Chapter 1286 Eat Or Be Eaten.
Information acquisition is almost instantaneous with the use of divine sense. It is not so with the spiritual echo method. There is a delay between the echoes which causes the information to not only be instantaneous, it is also intermittent.
It makes seeing like being in a dark room and switching on and off a source of light over and over again. So he gets a glimpse of the world before it is plunged into darkness. Then he has to wait patiently for another glimpse.
The information the spiritual echo brings is also not accurate. The grey water destroys some of the spiritual waves so some information is always missing. The farther the target, the less information is acquired.
This continues until no information is acquired at a certain distance. This distance is also much shorter than the range of his divine sense so the spiritual echo method has a shorter maximum range and an even much smaller effective range. This is all because of the corrosion of the nether water.
The effectiveness of the method made him complain, "This spiritual echo method is too bad. It is as if I am groping about with my hands instead of using my eyes. What's worse is that my hands are crippled so they are not reliable."
He considered the pros and cons before making up his mind. The pro of the spiritual echo method is that by switching on and off the source of light in the dark room, others in the room will also not be able to acquire accurate information about him. The best they can do is know either his position, speed, or direction. They can't know more than one of those accurately at the same time.
So he said, "It is better to be safe than sorry. I don't want to attract another entity that I can't defeat. I will continue using the spiritual echo method until I create my own soul techniques."
The spiritual echo method is the best surveillance method that he has that can provide him with a certain amount of stealth. In fact, it is the only such method he possesses so he can't be picky.
He got from the memories that he acquired that no one can use a divine sense in the spiritual dimension. The grey water or nether water prevents anyone from using it. But he can use his divine sense thanks to the protection of soul force so it is an advantage unique to him.
Unfortunately, he can't use his divine sense because of its weakness. That doesn't mean he will settle with using the inefficient spiritual echo method. It is far too lacking for him to settle for.
The spiritual echo method was created by the great mother and it is the best technique that she has to see in the spiritual dimension. But he is not the great mother. He has an alternative at his disposal and it is a better one too. He just has to fix its weakness and make his divine sense a completely superior sensing method.
This is what he decided to busy himself with on his way to a feeding ground. He doesn't have a sufficient perception method yet so hunting is out of the question for him. He intends to try his luck at a feeding ground rather than prowl the infinite spiritual dimension for prey.
Hunting is a fast way to grow stronger in the spiritual dimension. It is the main method to survive in the spiritual dimension if you don't have a whole race feeding you energy from the void universe.
He doesn't have anyone capable of feeding energy to grow so hunting is something he intends to do but he might become prey if he is not careful. So until he has an advantage in perception, he won't try to court death with entities that are stronger than him and much more experienced than him.
So he went in search of a feeding ground as he worked to develop a superior soul perception technique. Unlike hunting in the spiritual dimension, going to a feeding ground is a less dangerous alternative. This is as long as one knows how to take advantage of feeding grounds.
He knows how to take advantage of feeding grounds and will be able to keep himself safe to a certain extent there. However, the location of the feeding grounds is not constant. They are always changing so he is not going in a particular direction.
He is just moving in one direction that he chose at random. If he is lucky, he will encounter a feeding ground soon. If he is not, then he won't encounter one for all of eternity.
The combination of the infinite space of the spiritual dimension and the randomness of the feeding ground has created a situation where the chances of encountering a feeding ground in the next moment fluctuate between 0% and 100%.
This situation is a calamity for others. Being aware is not enough to survive in the spiritual dimension. They have to eat to grow stronger. If they don't grow stronger, then the nether water will digest them.
This makes it so that the spiritual dimension is not about survival of the fittest. It doesn't want anyone to survive at all. Only the most hardworking and luckiest spiritual entities survive.
To survive, they can't waste their time searching for feeding grounds. They have to hope they come across another soul prowler or unaware soul to kill and eat.
But he is not in danger of being digested. The nether water is ineffective on him so he is not in a hurry to eat. If not for the great mother, then he would be mostly carefree here in the spiritual dimension.
Then again, if not for the great mother, he wouldn't be here in the first place. She is the root of all of his problems. So he must find a feeding ground soon enough so that he will be able to grow stronger.
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A/N: And so we go on a journey in the spiritual dimension. All of you thinking we were about to have another Soverick arc were wrong.
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