jdhmnovel Chapter 1380 New Skill - Domain: Master of Rules
Chapter 1380 New Skill - Domain: Master of Rules
Chen Mu was still unsure and decided to try again.
So he turned his gaze to the ground, to a hill a kilometer away from him.
"I want to destroy this hill with the most powerful explosion..."
The idea popped into Chen Mu's mind, and a strange feeling followed.
It was as if there was an invisible button in his brain, and he could confirm this idea simply by pressing this button with his mind.
No, to be precise, there is no "button." Once Chen Mu confirms this idea, his innate demonic energy will be at his fingertips!
Almost instantly, the innate evil energy within Chen Mu's body moved and appeared in front of him, pointing towards the hill.
Immediately afterwards, his innate evil energy shot out rapidly and violently crashed into the hill.
Under the immense pressure of the innate evil energy, the hill instantly turned to dust.
After testing it twice, Chen Mu slowly nodded, having grasped the intricacies of the process.
"My innate evil energy has completely merged with me."
In the past, when I mobilized my innate evil energy to throw a punch at an enemy, I needed to control all the innate evil energy in my body and concentrate it at the location of my fist.
Although the concentration speed is fast, it still takes a few seconds.
Furthermore, the proficiency in controlling concentration will also affect the speed and accuracy of concentration.
In a battle between masters, the difference lies in the smallest of margins.
Even a half-second delay can lead to drastically different results.
Success or failure hinges on a single decision!
Now, if I want to throw a punch, as soon as I have a thought, my innate evil energy will instantly concentrate in my fist.
How much of one's innate evil energy is concentrated, in what way is it concentrated, and how is it distributed...
I don't need to think about any of it. My upgraded version of Fate Qi will automatically arrange everything and present it to me in the optimal state.
More importantly, the gathering of pure, eerie energy happened in an instant!
Even as a high-level Ghost Lord, Chen Mu was unaware of the time spent on the gathering process.
This means that even if it wasn't instantaneous, the speed was so fast that Chen Mu couldn't detect it.
If the time is imperceptible, then it's no different from an instant—at least at the level of a high-level Ghost Lord.
A look of joy appeared on Chen Mu's face.
As a powerful individual, he was a discerning person. He could immediately recognize the immense potential of the effect of "instantly gathering one's innate demonic energy."
Especially in life-or-death battles, life and death can be decided by the slightest difference.
Being a second faster could mean being a lifetime faster.
However, it is less effective against monsters like the Demon Lord and Demon King.
Because dealing with them was a piece of cake for Chen Mu, and he didn't need to be so strict as to fight for every millisecond.
Chen Mu also understood why Lin Shanmu, as a high-level Ghost Lord, should also have the ability to instantly gather and accumulate power, but he had never seen it in his daily battles.
The reason is simple: the opponent is just too weak!
For those low-level monsters, the difference in speed between Linshan Tomb and the other monsters was negligible.
Since we're going to die anyway, would it make a difference if we died a second earlier?
Chen Mu felt more and more deeply the hidden power of top experts.
Having understood the upgraded version of Innate Ghostly Qi, Chen Mu had a thought and wanted to concentrate all of his Innate Ghostly Qi in his abdomen.
Sure enough, without him having to "chase the air with a shovel," he only needed to think, and all his innate evil energy instantly gathered together.
Chen Mu took a look, and emmm... there was indeed an increase, but not by much.
The number of people increased from 185 to 205, an increase of only 20.
It's still quite a distance from doubling what I initially envisioned.
However, all of the innate evil energy has been upgraded to be transparent.
This mindless, instantaneous method of accumulating power not only made Chen Mu faster, but also solved a major problem for him—
That is because he lacks combat experience! In terms of controlling his innate strange energy, Chen Mu makes no secret of the fact that he is weaker than his opponents of the same level.
The reason is simple: he is too rich. He has no shortage of innate evil energy, nor does he lack underlings to do the dirty work for him.
Therefore, Chen Mu has hardly participated in any battles for a long time. Even when he does participate, he simply uses his innate demonic energy to overwhelm the enemy.
Combat techniques? What are those?
If you don't learn or use it for a long time, you'll naturally lose good skills.
However, the current mindless charging and automated attacks provide Chen Mu with the optimal solution in all aspects.
No matter how fast you charge up, can it compare to the speed at which I can instantly condense my power?
No matter how skilled you are in combat, can you match the optimal attack angle that I automatically select?
If you are not as fast or as cunning as me, then how should you deal with it?
For Chen Mu, those fancy combat techniques suddenly became useless.
This can be considered as making up for one of his shortcomings to a large extent.
When they compete against each other again in the future, he will be no less confident than his peers.
Chen Mu secretly rejoiced; this upgrade had indeed brought him a pleasant surprise.
Luckily, I hadn't practiced before, and I'm thinking of finding an opportunity to catch up when I have time in the future.
They kept waiting and dragging it out, and that's how they went from being ordinary ghosts all the way to becoming high-ranking ghost lords.
I never expected that one upgrade would solve all this troublesome problem!
This truly proves the saying: those who wait will never lose out.
"If I had trained hard before, only to find that after spending several months, the results were not as good as the 'automatic layout' of a high-level Ghost Lord, I would probably cry myself to death in the bathroom."
Chen Mu murmured to himself.
To be honest, he was somewhat relieved, but he also knew that anyone who tried to imitate him would be courting death.
After all, he frequently entered the Ghost Gate, and leveling up was as commonplace as eating and drinking. This was how he could reach the Advanced Ghost Lord level in a short time and unlock this skill.
If it were someone else, after breaking through to the level of Ghost General, they might not be able to advance even one minor realm in half their life.
If I hadn't practiced diligently, I would have been crushed by those of the same level long ago.
Chen Mu was already quite satisfied, but he immediately realized that an even bigger surprise was waiting for him.
After upgrading to Advanced Ghost Lord, in addition to "Upgraded Innate Ghost Qi", he also unlocked a new skill.
This brand-new skill is called—
Domain Lord of Rules!
The description of this skill slowly appeared in front of Chen Mu.
When Chen Mu saw the word "rules," his eyes suddenly became serious.
It's the rules again...
It seems that my previous conjecture—that the higher one's level of power, the more likely they are to unlock things related to the rules—was somewhat correct.
In this world, above power, there is also the supreme constraint of rules!
Finally... after waiting for so long, I've finally unlocked a skill related to rules!
This is probably the first skill I've ever acquired that's truly related to rules.
[Background Information: Young man, do you yearn for true power?]
Fighting and killing, vying for power and ruthlessness—these are the crude methods of ordinary people.
A duel between top masters, elegant yet deadly.
The most devastating war in the world may just be a number that has been casually modified.
It's time to explore a corner of this celestial palace with you.
[Skill Description: Within the domain, with a mere gesture, thoughts shift and rules change!]
In this realm, I am the master of everything!
After using this skill, your exclusive territory will be formed within a 100-meter radius.
Within this area, you can modify the constants of the [Gravity] rule.
By modifying minute values, you can control the [gravity] to increase by a maximum of 100 times and decrease by a minimum of 50 times! The effect lasts for 1 hour.
In addition, you can attach this skill to an object, giving it temporary control over its own gravity rules, ranging from -50 to 100 times.
This skill has a 1-day cooldown and requires 1 Innate Qi to use.
After reading the description in blood, Chen Mu muttered to himself:
"The constant that modifies the rules of gravity... further confirms my view of the world."
This world is composed of countless rules. Gravity, one of the laws of physics, is one of them.
Shen Hanmeng once proposed that the essence of life is a function. Similarly, Chen Mu also realized that the essence of the world seems to be composed of countless rules.
Based on his current understanding, Chen Mu divided the rules of the world into three categories:
The first category is [Basic Rules].
Laws of the physical world, such as gravity and the strong and weak forces, are fundamental rules that form the basis of the world. Gravity is one of them.
Everything is built upon these fundamental rules.
The next category is [Advanced Rules].
It is difficult to intuitively explain everything in the world by relying solely on basic rules.
Therefore, a more intuitive explanation is that all things in the world operate according to a higher, more advanced set of rules.
For example, the rule that "if a person falls freely from a height of 100 meters onto a concrete surface without any protection, that person will die" is a more advanced rule.
Human understanding of the world is composed of a series of advanced rules.
Examples include: "You'll die if you fall from 100 meters," "You need to eat when you're hungry," and "You can't breathe underwater."
Human behavior and our understanding of the world follow these advanced rules.
If we really want to deduce it, the "advanced rules" can actually be derived from the "basic rules".
For example, the advanced rule that "a person falling from 100 meters onto a concrete surface will die" is built upon the basic rules.
Why do people die from falls? Because during the landing process, gravity accelerates the body, and after landing, the body interacts with the concrete surface, a force that the human body cannot withstand.
Why can't the human body withstand this? This requires studying the binding forces between cells…
In essence, advanced rules can be broken down into a large number of basic rules, which are more obvious and intuitive rules derived from the basic rules.
These two types of rules can be summarized into one: rules that exist in nature and cannot be modified by humans.
Human science studies the fundamental rules and, through understanding and applying them, derives more advanced rules that are better suited for survival.
For example, through research in physics and other fields, advanced rules such as "Rocket Operation Guidelines" can be derived to guide rocket launches.
Besides these, there is another rule, which is the rule in eerie scenarios!
This is the third type of rule summarized by Chen Mu – the [Strange Gate Rule].
These rules do not have to follow the laws of physics, and sometimes they don't even have to follow logic.
For example, [you must live for 5 days at the Shanqing Nursing Home before you can leave safely].
Does that physical law dictate that you need to live in a nursing home for a few days before you can leave?
There isn't even a logical explanation for why one should live for more than 5 days.
Even within the Ghost Gate, there's a rule that "a person must breathe 10 times underwater," and players will do it (the Ghost Gate must provide a method to execute the rule).
These unconventional rules, which are not based on physical laws, frequently appear in bizarre post-apocalyptic worlds and mysterious sects.
Since the main focus now is on conquering the Ghost Gate, Chen Mu refers to it as the "Ghost Gate Rules".
【Basic Rules】, 【Advanced Rules】, 【Strange Rules】... Which of these three types of rules is the strongest? Chen Mu could actually rank them.
Within the Ghost Gate, no matter how powerful your violence, you must obey the orders of the Ghost Gate Rules.
If I were the boss of the Ghost Gate, I would stipulate that "players must survive for 5 days before they can kill me".
So even if I am unarmed, even if the player is holding a gun, even if the player can shoot me, the player must still abide by the rules, otherwise the player will die.
This shows that, despite the fundamental laws of physics, the player has the ability to shoot me.
However, if there is a conflict between the Basic Rules and the Ghost Gate Rules, then players must abide by the Ghost Gate Rules.
Therefore, Chen Mu's order is as follows:
In terms of power, the rules are ranked as follows: [Strange Rules] > [Advanced Rules] = [Basic Rules]
Chen Mu's conjecture about the top experts is that they wage war against each other by creating [Strange Gate Rules] or modifying [Basic Rules].
Rather than resorting to fists and kicks, this method of causing harm by utilizing the "basic rules" is different.
One is creating and modifying rules, and the other is utilizing rules.
The former's power is bound to crush the latter.
Chen Mu's newly unlocked skill, [Domain: Master of Rules], is a modification of [Basic Rules].
"I've also gained the ability to modify the rules?"
Chen Mu was very excited. Although it was just a modification of the [basic rules], it at least proved that this path was opening its doors to him.
Given time, if I become stronger, will I be able to modify more fundamental rules, or even create new fundamental rules, and innovate the underlying physics of the world?
If we could create new "foundational rules," what an unimaginable world would it be like?
Moreover, if one goes a step further and masters the modification of the [Rules of the Ghost Gate], then one will be able to thrive within the Ghost Gate.
The newly acquired item, "Yellowed Rules," is a modification of the "Strange Gate Rules."
Furthermore, if I were to master the creation of new [Strange Gate Rules], then who would I be afraid of?
Even the strongest person can use the traps set by the rules to put their opponent to death!