World Occult Usage Guide

Chapter 229 Two New Features

"Reincarnation..."

Lin An recalled his encounter with the source-level mystery. As long as they were true source-level beings, they all had some means of resurrection. Apart from the pollution value "exploding" or the use of special methods, they were very difficult to kill.

As a system that was once a statue-level entity but later fell from grace, it's not surprising that it possesses one or two methods to revive itself.

"System, please introduce your new features."

Knowing he was in the wrong, the Duke did not refute the title, but instead quickly wrote down the introduction with his pen.

"It's called reincarnation, but we use a different language, so I translated it into this word. You don't need to worry, because the one who will be reincarnated is me, not you." The Duke spread out the green data. "This is my plan for the future; please take a look."

Like countless times he had read a panel, Lin An skimmed through the arranged text and made a summary.

Adria's ritual propelled Lin An to a position outside the ozone layer, between the amplification layer and the exosphere, on the same parallel line as most satellites.

The energy released by the twelve candles enveloped Lin An, preventing him from being compressed by gravity or affected by temperature, and placing him in a spiritual space that transcended matter.

Unfortunately, he was merely a mixture of memories and consciousness, while his body remained in the basement of the New Tower of Babylon, in a state of separation between body and soul.

Before he reached this height, a group of organizations opposed to Adria joined forces to help him retain consciousness.

Lin An did not believe Adria's lies, thinking he could return to "Commerx" by following the path, and chose to fight against the alien spirit to maintain his own identity.

The system created a space similar to a "safe house," completely surrounding Lin An's consciousness.

According to the system, the aristocratic organizations that are opposed to Adria will take Lin An to one of their leaders and use a summoning ritual to bring his consciousness down from the atmosphere and back into his body.

Because the system needs to continue protecting the safe house and ensuring Lin An's condition at all times, it has to allocate a portion of its power to continue following Lin An through reincarnation.

The so-called reincarnation is the process of packaging memories and basic radiation values ​​and transferring them into a new body.

When Titan sent the summons, the system prepared to erase all memories, reduce its mass, and descend to the planet with Lin An in its initial blank state.

After reading this text, Lin An composed himself and asked, "First of all, why are you following me?"

He disliked the feeling of having another independent person inside him. If he had no other choice but to cooperate with the Duke, Lin An would have preferred to erase his consciousness and make him a genuine system; or to completely separate him in some way.

Who wants an old monster living in their mind?

Even though the system swore repeatedly that it was already dead and could only awaken during the "Comers" radiation, and that it could not harm Lin An in any way, and that their goals were extremely consistent, both being to escape this ritual.

He depends on Lin An for survival; their fortunes are intertwined, and their losses are intertwined. This is credible at least for now.

No matter what the system says, we must get rid of it. Lin An thought, unfortunately, it is indeed as it said, we must leave here first.

“To help you fuse with the spirit of the alien Ansius,” the Duke replied.

"Does that mean increasing the radiation level of my prototype itself?"

“That’s right. Although you have awakened the mystery, it is difficult for you to control your ‘Lady with the Lamp’ prototype, and its radiation level is relatively low. I hope to protect you.”

A thick sheet of paper appeared on the linden wood tea table. The Duke picked up a pen and drew a yin-yang symbol.

"You've been to China?" Lin An raised an eyebrow.

“From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, when Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were writing the Tui Bei Tu, I was present and witnessed it; until a man named An Lushan rebelled, I was unfortunately always mistaken for a barbarian because of my curly hair and beard, so I left.”

"..."

“If we compare Yin and Yang to two kinds of balance,” the Duke said with a smile, getting back to the point, “black is the mind and divinity given to you by the spirit of extraterrestrials, while white is the emotion and humanity given to you by the human body.”

"But the body can influence the soul. If I were to enter the body of a baby girl, I would also feel physiological weakness. The problem now is that your yin fish is too large and has swallowed the yang fish. If it weren't for your strong will, it would probably have turned into a black chaos long ago."

"What you need to do next is to digest, integrate, and understand the alien spirit little by little until the yang fish and the yin fish are in relative balance, allowing you to completely control the power of the 'Lady with the Lamp'."

“Balance…” Lin An murmured to himself.

“When the aristocratic organization locates us, you can only send a portion of your spirit down, leaving the rest to continue acting as a medium between the two planets to prevent Adria from noticing the abnormality of the ritual, while I will maintain the state here.”

"I think I understand."

If the balance within Lin An's body were displayed as 100%, at this moment, the "yin fish" accounts for 99%, while the "yang fish" only accounts for about 1%. This would mean that once he leaves the safe house, he would be trapped in the laws of another planet and lose himself.

“How can I enlarge my yang fish?” he asked.

“Worldly experience; this relates to the second ‘function’ I’m about to introduce.” The Duke tapped the yin-yang symbol with his pen. “It’s also the second reason I’m following you.”

Lin An nodded slightly. When his rating was upgraded, the system mentioned that he had unlocked two functions. However, before he could check them further, Rocky attacked, and they chased each other into the New Tower of Babylon.

"Continue explaining."

“It’s hard to explain in a few words. This feature will add a ‘button’ to your ‘tree view’,” the Duke explained in a straightforward manner. “Besides viewing branches, you can now ‘edit’ unawakened ordinary people.” “Edit?”

"It's about sharing existing entries with them so they can reflect on them. Afterward, these individuals will awaken new mystical archetypes based on their own understanding. These mystical archetypes will be simultaneously included in the Mystical Encyclopedia, and my level of contamination will be reduced during the inclusion process."

Lin An squinted. So this was the way to reduce the pollution from "knowledge seekers"—knowledge sharing!
Or rather, it prompts others to step into the world of "Commerz".

“Through this exchange of old entries for new ones, we can gain a deeper understanding of the entries and collect more without much effort,” Lin An pondered. “While maintaining my integrity, I will continue to deepen my understanding of ‘Commerx’…”

"Your insights are always spot on, dear great-grandson," the Duke praised.

After glancing at his great-grandfather, Lin An changed the subject to the next question.

"Which family is this 'organization' you're talking about? And I don't even know their style of doing things, yet I'm being summoned to work for their leader?"

"As far as I know, the organization is very large and has many different names because it spans multiple countries. The leaders mostly act independently, but they come together for the same goal of protecting Titan, much like the Avengers."

How many movies has that old bastard Joshua watched while at work? Lin An was speechless.

"So, what is the name of your leader?"

"Lin Hainan".

Even in his spirit form, Lin An almost popped his eyes out.

Good heavens, isn't this my dad who disappeared 17 years ago after I left without saying goodbye?

So it turns out he and Adria are the leaders of two opposing organizations!

What?! My dad's fighting my mom?!

“Lin Hainan found me three years ago and told me about this backup plan. If he couldn’t get back in time when Adria attacked, making her ritual inevitable, then the plan would be activated,” the Duke said.

three years ago……

Lin An frowned. That was when he received his admission letter from the University of Ann Arbor and went to study in the United Kingdom.

It seems that in some corner of the world he was unaware of, various forces were constantly vying for power amidst the seemingly peaceful daily routine. In the end, Adria emerged victorious and successfully brought Lin An to Dietrich.

Suppressing his complex emotions, Lin An said expressionlessly, "But he's building railways in the South, while my 'body' is on the other side of the ocean in the Upper East."

“People from that organization will take your body. He and his sister are two of the few who can use mysticism to deceive Adria and her informants.”

"Who is this again?"

Suddenly, a pull surged into Lin An's heart. His gaze passed over the duke in front of him, through the hazy ground, into the colorful land, and locked onto a certain place in Dietrich, the city of the Eagle Kingdom.

"Lin Sang, your life is so miserable."

A chubby young man knelt on the ground and bowed with his hands clasped together.

"Transform into a thousand winds, I feel you become a thousand gentle breezes, blowing across the five lakes and four seas..."

It was Haruto Sasaki!

Taking this opportunity to mourn, is that it? Fatty Wang, you just wait.

Upon careful recollection, it's clear that Sasaki was a socially awkward person, yet he took the initiative to approach Lin An. In their daily life, Lin An even regarded him as someone who would "unconditionally support him and never betray him," which is quite illogical.

"A prophet?" Lin An immediately guessed his medium.

“That’s right.” The Duke nodded. “Thanks to his presence in Dietrich, where he used the internet to influence many citizens and subtly affect the Black City, the ceremony was somewhat halted.”

"Lin Sang, I will move your sacred relics along with you, so may your spirit rest in peace."

A prophet who plays FGO every day...

You've really lowered the prestige of your media.

However, when the word "relic" was mentioned, Lin An suddenly discovered that his consciousness and the Philosopher's Stone on his chest resonated slightly, or more precisely, the little man in the bottle inside the small world.

He told the Duke about his discovery, who explained, "The ritual has just ended, and the energy structure is still unstable. If we send down a wisp of lighter consciousness, we might be able to make contact with that alchemical creation."

"Isn't it dangerous?"

"A trace of consciousness is harmless and will not affect your condition."

“Then I’m going,” Lin An said. “I also want to say goodbye to my former companions.”

(End of this chapter)