Take a look at the other Ians.
Worm Nest, Spirit Disaster, and even the other ’Ians’ who probably died long ago...
Their development lacked the necessary key elements and is inferior to mine.
Yet, I not only overcame all difficulties but also had the help of the ’Sylvan Spirit’ to address oversights, obtaining elements I may have missed before.
The most important thing is never experience and technology...
Those, Ian can obtain and develop with his own ability.
The truly important thing is the complete thought process and mindset obtained through his own research, which is what the ’Former Ian’ wanted Ian to acquire.
"Every battle is very important."
Approaching Yisen and Sio, Ian planned to tell his meditating, recuperating companions that he’s resolved the issue.
They can prepare to set out.
However, the next moment, the youth discovered.
The ’Soul of Origin’ he had placed in his bosom began to heat and vibrate.
This kite-shaped 24-faced polyhedron, about the size of a fist, emitted a pale cyan glow and was taken out by Ian.
[Component detected: Soul of Origin]
[Status: Intact/Split]
[—Thousands of hearts, united into one... We become void]
Unlike the Body of Light, the Soul of Origin didn’t get instantly accepted upon introduction to Ian but instead entered a period of ’downtime’.
Ian’s attempt to connect directly using the Silver Chip was ineffective, and even the Body of Light couldn’t help—it completely stopped for a while.
Ian believed this might be due to the Echo’s soul being extremely unique; after all, the soul structure of millions of different Echoes must differ from ordinary life, requiring a waiting period.
Yet he didn’t expect the period to be this short.
On the second tentative contact with the Soul of Origin using the Silver Chip, Ian saw that the cyan gem instantly transformed into a warm wave of light, merging into his forehead.
This was the part wrapped by Ian with a blue headband... also the location of the ’Deceased Monarch’ mark!
In that critical moment, the originally pale diamond mark of the Deceased Monarch also began to change under the influence of the Soul of Origin... turning into an incredibly complex polyhedron, with the original diamond mark still in its center.
Then, Ian heard the feedback from the Silver Chip.
[Detected gigantic biological database... named ’The Last Echo’... analyze/pause/delete]
Ian certainly couldn’t choose to delete, nor could he choose to analyze—The computing power of the Silver Chip entirely relies on his soul and brain; with five hundred thousand Echoes’ collective memories, Ian isn’t foolish enough to do this in such dangerous circumstances.
The specific abilities of the Soul of Origin would only manifest after analysis and separation from its previous owner’s mark... but even passively, Ian already garnered significant benefits.
That benefit is ’Soul Materialization’.
"My soul strength... is rapidly increasing!"
At this moment, Ian shielded his eyes, yet dazzling, sun-like cyan rays still leaked through his fingers, awakening Yisen and Sio who were meditating.
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In a sense, the Fae are truly the first ’self-cultivating, growing stronger’ race of this world. Due to the nature of Fae life, their self-cultivation and technological arming merely resemble each other closely.
Ian felt at this moment his soul was quickly attaching to his nerves and Origin Structure, manifesting a complete physical soul network within his body.
This powerful force permeated his thoughts, rapidly enhancing his computing power to levels uncontrollable.
Had Ian not previously practiced the Meditation Technique, adapting to high computing thought processes, he might have fainted earlier, waiting for the natural transformation by the Soul of Origin to end!
Yet because of the Meditation Technique, Ian merely swayed slightly before lifting his head and reflecting: "Without Pioneer access, ten of me would’ve been crushed by the Echo."
"Winning this time truly requires gratitude to those punks Gaer and Aina for severely damaging the Echo... and, all others deserve thanks too, not to mention Yisen and Sio."
He spoke to his friends who were now standing, with Yisen smiling and shaking his head, while Sio straightened up with a ’certainly!’ aura.
"My Heart Light Body and Prophet Psychic had a slight problem earlier, but I’ve already resolved it."
Ian spoke fluidly, without any suspicion from Yisen and Sio.
Prophets, well, these psychic holders are crazier than normal ones, even if normal they’re peculiar; almost all Prophets occasionally fall into bizarre and madness beyond common understanding.
Ian merely suddenly muttering to himself and falling into thought was already a very safe anomaly.
—It seems, as Ian’s strength grows, his anomalous states’ duration also increases.
Yisen Gard pondered thusly, resolving firmly: "I must closely monitor Ian, taking care of him when he falls into anomaly... besides that, there’s nothing else I can do."