Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 142: Departure
However, for Ye Guyi, even now, she still couldn't understand how her angel martial soul had been leaked. For the sake of her safety, she was extremely cautious in her daily activities. According to common sense, her angel martial soul should not have been discovered by the evil soul master!
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"Of course," Huo Yuhao nodded, then began to explain his thoughts. "The strength of an undead largely depends on the strength they had before death. Therefore, in most cases, only those with relatively strong power can retain their wisdom after being transformed into undead. For example, the Golden Tortoise."
As he spoke, the Golden Tortoise immediately glanced at Huo Yuhao, wondering if it was the only intelligent undead in this place.
"However, the stronger undead are a minority," Huo Yuhao continued. "Most undead do not possess much intelligence. If I want to make them intelligent, I can take some special measures."
He explained further, "For example, let the undead condense all their spiritual energy into a soul crystal, using this crystal as the core. Then, they can actively absorb energy from the dead within the demi-plane—or even devour their kind—to become stronger and improve their wisdom."
"Similarly," he added, "if I want better control over the undead, I can adopt a hierarchical node method. This means commanding some stronger undead, and then having those command others in layers."
Honestly, in many novels from his previous life, the undead could develop intelligence and become stronger autonomously—skeleton soldiers being a typical example.
Of course, in some stories, for skeleton soldiers to gain enough intelligence, they needed to be either transmigrators or to have their strength and wisdom enhanced under special world rules.
Huo Yuhao's theories drew from these novels. He only proposed ideas, leaving the specifics to Electrolux.
Electrolux was a person with remarkably strong R&D talents—far superior to Tang San in the God Realm in terms of independent research. After all, Electrolux built the Eternal Tower artifact without becoming a god.
Although Tang San crafted the Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus in the original world, that couldn't compare to the power of the artifact.
"Soul crystal—" Electrolux considered. "Core is indeed an interesting idea. I think you should try it. Yuhao, you're a genius."
This reminded him of the Eternal Heart he had previously created. The Eternal Heart seemed to function as a kind of "core."
"Then I'd like to congratulate you in advance on your success," Huo Yuhao said with a smile. If the undead can have wisdom, they can have faith.
If the undead could gain wisdom, they could have faith.
Faith is undeniably crucial. Whether Huo Yuhao chose to forge his godhood or inherit a powerful divine position in the future, faith would help him advance on the path to becoming a god.
After all, the first Sea God relied on faith power to condense his godhead. Not all sea soul beasts were very intelligent—most possessed only some level of wisdom, but not much more.
Regarding Sea God Island, with so few inhabitants, the faith power supporting the first Sea God probably came mainly from the sea soul beasts.
Sun Moon Empire.
Sunset Forest.
Huo Yuhao used an illusion imitation soul skill to blend into the environment. Having completed his journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, he chose to head toward Sunset Forest. The reason was naturally to meet with his benefactor privately.
Convincing Jing Hongchen was no easy task. He only succeeded after demonstrating some of Electrolux's power, proving he was safe. Only then did the other person agree to let him leave.
To be honest, Huo Yuhao in the original novel did have a benefactor at the beginning, such as Dai Luoli's mother, so Huo Yuhao in the original novel was very good to Dai Luoli. He inherited this body and inherited the cause and effect, so he was also going to take Dai Luoli out in the future, helping her grow stronger.
As for the others in the Duke's Mansion, some had oppressed Huo Yuhao and his mother. Without Dai Hao, the Duchess held the highest authority in the mansion.
The Duchess was proud and wouldn't personally beat Huo Yuhao or his mother—she would merely give orders. The evil servants in the mansion would likely oppress Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao honestly. After all, to please the Duchess, what could those evil servants not do?
Even the servants of the Duke's Mansion knew Huo Yun'er had given Dai Hao a son, but they kept this secret and didn't tell Dai Hao.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
A series of wind-breaking sounds echoed overhead.
Huo Yuhao snapped back to awareness, looking up at the passing soul masters. He thought to himself that it was fortunate he had used illusion imitation soul skills; otherwise, he might have clashed with the soul masters of the Heavenly Soul Empire like Huo Yuhao in the original novel.
He didn't want to provoke conflicts, as it would delay his progress toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well—one of the greatest opportunities in the Douluo Continent.
Soon, he arrived near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
The main reason he could make this judgment was the thick poisonous miasma ahead. For ordinary soul masters, contact with this miasma would lead to severe consequences.
But for Huo Yuhao, it was easy to handle—thanks to his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, which was naturally a nemesis of poison.
At this moment, in the spiritual sea, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm looked at the miasma in astonishment. "How can there be so much miasma? This is impossible. Yuhao, you said you sensed a land of opportunity through the premonition of the gods. Is this your place of opportunity?"
He thought that the place looked completely poisonous, and the miasma seemed unusual in both appearance and extent.
"Of course," Huo Yuhao replied. "My premonition told me that stepping into this place would grant me many opportunities. I also know, through a premonition, what dangers I might face here."
It was not possible to reveal everything—he couldn't admit he was a transmigrator, after all. So, he kept some details to himself.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was puzzled. "Is there an opportunity here? Are you planning to find the source of the miasma and turn it into a weapon?"
Huo Yuhao answered calmly, "In essence, I do plan to find the source of the miasma. But the problem of the miasma itself is manageable. There are other issues in this land of opportunity, and I need your help to solve them."
"No problem. Leave it to me, Bingbing, and Xue Di," Tianmeng said confidently.
(End of this chapter)