Chapter 1107: Ways to Control

Red paper danced in the office like fluttering red butterflies, bizarre and bright.

Teacher Ye was stunned. He looked at the half-human, half-paper figure before him, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses:

"But you just..."

"I have the ability to disguise." Chen Ling paused for a moment. "In fact, even if you didn't tell me about calamity body-ization, I intended to talk to you alone."

Teacher Ye pushed his glasses and quickly recovered his calm from the surprise just now. He paced around Chen Ling a few times and asked again: "How long has this state appeared?"

"It appeared in the Wuji Domain." Chen Ling paused for a moment, then added, "After I promoted to the Fifth-Stage, this state appeared, but later after I devoured part of the Calamity of Mockery, it had a tendency to get out of control..."

After Chen Ling promoted to the Fifth-Stage, he felt something extra in his body. According to previous experience, this red paperization of his body was his new Fifth-Stage skill... But after Chen Ling knew he was the Calamity of Mockery, his understanding of skills changed. Rather than saying it was a Fifth-Stage skill brought by the distortion of the Theater God Path, it was better to say that his body was gradually mastering more power of the Calamity of Mockery.

After that, the Silver King released the Calamity of Mockery in his body. Chen Ling had no choice but to devour several audience members. After he regained his body, he found that this red paperization ability had been amplified several times, and even had a tendency to get out of control...

But at that time, Chen Ling’s attention was all on resurrecting his Senior Brother and others, so he directly used the Faceless disguise to look like a human and came all the way to the Fusion Faction. It wasn't until he woke up from his three-day sleep this time that he began to face his changes squarely.

Teacher Ye nodded slightly. "That matches. I’ve been flipping through various materials these two days to find out why you don't have symptoms of calamity body-ization... It seems I fell into a misunderstanding."

Chen Ling lowered his head, looking at his palm that had turned into red paper. "Is calamity body-ization a bad thing?"

"No, of course not." Teacher Ye said calmly. "Calamity body-ization is a necessary link in the process of [Slaying the Evil]. It marks that human consciousness has gained a temporary advantage in the slaughter with calamity consciousness, and is the spoils of war after a 'small victory'...

For Fusionists, only by entering the [Slaying the Evil] stage and gaining the ability of body-ization can they truly gain combat power."

Chen Ling thought about it carefully, and it was indeed so...

Whether it was Faceless, Scarlet Theater Trick, Fate Weaving, or Card, they didn't have much frontal combat power. Chen Ling’s current offensive skills were basically drawn from the two paths of [Judgment] and [Asura].

Just as Chen Ling was deep in thought, the red paper spreading in the office suddenly swayed as if it had self-awareness, like a flexible red snake, and swept all the cups and saucers on the desk to the ground with a swoosh.

Clatter—

Several cups fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and broke into several pieces directly. The wet tea flowed on the ground to Teacher Ye’s feet...

Teacher Ye was stunned.

Chen Ling was also stunned. He frowned and immediately manipulated those red paper snakes to retreat, gathering them back under his opera robe sleeves.

"Can't you fully control body-ization?" Teacher Ye discovered the problem and asked suspiciously.

"...Generally speaking, I can, but... occasionally there will be situations of getting out of control." Chen Ling looked at Teacher Ye apologetically. "I’m sorry, Teacher Ye."

"It’s just a few cups, don't take it to heart." Teacher Ye waved his hand. At this time, his attention was all on the red paper under Chen Ling’s cuffs, thoughtful. "That shouldn't be... Theoretically, calamity body-ization is a symbol of controlling the calamity. Why isn't your body-ization fully under control..."

"...Could it be related to me eating the calamity consciousness?"

"Eat?"

Teacher Ye was stunned. "How do you eat it?"

Chen Ling hesitated for a moment, but still told the general situation at that time. After Teacher Ye finished listening, his expression suddenly became a bit strange.

"Gnawing... This is the first time I’ve heard of this way of slaying evil." Teacher Ye paced and said, "But it can also be understood. After all, you are not an ordinary Fusionist, but an internal slaughter of World-Ending Calamities... The problem is that although you can plunder the power of the Calamity of Mockery at the fastest speed by doing this, you will also swallow their consciousness into your own brain when you eat them, becoming a kind of subconscious existence, so your body-ization is not fully under control."

Chen Ling could indeed feel that after consuming the audience, there was an emotion that didn't belong to him accumulating in his body. Fortunately, he was in a good state right now and could suppress it, so his daily life wouldn't be affected.

But in the long run, it would eventually be a problem.

"Is there any way to solve this problem?"

"This is the first time I've encountered this situation... I can't think of a solution at the moment; you might have to give me some time," Teacher Ye said helplessly.

"Alright." Chen Ling then asked, "Do you have any ideas on how to further control the Calamity of Mockery?"

"Actually, you are already doing it." Teacher Ye slowly sat down in his chair.

"Human consciousness waves have a 95% overlap with calamities. Although I don't know where your consciousness comes from, the frequency band emitted by your consciousness belongs to the human frequency band, which is different from other Calamities of Mockery. That is why, even though you are a Calamity of Mockery, you do not possess the world-destroying power that they do..."

"You can understand it as the 'key' of your consciousness being unable to open the 'lock' of the Calamity of Mockery's world-ending power, because the two do not match."

"Therefore, there are only two ways for you to control the power of the Calamity of Mockery... Either turn the Calamity of Mockery into a human, or assimilate your 'key' into a shape that fits the 'lock'."

"How should I assimilate?" Chen Ling asked immediately.

"You are already assimilating. The calamity consciousnesses you have devoured will slowly merge with your own... It has only just begun. Perhaps you haven't realized it yet, but in reality... you are already slowly turning into 'Mockery'."

Chen Ling's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"So, to control Mockery, I need to keep devouring them... The more I devour, the more I can control."

"Exactly. But as you devour them, you will also accumulate their consciousness within your body, so this process will inevitably affect your thoughts... until eventually, you will no longer be you." Teacher Ye's voice was extremely serious.

"I will hurry to research a solution to this problem, but during this time, it is best if you do not easily use [Slaying Evil]..."

"How long... do you think you will need to research?" Chen Ling looked into Teacher Ye's eyes.

"...To be honest, I'm not sure." Teacher Ye sighed deeply. "It might be three months, it might be a year, it might be three years... or perhaps I will never find a way. Although I know a little more than others, I am not omniscient or omnipotent after all."