Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 932 - 156_2

But this has no reference value, since Perfikot has too many Godslaying Armors capable of slaying deities.

Whether it's the newly forged Godslaying Armor using Pure Divinity or Beifa, which has been improved and enhanced by her many times, they both already possess the power to easily slay Subordinate Gods.

This level of battle is as routine to Perfikot as it gets, so much so that she doesn't even bother recording the most basic combat data—after all, these Subordinate Gods are merely moving experimental materials to her.

As for the mechanism of summoning deities through the divine core, Perfikot prefers to see it as a unique magical phenomenon.

Through data analysis, Perfikot believes that this summoning process can be broken down into three distinct stages of energy transmutation.

The first is the activation stage, where specific energy frequencies stimulate the divine core, turning the inert original divine energy within into an active state.

This process is typically achieved through the continuous worship of followers, although sacrifices are a more effective method.

Secondly is the transmutation stage, where the activated divine energy spontaneously attracts and assimilates the ambient power of faith, which also requires constant worship from many followers to provide abundant belief power.

The final stage is the manifestation stage, where, under the constraints of a specific magical framework, these mixed energies will condense into a deity incarnation with a physical form based on the characteristics of the divinity in the core.

This theory perfectly explains the construction principle of the statue of Sekhmet—that massive statue is not the actual deity but a precise energy construct.

Its gigantic form is supported and constrained by the power of faith, while internally, it is driven by the divine core.

This explains why Sekhmet is formed from yellow sand and why, once killed, it disperses into a pile of dust.

To verify this bold hypothesis, Perfikot is methodically advancing a multi-threaded research plan.

On the workbench in Perfikot's laboratory, three divine cores emitting different energy fluctuations are carefully placed in specially designed containment devices.

Among them, one ancient stone-carved core comes from the remnants of Sekhmet, retaining the form of that deity statue.

The glowing core in the middle is a trophy from a Subordinate God killed last time in the old capital of France.

The most exquisite core on the far right is the most special—crafted by Perfikot herself, its divinity originates from the Ancestral Spirit worshipped by the natives of the Northern Territory for generations.

Through these three sets of comparative experiments, Perfikot seeks to unravel a crucial issue: is there a method to activate divinity without relying on follower worship or blood sacrifices?

The simplest theoretical solution would be to have a living deity cooperate in the experiments—after all, gods can fully control their own divinity—but the reality is, Perfikot's trophy room is filled with various divine corpses, yet there isn't a single live sample.

"What an irony," Perfikot muttered to herself, adjusting the monitoring instruments, "killing too much has become a hindrance to research."

Helplessly, she can only rely on the various tests she invented to collect data, systematically trying every possible method, from energy resonance to rune stimulation.

On the other side of the laboratory, the precious relics brought back from the distant desert tribes—ancient ritual bronze mirrors, prayer tablets inscribed with mysterious symbols, and ritual implements of various unique shapes—are carefully displayed on custom stands.

Perfikot deliberately separates these relics from other research materials, creating a quiet area specifically for research.

She has already gathered a team of scholars proficient in ancient cuneiform and desert mysticism to form a specialized research group.

These scholars are housed in the document room next to the laboratory, meticulously analyzing and interpreting the clay tablets and stone steles rescued from the temple ruins and desert tribes day and night.

In the dim light, their bloodshot eyes focus intently on the faded hieroglyphs, and the scratching of writing and occasional debates persist into the late night.

Through day-to-day comparative experiments and repeated verifications, the research team has accumulated vast amounts of data and information.

The experiment logs are densely filled with professional data like energy fluctuation frequencies and divinity activity curves, while the walls are covered with diagrams annotated with various hypotheses.

As experimental data continues to accumulate, a bold and meticulous idea gradually emerges in Perfikot's keen mind; a summoning plan integrating modern alchemy and ancient rituals is taking shape deep within her consciousness.

Regarding the depth of research into divinity, Perfikot is indeed beyond reproach.

From the initial contact with the Northern Territory natives' totem poles and Ancestral Spirits, she began a systematic study of divinity as a special form of energy.

The ancient runes carved on birch bark and the sacrificial chants sung by the campfire all became keys to her understanding of the nature of divinity.

She had personally dissected three Subordinate Gods, gaining insights into divine structures far beyond any contemporary scholar.

Based on these accumulations, the first step she envisioned for activating the divine core, after a series of rigorous or imaginative experiments, has already made breakthrough progress.

From traditional sacrificial dances to modern electromagnetic stimulation, every method she tried left detailed records in the experiment log.

Ultimately, she found a stable activation method combining sonic resonance and a specific frequency energy field.

However, the subsequent challenges are much more difficult.

Perfikot gazed at the divine core suspended in the energy field, her brow furrowed.

The biggest challenge in this step is: how to enable the core's divinity to autonomously control its power and precisely harness the faith power contained within it?

It's like teaching a baby to use complex alchemy instruments; the difficulty is imaginable.

She tried dozens of guiding plans, but the divine power either ran rampant like a wild horse or fell into complete silence.

And the most critical step—how to make the divine core constrain the power of faith and shape a combat-ready incarnation like blowing glass vessels—left Perfikot in a predicament.

She glanced at the seventh protective shield in the laboratory, shattered by runaway divine power, and sighed, a rare occurrence.

She has to admit that in this field, she needs to wait for more clues from the scholars buried in ancient books.

These scholars did not disappoint Perfikot, either.

After weeks of tireless work, they finally reconstructed an ancient ritual from the clay tablets, stone carvings, and various ritual instruments brought back.

This ritual can activate divinity and endow it with a certain degree of autonomous consciousness, thereby controlling the power of faith and, based on the characteristics of the divinity, shaping a complete form.

When the scholars presented this discovery to Perfikot, she showed a rare expression of satisfaction.

However, although this ritual solved the core issue Perfikot needed to address, it still had an insurmountable obstacle—the divinity, once activated, only exhibits instinctive reactions without possessing control.

Simply put, the divine incarnation summoned in this manner is merely a runaway puppet, not a controllable war weapon.

If these divine incarnations were to be used as disposable bombs, they might still suffice.

But expecting them to exhibit proper combat effectiveness or serve as a war weapon, whether in terms of lethality, controllability, or cost-effectiveness, was not as good as the already systematic Godslaying Armor.

An assistant even bluntly pointed out, "This is like using a dragon to plow the fields—powerful but utterly impractical."

However, Perfikot did not feel surprised or discouraged by this.

She calmly integrated this ancient ritual with her research results and wrote down new research directions in her experiment log.

After all, she possesses the Jade Record, a true Divine Artifact, and when no other solution is found, there is still the ultimate ability of 'omniscience' at her disposal.