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Chapter 692: Hypnotic Circles! The Final Stage of Dream Induction!
Chapter 692: Hypnotic Circles! The Final Stage of Dream Induction!
Dream research, in essence, has already reached its final phase.
Firstly, thanks to the efforts of Meng Yan, Liu Fuhai, and Su Ping himself, many of the initial problems have been successfully overcome.
The preliminary effects of dream induction have already become evident.
To the point where even a Holy Spirit-level Ray Saint felt fear when faced with a mere Sovereign-grade dream induction in the dream world.
The formation of dreams, their lethality, and their unpredictable nature have all shown promising signs.
However, the current shortfall is the super-transformation of energy.
While the power of dream induction is present, it hasn't reached the level where energy is fully sublimated, allowing the same energy body to unleash power far exceeding its own realm, as in the case of Lao Sha.
If that were to happen, the strong energy fluctuations would destabilize the dream.
These are two different styles: one is fierce and wild, while the other is calm and serene.
But both methods and techniques are equally dangerous, with the latter being even more unpredictable.
However, for the purpose of facing opponents of the same realm or lower, the current research on spirit power and dream induction is sufficient.
The current Dream Butterfly can already use all its abilities in the dream to influence the opponent's mind with fear, effectively killing any adversary whose dream it invades.
But what Su Ping is pursuing is not just this; he seeks a level of strength that is truly unsolvable.
He wants his petemon to be capable of engaging in combat with any high-level entity, just like the previous petemons.
Not ordinary ones that can only dominate at their own level.
Even against the likes of Lao Sha, Xiao Qing, and Qian Yi, such a level is far from being achieved.
Clearly, this is not enough.
Not to mention, Su Ping is already somewhat exasperated with Meng Yan's handling of the Divine Core. If the further cultivation of Feifei fails again, it will be a complete loss.
Feifei might end up being just a secondary presence in his arsenal, at best, a powerful server-effect AI augmented by the Dream Heart.
Its contribution to battles would be minimal.
Therefore, upon returning to the Core of Ten Thousand Spirits, Su Ping immediately headed to the lab to continue researching the dream induction skill.
Upon seeing Su Ping's return, Meng Yan and Liu Fuhai were both delighted:
"You're back? Quick, quick, we have new discoveries!"
Su Ping hurried over.
"I've only been gone for less than ten days, and you've already made new discoveries? Is it about the Three-Eyed Lion?"
The Three-Eyed Lion possesses a unique super-tier racial skill: Hypnotic Circles.
During this period, Su Ping has gained a certain understanding of this skill.
Hypnotic Circles.
A super-tier mental skill that can be activated with minimal spirit power, consuming almost nothing, but can serve as a lever to manipulate the opponent's spirit power.
This ability is almost the bane of all similar petemons.
The stronger the opponent's spirit power, the more potent the hypnotic effect. However, this hypnotic effect doesn't just put the opponent to sleep and render them helpless. If that were the case, the Three-Eyed Lion would be rated much higher. Instead, it primarily suppresses and induces drowsiness.
Putting the opponent to sleep directly is quite challenging.
However, for Su Ping and his team, this is not an issue.
The special nature of dream induction means that the consideration of inducing sleep is not a concern with this ability.
For their cultivation, they only need to understand the principle behind this skill—how it can leverage the enemy's spirit power with its own weak spirit power to initiate hypnotic interference.
So, the key to cultivating this skill in other mental petemons lies in this.
And this is what the two of them have discovered:
"Su Ping, look. Based on our tests, the activation of spirit power as a lever requires forming a specific rhythmic fluctuation with spirit power and maintaining it in a non-stimulating form near the opponent's ears and eyes for a prolonged period."
Even if one's realm is sufficient, such fluctuations of spirit power can mimic brainwaves and scents, allowing for deeper influence, and the effects would be even better!
The cultivation of spirit power differs from previous elemental principles. The cultivation of these elements cannot form the rhythm of spirit power fluctuations, a task that even Beast Masters find very difficult to achieve.
For instance, changing the mental signal to an electromagnetic wave or even a Wi-Fi signal sounds simple, but it is actually a completely different and specialized field, making it very challenging to accomplish.
Thus, Su Ping looked at the two of them:
"Have you tried? Can Mengdie cultivate this kind of signal?"
The two exchanged glances, and Meng Yan continued to speak:
"It's very difficult! We only just captured and analyzed this mental signal yesterday. Currently, if we just want Mengdie to mimic it, it's extremely challenging. Based on my observations, simulating such a mental signal is almost impossible!"
Su Ping did not interrupt, waiting for Meng Yan to continue.
"Generally, the cultivation and simulation of mental signal fluctuations, like the one before, you know, is based on the brainwave patterns I generate during meditation, connecting with Mengdie. So, humans need to complete such meditation.
This is the main reason we've been able to make such rapid progress in the past few months.
However, I can't simulate this signal for now..."
Meng Yan scratched his head.
After coming out of the hypnotic sleep state, he looked more like a researcher than a spy.
But that made sense. In the Eagle Nation, without such abilities, one wouldn't be able to access the main researchers, nor would they be able to gather more information and intelligence.
Su Ping paid no attention to this and instead focused on the signal in his hand.
Su Ping knew that this was just a segment, a frequency of a super-class mental skill, which was far from easy.
The mental signal frequency in front of him was about one second long.
Of course, one second might seem short, but it was actually significant. According to the tests by the three of them and conventional data, a Sovereign-grade mental creature or pet could fluctuate around a thousand times, while humans could manage about six hundred times.
For an Imperial-grade being, this would increase tenfold.
In other words, in one second, a mental pet would need to control its mental fluctuations to hit ten thousand fixed points.
His brows furrowed, and he finally asked:
"How long is the complete mental signal frequency cycle for this ability?"
A cycle is the complete activation of a skill. To cultivate it, one must ensure that the cycle's duration, the frequency of the fluctuations, and even the speed, are perfectly accurate to achieve the same effect.
Facing Su Ping's question and gaze, Meng Yan finally gave an answer with a helpless expression:
"Seventeen minutes and forty-three seconds!"
Su Ping was speechless.
How to describe this level of difficulty?
It's like a common magician performing a tightrope walking act, but instead of walking slowly, they need to run at a hundred-meter sprint speed on the wire.
And they need to run for seventeen minutes and forty-three seconds.
Su Ping scratched his head, also feeling troubled.
No wonder, when he saw the Three-Eyed Lion Beast and its 'Hypnotic Loop' ability, he wondered why such a unique mental skill, which could form an incredibly powerful skill module with many other mental skills, wasn't being utilized.
Now he knew.
The cultivation of mental skills is like this: resources are just auxiliary. The most crucial part is fully mastering the rhythm of a mental signal, which is the true completion and cultivation.
But the difficulty of mastering this Hypnotic Loop...
Meng Yan spoke up from the side:
"Should we think of other methods? Although the Hypnotic Loop is perfect, it's too troublesome. Besides, it doesn't seem to form the kind of field you mentioned earlier..."
However, after these words, Su Ping shook his head in rejection:
"No! There's no skill more suitable than this! Other skills, aside from not achieving the effect I want, would also be hard to integrate with a dream-inducing skill like this. I'll think of a way!"
Indeed, during his idle moments, he hadn't neglected to study it.
Using his own offensive power, he could envelop himself in a dream, and while doing so, he could use fear to oppress and even sever the origin of his own spirit and soul.
This was absolutely possible, and Su Ping could confidently say that this was a pinnacle mental skill created through practical dream-entering abilities and boundless imagination.
If this could be resolved, the formation of a domain would be a natural progression.
Therefore, after seeing this skill, Su Ping could confirm that the complete cultivation of dream-entering was the final hurdle here!
Once this last barrier was broken, he wouldn’t even need the corresponding level of the skill to form a closed loop and merge into the super-grade skill he desired.
So, how could he complete this super-difficult cultivation of the hypnotic loop?
He licked his lips and immediately entered a deep thinking mode, activating his high-frequency spirit power.
His brain began to operate at maximum speed, and in an instant, numerous ideas started to emerge.
Apart from the internal aid of spirit meditation’s rhythmic fluctuations, there were also various external cultivation methods.
Among the chaotic mental resources, some could help clarify the mental anchor points more clearly.
These things, when combined, needed to be suitable for the Sovereign-grade Dream Butterfly.
Of course, the hypnotic loop’s mental waves were generated by Emperor-grade spirit power, but they could be slightly reduced to the Sovereign-grade for experimentation.
Although the terrifying eighteen-minute mental wave duration was still disheartening, there were still methods to achieve it.
As he thought, slowly, some methods began to form in Su Ping’s mind.
He remembered them and continued to think rapidly without wasting the high-frequency spirit time.
Besides the cultivation and use of the Dream Butterfly, the most important thing was whether his Fatty could be utilized.
However, based on his guess, Fatty’s cultivation might be much simpler, and many times easier.
Fatty’s spirit power talent was comparable to Lao Sha’s mastery of energy.
This had to be said; among all of Su Ping’s pet beasts, except for the special time-type pet, Hour of the Book of Time, the rest all had quite outstanding talents.
Therefore, Su Ping quickly stopped using the high-frequency spirit and turned to Fatty, who was following along with the experimental records:
"Fatty, how difficult do you think this mental frequency wave is?"
Fatty’s voice quickly echoed in the laboratory:
"A bit difficult, but if Fatty goes all out, I might master it within seven days!"
"Good, after some time, I will help you complete your evolution and take another step forward!"
"Okay!"
Su Ping chuckled, his expression somewhat proud as he looked at Meng Yan and Liu Fu Hai.
However, this pride quickly faded when he thought about Fatty’s evolution, which brought him back to the issue of the groove-type god core.
If not for that blasted thing, the final stage of the Nanming Li Fire’s cultivation would have been enough!
Now, he needed nearly ten thousand general experience points, and who could he complain to about that?
If the cultivation was useful, it would be fine, but it was useless!
Dammit, a hundred pieces of Void Thought Stones, what kind of shoddy god core was this?
I’m not doing it, if it really doesn’t work, I’ll use the cloud server of that god core to see if there are better alternative evolution forms.
With this thought, Su Ping explained the cultivation method and then left the laboratory.
He was a bit down in spirits.
Compared to the super-grade skill, his pursuit had once again become the top-tier evolution form, especially after seeing Lao Sha, Xiao Qing, and Qianyi.
However, at this moment, when Su Ping least expected it, ten kilometers north of the Core of Ten Thousand Spirits in the Wilderness, a spatial fluctuation slowly rippled as if something was trying to emerge from it…
(End of Chapter)
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