Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 711 711: The Mystery of Shenlan (Part 2)

Herag believed that the strength of his soul at that time should not have been able to escape the cleansing of the Mother River's waters, and he was bound to lose his past life memories.

But he still had the existence of Shenlan.

Herag speculated that when the Mother River's waters were cleansing him, Shenlan must have noticed and automatically triggered a protection mechanism, preserving his memories.

It's just that Shenlan also suffered some damage in the process and fell into a period of dormancy.

This is also why he didn't awaken memories of his previous life since childhood after crossing into this world.

Herag could be certain that there were no residual traces of other souls in his body; he had confirmed this long ago.

This confirmed one of Herag's speculations.

It was that he did not suddenly travel over in his teens in this body but was born in this world from the start.

After Herag's soul returned to the Mother River, when leaving the Mother River, he did not enter the world of his past life but came to the Wizard Plane.

Only because of the existence of Shenlan, he retained the memories of his past life.

But Shenlan also, due to the cleansing of the Mother River's waters, was damaged and did not awaken at first.

"Shenlan's Chip self-repair completed."

Herag couldn't help but recall this sentence, which was the first prompt he heard from Shenlan at the beginning.

As he thought of this, it further confirmed his ideas.

After Herag was born into this world, Shenlan, due to its own damage, fell into a dormancy period and entered a long-term self-repair process.

Until the day he thought he had traversed worlds arrived, only then did past life memories awaken, Shenlan completed its self-repair, and the subsequent journey began.

Herag relied on Shenlan to walk step by step to where he is now in the Wizard Plane world.

Without Shenlan, he wouldn't have awakened past life memories at the start, and would likely have just been an ordinary groom, dying in Malcolm's massacre of Baron Buck's family.

At that time, although Malcolm left after completing a magic experiment, there were still people from the neighboring territory ambushed outside.

They would wait for Malcolm to leave, then invade the castle to massacre and plunder.

If Herag didn't have Shenlan, he would still be a weak groom without any means of self-defense, finding it very hard to survive in that chaos.

Herag couldn't help but think that the reason he could feel direction in the Mother River and perceive the existence of the river's surface was likely due to Shenlan's presence.

Because Shenlan had once been to the Mother River, when he was in a soul state, ignorant and unaware, Shenlan had already been here.

Herag even believed that Shenlan's current mutation, completely different from the genetic chip of the past life, was because it had been soaked by the power of the Mother River before.

The Mother River Power is the source of all power in the Endless Plane and also the essence of all power.

When Shenlan came into contact with the Mother River Power, because it was a technological product, it had some special characteristics, resulting in unexpected changes during this process, becoming the Shenlan it is now.

Herag recalled that whenever his spiritual power increased a level, Shenlan's capabilities would also rise accordingly, which just corroborated this point.

Shenlan's strength is directly correlated with the intensity of his spiritual power, and spiritual power is a manifestation means of soul power.

Herag's current spiritual power naturally far exceeds before, and Shenlan has also become much stronger as a result.

The current Shenlan must have fully adapted to the Mother River's environment, so it can also perform some functions.

Among Herag's commonly used Shenlan functions, one is environmental detection.

Although he hasn't actively let Shenlan use environmental detection now, and can't call on Shenlan, most of his perceptions are likely transmitted by Shenlan.

When Herag was soaking in the Mother River, it wasn't his flesh soaking, but a comprehensive conceptual existence of himself, including his soul, bloodline, power, etc.

Herag couldn't communicate with Shenlan while in the Mother River, and there was no response even if he called.

Because Shenlan was considered part of Herag by the Mother River, they soaked there together.

This means that Shenlan has become akin to a part of Herag's body, not two separate existences.

In this case, many of Shenlan's functions have become Herag's instincts.

He can feel his position and how far from the river's surface he is.

Herag thought a lot, and the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor did not interrupt his thoughts, standing quietly beside him.

After a long while, Herag came back to his senses, organized everything, and sorted out all the past threads, finally clarifying these matters.

Herag suddenly realized that others couldn't perceive the presence of the river's surface, so it was almost impossible for them to reach the river's surface, let alone break through it.

He had already experienced how difficult it was to swim in the Mother River, even for Ancestral Level beings who couldn't swim freely.

After ascending to a Level 8 Dominator, one initially starts at the riverbed, far from the river's surface.

Most people cannot sense their own position or know the direction.

In this case, many people find it hard to find the precise upward direction; they might even swim downwards, getting farther from the river's surface, making it naturally impossible to transcend the Mother River.

Even if luck allows them to swim up, it's hard to maintain a consistent upward path.

Because they can't sense their position, the direction could change at any time; they might even just keep spinning in a very short range.

Even if someone keeps swimming upwards, they might turn back after approaching the river's surface without knowing they've gotten close to it, missing the chance to transcend.

Herag believed this situation likely occurred frequently, and probably not a few times.

There are countless planes in the Endless Plane, and Ancestral Level beings aren't rare, but even the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor hasn't heard of anyone successfully transcending the Mother River.

Or perhaps some succeeded, but no one knew about it.

For others, transcending the Mother River would require strength and immense luck.

Only if the direction is correct can success be possible, but the probability is too low.

No wonder the Thunder God Ancestor felt despair, thinking there was no hope, and chose self-release to seek a new path.

Looking back now, he probably tried various methods, but still couldn't see hope for transcending the Mother River, hence feeling desperate.

This is extremely difficult for others, but it's different for Herag.

Herag realized that he very likely is the only one with a substantial hope of transcending the Mother River.