Chapter 750 - 106: Eye of Data
Su Changxing noticed that the Mysteriousness had skyrocketed by another 30,000 just now, it should be that Nobu had completed the recruitment of followers over there.
The increase in Mysteriousness was much higher than he had anticipated.
This was somewhat unexpected.
It seemed that the group of people coming from the fishing village had a higher acceptance of the All Beings Sect and were more easily converted into Faith.
The followers of the All Beings Sect were divided into two types, one being extremely devout believers, caused by Karis’s methods at the time,
and the other being the followers who joined later, most of whom were shallow believers, able to provide some Faith, but not much.
He also did not quite understand what Faith actually was, probably a byproduct of Spiritual Energy, something that all intelligent beings could possess and accumulate.
Generally speaking, newly joined believers contribute the most Faith during their first prayer,
when Su Changxing returned to the abandoned factory again, all the two or three hundred people inside had become the first batch of believers of the All Beings Sect, wearing uniform new religious garments, walking among the dilapidated factory buildings, giving a very peaceful feeling.
By the statue on the top floor of the factory, Mike had set up an iron rack on the furnace to roast meat, sizzling with oil, the aroma filling the air.
Su Changxing tasted a piece of roasted meat handed over by Mike and praised, "Not bad, you have some skill, the degree of heat is just right."
Mike received Su Changxing’s praise, his face full of excitement, and quickly said, "Bishop, when I was young, I did this, often roasting meat at nobility gatherings for them, made quite a bit of money, and later went into business with it."
Kasmin, too, was eating with oil dripping from her mouth and kept nodding, saying, "Indeed, it’s good, quite different from the food in the Imperial Tower."
Then she looked at Su Changxing and asked, "What exactly is the plan you mentioned before? Can it really take down Maelon?"
Su Changxing put down the roasted meat in his hand and thought for a moment, saying, "It can be done, but some price must be paid."
"Price? What price."
Her composure was still reasonable, having just witnessed such a bloody and terrifying scene, she was still able to eat well afterwards.
Su Changxing tapped his index finger on the table and said calmly, "The entire East City is covered by something bizarre, if we really want to break in, the risks are certainly not small, and I naturally don’t want to take such a risk."
"The plan I thought of is to let the plague spread widely in East City, by then East City would fall without being attacked, and could even indirectly kill Eric."
Upon hearing this, Kasmin stopped her actions of eating meat, looked up at Su Changxing, and said with slight excitement:
"Are you serious? This might cause a lot of deaths, and West City was slaughtered because of the plague back then."
"How are we any different from Eric with such actions?"
This was a Princess filled with a sense of justice in her heart, and her reaction was probably within Su Changxing’s expectations, she would not resort to unscrupulous means to achieve her goals.
Su Changxing looked at her excited expression and smiled helplessly, "Of course, it’s different, I can minimize the casualties, not many people will die."
"And this is already the best method I can think of, we need to act fast, otherwise Eric could massacre East City at any time, causing larger losses."
He felt there was no need to hide this from Kasmin, smart people could see the flaws in it, otherwise, it would lead to suspicion later.
He, of course, did not want too many deaths among the people of East City, as after all, these people were the All Beings Sect’s potential future believers.
Moreover, the All Beings Sect needed to rely on the Princess’s prestige to establish a foothold in East City.
In this world, the Nobility held the greatest authority, not just because of power, but because the world was intrinsically like this, in everyone’s perception, the nobility were a cut above the rest.
As long as they can take Maelon, by then without much trouble or perhaps just a word from the Princess, the All Beings Sect could have a vast number of followers.
Speaking of the matters of city massacre, Kasmin’s attitude softened, and she realized that compared to a city massacre, the spread of the plague was a lesser issue, plus they could cure the plague now.
Her face showed a cold expression, and she said flatly, "War always involves sacrifices, such deaths are also unavoidable, they count as honorable sacrifices for the Empire."
Regarding this matter, Su Changxing also considered it for quite some time, previously, he always felt that one shouldn’t lightly lord over others’ lives, and now it was his turn to do such a thing.
He had long sensed a change in his mindset, yet when exactly it began, he was unsure.
Having experienced too much slaughter, people tend to unconsciously be altered, influenced, twisted, even forgetting what they used to be.
After the meal, he walked alone into the room on the top floor to prepare for promotion.
This was his seventh promotion.
[Would you like to promote]
In an instant, Su Changxing saw countless lights appearing in his mind in a tree-like form, the tree having innumerable branches, each branch representing a path for promotion.
The directions he could now promote in were more than in the tens of thousands, tens of thousands, every direction of promotion representing a different characteristic enhancement.
Of course, he had to find the most suitable direction for promotion, to maximize his enhancement.
These were, of course, already thought out.
"True Knowledge" now seemed superfluous to him, providing only a small amount of information, especially in battle, where it could not offer effective information.
And in this promotion, there happened to be a path related to "True Knowledge."
But within this path, there are many different aspects.
[True Knower: Further enhance the direction of True Knowledge, you will be closer to the direction of omniscience and omnipotence.
You can obtain more relevant information from other things and see through the veil of nothingness.]
"True Knower" is simply a further strengthening and enhancement of True Knowledge, turning it into a true ability that belongs to him.
[At the Mist: Transform from known to unknown, abandon the ability to probe others, and become a truly unknown existence. No one can gain more confidence from you nor see your true existence.]
"At the Mist" is a completely opposite path, totally abandoning the attributes of True Knowledge to cover one’s existence.
Although this is also a good path, it does not meet Su Changxing’s own expectations.
[Eye of Data: An ascension path formed on the foundation of True Knowledge and the Eye of Insight, able to see the truth of things and gain more information.
It includes knowable and unknowable information, connected with the world’s rules, nothing will be able to hide in front of you.
This is the one and only Eye of Data!
Note: This is an extremely powerful ascension ability, it carries certain risks, and will sacrifice one of your eyes.]
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His considerations are roughly between True Knower and Eye of Data. Clearly, True Knower is a stable and moderate evolution, strengthening oneself without too many side effects.
While Eye of Data, as per the description, has a stronger ability to obtain information than True Knower, and can obtain more direct information, it is a comprehensive ascension product of the two abilities.
But this ability has great side effects, it will sacrifice one of his eyes, this sacrifice is irreversible, permanent, fundamentally losing an eye from his soul.
Su Changxing did not hesitate much and chose the Eye of Data.
As long as he can have strong power, what does it matter to lose an eye, power is the foundation.
Only power!
The ascension requires quite a bit of time, 6 months, he certainly can’t wait that long, for ordinary Players, they can only wait quietly, but he has a discount shop, able to spend Points, greatly reducing the ascension time.
[Spend 50 million Points to reduce the ascension time]
[Ascension time is three months]
To be able to spend 50 million Points to reduce the wait time by three months is very worthwhile in Su Changxing’s view.
After all, it is extremely easy for him to earn Points now, just from Mu Donglai’s phone he obtained five billion Points and two hundred Black Coins.
Presumably, Mu Donglai has killed quite a few Players in this world, hence having so many Points.
[Spend 100 million Points to reduce the ascension time]
[Ascension time is one month]
Su Changxing did not hesitate at all, again spending a hundred million Points to reduce the time needed for ascension.
[Spend 200 million Points to reduce the ascension time]
[Ascension time is five days]
Seeing 200 million Points, he hesitated a bit but still chose to throw the Points in.
A month is too long for him, this world is strange, being invaded by Divine Spirits, he can’t wait that long.
Although that Demon has not been killed by him, a piece of demon flesh can be sold for billions of Points in the discount shop.
So he is not lacking Points at all now.
[Spend 300 million Points to reduce the ascension time]
[Ascension time is half a day]
He pondered and thought it still unnecessary to wait, mainly because Eric might massacre East City at any time.
Emotionally and logically, he should save these people.
Su Changxing could feel the level of life rapidly sublimating.
Next.
He proceeded to modify the other half of the Ratman Statue in the Pocket Galaxy.
Following the same procedure as before.
First, letting the data stream break it down into basic units, then clearing the markings concerning Karis from the basic units, and applying his own True Name Divine Glyph.
Having previous experience, he was more skillful, taking only half the time to complete the modification of the Ratman Statue.
The modified basic units gathered together, forming a fragmented divine statue, which could be pieced together with the other statue to form a complete statue.