Chapter 63: Psionic Powers
The two did not return to the princess of the night, but came to a roast duck restaurant with a very chic decoration.
Let's not talk about how Shen Yu was able to find a roast duck restaurant that was still open in the dark street in the middle of the night...... Just choosing roast duck for supper already made Chu Yu feel strange.
She would have liked to recommend the food stall not far from the Night Princess.
Looking at the man in front of him meticulously drizzling all kinds of sauces on the roasted duck meat, Chu Yu couldn't help but wonder if this was still the young master of the Shen family who had the courage to confront him just now?
"This sauce is particular, so I asked them to bring it directly after baking, you see, you have to put this ...... first"
"Shen Gongzi, I'm not here to listen to you talk about how to deal with roast duck."
"Okay, but you have to eat before you can work." He tore off a duck leg and handed it to Chu Yu, "Taste it?" β
"......" Chu Yu resisted the urge to flip the table.
"Okay, I know you're in a hurry, but a lot of things can't be explained in a few words." Shen Yu put down the spice bottle in his hand, "What do you want to hear?" β
ββ¦ Let's talk about the Blood Guest Alliance first? β
"The name is Blood, but most people who know them call them the Killer League... All the galaxies under the Alliance's rule, such as String, Dragonland, Kukai, and the newly discovered Fourth System, have their presence.
As the name suggests, it is an underground organization that cultivates and develops killers, and it is said that they have their own official website, on which occasionally someone will issue bounty tasks, collect money to kill, and the targets range from planetary heads to company bosses, with everything from planetary heads to company bosses, a group of outlaws at large. β
"In other words, the person who wanted to assassinate me just now may have received a bounty on their website?"
"Well, that's probably it."
"These people are so arrogant, you public family members just let them do evil?"
"Eldest sister, I want to catch ...... This organization has been around for a long time, and its forces are so intertwined that it is impossible to get started. All the alliance can do is continue to exterminate their power, but it is difficult to hurt their roots. β
"Then they didn't succeed this time, will they come again?"
"Hmm." Shen Yu nodded, "So you have to be prepared for the next attack." β
"Isn't there any other way? I'm just going to let them chase after me? β
It's not that she's scared, but it's annoying to think about it when she keeps on guard against the cold knives that may appear around her.
"There is a way, you can find a way to get the person who holds a grudge against you to withdraw the bounty, but only if you can find him. In other words, you psionics should be able to block guns, don't be so afraid of them, just hit one back when you meet them. Don't know what level you are now? Can I upgrade? β
"You think this is a game, I don't have to tell you this."
"Okay." Shen Yu shrugged his shoulders and picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
It seems that there is no more information about this killer for the time being, and Shen Yu should not know the details of Huanglong.
Chu Yu thought for a moment and decided to change the next question:
"To what extent have you celestials studied psionic energy?"
"I don't think I have to tell you this."
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Shen Yu felt that the roast duck in front of him seemed to float up, dripping oil on the plate.
"Wait! Calm down. We have to talk about the principle of mutual benefit, right? The corners of Shen Yu's mouth twitched, why is this person so angry!
"These things can't be explained clearly in a few words, so how about it, when you occupy the East Eighth Ring Road first, I'll tell you what I know, how about it?"
ββ¦β¦ Then pick something simple, such as the matrix you have, and the vacuum cleaner that you used in the Night Princess before. β
Chu Yu didn't want to get angry, but the talent of the guy on the other side seemed to be all about provocation.
She is usually quite calm, but as soon as she saw this surnamed Shen, she didn't get angry.
Shen Yu burst out laughing when he heard the "vacuum cleaner", and then saw Chu Yu's expression of wanting to kill, and hurriedly recalled all kinds of sad past events in his mind.
"You said vacuum, vacuum cleaner, hahaha, sorry." Shen Yu still couldn't help laughing, "Its official name is 'Psionic Meter', it can detect traces of psionic activity remaining on objects within three months, and if it is found, it will beep an alarm." β
"As for that matrix, it's used to defend against small psionic attacks in an emergency... All of this technology comes from the Psionic Research Institute of the Pan-Dragon Research Center.
As you can see, although it is not known how you psionics use this power, perhaps it is a racial talent... But you're also 'using' it. In the final analysis, it is also a kind of energy, and since it is energy, it has the value of utilization. β
Shen Yu said that he kept it secret, but in fact, he had already told Chu Yu a lot of things in his words.
"As far as I know, the main research directions of the Psionic Research Institute include two major aspects, one is the excavation of the heritage of ancient psionic civilizations, and the other is the study of extraterritorial psionic civilizations. The ultimate goal, of course, is to serve the Union.
No matter what kind of research you have, in the end, it all comes down to how to apply it in practice. Therefore, on top of this, a variety of techniques have been extended, including the disposal of psionics, the defense against psionic attacks, and the transformation between psionic energy and various resources...... Wait a minute. β
"Ancient Spirit Energy Civilization Heritage..."Chu Yu muttered the word, which reminded her of the large array she had found under the Beishan Mine, "You know a lot. β
"It's all about work. I also don't want to deal with those guys at the institute, their group of scientists are nervous. β
"So, including the gauge and the matrix, it's the result of this kind of research, right?"
"That's right, and...... That's all. β
"That's all? Aren't there any other inventions? Like a pistol that fires with psionic energy or something? Chu Yu was very surprised by this answer.
"There are complex reasons for this...... You know the Immortal War, right? Can I tell you about junior high school history? Shen Yu was eating duck meat with his eyebrows fluttering, and he chatted quite happily.
"No, I still know this part."
"Good. For a long time after the Xianfan War, the study of psionic energy was banned by the alliance, so this part of the research was interrupted, but in the last few hundred years, because more psionic civilizations have been discovered by exploring outward, so for them... The study of you has been brought up again.
As a result of the research, psionic energy seems to be of little use. β
Chu Yu just wanted to take a sip of water, and almost choked on this sentence.
"What's that word?" She put the glass down, "Let's not talk about anything else, won't you celestials be interested in immortality?" β
Long age, eternal life, should be a fatal temptation for any race or civilization.
"You asked the key, the first research did revolve around 'immortality', but the research did not go well, your physiological structure seems to be different from ours, and the spiritual energy can coexist peacefully in your body, and when injected into ordinary people, it becomes highly toxic."
With you, you really used a needle tube with spiritual power to poke the grass on your body.
"The oppression of psionic people in history, the culture of discrimination against barbarians that prevails in society, the blind belief in technology, the huge expenditure on psionic development, and the pressure of conservatives in the House...... In short, under the influence of various factors, this part of the research is difficult. In view of the various problems that 'immortality' will bring, research in this field has been turned into a forbidden area. β
When he said these words, Shen Yu was like a bystander, not a pure celestial.
"The problems that immortality brings?" Chu Yu had never considered this kind of question before, and she didn't understand it.
"You still don't have a deep understanding of our society, Miss Chu." Shen Yu smiled, "Let me ask you, if the technology to extend life is realized, which part of the people will benefit first?" And this is not an ordinary extension, but an extension of hundreds of thousands of years. β
ββ¦β¦ Naturally, rich people. Chu Yu thought about it for a while and understood a little.
Wealth, status, power, these things determine that people are inherently unequal. If there is one thing that is equal between the rich and the poor, it is that everyone has only one life.
And if the equality of life is broken again, it will not be a blessing for a civilization of hundreds of billions of people, such as heaven and man, but a disaster.
Unless such a technology is widely available to everyone, this is easier said than done, and even bigger problems may arise after it is widely available.
"And researchers have found that psionic resources can only be extracted from your psionic abilities, and the use of the extracted is limited. It can be used as a substitute for some energy sources, but there will be an astonishingly huge loss in the process of transformation, such as the conversion ratio of magic energy to psionic energy seems to be hundreds to one... I also forgot the exact number. β
What is magic energy?
Chu Yu decided to press the doubt in his heart for the time being, and listened to Shen Yu's speech first.
"The psyker can't use it, but the ability is too rebellious, unpredictable and uncontrollable, it's just a single one, and it's a scourge in society...... Don't get excited, I didn't mean anything about you.
In short, with the interstellar colonization, more and more psionic civilizations have been discovered, and more and more psionics have been caught. These psionic beings can neither be used effectively, nor can they be left unattended, and they waste bullets when they are killed...... The 'refining' technique was born. β
In other words, destroy the technology of cultivation. Chu Yu thought silently in his heart.
"This technique can destroy the abilities of psionics while preserving their long lifespan. In this way, these unplaceable psionics are finally usefulβat least as the most basic labor force. With the birth of refining technology, an industrial chain around psionics has gradually emerged...... You may have experienced it later, so I won't say more. β
For example, it was sold to the mine for pure manual mining.
Chu Yu remembered the hard life of mining in the mine with his senior sister.
However, there are still many problems......
"Since the psionic energy in the psionic cannot be used effectively, how did the matrix and the measuring instrument come from?"
And, there is a crucial question...... Spiritual energy, or the spiritual power in Chu Yu's body, is not innate!
The heavens didn't know, but the cultivators knew very well that all of their mana was cultivated.
The source of cultivation can be the aura of heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, the spiritual spring spirit stone, or the inner pill conceived by the demon beast...... Even Chu Yu's cultivation was still cultivated with the yin power of heaven and earth. Strictly speaking, these are all energy sources, and they can all be transformed into part of their own cultivation with the help of exercises.
But Shen Yu just said that psionic energy can only be extracted from psionic people?
The Celestial Alliance has colonized and opened up so many planets, not to mention anything else, hasn't the spirit stone mine been discovered?
Even celestials themselves can practice, and Lu Xiaoye, who has a spiritual root, is an example, and he just mentioned that the "physiological structure" of psionics and celestials is different.
There should be some deeper reason for this.
"These two inventions, uh, should say discovered. They were all excavated from the ruins left over from the Dark Ages. β
The "Dark Ages" that Shen Yu refers to are the period when the celestials are oppressed by cultivators.
"I understand, it turns out that they all eat the same old book." Chu Yu nodded.
"That's right, it's just eating the old book, and eating nondescript, so far, there are only a few kinds of psionic technology that can be used. But it's simple and effective. β
"Is there anything else besides the miniature matrix and the gauge?"
"And big matrices and big gauges."
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Chu Yu was a little speechless, feeling that Shen Yu was lying to himself.
"Well, it's gone. In addition to these two things, it seems that what can be used is the machine and the medicine used for refining, but refining also integrates other technologies, and I don't know much about the specifics.
Then there are the more high-end psionic machines...... At present, there are only a few practical applications.
Psionic research has reached a dead end, and the small technology at the end has developed to the end, and the high-end technology that has been unearthed has no clue, so it can only be used directly. Coupled with the Alliance's hostile policy towards longevity, and the negative attitude of many conservative antiques in the House to psionic research, the development of this type of psionic technology is even more difficult. β
Chu Yu thought of something, so he mentioned to Shen Yu the "Golden Light" and "Black Mirror" he had encountered.
"Well, these two may be two of those high-end psionic technologies, but I don't know the details, I'm just a liberal arts student." The plate of roast duck in front of Shen Yu had bottomed out
"It's not uncommon for the Ally Corporation to have some deal with the Research Center, and the Interstellar Corporation always needs powerful weapon technology in order to develop its own business.
I don't know exactly what you mean by golden light, but "Black Mirror", I can speculate. Can I have another bowl of duck? β
"Waiter, another plate of roast duck!" Chu Yu beckoned to the waiter not far away, "You continue." β
"As I said earlier, psionic energy can be transformed into other resources, and although the cost is very large, it can indeed be transformed.
As far as I know, most of the starships under the Star Corporation now use nuclear fusion technology, and a new invention of the Psionic Research Institute seems to be able to make the psionic energy in the psyker's body instantly expand dramatically, so that the burst of psionic energy can reach the energy level of nuclear fusion in a short period of time......"
Chu Yu's body stagnated, and a cold air surged from behind, and he shivered unconsciously.
The monks who fell under the black mirror,
It was used as fuel for the ship.