A few days later, the expedition returned to the gathering place with Mushi, Paul and others.

Fran trotted all the way to deliver the dim bag of "Divine Power Fragments" to the "Lord".

This is the biggest gain of their trip, the more "capable people", it means that the strength of the gathering place will become stronger.

After a while, in the large bag of "Divine Power Fragments" she was holding, two "Divine Power Fragments" suddenly lit up, emitting a faint blue light.

Fran understood what "Lord" meant, and she turned back to the tea powder and said, "Prepare the ritual props, and I'll bring the people." ”

Chamo's current position is almost a priest, and everyone knows that she has a good relationship with the "Lord", and everything that has something to do with the "Lord" is entrusted to her.

After the tea was ready, Fran led Paul and Muxi in.

Holding a "Divine Power Fragment" in one hand, Fran said to the two: "We will do what we say, as long as you believe in the Lord, you will be a member of our gathering place, not only will you eat and drink well, but you will also be able to obtain the 'Divine Power Fragment' and become a 'Powerful One'." ”

Mu Xi asked with some alarm, "Why is it only me, my companion?" ”

Fran smiled: "Miss Muxi, the Lord's gift is not something that everyone is eligible for, you and Paul, you and Paul, can be regarded as contributing to our gathering place, so we are qualified." ”

"Those companions of yours, no, at best, are subordinates, and they are not even qualified to set foot in the gathering place now, so they can only stay in the workers' quarters."

"As for when they will receive the Lord's gift, it will depend on their performance."

Mu Xi frowned and asked, "This is not the same as the promise we got before. ”

Fran shrugged, "It's no different, we'll still provide food and lodging for your men, but they'll have to work for the gathering place." ”

She pointed to the raw material pipeline outside: "There was a group of workers who worked for our gathering place, and their daily workload was to mine twenty units of supplies, and their salary was two meals a day and one token. ”

"We've provided you with a set of clothes and boots for each of you, which is equivalent to two months' pay for a worker, which is quite interesting."

Mu Xi said coldly: "It turns out that this is your true intention, to trick us into doing hard labor for you?" ”

Fran is not going to explain too much: "When you become a child of the Lord, you will know how naïve your ideas are now. ”

As she spoke, the tea powder on the side had already picked up the dagger and gently pierced her arm.

Blood was drawn down the blade of the dagger, and Mushi and Paul saw the dagger placed on the statue's helmet.

Drops of blood fell on the stamp, and when it was soaked in blood, Cha Mo picked up the stamp and pressed it against Mu Xi's head.

No matter how many times you watch it, this ritual has a sinister feeling from the inside out.

……

Seeing the ceremony of the two of them at the end of the tea, Tang Hao remembered one thing.

"Adjutant! Hurry up, look at this ritual, isn't it dark and evil? I still don't understand why, after this ritual, these people become my followers, and I am able to control their bodies at will. ”

The adjutant replied coldly: "Your Excellency, you yourself are the ontology of the high-dimensional neural network, and it is up to you to decide whether to connect the other party to the neural network. ”

"This kind of ritual may seem a little unclear, but the only purpose is to provide you with the subject's blood, so that you can obtain the DNA of the target."

"As for the last stamp, the metaphysical point is to form a contract, and the scientific point is to formulate a high-dimensional nerve node for the other party."

"So the core part of this ritual is that the receptor gives you its unique DNA, and then you give the receptor a special high-dimensional neural node."

"At this point, the receptor can be connected to your high-dimensional neural network, and you have absolute control over the receptor."

Although the adjutant's words were a bit of a forced explanation, the overall procedure was not much different from what Tang Hao thought.

Tang Hao asked on a whim, "Then what, it seems that the Federation Star Domain has also been in contact with many alien races before, right?" Can non-human intelligent beings be controlled by my high-dimensional neural network? ”

The adjutant pondered for a while and said, "As for what kind of individuals can be connected to high-dimensional neural networks, the research at that time did not get a definite answer. ”

"Humans, non-humans, intelligent beings, and even artificial intelligence all have a record of successful access to high-dimensional neural networks, and there are also records of access failures."

"Scientists are unable to explain this phenomenon for the time being, and some radicals believe that only individuals with 'souls' can access high-dimensional neural networks, but this is just unconfirmed speculation."

……

Paul, like Mushi, also completed the ritual under the auspices of the tea powder.

Except for the fact that the bloody hula stubble was a little disgusting, he didn't feel anything unusual.

After completing the ritual, Fran stepped forward and spread her hands, each of her palms containing a "shard of divine power" glowing with blue light.

"Is this what you call a 'gift from the Lord'? Aside from your somewhat disgusting cult-like rituals, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the so-called 'Lord'. Mu Xi said with a sneer.

Fran didn't answer, as she quickly saw the incredible look in Muxi's eyes.

With an uncontrollable pace, Muxi walked up to Fran and reached out to pick up a "Fragment of Divine Power".

The same was true of Paul, who followed her, his gaze full of disbelief, his body moving stiffly like a marionette.

The two of them each got their own "Divine Power Fragments", and then the power of the "Lord" was withdrawn from their bodies, and both of them collapsed to the ground at the same time.

Fran clasped her hands together and made a prayer gesture: "This is the gift of the Lord." ”

……

Looking at the two who collapsed on the ground and didn't know what to do, Tang Hao was not worried about their careful thoughts in private.

He didn't need the loyalty of these two people for the time being, he just used the two of them as tools.

The module that Paul accesses is the first-level module "Tourist" of the "Traveler" bond, and the skill is "Bird's Eye View", which can obtain all the terrain and landforms in a large area.

This is very useful for exploring uncharted areas, but the bigger effect is that he and Catherine activate the "Traveler" bond, which increases everyone's movement speed, and the effect of this bond can cover all followers, and the effect is more objective.

Mu Xi is connected to the second-level module "Dark Descent" of the "Knight" bond.