For these subjects who unfortunately had their souls fragmented, Sebastian usually chose to reclaim and fully utilize them.
By implanting control chips and other methods, these formerly useless individuals were transformed into loyal and reliable mechanical servants.
Sebastian would gift them to his uncle and other family members to ensure their personal safety was effectively guaranteed.
After all, as times evolved, Superhumans emerged like mushrooms after rain.
In this complex world, one cannot expect everyone to abide by rules and laws.
If a powerful, deranged lone madman came seeking revenge, Sebastian would be helpless.
For this reason, ensuring the safety of his family members should indeed be placed on the agenda.
As for directly bestowing great power upon friends and relatives? That was out of the question.
As the saying goes: even close brothers must settle accounts clearly.
Regarding the method of acquiring power, Sebastian had always maintained a semi-open stance with his relatives and friends.
As long as they were willing to pursue it, the knowledge would be available for them to take freely and without cost.
Combined with the bodyguards Sebastian sent, if they were still killed after all that, then they could die outside for all he cared. The Xiao family did not raise trash.
…
…
After nearly five hundred failures, Sebastian's Meditation Technique was finally completed.
He successfully constructed a perfect set of meridian pathways and a spatial Soul Core within the soul of one of his test subjects.
Furthermore, when the Golden Core's energy circulated between the meridians and the body, it flowed smoothly and unobstructed, without any hindrance or waste.
Most importantly, the essence of this Meditation Technique lay in its ability to establish a close connection between the soul and the Cyber Dimension.
Once this connection was established, the user could draw powerful energy from the Cyber Dimension for rapid cultivation or combat.
However, this energy was a paid loan that would need to be repaid tenfold afterward.
But for many Cyber Cultivators stuck at a certain level, breaking through their realm—and preserving their lives—was far more valuable than that debt.
Thus, this was also bait Sebastian deliberately placed for those cultivating the Cyber Immortal Path, encouraging them to further accept and rely on the Cyber Dimension.
However, although one experiment had succeeded, Sebastian—being pragmatic—still required more successful cases.
"I need more test subjects."
Sebastian sent this message to his uncle, Sandra.
"Hmm. This is the last batch."
Not long afterward, Sandra arrived with twenty people and reminded him kindly.
"Enough."
Sebastian nodded.
At this stage, the deduction for the meridian system and Soul Core structure was basically complete.
With these twenty individuals serving as additional samples for comparison experiments, Sebastian felt it would be more than sufficient.
…
Another month passed.
This final batch of test subjects all underwent Soul Core modification.
However, unfortunately, one of them failed to pass this stage.
A fifty percent failure rate for the Soul Core was essentially equivalent to one hundred percent failure in Sebastian's standards.
Sebastian spent several months researching this failed subject.
Eventually, he discovered that the reason for failure was the subject's slightly insufficient intelligence.
Individuals with such congenital deficiencies often possessed weaker soul strength.
Because of this deficiency, the soul could not supply enough energy to open a complete Soul Core.
Under the violent energy surge, the soul ultimately fragmented.
In fact, such a situation could have been avoided.
Each person simply needed to operate within their own limits according to their actual capabilities.
Unfortunately, Sebastian had never cared about the subject's life in the first place.
He had not carefully judged the risk and ignored whether the subject could endure the process.
That negligence ultimately led to this tragedy.
"It seems that cultivating immortality also requires intelligence."
Sebastian stroked his chin and recorded this issue.
"Alright. You may all leave."
Sebastian waved casually, signaling the test subjects who had successfully completed the modification to depart.
Although the experiment had succeeded, Sebastian still did not personally attempt the technique.
Instead, he uploaded it to the Cyber Dimension.
After all, the Soul Core technique represented a major modification of the soul.
Sebastian required more data, more comparisons, and long-term verification.
Unless it was proven completely safe and stable, he would absolutely not experiment on himself.
It is worth mentioning that when uploading this technique, Sebastian did not use his usual primary account, Omnissiah.
Instead, he uploaded it anonymously.
He also clearly labeled it within the directory:
Basic Soul Space Modification Technique
Afterward, he priced the technique at 5000 contribution points.
This price was equivalent to the total contribution points that an ordinary Cyber Apostle might accumulate after working diligently for an entire year farming or breeding.
Converted into euros, it would be roughly 50 million euros.
Even at such a high price, it was unlikely anyone would purchase it.
Contribution points could be exchanged for the supreme technologies controlled by the God of All Machines.
Money, however, could never purchase such resources.
As for why he set such a high price, Sebastian understood one truth on the Cyber Immortal Path:
Everything in the world has its price.
Things given away for free are often ignored.
Within the infinitely expanding Cyber Dimension, countless people uploaded new technologies every day.
Some were extremely useful.
Others were completely worthless.
Improvements, inventions, and experimental methods emerged endlessly.
Because of this, Sebastian's technique was not purchased in large quantities.
In fact, it went almost completely unnoticed.
"Ding~~"
With a crisp notification sound, Sebastian was surprised to discover that someone had purchased the Soul Core technique.
However, when he investigated further, he realized that the technique—uploaded less than two minutes earlier—had been dug up using a data pickaxe.
"Holy crap. An EU Emperor!" (T/N: Ah this is one of those subtly racist things in the Chinese gaming community. If someone gets really lucky, he's a European emperor and if someone gets really unlucky, he's an African chief)
Sebastian's eyes widened.
He immediately focused his attention on the lucky individual, eager to see the face of this absurdly fortunate person.
For Cyber Cultivators, digging up truly valuable technology was almost as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The probability was only one in ten thousand.
As for discovering core technology, the odds were even worse—one in one hundred thousand.
Yet despite these odds, Cyber Cultivators continued to swarm into the Cyber Dimension to mine data technology.
Every day, various precious technologies were excavated and taken away by cultivators.
Otherwise, how could so many powerful Golden Core cultivators emerge?
Of course, Sebastian had slightly increased the probability of discovering the Soul Core technique to promote it.
But it was definitely not supposed to be this high.
Moreover—
The one who had just obtained it was clearly a novice who had only just entered the Cyber Dimension.
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