid the end."

The light on the Guiding Star was completely dimmed, proving that Yin Eun's communication with the insect swarm Yin Eun was successfully completed this time.

Yin Eun didn't look down on the swarm and the devil, but rather, if the devil's path was really successful, then it would actually be equivalent to combining the advantages of the spiritual calamity path and the advantages of the swarm, and it would be a brand new path.

It's just that this path, for Yin Eun, who knows the truth, is nothing more than another reincarnation.

He needed to transcend reincarnation, not just once, with a mediocre victory on the land of Terra.

After solving the problem of the path of the insect swarm, Yin Eun also got up.

Yin Eun of the 'Spiritual Calamity Path' did not reply.

Obviously, such a little time is not enough to make any huge changes happen on the side of the Spirit Calamity Path, and the other party will naturally not be like the swarm of insects.

In the last exchange, Yin En obtained the 'Life Spiritual Energy Refining Method' from the Spiritual Calamity Path, which Yin En later blended into the 'Arcane Path' and used it to practice the basic cultivation method of self-essentia and condensation and sublimation organs.

It doesn't matter if it's a qi refining method or a breathing method, it doesn't matter if it's an internal force true qi, anyway, its effect is the same, it completely changes itself and transforms it into a new and more powerful existence.

The Arcane Path is built on this.

Therefore, Yin Eun also gave the 'essentia furnace', which can perfectly use the essentia in the body, to the other party, and both sides let the other party get the key to 'cultivation' in the world of swords and magic.

Now, Yin En's arcane path has reached the 'third stage', and he himself is the test product of the third stage, and when he returns to the Xia Hui Realm, Yin En can summarize his gains and completely determine the third level realm of the arcane path.

But at the fourth rank of the higher level, he was a little confused.

It's not that Yin Eun is not smart, but his accumulation and inspiration are not enough, and the time is too short, even if he is really a god, he can't rub out the fourth energy level out of thin air.

"Maybe then the Spiritual Calamity Path can bring me further inspiration."

Yin En was quite calm at the moment, he even laughed, got up from his chair, and walked to the gate: "It seems that I was the first to create the 'Guiding Star' in the first place, and I am really a genius - since a lifetime is not enough, one choice, and even foreknowledge is not enough. ”

"Then create a platform that can connect to other parallel time and space, so that I can draw on the strength of many of myself to grow."

The alchemy materials sent by the Marquis of Batun have arrived at the door, and he is going to refine the 'alchemy potion' needed for the speech, and he is ready to fan the people of Nanling.

After all, what is the difference between the use of the soul and the use of alchemy?

Yoon Eun never cared about these things.

Just as the people never cared whether the 'prophecy' was true or false.

They just want to hear what they want to hear.

So, a few hours later.

Brightly lit nights.

Nauman City Grand Square.

Coming to the stage, facing the thousands of people who were watching him, Yoon Eun looked around the venue in silence, took a deep breath, and then spoke.

[Fellow citizens, I know that you have not come here to listen to the meaningless greetings and openings of the nobles, or to the ambiguous prophetic poems that you cannot understand]

[You have come here to hear from me, from the prophets recognized by the four major churches and fully recognized by the empire, the true future direction, and know where the road leads to the next step]

[I know that you want me to say that tomorrow will be better, the future will be happier, and everyone will get the results they want]

- This is a lie.

Standing alone on the high platform, the white-haired prophet spread his arms, and the cool wind swept across the square, making everyone tremble slightly, and at the same time smell a good smell of 'flowers', their spirits were more concentrated.

And Yin Eun said in a painful tone: [But I am a prophet, I can't and I won't lie]

[I am going to tell you a sad and infuriating truth]

Looking around at the silent scene, the corners of Yin Eun's mouth curled up slightly, and then he continued to say in a voice mixed with anger mixed with pain: [Our lives are actually full of pain and suffering, and the future is the same, just like a victim immersed in a swamp, the more you struggle, the more difficult it is to extricate yourself]

[We will encounter suffering, war, exploitation and oppression, sink in hatred and despair, and never be free]

There was an uproar in the square.

But unexpectedly, not many people were angry or questioned Yin Eun for deceiving them...... Except for being stunned by Yin Eun's honesty for a while, everyone did not have many unnecessary complaints or feelings.

Because...... It's different from what most people think.

People don't want to hear too much 'good news' and 'good future'.

Because, they have been living in pain.

In Terra, in Nanling, on this land, where is there so much happiness? Where do so many good things come from?

Wages are inadequate, prices are expensive, trade difficulties are caused by the war, the food disaster is not long over, housing prices in the safe 'capital' are skyrocketing, men are afraid of military service, women are afraid of chaos...... It wasn't enough to start a war with the Flying Flame Land just now, and the east was still confronting the Heavenly Imperial Court.

There was no peace on top of Terra.

And to such a group of people who say, 'You will be happy in the future'?

Don't be funny.

It's okay to say one or two good news once in a while, ignore the pain and blindly report the good news, that is what really makes the people distrust you.

So the prophets never predict happiness easily, they only predict disasters, just like if a doctor just tells you that everything is healthy, anyone should subconsciously doubt, 'Is it true or false?' 'That's it.

Human beings are such a complex and superficial life, full of hope for tomorrow and eager to destroy the imminent future.

- So.

- Listen.

Yin Eun glanced at the people in front of him who were full of longing, waiting for him to continue speaking,

The white-haired boy opened his mouth slightly and began to expound on the 'prophecy of the prophets'.

- The purgatory that I will paint for you...... I'm going to tell you about your despair.

— and then I'll tell you about it.

- The road to heaven.