Chapter 224 Dual-State Brain (5400, First Update for Monthly Tickets~)

For most creatures in this world, the brain, the nerve center, the ganglion... many names, but it's basically that organ that controls the body, is responsible for giving instructions to the body, and feels like 'I think I can do it!' when it sees something, but is always complained about by the various parts of the body, 'No, you can't!' No matter who it is, it is an extremely obvious and exceptionally fatal weakness.

It's not just that it's terrible when damaged; most of the time, it just suffers a little shock, is interfered with by a little electromagnetic wave, or even just slightly heated, and it will immediately collapse, losing its ability to work. It's really delicate, even for transcendents, it's a big drag.

But even so, despite all the disadvantages, the brain is still very important for most lifeforms—at least for transcendent cultivators, their second thinking organ, the 'soul', is far from being able to completely replace the brain.

Unless they are Ghost Immortals or cultivators of the Immortal Spirit Path, who begin to temper and strengthen their souls from the very beginning of their cultivation, and abandon most of the senses of normal humans, reducing the paths of data processing, the brain is definitely the most important tool for all transcendents to process complex information.

So, can a body-focused transcendent abandon the brain like a soul-focused cultivator?

This is now Su Zhou's doubt.

"It's not impossible," Yala said. It didn't mind answering Su Zhou's questions that were obviously excessively curious. It only feared that Su Zhou would have no curiosity at all, like a piece of wood. It nestled in Su Zhou's ear and chuckled, "You can decentralize your brain and scatter it throughout your body. That way, your body is your thinking organ, and as long as your body is still there, your brain is still there."

"So, what's the cost?" Su Zhou was very interested in this, and he also liked to hear about these interesting cultivation anecdotes. Abundant curiosity is one of the reasons why he has been able to cultivate with enthusiasm to this day.

"The cost is that the more of your body you lose, the more of your brain you lose. In other words, the more severely injured you are, the slower your thinking speed will be. Basically, you can forget about any desperate comebacks. Once you're at a disadvantage, you'll have almost no chance to turn the tables."

Yala's tone was light: "Unless you can be undefeated from beginning to end—but who dares to claim invincibility, who dares to say they are undefeated?"

Indeed. What Yala said was not without reason. Even if Su Zhou was as confident as he was, he didn't think it was impossible for him to never be at a disadvantage and to be able to chop up his enemies from beginning to end like vegetables. Therefore, he decisively nodded and abandoned this path without hesitation: "Are there any other methods?"

"Yes, there are. External brains, remotely controlling the body through various connections. Liches often use that sort of thing."

Yala also nodded seriously in response, "That way, the phylactery doesn't die, the lich doesn't die. But the drawbacks are also quite obvious. Slightly higher-level transcendents can grasp that faint connection in battle, directly cross space and bombard the phylactery's main body. And ultimately, it's remote control. For battles where even basic exchanges are within milliseconds, in a critical moment, this method will have a delay."

"There's a delay, then I have to say 'I refuse'!"