"How is it? Is your body alright? Does your head feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
This was also Chen Changsheng's first time encountering such a situation, and he asked Toka with a face full of concern.
Hearing this, Toka shook her head.
"I'm fine. It's just that some unimportant memories in my head have been inexplicably overwritten by fake ones. As long as I don't forget Rikka and my family, the other memories don't matter. Thank you..."
Toka's voice grew softer and softer, and her head unconsciously rested gently against Chen Changsheng's chest, as fragile as a little kitten waiting to be comforted.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He nodded and gently laid her down on the bed.
"It's good that you're fine. You should rest for a bit. I'll go and find out more about the specific situation."
After saying that, he got up from the bed and casually changed into a long robe.
It was only then that Toka realized Chen Changsheng had been completely naked just a moment ago. Her pretty face instantly flushed red. Upon realizing that she was also only wearing her underwear, she shyly pulled the thin quilt from the side to wrap around her entire body, leaving only half of her head exposed as she looked at Chen Changsheng bashfully.
However, the next moment, Mu Qingling, who had her quilt snatched away, turned around in dissatisfaction and hugged her, as if wanting to share the quilt with her, pressing herself completely against Toka's body.
This made Toka even more embarrassed, and she shrank the remaining half of her head into the quilt.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng smiled and shook his head. He picked Mu Qingling up, ignoring how she dissatisfiedly clung to him tightly like an octopus, and said, "Toka, get some rest first."
After saying that, Chen Changsheng carried Mu Qingling and left the room with Luo Hao, leaving Toka huddled in the quilt with a bright red face, her mind full of the increasingly clear image of Chen Changsheng's body from just now.
"This feeling..."
...
In another room, Chen Changsheng used his divine sense to inspect the mental states of Sayuri and her husband, shaking his head somewhat helplessly.
"It's no good. That energy has almost completely merged with their memories. If I forcefully extract it, they will turn into idiots."
Hearing this, the couple looked at Chen Changsheng with some fear.
"Mr. Chen, has something happened to our bodies?"
Obviously, the two still remembered Chen Changsheng; the tampered memories were only the parts related to their own world.
Chen Changsheng nodded. "Your memories have been altered by a strange power."
"Our memories have been altered!?"
"How is that possible? Why don't I feel anything at all?"
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but laugh. "If you could feel it, this wouldn't be so troublesome."
After saying that, he rubbed his chin and began to think.
He hadn't dabbled much in mental abilities. The highest level he possessed was merely a Golden Core realm mental secret art, primarily used for soul-searching to ensure the target wouldn't resist. However, such a secret art was completely incomparable when faced with this kind of mental energy that already touched upon the level of the Dao.
He thought for a long time, and finally, his eyes lit up.
"I've got it!"
Hearing this, Luo Hao, who was standing to the side, looked at Chen Changsheng curiously.
She had also just examined the mental states of Sayuri and her husband, but she discovered even less than Chen Changsheng did, so she was also somewhat at a loss right now.
Chen Changsheng smiled at her and said, "Since this energy involves the level of the Dao, wouldn't it be fine to just create a mental secret art that is on par with this energy level?"
"That's not something that can be done in a short amount of time, right?"
Seeing Luo Hao's look of disbelief, Chen Changsheng chuckled.
"Of course, the two of us can't do it, but don't we still have the chat group? I just need to get a low-level mental secret art targeting memories, and then use the chat group to upgrade it to a higher level. Wouldn't that work?"
Luo Hao: "Ah, this..."
Even Luo Hao was somewhat speechless at Chen Changsheng's idea.
This kind of thing could indeed be done, but how many points would it cost?
Just to save a few people, and people who were already out of danger at that, was it really worth it?
Chen Changsheng seemed to see through Luo Hao's thoughts and smiled. "To make the secret art reach the level of the Dao, I only need to upgrade it to the Soul Formation stage. In the chat group, that's only Tier 3. These points are nothing to me now. Besides, it's inevitable that we'll encounter mental-type enemies in the future. Getting a high-level mental secret art now can be considered preparing in advance, right?"
"The points are yours. How you want to use them is your freedom."
Luo Hao turned her head away, but she still felt that Chen Changsheng was simply too good to the guys in the group.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng smiled and shook his head without saying much more. He left the room, preparing to go to the Scripture Pavilion to summarize all the mental secret arts before creating the most suitable one himself.
...
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, in a cultivation room, Chen Changsheng, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes. A sharp glint flashed through his pupils.
"After spending over three million points, I've finally produced it."
Chen Changsheng felt the Soul Formation stage secret art in his mind, which felt as if he had personally created it, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Let's call this secret art Universe."
This was a mental secret art with profound concepts, divided into three stages. The first stage, Mental Space, could open up a mental space within the sea of consciousness. While greatly strengthening mental power, it could project the mental space onto the outside world, allowing control over all mental power within that space.
The second stage, Mental World, was optimized countless times based on the Mental Space. It could easily pull anyone with lower mental power than Chen Changsheng into the Mental World, allowing him to weave their minds at will, create dreams, and thereby influence reality.
The third stage, Mental Universe, involved covering a major world with mental power. Within it, Chen Changsheng could alter the laws of the world at will, like a Creator God. However, this stage was merely a concept even at Tier 3, completely out of reach relying on the Universe secret art at its current level.
Chen Changsheng felt that even upgrading it to Tier 4 would make it difficult to truly realize this concept; it would likely require at least Tier 5 to be possible.
However, the current Tier 3 Universe was already enough for him.
Because the enhancement itself made it feel like he had personally created this secret art, Chen Changsheng only spent a day cultivating the first layer of Universe to perfection. If he wanted to, he would only need to spend another ten days or half a month to directly cultivate it to the current limit of the technique, which meant barely opening up the Mental World and influencing reality with mental power.
After all, the current Universe was only a Soul Formation stage secret art, and Chen Changsheng was already at the Soul Formation stage.
After finishing his cultivation, Chen Changsheng felt his mental space and discovered that if he projected it outward with all his might, it could already cover a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles.
Within the boundaries of his mental space, he could easily probe the minds of those whose spiritual power was far inferior to his own, and effortlessly weave their memories.
If he so desired, he could completely alter a person's perception of reality.
"What a terrifying secret art."
Chen Changsheng sighed in awe. Following that, he directed his spiritual power straight into the minds of Sayuri, her husband, and Toka.
Facing the bizarre spiritual energy that had previously left him helpless, Chen Changsheng felt completely different this time.
Before, he had believed that the energy had completely fused with the spirits of the three.
But now, he discovered that while the two spiritual forces appeared blended, they remained completely distinct in the deepest depths of their minds. The strange spiritual energy was now like rootless duckweed. With just a gentle nudge, he could completely peel it away without inflicting the slightest harm on their original spirits.
However, just as he was about to make his move and strip it away, his expression suddenly turned utterly bizarre.
Within Toka's memories, he saw a completely naked version of himself. Furthermore, the him in those memories seemed to be doing unspeakable things to Toka.
"Is my charm really that great?"
Chen Changsheng muttered to himself with a narcissistic look on his face.
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ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
