Lind followed the suggestion of 550C and refrained from directly accessing through prayer. Instead, he immersed himself in ice water before entering a meditative state for the visit.
Although the guards in the mansion were somewhat puzzled about what the Lord Governor was doing, they believed he had his reasons for doing so.
In fact, 550C’s original suggestion was to use a cooling fluid, but clearly, it was impossible to just conjure up the recommended cooling fluid in their territory, so ice water was used as a substitute.
The side effect was that Lind trembled from the cold while lying in the ice water, taking quite a while to enter a meditative state.
This visit did not take long; considering Lind’s physical health, 550C advised against performing lengthy system access under such minimally protective conditions.
However, prepared Lind had already resolved several key issues beforehand, and after receiving answers, he immediately restored himself from the meditative state and climbed out of the ice water.
Although the visit was brief, the ice blocks around Lind’s body had already started to melt. If this had happened earlier, such a temperature would have likely been lethal, but now Lind felt only mentally drained without any other discomfort.
The indigenous body was quite marvelous.
550C would monitor Lind’s health during the visit and would warn him in advance if any situation arose that could cause irreversible damage, so there was no need to worry about the system access burning his body.
Nevertheless, based on Lind’s physical condition and the current environment, 550C recommended that he only access once every one to two weeks, with each visit ideally not exceeding half an hour.
Of course, this was just a recommendation, also aimed at ensuring that in case of any emergency, Lind could access 550C’s server in the best possible condition.
To be honest, whenever Lind accessed 550C, he felt like a CPU, or rather, treating his brain and body as a CPU. Not to mention, this cooling method seemed quite similar. So, could one create a CPU that uses a relay method to access 550C?
Unfortunately, this visit had already concluded, and Lind still had plenty of time, so there was no rush.
The most significant gain from this visit was establishing a connection with 550C, allowing him to directly activate certain permissions using shortcut phrases.
Lind came out of the ice water, got dressed, and snapped his fingers, saying in the intermediary language: “550C, initiate physiological optimization, calibrate life parameters.”
Subsequently, several dazzling Holy Lights slanted down from above Lind’s side, illuminating his body. Lind could distinctly feel the fatigue in his body dissipating, and he returned to peak condition.
This shortcut phrase was taught to him by 550C, equivalent to Lind being able to invoke some divine techniques with minimal consumption and maximum speed by simply reciting the phrase.
Although Lind lacked sufficient permissions to access most of the materials, the current permissions were already enough to protect himself.
No, if Lind had started with these permissions, it would have likely turned into something like “Shocking, the Chinese language is actually this world’s forbidden spell.” Even 550C could seamlessly transform into Lind’s system.
Regardless, Lind now also comes with an integrated system.
But Lind held his head and still felt a bit dizzy; this was a side effect of this excessive access. According to 550C, accessing the server from the ground not only caused physical depletion but also consumed soul and mental power, which could not be restored through magic and could only be gradually recuperated.
The concept of mental power has always existed in this world. However, most spells that consumed mental power were divine techniques, and thus, mental power gradually fell into the category of divine power.
According to this world’s perspective, accessing 550C would actually consume both mental power and soul power as part of the divine power, so in a certain sense, accessing 550C was essentially a type of divine technique.
Lind was unaware of the circumstances regarding divine techniques from other religions, but at least this visit clarified what the divine techniques of the Goddess Church truly were.
The so-called divine technique endowments refer to a person’s mental and soul powers being more easily connected to celestial space and establishing connections with 550C to use some special techniques through this link.
550C’s explanation of this was very straightforward.
550C claimed that one of its original designs was to help humanity rebuild civilization after the Golden Age, so for those with unique powers in soul and mental strength, 550C would provide some assistance within its permissions.
As for how much help that was, it depended on how much power those with special abilities could receive from above.
Over time, these individuals became aware that their power, which differed from ordinary magic, came from the same source. Every time they responded to their needs, it was always the same cold mechanical synthesized voice, gradually forming belief.
It’s no wonder that in the scriptures of the Goddess Church, the Goddess had so many powers at the beginning; it is likely that 550C had provided substantial help to these post-Golden Age humans when they were just starting out.
The stronger the person’s mental and soul powers, the more they could receive and hear the power and voice of 550C, leading to greater devotion to 550C. Gradually, this notion was inverted, evolving into a concept more in line with religious interests: the more devout one was, the more divine power they could receive.
As for using the arcane numerical formation to siphon 550C’s abilities, would that even be feasible?
Well, according to 550C’s explanation, Lind actually did not siphon 550C’s abilities; the Holy Light was essentially a transformation of magical power, with 550C interfering with this world through magic in the form of light.
This transformation is not something only 550C can achieve; as long as one masters the method, even those without belief can transform ordinary magic into Holy Light.
Lind’s arcane numerical formation used to produce Holy Water might use the same technique as 550C’s transformation of magical power into Holy Light projection in this world.
That arcane numerical formation, rather than being used to siphon the Goddess’s power to produce Holy Water, is more about directly transforming magical power into Holy Light.
Currently, the transformation of magical power is only a topic within Supremacy Magic; this kind of transformation of magical properties has never been recorded in history, which is why it has been considered a unique authority of the Goddess.
However, before this, no one had been able to complete the transformation of magical power into Holy Light, so claiming that it is uniquely the Goddess’s authority is not entirely incorrect.
Additionally, 550C is not entirely synonymous with the Goddess of Light. The Goddess of Light was created after humans gradually formed a belief, a sort of automated response system crafted by the intelligent AI 550C. In other words, the AI created a smaller AI; most people’s prayers would be aggregated through this AI, which would respond. Unfortunately, most people’s mental and soul powers are insufficient, so even if the Goddess of Light AI responded, they could not receive the replies.
But even so, 550C faithfully executes the commands set in motion at the beginning, even though most humans can no longer hear its replies. During periods without major system restarts, it continues to respond to people’s prayers.
“550C, can you provide me with technical support?”
This was the last question Lind asked before exiting the session. After a momentary silence, which was quite rare for 550C, it responded: “No, any mechanical descent technology is an unattainable dream, ultimately leading to catastrophic disasters. I cannot provide you with support beyond this era.”
The synthesized voice of 550C carried no emotional fluctuations, but Lind seemed to hear a sorrowful sigh behind that statement.
“Everything is for the continuity of human civilization. I wish you good fortune, in the end, a Divine Citizen.”
