lcionline Chapter 38 A Torrent of Compassion~
Chapter 38 A Torrent of Compassion~
Inside the divine realm, Luo Huan was idly fiddling with the blue bead that represented Qian Liren.
Suddenly, she stopped moving.
It's not that the beads are moving abnormally.
The thick gray fog that enveloped the beads, representing unexplored areas, was dissipating at a visible rate.
It was as if it had been suddenly blown away.
Large areas have faded from gray, revealing clear outlines:
The west coast boasts a winding coastline, the central region is characterized by vast plains and deserts, and the east coast is home to a dense cluster of cities…
The entire map of America is unfolding in her vision at an unprecedented speed.
What illuminates all of this is a warm, viscous, green halo imbued with a profound vitality.
A new bead appears; it is the [Embrace of Compassion].
"what?"
Luo Huan blinked, her long, silvery-white hair floating unconsciously in the void.
She recalled the [Compassionate Embrace] pathway model that she had casually castrated and thrown into the gray fog to cause random infection.
At that time, I just thought it was too much trouble and that with such a large pool of applicants, I could find a few suitable matches.
How long has it been?
Beside the beads, the structure representing the pathway of "loving embrace" is undergoing dramatic changes.
The original simple basic framework is now being frantically filled and expanded by countless thin, almost invisible green threads.
Those threads did not appear out of thin air, but rather extended from countless newly lit "points of light" on the map, intertwining and entwining with each other, eventually converging into the main pathway.
The lights are densely packed, stretching from the sunlit south to the dilapidated towns of the Rust Belt, and then to the fringes of bustling cities on the east and west coasts...
Like fireflies covering the hillsides on a summer night, or like a giant green net slowly tightening, covering the entire continent.
However, it is clear that the cities are spread out from the major economically developed cities on the East and West coasts, while the less developed or agricultural states are only scattered here and there.
The further north you go, the rarer they become.
Each point of light is a living adaptor.
Most of the points of light flickered like candles in the wind.
They were drawn together by the most basic power, which was simply the rudimentary power of "sharing pain, sharing suffering, and connecting with one another."
Then, the fragments connected to form a raft.
"Great efforts can produce miracles, right? But it's still zbzy who's good at nurturing people. He's managed to raise so many people bursting with the most basic survival instincts."
Luo Huan stared at the green network that almost covered the entire territory and grinned mockingly.
After all, the path of "Compassionate Embrace" represents the most basic desire of living beings to survive, and according to her original imagination, it should just be pulling out some rats from the sewer.
Surprisingly, the 1/e kill threshold is still too easy to exploit.
"So many people have managed to advance to Bronze simply by having enough kills."
Cardinal number.
Pure cardinality.
When the number of people affected reaches a critical value, when this network of connections based on the basic survival instinct covers a sufficiently wide area and penetrates enough social crevices...
Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.
[Compassionate Embrace] Tu Jing automatically met the conditions for advancing to Bronze.
That barrier was as thin as a sheet of paper.
"Alright, alright, let's see how much of this vast ocean of genuine popular support we can unleash!"
Luo Huan stuck out her tongue, clearly intrigued.
She sat cross-legged, extended her index finger, and gently touched the bead.
Power was poured in.
Then she froze.
"Huh? Why is it so wide?"
Unlike the other apostles before, there was no expected resistance, no tremors of a shattered barrier, and not even a feeling of saturated energy.
It felt like pouring water into a worn-out rubber mold that had been stretched to its limit, its inner walls smooth and inelastic. The water flowed in without any obstruction, instantly filling every corner, and then calmly stopped at the edge, not even bothering to create a ripple.
It's so smooth.
It was eerily smooth.
The container of this path seems to have been repeatedly washed, stretched, and shaped countless times by something larger, heavier, and more desperate.
She poured it in hard, but couldn't induce any euphoria, so it didn't surprise her that she directly reached the Bronze-level world barrier.
"Why does it look like something that's been played with and broken, stretched and damaged by an unimaginable behemoth?"
Luo Huan pouted, somewhat annoyed.
She continued to observe.
The promotion is complete.
Bronze level.
Nothing exciting, or rather... uneventful.
At the individual level, the vast majority of those points of light connected in the network have not undergone a qualitative leap.
There was no surge in power, no physical enhancement, and no cool new tricks to the powers.
The change is happening within the network itself.
The connection is now more stable.
Memories of pain and hunger, the physical sensation of cold, the torment of illness, and the fear of death flow faster, clearer, and harder to sever in the embrace of loving-kindness.
The depth of mutual empathy is increasing, gradually permeating from the synchronization of memories and emotions to the subtle level of physiological perception.
At the same time, a primitive yet resilient mechanism for sharing vitality began to quietly operate across networks.
"Oh ho, it's not generating new powers? Instead, it's modifying and evolving the basic powers I arbitrarily created?"
Luo Huan looked at the bead that had transformed into a panoramic view of the entire area.
Beside her, the originally rudimentary basic power model of [Gongci Jun], a stripped-down version that she had haphazardly modified from [Blood Flag Domain], was now radiating a stable green glow.
The model's structure is autonomously adjusting and extending, much like a plant growing new branches and vines according to its environment.
In a short while, a power structure belonging to the bronze level solidified and took shape.
【The Flow of Compassion】: Deeply connects individuals in the network, compels empathy, and on this basis, realizes the sharing and flow of basic life force, and shares each other's memories and consciousness.
"Hehe, I still want to live."
Luo Huan made a comment.
Her gaze then swept across the entire map.
The area with the densest green network.
Yes, just as she thought.
It includes the sewer systems of large cities, underpasses, homeless encampments, and communities that have been cut down because they slipped off the kill line...
There are also Gundam processing facilities and suburban medical experimental zones controlled by gangs or families.
"No, then the target isn't just these homeless people, is it?"
Luo Huan tilted her head and licked her lips.
"Experiments: slime, and Indian honeybees~"
Don't mistake Resident Evil for a science fiction horror movie!
"Hey! By the way, are germs included too?"
Another idea popped into my head.
Just thinking about it made her let out a soft hum.
He then withdrew his finger and looked at the four beads side by side in front of him.
The crimson [Wrath of Courage], the pastel [Joy of Art], the azure [Transformation of Knowledge], and now, the [Embrace of Compassion], a deep, unfathomable green that covers the entire realm.
The actors are all going on stage, and the stage is being set up.
"It's still too slow, let's make it more lively."
She fell backward, her silver hair spreading out into nothingness.