So far, Leo is not very clear about the conditions for replenishing the power of nightmare. He can only convert it through spiritual energy. One point of nightmare power requires two points of spiritual energy. With Leo's current spiritual energy, even if all the spiritual energy is converted, it can only be converted.

Replenished less than 200 points of nightmare power.

When Leo made the swallow potion just now, he only consumed two points of nightmare power, and a mental network psychic skill consumed fifty-six points of nightmare power, which is more than a hundred points of psychic energy.

In terms of value for money, it's a bit more than worth the gain.

But then this uneconomical idea was erased from Leo's mind, because in the ten seconds when the mental network was activated, the accessory brain system collected a large amount of information fed back by the mental network, and this information

When the information was compiled and displayed in front of him, he immediately felt that the consumption of fifty-six points of nightmare power was not a waste at all.

The information collected by this mental network, which only lasted for ten seconds, far exceeded his expectations in terms of quality and quantity. This information not only involved the Vineman platform that formed the foundation under his feet, but also covered the surrounding dark lake.

Even some unknown dream spirits hidden in the lake were penetrated by this ten-second mental network, and the mysteries contained in them were explored, but these mysteries were beyond the comprehension of his own mental network skills.

Even some of the secrets hidden in Jivielle and her own body sitting opposite were discovered by the ten-second mental network.

Because the amount of information fed back was so overwhelming that even the current sub-brain system could not sort out even 1% of the information, Leo could only get a general idea of ​​the situation from some of the archived information.

However, at this moment, Leo's mind was not on these precious information at all. What he was thinking about was why there was such a big gap after using the same mental network skill. Is it really because of the transformation of the power of nightmare?

Effect?

However, Leo soon found the answer. When he re-checked the mental network manual he selected from the database, he discovered that this mental network manual was actually the first edition of the general mental network manual published by the Earth Federation.

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In the early days, when the Earth Federation came into contact with psychic energy, it only had a vague concept of psychic energy. There was no detailed classification of psychic energy levels, and most of the knowledge about psychic energy was only divided and sorted according to different types. This made the early people specialize in

Some psionic skill manuals prepared by psykers contain a large number of psionic skills that only high-level psykers can perform.

The Mental Network skill manual selected by Leo is such an unconventional manual. The content recorded in this version of the manual was directly traded from a psyker of an alien race through spies.

At that time, the Earth Federation was fighting an alien race for the mining rights of a resource planet. The alien race's fleet had several high-level psykers who mastered the spiritual power of the mental network. These psykers played a great role in the battle.

It played an important role and caused heavy losses to the Earth Federation's fleet.

So when the Earth Federation obtained the psionic skill manual about the cosmic-level advanced mental network, it simply compiled it and sent it directly to the psykers of the frontline fleet, hoping that it could be put to use.

It’s just that the Earth Federation did not expect that the high-level mental network skills recorded in this manual are psychic skills that can only be performed by psykers of level 8 or above. Therefore, when low-level psykers forcibly used them, psychic backlash occurred one after another, and the loss was lost.

combat effectiveness.

Without the assistance of psykers, the Earth Federation's fleet was unable to compete with the alien fleet and had to withdraw from the star field where the resource star was located.

It is precisely because of this incident that the Earth Federation began to pay attention to the classification of psykers and psionic skills. Later, the information related to psionic energy was also standardized. Which information is suitable for what level of psykers are clearly classified?

Marked so there is no possibility of mistake.

The reason why Leo's assistant brain system found this high-level mental network skill manual that is not suitable for Leo to use is because this version of the information is the first version of the information, and no skill level has been added to the information.

mark, and was mixed with other low-level psychic data. In addition, his instructions to the secondary brain system were somewhat vague, which allowed the secondary brain system to use this psychic skill that can only be used by high-level psychics.

The manual was picked out.

However, this wrong choice actually gave Leo a big surprise. Through the high-level mental network skill that can only be used by an eighth-level psyker, Leo discovered the power of the nightmare.

As long as he has enough nightmare power, then a few of the high-level psychic skills recorded in his database can now be used. He also has a few more trump cards that can allow him to make a comeback after a crisis, at least when he encounters

Beings like the Lady in the Lake, he also has the power to escape.

Just when Leo and Jivielle were both lost in thought because of their own strength, the harsh sound of bells coming from outside the house woke them up from their thoughts.

While hearing the sound of the bell, the two of them frowned in unison. They did not show such expressions because their thoughts were interrupted, but because the sound of the bell was so unpleasant, but they could not tell the truth.

What's so unpleasant about it, if I had to describe it, the scream of a banshee is the most appropriate way to describe this kind of bell.

Jivière, who felt a little uncomfortable, couldn't help but feel the disgust in her heart, and spoke her mind directly, saying: "The sound of the bell is really unpleasant!"

Leo showed a look of contemplation on his face and explained: "Of course it's unpleasant to hear. This is the death knell. It should be that someone in the Alcott family has passed away."

He knew from the books he collected that if someone from the ruling family of Alcott, a lake town, dies, a special death knell made by a wizard will sound in the lake town where the deceased is located to inform the residents of the whole town. Although

There was no mention of the sound of this death knell in that book, but after hearing the current bell, he felt that it should be the death knell of the Alcott family.

Jivielle quickly recalled the information she had heard from Leo before and asked: "The Alcott family? Is this the ruling family of Lake Town you just mentioned?"

"Yes, it's this family." Leo responded casually, walked to the window, opened the window, and looked in the direction of the aristocratic area. He saw the fence dividing the aristocratic area and the civilian area at regular intervals.

A brazier with silver-blue flames was ignited, so that anyone looking in this direction in Lake Town could see the light of this special flame, and this special flame, like the death knell, was Alcott's

An announcement ceremony must be performed when a family member dies.

"Leo, I..." Jivielle also walked up to Leo at this time, and was about to say something.

"Wait, don't talk!" Leo raised his hand and gestured to Jiviaire rudely, and then looked in the direction of the noble area with a serious expression.

Jivielle could tell from Leo's expression and demeanor that he must have something important to do now, so she did not continue to ask about her matters, but complied with Leo's request and stayed quietly aside.

At this moment, Leo had activated the psychic vision skill in his assistant brain system and looked intently in the direction of the noble area.

Although in the eyes of ordinary people, there are not many other abnormalities in the aristocratic area except for some braziers on the wall, but in Leo's spiritual observation, he found a mixed force pouring out of the aristocratic area.

The image of this power displayed in spiritual vision is a colorful ray of light. It does not condense in the sky above the noble area. Instead, after radiating upward for a certain distance, it spreads out in all directions and merges into different objects.

, most of which are integrated into the lake and vines.

Moreover, the careful Leo discovered that the frequency of the spread of this light actually had some regularity with the time when the death knell was struck, as if the sound of the death knell was controlling the final destination of the light.

At this moment, a burst of mist appeared on the lake, covering all the water on the lake.

"Eh!" Seeing the scene on the lake, Leo immediately thought of the lake monster corpse collector he encountered when he first arrived in Hushang Town.

At this moment, Leo clearly observed through his spiritual vision that there was a huge shadow on the lake near the noble area. This shadow was exactly the same as the tentacled shadow in the lake that he had seen before, except that it was larger in size.

Many times.

"Activate the mechanical will." When he saw the monster in the lake appearing, the accessory brain system immediately reminded Leo that his daily will value was rapidly decreasing. It was obviously affected by the shadow in the lake, so he immediately activated the mechanical will.

As the mechanical will was activated, the reminder of the decrease in will value disappeared immediately. Leo's mentality became no different from that of a robot, calmly watching every move of the shadow in the lake.

However, Jivielle who was standing aside suddenly moved quickly and hid by the window. She pressed her body against the wall, completely hiding her body in the shadow corner. There was a look of horror on her face, as if she had been struck by something.

Something scares me.

Leo ignored Jivielle's actions, and his attention was completely focused on the shadow in the lake.

Before that, he had guessed that the monster in the lake was a god from this world called the Corpse Collector. Now it seems that his guess has been confirmed. The Corpse Collector's appearance now is probably for the recently deceased Orr.

A member of the Kurt family.

However, the corpse collector seemed to have encountered something confusing. He wandered around in the lake in the Noble District and tried several times to put the tentacles deep into the water. However, once those shadow tentacles left the lake, they would be immediately captured by the people on the lake.

Swallowed by mist.

The futile actions made the corpse collector become more and more irritable. Even Leo, who was a few cities away, could feel the strong anger. However, no matter how angry the corpse collector was, he could not leave.

The lake finally dissipated from the lake with a roar that only psychics could hear.

Seeing that the corpse collector had left, Leo turned off the mechanical will skill and also stopped the spiritual vision skill to return himself to normal state.

"Have you left already?" At this time, Jiviera asked Leo a little abruptly, and she turned slightly to the side so that she could see a little bit of the situation on the lake along the edge of the window.

"Already gone." Leo responded, and then asked Jiviera, who was slightly relieved: "Can you also see that monster?"

"What did you see? Something in the lake?" Jiweier was stunned, then quickly shook her head and said, "I can't see the monster you mentioned, but I can feel the water in the lake over there just now.

Something very scary has appeared."

As she spoke, she pointed towards the area of ​​the lake where the body collector had appeared before.

Leo was a little surprised by Jivière's keen sense, but he soon returned to normal and explained to Jivière: "What just appeared here is a god called the Corpse Collector."

"God? Was that a god just now?" Jiveaire had an unbelievable expression on her face.

It's no wonder that Jivielle had such an expression, because Leo had mentioned that there were some terrifying monsters in the lake before, so when she felt a terrifying aura in the lake area, she subconsciously thought that it was Lei.

The lake monster mentioned by Ou.

But she never imagined that this monster that scared her into hiding just by its aura was actually a god, which made her not know what to say for a moment.

"Leo, are you mistaken? Is that really a god?" Jivielle couldn't help but be confused and asked immediately.

Leo immediately explained: "Of course it is a god. Someone in Hushang Town created a sect specifically for him, and there are also special sacrifices in this sect."

While being extremely shocked by this unexpected answer, Jiviera felt a little regretful about her evasive action just now, and was unable to see the real god with her own eyes.

However, before her regretful mood calmed down, she heard Leo say again: "However, you are not wrong to say that He is a monster, because He is indeed not qualified to be called a god."

Leo's words suddenly stopped here and he did not continue. Jiviaire also felt that Leo had not finished speaking and wanted to ask, but in the end she suppressed her curiosity.

The reason why Leo said this was entirely because he felt that although the corpse collector was powerful, it was not an Omega-level advanced creature like the lady in the lake he met earlier. In terms of psychic level, it was at best

The psychic level was only around level eight, which was completely incomparable to the giant golden deer he saw in the Black Forest.

However, the Corpse Collector has more life breath similar to that of Omega-level advanced creatures than the Lady in the Lake. This makes Leo's daily willpower value affected when he observes him through spiritual vision. From this aspect,

It is said that he is more similar to the True Eye of the Velen world.

After that, Leo did not talk to Jivielle about the gods of the dream world, but returned to what he had just interrupted and continued to learn Jivielle's witcher alchemy and witcher seals.

Although Jivielle was very curious about these gods, the terrifying aura before had left such a deep impression on her that it drove her curiosity away until she learned about the alchemy and seals of witchers.
Chapter completed!