Chapter 93: The Force is Lost

Two months later.

It was another mountain with exposed rocks, and around it was still a vast and endless forest.

The strong wind on the top of the mountain was howling. A tall and strong Astartes and a thin old man stood on the top of the mountain, facing each other.

The tattered linen robe Fu Qinghai was wearing was even more rotten than it was two months ago.

Fu Qinghai faced the old man, clasped his hands together, and recited aloud:

"The land is high and steep, and the streams and mountains are beautiful through the ages."

Old man Hu Xian clasped his hands together and replied in a clear and aged voice:

"The door faces the sea, and the water from the three rivers flows together for thousands of years."

Fu Qinghai put one hand behind his back, raised one arm, palm facing up, and said:

"Master Huxian, please!"

Old man Hu Xian also raised an arm and said with a smile:

"Qingshan, please!"

At this moment, it seems as if there is a sonorous and exciting background music from a martial arts movie ringing in my mind, pipa, guzheng, flute...

The two men pretended to be polite at first to create a little atmosphere, and then they were no longer polite. Fu Qinghai bent his knees and bounced, and with a "bang", a ball of rubble and powder exploded on the rock where he was standing.

The whole person pounced towards old man Hu Xian like a huge cannonball.

Old man Hu Xian was unafraid and stood there ready to fight.

Fu Qinghai threw a right punch, followed by a left hook, a right swing, a knee strike, a spinning high kick, a fake jab, a step back and swing his arms, up and down, left and right, BABA...

Old man Hu Xian, like a guy with full dodge points, dodged Fu Qinghai's light and heavy punches with Tyson-like swaying left and right. He leaned back and dodged Fu Qinghai's high kick, turned over, raised his arms to block, and with a few "bang", "bang", "bang", he resolved Fu Qinghai's attack.

If I can't hit you, I'll use my grappling technique!

Fu Qinghai's eyes flashed, and he seized the opportunity to lunge forward, grabbing old man Hu Xian's wrist and the corner of his clothes, twisting his waist and abdomen, and preparing for a super big back throw.

Unable to break free from Astarte's superhuman power, old man Hu Xian's muscles swelled up like air and he turned into a devilishly muscular old man. He twisted his wrist and turned over in mid-air, instantly dissolving Fu Qinghai's back throw and then threw a backhand punch at Fu Qinghai's abdomen.

"Crack, crack, snap, snap!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The two men fought hard on the top of the mountain.

Although Fu Qinghai has not practiced any means of long-range energy attack or wave qigong, his Astartes body itself contains enormous strength and agility.

Space Marines are not scary, what is scary is Space Marines who know martial arts.

As for old man Hu Xian, in order to deal with Fu Qinghai's extraordinary strength and speed, he had to mobilize the energy in his body and activate the assassination fist wave flow mode.

As the fight went on, Fu Qinghai's true nature began to show. He first hit him with an unreasonable headbutt, then followed it up with eye digging, crotch grabbing, fairy pointing the way, fishing for the moon from the bottom of the sea, and monkey stealing peaches...

But they were still blocked or resolved one by one by old man Hu Xian.

Similarly, Hu Xian's counterattack against Fu Qinghai was also blocked and resolved by Fu Qinghai.

After a fight, the two men stopped tacitly and stood facing each other again.

Fu Qinghai breathed softly and slowly adjusted his breathing.

As for old man Hu Xian, his body was covered with bronze explosive muscles and his chest was also slightly heaving.

A long time ago, Fu Qinghai's cold weapon fighting teacher, Albus Lang, once commented:

Qingshan is a result-oriented person. As long as he can knock down his opponent, he will not stick to a certain style or technique.

And this kind of thinking seems to be slowly evolving into Fu Qinghai's fighting philosophy, a way.

Now Hu Xian finally felt it.

As the saying goes, if a gangster knows martial arts, no one can stop him.

Old man Hu Xian nodded and said to Fu Qinghai with a smile:

"I have nothing more to teach you about the techniques and skills of the Assassination Fist Fighting Style. Congratulations, Qingshan, you have completed your apprenticeship."

…

The two walked slowly down the mountain.

Along the way, Fu Qinghai was thinking silently.

He felt that Hu Xian and himself were really alike in some senses.

It would be very boring to have only two humans on a planet. Fu Qinghai's personality is just like that. He would occasionally be neurotic or make some nonsensical jokes to kill time. Hu Xian must have been a very frivolous old playboy when he was young, and he would also laugh with Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai did not regard the characters in the plot as simple NPCs. Although he occasionally jumped out of the framework of the reincarnation world to think about the plot and settings, he also cared very much about the emotional ties between the characters and himself, such as Feiyi. For example, Ogedei once asked him not to torture the enemy, so he did not torture the enemy.

The same goes for old man Hu Xian. Fu Qinghai believes that Hu Xian did not choose to teach him the training system of the Street Fighter Universe, nor did he teach him the murderous fluctuations, but only taught him a series of boxing and kicking skills including assassination boxing and fighting styles. It was not out of some old-fashioned idea that teaching a disciple will starve the master, but that he really attached great importance to the promise he made to the master of Gangquan.

Many reincarnations would think that an NPC is just a plot character. Isn't an NPC just a tool to be used by players? Is it necessary to keep a promise with such a person?

However, Fu Qinghai could vaguely guess Hu Xian's thoughts and feelings.

The reason why Hu Xian has become such a powerful reincarnation today, mastering the waves of murderous intent and being a Jedi Knight, isn't it because the Steel Fist Master of the Street Fighter Universe agreed to accept him as a disciple?

If it weren't for the appreciation of Master Gangquan, if it weren't for the turning point of the Assassination Fist School accepting him as a disciple, Hu Xian, who was in his forties when he entered the reincarnation world, would probably have been wiped out after just a few reincarnations.

His gratitude and thanks to his master, Master Goken, go beyond the emotions he has towards an ordinary plot character.

Therefore, finding a way to restrain the fluctuations of murderous intent became Hu Xian's obsession.

And Fu Qinghai, now thinking carefully, where was the turning point of his reincarnation world?

It was Ogedei who, against all odds, decided to transform Fu Qinghai and promote him to become Astarte.

This led to a series of stories that happened later.

…

The two men walked to a deep blue lake. Old man Hu Xian stood by the lake, staring intently at the calm surface of the lake. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed something.

"Crash!"

The lake water was churning, and several large white fish over one meter long were pulled out of the water by an invisible force and were hanging in the air, swaying constantly.

I would like to call this trick - catching fish with the Force.

Fu Qinghai watched this scene and thought silently in his heart.

This lake is the one where Fu Qinghai and Hall Kemp fell into when they fell out of the dimensional gate.

Because of its clarity, calmness and stillness, it was named Mirror Lake by old man Hu Xian.

After removing the scales, gills and internal organs, Fu Qinghai strung several large fish on several wooden sticks and grilled them over the campfire.

In fact, with Astarte's digestive ability, Fu Qinghai could swallow the whole fish, including the scales and internal organs, into his stomach and digest it.

This processing is mainly to cater to the taste of old man Hu Xian.

As the sky gradually darkened, two people, one big and one small, sat around the campfire, roasting fish in silence.

After a day of training, the dark green moss and algae mud on their faces had faded due to sweat, revealing their original skin color.

"Tsk..." Old man Huxian smacked his lips and sighed,

"Squig meat is still the best."

Fu Qinghai has already given old man Hu Xian a lot of knowledge about the setting of the Warhammer 40K universe.

In the past two months, the two men have not encountered any Squiggs in the forest. These Orc-like creatures are kept in the garbage pit by the Snotlouts. The one that old man Hu Xian encountered must have escaped accidentally.

All Squiggs are edible, but Fu Qinghai once saw a special subspecies called "Delicious Squigg" and "Delicious and Juicy Squigg" in the Orc Encyclopedia in Master Quinto's laboratory. It is said that these special subspecies can only be enjoyed by high-level Orc leaders.

From the perspective of species ethics, Squiggs, like Fartlings and Snotlings, are all relatives of the Orks, but these big guys are not at all reluctant to eat their relatives, and Fartlings are occasionally on the Orcs' food list.

Only Squig meat is delicious. There was once a curious White Scar warrior who tried the meat of Orks and concluded that it was dry, hard, and smelly and very unpalatable.

Fu Qinghai said as he ate the fish:

"Master, I have already learned the fighting skills. Now it's time to learn the Force."

"Yes." Hu Xian nodded and said,

"Professor, there are no restrictions on your Force. I am not too fond of the old customs of the Jedi Supreme Council, but the most important question is, do you have the Force?"

Fu Qinghai was slightly stunned with a piece of fish in his mouth.

Old man Hu Xian said slowly: "In theory, the Force is everywhere, but that is in the Star Wars universe. The Force is everywhere, and here is the Warhammer 40K universe."

Fu Qinghai reminded:

"But you just used the Force to catch a few fish."

Fu Qinghai had something else to say in his mind. The magic used by Chen Xue was derived from the power of the Trinity God Vishan, and it is still used in the Warhammer 40K universe.

Old man Hu Xian nodded: "That's right, so I'm also thinking about how the extraordinary power between different reincarnation worlds is transmitted?"

"I think this might be similar to an infection of some kind of rule."

The infection of rules... Fu Qinghai pondered these words carefully.

I thought that old man Hu Xian was indeed a powerful reincarnationist who had experienced countless reincarnation worlds and had his own understanding and opinions on the underlying rule structure of reincarnation.

Chen Xue's interpretation of these rules comes from other people's summaries and hearsay.

Old man Hu Xian continued:

"Before I entered the Star Wars universe, I didn't have the Force. But according to the Jedi Order's latest theory of the Force of Life, any living thing should have the Force. Whether it's a tree or a bacterium, it's just a matter of how much Force you have."

"And I found that once I entered the Star Wars universe, I naturally possessed the Force in my body. Not only that, I was also Force-sensitive, and the midi-chlorians in my cells were extremely abundant."

Fu Qinghai is an old Star Wars fan, and he knows what the midi-chlorians that old man Hu Xian was talking about are.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Midi-chlorians, originally called "Jedi bugs" or Force elements, are a kind of medium that exists naturally in biological cells and communicates between the Force in the universe and the organism itself.

Note that midi-chlorians themselves are not the Force, but only a medium for communicating with the Force.

The amount of midi-chlorians determines whether a person can become a Jedi Knight or a Sith Knight who controls the Force.

The English word "midi-chlorian" is a combination of the deformed words "mitochondria" and "chloroplasts". Mitochondria and chloroplasts are the energy-producing organelles of animals and plants respectively, and are the energy engines of cells. The creation of the word "midi-chlorian" shows that George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars universe, has not forgotten the knowledge he learned in his junior high school biology textbook. He not only kept it in mind, but also applied it to his future scientific fantasies.

The Jedi Knights, who have been studying the Force for centuries, also have a very scientific approach to the study of the Force: How was midi-chlorians discovered? They discovered it by observing the blood of Jedi Knights using a super microscope. It's that simple.

Anyone who understands the background world view of Star Wars and George Lucas' original creative intention knows that there is no magic or force in Star Wars, and it is very sci-fi.

"Then take a look at me. Do I have the Force in me? Am I Force-sensitive?"

Old man Hu Xian shook his head: "Let alone midi-chlorians, I haven't even sensed the Force in you."

Ah this...

After thinking for a while, Fu Qinghai asked again:

"According to what you said, this is the infection of the rules between the two universes. If you try to use the Force to hurt me, will I be infected by the rules of the Star Wars universe and then have the properties of the Force? How about you try to use the Force to strangle me?"

When old man Hu Xian heard this, he thought it made sense.

So he raised his hand and pinched Fu Qinghai's neck from a distance.

"Gurg..." Fu Qinghai felt his neck tighten and he felt suffocated, and then the feeling immediately disappeared.

Old man Hu Xian let go of his hand.

He stared at Fu Qinghai seriously and said:

"Still no."

Ah?

What should I do?

Fu Qinghai was a little anxious.

He has high expectations for the Force.

Why? Because Marco Van Riel once told Ogedei very clearly that Fu Qinghai had no talent for psychic powers, and his path to learning psychic powers was blocked.

And Chen Xue also told herself very clearly that one must be at least a human being in the biological sense to practice the magic of the Supreme Sorcerer school.

If we start from Chen Xue's logic, then Fu Qinghai doesn't have to think about many cultivation systems.

Martial arts, cultivation of truth, cultivation of immortals, which of these Eastern fantasy cultivation systems does not require organ structures such as meridians, dantian, qi sea, etc.

Don't wait until Fu Qinghai is practicing and finds that he has two and a half Dantian, one and a half more than normal people. Should he practice or not? Will he go crazy and explode and die if he continues to practice? Do

n't practice like a human but practice like an animal. You have heard of flower demons, snake demons, and bone demons. Have you heard of Astarte demons?

This style is outrageous. It's impossible to think about it.

But the Force is different!

First of all, the Force is distributed throughout the universe and is a purely physical property. There is no such thing as a thin or abundant spiritual energy in the universe of cultivation.

It is also unlike the warp energy in the Warhammer 40K universe. Warp energy is not a simple physical energy. This energy is very idealistic and is related to the emotions, feelings and concepts of all intelligent creatures. It will also increase in the real universe with the emergence of the Great Rift.

Secondly, the Force is really a very inclusive force. In Star Wars, let alone Fu Qinghai, a biochemically modified person with just a few more organs, there are many strange aliens, some without eyes, some without hands and feet, some with two heads, some with long gills and feathers, and some that look like a ball of paste. They can all sense, study, and utilize the Force through meditation.

Not to mention the little green man Master Yoda, even a vegetable person like the Neti can become a Jedi Knight.

Except robots can't.

A book friend asked, in the Star Wars prequel movie, wasn't there a robot with a cape and four hands, using four lightsabers to fight Obi-Wan Kenobi at the same time, and his hands were cut off by Obi-Wan?

That's not a robot, that's General Grievous, a prosthetic cyborg, his whole body has been replaced with machinery, only the brain and part of the spine are retained, so just looking at the appearance, you would think he is a robot.

Hu Xian was unwilling to teach Fu Qinghai about the murderous intent fluctuations, so he gave up. However, if there was still one ability system left in the reincarnation world that Fu Qinghai could still practice, it must be the Force.

Old man Hu Xian looked at Fu Qinghai's helpless look and said,

"So, actually my plan is that you enter the Star Wars universe once, and when you come out again, your body will naturally possess the attributes of the Force. Then, we can start practicing the Force."

Fu Qinghai shook his head slowly. This was too long ago. Who knew when the reincarnation world would throw him into the Star Wars universe? Besides, would old man Hu Xian still be around at that time? Without old man Hu Xian, who would be willing to teach him the way of the Jedi?

To become a Jedi Knight, one must start as an infant, unless one wants to become a Sith Knight, and the Sith can accept adults.

Even if Fu Qinghai pursues power by any means and wants to become a disciple of the Sith Lord, the Sith organization is very secretive and follows the rule of two. A Sith Lord can only have one apprentice.

Palpatine couldn't give up Anakin Skywalker for himself.

Your thoughts have wandered too far, let's get back to the topic.

Fu Qinghai sat on the grass, thinking and thinking.

Suddenly, he had an idea and thought of a solution.

Fu Qinghai had discovered it when they were chasing the reincarnationists in the space ship.

His genetic detection nerves are extremely sensitive. Not only can he analyze species information, but in some cases, he can even see the first-person perspective of the reincarnationist a few minutes ago.

This kind of genetic organ mutation is very similar to that of a later Astartes Chapter - the Soul Drinkers.

The bonfire crackled, and between the two men, only a pile of fish bones remained.

Fu Qing turned to look at old man Hu Xian and asked,

"Master, I remember that in the Star Wars universe, there are some alien races whose brain structures are different from humans. They are naturally more suitable for perceiving the Force than humans because their brain structures can directly 'see' the Force, instead of relying on meditation to indirectly feel and understand the Force like other races."

The reason is very simple. Human understanding and imagination are never infinite. They are born with limitations of organs. It is impossible for a person to imagine a color that his eyes cannot see. Humans cannot imagine colors outside the visual spectrum, but other species may be able to.

Old man Hu Xian nodded: "Yes, there is such a setting. The ancient Sis people are like this."

The ancient Sith are a kind of red-skinned humanoid aliens. In the ancient times of the galaxy, the dark Jedi Knights found the Sith, a race that was naturally sensitive to the Force, and combined with them to give birth to the current organization called "Sith".

Fu Qinghai said slowly: "I think if I can directly 'see' the Force, perhaps the infection of the rules you mentioned can be realized."

"Oh?" Old Man Hu Xian asked curiously, "Then how do you plan to 'see' the Force?"

Fu Qinghai said in a deep voice: "Let me taste your blood, Master Huxian."

Old man Hu Xian was stunned. Fu Qinghai's request was beyond his expectations.

After pondering for a while, under Fu Qinghai's sincere and serious gaze, the old man did not hesitate any longer, took out a small stone knife, and cut his wrist hard.

A drop of bright red blood oozed out.

Old man Hu Xian caught the drop of blood in a leaf and handed it over.

Fu Qinghai took the leaf, put it to his mouth and tasted it carefully.

The moment the blood entered the stomach, there was a "boom" in his mind, and Fu Qinghai saw it. He saw "himself" facing himself, stretching out his hand, and making a pinching gesture in the air. Then, the self on the opposite side of the campfire slightly contracted his neck, and then, "himself" let go of his hand.

At the moment when "I" used the Force to lock my throat, Fu Qinghai finally felt it, felt that feeling!

The feeling of using the Force!

At this time, Hu Xian, who was sitting opposite Fu Qinghai, also looked surprised.

The constantly leaping flames cast dancing shadows on the old man's wrinkled face, but could not cover up his slowly widening eyes.

Old man Hu Xian suddenly realized that just now, inside Fu Qinghai's body…

There are midi-chlorians.

......

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(End of this chapter)