Overturned Tower

Before dinner, Amyrus took Russell to a research company affiliated with "Thoth Psychic Power" and helped Russell treat his wounds.

Although Russell's injury is really not serious, it is just a flesh wound...

But Amirus still sent three white coats to give Russell a full-body examination.

Unexpectedly, I actually found out something...

"There are two levels of psychic load. This level of load does not put too much pressure on the internal organs and brain."

A doctor with horns and ears and a deep, deep voice handed the report to Russell: "Red shift 2, blue shift 4, it is still safe... but you must remember to have a physical examination every month in the future."

This value represents the awakening level of psychic energy. There are only two values, red and blue, from one to ten, from weak to strong.

The red shift value represents desire and obsession, as well as the strength of psychic energy; the blue shift value represents manifested rationality and morality, and also represents the degree of restraint that a psyker has on his or her own psychic powers. The psyker is controllable only when the blue shift value is greater than or equal to the red shift value.

Otherwise, the psyker will degenerate into a "demon". Their memories will be retained, but their original personalities will be completely lost. Instead, there is a demon whose desires are infinitely strengthened, corrupted and crazy.

The most harmful thing about demons is that they will gradually pull people close to them into their dreams. If ordinary people cannot resist this call with willpower and sink into dreams, they will gradually be brainwashed, artificially create false memories, or forget something or someone.

These people will eventually become "familiar". Even if the demon is killed and the familiar is rescued, the damaged memory and distorted personality cannot be restored.

These demons will hide among the crowd, absorbing desires and obsessions of the same nature in dreams to grow. Like an egg that gradually hatches, the psychic energy becomes more powerful, eventually transforming into a truly twisted monster. Even if the devil is killed by someone, it will never be considered a homicide...because the person hiding in that body is no longer a human being.

This is not the knowledge taught by university professors, but the secret knowledge revealed to Russell by his mentor.

This is also because of work issues, Russell must contact the downtown area. In order to ensure Russell's safety, his mentor told Russell this common sense in advance.

——On the surface, Sogo Island is using artificial intelligence to catch criminals, but this is just an excuse to tell the public.

It actually relies on this analysis function to analyze everyone's behavior. If a person's behavior deviates from what he usually knows, does, and feels, and suddenly makes strange actions or words and deeds for no reason, then he will be closely monitored.

For example, a person who was originally good-tempered suddenly becomes angry, or a girl who was originally clean suddenly has a relationship with someone who is not so good with her... Such abnormal situations will be suspected of being a "familiar phenomenon."

Unless you directly take it to a professional company to detect the psychic strength like Russell is doing now, and find that the red shift has exceeded the blue shift. Otherwise the demon cannot be detected or confirmed by any means.

If you want to find the devil, you can only triangulate it at the social level through multiple "familiar".

"It seems that the psychic protection chip still has a dead end."

Amirus commented seriously: "In recent years, more and more people have bypassed the psychic protection chip and awakened their psychic powers."

The people in white coats nearby nodded in agreement.

"What?"

Russell asked with some confusion.

Amirus turned around and explained to Russell without hesitation: "Do you know the meaning of that chip? People wearing the chip cannot awaken spiritual energy."

"...I have heard of this urban legend. But since there is no evidence and I can't find it in books, I'm not sure."

"Then you can be sure now," Amirus replied, "because I invented this chip.

"The main user demand for its second-generation version is to 'make people faint through electric shock'. As long as emotional overload is detected, it will immediately send out micro-electric shocks that do not harm the body but are enough to make people faint. It looks like they are emotionally excited. And the shock is the same.”

"What does this mean?"

"Because of the awakening of spiritual energy - the red shift changes from one to two, the ritual of breaking through the Wall of Behemoth is a strong enough emotion and a single-directional obsession."

The old elf said slowly: "As long as you don't become a psyker, you won't become a demon. In other words, all demons are born from out-of-control psykers.

"In 1141, a demon code-named 'Mammon' devoured one-third of the staff of Shenzhi Heavy Industry, and also ate the memories and emotions of a total of 5,000 people on Tongshen Island, causing the 'Panbai Incident.' From After that, Shenzhi Heavy Industry commissioned us, Thoth Psionics, to develop a second-generation new chip that can terminate psychic awakening.

"It was also after that that a unique 'registration code' was attached to the chip. This actually encouraged...or in other words, forced all newborns to be equipped with psychic protection chips. It was only after that that the 'Uncoded Ones' 'This special group."

……No wonder.

Russell was stunned.

That's why Amirus called it the "Psychic Protection Chip".

What protects is not external strength, but internal strength——

As long as this chip is installed, psychic powers will not be awakened.

"Is it okay to tell me this kind of thing...?"

Russell hesitated.

Isn't this some secret that as long as you know it, you have to join Thoth's spiritual power?

Amirus shook his head: "It's okay, you will know it when you enter Tian'en Group.

"Since you have awakened your psychic powers, no matter where you originally went to work, you will eventually be transferred to the Special Execution Department."

"Why?"

"Because only in this way will you not become an [illegal psyker]."

Amilus replied: "Based on the protection of the soul by the chip, generally speaking, if you want to become a psyker, you must remove the chip. And because the chip is bound to the registration code, this also means that you will become an 'uncoded person'." Lose all citizenship rights. If you want to permanently advance your psychic level, you have to complete some 'desire tasks' and complete corresponding rituals in dreams... But with strong enough emotions and desires, you can also obtain the next level in advance, or even The next level of psychic power.

"Therefore, all illegal psykers will be monitored. As long as the executioner finds traces, they can be arrested immediately, regardless of whether the other party is guilty or not - after all, if left unchecked, illegal psykers will turn into demons sooner or later.

"But for companies, this common sense is not universal. All executives in the execution department are psychics. And they are all 'safe and legal' psychics under restraint.

"According to their blue shift value, their chips will open different levels of permissions. Only when the blue shift value increases and does not decline after three months of observation can they apply for increased restriction rights. They must undergo physical examinations every month, Observe whether the blue shift value decreases and determine whether the constraint level decreases. Considering the safety threshold, only when the blue shift value is 4, the third level permission can be opened. If the blue shift value is 3, it can only be opened to level two, which means that it has just awakened. Degree of psionic power.

"This means that almost all formal psykers have been suppressed by one to two levels to ensure that they will not degenerate into demons."

As he said that, Amilus took a deep look at Russell: "But you are different.

"If you complete your spiritual awakening before the permissions are opened, it means that the chip cannot restrain your spiritual energy. Then you will be assigned to the Special Execution Department, and the director of the Execution Department will personally be responsible for teaching, task scheduling and psychological treatment. Under surveillance Below, exert greater power without losing control.

"One of the biggest advantages of entering the Special Execution Department is that you don't have to be easily transferred - ordinary executives, as long as they are managers above R5, can be temporarily transferred to help you complete a series of tasks such as security and escort. And The Special Execution Department only belongs to the board of directors of the head office... This means that your work will be relatively free and your salary will be higher."

——The risk will also be higher.

Russell added in his mind.

But judging from the calm expression on his face when he saw his medical examination report, Amirus might have guessed that he had awakened his psychic powers when Russell was fighting the mercenary. The psychic weapon called "Saint's Beheading" only conceals his identity as a psychic.

If nothing else goes wrong, Russell will be assigned to the Special Execution Department after the entry physical examination is completed.

But there was one thing that Amirus guessed wrong.

——Russell’s psychic awakening did not circumvent the protection of the chip.

When he graduated from graduate school, Russell's physical examination results were red shift 1 and blue shift 2, which are standard values ​​for normal people.

It was on the airship, after recovering the memory of his previous life... that Russell's red shift and blue shift values ​​improved significantly.

This was originally the spiritual energy he awakened before he was born - the spiritual energy condensed from his memories, desires, obsessions, and personality in his previous life!