Chapter 164-3: Overclocked Divine Might, A Reasonable Plan (3) |
“Eh, if only this Inherited soul could be brought back to reality.”
After sighing, Qin Ye once again entered a learning state.
There were more than 300 volumes of basic knowledge of Spirit Plant Studies. With the blessing of Brain Overclocking, he would need only several days to finish learning this foundational content.
An hour later, Qin Ye stopped again.
After long periods of intense mental operation, a strong hunger surged up.
Completely opposite to the vitality recovery and mental power recovery effect brought by the Qi Eater Inherited soul, Brain Overclocking was an Inherited soul that, when activated, needed to consume two kinds of energy at the same time among the already embedded Inherited souls.
His body was suffering severe nutrient loss. He decisively took out a gourmet dish made by a Spirit Chef player from his inventory and placed it on the book.
This was a Spiritual Food sold on the Trading House for 38 sacrificial power: Warm Winter Rare-Bone Casserole.
After being taken out of the inventory, it still retained the temperature from the time of completion. The curling steam wrapped in rich savory aroma instantly teased Qin Ye’s appetite.
As it entered his mouth, a carnival party for the taste buds began.
The rich broth rippled lightly on the tip of his tongue. Each touch released signals of savory fragrance. The mellow taste slid slowly down his throat, and warmth spread through his body, like winter sunlight piercing the clouds and gently wrapping him all over.
This Spiritual Food had the mellow meaty base of spiritual beast spareribs, blended with the spicy fragrance of seasonings and the lushness of the sauce. The flavors intertwined, harmonious like a perfect symphony. Every note struck precisely at his heart, intoxicating Qin Ye.
“This is what humans should eat.”
After experiencing Spiritual Food, any food in reality became hard to swallow.
Every time he enjoyed delicacies in the Monster World, it brought him an intense sense of joy.
His gaze shifted to the ribs in the bowl. He scooped up a piece and put it into his mouth. With a gentle bite, meat and bone separated easily. The soft, glutinous meat instantly dispersed between his teeth.
The meaty aroma burst forth, so rich that he exclaimed in satisfaction. The meat fibers had fully absorbed the essence of the broth, bringing an ultimate deliciousness. The lean parts were tender and juicy, every strand full of savory broth, while the cartilage near the bone was bouncy and soft, with a slight chew.
Sliding down his throat into his stomach, a gentle force diffused through his body.
His body was like land meeting sweet rain after a long drought, greedily drawing the energy released by the Spiritual Food. All the pores of his body opened comfortably, greedily breathing in external spiritual energy, as if his body had become a channel communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
“Awesome, too awesome.”
Every bite brought exquisite enjoyment. Qin Ye was completely immersed in the pleasure brought by gourmet food.
In his mind, the feedback effects brought by consuming Spiritual Food kept sounding. Body tempering experience gained increased, and there was also the mental power recovery effect from the Warm Winter Rare-Bone Casserole.
Before long he had eaten all the Spiritual Food in the bowl, not even leaving the broth.
Exhaling a breath of heat, Qin Ye leaned back in the chair in satisfaction.
He found that the skills of Spirit Chef players were improving rapidly. New dishes were being created continuously. The variety of Spiritual Food for them foodies to choose from was growing more and more abundant.
Among them, the Spiritual Food that could permanently amplify attributes were popular products on the Trading House and would be purchased as soon as it was listed.
The only limitation on Spiritual Food players was the lack of ingredients. Many dishes in the recipes could not be made because there were no ingredients.
But the development of the entire player legion had always been complementary.
Exploration-party players expanded regions and brought new ingredient entries for the compendium. Hunting and combat-build players followed in the footsteps of the exploration party to mine for and obtain ingredients. Spirit Chef players then turned them into Spiritual Food and sold them to hunting and combat players, assisting them in improving their strength.
Players of different playstyles were all contributing their share to the construction of the player legion.
After enjoying the delicacy, Qin Ye stowed the tableware in his inventory and once more threw himself into a learning state.
With half a day of effort, he memorized one quarter of the contents of basic Spirit Plant Studies.
But the high-intensity memorization also made him feel somewhat mentally fatigued.
This was not an effect caused by the loss of mental power, but a kind of emotional fatigue.
He felt it was time to log off and record the contents he had memorized over the past half day.
He summoned the function panel and chose to log off.
A 30-second log-off countdown floated in his mind. His vision was gradually swallowed by darkness.
Back in reality, a strong sense of weakness surged in. The turbid smell in the air made Qin Ye feel a strong sense of repulsion.
“This is really uncomfortable. If my strength keeps improving, I fear I won’t even be able to log off.”
After grumbling, Qin Ye immediately stood up, changed into a set of clothes, and sat down at the computer desk.
He woke the screen and opened a document.
After typing the two characters for ‘Spirit Plant’…
Qin Ye: …
His hands hovered over the virtual projection keyboard. Time seemed to freeze.
He tried hard to recall the Spirit Plant Studies knowledge that had been clearly imprinted in his mind just now, but the information in his memory began to rapidly vanish at an unstoppable speed.
Spirit Plant names, growth environments, growth cycles… the memories firmly engraved in his mind were being erased bit by bit, like by a rubber eraser.
It was as if a huge void had appeared in his mind. The harder he tried to grasp, the faster the memories fled.
The knowledge that had been at his fingertips now was left only in scattered fragments, like fallen leaves blown apart by the wind, impossible to piece back together.
A strong sense of helplessness surged in Qin Ye’s heart.
“No way, Emperor’s Sign, you can’t be playing like this.”
He suddenly realized something.
The reason that memories could be retained after turning off Brain Overclocking in the game was that the Brain Overclocking Inherited soul was still in the star vein slot, or that the attribute amplification of the player’s body was still present, enough to bear the vast memory information.
But after exiting the game, attributes were stripped and Inherited souls were stripped.
As an ordinary person, it was fundamentally impossible for him to extract the massive short-term memory information in his mind.
The content of rapid memorization in the game was at this moment like footprints on the beach, washed away by the waves without a trace.
At this moment, Qin Ye wanted to cry without tears and could not help sighing.
“If only I could bring the attributes and abilities from the game back to reality.”
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Primordial Altar.
Qi Sheng sat cross-legged on the altar, deep in thought.
After half a day of contemplation, he had an idea.
Every player was a source of sacrificial power he created. After death, there were many ways to handle it.
The first method was resurrection after death.
By consuming a high amount of sacrificial power, the player could be resurrected in reality, and thereafter continue to act in the Monster World as a player, creating sacrificial power income for him.
As for how to explain resurrection after death.
He did not need to explain to anyone. The outside world would only think it was a medical miracle.
Just like when he treated the mother of Darkness Approaches.
The problem with this method was not explanation, but the consumption of sacrificial power.
According to Guide’s feedback, resurrection would consume about ten thousand points of sacrificial power, but as the player continued activities in the Monster World, this expenditure would certainly be recovered.
The second method was decomposition and recovery after death.
Decomposing and reclaiming everything of the deceased player, including star veins, Inherited souls, body, pet, inventory, Portable Guide avatar, and so on, converting them into sacrificial power to enter the Sacrificial Power Pool.
This method was also feasible.
After all sacrificial power was recovered, it could be used elsewhere and could also be converted into the growth of the player legion.
But this method had a drawback.
Although the recovered sacrificial power was not essentially wasted, the player’s experience growth in aspects such as combat awareness and combat skills would undoubtedly be wasted.
To the present, this deceased old player had only a few months of combat experience, which seemed to have no impact.
But looking to the future, if veterans with ten years, a hundred years… of combat experience were to die and still choose decomposition and recovery, it would undoubtedly be a huge loss.
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