Chapter 1029: Autonomous Action of the Shadow Personality
The shadow that separated to kill and the one that caught the bomb both came from a common source—the short, small figure standing ten meters away.
Compared to the other two fully formed personalities, this one, representing his childhood, had always remained in a shadow state, not aligning with the other two. Xu Huo believed this was due to missing childhood memories. This absence weakened his control over this personality while also concealing an uncertainty—he could not achieve one hundred percent control over his past or even his own body.
Uncontrollability was the root of all danger.
Now, the shadow representing his childhood stood before him, its appearance unchanged, yet it could act autonomously, breaking free from his control.
He stared at the shadow personality, and the shadow personality "stared" back at him.
After a moment, the shadow carried the bomb and the corpse to him, gently set them down one after another, and then retracted back into the shadow personality.
The silent "stare-down" continued, both sides maintaining their original positions without moving.
The spiritual realm gradually expanded. Unlike before, when only a corner was preserved, it now slowly materialized into the entire book building.
When the complete book building appeared, the shadow personality, which had been staring at Xu Huo, suddenly appeared on the second floor, then trotted and slipped into one of the doors.
Only then did Xu Huo frown. He checked the other two personalities to confirm no changes had occurred before summoning the materialized objects representing the personalities.
The table reappeared in the book building. The white-shelled book representing his present self still pressed down on the other three materialized objects. From top to bottom, they were a dagger, a playing card, and a black thin piece. The playing card and dagger had not changed, but the black thin piece had grown slightly larger than before.
The reason the shadow personality was pressed at the bottom was that it had not been obedient enough when it first emerged. But now, it seemed this suppression was loosening.
The four personalities divided within the spiritual realm did not mean Xu Huo had truly split into four personalities. This was merely a method to accelerate evolution, but it also meant he could not fully control his spiritual power. The missing part of his memory posed a significant hidden danger, which was why he had intentionally or unintentionally fostered the situation of four personalities.
Though it appeared there were four personalities, the one truly controlling the spiritual realm was still him. The autonomous action of the shadow personality proved his earlier arrangement was correct. If the personalities had not been separated, a more uncontrollable scene would have occurred when vying for dominance over the spiritual realm.
Clearly, the shadow personality's development had far exceeded his expectations. Xu Huo could not yet directly kill with spiritual power, but it could.
This could be seen as a sign of his memories gradually unsealing, or as the awakening of another self that had been artificially interfered with... For now, it had both good and bad aspects.
Standing by the table for a while, Xu Huo called up the other two personalities and manipulated his materialized objects to compress the shadow personality's materialized object back to its original size. For now, he had no time to deal with it and could only set it aside for later.
After hiding the table again, he began to inspect the glasses-wearing man's belongings.
The spike prop that could pierce barriers formed by space props had already broken, only fit for recycling.
The remaining A-grade props were as follows:
[Backstab: Note that it has no physical form, meaning neither the holder nor the target can see it. Thanks to the cautious and careful attribute added by the artificer, even when the eyes cannot directly see it, it will only attack from behind. It is portable and requires no special cleaning—a prop that everyone praises after use. Limited to three uses per day.]
[Ideal Skin: A layer of defensive clothing that weighs almost nothing when worn. Transparent and colorless, it allows players to maintain elegance from head to toe. Usage limit: Three minutes.]
[All Things Want to Cut Everything: A prop as thin as a hair with space-time attributes. It can cut anything, as long as it can sever it.]
[Horizontal Tailoring: A masterpiece from an artificer who once worked at a clothing design company. With it, you no longer need to worry about lacking a standard horizontal line within a hundred-meter range.]
[A Well That One Person Cannot Look Into: A deep well that easily causes people to fall in and is hard to climb out of. Users often put up signs by the well warning of danger, but it is still difficult to prevent onlookers from falling. When the number of onlookers is one, the chance of falling greatly increases.]
Except for the well, the glasses-wearing man had used all these props. Among them, "Backstab" had nearly severely injured Xu Huo. If "Inviolable Domain" had not been an A-grade prop, it would have been hard to block that attack. Of course, regardless of grade, its lack of a physical form alone was enough to trouble many players. Xu Huo managed to avoid it the next two times thanks to his dual evolution in spiritual and spatial aspects, which greatly enhanced his control over the surrounding space.
"Ideal Skin," strictly speaking, was not a piece of clothing but a layer of transparent defensive barrier. Though it only lasted three minutes, its advantage was that it could be used continuously. "Inviolable Domain" could be used infinitely, but with a three-second restart, it was disadvantageous in combat.
The two props complemented each other perfectly.
"All Things Want to Cut Everything" was inconvenient to use, but as a space-time prop, it could go head-to-head with props of the same type and grade. Of course, what interested Xu Huo most was that it could cut through the portals within the spiritual realm, indicating it could, to some extent, counter the products of spiritual evolution.
If objects in the spiritual realm could be directly destroyed with props, did that mean these objects still had room for evolution?
Of course, this was just an idea and could not be tested for now.
"Horizontal Tailoring" went without saying—it was a prop perfectly suited for setting traps.
As for "A Well That One Person Cannot Look Into," it could be placed in instance locations. Such props, if casually displayed, would likely fool no one.
Five A-grade props, each a fine piece.
Next were the B-grade props the glasses-wearing man had used: "Fiery Gloves" that could emit heat waves, "Spiritual Evolver Exclusive Channel" specifically designed to counter spiritual evolvers, "Near-Ground Levitation" for short-distance aerial movement, "Quick-Freeze Ice Ball" for rapid freezing, "Gravity Pressurization" to restrict movement, "Lightweight Travel Bag" for carrying bombs that could turn invisible, "Mini Firecracker" as a single-use prop for group attacks, "Slightly Faster" for short-term acceleration, and "Invisible Grid" as a mobile defensive prop.
These were the props Xu Huo could clearly identify as having been used in the battle. There were also other auxiliary ones, such as those for increasing strength, changing movement direction, altering ground friction, limiting the opponent's speed, or specifically controlling the opponent's hands and feet. There were many types and varying grades, some of which were special props, but most were not particularly impressive.
The only one that could rival those A-grade props was a special prop that could save one's life in a crisis, named "Cat's Triple Life Loan."
It's the festival, everyone! Have you eaten zongzi? (*￣︶￣)
(Chapter End)