Xyrin Empire
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Chapter 359: Chapter 359 Zuotian Tsuruya’s Ability Chapter 359: Chapter 359 Zuotian Tsuruya’s Ability A few days after meeting with Stier and the others, life seemed to revert back to its mundane routine. Qianqian was still coming up with all sorts of bizarre ideas and trying to implement them in various ways, either to be stopped by me in time or strictly prohibited. Big Sister was immersed in the joy of researching Japanese cuisine every day and recently extended her interest across the entire Asian cuisine. I vaguely sensed that our family table’s spring feast might soon arrive. As for Visca, she continued enthusiastically researching everything she saw, occasionally adding all sorts of odd items to that regrettable white sign at the institute’s entrance. Currently, our research had expanded from science to art, from art to philosophy, and from philosophy to religion, and it seemed like there might be a trend toward expanding into the anime sector soon. This gave me a huge headache over this sister of mine, who was at the opposite extreme of Pandora–if not for the interference of Pandora’s information and Big Sister’s curse abilities, Xyrin Research Institute’s gate would probably have become a tourist spot nearby.

As for the nearly heaven-sent Great Prophet Lin Xue, well… ahem, okay, everyone knows what her biggest hobby is, and yes, that is causing me all sorts of trouble with her pranks.

Unfortunately, I am still stuck in a phase of failed resistance.

However, luckily, Lin Xue’s pranks are always harmless fun. She knows the measure well; she knows which pranks will just cause me a little headache and then can only be laughed off, and which ones would actually make me truly angry. My temper has somehow become so mild that even I find it bizarre.

It seems this entire family genuinely possesses a talent for idly waiting for death, even when coming to another world to save humanity could seem like creating an aura of decay.

“Director! Zuotian Tsuruya reporting~~~”

With such a lively call, my wayward thoughts finally snapped back, and after focusing my eyes, who clearly appeared before me was the dark-haired girl who came to the institute every day for ability development trials, Zuotian Tsuruya.

She’s such a bright girl, still greeting everyone in the institute so happily, even though there hasn’t been any progress in the ability development trials till now. Though I’ve seen her alone with a troubled, lost expression more than once, she never showed such emotions in front of us.

Perhaps she didn’t want to add pressure to the already hardworking researchers. Unfortunately, the Empire’s scientists couldn’t grasp such complex emotional thinking, it seemed those annoying guys had already started secretly analyzing Zuotian Tsuruya’s thought processes…

“Yo, Tsuruya, you came so early today.”

After letting my thoughts drift a little more, I recovered and greeted the smiling girl in front of me.

“Yeah! The last session today is practical training for ability development. Since I’m a power user doing the same project in the institute, I can skip doing it at school.”

“Oh,” I nodded in realization, “So today’s session at the institute is practical training for ability development…”

Dressed in a white researcher’s robe, Lin Xue, walking behind me, suddenly stumbled and fell with a thump, then quickly got up and yelled at me furiously, “You should at least have some limits to being irresponsible, you jerk!”

Maintaining a delicate expression, Zuotian Tsuruya watched the near-daily verbal sparring between me and Lin Xue. Although it has been so long, she still couldn’t understand the bizarre relationship between this pair. But well, it probably counted as a form of friendship.

“Ah Jun!” Just as Lin Xue and I were warming up for our pre-fight, stretching and getting ready to go, Qianqian’s voice came from afar, “Ah Jun, I didn’t expect you to still be in the institute, I thought you had gone out for a stroll.”

Me: “…”

Alright, looks like I’ve been a bit too irresponsible lately.

“Qianqian? What’s this?”

I looked at the girl in front of me who seemed eager to try a new idea, my mind full of question marks.

“Of course, I’m here to help Tsuruya with her ability development,” Qianqian declared as if it were the most natural thing, “Today we’re trying a new project!”

Only you would think that’s natural, right? Any thought that pops into your head is normal, huh?

However, this does indeed seem like a good idea…

For some unknown reason, Tsuruya’s ability development experiments have always been quite unsuccessful. Even Xyrin Technology couldn’t grant her superpowers, leaving all Xyrin Technicians puzzled. They even uploaded the data to Bubbles, but even with the computational power of the Xyrin Host, the reason why Tsuruya still has zero ability could not be inferred.

But in fact, our efforts have not been without change.

Under the exposure to high doses of Nest Crystal Radiation and the hard work of numerous Xyrin Technicians, Tsuruya’s spiritual power has now surged to one hundred and seventy-seven times that of an average human. Although she doesn’t match extreme cases like Qianqian and Big Sister, she is already equivalent to a Middle Rank Mysterious system Xyrin Apostle, but she is stuck at the step of “converting spiritual power into superpowers”. Although Bubbles can’t deduce the reason from a technical perspective, I do have an intuitive guess.

It might be related to this world’s conceptualization of “superpowers”.

During my conversation with Tsuruya, I learned something–the term “spiritual power” exists in this world, but a Power User’s strength has nothing to do with “spiritual power.” Even Tsuruya finds it hard to understand the connection between spiritual power and superpowers, meaning that humans in this world do not rely on spiritual power to produce superpowers.

Their abilities are based on “personal reality.”

According to Schrodinger’s infamous half-dead cat representing the famous theory, the world at a microscopic level is random, existing in countless possible states, only fixed upon the appearance of an observer; or to say, it is the observer’s subjective consciousness that determines the direction of “facts.” What Power Users must do is extend this “uncertainty” from the microscopic world to the macroscopic world, artificially resetting the observer’s perspective through “personal reality” to cause various abnormal changes in the macroscopic world. For example, Power Users with Space Magic abilities, in their “personal reality” understanding, believe the current location of all objects should be determined by their own will. They just need to calculate to deduce the path objects at higher dimensions should take to be positioned in three-dimensional space. Computing power and understanding of “personal reality” are what determine a Power User’s level–not spiritual power… which is something used to write fanciful novels.

This is the concept of superpowers in this world, which is obviously very unique.

Now, Tsuruya’s spiritual power is sufficiently strong, but what she needs to break through is not this aspect, but rather her self-affirmation, to establish a logical system that aligns with her inner world. This is a constraint set by this world itself; humans born in this world must overcome this to master superpowers, while Qianqian and Big Sister can bypass the complex step of “establishing a second worldview,” allowing them to immediately master superpowers after receiving Crystal Radiation.

But all this is just my speculation. After all, such a theory seems a bit too idealistic–whether a person can possess abilities depends on whether they believe it themselves, which sounds like excessive whimsy. Until I was ten, I always thought I was Xing Shi, but Big Sister never turned into Athena…

“Alright, now proceed with the second pulse of spiritual power impact, the test subject please stand on the yellow platform…”

In a special experimental field located in the basement of the Research Institute, Tsuruya is undergoing her daily routine of stimulating experiments.

This place was built by nanorobots within a day, concealed by thirty-three types of secretive mechanisms including space shielding, making it impossible for even Aresta to detect by concentrating all surveillance efforts of Academy City here. Unlike the conventional equipment used above ground as decoys, all devices in this two-hundred-meter-radius circular hall, extracted from Bubbles, are Xyrin Creations specifically designed to enhance and develop abilities in carbon-based life forms. Of course, to prevent Tsuruya from growing skeptical, we’ve disguised those bizarre-looking things.

With such sophisticated and advanced Xyrin Equipment, such a large group of professional and diligent Xyrin Technicians, it would follow that if an otaku enters from the front door, at the very least an Ultraman should leave from the back.

“But… there’s no effect.”

On the display, the readings for controlled spiritual power fluctuations remain hopelessly null.

Lin Xue shakes her head and sighs, seemingly fully immersed in the role of a researcher–speaking of which, where did this girl get such a strong interest in research? Usually, she’s either dismantling machines or cosplaying as a researcher.

“If it really doesn’t work, we’ll just have to resort to Gene Enhancers,” Qianqian says with a frown, “Body Enhancement is also a kind of Power User ability, but it’s such a waste of such strong spiritual power…”

“And don’t you think that a Tsuruya with the power of a hundred thousand horsepower is kind of dissonant?”

“Big Sister? You came too?”

I turned around in surprise, only to realize that Big Sister had also arrived at the experimental site.

“Come and see what situation has left Xyrin Technology powerless.”

Big Sister said as she directed her gaze toward the center of the testing field, where Zuotian Tsuruya was standing on a small yellow platform, focusing her attention on red projections floating around her as instructed by the broadcast.

It was a small test to analyze how a subject’s spiritual power changed after locking onto a target. Generally, the activation of any ability begins with “target confirmation,” but, unfortunately, according to the instruments, Zuotian Tsuruya’s spiritual power showed no change.

“Alright, the first batch of test projects is finished; thank you for your hard work.”

Zuotian Tsuruya let out a long sigh and then cheerfully came over to us.

“How do you feel?”

“It’s alright,” laughed Zuotian Tsuruya carelessly, “It seems there’s still no effect.”

Speaking of no effect, the girl in front of her wore a look of clear guilt, seemingly feeling that her “lack of effort” had wasted so much of the researchers’ hard work.

“Don’t worry, take it slow,” I could only comfort her this way, “By the way, what do you think about the experiments today? Anything special about them?”

What I meant was to ask Zuotian Tsuruya if any test made her feel particularly different, to pinpoint an approach that might elicit a more pronounced effect. However, she clearly misinterpreted my question: “Special? I think they’re all quite special, totally different from the superpower development courses in school. Moreover, I’ve never heard of such methods being used for developing superpowers, and there are many terms and test items here that I’ve never heard of before.”

I smiled awkwardly: “This… new technology, haha…”

After some idle chat, the broadcast announced the continuation of testing, and Zuotian Tsuruya plunged into the next round of experiments.

“Lin Xue, can you see what might work for Tsuruya?”

I suddenly wanted to know if the Great Prophet, allegedly all-knowing and all-powerful, could determine an effective development method for Tsuruya.

“If you really want to know, I could take a look, but I wouldn’t recommend it,” Lin Xue said seriously, “Except against enemies or when dealing with fates that involve life and death, I generally do not predict someone’s future. Human futures are filled with uncertainty, and I believe these varying destinies compose a complete life. However, much like the micro-level uncertainty principle, if I now discover Tsuruya’s future, a great part of her destiny will be fixed, which I don’t think is appropriate.”

Not binding others by destiny, huh? Lin Xue, this girl, is indeed kind-hearted, even if she’s a bit nasty at times.

“Of course, I think the main reason is that trying out new methods one by one is quite fun~~”

I felt moved too soon, damn it!

“Pause the experiment!”

At that moment, Big Sister’s voice suddenly broke through the broadcast, interrupting the ongoing experiment.

“Tsuruya, now repeat the seventh project and focus on the blue light ball.”

As Big Sister spoke, dozens of moving red light balls suddenly appeared above the projection zone, among which several inconspicuous blue spheres were mixed. These light balls moved irregularly, forming an ‘S’ shape at one moment and a ‘B’ shape the next… This was definitely Lin Xue’s doing.

“Sister, did you find anything?”

I curiously moved closer, only to see that the screen in front of Big Sister still displayed “spiritual field controllable fluctuations null.”

“Not that,” Big Sister shook her head, then pointed to an inconspicuous line of data in the corner of the screen, “This data is fluctuating.”

“Is this… the energy distribution above that projection area?”

“Yes, that’s the location of those red light balls. Their own energy fluctuations have changed, but it’s very irregular, and no significant effects are visible. What’s more important, the only reason for the target’s change is that Tsuruya ‘noticed’ this light ball.”

“So, are you saying Zuotian Tsuruya’s own spiritual power isn’t fluctuating, and she can’t generate any abilities herself, but she can cause these changes to be reflected in her target?”

“That’s roughly it,” Big Sister organized her thoughts, “It’s a strange phenomenon. She has not yet shown any of her own abilities, but you see, everything she ‘focuses’ on undergoes abnormal energy changes.”

“Wasn’t this situation noticed before?”

I asked curiously. With the meticulous attitude of those Xyrin Technicians, let alone such obvious changes, even if Tsuruya sneezed during an experiment, they would certainly have recorded and analyzed it carefully. But now it seemed that Big Sister was the first to notice this.

“This device for monitoring internal energy of the target was just installed today,” Lin Xue explained nearby, “Before, everyone’s attention was focused on analyzing whether Tsuruya was releasing any energy fluctuations. But no one expected her ability to manifest not within herself but directly causing her target to exhibit effects, in which her own spiritual power remains utterly unchanged.”

No medium and no energy consumption, casting a buff on the target?

An idea suddenly flashed through my mind, but then went out of control–could Tsuruya’s ability be a Devotion Aura?

“Tsuruya, try making your target undergo changes,” I took over the broadcast, “umm, like displacement or something.”

Zuotian Tsuruya nodded and then, following my instruction, concentrated her attention. From what I could estimate, this girl was even sweating on her forehead…

“Look, look, the energy fluctuations have appeared again!” Qianqian excitedly cried out from the side.

“But in fact, no observable changes occurred.”

I looked up at the several light balls floating not far away and shook my head in disappointment.

Apart from the faint energy fluctuations recorded by the instruments, those few light balls showed no observable changes at all.

“The fluctuations appear to be more than just energy,” Lin Xue focused all the monitoring equipment on those few light balls, “There’s also a lot of information that can’t be deciphered. It seems that as Tsuruya focuses, the target spontaneously generates a lot of new data. What is this, Changmen Tsuruya?”

“Cut it out,” I tapped Lin Xue’s head not too gently, “send all this data to Bubbles to see if she can analyze anything.”

The data from this experiment was meticulously recorded and then sent to a child’s mother, who was playing games in a mainframe slot on Barrier Star. I originally thought it might take until the next day to get a response, but to my surprise, only a few minutes later, Bubbles sent back a message:

“You sent the wrong thing, right? Isn’t this the Target Order from the Storm Commander?” (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.NovelFire.net, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)