283: Divergent consciousness

Lin Yu paused the continued manufacturing of Blood Pack Bats.

The dozen or so completed Attendants in the room were scattered casually everywhere.

Now, more important matters awaited him.

Lin Yu closed his eyes, and his entire consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness.

In his spiritual world, countless torrents of card information surged.

The essence of Stacking is the extreme compression and overlapping of information.

He was able to do it before because the process of duplicating the Potions was static.

He had ample time to infiltrate his Spiritual Power thread by thread, folding every piece of information perfectly, like embroidery.

But combat was different.

Combat is dynamic and constantly changing.

He couldn't stand still and spend a few tenths of a second or longer to complete this delicate operation.

The enemy would not give him this chance.

Therefore, the problem returned to its origin.

How could he complete Stacking while moving and fighting?

A scene flashed through Lin Yu's mind.

His younger sister, Lin Yao.

During previous events, Lin Yao had demonstrated her fighting style.

Her Class was very special; she could summon versions of herself from different timelines to fight collaboratively.

Every Clone possessed independent consciousness, yet they all operated under the same Main Consciousness.

Their movements, attacks, and defenses coordinated flawlessly.

Divided attention.

Yes, divided attention.

He needed to peel off a portion of his Spiritual Power, dedicated solely to performing the Stacking operation.

The Main Consciousness would then be used to control his body and engage in combat.

As soon as this idea appeared, it was like a bolt of lightning, cleaving through all the fog.

Lin Yu immediately began to try it.

He carefully divided his Spiritual Power into two strands.

One strand, accounting for about ninety percent of the total, served as the Main Consciousness, maintaining control over his body.

The other strand, only ten percent, was drawn out by him and suspended within the sea of consciousness.

This process was much more difficult than imagined.

Spiritual Power is an integrated whole; forcibly dividing it brought intense sensations of tearing.

Lin Yu's body swayed slightly, and fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.

But he did not stop.

He endured the pain of his soul being torn apart, using powerful Willpower to stabilize the separated strand of Spiritual Power.

Success.

Although it was somewhat unstable, that independent Spiritual Power could indeed be controlled by him separately.

Next came the practical application.

Lin Yu opened his eyes and pulled two basic Multiplication Cards from his Card Pack.

His Main Consciousness controlled his body, pacing slowly around the room, simulating movement during combat.

At the same time, the separated strand of Spiritual Power began attempting to perform Stacking on the two Multiplication Cards.

A torrent of information poured in.

The strand of Spiritual Power, which was only ten percent, was instantly scattered into pieces.

It failed.

Lin Yu paused his steps, feeling a surge of frustration in his chest.

The consumption of Spiritual Power was much greater than he had anticipated.

Furthermore, the sense of conflict caused by multitasking made him extremely uncomfortable.

The Main Consciousness wanted to go left, while the Divided Consciousness wanted to go right.

It was like fighting himself with both hands; he was restricted everywhere.

No.

If this continued, let alone fighting, even normal walking would be difficult.

He had to find a balance point.

Lin Yu sat back down on the Sofa and closed his eyes again.

He did not rush to try again, but instead replayed the entire process of his failure in his mind.

Where did the problem lie?

Was the Spiritual Power not divided thoroughly enough?

Or was the technique of control too crude?

He recalled Lin Yao's combat posture.

Every one of those Clones possessed combat instincts almost identical to the Main Body.

Their actions did not seem to require the Main Consciousness to issue overly detailed instructions.

It was more like... Muscle Memory.

Or rather, a Solidified Program.

Lin Yu's heart gave a sudden leap.

A program!

He could turn the Stacking operation into a fixed program, engraving it within that small strand of Spiritual Power.

This way, he wouldn't need to constantly divide his attention to control it.

He would only need to issue a "Start" command to this Spiritual Power before combat began.

The rest would be left to this "program" to run automatically.

This idea was simply genius!

Lin Yu suppressed his inner excitement and immediately began his second attempt.

This time, he didn't rush to stack the cards.

Instead, he used that ten percent of Spiritual Power to simulate the Stacking process repeatedly within the sea of consciousness.

From reading the information to compression, and then to overlapping.

He strived for perfection in every single step.

This process was monotonous and boring.

But Lin Yu found joy in it.

He could feel that his control over his Spiritual Power was becoming proficient at an astonishing speed.

The separated strand of Spiritual Power also transitioned from its initial instability to becoming increasingly solid and steady.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

When Lin Yu opened his eyes again, he could clearly feel that his spiritual world had undergone earth-shattering changes.

That ten percent of Spiritual Power had transformed into an independent, highly efficient "Processor."

Its sole purpose was to execute the Stacking command.

Lin Yu stood up and drew cards again.

This time, it wasn't two cards.

But five Multiplication Cards.

He took a deep breath, and his mind moved.

"Start."

In the sea of consciousness, the independent "Processor" instantly began operating.

The information from the five Multiplication Cards was extracted simultaneously.

Compression!

Overlapping!

The entire process flowed smoothly, completed in one breath.

Although it was much slower than Lin Yang performing Stacking or using it himself, it was sufficient!

A brand new card, faintly shimmering with terrifyingly high information density, appeared at his fingertips.

At the same time, his body was not affected in any way.

He could even easily perform a set of punches while the "Processor" was running.

Success!

A hint of a smile finally appeared on Lin Yu's face.

He had solved his greatest shortcoming.

From now on, he was no longer a Squishy Mage who required casting time.

But a Mobile Turret capable of instantly releasing thirty-two times the damage!

But this was still not enough.

Five cards was only the beginning.

Lin Yu could feel that the Algorithm could still be optimized.

His goal was ten cards!

A one thousand and twenty-four-fold amplification!

Only then would it truly be sufficient!

Lin Yu did not rest and immediately plunged into a new round of training.

He needed to make that strand of Spiritual Power adapt to higher intensity information shock.

Six cards.

Seven cards.

Eight cards.

Every increase brought that strand of Spiritual Power close to collapse.

But each time, Lin Yu was able to forcibly stabilize it using his powerful will.

His Spiritual Power was also repeatedly tempered during this process, becoming increasingly resilient.

But this was still not enough.

A crazier, yet more practical idea suddenly exploded in his mind when he forcibly crammed the ninth Multiplication Card into that Spiritual "Processor."

Why could this Divided Consciousness, this "Processor"... only be activated before or during combat?

It could run continuously!