CHAPTER 168: 118. TAKE ACTION_3

This is a very long process.

So, Heart Phase Calamity has gone through only four stages since its emergence."

Chen Che finally understood that calculating the progress of the Heart Phase Calamity, it’s actually quite fast.

This world is truly fascinating.

Watching the battlefield below still fiercely ablaze, Chen Che continued to inquire about more intelligence concerning this world.

"Currently, how many types of calamities are known to exist globally?"

Xia Na pondered this question, rubbing her chin and thinking it over: "Let me calculate... The most numerous and widespread is the Flesh and Blood Calamity, the Heart Phase Calamity that can weave dreams, the Alchemy Calamity that can create and control elements, the most repulsive Witchcraft Calamity, the Banshee Calamity that can fuse humans and animals into monsters, the most brutal Biological Calamity, and the most mysterious Demon Calamity...

Globally, these seven calamities are the most numerous as currently known.

As for whether anyone in the world has developed new calamities, it’s unknown for now. Perhaps yes, or perhaps the party has hidden it well and has not been revealed.

After all, the birth of a new calamity is an extremely important strategic resource for all countries worldwide. To acquire the formula for a catastrophe potion, some countries are even willing to start a war.

Transcendents are absolutely the most strategic resource for every country."

Chen Che suddenly realized: "Then what about the Demon Pattern? How many kinds of Demon Patterns exist globally, and how many people possess them?"

Xia Na rolled her eyes and said, "How would I know that? Demon Patterns are a form of transcendent power outside of the various calamity series. The powers of Demon Patterns are unique and distinctive; at least, globally, no Demon Pattern with identical abilities has been seen."

"Are you the only one in the world who can control lightning?" Chen Che was surprised.

Xia Na thought for a moment and shook her head: "Not necessarily, there could be other Demon Patterns that have the ability to control lightning in the world."

"But you said there are no Demon Patterns with the same abilities?"

"The essence of the Demon Pattern is to summon mysterious objects to help you. The ability you possess is the demon you summoned... Just like my sister, she can summon the Other Shore Flower from the depths of the Yellow Springs, maybe it’s a demon, maybe it’s something else.

And I have the ability to control lightning, not because I can directly control lightning but because my Demon Pattern is a demon that can control lightning. Do you understand now?

Each Demon Pattern’s demon is unique and distinct, with no identical demons, but their abilities are not entirely consistent.

For example, my ability in Demon Patterns is called the Elemental System, while my sister’s is called the Totem System, and besides them, there’s also the Summoning System.

The Elemental System might have other demons with similar abilities, but the Totem System and Summoning System would hardly encounter them.

The Totem System, like the Other Shore Flower on my sister, is a totem-carried ability, just like each tribe has different totems that hardly appear the same.

The Summoning System can incarnate itself as an appearance of a demon, which is the most similar ability to the Demon Calamity, as the Demon Calamity is about summoning a demon to possess you."

Chen Che scratched his head: "Then what’s the difference between the Demon Calamity and the Demon Pattern? Aren’t they the same?"

"They’re not the same. To advance in a Demon Calamity, you need a Demon Potion, whereas a Demon Pattern is imprinted directly on you, engraving the mark of a demon.

To put it more plainly, the Demon Pattern is dead, while the Demon Calamity is alive."

"Dead? Alive? What do you mean?"

"The demon summoned by the Demon Calamity is the image of a demon you imagine in your mind; perhaps only when this demon truly exists in this world can it appear. This demon is alive, truly existing in the world; to perform Demon Calamity abilities, you need to negotiate with this demon, asking it to lend you its ability, and you might need to pay a price.

It may not be willing to lend you such an ability, making it impossible for you to use it.

When a demon cannot leave you, it must follow you, the summoner of the Demon Calamity.

Moreover, to fully exploit a demon’s abilities, you need to advance the stage level of the Demon Calamity; the higher the level, the stronger the demon’s abilities you can summon.

But Demon Patterns are different; we cannot summon living demons, we can only feel this once-lived demon. It seems dead, and we have already transformed into the demon.

So essentially, no matter which system of Demon Pattern you have, the moment you possess a Demon Pattern, you have become another demon living in this world."

Chen Che finally understood.

The Demon Calamity is like keeping a pet; if you want to use the pet’s abilities, you have to please the pet.

But Demon Patterns are directly integrated with the pet; you can call upon the demon’s abilities at any time; you have already become the demon, the true essence of the demon.

From this perspective, the Demon Calamity is far inferior to the Demon Pattern.

He still remembered he gave An Nishang a piece of Demon Scale, which is a necessity for crafting a Basic Demon Catastrophe Potion.

He wanted An Nishang to procure a catastrophe potion for him.

After all, watching Angduo and Kainan, the two Transcendents, rush into the crowd and fight like that, it’s truly awe-inspiring.

He didn’t necessarily want to be at the forefront, killing.

He wanted more means of self-preservation.

In this damned apocalyptic wasteland, his sense of security was pitifully scarce.

To survive, naturally, he wanted more means of survival.

Seven great calamities plus a special Demon Pattern.

This world truly makes one feel incredibly fascinating.

Chen Che continued to process the known intelligence, looking toward the battlefield below, which had become somewhat stalemated. With the addition of Angduo and Kainan, the Special Operations Department was significantly leading, but the Blackthorn Team below was also formidable.

Chen Che saw as the Blackthorn Team members removed their black robes, steel thorns began to grow on their arms, gleaming coldly.

"In such times, hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons is still the most direct..." Chen Che couldn’t help but click his tongue.