Chapter 708: Fixed Mindset
It was something that didn't belong to this spiritless world: Spirit Qi.
Or more precisely, Primordial Spirit Qi.
Bai Mo suddenly realized a terrifying truth.
The color of the Spirit Qi on Earth had begun to fade rapidly after the Spirit River Autumn.
From the deep green he first discovered within Spirit Stones, it quickly transformed into the colorless state it later became.
Yet, whether it was him or anyone else, they had unconsciously and completely overlooked this point before!
"It seems I'm a step closer to it." Since breaking through the barrier of mental blockade, he felt his thoughts had become clearer.
The creator of Spirit Qi seemed to have added some extremely unique thought protection to Spirit Qi itself, capable of unconsciously inducing others to not think about certain details.
When everyone refrained from thinking about a particular problem, it appeared as if the problem itself had never existed.
"Fixed Mindset Weapon." This was the name Bai Mo gave it, and he quickly thought of some extremely terrifying applications.
A mental shackle, an invisible restriction that would prevent one from ever thinking in a certain direction.
Used in the right place, it could fundamentally destroy the future of a civilization.
Making primitives forever unable to conceive of using fire.
Making ancient people unable to conceive of using wheels.
Making modern people unable to conceive of using electricity.
And then forever sinking into stagnation, circling in place, until being destroyed by external enemies or by self-annihilation.
Of course, it was also possible that people thousands of years later might embark on a different technology tree, or a strong individual capable of tearing apart the shackles might emerge, breaking free from the destiny of destruction.
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With the birth of this wisp of Spirit Qi, the spiritualization process of Water Blue Star became irreversible.
A result that might originally have required generations of struggle to achieve was accelerated by Bai Mo to within just half a day.
The greenish smoke in his hand was like a primer, or perhaps, a signal.
Bai Mo toppled the first domino.
An endless stream of Spirit Qi began to surge from his hand, and Water Blue Star began its spiritualization.
The first to encounter the deep green Spirit Qi above the sky was a white cloud.
Endless Spirit Qi permeated through the cloud, dyeing the originally pure white, cotton-like cloud with a peculiar greenish hue.
Suddenly, a red light flashed deep within the green cloud, and a nascent, muddled consciousness slowly opened its "eyes." After Water Blue Star's world was reborn, the first strange creature was thus born.
The newborn cloud-spirit being instinctively began to devour the surrounding Primordial Spirit Qi, and its body gradually changed from green to red, transforming into the appearance of a fiery cloud.
Bai Mo, situated in space with the Water Blue Star cradled in his hand, quickly noticed this fellow who was continuously devouring Spirit Qi.
At this moment, apart from it, the only active presences on Water Blue Star were the Reincarnators' vanguard unit and the Holy Progenitors within their base. The Cloud Demon's actions naturally appeared exceptionally prominent.
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"I... who am I?"
Amidst the confusion, the Cloud Demon experienced the concept of "I" for the very first time.
Before this, it was merely a mass of inanimate matter.
"Never mind that, this stuff tastes good."
For the newly born being, thinking was clearly still a luxury.
Compared to pondering the ultimate philosophical question of "who am I," simply following its instinct to eat was undoubtedly far more appealing.
"Red... Cloud?" Bai Mo pondered for a moment, then gave it that name.
"What's that thing above me? It looks terrifying! Time to bail!" The Red Cloud, which had been engrossed in gobbling down Spirit Qi, suddenly felt a tremendous malevolence fixating on it. In an instant, it transformed into countless streams of air and scattered.
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The deep green Spirit Qi continued its descent, quickly sweeping across the globe. Along its path, countless oil lakes and coal mountains were entirely transformed into Spiritual Mountains and Blessed Lands.
Unlike the Spirit Tide on Earth that erupted from underground volcanoes, the Spirit Qi on Water Blue Star originated from the sky.
More precisely, it was the point of contact between Bai Mo's palm and the "amber" Water Blue Star.
The Spirit Qi descending from the sky provided a baptism for all living beings remaining on Water Blue Star, even imbuing sentience into some entities that were originally not intelligent life forms.
The first Primordial Tree Demon.
The first Primordial Stone Demon.
The first Primordial Human... No, extraordinary humans already existed in this world. Whether it was the Holy Progenitors or the Reincarnators, there was no lack of transcendent beings among them.
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"We're in deep trouble..."
The Federation members who had managed to escape Water Blue Star in time to space all showed expressions of regret.
The Federation had clear records of what a baptism by a Primordial Spirit Tide signified; even today, most of the Federation's high-ranking officials were still personal witnesses to the Spirit River Autumn a century ago.
Only Xu Xuanling's expression remained perfectly calm.
For her, who had already attained the Immortal rank, the so-called Primordial Spirit Tide was merely better than nothing.
If she were willing to expend ten times the loss, she could even conjure some low-tier Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with her bare hands.
"We're rich!"
Compared to the Federation folks, who looked as if they were mourning their deceased parents, the Reincarnators entered a state of collective frenzy.
This was a super massive opportunity!
All sorts of spiritual materials, normally rare or incredibly expensive, would become as common as weeds after the Spirit Tide. Spirit Qi was like the most ferocious growth hormone, stimulating an explosive proliferation in all living beings.
As plane plunderers, they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by. The immense benefits outweighed their fear of the unknown, driving them forward.
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"The consumption seems a bit high."
This Spirit Qi revival was something he personally catalyzed; almost everything was transformed from the Spirit Energy within his body.
To push an entire planet towards a high-energy transformation with the power of one individual, even with the Sun as a backup, was still a terrifying thought.
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"The 'world' absolutely cannot be alienated by him!"
Wu Ming, who was still controlling the Main God at this moment, had this thought intensely in his heart.
Although he didn't quite understand what Bai Mo was doing, there was no doubt that ever since that wisp of greenish smoke rose, the Main God's world power, originally used to "digest" Water Blue Star, had clearly been mixed with some impurities.
As for what a world mixed with impurities would become, Wu Ming didn't know either. After all, he was merely a Six Tiers superhuman. If he didn't possess a certain degree of control over the Main God Temple, he wouldn't even be qualified to participate in such an event.
"Beep beep beep, beep beep beep. Warning: Do not allow emotions to cloud judgment."
A strange voice suddenly sounded from the core of the Main God Temple.
This was an auxiliary program he had created using the Main God's permissions, intended to constantly monitor himself and prevent him from acting irrationally due to a heated mind.
It was a case of "a small horse pulling a large cart"; with his Six Tiers body attempting to control the Main God Temple, which when fully functional might be as high as eighth-tier, his greatest fear was the invisible mental contamination from powerful existences.
Reason told him that the situation was unsalvageable, and the most correct option was to cut his losses: abandon the world power invested in Water Blue Star and the Reincarnators already deployed, and leave immediately.
But emotionally, he couldn't do it. In order to devour Water Blue Star as quickly as possible and gain the capital for confrontation, Wu Ming had gone all-in with almost all the world power he possessed.
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