Damon currently has only two abilities.
"The first ability: mind control…"
The reason Daimon's "mind" appears as an infinite series of brains connected by blood vessels is because this is its materialized form as a life sharing the same collective Inner Sea!
In this form, it possesses the power of mind control.
It's worth noting that mind control is different from psychic control.
Psychic control is a magic-like ability that primarily attacks by severing an enemy's control over their own body, ultimately controlling their physical actions.
Such attacks instinctively trigger the enemy's vigilance and resistance.
Those under psychic control can clearly sense that something is wrong; being controlled feels like experiencing a bizarre dream.
Some physically weak beings with unexpectedly strong willpower can even completely resist this type of control.
Mind control, however, is a completely different existence.
It isn't an invasion like psychic control; it's more like a "modification"!
Mind control can directly alter an enemy's "common sense" and "self-awareness" without alerting them.
As a lifeform with immense cognitive abilities, Daimon can disperse its thoughts to create a vast "brain domain world."
This brain domain world can expand outward together with the aura of the Endless Abyss.
Any beings exposed to this world have their original common sense and cognition altered by Daimon.
These beings will then act according to Daimon's instructions without realizing it.
For example, they might carry out a massacre in their own world to communicate with demons, or assassinate someone Daimon wants eliminated.
The most terrifying part is that they will see all the horrifying, twisted, and violent actions they commit as entirely natural and something they genuinely want to do.
Once all their thinking is altered, their Inner Sea is merged into Daimon's collective consciousness, indistinguishable from it.
Seeing this ability, Chu Hao was very satisfied.
"With Damon, the Endless Abyss will save a lot of time in future invasions."
This ability is a deadly blow to beings that rely heavily on order.
Chu Hao could already imagine how pitiful those creatures would act when Daimon invaded his worlds, suspiciously eyeing everyone around them.
No one could be certain that those nearby weren't controlled lunatics.
Or they might even doubt whether they themselves were the insane ones!
"The second ability: immense computing power…"
Compared to Daimon's first ability, the second seemed somewhat "mundane."
Its sole secondary ability is the terrifying computational power derived from linking countless minds together in its Inner Sea.
No matter how complex the data, Daimon can rapidly calculate results.
Formulas, experiments, rules—everything can be analyzed.
It can even simulate countless "battle outcomes" based on complex battlefield data.
However…
Any god possesses this type of computational ability.
It improves with the number of divine fires a god possesses.
Chu Hao roughly estimated that Daimon's computing power now surpassed his own, approaching that of a mid-level god.
Its rule-analysis speed exceeded his.
Crucially, this computing power can also be enhanced.
Unlike gods like Chu Hao, Daimon must capture more ordinary beings and merge them into its Inner Sea to improve its computational capacity.
This method requires an astronomical number of lives.
Even the Endless Abyss cannot afford so many.
Other worlds' populations are precious resources for demons and Abyssal beings.
"Not bad…"
Although this ability is weaker than the first, Chu Hao could assign Daimon rule analysis in future invasions, preserving his own precious computing power.
With Damon, the Endless Abyss effectively gained a powerful "computer."
But unlike ordinary computers, Daimon…
Cannot be approached lightly. The only outcome of recklessly accessing it is being absorbed into it.
"You… deceived…"
"I!"
As Chu Hao prepared to leave, a faint voice came from a nearby brain.
It was the former high-level beings.
"You… deceived us… promised to heal us…"
"But in the end… you let us fall… you enslaved… us!"
Chu Hao turned, standing before the brain with a smile.
"Oh, almost forgot—you still have the reverse-ascension formula for the Inner Sea hidden in your mind…"
He placed his hand on the brain.
"But I never lied. Your current form is the result of my healing!"
"And for this outcome, I believe you should have been mentally prepared."
"When you ignore the desires of lower beings, only thinking of ruling everything, of becoming gods and enjoying eternity… you should have expected this!"
After speaking, Chu Hao crushed the brain and left, taking the formula he wanted.
At this moment, the worlds colonized by the Hayes Tribe were exposed due to this Abyssal invasion.
They would become spoils in Chu Hao's campaign!
Thirty worlds in total—most destroyed, but with cores and resources still intact.
All of this was an unexpected boon for Chu Hao's war.
As for the world he initially planned to invade…
It might face a different outcome.
A corrupted quasi-mythical creature was fiercely fighting two other quasi-mythical beings.
If it won, it would become the true ruler of the world, bringing it into the Endless Abyss.
But if it lost…
Chu Hao watched the fierce battle, indifferent.
"If it loses, then its path of corruption ends here!"
The war with the Hayes Tribe and the "mad god" was about to conclude.