Kong Mingan paused slightly, seemingly checking some information, then looked at the Ice Empress and said abruptly:
"I need to go out for a while. Want to come along?"
The Ice Empress was startled, then tentatively asked: "Just the two of us?"
Kong Mingan smiled and nodded: "Yes, just the two of us. However, you might have to protect me a bit. I want to try and test my current limits."
The Ice Empress blinked. Although she didn't understand his meaning, it's just the two of us; this was a rare opportunity that couldn't be missed.
She paused briefly, calmed her emotions, and then adopted a serious posture: "I will naturally protect you well!"
Kong Mingan nodded, then very naturally reached out his hands. Before the Ice Empress could react, one hand gently wrapped around her waist, and the other supported her legs.
He stood up, pulling the Ice Empress's light body into his embrace.
The Ice Empress: "???"
"Wait, what are you doing!!"
The sudden sensation of being lifted instantly panicked her. Her body instinctively tried to struggle, but she was held tightly in his arms. As she struggled, her body gradually softened, losing all strength.
The Ice Empress was like this: soft-bodied but sharp-tongued. If touched even slightly, she would bare her claws and teeth like an angry, bristling cat ready to bite, but in reality, she would never actually bite, only hiss continuously at most.
Kong Mingan seemed thoughtful, holding her steadily in his arms. He lowered his head and whispered: "Don't move around. I'm taking you to experience my new ability."
What kind of new ability requires holding me! You bastard clearly have ulterior motives; you just want to take advantage of me, right!
The Ice Empress desperately wanted to bite the scoundrel in front of her to death. However, before she could speak, the next moment, the glittering silver "Spiritual Pivot" spirit ring suddenly magnified, enveloping both of them.
In an instant, the Ice Empress felt as if her entire body was wrapped in countless flowing silver data streams. The texture of the real World was rapidly peeling away, and her body seemed to be slowly disappearing.
The Ice Empress stiffened, subconsciously tightening her arms and clutching Kong Mingan's neck tightly, her cheek pressed slightly against him.
"What is this thing..."
"Don't be afraid," Kong Mingan chuckled, offering a strange sense of reassurance. "I'm taking you for a tour inside the Spiritual Pivot Network."
The Ice Empress blinked, her eyes clear.
"Go for a tour inside the Spiritual Pivot Network?"
Before her question was fully voiced, the silver data stream completely submerged their figures. With a flash of light and shadow, they vanished from the room... As if passing through an invisible film of water, the Ice Empress's perception recovered from a brief state of Chaos.
When her vision returned, the Ice Empress found herself seemingly situated within an endless Void Realm. Her sight was not met with darkness, but a peculiar, flowing space that appeared to be composed of countless minute points of light and silver threads.
Countless vague "information streams" zipped past her "side" like swimming fish. When she subconsciously focused her attention on one of these streams, the relevant information naturally surfaced in her mind.
These pieces of information varied greatly; they might be fragmented memories, fleeting thoughts, or vague emotional fluctuations.
"This is the Spiritual Pivot Network," Kong Mingan's voice rang out at the right moment. The Ice Empress looked up, finding that Kong Mingan was also observing the surroundings, his eyes showing a degree of seriousness.
The Ice Empress paused slightly, unable to resist asking: "The Spiritual Pivot Network can be entered?"
She had always used the Spiritual Pivot Network to read novels, but it could actually be entered?
The Ice Empress's Worldview was slightly refreshed, leaving her momentarily dazed.
"Essentially, the Spiritual Pivot Network is a vast web jointly constructed by Soul, mental force, spirit power, and countless pieces of information.
"To enter here, one only needs to digitize their own data information; it is not difficult."
Kong Mingan explained softly, but the Ice Empress's eyes remained clear, indicating she didn't quite understand.
Kong Mingan paused for a moment and guided her:
"Try to imagine the taste of a certain food in your mind."
The Ice Empress complied, beginning to imagine the taste of her favorite ice cream cake in her mind.
The next moment, an incomparably realistic sensation instantly overwhelmed her senses. A chilling sensation came from her tongue, and the rich aroma of milk and sweet freshness naturally permeated, even down to the softness of the cake base.
She genuinely felt as if she had eaten a piece of ice cream cake; the taste belonging to the ice cream cake reappeared in her mouth. Everything felt so real.
"This..." The Ice Empress's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at Kong Mingan with a hint of disbelief.
"This is the effect brought about by 'Dataization'," Kong Mingan explained softly while holding her.
"The Spiritual Pivot Network is flooded with countless fragments of information scattered from the subconscious minds of Ling Shu users. Under normal circumstances, we can only receive or query this information by'seeing' it.
"But if consciousness truly enters the Spiritual Pivot Network, the method of receiving information will not be limited to the original'seeing,' but rather direct acceptance and perception at the conscious level, thereby achieving an effect of near-perfect reproduction.
"It's not just about food; you can even try to construct a real World, provided the computational power of the 'Spiritual Pivot' is sufficient."
The Ice Empress's eyes brightened slightly. Tentatively, she began to imagine other things.
The scent of the wind and snow in the Extreme North Land, the warmth of the sun shining on the ice surface, the fragrance of a rare flower she had smelled once...
Each time she imagined something, it attracted countless information fragments, which then used the Ice Empress's own memory information as a template, bringing her a truly immersive experience.
The Ice Empress was having a great time. Her small body, nestled in Kong Mingan's arms, had temporarily forgotten the previous awkwardness.
Kong Mingan watched her excited appearance, finding it amusing, but his thoughts drifted further.
Highly realistic simulations based on information, like the one the Ice Empress was experiencing, were actually the simplest application of the current Spiritual Pivot Network.
Based on this, he could easily construct virtual spaces similar to the Hall of Heroes or the Spirit Ascension Platform of ten thousand years later.
A slightly further step was what he had just conceived.
Since the physical body can be temporarily digitized to enter the network, conversely, can the data within the network be materialized in some way to shape real physical or Energy bodies in the real World?
If he thoroughly analyzed and mastered the complete data model of a certain creature, would it mean that he could use the "Spiritual Pivot" to mass-replicate this creature, then materialize it to descend upon the real World, thereby achieving "Data Mass Production"?
This was a very interesting line of thought, and he had some other interesting ideas too.
Kong Mingan's thoughts were active. Holding the Ice Empress—who was still curiously trying out various sensory experiences—steadily in his arms, he rapidly traversed the intangible flood of information within the Spiritual Pivot Network.
And their destination was Shrek City.
(End of Chapter)
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