Chapter 872 A World Dominated by the Mind

Several law enforcers with guns in their hands and also controlling 'superpowers' have surrounded Li Qi, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

They have been investigating this strange "murderous baby" for a long time and it is very difficult to deal with.

Because this weird fusion of the three emotions of "baby", "mother" and "abuser" has the innocence and pain of the baby, the weakness and powerlessness of the mother, and also has the violent characteristics hidden deep in it. Just like those criminals who commit violence against mothers.

At the same time, they also have the same core, which is the "cotton disaster". The pain of men, women and children eventually turned into the three consequences of torture, abuse, and death, creating this terrifying monster.

The only good thing is that, precisely because of the mental existence of women and babies, this weird monster is not very aggressive, but it will still attack passers-by when it is frightened, and it has already had many victims.

They have been trying to figure out how to deal with this terrifying monster, but today it was solved by a strange man passing by.

Who is this?

They didn't take it lightly just because Li Qi seemed to be able to communicate.

Because they know that the only difference between themselves and monsters is that they have not gone crazy yet.

Those 'superpowers', the kind of power that transcends mortals, are all fueled by 'spirit'.

In other words, these law enforcers are actually patients with mental trauma. They all have more or less mental illnesses, and most of their thinking is distorted. However... even if they are distorted, they do not become monsters, but stick to themselves. The existence has become a part of maintaining the order of this city.

But not all people with special abilities will become law enforcers. Becoming a law enforcer requires strong self-control, the ability to suppress one's own pain, and dedicate oneself to more people.

Most people with special abilities are dangerous, they are mentally sensitive, and they are all problem children. Once their inner trauma is touched, they will lose control.

Those who lose control only when they are touched by wounds are already good children. Most of them are sensitive and introverted, taciturn, living their lives in retreat, and living outside the society. The more dangerous ones have quirks that ordinary people cannot understand. Killers who take pleasure in eating human flesh, who are obsessed with "relieving the pain of others", bomb maniacs who call themselves "artists", painters who like to paint with flesh and so on, these are even more troublesome.

People with superpowers who are not law enforcers are very dangerous. Even law enforcers themselves are walking on the edge of a cliff and will lose control if they are not careful.

Therefore, although the existence of superpowers is a secret, each one is actually subject to strict monitoring. Any existence that is not monitored needs to be contacted and evaluated immediately.

Li Qi was such an unknown person with powers who suddenly appeared, and naturally attracted the attention of law enforcement officers.

Li Qi knew this very well.

"You guys have worked very hard." Li Qi turned his head and looked at the law enforcers behind him.

Despite the psychological trauma, I suffer from all kinds of negative emotions every day, but I still have to deal with these monsters that appear because of negative emotions every day.

Dealing with these things will only exacerbate their psychological problems, right? At that time, they can only rely on themselves to relieve the problem.

If it cannot be alleviated...the accumulated emotions will eventually lead to self-destruction and become a new monster.

A group of monsters restrain themselves by willpower, and then restrain other monsters.

This is interesting in itself. Is this the power of ‘civilization’?

Perhaps civilization itself is their spiritual trauma?

It's a very interesting situation. Although I have been deeply hurt by this world, I still love this world deeply, choose to restrain myself, and use everything I have to protect mortals.

Li Qi has actually never experienced this kind of thing. He has had no psychological shadow since the beginning of his practice. It has been a smooth journey. Basically, he has help from all parties when encountering problems, and he works hard himself.

It can be said that although he encountered many dangers and difficulties, he was not 'betrayed'. All he encountered were enemies that needed to be challenged. In fact, there was not that much psychological damage.

Even Li Shiwei is like this.

But these law enforcers are different. They are generally betrayed by the world.

Li Qi could even directly calculate what they had gone through.

The one on the left is a young man who looks full of fun. His mother was forced by debts, and the last bedding was taken away by the creditor. She hugged him and huddled up in the wind and snow. He was still young at that time, and when he discovered that his mother's body was cold , he had been hugged tightly by the stiff corpse, spent a day and night in hunger and fear, and finally bit off his mother's hand before escaping. This incident severely traumatized his mind. He also developed 'abilities' due to this.

The taciturn man on the right with a resolute face grew up on the battlefield. Artillery fire and mountains of corpses and seas of blood made up most of his memories. In the end, the death of his close comrades in battle led to his awakening and loss of control. But as a A young veteran, he still obeyed orders and became a law enforcer after his recovery. He is also the captain of the three.

As for the one in the middle... it's even more outrageous. She is a woman, with an expressionless face. She looks like a typical "Three Nothings". She seems to have no mood swings, just like a tool.

It is the experimental product of the Royal Research Institute's "Artificial Superpowers". Since psychological trauma can awaken superpowers, "manually creating trauma" seems to be feasible.

Through drugs, brainwashing, education, PUA, sleep prohibition and other means, the psychological trauma of the current "strongest superpower" was forcibly implanted, hoping to replicate the same "superpower" through the same trauma.

They succeeded halfway. Although most of the experimenters went crazy, a copy of the strongest superpower who was "absolutely loyal" was born.

However, although the ability is the same, it is easier to lose control, and the degree of control over the ability is also very different. The research institute determined that it needs to go through some things to fill the life experience, so it was transferred to the law enforcement team.

How to say...

The sentient beings in the desire world should generally face this problem, right?

The desire world is dominated by spiritual power.

What Li Qi saw was not just the problem of three people or this world. His capacity is now very broad. From the small to the big, he can see from these three people that in a world where spiritual power can distort reality... what will this world become.

In a sense, spiritual power can even be said to be "creating something out of nothing". Relying on this alone can change reality, which will indeed affect the world pattern to a great extent.

However... for the Desire Realm, the desires of ordinary people should be a small matter, and they can only affect the area around them. Their minds are too small, and their emotions are naturally not that intense.

Even if they think they are intense enough to destroy the world, in fact, they are just small waves in the eyes of people like Li Qi.

The trouble is the desires of the powerful.

Their anger and madness will really distort a large range of time and space, and even create some "wonders".

At this time, even if ordinary people are only slightly exposed to those emotions, they will directly lead to madness or even be directly overwhelmed by information.

Li Qi looked at them without saying a word, thinking about his own things in his mind.

However, the three law enforcers did not dare to stand there.

The old soldier pointed his gun at Li Qi and said, "Speak, stranger, where does your ability come from, what is the nature? What department?"

"Department?" Li Qi was awakened by the other party and heard a noun.

He had never heard of this term, but he immediately deduced the meaning of this term.

This is the division of abilities in this world. Control system, strengthening system, and the unclassifiable "mysterious system" are the cultivation system of this world.

The control system is mainly to strengthen one's inner trauma and emotions, and produce the characteristics of "manipulating external objects". Abilities such as telekinesis, mind control, and even brainwashing come from this. The specific implementation principle is actually to transform emotions into power to affect the outside world. This method can even be used as an energy source to release magic. It can be regarded as a method of magic practice. It is very systematic and good. It is the most promising one.

The strengthening system is to strengthen oneself, from strengthening physical fitness to allowing the body to gain certain special abilities, such as becoming like a spider, a ghost, or beast. In Li Qi's view, it is actually "giving up treatment."

Indulge in the pain in the heart, rely on instinct to stimulate oneself as much as possible, and directly let the inner power completely distort oneself. It seems to be stronger, but that is at the cost of sanity, just like a seemingly unlimited overdraft credit card. No matter how you swipe it, there is money, and no matter how you overdraw, there is a constant flow of power.

But suddenly one day, you will find that your card has been maxed out, and you can't even pay it back even if you sell your body.

At that time, your entire mind will fall into the abyss completely, which is called "out of control" in the words of this world.

However, the control system will actually lose control, especially the step of "transforming power through emotions", which is very likely to cause emotional outbursts and then out of control, but no matter what, it is much better than the strengthening system, which is doomed to die from the beginning.

As for when the credit card will be maxed out, it depends on your "credit limit", that is, the tenacity of your mind. Some strengthening systems will never be maxed out in their lifetime, because they can withstand it, and even reach the eighth level in this world.

And orthodox practitioners like Li Qi, who have a firm heart and a strong will, may even make themselves the third level of both the magic and witch paths if they use this method to strengthen themselves.

However, it is limited to the Desire Realm.

This kind of power is essentially given by the Desire Realm, not from their own practice, and is a very dangerous power for Li Qi.

The Desire Realm is the base camp of the Demonic Path. It is hard to say what will happen if the power of the Desire Realm is used casually.

All spiritual powers are only effective in the Desire Realm.

This is also the source of the third category, the Mystical Category.

The power of the mind is too strange, and it is even difficult to classify. The so-called Mystical Category is a garbage dump that puts all the unclassifiable types into it.

This includes the out-of-control reinforcement category, the misguided control category, and the weird existence that cannot be classified from the beginning, the possessed, or simply the manifestation of group consciousness itself, just like the baby just now.

Not all collective consciousnesses are monsters. If a group consciousness is born in an enlightened academy, then this "Spirit of the Academy" must be able to communicate, and even friendly and wise.

But the collective consciousness born in such a place must be mostly monsters and hostile.

Nowadays, in this world that has just entered the industrial age, there are probably not many good collective consciousnesses, and monsters are growing explosively, which should be the reason why the law enforcers are so nervous.

So, Li Qi nodded gently and said to them: "Relax, I have no hostility, I just... just arrived here, as for my department... the mysterious department."

"Looks like a veteran, steady, sophisticated, and very good at dealing with weirdness. Is he from a certain cult?" The veteran captain saw that Li Qi had no hostility, so he took the initiative to show goodwill, put away his gun, and then walked in front of Li Qi.

"No, I am... uh, it's hard to explain. You can understand that I am a weirdo that jumped out of the void, but I have reason and can communicate with you, but you can't understand me."

"Weird...? Yes, it looks like it."

"There are actually quite a few rational weirdos, but they have all been taken in. The outside world is not suitable for you. Do you want to come to a place with me? We will prepare a room for you." The captain said so.

"Prepare a room?" Li Qi asked back.

He actually knew what this was.

This collective consciousness incarnation similar to the ‘Spirit of the Academy’ is easy to get along with, but they also have their favorite things, such as liking people with a lot of people, liking books and so on.

So, in order to prevent these quiet weirdos from getting out of control due to external stimuli, they are taken in and an environment they like and can make them stable is created to prevent them from exploding.

There have been such cases before. They were obviously very friendly ‘weirdos’, kind spirits born in church hospitals, but they finally witnessed too many deaths and turned black, and eventually devoured the entire hospital, killing hundreds of people.

In the end, the authorities could only publish a newspaper saying that this was an ‘unexpected fire’, and the hospital has been sealed off until now. No one can deal with it for the time being, and the law enforcers sent in have basically not returned.

Moreover, these friendly weirdos can also be used as power. They generally have extraordinary powers, treat the wounded, make equipment, and even directly assist the law enforcers as combat power. They are good helpers.

In the world of desire, this kind of ecology is still quite interesting.

“Yes, prepare the room, what kind do you like?” The captain asked with a smile.

Even if Li Qi is not weird, it's okay.

Take him back first.