Back inside the shelter, Guan Tong closed the door and immediately collapsed onto the ground to rest for a while.
His body wasn't tired, but the constant rushing around had worn him out mentally.
Especially now that he knew Ai Ya's condition was still far from optimistic, his mood was understandably heavy.
He wasn't surprised by this outcome, because this really did seem like something someone like Bruce would do.
If what had been transferred into Ai Ya's head wasn't the memory of Bruce's son, but rather some pure warrior or hired thug, Bruce's contingency would have been even more ruthless.
In that case, it wouldn't just be a matter of deliberately mixing memories. Bruce would probably have implanted a timed bomb chip inside Ai Ya's brain, one that would detonate and kill her the moment she slipped out of his control.
When dealing with something this utterly despicable, there was no other option but to fight fire with fire.
Guan Tong rubbed the storage ring on his left hand with his right. The supplies inside were meager, as he had given most of the food to the remnants of the Suroma resistance led by Roy.
Whether those few hundred people were alive or dead now, he didn't know, nor did he have the energy to care.
The space freed up inside the ring now held a precision detonation device marked with nuclear symbols, complete with a timer.
The device wasn't very large, roughly the size of a suitcase,
But it was a genuine small-scale tactical nuclear bomb.
That was more than enough to destroy the core area of the Hall of Halls.
Just as Yelanka had thought, Guan Tong didn't care what consequences his actions would bring, or how others would perceive him.
All he thought about was when to act, and how to avoid triggering any early warnings, so that key targets like Bruce wouldn't have a chance to escape into nuclear defense facilities or use teleportation-type items or teleportation gates to flee.
After quietly pondering for a moment, he sat up, took out the Wordless Book, and flipped to the eighth page.
Looking at the blank page, this matter was of grave importance, so he didn't try to use any loose interpretation tricks this time. Instead, he straightforwardly wrote down his request in five characters: Hide Feature Code.
The Mind Power signature code was undoubtedly the core key for querying the Star Sea Court database.
Because once Deep Dive of Consciousness was activated, an Awakened One would expose two pieces of information: their Mind Power signature code and their current precise spatial coordinates.
The former corresponded to the Awakened One's personal identity information.
The latter corresponded to the location of the civilization the Awakened One belonged to.
Guan Tong's method for hiding the latter was actually quite simple: he would perform the Deep Dive of Consciousness while inside his Wordless Book shelter.
The fact that the Wordless Book shelter was a "special space" was something he had realized since the very day this shelter was born.
Whether it was the water, electricity, and network generated by consuming Mind Power, or the IP address that the outside world could never identify or locate, both were the best proof.
Only at the moment the shelter's door opened would it connect to the external real world. When the door was closed, the interior was an independent special space.
As long as Guan Tong performed the Deep Dive of Consciousness with the door closed, the precise spatial coordinates of Tianshui Star would not be exposed or transmitted to the Star Sea Court database.
So the only problem he needed to solve was his personal identity information.
After writing the five characters "Hide Feature Code," Guan Tong felt quite confident about it.
He was only worried that the power of the Wordless Book might be stronger than the Star Sea Court, because its power could even contend with the rules issued by the Fire Thief.
Thinking about it, comparing the Star Sea Court to the Fire Thief, who was stronger and who was weaker was obvious at a glance.
Even though he hadn't queried it yet, he still believed that the information in the Star Sea Court database could rival the amount of cosmic information the Fire Thief possessed.
The latter seemed to know the Authority abilities and losses crafted by every civilization in the universe, and could even casually write an evaluation from a god's perspective. Didn't that alone prove the point?
"Alright, let's give it a try then."
Guan Tong ceremoniously pressed his palm onto the page, just like when he first used the Wordless Book, and silently recited in his heart:
Hide my Mind Power signature code, do not record it into the Star Sea Court database.
At the same time, he infused his Mind Power into the page. In that instant, his Mind Power surged out of his body like seawater pouring in reverse!
His Mind Power, with an upper limit of over two thousand, was instantly depleted, and he began consuming his reserve Mind Power.
What a massive consumption rate...!
Guan Tong was astonished but didn't hold back. After all, he currently carried over five hundred cubic meters of reserve Mind Power, more than enough to sustain it.
Five seconds, ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, five minutes.
At first, Guan Tong was handling it with ease, but as time passed, his expression grew increasingly troubled.
He had been continuously outputting Mind Power at a rate of 5,000 points per second for five minutes, totaling 1.5 million points of Mind Power, and the page still hadn't stopped absorbing.
Just how much of my Mind Power is this thing going to devour?!
Guan Tong had to admit he was getting a bit nervous.
His reserve of over five million Mind Power had already been depleted by nearly a third, which was extremely painful for him.
Although he had enough money to purchase Flowable Mind Power, buying it didn't just cost money, it also required the troublesome steps of completing transactions, consolidating, and converting.
The time lost in these steps was the most troublesome part, and if possible, he hoped to consume as little as possible.
If those few million were completely drained, it would really give him a massive headache...
Fortunately, Guan Tong's anxious state didn't last too long. When the output reached eight minutes, the page finally stopped absorbing Mind Power.
"Phew..."
Guan Tong let out a long breath and looked at the five characters on the page with relief.
He couldn't wait to see just how effective this product, which had consumed half his reserves, over 2.4 million Mind Power points, just to "feed" it, really was.
He silently recited "Use" in his mind, and saw the five characters "Hide Feature Code" on the page burst into light, slowly floating up and detaching from the page.
This familiar scene reminded Guan Tong of the first time he had materialized Mind Power, and he blurted out, "This is actually a one-time effect..."
Back when he created Ascension Coins, it was the same. The bound Ascension Coins he spent Mind Power to create were used up and gone, requiring regeneration for further use.
Now this "Hide Feature Code" was exactly the same, except the cost of generating it once was far, far higher than a bound Ascension Coin.
The five glowing characters floating in mid-air began to twist and deform under Guan Tong's gaze, transforming into a stream of data that slammed into and merged with his body.
He clenched his fist but noticed no change in his body.
"Terminal Panel."
He called up the panel and was stunned at what he saw.
[Name: *****]
[Nickname: *****]
[Title: *****]
[Mind Power: *****]
[Ascension Coins: *****]
[Overall Biometric Rating: *****]
All the panel data had been replaced by dense rows of "*****" symbols, giving him a mild case of trypophobia just looking at them.
"Could it be that the Mind Power signature code... is the comprehensive sum of all panel data? Then what this page of the Wordless Book just generated... is it hiding and anonymizing all my information? Or is it jamming it?"
Guan Tong couldn't figure it out, didn't understand what the operating logic of the Mind Power signature code really was, but judging from the current state of his panel, the goal should have been achieved.
"Not bad for consuming over two million Mind Power, but I wonder what the actual effect is?"
Guan Tong switched the panel to the Authority interface.
He found that his Authority had also been replaced by "*" symbols, but the "Deep Dive of Consciousness" function was still there, and the number of uses remained "1".
Should he try it now?
He hesitated for a moment. First, he wasn't sure how effective this hiding was. Second, he didn't know how long the Deep Dive of Consciousness would take.
What if it was like Shi Jingyi's secluded meditation and consumed a huge amount of time... Not to mention twenty-some days, even if it was just a few days, he would need to make some arrangements in advance.
Just as he was hesitating, a voice sounded in his mind. Someone was using the Mind Network to communicate with him.
"Troupe Leader, are you busy?"
It was Uenoshi's voice.
"I followed your orders. The Serpent Hair Society subordinates sent to monitor those fringe groups have discovered something."
Guan Tong showed a surprised expression and replied, "That fast?"
Uenoshi: "Those people never imagined anyone would be specifically monitoring them, so they're completely reckless."
Guan Tong: "Alright, I'll head over right now to take a look."