As Qin Hong continued to stand within the crowds that extended far beyond his eyes, his console vibrated continuously. Bringing his console near his face, he saw that he was being called.
[Shi Yuhan (xxxx03-366xxx-8xx89x)]
Picking it up immediately, he put the sound to ears only.
Qin Hong: "Hello?"
Shi Yuhan: "Can you *static* hear me?"
Qin Hong: "Yeah, is something wrong?"
Shi Yuhan: "Too many *buzz* people are using *garbled noises* channels."
Qin Hong: "Where are you?"
Shi Yuhan: "I'll send you my *garbled noises* location."
Qin Hong: "Okay then."
Shi Yuhan cut off the connection as a notification appeared. The notification replaced the screen with a map, showing the crowds of people on the 1st floor from above. A red dot flickered over 200 miles away, which was supposedly Shi Yuhan's location. It's a mystery as to how she got over there.
Qin Hong tried to move forward only to realize that he was too cramped between people. Cursing silently, he remembered the flight module and tried to access the module app installed onto his console.
[ERROR! Module features are disabled by military law XX45 Section X556X Page XX43]
He immediately understood why after looking at the huge crowd around him. If everyone had modules activated, they could fly or attack someone, causing chaos in the process and resulting in the physical deaths of many.
Qin Hong activated his console space only to get another [ERROR!].
Slightly frustrated, he went into deep thinking for a way to solve this problem. An idea popped up in his head but he looked at the crowds hesitantly.
'I could use the heads of others to leap there, but I may exhaust myself before arriving. I might also cause a fight and cause others to do the same thing, causing chaos. I'll also make a lot of people angry!'
He thought again for a few minutes before another idea came up, which seemed more plausible.
'I could use my soul power to fly across their heads and quickly get there. But it will cost a lot of my soul power and divine sense which cannot be replenished without spiritual energy or Qi.'
He thought of the matter for ten more minutes before his eyes hardened.
'The United Federation has in-depth knowledge regarding souls. I can maybe use that to my advantage.'
Despite the connection being a bit slow, he accessed the online world and looked at peer reviewed articles from multiple journals that are from authors with a bachelors degree in psychology.
With his soul strength, he was able to quickly read through and memorize the words. Then he slowly digested the information, leaving out the complex mathematics that he didn't understand.
The crowds slowly moved forward as time went by but it was not fast.
When Qin Hong had finished digesting the information, an hour had passed. However, he did not mind and just processed the information while in deep confusion.
'It seems like I need to enter a university in [Education Reality], or I'll never understand these terms and mathematical stuff. After all, psychology is a major that is complex and full of branches. A person like me with just high-school education does not have much knowledge in this field.'
However, peer reviewed articles are the most credible source of information and logic compared to other sources. Despite only understanding a small percentage, he could decipher that the scientific community had deep knowledge regarding the soul.
With that out of the way, he searched up ways to increase soul strength. To his surprise, there was some online stores that charge credits for soul expansion of different percentages.
Studies have shown little to none benefit from soul expansion even if it reaches impossible levels. The only benefits are shown when the soul is separate from the body, but the soul quickly dissipates once outside and cut off from the body.
'It seems like I can do online purchasing'
Scrolling through the prices, he selected one that's supposed to expand a normal person's soul by 50%. Of course, the cost is about 80,000 credits since it includes a module that involves quantum fields.
Feeling a slight pain in his heart, he pressed the [Purchase] button before inserting his bank information.
Upon completion, a notification appeared in the corner of the hologram showing a receipt and subtraction of 80,000 from his account.
Qin pressed the module icon in the home-screen where his list of current modules were present. A new module was present within his pitiful list of them. Upon clicking the module, another interface appeared next to the console showing basic information and instructions.
Qin Hong followed through the instructions before finding what was needed. He pressed a button that read [Scan Soul]. Then he had to go through more procedures and put down his signature.
Upon finishing, he felt something unknown sweep across his body, especially at the head region where the soul is usually present.
[Error! Unknown quantum field configuration! Soul density: ??? Soul size: ??? Please contact or email owner for help!]
'It seems like the way they expand souls is different from the cultivator way. They also don't have the compressor function it seems.'
Qin Hong decided that a scan was unnecessary and decided to press the [Add Soul] button.
[Warning! Adding quantum fields to the user without a configuration of the fields data to match the users can lead to serious side-effects! Do you wish to continue? Yes/No]
'Yes.'
It was a bit dangerous doing this without a safe place, but he had no choice in that matter.
[Initializing process...]
[It is recommended that the host be in a safe location]
Qin Hong felt a stream of foreign soul energy enter his arm and travel to his head. Immediately after, he felt the foreign energy mix within his large soul. It wasn't much considering his soul strength.
He could feel the immediate side-effects as his muscles began twitching across his body uncontrollably. The feeling was horrendous as his five senses distorted weirdly from the foreign soul strength.
However, his soul was powerful and different from others. He used his soul to compress and refine the foreign energy into his own, benefiting his soul by a small amount. The trembled and distorted senses quickly vanished like nothing had happened.
'It's a good thing I have a powerful soul. A normal person would probably faint and have a brain crash if this entered their soul. They'd need smaller amounts first and have an actual scan to prevent this issue.'
With the proof that he could add soul to his own, he decided to go out.
In an instant, his soul glowed brightly with faint flames as he burnt soul strength into kinetic energy, sending him above the heads and into a direction.
The feeling of burning your own soul and losing your powerful soul was agonizing as sweat ran down his face. He teeth nearly chipped as he struggled to maintain clarity.