Chapter 58: S+ Silver Diamond Spirit Core

Chapter 58 S+ Silver-White Diamond Psionic Core

Late at night, noticing the light in the psionic training room was still on, Jian Suiyu's eyes flashed with confusion.

He shared a look with Jie Chen, and they entered the training room together.

To their surprise, Richard was still training this late.

Not only that, but Wu Yue was there too.

Worried there might be tension between them, Jian Suiyu and Jie Chen both relaxed—only to jolt in shock the next moment.

They realized simultaneously that Richard hadn’t detected their presence immediately.

For a psionic fighter who relied on first-strike advantage, this was nearly fatal!

A Richard who had let his guard down like this wouldn’t just be vulnerable to Jie Chen’s lightning-fast strikes—even Jian Suiyu could put a bullet in him.

"Richard, what are you doing?"

Surprisingly, it was Jie Chen who spoke up first, a step ahead of Jian Suiyu.

Richard turned to them, his eyes gleaming strangely.

Jian Suiyu frowned. "What’s going on?"

Richard brought up a hologram showing Wu Yue’s current subconscious state to Jian Suiyu and Jie Chen.

Seeing Wu Yue covered in blood, pinned beneath a beast's claw, their expressions instantly tightened.

Jie Chen grumbled, "This memory again?"

Richard’s gaze was unsettling. "Wu Yue suddenly came to me earlier, saying she wanted to revisit this memory.

She paid 600 premium crystal cores for a single session with me.

She claimed that once inside this memory, she would push her psionic abilities to the limit.

But I can’t shake the feeling that her real goal isn’t about unlocking her potential.

From the very start this time, she’s been meticulously recreating the original events of this memory."

Jian Suiyu speculated, "Judging by the current situation, it must be reaching the do-or-die moment.

Could it be that she’s trying to see if she can tap into her hidden power at this critical moment?"

Instinct made Richard want to deny it. Given his deep understanding of psionic abilities, he suspected Wu Yue had something else in mind.

In fact, he even had the absurd thought that she was willing to gamble with her life.

Jie Chen crossed his arms. "Given her current injuries—caved-in chest, broken ribs, both legs useless—if she doesn’t awaken her psionic core for instant regeneration, she stands no chance against this Class B mutant.

If she fails to activate her powers now, you should yank her out of the subconscious."

Richard nodded, but before he could prepare—

Suddenly, all hell broke loose.

The beast suddenly stomped down on Wu Yue, flattening her instantly like paper.

*A crack* echoed sharply as the sound of her bones shattering reached the three present; their faces twisted in horror.

"Richard! Pull Wu Yue out now!!"

But the beast moved faster than Richard.

In a flash, it raised its other claw and brought it down with crushing force onto Wu Yue's skull.

Blood splattered instantly—Wu Yue's skull crumpled inward, her eyes bursting into gory pulp.

Simultaneously,

Richard's stunned voice rang out through the silent mental training room,

"I... I've lost control over Wu Yue's subconscious."

This meant that now, unless Wu Yue awakened her psychic abilities herself, there was no possibility of her returning alive from the subconscious to the real world.

Jie Chen grabbed Richard by the collar and punched him hard, "Richard, and here you’ve always boasted about being the top psychic specialist.

Twice—twice in a row—you failed to notice the fatal flaw in this memory of hers!!??"

Uncharacteristic confusion flashed in Richard's eyes. He couldn’t understand how things had come to this.

This feeling of helplessness made him realize he wasn’t as omniscient as he’d believed.

Voice breaking, he turned to Jian Suiyu, "Did my behavior cause her to want to go in a second time?

If I hadn’t pushed her, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.

It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been so icy and detached with her, she wouldn’t have gone this far."

Jie Chen scoffed coldly, "Are you serious? Quit your pity party.

Get your lovesick head straight—Wu Yue wouldn’t recklessly dive back in just because of your feelings.

Instead of obsessing over maybes, focus on how to regain control over this memory."

Richard bobbed his head frantically, "Right, right, you’re right.

Hold on, I’ll initiate emergency override now."

"Wait."

Jian Suiyu’s voice cut in, so heavy it made them freeze.

Jie Chen snapped, glaring, "Seriously? This isn't the damn time for you to chime in too."

Jian Suiyu’s gaze remained fixed on the holographic projection as he gestured to Jie Chen and Richard,

"Look. Keep watching."

The two followed his line of sight and saw, amid the ruin of Wu Yue's skull, a strange light pulsing.

The light grew from small to immense, eventually becoming so intense it seared their vision, setting the darkness ablaze.

Richard choked out, "This is... a psychic core forming..."

It's the legendary S+ silver-white diamond psychic nucleus, a tier above S-class.

Since no one has ever truly possessed such a psychic nucleus, its upper limits remain unknown to this day."

The beast's eyes flared with avarice—clearly, its goal all along had been Wu Yue's psychic nucleus.

Salivating with anticipation, it reached out its claws without hesitation to seize the nucleus.

However,

the moment it made contact, the beast let out a piercing shriek as if thrown into molten metal.

Before their eyes, the beast started crumbling.

A mere touch from a B-class beast against an S+ psychic nucleus turned it to dust, let alone any attempt to claim it.

Jie Chen frowned, "That doesn't add up. If Wu Yue had a psychic nucleus before the age of 12—

and one of the highest tier, an S+ at that—why would she lack psychic power now?

Where is her psychic nucleus?"

The words barely left his mouth when someone returned.

Yi Na's figure reappeared by the window, slipping furtively into the room, her gaze fixed on Wu Yue.

The scene froze on her face, capturing the hungry, obsessive gleam in her eyes as she stared at Wu Yue's S+ nucleus.

Wu Yue, lying in a pool of blood, had been undergoing rapid regeneration ever since the nucleus manifested.

Starting from her legs, her bones reformed, muscle and skin knitting back together.

Slowly, only the collapsed half of her skull and her shattered eyes remained unhealed.

Richard's gaze turned razor-sharp.

"While no cases of someone spontaneously awakening psychic power after the age of 18 have been reported,

incidents of stolen psychic nuclei leading to death are all too common in lawless orphanages like this.

Especially when the victim is as vulnerable as Wu Yue was."

Yi Na, compelled by greed, stepped closer to Wu Yue, who lay motionless in the blood.

The heart-shaped gem embedded in the peachwood sword faced downward, completely saturated with Wu Yue's blood.

Concealed beneath the psychic nucleus, it emitted a threatening blood-red glow. As Yi Na approached, the air grew thick with menace.