Chapter 1470: Absolute Spiritual Realm Range
Bai Kou didn't even lift her head, taking a sip of water. "No need, it's nothing particularly special."
Since she said that, Xu Huo tactfully dropped the subject.
Before Bai Kou could finish her breakfast, Hou Pei walked over and said, "Lang Zongjing is here again."
Bai Kou's expression barely changed. She picked up a cloth to wipe her lips. "Let him wait."
With that, she stood up and gestured for Xu Huo to follow her.
The two of them arrived at the testing room from yesterday again. After standing face to face, Bai Kou raised her hand and snapped her fingers, and the narrow space was immediately filled with an ocean of gears. These gears varied in size and interlocked with each other—some connected in sheets stretching to the edge of sight, others pieced together in twos or threes, scattered around them.
"One-on-one, one-on-ten, even one-on-twenty—Mental Super Evolution has its advantages. But this advantage gradually weakens as the number of interference targets increases, especially if you want to maintain peak performance like in a one-on-one scenario. Every evolution that produces a qualitative change is certainly better, but you also need to pay attention to quantitative control."
Bai Kou looked at Xu Huo. "How large is the range of the spiritual realm you can now fully control?"
"If it's basic perception, one hundred percent. Visual interference with others, one hundred percent. Tactile interference, ninety percent. For truly reaching the level of affecting the mind, the range I'm confident in is within half. These exclude those who are difficult to control or interfere with using spiritual power," Xu Huo replied.
After a pause, he added, "But to fully perform spiritual interference on others, the number of people cannot be too many."
Bai Kou nodded. "The range and depth of control are two directions of spiritual evolution. The same applies to other Super Evolutions. But because spiritual power has a target of influence, both the range and depth of the spiritual realm's control are important—ideally, you should balance them."
"Using one spiritual realm to influence and control one person can employ one hundred percent of your power. Adding one more person means that one hundred percent power must be divided. The spiritual realm's manipulation of a single individual will also be greatly compromised."
"After your evolution, you were able to materialize your spiritual power. That's progress, but it doesn't mean this direction is entirely correct. Can your materialized power disperse attacks?"
"No," Xu Huo answered honestly. "It's also unstable in terms of state control."
"Spiritual evolution is a gradual process. Generally speaking, you first need enough power to cover a larger range, then you can choose whether to concentrate it, and to what degree to achieve materialization. The range your spiritual realm can cover isn't particularly wide."
Bai Kou believed that to reach the step of materializing spiritual power, the spiritual realm should easily cover a circular area with a radius of over a thousand meters. Of course, this was just coverage—enough to replace the effects of eyes and ears.
"Trying to perfectly control the range your spiritual realm can cover isn't wrong, but it's unnecessary." She raised her hand and pushed aside a gear moving to her side. "Because even if you master everything within that range, you still can't apply spiritual power with the same intensity to different people. The interference intensity will still be weakened."
"Spatial Super Evolution can assist spiritual evolution." As her fingertip pointed, orderly rays appeared on a giant gear. These rays were inside the gear, and because they were products of the spiritual realm, their arrangement was like stacked books—tight and neat.
Bai Kou gently pushed, and the gear floated into the distance. At that moment, she picked out a spatial ray in the air and manipulated it to connect to the gear. When she plucked the ray, the rays inside the gear also trembled slightly.
"The more solid an object, the harder it is to penetrate. This applies to both spiritual power and spatial power. But if you use Spatial Evolution power to change the state of a ray in an instant, a person can pass through the gaps."
"Changing the ray state of an object?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I'm not asking you to change the form or structure of an object," Bai Kou explained. "Destroying or deconstructing an object requires evolution to a certain level, and the higher the material's grade, the harder it is to manipulate. You just need to figure out the internal rays of the object."
"Under the influence of spiritual power, ordinary walls will undergo a certain degree of spatial disintegration. Just as certain particles in the air constantly penetrate the human body, people and walls can also reach this level of mutual penetration. You should have felt that after Spatial Evolution, spiritual power has a stronger effect on ordinary objects."
With the premise of Spatial Evolution, opening a door in ordinary metal barriers is no surprise.
"Spiritual power is very strong." Bai Kou raised her hand, and the spatial ray that had pierced the gear connected to gears further behind, layer upon layer, then stopped more than a dozen gears from turning. "Even if you can't escape the shackles of the physical body, you can still do as you please."
After the demonstration, she gave another hint. "First, try closing your eyes. For Mental Super Evolvers, eyes can sometimes become a constraint."
Once she had said what needed to be said, Bai Kou prepared to leave. At that moment, Xu Huo spoke up and asked, "Is the range of omniscient and omnipotent control called the Absolute Spiritual Realm Range?"
Bai Kou glanced back at him. "You're right. Within the Absolute Spiritual Realm Range, you can achieve simultaneous and equal interference with everyone who enters, without it being compromised by the number of people."
The testing room door opened and closed. After Bai Kou's spiritual realm shut down, Xu Huo released his own spiritual realm and once again stood in the library building.
Displaying the library building to the interfered target was a means of spiritual interference. This was equivalent to the inner world of a Spiritual Evolver, capable of causing immense mental impact on the trapped person. But for the Evolver, it represented high risk.
After further evolution, one could achieve lifelike illusions in reality, but this required extremely powerful spiritual strength. The deeper the interference and manipulation, the stronger the power needed, because once a person finds what they see and hear unreasonable, they quickly generate mental defenses. To achieve successful interference, you must reach a level where even if it feels unreasonable, they cannot break free.
In Xu Huo's one-on-one battle with E Shu, both sides achieved interference. But that was one-on-one, with both concentrating all their power. If it were one-on-many—for example, in the New District Government City targeting a large number of players—you could only try to interfere with their sight and hearing. Once you attacked one or a few of them, the others would quickly search for you or counterattack. Spiritual Evolvers could also be subjected to spiritual interference.
He understood Bai Kou's meaning. She was essentially telling him to pause the fine and deep control of his spiritual realm. Even if it meant rough or fuzzy perception, he needed to expand the coverage range of his spiritual realm, thereby raising the maximum threshold of his spiritual power.