Chapter 6: The surprise from the shroud, and 100.000 years old soul skill?
After meditation class, Elysium immediately returned to his home and locked all the doors.
He lay down on the bed and hummed softly as he rethought this inefficient cultivation method. He really wanted to change it, but didn't have many ideas in this area.
"The Elysium fortress has many ways to develop things like magic, cultivation, spirits, energy, or anything related to The Immaterium. But I can't access them."
Elysium was troubled because of this. When asked, the answer he got was because this wasn't in line with his job, which was to advance technology in this world. Spreading cultivation techniques, or simply using cultivation techniques that shouldn't exist in this world, would only stagnate this civilization further.
Why did he consider spreading it? Please, he's an egalitarian and doesn't think about withholding something if it's good for them. If this is good for civilization's development, then he will give this technology to the world.
"The soul master status needs to be abolished, so the soul power generator X-1 came to my mind. But to ensure this technology remains intact and accessible to everyone, I need to have status and power in this world."
Cultivating slowly wasn't the answer. Using psychic power was also an option, but he still wanted to save some points in case something happened.
"Then let's use 10 points. Not only to improve my quality as a soul master, but also to design a soul ring suitable for my first martial spirit."
He would use the remaining 19 points when he needed them. This little bit of energy wasn't even enough to meet the standard of a one-star psyker in the federation. Just to make sure the soul ring wasn't underpowered or not at its maximum, I'll use it as backup energy.
Elysium closed his eyes and mobilized the psychic energy in his body, channeling it into his mind and down to his entire body. His spiritual power rose sharply and went higher and higher. His soul power surged rapidly and soon reached the limit his body could accommodate.
Because the soul power generated from psychic energy is so pure, there's no problem integrating it into the body. It's like adding clear water to another clear water, and the result is still the same.
Next, he converted all of his remaining psychic power to form a unique soul ring in this world. One by one, the psychic energy flowed to form a ring that encompassed many colors, signifying the unique conditions of the Immaterium.
"A dimension where you won't be able to find front, back, up, down, left, or right. A pure place with energy you never imagined. A legendary place that connects the multiverse in Stellaris."
In that place, emotions will give birth to a strange creature. A will of many psychic ascensions makes that place chaotic but also calm.
In one of the emotions formed from the great disturbance after the Zrooni clan was annihilated, one being a Whisperer of the Void sent "his" power to a universe beyond the bubble of stories. The strange Whisperer didn't appear, but its power remained connected to the figure wielding the immaterium power in another bubble of stories.
"Interesting…"
…
"Oh, another variable has appeared. The Whisperer of the Void, a shroud entity born from the Zrooni clan's thirst for knowledge."
In the Elysium Fortress, various calculations appeared on every screen in the laboratory. The fortress was using all its power to calculate the impact and influence on this universe and gather invaluable data.
"Eva, activate the sentinel array and begin calculating the impact of the Whisperer of the Void's power on this universe."
[As you wish.]
The sentinel fortress, the size of a sun located on the outer edge of the planet Douluo's solar system, opened one of its hangars. There, many androids and robots prepare a megastructure that Astrea made in His spare time.
Sentinel Array.
A megastructure that arguably has the unique function of monitoring the galaxy in real time. Every place in this galaxy cannot escape the sentinel array's surveillance. Even in the midst of psychic and cosmic storms, the sentinel array's detection remains unaffected.
In the vast void of space, the megastructure floated and began its work.
Astrea could see the transmitted data in real time and began calculating the impact and making notes to send to the Federation.
[An event of an entity from the immaterium sending its power outside of its bubble story]
[This is fascinating. Physics +10,000, Sociology +50,000, a new direction of research has been added.]
"This is indeed fascinating. Let's start working, Eva."
…
When Elysium opened his eyes, he felt a sense of emptiness in his body, as his psychic power had been drained. Not only that, but there were also runes and various patterns from the Whisperer of the Void in his soul ring.
As a fanatical materialist who had successfully transcended the bubble of stories, his actions were certainly historic and would open a new era of great exploration in the Federation after the Cosmogenesis event.
Furthermore, Elysium was unsurprised to have attracted the attention of the great entity in the shroud, the Whisperer of the Void. This entity was renowned in the Federation for always helping the Federation even though the two were not bound by any contract.
'He' doesn't ask for anything in return, just wants to see how we escape the setting of this story that has been set and the struggles that we avoid the player.
After the Cosmogenesis event, the Whisperer of the Void gave another gift: a pocket universe for us to play and use. He seemed satisfied with what we had achieved.
"Now, this entity is once again exerting its power. Is he bored or something?" Elysium shook his head and dismissed the thought of the Whisperer of the Void.
There's no need to think about this. He probably saw my attempt to break out of the bubble of stories as something surprising and sent something to me.
Elysium examined his soul ring, which didn't meet the standards of normal soul rings. The most unique thing about it was probably the power from the Whisperer of the Void, which served as the basis and foundation of this soul ring.
"In my calculations, my tiny psychic power can only generate a soul ring less than 10 years old. More than this requires more psychic power, but this thing, no matter how you look at it, it's genuinely a 100,000-year-old soul ring."
How could he be sure about this?
Simple, there are two soul skills within this soul ring. And neither is a normal soul skill because this soul ring is directly connected to The Immaterium by the power of the Whisperer of the Void.
His first soul skill is called Blank Void of Knowledge.
It will create a blank space and further strengthen his connection to the shroud. Numerous inexplicable knowledge will emerge, and his brain's performance will be significantly enhanced. Everyone within this domain will be stripped of their knowledge one by one, leaving a blank space in their brains.
This is a give-and-take soul skill. The more strange knowledge he receives, the more knowledge he will strip from his enemies.
Of course, this knowledge will be returned after the domain is withdrawn, and the knowledge he received from the shroud will become somewhat obscured.
"This skill essentially trades one's sanity for a debuff on the opponent."
Elysium frowned at his rather strange soul skill.