Myriad Paths

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 three consequences: sadism, 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.

In fact, Li Qi has never experienced this kind of thing. He has no psychological shadow since the beginning of practice.

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 joking. His mother was forced by debts, and the last bedding was taken away by the creditor. She hugged him and curled 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 he escaped. 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 and is 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 deprivation and other means, the psychological trauma of the current 'strongest superpower' is forcibly implanted, hoping that the same 'superpower' can be reproduced through the same trauma.

They were half successful. Although most of the experimenters went crazy, they still produced an 'absolutely loyal' copy of the strongest superpower.

However, although the abilities are the same, they are more likely to lose control and the degree of control over the abilities is also very different. The research institute determined that they need to experience something to fill up their life experience, so they were transferred to the law enforcement team.

how to say……

All sentient beings in the desire realm should generally face this problem, right?

The realm of desire is dominated by spiritual power.

What Li Qi saw was not just three people, or the problems of this world. His mind was now very broad, and he could see the big from the small. From these three people, he could see that in a world where spiritual power can distort The real world...what will this world look like?

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

However... to the world of desire, the desires of mortals should still be trivial, and they can only affect the area around them. Their capacity is too small, and their emotions are naturally not that intense.

Even the intense emotions they 'think' are enough to destroy the world are actually just a small wave in the eyes of people like Li Qi.

The trouble is the desires of the mighty ones.

Their anger, their madness, will really distort a large area of ​​time and space, and even create some 'wonders'.

At this time, if a mortal is even slightly exposed to those emotions, it will directly lead to madness and even the brain will be directly overwhelmed by the information.

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

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

The veteran pointed his gun at Li Qi and said, "Speak, stranger, where does your ability come from, what is its nature? What is its classification?"

"Farewell?" Li Qi was awakened by the other party and heard a term.

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

It is the division of abilities in this world, into the control system, the strengthening system, and the unclassifiable 'mysterious system'. It is probably the cultivation system of this world.

The control system is mainly able 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 all come from this. The specific implementation principle is actually By converting emotions into power, you can influence the outside world, and you can even use this method as an energy source to release spells. It can be regarded as a method of practicing magic. It is very systematic, not bad, and the most promising one.

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

Indulge the pain in your heart, rely on instinct to stimulate yourself as much as possible, and directly let the inner power completely distort yourself. It seems that you have become stronger, but that is at the expense of your sanity, like a seemingly infinite overdraft. No matter how you use your credit card, you will have money, and no matter how you overdraft, you will have energy flowing out.

But suddenly one day, you find that your card is maxed out, and you can’t even sell yourself to pay it back.

At that time, your entire sanity will completely fall into the abyss. In the words of this world, it is called "out of control".

However, the control system can actually get out of control, especially the step of 'converting power through emotions', which can easily lead to emotional outbursts and loss of control. However, it is much better than the enhancement system, which is bound to die from the beginning.

As for when your credit card will be maxed out, it depends on your 'credit limit', which is the tenacity of your soul. Some enhancement systems will never max out their credit card in their lifetime, because they can withstand it and can even reach the eighth level in this world. Degree.

And orthodox practitioners like Li Qi have a firm Taoist heart and a tenacious will. If they use this method to strengthen themselves, they may even become the third level of magic and witchcraft.

However, only in the realm of desire.

This kind of power is essentially given by the world of desire, not from their own practice. It is a very dangerous power for Li Qi.

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

All spiritual powers only take effect in the realm of desire.

This is also the origin of the third system, the mysterious system.

The power of the mind is so weird that it is even difficult to classify. The so-called mysterious system is just a garbage dump where all types that cannot be classified are stuffed into it.

This includes out-of-control reinforcement systems, control systems that have gone astray, and strange existences that cannot be classified from the beginning. They are possessed by demons, or they are simply the manifestation of group consciousness, just like the baby just now.

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

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

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.