Who Taught You To Tame Beasts? Chapter 397: Dream Module! The Fear of the Eighth Consciousness! - Novel Cool

Chapter 397: Dream Module! The Fear of the Eighth Consciousness!

Chapter 397: Dream Module! The Fear of the Eighth Consciousness!

"What's wrong with you? It's rare for you to come out with me before the final trial, but you seem so absent-minded."

Qin Xiaoxue glanced at Su Ping, who seemed to be daydreaming, and then turned to look at Long Er, who was following behind the two of them.

In the mall, the three of them formed a rather peculiar group.

Su Ping shook his head, "Lately, I've been studying about sleeping and dreaming."

Qin Xiaoxue was taken aback, then blinked and looked at Su Ping, who didn't seem to be joking. For the first time, his face turned slightly red, and he whispered,

"You shouldn't be thinking about this all the time. The final trial is tomorrow, so it's best to adjust your state and prepare for the battle. After the trial is over, if you want, we can study it together..."

"Hmm?"

Su Ping looked at Qin Xiaoxue in surprise, "Do you have insights in this area? I haven't heard of it before, and this is the first time I'm researching this."

Qin Xiaoxue's face turned even redder, but she quickly defended herself, "Of course, this is my first time too..."

Su Ping furrowed his brows, "But aren't all your pets Wood-type? Life Ancient Tree, Flower Fairy, Crowned Wolf King? Even if your Life Ancient Tree is a mutant, it still has nothing to do with Psychic-type pets. Do you have any understanding of Psychic-type pets?"

Qin Xiaoxue visibly froze, "Psychic-type pets..."

"That's right, my third pet is a Psychic-type. According to my thoughts, sleep is a form of mental rest, and dreams are a derivative of it. As an extension of Psychic-type abilities, if we can thoroughly research it, there will be a significant boost to the combat power of Psychic-type pets! It might even change the current awkward status of Psychic-type pets!"

"..."

Qin Xiaoxue pursed her lips and gave a slightly embarrassed but polite smile, "I see. So, have you made any progress?"

"I've made some, but there are still many difficulties. Among the Grand Hall Ultra Skills, there's one called 'Dream Entry,' which was cultivated from a Dream Butterfly.

I asked Long Er to bring a Dream Butterfly. As a Monarch-ranked Psychic-type pet, its main ability is based on hypnosis-type Psychic abilities.

Not only is it not a strong combat pet, but even as a support pet, it's not considered powerful among pets of the same race."

Su Ping frowned in thought.

Over the past two days, he had been watching Qian Yi and Xiao Qing prepare for the upcoming final trial, and at the same time, he was researching the skill correlations of the Dream Butterfly.

However, Su Ping still couldn't find a feasible solution for Meng Huangliang's 'Dream Entry' skill:

"According to my speculation, dreams exist when a Beastmaster and their pet are asleep and their spirits are at rest. This creates a kind of vibration.

As long as the pet changes its psychic frequency and matches it, the Psychic-type pet can try to enter that dream.

Even if the opponent isn't actually dreaming, it's still possible to blend one's psychic vibrations into the opponent's psychic ripples when they're off guard.

In fact, it's almost the same, but the first difficulty arises here.

In theory, it's possible to enter a dream this way, but slightly higher-level Beastmasters and pets aren't stupid.

Even when they're asleep, for example, if you're sleeping comfortably in your bed and someone touches your waist with a cold hand, how can you not react?"

This analogy made Qin Xiaoxue think for a moment. Miss Qin had a talent in this area, and she hit the nail on the head, "Does this mean that the psychic frequency of the pet's spirit still can't perfectly merge with the corresponding frequency of existence, so it feels awkward?"

Su Ping shook his head, "The frequency of living beings is different from a cold network signal. WiFi signals are stable electromagnetic waves, but how can the frequency of living beings be completely stable?

Even ordinary people have pleasant dreams and nightmares when they sleep. How can they completely blend in?"

"This..."

Qin Xiaoxue opened her mouth and took a sip of her milk tea, also unsure of what to do.

Fortunately, Su Ping answered his own question, giving her the answer.

"So, there are two methods. First, use the Dream Butterfly's hypnosis ability to make it not sense the cold hand, making the hand feel like its own body temperature, or even making it seem like it's not an external 'hand' but its own!

Based on my guess, the Dream Butterfly that cultivated the 'Dream Entry' skill probably achieved this by using hypnosis to conceal the entry."

Qin Xiaoxue blinked, not hiding the admiration in her eyes as she looked at this guy who was two years younger than her.

Su Ping didn't mind this. His guess was simple; Meng Huangliang was highly skilled in hypnosis.

Being able to hypnotize himself into that state, even with his psychic energy sealed, was an incredible hypnosis technique.

If hypnosis could directly affect the opponent's psychic energy in a dream, what couldn't it do?

However, this was Su Ping's own thoughts and findings over the past few days.

In his opinion, hypnosis-based dream entry was too soft.

If the 'Dream Entry' skill in the Grand Hall Ultra Skills didn't have the terrifying ability to slaughter in dreams like the movie 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' then for Su Ping, the skill's significance was relatively ordinary if it was only used for intelligence gathering and other effects.

So, the ultimate purpose of his skill is to affect reality by enhancing the dream realm.

It's the deepest field of Psychic-type skills.

"What about the second method?" Qin Xiaoxue asked curiously.

"The second method is also a form of hypnosis, but with a different approach, and it's even more challenging. It involves having your pet beast constantly release a wave similar to the dream realm, or even maintaining this illusory spiritual dream itself. At the same time, it allows the sleeping individuals to coalesce and create ripples similar to the spiritual waves emitted by your pet beast."

"In this way, instead of letting my pet beast merge into others' dreams, it's the opposite; it's about letting others merge into the pet beast's dream."

"In this situation, a Psychic-type pet beast that controls the dream realm can truly achieve complete control within such a dream."

Su Ping paused and shared the difficult idea he had been contemplating and slightly experimenting with over the past two days.

"But won't this be too much of a burden for the pet beast itself?" Qin Xiaoxue continued.

Su Ping nodded:

"Not only is it a heavy burden, but there are also some unresolved minor issues. Moreover, if the second method is used, the level requirement for the pet beast's hypnosis-related skills will be even higher."

However, Su Ping didn't mention that he hadn't been idle these past few days.

After searching through some information, Su Ping found a unique skill that might meet his requirements—a special skill recorded in the Breeder Association called 'Dream Devouring'.

Although it has this name, it's actually a skill that absorbs others' psychic energy for self-use, but it has high development potential.

"However, this is just about entering the dream realm. In fact, this skill isn't merely about entering the dream; the key is to make the enemy controlled in the dream have no resistance and be killed without a chance to fight back. That's the crux of the problem!"

Su Ping paused and spoke.

Pet beast breeding is easy, but it's also difficult.

For example, the skill Su Ping envisioned.

Fundamentally, it consists of two steps. The first is to complete Meng Huangliang's 'Dream Entry', allowing the psychic energy of both sides to intertwine through the dream.

The second step is to eliminate the enemy within the dream and apply the dream situation entirely to reality.

For these two steps, as long as the idea is logical, you can search for the required skills and try to combine and improve them.

It can be said that as long as the module is correct, there will be a skill combination among the many materials that can stimulate the pet beast's learning response and achieve a super skill breeding like a metamorphosis.

However, the module's logic itself is the biggest challenge.

For example, what method can make the damage done in the spiritual realm directly affect the physical body?

Of course, the absorption of psychic energy will undoubtedly affect the beast tamer and the pet beast.

But even if the dream's scattered psychic energy dissipates, at most, it will cause dizziness and headaches for a while. Psychic energy originates from the material of living beings and is an extension of soul power.

Unless you chop off someone's head and sever their soul's life force, it's difficult for spiritual shocks to directly threaten life, which is the awkward part of Psychic-type pet beasts. Their attack capabilities are too weak.

The most common and useful skill is Psychic Shock, which makes people go blank and slightly dazed for a moment, unless there's a significant difference in cultivation realms.

But the issue is, with a significant difference in realms, why bother with such complications when you can directly kill with physical strength?

Su Ping couldn't think of how to solve this module for the time being, and Qin Xiaoxue didn't even bother to think about it. To kill the enemy, she'd rather have Wood directly bite and kill them or use Thorns to strangle them.

Why waste brainpower on this?

Seeing Su Ping deep in thought, Miss Qin decisively waved her hand:

"Alright, we're here to go shopping together today. Tomorrow is the final, and each of the top five will get a dragon! Cheer up, don't think about these things anymore. Let's go watch a movie."

Su Ping exhaled and nodded:

"Okay, what movie?"

"Let me see..."

Qin Xiaoxue picked up her phone, scrolled through it, and her face turned slightly red:

"Let's watch a horror movie?"

"Horror movie?"

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Su Ping raised his eyebrows.

In the Dragon City, a society of beast tamers, such horror movies are few and far between.

And in this genre, the so-called horror movies are mostly disaster films or pseudo-horror about extraterrestrial visitors.

As for those Chinese-style horror or Western evil spirits? They can stay where they are! There's no choice; in a society where beast tamers possess extraordinary powers, horror is terrifying because one's cultivation realm isn't high enough, and the pet beast's combat power isn't strong enough! What about ghosts and demons? They're all just pet beasts.

Beast-type pet beasts, humanoid-type pet beasts, undead-type pet beasts, and elemental-type pet beasts are enough to interpret the four words 'ghosts and demons'.

In the already niche market of entertainment films, this particular genre is the smallest of them all, even less popular than the martial arts films that Qian Yi loves.

After all, behind the martial arts films, there's the low-profile official organization of the Refiner's Association.

However, today, as he accompanied Miss Qin, Su Ping naturally wouldn't dampen her spirits and nodded:

"Sure."

Qin Xiaoxue heaved a slight sigh of relief, once again remembering the instructions of her two 'strategists' at home.

Must watch a horror movie!

No matter how cheesy and jump-scary these horror movies are, they can still make girls snuggle up to their partners!

The only reason these trashy horror movies exist is for this very purpose.

And it's because of this that every year, despite lacking big-budget productions and the participation of high-level pets, these movies, at most using some low-quality sci-fi mechanical special effects, manage to survive.

In fact, it's exactly as they had expected.

Su Ping, holding popcorn and milk tea, entered the screening hall named 'Eighth Consciousness' with Qin Xiaoxue and Long Er. Most of the audience consisted of couples, one male and one female.

And most of them were overly affectionate.

There was even a couple, one of whom looked older than Su An Yong, and they clearly weren't a legitimate married couple.

In contrast, their group of two females and one male was more eye-catching.

Without looking too much, Su Ping slowly took his seat as the lights dimmed, and he turned to the slowly brightening big screen.

Despite his actual lack of interest in this type of movie, he considered it a way to relax.

On the dark screen, a hoarse voice sounded:

"In the ancient religion of the Elephant Kingdom, it is said that humans have eight consciousnesses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, mind, Manasasmita, and Alaya. The first five consciousnesses correspond to the senses, targeting the external world's colors, sounds, scents, tastes, and tactile sensations.

The sixth consciousness corresponds to the integrated senses, forming knowledge and thoughts, targeting the entire world.

The seventh Manasasmita consciousness is the root of consciousness, often considered the self-awareness, the seed of the subconscious self.

The eighth Alaya consciousness is the spiritual origin of the world, containing the 'seeds' of all phenomena."

Su Ping's eyebrows rose slightly, initially distracted but gradually becoming more engaged, while Qin Xiaoxue beside him was completely lost.

However, what made Su Ping's eyebrows furrow even more was the sudden change in the off-screen narration:

"In the ancient legends of the Dragon Kingdom, it is said that humans have seven emotions and six desires. The six desires correspond to the first five consciousnesses.

The seven emotions are hidden within the sixth and seventh consciousnesses, and among human emotions, the strongest and most ancient is fear..."

What nonsense is this?

Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed even tighter.

Is this horror movie director trying to be high-class? Talking about the Elephant Kingdom's religion, the Dragon Kingdom's ancient legends, and then introducing some fear theory.

While it's true that ancient philosophical problems are often similar, what is this nonsense? How are the seven emotions and six desires of the Elephant Kingdom's religion related to the eight consciousnesses? And why single out fear as a separate 'emotion'?

Of course, the answer is simple.

As they continued watching, they would understand.

The movie indeed didn't disappoint them.

The plot is simple.

Within the so-called Alaya consciousness, the eighth human consciousness, and the spiritual origin of the universe, a brand new type of pet is born! Yes, you heard right! A completely new type of pet, which the brainless director presents as a 'Rule Type' pet.

The first Rule Type pet is awakened by fear, and it enjoys tasting the fear of living beings, so it transforms into an Ultimate Evil Spirit, constantly tormenting and killing others.

Only those with strong fear emotions can sense its existence.

The male and female protagonists are a coward and someone who can't feel fear, an 'Ace Combo'.

The story follows them as they pursue this 'Ultimate Fear Evil Spirit' pet.

In the end, the unfeeling person sacrifices themselves, and the coward, unable to withstand the fear, contracts with this cheesy 'Rule' type pet.

Throughout the movie, there are low-level horror scenes filled with jump scares and dramatic background music.

And at the end, there's even an Easter egg.

The Alaya consciousness, the eighth human consciousness, and the spiritual origin of the world, once again gives birth to another incarnation of the seven emotions.

Are they planning a sequel to this movie? Even Qin Xiaoxue couldn't help but want to complain.

After all, being scared by this movie might affect how she is perceived by Su Ping in terms of intelligence.

However, to her surprise, not only did Su Ping watch the movie with great interest, but after it ended, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he remained seated, deep in thought.

Qin Xiaoxue was exasperated.

The strategists are unreliable!

If she had known, she should have taken Su Ping to see a recently released documentary.

However, she obviously didn't notice the strange light flashing in Su Ping's eyes at that moment.

Because at this moment, Su Ping suddenly found a way to try and perfect his 'Skill Module'.

As the final credits rolled, Su Ping finally chewed on the theme that ran through the entire movie:

'Fear?'

(End of Chapter)

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