Ma Ran raised an eyebrow, noticing that the girl called "Sister Xixi" by Qian Xixi was surprisingly compatible with all three Victory Stones.
However...
In the end, only one Victory Stone was attracted to her, absorbed and digested by her.
At the sa ti, in the Octagonal Stone Well, a new Victory Stone materialized out of thin air.
The girl left the Shengyu Stone Well, her face full of excitent: "My superpower is [Rejection]!"
As she spoke, she closed her eyes, and within a two-ter radius around her, all dust and pebbles were repelled by an invisible force, the air currents surged, and her feet gradually left the ground, floating up.
Not long after, the girl, who was previously full of excitent, turned pale, her lips turned cyan, and with a thud, she fell to the ground.
After taking a few breaths, she quickly returned to her normal state, and said excitedly: "In simple terms, I can use repulsive force to expel any matter and energy within a two-ter radius that I can ntally comprehend."
"Including but not limited to sound waves, light, bullets!"
"Overusing the ability cos at a cost..."
"Losing my sense of presence."
"Because I just awakened the ability and don’t quite know how to use it, I accidentally repelled the oxygen, so I couldn’t breathe, and I had to stop."
Old Huang nodded solemnly, and on the tablet in his hand, the evaluation from the think tank was displayed — [Pillar] level.
"Pillar level, next!"
In the crowd, Ma Ran nodded slightly.
Out of three choices, this girl got the best ability.
The other two Victory Stones corresponded to [Dust Exorcism] and [Cleansing] respectively...
Although it’s hard to see the deeper aspects, just from the nas, it’s clear that they’re not on par with [Rejection].
The side effect of [Rejection] is also very mild, much like the superpower of disappearing presence, which Ma Ran had encountered once before — it was a chūnibyō girl aiming to beco "Earth’s Strongest Assassin."
Unfortunately, by that ti, Dong Huaiming had already suffered genetic collapse and body-mind distortion due to blindly researching You Civilization texts, otherwise, they would’ve had quite a bit in common.
If "losing presence" wasn’t a controllable ability but a phenonon of superpower erosion, the side effects would rely be being bumped into by people, hit by cars, cut in line, or forgotten on the battlefield after completing a mission.
As long as there’s a slight noise made or the other person is touched, they can draw attention.
After all, it’s not a causality-level ability where you can slap soone across the face and they wouldn’t react — that’s called a [Paralysis Aura], not [Loss of Presence].
Moreover, when ordinary people cultivate to the seventh or eighth stage of Inner Qi, their spiritual power naturally grows, allowing them to detect lifeforms with zero presence.
Currently, at Grass Hut Academy, besides Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei, Wan Haihao can also find this girl within the "zero presence."
Although it’s unclear what kind of devil training Wan Haihao went through recently, Ma Ran could clearly feel his vastly different spiritual outlook and belief will from before.
After the initial success, the subsequent ability awakeners paled in comparison.
Whenever a newcor made a choice, the Victory Stones in the Octagonal Well seed unchanged, but in fact, their internal properties were entirely refreshed, becoming "new awakening items" that were more compatible with the attributes of the ones to awaken.
Most of the newcors lingered between strong under developnt level and weak pillar level.
The one who caught Ma Ran’s eyes was Li Xing.
In his past life, Li Xing awakened a superpower nad [Extre Cold], whose cost was the exact opposite of Song Chu’s [Blood Fla]; it involved a drop in body temperature, but with slightly fewer restrictions, and unlike Song Chu, it did not need blood or similar diums to exhibit its power.
Among the Pillar levels, it was considered quite potent.
To be honest...
With Li Xing’s luck, awakening such a level of superpower had always been an unsolved mystery in his past life.
The topic was often teased by comrades and turned into banter material.
Rebirth does not an omniscience and omnipotence.
The most typical example was the Demon Mountain incident; in the past life, no one knew that the Interstellar talents from the White Mane were the real masterminds, regarding them instead as inconsequential small fry in the larger sche.
Originally, Ma Ran thought that as ti passed, the truth behind many secrets would eventually be revealed.
Now, it seems possible to unveil the mystery of Li Xing’s ability ahead of ti.
Ma Ran’s eyes flickered, focusing on the two Victory Stones most compatible with Li Xing.
One was called [Ti Slow].
The other was called [Extre Cold].
He could only see a rough outline.
To glimpse more detailed information, perhaps he would need further enhancent in spiritual power and You Civilization text proficiency.
Just the nas suggest both seem strong.
However...
The forr seems sowhat ti-related and could likely be evaluated as a [National Guardian] level ability.
A grand lottery pool, a choice of two.
One top-notch ability, one advanced ability.
Li Xing chose the advanced one, which didn’t surprise Ma Ran in the slightest.
Ma Ran did want to help him select [Ti Slow], but the problem was...
It seed that due to the existence of [Roleplay], all the Victory Stones had zero compatibility with Ma Ran, breaking at the slightest touch.
As long as he didn’t hinder, that was acceptable...
Monts later, Li Xing officially awakened the [Extre Cold] ability.
He emanated a chilling aura, his hair froze, standing erect, and a layer of white frost covered the ground beneath his feet; the phone he intended to use for recording also froze into an ice lump.
In the Octagonal Stone Well, the Victory Stone’s attributes were cleared, and the presence of [Ti Slow] was no longer visible.
In a daze, Ma Ran vaguely sensed a pair of cold and indifferent inky eyes locking with his own.
A chanical, genderless voice echoed beside his ears.
"Character label — ’Prophet’."
"Experintal failure of ’Superpower Civilization Inheritance Conversion Test’."
"Brief: [Shattering Void] compatibility 100%, [lt Devouring] compatibility 93%, [Soul Split] compatibility 85%, strong rejection reaction, superpower load failure, unique material wasted, classified as superpower-incompatible physique."
"Analysis: Target suspected of obtaining a broken super civilization legacy similar to [Future Observation], proposed dispatch of interstellar fleet for capture, or engage in civilization trade."
"Proposal denied, denial reason — Idiot, scram! You think [Future Observation] is sothing you can handle? If Ma Ran isn’t a senior intelligence officer for a super civilization, I’ll eat ten billion tons of You people’s excrent on the spot! If you want to die go ahead, don’t drag others with you!"
"Data disrupted."
"Disregarding the legacy value of [Future Observation], the experint target has zero potential, unlikely to create variables."
"Proposal to abandon so monitoring channels under construction, detailed list as follows: ’Prophet’, ’Martial God’, ’God’, ’Yin Yang Master’, ’Blood Fla’, ’Yukong’, ’Unity’, ’Caged Gaze’, ’Healing’, ’Pain Eater’, ’Expel Disease’, ’Extre Cold’, ’Bone lting Phosphorus Fire’, ’Rejection’...."
"Proposal approved."
Beep!
The sight and sound vanished simultaneously.
Strangely enough.
The language used by the other party was one Ma Ran had never heard, yet he understood it directly.
In his previous life, Ma Ran knew that superpower awakened individuals were akin to human-shaped signal transmitters...
He initially thought it was a ans for so outer star civilization to locate Earth.
Now it seed, the situation was not as simple as that.
The grade of superpower civilization might surpass that of White Mane Civilization.
Just how many levels higher it was, wasn’t sothing that could be easily discerned.
However...
During this brief interaction, Ma Ran gained a lot of valuable intelligence.
First, superpower civilization seemingly obliterated supernatural civilization.
They’re trying to digest the non-material resource heritage of supernatural civilization.
Victory Stones are one of their experintal outcos.
Second, superpower civilization is more timid than the White Mane Civilization.
Upon mistakenly labeling him a "super civilization’s intelligence officer," they unhesitatingly abandoned dozens of surveillance channels directly related to him under construction.
Third, there exist certain past and hidden connections between superpower civilization and You Civilization.
The forr’s level may be slightly higher than the latter’s.
"..."
Although uncertain about the principles behind eavesdropping on these ssages, even sowhat doubting their authenticity and credibility, however...
In Ma Ran’s eyes, the previously chaotic cosmic situation suddenly beca much clearer.
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