Chapter 683 – The Ark
Yoo Chang-jin looks at Seong-il with a curious expression on her face and calmly continues to explain about the special awakening.
“But the truth is this. As hunters use their powers and have many intense experiences, such as crossing countless lines of fire, they will deepen their understanding of the psychic powers they have awakened to, and will be able to advance their powers even more powerfully. .”
“…”
“For example, in the case of a body enhancer, as the understanding of the body increases, it becomes stronger.”
“…Isn’t that just because you’ve gotten better at seizing power?”
Seong-il pretends not to know anything, and she questions Yoo Chang-jin’s words and talks as if he is looking for a loophole in her.
“Haha. Everyone thinks so. In fact, to some extent. But I mean.”
Yoo Chang-jin explains that when a person with psychic powers continuously experiences extreme crises, regrets, and stress while crossing the line, the desire for power becomes stronger, and the existing abilities change according to the person’s ‘desire’.
‘Also…’
As Seong-il thought, he realizes that the special awakening Yoo Chang-jin explains is the same as the special transformation in the world of Mythology.
“…For this reason, most of them have special changes based on their original power, but sometimes they awaken a completely different power.”
‘Then why is special transformation so important?’
The more Seong-il listens to Yoo Chang-jin’s explanation, the more confused he feels. In addition, feeling that this secret is important to him, he plays an innocent young man who knows nothing and asks him why.
“…Okay. Let’s say there is such a thing. Then why is awakening so important?”
As Yoo Chang-jin is in a situation where he has regrets, Seong-il tries to throw a fastball at all.
“…Originally, this secret is not often shared. However, since you have sacrificed so much for our Under Hunters, I will specifically tell you why.”
‘Damn it. It must be because they want to know the secret of my ability.’
Seong-il pretends to be expressionless and laughs at Yoo Chang-jin’s obvious excuse.
“…The reason awakening is important is simple. If infected with the red thread, humans are induced to awaken in the form aliens want.”
“…!!”
Seong-il’s eyes widen at Yoo Chang-jin’s words that the red thread is surprisingly related to awakening. As if understanding his reaction, Yoo Chang-jin nodded his head and continued.
“Shocking? But, it’s true. Why do aliens bother to push humans into dungeons? Why do they infect them with red thread? Isn’t it strange when you think about it?”
‘Surely…’
No matter how religious the reason is, the behavior of the aliens is too inefficient to be convinced by that alone.
For this reason, it was true that Seongil still had doubts despite having already heard a rough explanation from Illax in the past.
“The truth is this. You’ve heard from Illax, right? That dungeons are actually places where aliens train humans.”
“Yes. I heard.”
“The red thread is a contaminant that facilitates mind transplantation in the process.”
Yoo Chang-jin begins to tell the shocking truth about the dungeon.
The high-level dungeon is actually a place where psionic energy is emitted at the ideal concentration for aliens to survive, so the alien explains that it is a process in which humans who have awakened supernatural powers repeatedly enter there to make their bodies accustomed to the standards of aliens.
“…That’s why it’s repetitive and step-by-step, ‘quenching’ the psychic. If you get hit directly with psionic energy that’s too strong from the beginning, no matter how talented you are, you’ll eventually die.”
In addition, Yoo Chang-jin ‘recognizes’ the dungeon as a space where the government, which acts as a pawn, defines the dungeon as ‘an act of terrorism by aliens’ and incites humans to remove it so that humans can voluntarily handle the dangerous process. Explain what you are doing.
In addition, it explains that many people are instigated to envy them by giving preferential treatment to hunters who clear the dungeon socially.
“That’s how it’s convenient for aliens. We need to ‘harvest’ a lot of psychics with excellent fitness… If we create a social atmosphere like this, the ‘livestock’ will automatically raise their ‘meat quality’ rating.”
‘Crazy…’
In order to avoid being tracked by AI, they have to fall into dimensional hibernation, leaving only a few administrators to stop their activities. Fluency that aliens control mankind and use dungeons as social, political, and educational complexes to remodel them to suit their tastes. Jin’s words startle Seong-il.
“…What is the exact role of the red thread? How does it induce human awakening in a certain way?”
“It’s simple. It’s because the red thread brainwashes the human mind and induces it to cling to certain emotions and desires.”
“Yes? Feelings and desires?”
Seong-il questioned Yoo Chang-jin in a way that he did not understand the role of the thread.
“It’s absurd, isn’t it? But, it’s true.”
‘No way…?’
Yoo Chang-jin thinks Seong-il made that expression because he didn’t understand.
However, contrary to his expectations, Seong-il recalls the ‘desire’ necessary for awakening while training with the faculty of Mythology Academy a while ago and puts on a serious expression.
“In fact… The basis of special awakening is to have a strong grip on one’s own psychic powers… But in fact, there is something else that is really important.”
‘Also…’
As he expected, Yoo Chang-jin explains the situation, and Seong-il mumbles that he knew that.
“It’s a strong desire, desire. As humans train themselves by constantly using their psychic powers, their psychic powers gradually transform into fabled caterpillars in accordance with human aspirations. Then, they bloom like butterflies, which is a special awakening.”
“…”
Since he had already undergone special transformation training, Seong-il, who knew the truth, did not appear shocked even after hearing the process.
“Ho? Aren’t you surprised?”
And Yoo Chang-jin, seeing Seong-il’s resolute appearance, sweeps him away with a funny expression. However, after a while, he begins to recite the truth of the red thread to Seong-il.
“The red thread absorbs the dungeon’s psionic waves if the infected person has a lower ability and prevents the host from taking more damage than necessary. At the same time, based on the psionic energy absorbed, the infected person’s body is gradually remodeled.”
“As you said… To suit the tastes of aliens?”
“That’s right. Then, when the psychic with the red thread awakens his ability to a certain level and wants to enter a high-level dungeon, he exaggerates the crisis he experiences there and puts extreme stress on the host.”
‘I understand now…’
When Seong-il hears Yoo Chang-jin say that he is stressing the host out of nowhere, Seong-il feels a little better. However, Yoo Chang-jin does not know what Seong-il is thinking, so he explains with an exaggerated expression.
“Don’t you get it? But, remember what I said earlier. ‘Desire’.”
“…Stimulating stress and desire to awaken in the wrong direction?”
In response to Seongil’s exact answer, Yoo Chang-jin nodded and replied as if he was proud.
“You seem to understand. That’s right. The red thread directs the host’s mind in a specific direction so that humans can awaken the power to facilitate ‘mind transplant surgery’. For example, ‘extremely strong need for survival’ or ‘stronger than me’ Like being jealous of Hunter’s ability.
“…Apart from the desire to survive, why do you suddenly induce ‘envy’?”
In an unexpected situation, Seong-il asks Chang-jin Yoo back with a look of bewilderment.
“It’s simple. If you extremely ‘envy’ or ‘crave’ others, you often develop superpowers that allow you to steal the ‘body’ of others.”
“!!!”
Seong-il hears Yoo Chang-jin’s explanation and asks him in a slightly trembling voice as he feels his spine tighten.
“…No way?”
“That’s right. The aliens intentionally induce humans to awaken their ability to ‘steal the bodies of others.’
In that case, after brainwashing a human who has awakened the corresponding ability, if a person with psychic powers ‘robs’ the alien’s body, the alien can discard the existing body and stably take the human body without any side effects. Even in this case, no treatment is required. It’s a very good situation.”
“…”
Seong-il feels goosebumps when Yoo Chang-jin explains that he is working to awaken his supernatural powers by forcibly stimulating specific desires.
“…Then what is the desire to survive? Survival and mind replacement don’t seem to have much to do with each other.”
After calming down the goosebumps for a while, a new question popped up. Hearing Seongil’s question, Yoo Chang-jin laughs and explains another case to him.
“It’s simple. Usually, when you have a strong desire for ‘survival’, you have an extremely strong ‘body’ and ‘regeneration ability’.”
“…What does that have to do with it?”
“It has nothing to do with it. A body that has become as powerful as a monster means, on the other hand, that it is not easily destroyed even if it is used harshly.”
Horrifyingly, Yoo Chang-jin tells us that when a psychic awakens to a transcendentally strong ‘regeneration’ ability, the alien cleanly empties the information in the psychic’s brain and forcibly inserts the alien’s mind into the empty brain.
“Crazy…”
“By the way, this case also has side effects for aliens. The host’s brain constantly rejects the mind of the ‘parasitized’ alien, destroying its own body.”
“Gulp…”
“Nevertheless, the body with transcendentally strong regenerative powers forcibly prevents collapse and allows the mind-transplanted aliens to survive.”
However, Yoo Chang-jin explains to Seong-il that this ability to ‘regenerate the body’ is not favored even by aliens, as it has side effects.
“So, usually, ‘hosts’ with strong regenerative abilities are given to low-ranking people, or to ‘administrators’ who will die after a while. Ah! Cho Woo-young from Korea University, where you attend, is a representative example.”
“…”
Seong-il feels at ease with the madness of aliens who are doing all sorts of things to steal human bodies.
‘To be a ‘Hunter’ who is powerful and has great talent in society… Actually, it’s no different than advertising yourself as a first-class beef cattle.’
Seong-il realizes that the hunter who is ‘envy’ by many people on the ground is not a ‘hero’ with both honor and wealth, but a first-class beef cattle.
‘Ha… A system that puts the cows to be slaughtered in one place and makes first-class beef cattle envious so that they can take care of themselves… It’s disgusting.’
Seong-il feels a vomit coming out just by imagining it, so he takes a deep breath and tries to calm himself down. And the three hunters who saw Sungil’s reaction nodded as if they understood and replied.
“I understand. I had the same reaction as you when I first heard the truth.”
Even after hearing Min Ye-jin’s encouragement, the nausea that did not go away easily. Seong-il turns the nano-machines, which temporarily stopped her activities to avoid being noticed by Yoo Chang-jin, and she finally feels the nausea disappear.
“…Let me ask you one more question.”
“Ask me.”
“…Then why do aliens call body enhancers ‘halves’ and persecute them? If you raise them well, you can make even ‘lower classes’ useful. Even if you wake up to regenerate your body right away, you can perform a transplant procedure. .”
“That’s a good question.”
Even though he was disgusted with the shock, when he asked a sharp question, Yoo Chang-jin put on a proud expression.
“It’s simple. A ‘pure’ body enhancer cannot perform a ‘mind transplant’ no matter how much he trains.”
“…Why?”
“Because, unlike other abilities that can cleanly bring the mind into reality, body enhancers cannot do that. They say you’re in serious trouble.”
“…Oh my god.”
“Nevertheless, the reason why they consistently train body enhancers without giving up is because they anticipate their additional ability awakening.
Seong-il unknowingly clenches his fist at the alien’s act of thrifting humans to the point of giving goosebumps.
“…Then does the red thread awaken only the two supernatural powers mentioned above? ‘Mental replacement’ and ‘body regeneration’?”
“No? I know there are more. All we know are two cases, the highest and the lowest. We’ve barely figured this out either.
In addition to this method, it is expected that there are cases where various mental transplant procedures are possible.”
Yoo Chang-jin explains the cases of A-S class hunters who regularly go missing, and predicts that there may be more transplantable cases by giving examples of their colorful superpowers.
“Where is that case…?”
“The government hunter association has a guy. Well… I can’t dig out important information, but I can dig up small information like the list of missing people.
Based on that, we anticipate that there will be additional cases. FYI, we do not mean that ‘missing person’ is really missing. I’m assuming it was ‘harvested’ by the aliens.”
“…”
“What is certain is that many of the A-S rank hunters are ‘arrogant’, have strong ‘jealousy’, and are often faithful to their ‘desire’. What does this mean?”
“…Your personality has been altered by the red thread.”
“Answer.”