Chapter 88 Psychic Power Test

Chapter 88: Testing Psychic Power

The last sentence could be said to have scared all the students there.

Especially the students from middle and lower strata, who knew very little about psychic power. Their shock was far greater than that of the children from elite families.

Even the upper-class descendants were startled. Their parents had given them simple explanations about psychic power, but the scope was limited. Generally, they wouldn't explain too much to prevent children from getting the wrong idea.

As for the functions of SSS-level psychic power, they had never heard their parents mention it at all.

Observing everyone's disbelief and uncertainty, Teacher Feng continued, "But don't worry, everyone. There are only a few people with SSS-level psychic power in the whole Federation."

"So, just a heads-up: be kind to the omegas around you. The Federation has three individuals with SSS-level psychic power, and every single one of them is an omega."

That bit was less of a surprise. Omegas were inherently much stronger in psychic power; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to soothe the psychic agitation of alphas.

Teacher Feng clicked to the next slide.

"After discussing the classifications and functions, let's talk about the dangers of psychic power."

"The dangers of psychic power mainly target alphas. Alphas have rut cycles, which can easily trigger psychic agitation. If psychic agitation is not soothed in time, it can lead to psychic rampage."

"Once a psychic rampage is triggered, psychic power releases tremendous force, which can easily damage the psyche."

"A psychic rampage at SS-level or above can even manifest psychic power physically, causing harm to surrounding objects and oneself."

Teacher Feng clapped to get everyone's attention.

"So, you must control your rut cycles. Once you notice psychic agitation, head to the medical wing right away and seek an omega's soothing."

"If there is no omega available, please take a Psychic Soother. If the soother doesn't work, don't hesitate; just inject a psychic inhibitor."

An alpha student below seemed hesitant and raised his hand to ask, "Teacher Feng, but psychic inhibitors cause terrible pain to the user. Is there really no other way?"

Teacher Feng kindly spoke the most ruthless words: "If you don't use a psychic inhibitor and let the psychic power run wild, the consequence is that all nearby alphas are at risk of rampage."

Teacher Feng smiled and looked at the questioning student, who inexplicably felt a chill down his spine.

"Student, tell me, if this situation happened on the battlefield, would it be better to sacrifice one person to protect the majority, or to drag the entire army down with you?"

The student stammered, "It... it would definitely be sacrificing one person to protect the majority..."

Teacher Feng nodded, signaling him to sit down, and agreed, "I hope you're all prepared to make that choice. When necessary, don't drag the entire army down with you."

He continued to the next slide.

"Generally speaking, the psychic growth period is related to the development of the secondary gender. When the secondary gender stops developing, psychic power will also cease development."

"However, it's important to note that the development mentioned here refers to the rapid development phase. Afterward, psychic power will still develop, but ninety percent of it involves the development of psychic threads, and the speed is extremely slow. A year's worth of development might not even compare to a single day's development during the psychic growth period."

"After covering the basics, let's discuss a relatively special situation—secondary psychic development."

"Secondary psychic development is an extremely special circumstance. Research has confirmed that there are two causes that can trigger secondary psychic development."

"The first: the forced interruption of secondary gender development during childhood, leading to the forced halt of psychic development. If stimulated again after adulthood, causing the secondary gender to resume development, this can trigger secondary psychic development."

"The second: complete development of the secondary gender without any interruption, but secondary psychic development is triggered under intense stimulation. In such cases, the individual usually becomes homicidal, irritable, and possesses strong antisocial personality traits."

Ji Anzhi had heard about this from Qi Yanshen, and it was pretty much the same thing he'd heard.

Later, Teacher Feng added a few more points, urging everyone to pay attention to their psychic health and not force secondary psychic development. Forcibly stimulating psychic power could even lead to psychic regression.

"Next is another matter: let's take a look at everyone's psychic power levels."

Changing the subject, Teacher Feng suddenly announced that he would test the students' psychic power levels. Most students were eager to try.

Because of concerns that first-year students might not be fully developed, stimulating their psychic power could cause issues, tests like psychic power detection were uniformly conducted in the second year.

Before this, even descendants of Commanders like Qi Yanshen and Lu Yan only used special instruments for rough estimates, not daring to use detection devices for precise testing.

Another point was that even if they wanted to test, it might not be accurate—with a 70% error rate, it was better not to test at all.

Soon, a robot brought a psychic power detection device onto the stage.

Ji Anzhi had used that device before. Doctor Shenmu had personally operated it to determine that he was undergoing secondary psychic development.

Teacher Feng first asked if any students were willing to step forward and try voluntarily. Naturally, some students clamored to be the first. Teacher Feng randomly selected one.

It was a female alpha student. When chosen, her face turned a little red, and she hurried up nervously to the podium.

While Teacher Feng instructed the female alpha student on how to perform the detection, Ji Anzhi asked Ji Anjue in his mind.

'Are you confident?'

Ji Anjue immediately replied, 'No.'

Ji Anzhi: '...'

Ji Anjue felt a bit wronged: 'I don't know exactly how advanced your human technology is. If I make promises and fail, what then?'

'Besides, I just sensed that omega's psychic threads and found they were exactly the same as the psychic threads protecting your principal during the opening ceremony...'

Ji Anzhi frowned slightly but quickly returned to normal: 'Really?'

'Absolutely true. I'm sure about this; I definitely didn't sense it wrong!'

Ji Anjue insisted. Ji Anzhi looked down at Teacher Feng. What was his connection to the principal?

Ji Anzhi thought it over and suddenly remembered the incident on the day of his rescue. Ji Anjue had told him that an omega with SSS-level psychic power had brought back news of the Queen Insect from the insect nest.

'An Jue, check your memories. Is there an omega with SSS-level psychic power who is on good terms with the principal?'

Ji Anjue didn't immediately check his memories but hesitated: 'Well... I deleted some unnecessary memories before the semester started... so I'm not sure if it's still there...'

His voice grew softer and softer in his mind.

Ji Anzhi was stunned. Clearing memories? When did that happen?

Ji Anjue said sheepishly, 'It was on the day we cleared the dungeon. There were too many memories affecting my judgment, so I deleted a lot of stored memories of others...'

Ji Anzhi rubbed his temples. What a coincidence.

'Forget it. See if there are any clues in the remaining memories.'

'Okay, wait a moment.'

With that, Ji Anjue quickly scanned his memory bank. After finishing, he found there was still some relevant information.

'Found it! This is the vice principal's memory. According to the vice principal's memory, your principal seems... huh? Did I see it wrong? Let me check again. Wait.'

Ji Anzhi waited patiently. After about ten seconds, Ji Anjue posed a question he never expected.

'Anzhi, let me ask you something. Among humans, AB and BO relationships are frowned upon, right? Especially AA and OO ones?'

Ji Anzhi was baffled. Ji Anjue had been in human society for almost a year, let alone the fact that he could read others' memories. Did he really need to doubt such common knowledge?

'Yeah, why do you ask?'

Ji Anjue took a deep breath and let it out.

'Your principal has an OO partner.'

Ji Anzhi was so startled that saliva accidentally went down the wrong pipe, setting off a coughing fit he couldn't control.

Qi Yanshen, beside him, immediately started patting his back in a steady rhythm to help him recover.

The disturbance Ji Anzhi caused naturally drew everyone's attention, but seeing the two being all lovey-dovey, they only glanced over once or twice before looking away in disdain.

In public, no less! How inappropriate.

Once Ji Anzhi recovered, he first whispered his thanks to Qi Yanshen, "Thank you."

Qi Yanshen asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Ji Anzhi calmly replied, "I accidentally choked, it's nothing. And thank you for your help."

"If you're feeling unwell, say so. You can leave early."

"Mm."

After responding to Qi Yanshen, Ji Anzhi picked up the mental conversation, 'An Jue, are you sure?'

Ji Anjue said firmly, 'I'm certain, unless your vice principal got it wrong.'

Ji Anzhi was still utterly stunned. He thought Qi Yanshen's notion of an AB relationship was already against common sense, but it turned out the principal was even more outrageous!

His worldview thoroughly shaken, Ji Anzhi continued asking, 'So the principal is involved with that omega with SSS-level mental power?'

'Yes, and your principal was the one who actively pursued them. Apparently, he's still pursuing them now.'

Ji Anzhi, who rarely indulged in gossip, found himself pondering: If he remembered correctly, the principal was over eighty years old this year. He was very curious how long this pursuit had been going on.

His gaze subtly shifted downward.

The omega who had deliberately disguised himself as ordinary, able to attend classes at First Military Academy—it seemed he was that omega with SSS-level mental power.

After all, an omega's possessiveness was no less than an alpha's, just not as overtly displayed.

SSS-level mental power...

Ji Anzhi was sure the other party couldn't detect Ji Anjue, but his own safety wasn't guaranteed.

The other party had just said that SSS-level could read a target's memories. If he really wanted to, Ji Anzhi absolutely couldn't protect himself.

He hoped First Military Academy wouldn't go that far.

The girl on the platform finished her test quickly. A-level mental power, a decent rating for an alpha.

Afterward, students proceeded to the stage one by one for testing. The results came out very quickly, taking only fifteen seconds. It looked like everyone would be tested.

During this process, no one showed the slightest impatience. This was the best opportunity to understand the capabilities of their peers.

The first ten were volunteers who went up on their own. After that, it followed the departmental roster. The Star Chart Department was last.

Ji Anzhi wasn't interested in others' strength. He opened up some study materials to skim. If anything required his attention, Ji Anjue would remind him in his mind.

'That omega has been keeping his mental power field active. He's checked every student who went up. He must be screening for something.'

Receiving the message, Ji Anzhi told Ji Anjue to send a thread of mental power into his mental sea to suppress the active mental threads.

After more than two hours of tests, only nine second-year students had reached SS-level mental power. Apart from Qi Yanshen and two unfamiliar alphas, the rest were all omegas.

It seemed omegas indeed held an innate advantage in mental power, occupying two-thirds of the SS-levels.

By the time Ji Anzhi finished reviewing the materials, it was almost his turn.

"Ji Anzhi."

Hearing his name, Ji Anzhi left his seat and went up to the platform.

Just as Ji Anzhi was about to sit down, Teacher Feng suddenly stopped him, saying gently, "Classmate Ji, you're still in your secondary mental development period. Machine testing isn't very accurate, so I'll test your mental power level myself, is that alright?"

As if he could refuse?

"Alright, thank you, teacher."

On the surface, Ji Anzhi showed respect for his teacher, but inwardly he was extremely worried.

Given that the omega before him was almost certainly at SSS-level mental power, Ji Anzhi didn't dare call out to Ji Anjue.

Ji Anjue also quietly played dead. He could sense that omega's mental power continuously probing, not only testing Ji Anzhi's mental power but also seeming to have sensed him...

Teacher Feng approached Ji Anzhi, their foreheads touching.

Qi Yanshen, watching from his seat, felt a wave of irritation. Was Ji Anzhi just that popular with omegas?

Na An'an having boundaries was one thing, but Chi Yan was one, and now another one...

Lu Yan silently moved away. The cold air Qi Yanshen emitted was indiscriminately spreading; in this hot weather, it was almost freezing.

Teacher Feng's action caused whispers in the audience below, though no one dared to speak up openly.

On the platform, Teacher Feng sensed Ji Anzhi's mental sea. If he hadn't advanced to SSS-level, he might not have been able to clearly sense another's mental sea.

He had checked all the previous students one by one. The general results matched the device's readings. Now, only the five from the Star Chart Department remained among the second-years.

If it wasn't these five, could it be a first-year student this year?

Before him was the most special second-year student: the only beta in the entire star system undergoing secondary mental development, the first beta since the Star Chart Department's establishment, and also the top student.

Although a beta's possibility wasn't high, Ji Anzhi's possibility wasn't lower than those alphas.

This conjecture was completely confirmed upon sensing Ji Anzhi's mental sea.

Ji Anzhi's mental sea was vast, even more so than his own. The mental threads almost seemed boundless.

Such a vast mental sea was rare. Was it because of secondary mental development?

It seemed he would need to pay more attention to this student in the future.

Locating Ji Anzhi's mental threads, he found them obediently coiled into a ball, not actively roaming his mental sea; they seemed to be at rest.

Teacher Feng's instincts told him this wasn't right. Even during sleep, mental threads should wander idly in the mental sea, let alone in a conscious state. Moreover, Ji Anzhi was in the midst of a secondary mental development phase, making it even more abnormal.

But now wasn't the time to look into it; that would have to come later.

After a quick assessment, Teacher Feng noted the outer mental threads were slightly longer than those of an average alpha, their thickness fell within the normal range for alphas, though their resilience remained unknown.

Overall, Ji Anzhi's mental level was assessed as S-rank.

Withdrawing his mental threads, Teacher Feng informed Ji Anzhi of the result, while an assistant nearby recorded it.

Ji Anzhi silently breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as though he had narrowly escaped a crisis.

Down below, many in the crowd were struggling to believe it.

After all, many alphas hadn't even reached S-rank, and the highest among betas was only A-rank. How could Ji Anzhi possibly be S-rank?