The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 349

Chapter 78 Hidden evildoers and subdivisions

Some people say that psychic energy is an extension of the soul.

Every living thing with a soul, even non-living things with souls, is born with psychic powers.

It's just that most souls' sensitivity to spiritual energy is relatively obscure, so their bodies don't show spiritual talent.

However, some souls are very sensitive to psychic energy. They can mobilize psychic energy by will alone, and can even respond to the tide of the psychic sea in the subspace. Such individuals are born psychic creatures.

Since each soul is unique, the psychic powers it controls are also quite different from those of other souls.

Therefore, in most cases, when the spiritual energy of any soul comes into contact with other souls, it will cause harm to them.

And this is the duality of psionics.

For the psyker himself, psionic power is like a universal ability. It can strengthen the user's strength, enhance the senses, invigorate the spirit, repair wounds, and even create fire, ice, lightning, and even creation out of thin air.

Psionics are almost poisonous damage to other souls.

Only those with special talents can use their spirits to heal wounds, strengthen strength, boost morale, etc. for others.

This is the so-called reason why it is easy to destroy but difficult to gain.

Ergou's ability to use his spiritual power to repair other people's limbs is simply too rare. There are only two and a half examples in the entire history of Demon Suppressors.

It is also extremely rare for Cao Xiangu to be able to help others recover their spiritual powers, so she is able to own a Taoist temple named after herself in Bianliang City - Cao Xiangu Nunnery.

Ergou once had a bad relationship with Cao Xiangu, and the two parties even explored the memory fragments deep in each other's souls.

The impact of this experience on Cao Xiangu was far more profound than the impact on Ergou.

The reason is very simple. Ergou will never be obsessed with the environment in which a female Taoist priest of the Song Dynasty lives, as well as what she sees and hears in her daily life, such as women's gatherings, poetry exchanges and mysteries. He will only After watching it once, I felt that this kind of life was quite boring.

There is no need to say more about the influence Cao Xiangu received. She was immediately addicted to the memory fragments of Ergou.

It was this memory interaction with Cao Xiangu that gave Ergou the idea of ​​​​improvement after being exposed to the real forbidden spiritual Taoist technique [Mind Tracing].

[Mind tracing], in vernacular, means memory reading.

Ergou secretly deduced the principle of the side effects of [Mind Tracing] based on the many records and descriptions of the [Mind Tracing] Taoist technique recorded by the Demon Suppressor, combined with his interaction experience with Cao Xiangu.

As we all know, a person's psychic energy is inextricably linked to his soul, and the two interact and influence each other.

Human beings are creatures with extremely complex emotional activities.

Under the rendering of these emotions that change every moment, its spiritual energy will also be rendered colorful, just like an ever-changing encryption lock.

And if the psychic nature of another psyker can resonate at the same frequency as this "encryption lock", then the two can be harmlessly connected. For example, Cao Xiangu has such a magical talent.

And if this situation is applied to the vast majority of psykers, if a psyker's psionic nature is equivalent to the blood in his own veins, then the psionic powers of other psykers are no more than the next generation to him. Ganges water from the holy Ganges.

The psychic energy of two psychics erodes and merges with each other. For either party, it is like taking a needle and sucking water from the Ganges into his own veins. The result is self-evident.

As for the Taoist technique [Mind Tracing], it is actually equivalent to violently injecting the Ganges River water into the opponent's body, and then grabbing the memory fragments from it and fusing them. This is a kind of harm to both the caster and the recipient.

Especially when the nervous system of the subject is destroyed, the soul of the subject is also torn apart, and part of the soul essence will be integrated into the soul of the caster, resulting in extremely fatal soul chaos, which will eventually lead to personality disorder. Split.

Some Taoist sages once imagined that if someone could read the memory of the subject without causing devastating damage to the brain (nervous system), it should be possible to avoid the side effects of [mind tracing].

This idea seems simple, but it has stumped countless Taoist masters in the past.

The reason is very simple. Psykers who can use [Mind Tracing] to fuse their psychic energies without causing harm to the recipient must have extremely special psychic characteristics. Under normal circumstances, only those with healing talents can do so. Only psykers can do this.

It happened that Ergou was a psyker with the gift of healing, which gave him the possibility to verify the vision of his predecessors.

Unexpectedly, when Ergou really verified the improved effect of [Tracing Heart], he found that it went unexpectedly smoothly.

Of course, this is not only because Ergou has the spiritual talent to heal others, but also because Ergou's spiritual energy has been "purified" by Di Ji's domain and turned into an extremely pure original power.

If the psychic powers of other psykers are regarded as the Ganges River water rich in the entire periodic table of elements, then the psychic powers of Ergou are equivalent to pure distilled water with almost no dissolved substances at all.

Injecting real distilled water into blood vessels may dilute a person's blood concentration, causing plasma osmosis and a drop in pressure. Transfer of water-based red blood cells causes cell growth and rupture, resulting in hemolytic reaction.

However, when Ergou's spiritual energy penetrates into other people's bodies, it will temporarily dilute the other person's emotions, causing their spiritual will to move in the direction of a deep indifference, as if they don't care about anything.

Especially when Ergou uses [Psychic Tracing] on someone, that person will become irreversibly indifferent, like a flesh-and-blood machine that has been washed away from emotions.

Perhaps the memories of these people still exist, but their emotions are pale and indifferent without any fluctuation.

It was with the help of the power of [Mind Tracing] that Ergou uprooted all the hidden people behind these evil villains, not even a single one was left out.

Some people may say, why bother tinkering with such a difficult psychic technique? Wouldn't it be enough to just torture him?

I can only say that your understanding of evildoers is insufficient.

In fact, many evildoers have already distorted their cognition. Instead of treating pain as punishment, they regard it as a kind of enjoyment.

This shows how twisted and perverted the devil is.

If only relying on conventional means, it would be difficult for the average demon suppressor to pry out real information from the captured evildoers.

The evildoers who can be tortured and confessed are definitely not the real core. The real core of the evildoers can only be tortured but it is useless, even if the things they ask are false information or bait that the evildoers want the demon-suppressing people to know.

It was precisely out of consideration for the future that Ergou found a lot of useful psychic skills from the Taoist boss of the Demon Suppressor.

The most hidden evil criminal has infiltrated Ergou's side and became a member of the hunting team.

If it weren't for the [Mind Tracing] to read the memories of the evildoers, Ergou wouldn't even be able to discover the flaws.

A cavalry commander named Du Huai claimed that he was from Kaifeng and served as a military attache in the Forbidden Army. He was good at martial arts and diligent. Who would have thought that he was actually a deeply hidden evildoer. This guy was standing in front of Ergou. Ergou only used his psychic telepathy and couldn't even feel the malice on his body.

But as one of the most important pawns hidden among the evil disciples in the rebel army, he was eventually exposed by those evil disciples.

Du Huai disguised himself very well, and even used psychological suggestion to package himself to be almost flawless, but his only flaw was that he needed to "feed" other evildoers.

Cannibalism is a necessity for many evil disciples. If they cannot replenish their "nutrition" in time, they will fall into an inexplicable manic state and become bloodthirsty and violent.

But the rebel camp had very strict management of the workers, and the disguised identities of the criminals were relatively "ordinary", so they were unable to obtain human corpses without attracting the attention of others.

In contrast, Du Huai, as a member of the cavalry in the hunting team, is the evildoer who can easily obtain human corpses without arousing suspicion from others.

If Du Huai leaves these "similar people" alone, their identities will definitely be revealed soon, which is definitely not a good thing for the evildoers.

Then the overly arrogant evildoer Du Huai took on the corresponding "feeding" task.

Unexpectedly, Ergou would screen out the evildoers who had eaten human flesh with one big potion release.

The villains never expected that Ergou would actually master the ability to read memories, and Du Huai was eventually found out.

Ergou also read Du Huai's memory.

What surprised him was that Du Huai was also from Xiangzhou.

He was born in the Du family in Anyang, Xiangzhou. He had an elder brother in the family, named Du Chong. He was a Jinshi during the Shaosheng reign of Zhe Zong and is now a meritorious official in the Ministry of War.

The Du family worshiped evil spirits secretly, and most of their clan members were evil followers, and they had a close relationship with the Kong family in Wulongpo.

This piece of information alone frightened Ergou.

The reason is very simple. When Ergou reduced rent and interest on farmland in Xiangzhou, the Du family in Anyang was one of the few families in Anyang who actively cooperated. For this reason, Ergou also used this family as a model to reward and promote.

This operation was as fierce as a tiger's. When they turned around and found that their home had been stolen, Ergou couldn't help but feel horrified.

Of course, it was also thanks to Ergou's mastery of memory reading's [Psychic Tracing], otherwise he would not have been able to discover Du Huai's true origin.

Naturally, there is nothing good to say about these evil villains and Ergou. Just destroy them humanely and that's it.

Not only the evil criminals, but also those who had been selected for eating human flesh, Ergou also executed them all without ceremony, and then burned their bodies to ashes.

No one in the entire rebel camp cared about the disappearance of these guys, because everyone had already been attracted by the grand "carnival".

Divide the land!

However, all laborers and rebel soldiers with qualified work scores have received official notices from the Rebel Camp, reminding them that they can bring the certificate issued by the work team to the Logistics Department of the Rebel Camp to exchange for gold dragon yuan, and then go to the Land Management Department to redeem it. Land of your own.

In the past six months, humans have cultivated more than 200,000 acres of fertile land in Shenyang Realm.

Ergou took out one-third of it in exchange at one go.

About 60,000 acres of farmland were redeemed by more than 7,000 people.

Most of these people could only exchange for one tract of land (three acres), and some could exchange for two or three tracts of land. However, no matter whether they were waiting for more or less land, they were all extremely excited.

Among those who were given land, some howled and roared loudly, some cried bitterly, and some knelt down and kowtowed...

Those who were lucky enough to be allocated land were excited, and those who had not yet met the criteria for land allocation were even more jealous.

Straight bitch!
This is the finest black soil and oil flower land!
There are not many places with such good soil in the entire Song Dynasty. Some bad guys were lucky enough to share some of it first. It is really enviable and jealous!
I didn’t save enough work points, but it was so cheap to settle down in such a shabby place!
no! Yes, you must hurry up and earn your work points. The next batch of farm divisions must not be without me!

As a result, the entire human race in Shenyang Realm once again entered a state of super liver work.

In fact, from Ergou's point of view, it is not a very rational thing to allocate land to the people this time.

The land in Shenyang Realm is really great. Just like the Great Northern Wilderness in Ergou's previous life, the endless swamp plains are most suitable for large-scale reclamation. Such a small piece of land of one or two acres per person is not suitable for the future. great expansion of agricultural technology.

Just the best way to deal with it is not necessarily the most appropriate way.

It has been half a year since the people followed the rebels to Shenyang Realm. Even though they have not been treated harshly, the homesickness among the people is inevitable.

How to safely appease the people's emotions, continue to mobilize their enthusiasm, and even make them willing to treat Shenyangjie as their second home has become a problem that Ergou needs to solve.

The solution to the problem is very simple, that is to release the land and let some people get rich first... No, it is to let some people get the land first, and then encourage more people to work hard to get the land.

This method is simple and effective, and the effect is remarkable. Even if there are some minor flaws, it will not be a big deal.

Moreover, the land in Shenyangjie is vast. In the future, hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of acres of fertile land will be waiting for people to enjoy it. What does a mere tens of thousands of acres of land mean?
Of course, after the land was distributed, Ergou also asked people to warn the emerging "small landowners" about the land as part of the policy.

First of all, landowners do not need to pay any land rent or taxes.

Any "taxes" related to land use collected from them by any person or organization are false. Such people or organizations should directly report them to the rebel camp and deal with them.

Secondly, 50% of the grain harvest grown by the landlord every year must be sold to the rebel camp at a fair price and a certificate of sale must be obtained.

Of course, the logistics department of the rebel camp must also pay corresponding remuneration, and no purchases on credit or IOUs are allowed.

Third, the land exchanged is not allowed to be bought or sold. If you want to sell it, you can only go to the Land Management Department to exchange it for golden dragon yuan. Of course, there is a handling fee for the redemption.

For example, if someone wants to withdraw the land at this time, they will exchange it for half of the Golden Dragon Ball. One piece of land can only be exchanged for half of the Golden Dragon Ball.

However, if the landowner can complete the task of selling grain to the rebel camp for ten consecutive years, then he can be exempted from the discount.

If it is less than ten years old, discounts will be discounted by half per year.

For example, if a landlord has farmed for six years and completed the task of selling grain six times, he can redeem the land to the Land Management Department at 80% of the price.

As for the completion amount exceeding ten years, the Rebel Camp ignored it.

(End of this chapter)