Cthulhu America, I can see the kill line.

In the fish soup shop, Ethersus lowered his eyes and slowly tore at the seemingly endless pancake in his hand.

One by one, the pieces were thrown into the seemingly endless bowl of fish soup, and then the thin little girl would hold the bowl and hand it to each wandering soul.

Kong Jiu asked cautiously, "Neo... Su-ge, can I also learn that ability that feeds intelligence back into strength and agility?"

"Both legitimate sorcerers and psychics know this trick."

As Estherus broke off a piece of bread, he answered casually, not taking Conjur's question to heart.

"To achieve a great improvement in a short period of time is something only a god can do. I am just a dead soul. A dead soul should teach what a dead soul can teach."

Amidst his rambling, Kong Jiu sat down on the ground and opened the attribute panel.

Strength 5, Agility 4, Intelligence 10, and the Subspace Essence also added five points to each of the three dimensions, for a total of thirty-four attributes, which is his current stat sheet.

When Kong Jiu first met Farah, he noticed that Farah's attributes had an exaggerated boost, with strength and agility having half the boost of intelligence.

Unexpectedly, when I met Mina again, she also knew this trick.

If he could learn this move, with his 10 points in Intelligence, he could add another 5 points to Strength and Agility.

In this way, he can surpass Mina in total attributes.

"This move is called 'from the heart to the object,' and it's not a particularly profound technique."

Estherus spoke calmly, yet with a hint of unfathomable depth: “It’s not profound, but this kind of idealistic thing is actually quite troublesome to explain.”

Close your eyes, Kong, let me explain it to you, and see if you can figure it out on your own.

Kongjiu closed his eyes and waited quietly for Estherus's next instruction.

The essence of "from the heart to the object" is to make a psionicist realize where that spiritual power comes from.

There are many answers to this question: subspace, brainwaves, sixth sense, and some people even say magnetic field rotation.

Each insight into psychic energy reshapes a person's worldview and also influences the impact of psychic energy on the person who receives the insight.

The most widespread understanding is the belief that spiritual energy can be reconstructed and fed back into the physical body, which means that spiritual power originates from the human heart.

The human heart is not the large muscle of the heart, but rather thoughts, desires, ideas, beliefs...

Whether it's being incredibly wealthy, having many children, or achieving worldwide fame, or being content with one's lot, simple and unassuming, or detached from worldly affairs, all these are motivations that drive people to live...

This all belongs to the power of the human heart, transforming spiritual energy into matter and feeding back into the physical body—from the heart to the material world…”

The hypnotic chatter drifted into Kong Jiu's ears, making him feel drowsy.

He grew increasingly sleepy, and before long, he even began to snore softly.

Aethasus, who was absentmindedly breaking pieces of bread, heard snoring and finally put down the piece of bread in his hand, giving the little girl with freckles a meaningful look.

"Abby, bring me the spiritual power we've accumulated for the salvation of the dead."

Abigail blinked her big eyes, and with a gentle wave of her willow branch, a small, pale yellow wooden door, half a meter tall, quietly appeared beside her.

She opened the wooden door, and a string of sparkling bubbles floated out from behind the deep doorway.

Then, a huge bubble carrying a jar filled with orange-yellow liquid slowly floated out.

As another wisp of the soul in the room dissipated, the orange-yellow liquid in the jar increased in volume.

"Uncle Su, everything is here."

Abigail waved her willow branch, and the huge bubble floated to Estherus's side, bursting with a crisp "pop".

"Should we give all this spiritual power to this big brother?" Abi closed the small door and watched with curiosity as Estherus unscrewed the lid of the jar.

The pale yellow, paste-like liquid then emitted a hazy glow.

"After all, you don't need redemption; you're destined for heaven." Ethersus nodded. "In that case, it's a good thing to leave this spiritual power to the living."

As he spoke, he reached into the jar and scooped out a handful of thick, paste-like liquid, which he then gently applied to Kong Jiu's face, where the snores were even.

Seeing this, Abby also became playful, dropped the willow branch, and ran lightly to Kongjiu's side.

The two of them took turns scooping out the pale yellow, paste-like liquid and carefully applying it all over Kong Jiu's body.

"You can be the 'Anointed One'. I don't want to be one anymore..." Ethersus smirked as he smeared the anointing all over Kongjiu's face.

……

"Hmm... I fell asleep?"

Kong Jiu, who was still half-conscious, slowly opened his eyes.

I guess so.

The dreamlike voice echoed softly, making him shake his still somewhat heavy head and stare blankly at the pale world.

Wait a minute, why does this scene look so familiar?

Kong Jiu suddenly opened his eyes wide, trying hard to make out the blurry figure in front of him.

In a pure white field of vision, that "self" was quietly floating in front of him.

"'Me'? Is that you?" Kong Jiu stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure and asked in a low voice.

The figure nodded slightly, its voice calm and undisturbed: "It is me, 'you' from the future."

"We meet again?" Kong Jiu rubbed his head. "Last time you fainted in the subspace, and this time you fell asleep in Lixin Township. It seems like you would appear when I lost consciousness in the subspace?"

The figure nodded, whether out of laziness to answer the question or out of affirmation.

"Then, I'll continue with the questions I didn't finish last time," Kong Jiu squinted, trying hard to make out the almost transparent figure: "Are you the 'me' from the future? Or the angel of death that Su Fu mentioned?"

The figure raised its indistinct face and made a clear, friendly gesture with its almost indistinct hands.

"It's comforting to see how stupid my past self was," the figure said mockingly. "Have you forgotten what I said last time—spoilers will be punished by heaven?"

Kong Jiu then came to his senses, frowned, and although he was in the wrong, his tone was somewhat dissatisfied: "No, did you really have to be so malicious?"

"As for," the figure said with a hint of sarcasm, "if you met that little Kongjiu from over ten years ago, who used to mix his pee with mud and have a great time, you would have the same attitude."

"Can we not talk about this embarrassing history?"

Kong Jiu instantly recalled his disheveled appearance as a child, his face covered in mud and his body stinking, and he couldn't help but frown and protest.

"No. Because that's how I feel when I see you right now."

The figure remained sharp and uncompromising.

"I'm just here to tell you two things. First, there's a prerequisite for 'approaching things from the heart,' which is complete self-acceptance."

"Unfortunately, because of my existence, you will never be able to see yourself in a positive light. Therefore, your 'approaching things from the heart' can only be practiced from the very basics."

Half the intelligence bonus? You'll have to start training from a quarter of it.

"Hey!" Kong Jiu couldn't help but raise his voice, his face full of indignation, "Why should I?"

"Because I am you, and you are me."

The figure teased in a flippant tone, "Secondly, I've confiscated the spiritual energy that weasel gave you, leaving you only one-thirteenth. I'll return the rest to you when I have the chance."

Also, I've erased your memories first, don't blame me, this already involves spoilers...

Before he finished speaking, the voice of Kong Jiu in the future gradually faded into the distance, becoming ethereal and unreal.

"What spiritual power? Damn it, how can you be so selfish..."

Before Kong Jiu could finish complaining, the pure white world suddenly shattered, and his consciousness sank back into darkness.

Immediately afterwards, Kong Jiu shuddered and woke up under the watchful eyes of the two ghosts, one old and one young.

Kong Jiu rubbed his sleepy eyes, his gaze gradually focusing on the faces of Essus and Abigail.

"strangeness,"

Ethersus, holding the now-empty jar, looked Kongjiu up and down, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Is your spiritual energy absorption rate really that bad? It's so different from what I expected for 'transcending the mortal realm'..."

As he spoke, Estherus had a thought and opened Kongjiu's system.

[Strength 10, Dexterity 9, Intelligence 15, Anointed One.]

[The essence of the subspace concept: Located within the subspace, all attributes are increased by +5]

[From Mind to Object (My Form): One-quarter of intelligence is increased in strength and agility.]

【实际面板：力量10（+9），敏捷9（+9），智力15（+5），受膏者。】

Kong Jiu exclaimed excitedly, "Brother Su, my stats have improved! But why is the 'Heartfelt Connection' bonus you mentioned only a quarter?"