Luo Nan decided to press on with a spurt of energy. He grasped the five auxiliary structures of the Dripping Sword. In his opinion, this was possible. The five structures of Amplification, Acceleration, Sharpening, Explosion, and Guidance were all built around the Condensation Ring. The complexity of the structure was low, and the requirements for precision were also very limited.
Especially the range increase, acceleration, and guidance. These three structures that increased the effects of control were just extensions of the Condensation Ring. Luo Nan only needed an hour to master them very well. Of course, this was partly due to the sturdiness of the Condensation Ring, which allowed him to practice on it again and again. He did not have to worry that the crude auxiliary structure would explode and cause him to start all over again.
Luo Nan was already able to make the fingertip sized bead of water dance up and down within the room. If he urged it with all his strength, it would be like a streak of water slicing through the air. It would only be able to see the light, but not the shadow … … Then it would slap onto the wall.
It was truly a tragic car accident. The three auxiliary structures had exploded on the spot, and the water accumulated in the Condensation Ring had all been left on the wall, flowing down the wall.
Only the structure of the Condensation Ring had withstood the test.
Luo Nan also knew that the room wasn't suitable for training, so he cast his gaze towards the sun-covered courtyard.
The Condensation Ring, which was still accumulating water, was driven by Luo Nan to smash into the screen window. The screen window was breathable, but this Condensation Ring was already at the micron level. The fine mesh had no effect on it.
After exiting the window, in just two seconds, the auxiliary structure and water were all replenished.
Luo Nan had a good feeling as he watched the water vapor gather and scatter around the Condensation Ring. Controlling the bead of water to fly here and there felt even better.
Without the restraints of the ceiling and walls, the water droplets initially flew randomly in the yard, but then they spread out in circles. Finally, they passed through the roofs and branches of the community until they flew more than two kilometers away.
People came and went in the community on the weekend, but no one noticed the water droplets passing over their heads. Even if they did, they would only catch a glimpse of the light at most. They could not understand the truth behind it.
The water droplets that were controlled by soul power could naturally reach the location covered by soul power. However, Luo Nan also comprehended Her Majesty Empress Wu's philosophy as he operated.
As the distance between him and the Water Drop Sword grew longer, he needed to expend more soul energy to maintain his connection. It also required many auxiliary structures to adjust.
While making use of them, they also had to pay attention to the problem of running-in. After all, it was the interference of the mind with the material plane. If there was no order between the two, it would cause unnecessary consumption and interference.
As for how to ensure the most effective cooperation, there was only one way: practice! Without going through hundreds or thousands of mistakes, it would be impossible to understand the subtle and complicated relationships hidden within.
Needless to say, training full of mistakes also consumed a lot of energy. According to the general knowledge Luo Nan grasped during this period of time, even if the basic structure of the Condensation Ring wasn't damaged, Luo Nan just needed to adjust the other three auxiliary structures. It would take roughly half an hour to reach the limits of a mentally enhanced Awakened.
However, Luo Nan didn't need to consider the issue of consumption at all. He only felt that the feeling of "hitting wherever you pointed" within a range of more than ten square kilometers was super cool.
He even thought that if he extrapolated from this logic, wouldn't it mean that as long as his soul left his body, wouldn't he be able to run around the streets with the Dripping Sword? Moreover, with his soul body's sensing range, if he was in the Nade District, he would be able to cover the entire Nade District. If he was in the River Wu District, he would be able to surround the entire River Wu District.
How was this "Dripping Sword" compared to the flying sword in the ancient legends to behead people?
Thoughts spun in and out of his mind, but in the end, he just shook his head in self-mockery. The lethality of the Dripping Sword was extremely limited, and it was difficult to control and transform it. There was a most basic bottleneck that determined his train of thought to be nothing more than wishful thinking.
The out-of-body state was similar to what ancient metaphysics called the "Yin Spirit Leaving One's Body". There was no material medium. Though one could travel a thousand miles in one night, one could not do anything to the material world. There was no interference power to speak of.
In this way, as long as his soul left his body, the Condensation Ring would naturally, naturally ….
Luo Nan's mind was suddenly stupefied. After the blank period passed, his previous train of thought was completely washed clean. The following thoughts were like grasslands after a spring or summer rainstorm. They grew endlessly.
What would happen? What would happen to the Condensation Ring after his soul left his body?
That's right. Soul strength needed to have a material medium in order to be used in the material world. If he first left his body and then made the Condensation Ring, his interference power would not reach a certain level. He would never be able to carve it into shape.
But now, he had already made the Condensation Ring in advance. He had embedded this precise structure into the boundary between the mental and material planes. Though its nature was rather subtle, it was already an actual existence from the perspective of the material plane.
It was tantamount to him having made a machine.
This machine could automatically gather raw materials (water molecules) and carry out production. All that was left for him to do was to fill it with fuel (soul strength).
In this way, when his soul left his body, the Condensation Ring would be the medium. It would be the medium. It would be the medium. It would be the carrier. It would be possible to realize interference.
Wasn't that right?
Luo Nan lay down on his bed, cutting off all his thoughts. It was better to directly test things out than to think about it. Even if he failed, he would only lose a fine-level Condensation Ring. At this stage, he would just lose a piece of blue equipment!
As he mentally prepared himself, he decisively went into an out-of-body state. In the next second, he pulled his soul out of his body and floated out the window. He floated side by side with the one-centimeter diameter water bead under the warm afternoon sun.
There was quite a bit of time between now and noon, but the slanted rays of sunlight and the dense yang energy in the air still transformed into formless astral winds. They blew endlessly against his soul body, and the consumption of soul strength suddenly rose by a large amount.
There were very few B-rank powers who could go into an out-of-body state. Very few of them would brazenly go astray in the day and compete with nature in the first two or three years after they reached this realm.
Student Luo Nan relied on the Format Pyramid production line to produce soul strength in an unending stream. He had abundant stamina and was able to do this willful method.
Luo Nan still didn't consider the problem of consumption. Right now, he only paid attention to the Condensation Ring. The water bead had yet to collapse on the purely material plane, and there was no obvious wear and tear.
As for the Condensation Ring at its core, it was extremely stable. It steadily consumed soul strength.
Everything was calm and tranquil. It was natural.
This feeling was like being engraved in a lens. It was preserved in a negative, the moment of a swift paddling through the water. Though the water mark was shallow, it was nearly permanently engraved.
The infusion of Luo Nan's soul strength gave this simple remnant image a new layer of color. Through a different form, it obtained a life force.
Perhaps there was a problem with the analogy he chose. Right now, Luo Nan's heart was filled with a swift, causing a nearly delusional realization to appear in him. It involved the mutual interference between the mental and material worlds.
Luo Nan felt that when the interference occurred earlier, the user seemed to have warped time and space to an extremely small extent. The user had intercepted an extremely minute fragment from the endless river of time that Luo Nan had experienced. Then, the user had used soul strength to endow it with new meaning.
Damn it. This topic was too deep. If Luo Nan thought a bit deeper, his brain capacity would explode. Plus, his train of thought had clearly gone astray, so he decisively gave up.
In any case, the facts before his eyes verified Luo Nan's initial thoughts. There was no problem at all with continuing to control the Condensation Ring after his soul left his body.
The two naturally intersected. There was a continuation of a timeline and a cause-and-effect relationship. Who created who? Who attached to who? It formed a very interesting circle.
Luo Nan had a faint conjecture. Perhaps other mentally enhanced ability users wanted to use their soul bodies to interfere with the material world. They should have done so through similar methods. That was to first create a stable tool that could be attached to. It could be a Condensation Ring, a hot air balloon, or a glider. As long as there was a small object that could intervene between the mental and material planes, then it would be like what was said in philosophy classes.
Humans create and use tools. They are different from all other animals. Then they change the world.
Of course, not just any Condensation Ring could achieve this function. The Condensation Ring Luo Nan created was a piece of blue equipment. Yes, it was possible that it was a piece of purple equipment.
This Condensation Ring had certainly crossed a certain threshold in terms of precision. It had met some strict standards. Only then was it able to maintain stability for a long period of time in the boundary zone between the mental and material planes.
Only in this way could it become a tool, a machine, and not a mere delusion.
Luo Nan's soul soared into the air. His soul strength continued to act on the Condensation Ring, forming an unquestionable interference force. The water bead's bearing capacity was quite weak. Luo Nan tried to add a bit of force, and the bead collapsed into mist. However, the Condensation Ring's structure remained stable, and it continued to gather water.
Luo Nan certainly needed to make adjustments if he wanted to go a step further.
Luo Nan pondered over the technique within, but his brain was a bit too excited right now. His train of thought was erratic and hard to control. He had just had some inspiration for micro-manipulation when a string of seemingly splendid thoughts suddenly burst forth in his mind. Yet he could not find the reason for them, stirring them into a pot of porridge.
All right, this was just a reminder. He should not forget himself from excitement. Perhaps he had overlooked something. He could think deeper. Were there any relevant factors that he had not considered?
Luo Nan pondered for a while to no avail, so he changed his perspective. What problems had he not resolved over the past two days?
The economic crisis in the Format Pyramid, the remodeling of the star atlas, the root receptacle, the root nature, and the root nature, the outsourcing of Her Majesty Empress Wu's business, the paranoia of his aunt and uncle, the setback in the exploration of the mysteries of Gear …
Luo Nan only discovered that there were so many unresolved problems on his body after a rough combing through. This was still a time of peace. If the threats from Headquarters, the Order, and Quantum Corporation were added in, would he still want to live?
Luo Nan reflexively wanted to rub his own head. He wanted to see what sort of person was capable of stirring up all these threads together. However, it was his soul body that moved. The body lying on the bed in the room was motionless.
This was the inconvenience of a mental journey …. Hiss!
The spiritual light was like a blade, instantly severing all of his chaotic thoughts. It was also like an electric shock. The powerful light tore through his mind, illuminating the hazy world for a time.
Stimulated by the spiritual light, an object that existed within his brain but was not part of his flesh and blood appeared. It trembled endlessly as his soul strength entered and exited it.
The external neuron!
Luo Nan finally thought of it. He had pondered over how to interfere with the source of the material plane after his soul left his body. Wasn't it because of the external neuron?
That night, his soul left his body to explore the mysteries of Gear, but it was difficult to enter. He speculated that it was very likely because he did not bring the external neuron with him.
Later, he tried to absorb it purely with his soul strength, but he failed miserably. Then he created the reversal of true energy, using the material to interfere with the mental. He burned and refined it, but there were no results.
But now, the Condensation Ring had fallen from the sky and brought him around a corner. It had actually easily and skillfully crossed the great gate of his soul interfering with the material world.
With the support of the Condensation Ring, his out-of-body soul was able to possess interference power without going through his fleshly body. Couldn't this method be used with the external neuron?
Right? Right?
The thought was unstoppable once it formed. Luo Nan was unable to continue thinking. His soul body immediately threw itself back into the room, restoring the faintly discernible connection with his fleshly body. Then he willed it, stimulating the external neuron to produce a response.
There were no surprises. The electric dragon that remained within his brain radiated a brilliant radiance. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws as it swam outwards.
Electricity seeped out from between Luo Nan's eyebrows in the next moment. Luo Nan instantly severed the direct connection between his soul and fleshly body. The external neuron had just thrown itself outside his body when it lost its guidance. Naturally, it was about to retract back. Luo Nan's soul strength drove the Condensation Ring to meet it.
On the mental plane, electricity and the Condensation Ring's structure collided.
There's a way! How could there be contact if there was no interference?
Luo Nan's joy only lasted for a hundredth of a second before the external neuron's powerful impact crushed through the Condensation Ring. The accumulated droplets of water simply collapsed into mist, leaving not a single drop behind. The three auxiliary structures that supported the Condensation Ring were instantly wiped out. As for the Condensation Ring itself, it shook violently.
Luo Nan's heart sank. Was the Condensation Ring's carrying capacity still insufficient?
Before Luo Nan could find a basis for his rising and falling emotions, the electricity of the external neuron instantly split apart. It actually followed along the structure of the Condensation Ring, changing and flowing. It was like a special kind of ink that followed along the traces in the void to re-inject itself.
In turn, Luo Nan's soul strength was affected by the pull. It followed the traces left in the void and walked once more. Luo Nan had a clearer understanding of this process.
Oh, that's not right! How was this filling? This was simply using the structure of the Condensation Ring as a mold. Electricity took the lead, and the main body of the external neuron came afterwards... Holy crap!
Luo Nan could only watch helplessly as the Condensation Ring he was so proud of exploded by the external neuron. There was no luck to speak of.
Even though Luo Nan had repeated the phrase "blue equipment" ten thousand times in advance, his heart still twitched when things came to a head. It was a good thing that he didn't scream. Just as he hated that he couldn't beat his chest and stamp his feet, a certain stimulus flashed in his mental senses. It was like a red-hot branding iron that pressed down.
Luo Nan finally couldn't hold it in. Even though he was in his soul body state, he still let out a cry.
A structure of flowing electricity appeared in the void.
It had a diameter of 0.02 millimeters and a thickness of about a quarter. Its shape was smooth and round without edges. It was like a hollow donut, but the volume was completely incomparable.
This hollow structure floated in the void, steadily seizing and absorbing Luo Nan's soul strength. At the same time, it absorbed the water molecules in the atmosphere, quickly forming a scale. The first droplet of water was gathered, reflecting the sunlight. It was a riot of colors, like a condensed rainbow.
This was the external neuron, but at the same time, it was also the Condensation Ring.
A dove taking over a magpie's nest? Or perhaps it was a rebirth!
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