Above The Sky
Chapter 740 - 740 10 The Evolution of the Silver Chip

740: Chapter 10: The Evolution of the Silver Chip 740: Chapter 10: The Evolution of the Silver Chip The image of Leyan Territory within the Domain of Void turned out to be a piece of ancient ruins, rather than a planting basin in the mountains.

And the ancientness of these ruins was not even from the time when the Mountain People worshipped the Dragon God.

It was from an even earlier time.

The towering cement ruins, formed by the collapse of buildings hundreds of meters tall, loomed like small mountains, while solemn statues lay toppled aside, the flickering stars in the night sky of the Domain of Void cast down patches of pale blue light, shining upon the ruins.

When Ian immersed himself into the Domain of Void, this was the scene he beheld—a likely city center relic from a pre-epoch civilization, but not entirely so, because a little further away lay vast dense jungles, the lush forests of South Ridge enveloping the ancient ruins, with the star and moonlight blurring the eras.

Such was the nature of the Domain of Void, it did not always change with the realities of time; if no intense emotions lingered in a place, then many ancient things would not be covered, but would instead exist forever.

Ian’s body transformed into the same silver-green light orb as before, realizing that to operate in human form in the Domain of Void, he indeed needed to reach the Third Energy Level.

The broken walls and ruins were so tall that Ian had to wonder if the Bison Mountain Range might have been surrounded by a large urban cluster—but then again, considering there was a rail launcher and a space elevator near Harrison Port, it would be strange if there wasn’t a mega urban cluster nearby.

However, the Calamity of Heavenly Fall buried them all.

Ian originally just planned to cultivate his adaptability to such abnormal environments in the Domain of Void, because according to Hua’an and Mo Feng, in the Domain of Void, a person’s soul would continuously endure consumption and wear, but as long as it was a living soul, it would also constantly self-repair and solidify.

It was like exercising the body, needing wear and then repair, the soul worked the same way—and this kind of strengthening was comprehensive, leaving no weaknesses.

But this time was different.

Several faint purple orbs lit up beside Ian—and within his own soul orb, a silver core had appeared, displaying an abnormally regular dense rhomboid structure.

The former was unknown, while the latter was readily apparent.

“The Departed Sovereign?”

Ian realized that the rhomboid structure within his soul orb was the condensation of the Force of the Departed Sovereign—the rhomboid structures were all made up of a combination of special souls, now resting within him, coexisting with him.

This was also why only ‘Artificial Souls’ could become carriers of the Force of the Departed Sovereign, as ordinary soul spirit substance structures naturally tended to be spherical in shape and could not combine to form structures, inevitably leaving gaps.

In contrast, Artificial Souls could be shaped into special structures, which could then be combined in special places like the Domain of Void.

“But what are these purple light orbs?”

Upon close inspection, Ian found that the orbs were not truly purple, but rather covered with purple mist brought about by the Foresight View—they were all clusters of hazy white light, merely exhibiting the glow of the Second Energy Level.

“Interesting.”

Ian had planned to study them thoroughly, as he had never encountered such things in the Imperial Capital—but unexpectedly, an anomaly occurred.

[Ownerless Spirit Substance Aggregate]

[Second Energy Level · Dissipating · Elite · Edible]

[The soul of a Sublimator who died at the hands of the Departed Sovereign, self-awareness has dissipated due to death, only remaining restrained spirit substance, ineligible for absorption due to non-compliance]

[The residual ashes, after processing, can be used as Alchemy raw material]

[Contained Primordial Essence: 1622.5398 Spirit Substance Units]

[…]

“What?”

Ian was startled, not by the fact that these light orbs were the remains of Second Level Sublimator souls he had killed, but that he could now use the Silver Chip in the Domain of Void?

–When did this happen?

Rather, why had it suddenly activated?

Unable to figure out the mystery immediately, Ian, confused, tried to touch these spirit substance orbs.

The white radiance abruptly brightened, turning brilliant like small suns due to the stimulation of Ian’s Primordial Essence, casting his own silver light orb into a snowy whiteness, the radiance dimming the surroundings.

Spirit Substance Aggregates, such things were not particularly rare; generally, after killing Spirit Energy Magical Beasts, it was possible to obtain these peculiar Spirit Energy materials in the real world.

Naturally, this Spirit Energy material could also be obtained in the Domain of Void and Subspace Labyrinths by killing Magical Beasts or Mech Deities.

All in all, despite the difficulty in acquiring it, there was a steady output.

It was a primary ingredient in many high-level potions, such as the Nihility Intimidation Potion and Soul Purification Potion, comparable to the role that Dawn Glow Grass Extract played in nourishing potions, and it was used in rather large quantities.

Ian had not expected that the Inheritance of the Departed Sovereign could even directly bind the souls of enemies—although because they were not specific Artificial Souls and lacked mutual understanding, he could not transform them into his own power, it seemed not bad to use them directly as materials?

—Morals?

Wow, some people in Terra still care about that?

The person is already dead, the self-awareness of the soul has been extinguished, and it was something that was supposed to dissipate into nature anyway; what’s wrong with Ian making use of it a bit more?

“This could be useful for making some potions…

but I don’t currently have any enemies or allies who need such high-level potions.”

Ian was quite pleased with this harvest, and he was preparing to link these orbs of Spirit Substance to himself and collect them, to take them back to reality later for safekeeping, lest they be absorbed by the Domain of Void.

But, the moment Ian linked with these orbs of Spirit Substance.

Suddenly, the silver patterns covering Ian’s cyan soul began to shine, and then spread along the Spirit Substance!

The intricate and regular, incredibly complex silver patterns were the manifestation of the Silver Chip in the Domain of Void.

Their spread was like the expansion of Ian’s soul, almost instantaneously linking Ian to these orbs of Spirit Substance, skipping all assimilation time.

But this was merely the most basic prelude…

Within the brilliance, after the silver patterns had spread, they quickly enveloped the spherical Spirit Substance conglomerates and then compressed—almost instantly, these Spirit Substance conglomerates had been completely transformed.

Emerging at the center of the light were truncated icosahedrons, which were compact spherical clusters composed of hexagons and pentagons.

They glowed with a silver halo, with light cyan colors flickering inside, intricate and elaborate, carrying a hint of ordered beauty as the patterns spread layer upon layer on the inside.

The assimilation—or perhaps transformation—was complete.

The Silver Chip’s patterns retracted back into Ian’s body.

And in Ian’s eyes, these three transformed truncated icosahedrons now had a new description.

[Basic Spirit Matter Computation Unit]

[Second Energy Level·Basic Unit·Elite·Edible]

[A Basic Unit transformed from ownerless Spirit Substance, can be used for energy replenishment, self-enhancement, and special structure Basic Units.

Due to its high quality, it can carry a part of the Calculation Unit capabilities]

[Turning the diffuse ownerless into more ordered and precise structures is a form of art; thrift and reuse are virtues inherent to all intelligent beings]

[Contained Primordial Essence: 1500 Spirit Substance units]

[…]

Besides, the other two spheres were respectively a [Basic Spirit Quality Supply Unit] and a second [Basic Spirit Matter Computation Unit].

As the name suggests, they could heal soul-related injuries and loss.

“This is…”

Ian stared, somewhat astonished, at the revolving silver-cyan truncated icosahedrons around him, suddenly feeling that his brain’s thought process had become much quicker.

Although it was merely an increase in speed in terms of calculations, such as instantly arriving at answers and results for complex computations and statistical issues, rather than actual acceleration of thought…

This sudden agility of thought made him a bit nostalgic.

Nostalgic for the time when he was linked to the Immigrant rocket’s central intelligent control…

the feeling of collaborating with Artificial Intelligence for a full rocket inspection!

Yes, that was it!

The cyan sphere slightly expanded, as if widening an eye: “Auxiliary Computing Module?”

“The Soul Plunder of the Deceased Monarch and the Silver Chip can actually have this kind of synergy?”