Chapter 244: Superfrequency Thought
Chapter 244: Superfrequency Thought
The moment Ji Xinghuo put down the syringe, the wound between his eyebrows healed.
The tiny hole drilled into his skull began to regenerate, and after a few minutes, under the influence of the Sacred Scale Armor, the hole disappeared completely.
However, his brain was in a state of flux.
Fortunately, it didn't hurt much.
Ji Xinghuo felt as if his brain was soaked in ice water, a cool and numbing sensation that left him in a strange state. The injected serum, carrying traces of the exotic, slowly infused his brain, remodeling his brain cells.
As the fusion entered its later stages, his mind began to fog, as if in a dream, yet he maintained a certain level of lucidity.
This fusion lasted longer than he had anticipated.
Half an hour later...
Ji Xinghuo gradually regained a clear mind and felt increasingly energized, his thoughts quickening.
His sensory perception and electromagnetic response were heightened, the feedback more intense.
The world seemed to have slowed down.
Ji Xinghuo was very familiar with this state. He quickly opened the interface, and as expected, his information had been updated. He had successfully fused with high-frequency thought.
[Ability: High-Frequency Thought (Level 1/43)]
High-Frequency Thought is a quality ability. After fusion, it grants 30 stellar power and only requires 43 mental source energy to advance from Level 1 to Level 2.
However, Ji Xinghuo did not upgrade immediately but instead carefully experienced his new ability. He found that it was no different from the high-frequency thought attached to the acceleration ring. When triggered, it could increase his neural response and thought speed by about 25% while continuously consuming stellar power.
The high-frequency thought he possessed did not stack with the high-frequency thought from the acceleration ring.
Using them simultaneously still resulted in only a 25% thought acceleration.
"Let's begin, then."
Ji Xinghuo invested mental source energy, maintaining high-frequency thought throughout the process. He then noticed that as the progress increased, his thought speed gradually accelerated.
Soon, High-Frequency Thought evolved to (Level 2/193).
The second level of high-frequency thought provided an acceleration effect of approximately 50%.
Advancing further to (Level 3/883), his thought acceleration reached 75%, causing Ji Xinghuo to wonder, "Does each level increase thought acceleration by 25%?"
"Continue!"
In a flash, High-Frequency Thought ascended to (Level 4/3373).
Ji Xinghuo immediately felt the effect; his neural response and thought speed had doubled compared to usual—a 100% acceleration!
He glanced at the upgrade information; with over 3,000 points of mental source energy, he would have hesitated in the past, considering the priority of other abilities. But now, with over 80,000 mental source energy, he could afford to be generous.
And so he continued to upgrade High-Frequency Thought.
Instantly, Ji Xinghuo noticed that the effects of the upgrade were significantly better. When High-Frequency Thought reached (Level 5/13313), his thought acceleration hit 200%, and his neural response tripled, making the world around him appear to slow down noticeably.
"Awesome!"
Ji Xinghuo felt incredible. Many things that were previously impossible were now easily achievable.
He took out the Invisible Sting and casually fired seven arrows.
All of this was accomplished in a single second.
If there had been a bystander present, unless they had sharp eyesight, they would have only seen Ji Xinghuo's hands blur like a phantom, shooting out seven arrows in the blink of an eye.
Apart from archery, his control over magnetic fields and electric charges had also become more precise.
The efficiency of information discrimination in his electromagnetic sensing had tripled!
Running, shooting, thinking, and fighting—all movements related to his brain had become effortless and swift. The microscopic perception granted by the Myriad Phenomenon Star Pupil could collect and analyze more detailed information, as if his brain possessed a god-like perspective, mirroring all the movements in the surrounding space-time.
"This is amazing and powerful!"
"And this is just the effect of Level 5 High-Frequency Thought. What if I go even further?"
Ji Xinghuo looked at the (Level 5/13313) requirement and considered for a few seconds. Over 10,000 points of mental source energy was within his acceptable range.
He continued to invest mental source energy.
Immediately, the effect of thought acceleration intensified.
The mental source energy value in the interface plummeted rapidly, the numbers fluctuating constantly, while the progress of High-Frequency Thought's upgrade advanced synchronously.
When the progress reached 13313/13313, the mental source energy halted, unable to be further invested.
At this point, the thought acceleration had reached a staggering 300%!
A cool and hazy feeling filled Ji Xinghuo's mind once more, and the thought acceleration state was automatically interrupted as his brain underwent another transformation. This time, the remodeling was much faster than before. After just five minutes, Ji Xinghuo's spirit stirred, and he saw that the information on the interface had been updated.
[Ability: Superfrequency Thought (Level 6/36373)]
"As expected, it has advanced!"
Ji Xinghuo was not surprised. Abilities tend to advance when they reach a certain level, and the previous secondary brain remodeling was a sign of impending advancement.
"Superfrequency Thought?"
"I've never heard of this ability before."
Ji Xinghuo paused to recall, immediately confirming that he had never come across it before, neither in online materials nor in the ADC's exotic database, nor had any of his friends mentioned it.
"Hmm?"
It was then that he realized his memory had improved significantly.
In an instant, he could recall past events, even clearly remembering the content of a news article he had read online over a decade ago.
Was this one of the effects of Superfrequency Thought?
Ji Xinghuo immediately activated it.
In that moment, the world seemed to slow down once more, maintaining a 300% thought acceleration. But in the next instant, with a mere thought, his brain underwent a superfrequency operation, similar to a computer chip being overclocked. The thought acceleration effect skyrocketed, surpassing 500%!
"This..."
Even Ji Xinghuo was startled by the magnitude of this effect.
"Ridiculous!"
Ji Xinghuo immediately understood what was happening. At this moment, his thoughts were incredibly fast, even if they were far from the Myriad Phenomenon state, they were still extremely exaggerated.
Similarly, the brain consumed a lot of stellar power when overclocked, requiring around 15 points of stellar power per second.
With his current stellar power, he could only maintain this state for a little over a minute.
Moreover, his brain felt heated.
Ji Xinghuo raised his hand to touch his forehead, and as expected, it was scorching hot, as if he had a high fever, but he felt no discomfort.
"I can slow it down."
With that thought, his brain's functioning immediately slowed.
His thought acceleration dropped from 500% to a little over 300%, and Ji Xinghuo thought about slowing it down even further, successfully reducing it to around 150%. After some experimentation, he discovered that he could switch between 1% and 500% thought acceleration at will, speeding up or slowing down as he pleased.
The reduction in acceleration also decreased stellar power consumption, as the two were positively correlated.
Ji Xinghuo maintained his high-frequency state, deep in thought.
The advanced "Superfrequency Thought" should be a Superlimit Ability. If it were a Starfall Ability, it would trigger the "Starfall" celestial phenomenon on Tianzhuai Cliff.
Just the Superlimit Ability was so powerful; he dared not imagine how exaggerated it would be if it evolved into a Starfall Ability in the future.
His combat power would more than double under the superfrequency state!
Increased speed.
Faster reactions.
More precise control over his body, resulting in more accurate shooting.
However, his body's movements seemed a little out of sync at the highest frequency, and even his agile hands felt clumsy.
Ji Xinghuo opened the interface to check and found that after reaching (Level 4, 105/4987), the Thousand Dexterity Hands hadn't improved in a long time.
Without hesitation, he invested 4,882 points of Mental Source Energy, immediately upgrading Thousand Dexterity Hands to Level 5.
[Ability: Thousand Dexterous Hands (Level 5, 1/18757)]
It didn't evolve and remained an Excellent Ability.
Ji Xinghuo tried to activate Superfrequency Thought at its highest level, and as expected, his hands could finally keep up with his thoughts in this state.
"If I upgrade Thousand Dexterity Hands one more level, it should evolve."
He immediately recalled the information he had seen in the Sword Bureau's internal database. Thousand Dexterity Hands would evolve into a Superlimit Ability called "Myriad Spirit Body," where every part of his body would become incredibly flexible, not limited to just his hands and feet.
He still had 64,840 points of Mental Source Energy, but he couldn't use it to upgrade Thousand Dexterity Hands or Superfrequency Thought at the moment.
After some consideration, Ji Xinghuo decided that the top priority was to upgrade "Aether Affinity." His stellar power was about 500 points away from the next evolution, and even with focused cultivation, it would take him three and a half Star Realm months, equivalent to about 250 days on Earth.
While this rate was very fast for others, it felt a bit slow for him.
To speed things up, he would definitely need to buy some supplementary medicines.
Next, he would upgrade Aether Affinity.
Aether Affinity was currently at (Level 4, 41/7079), and upgrading it to Level 5 would not require much Mental Source Energy. Moreover, Aether Affinity was permanently effective, and not only would it help him now, but it would also benefit him greatly in the future at every stage. The earlier he upgraded it, the greater the returns.
Each evolution beyond the Super-Transcendent required the accumulation of a large amount of stellar power.
The higher the rank, the slower the evolution.
The main reason for this was that stellar power increased too slowly, hindering the evolution speed of countless Transcendents, forcing them to accumulate stellar power over a long period.
In fact, many Transcendents fused multiple "Aether Sensitivities" and "Aether Affinities" to speed up their evolution.
The effects of these abilities were cumulative.
After careful consideration, Ji Xinghuo immediately invested Mental Source Energy into Aether Affinity.
Soon, Aether Affinity reached Level 5, becoming [Ability: Aether Affinity (Level 5, 1/35759)], and the effects were immediate. His perception of aether energy intensified, and not only could he see it with his naked eye, but even without cultivating, the aether energy within a radius of several dozen meters seemed to revolve around him.
It was as if his body exerted a pulling force on the aether energy.
If he cultivated or recovered stellar power now, the efficiency would definitely be much higher than before!
"It can still be upgraded!"
Without hesitation, Ji Xinghuo continued to invest in Aether Affinity, having nearly 57,802 points of Mental Source Energy left.
Moments later.
When Aether Affinity reached (Level 5, 35758/35759), he sensed something and suddenly stopped.
"If I upgrade Aether Affinity any further, it will evolve and trigger a celestial phenomenon."
Ji Xinghuo left the cultivation room and looked up at the sky. Fortunately, it was still peaceful. There were Saint-level Transcendents and several Heavenly Kings on Tianzhuai Cliff, and if he triggered a celestial phenomenon, he would likely be unable to hide it from that Virtual Spirit Guest, possibly leading to unforeseen consequences.
He immediately put on Qinghong and rode away from Xia Qingyu's home on the Six-legged Horned Horse.
Ji Xinghuo traveled east for over eighty kilometers from Tianzhuai Cliff and arrived near the two-thousand-meter-high cliff. After circling the area a few times to ensure privacy, he hid himself in a cave.
Night fell soon after, and he opened the Myriad Phenomenon Star Pupil interface, investing 1 point of Mental Source Energy into Aether Affinity.
Instantly, Aether Affinity began to evolve.
Ji Xinghuo felt the changes, and at the same time, the night sky outside became dazzling. It was as if the starlit night had arrived early, and the reflection of the Milky Way also appeared in the night sky. A dazzling star streaked across the sky, falling from the heavens like a meteor.
The Starfall celestial phenomenon had appeared!
(End of Chapter)
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