154: Second Awakener, the flaws of technological advancement

After hearing what Yang Dian said, Professor Shen Fei couldn't help but look at him with approval.

"You can clearly define your goals and not be swayed by external factors. I didn't misjudge you."

"Of course, if you were in charge of the Special Administration Bureau, and under your leadership, the Special Administration Bureau handled all abnormal incidents inside and outside Fuzhou City in an orderly manner, allowing the people to live in peace and contentment, I would also praise you from a different perspective."

"All in all, this is all your own choice. As long as you persevere and don't regret it, that's good..."

...He chatted with Professor Shen Fei about this and that.

As they walked towards the Firefly Bug cultivation room, remembering the girl he met at the Fuda University campus gate, Yang Dian asked curiously:

"By the way, Professor, when I just entered the school, I met an Awakened from another region named Ayina."

"If I'm not mistaken, her Awakening should be related to beast mastery, right?"

"Ayina, huh~" Professor Shen Fei sighed.

"She is one of the few secondary Awakened in our Huaxia."

"Her first Awakening ability is very strange; anyone who approaches her will be affected by her temperament and then feel ashamed of themselves."

"Her second Awakening ability is equivalent to beast mastery."

"She can communicate telepathically with creatures close to her and command them to do things."

"During telepathic communication, the 'bond of affection' between her and other creatures will also increase, eventually making them as close as family."

"The reason she's here this time is because Little Tang isn't living up to expectations."

Little Tang, or Tang Tang, was the only talent with beast mastery ability in this corner of Fuzhou.

However, her ability wasn't very good. After more than 5 years of Awakening, she could only control small animals like sparrows, crows, mice, and lizards.

Such a large, infinitely potential Mutant Orca was placed there for her to contract, but she simply couldn't.

When she tried to force a contract, she even got a few big slaps.

As the Orca grew bigger and bigger, the Orca Pool was expanded again and again, and its temperament became wilder and wilder.

Naturally, the higher-ups wouldn't leave it alone.

Thus, Ayina's arrival.

"Speaking of which, the Little Orca is still a Mutant creature we've taken in."

"Ayina wouldn't just contract it and run off, would she?"

"No, she wouldn't." Professor Shen Fei shook his head.

"If she can truly contract the Little Orca, she'll have to live by the sea permanently from now on."

"After all, the ocean is the Little Orca's home."

At this point, Professor Shen Fei glanced sideways at Yang Dian again:

"Why are you suddenly asking about another girl?"

"But then again, that little girl Ayina does look ethereal, with a beauty that doesn't belong to modern society. It's normal for you to be attracted to her."

Yang Dian looked at the somewhat impious Professor Shen Fei and raised his head:

"Beauty, to me, is nothing more than a painted skeleton."

"My life will be dedicated to the Martial Dao, pursuing the limits of the human body's mysteries."

Professor Shen Fei scoffed:

"'Painted skeleton,' 'pursuing the limits of the human body's mysteries.'"

"Why don't you say you ran into the Western Chamber Romance like a gust of wind last night and ordered four technicians?"

Yang Dian lowered his head.

"Damn the 21st century."

"There's no privacy at all."

...While chatting and laughing, the two had already arrived outside the Firefly Bug cultivation room.

Passing a laboratory with an open transparent observation window, an unintentional turn of his head made Yang Dian stop again.

"Brother Shi?"

Taking two quick steps closer to the observation window, Yang Dian immediately confirmed that he hadn't seen wrong.

The figure lying in the light blue nutrient solution of the cultivation tank, eyes tightly closed, covered in electromagnetic patches, and with needles stuck all over his body, was indeed Shi Sheng!

"Professor..."

"This..."

Professor Shen Fei glanced at Shi Sheng floating in the nutrient solution and sighed.

"Shi Sheng's own choice."

Thinking of Shi Sheng's inexplicably surging strength, Yang Dian couldn't help but frown tightly:

"Brother Shi's surging strength was achieved through technological means?"

Professor Shen Fei opened the laboratory door and led Yang Dian into the lab filled with medical instruments.

"Yes."

"Awakened are not like Martial Artists; they don't have clear promotion paths."

"Awakened are strong if they are strong, and weak if they are weak."

"Except for those lucky ones who Awaken growth-type talent abilities."

"For other Awakened, once the 'Awakening period' passes, the strength is almost fixed."

"To enhance talent power after the 'Awakening period' ends, one must either consume heaven and earth treasures of the same attribute or equip transcendent armaments forged from heaven and earth treasures."

"Other than that, trying to improve talent ability through effort is not impossible, but it's too, too difficult."

"We believe there must be a method that allows Awakened to rapidly increase their strength through Acquired effort after Innate Awakening."

"But with our current knowledge reserves, we haven't found this method."

"So Awakened can only improve their strength through other means."

At this point, Professor Shen Fei patted Yang Dian's shoulder:

"Practicing martial arts is one."

Then he pointed to Shi Sheng lying in the nutrient solution:

"Technology is the second."

"Shi Sheng's Aptitude for martial arts is not good; even with a large supply of resources, he still couldn't comprehend Qi and blood."

"Coincidentally, the second Qi Revival erupted, and the Earth experienced dimension folding and erosion."

"After closely observing this miraculous phenomenon, our scientific theories saw an explosive improvement in just a few days."

"And we were also lucky; we caught Firefly Bugs not long ago."

"The substances left behind after the Firefly Bugs die can repair nerves, making some theories that were previously impossible to succeed, now possible."

"Shi Sheng was among the first batch of human experiment subjects."

Professor Shen Fei took out the experimental data from the side and handed it to Yang Dian:

"Initially, we thought the experiment was successful."

"After all, Shi Sheng's strength indeed saw an explosive increase, and his internal energy reserves were more than a thousand times greater than before."

"Before, it was difficult to freeze one person; now, after exploding, he can freeze a small plaza."

"But it was only after he unleashed his full strength that we realized the experiment had failed."

"His fragile body and nervous System simply couldn't support his full outburst."

"Once he unleashed his full strength, the result was as you saw: his body directly collapsed."

"If he hadn't been sent here quickly, we'd be preparing his funeral by now."

Finally, Professor Shen Fei added:

"He won't recover for at least half a month."

Yang Dian put down the experimental data in his hand, looked at Shi Sheng in the cultivation tank, and after a moment of silence, spoke:

"Besides Brother Shi, my captain must have also participated in the experiment, right?"

Professor Shen Fei nodded:

"He participated."

After responding, he sighed again:

"Some unknown variables appeared during the enhancement, and Lin Mo's strength increase far exceeded our expectations."

"At first, we were happy for a long time, wanting to find out the cause of the unknown variables."

"Now it seems this may not be a good thing."

Yang Dian was a bit puzzled:

"Doesn't my captain only have an Eagle Eye talent?"

"How much more can it improve? Evolve into a True Sight Eye, capable of seeing through dimensional space?"

Professor Shen Fei looked at Yang Dian:

"Lin Mo is also a secondary Awakened."

"Secondary Awakening ability: Water Control."