Current Drive, a Psionic Superpower

Ever since they had blocked that wave of attacks, the other side had not sent anyone else.

Iketani captured two survivors and took Harada Ken to interrogate them.

It was already late at night. With nothing to do, Bai Xing lay in bed resting.

Ever since Tanaka Kouji's livestream, Bai Xing had felt the nourishment contributed by Sato growing ever more abundant.

Even after splitting it evenly with the Void Ancient Tree, he could still feel a clear improvement in himself.

Meanwhile.

Ajin Research Management Association.

Through the bulletproof glass, Tozaki Yuu's cold eyes behind his glasses studied Sato, who lay on the operating table covered in electrodes.

"Mr. Tozaki, electric shocks really can increase his cellular activity!" Funaki Yuji said excitedly at his side.

"Then continue. Increase the voltage!" Tozaki Yuu's expression did not change as he continued staring at Sato.

Funaki Yuji hesitated. "But... the voltage has already exceeded 150 volts. If we raise it any further..."

"He can't die anyway. What are you afraid of?"

Thinking that made sense, Funaki Yuji began issuing orders to the researchers.

Before long, with the announcement that the experiment had begun, streams of high-voltage current coursed over Sato's body. Arcs of electricity flashed, and the smell of scorched flesh soon filled the air.

Even Sato could not help letting out a muffled groan.

The sheer agony of electricity passing through one's body was not something an ordinary person could endure.

But he had brought all this upon himself.

After being captured again, Sato discovered that he seemed to possess a special ability.

It differed from that of ordinary Ajin, yet it was the same ability as that mysterious man who had appeared before.

Remembering how that man had said he would grant him a fortuitous opportunity, Sato was overwhelmed with joy.

Whatever that person's true purpose was, the power belonged to him in the end.

And with this power, he could accomplish his goal even better!

Though Tozaki Yuu knew full well how dangerous Sato was and had completely redesigned the laboratory to ensure he could not break free and escape,

with his newly acquired ability to control electromagnetism, it would not actually have been difficult for Sato to leave if he wanted to.

Yet he did not leave.

Instead, he remained here.

Every day, he endured the torment inflicted by those researchers.

He had only one purpose in doing so.

He wanted to use the expertise of the institute's professionals to help him understand the changes that had occurred in his body.

To force them to speed things up, Sato had even used electromagnetic force to control computers and secretly contact Tanaka Kouji.

He had him continue carrying out the plan that had previously failed.

That way, he could put pressure on Tozaki Yuu.

Sure enough, after the livestream, discussion of Ajin immediately exploded across the internet.

The Ajin Research Management Association was also pushed into the eye of the storm.

And Sato had not misjudged Tozaki Yuu's character. He knew that not only would Tozaki Yuu refuse to stop to avoid the spotlight, he would become even more aggressive in conducting experiments that might otherwise have been considered too risky, all in order to achieve his goal as soon as possible.

And that was precisely what Sato wanted!

He just never could have imagined that while he painstakingly manipulated everything from the shadows, endured pain to master and understand this power, and made himself stronger,

someone else had been sharing in his gains all along.

The constant influx of nourishment made Bai Xing feel incredibly comfortable.

Unlike Sato, who was being electrocuted, Bai Xing felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring, his entire body utterly at ease.

Every cell in his body seemed to cry out in hunger, continuously devouring that nourishment.

Then, he discovered that his cells were constantly trembling and rubbing against one another.

Threads of bioelectricity were generated through that cellular friction.

They went on to transform Bai Xing's body at the cellular level, making his already formidable physique even stronger!

"This is...!"

At that moment, four words suddenly surfaced in Bai Xing's mind.

—Current Drive!

Oh no, why did it have to be this madman's power?!

At that moment, Bai Xing felt an indescribable mix of emotions.

After swallowing the Electromagnetic Fruit, Bai Xing had initially thought that he possessed Electromagnetic Control.

Just like Magneto, once he became powerful enough, he would be able to create spectacular displays with a mere gesture.

From then on, he would become a showman like the "Dharma Saint."

But he had been completely wrong!

This was not the scientific power of controlling electromagnetism, one of the universe's four fundamental forces.

This was the psionic—Magnetic Field Rotation system!

This thing was a psionic superpower dressed in the trappings of science.

Trying to develop it from a scientific perspective would be nothing but taking the wrong path!

What it truly suited was martial arts!

Its applications had nothing in common with Magneto's mutant ability. Instead, it was incomparably compatible with all kinds of martial techniques and moves.

Martial arts performed with electromagnetic force as their driving power possessed might and lethality far surpassing their original forms!

If Magneto was a noble and elegant "Dharma Saint,"

then a Magnetic Field Rotation expert was an omnipotent "Martial God"!

The reason they were called "omnipotent" was because the Magnetic Field Rotation system could accomplish many things that traditional electromagnetic control could never achieve.

For example, the bodily changes Bai Xing had noticed at the very beginning, when he realized something was wrong.

He discovered that he possessed a bear's strength, a leopard's speed, an eagle's eyes, a bat's hearing, a spider's vibration sense, a gecko's adhesion ability, a chameleon's optical invisibility, and a rattlesnake's heat vision.

This stage was known as Bionic Ability.

It was the initial stage of the Magnetic Field Rotation system.

Going one step further, one used willpower to rub the cells together and generate bioelectric current.

That was known as Current Drive!

At this stage, experts basically regarded modern technology as nothing.

Planes and cannons could no longer pose any threat to them.

Only after that could one advance to true Magnetic Field Rotation!

The power levels of the Magnetic Field Rotation system were measured in "Horsepower."

From the lowest 10,000 Horsepower to the highest one million Horsepower.

In terms of destructive power alone, an expert with 50,000 Horsepower could blow apart a giant oil tanker with a displacement of 100,000 tons in a single punch!

Beyond that, they could also possess special abilities such as "Material Hardening," "Cell Reorganization," "Molecular-Level Particle Manipulation," "Life Absorption," and "Mind Reading."

At 250,000 Horsepower, one reached the Star-Breaking Realm. One could shatter the Destiny Star, equivalent to defying fate and changing one's destiny, rendering everything unpredictable.

At 500,000 Horsepower, one reached the Anti-Gravity Realm, gaining the ability to freely control gravity and repulsion.

At 750,000 Horsepower, one reached the Atomic Fission Realm. The original "Molecular Particle Manipulation" would advance into "Atomic-Level Particle Manipulation."

One could basically achieve the effects of "Material Recombination."

To give a simple example, there was a divine ability in mythology called Turning Stone into Gold. Using "Material Recombination," one could easily accomplish it.

If a comparison had to be made, Creation Manipulation was actually more fitting.

Because what "Material Recombination" could create was by no means limited to gold. It could even create anything out of thin air at will!

Clothes, food, furniture, houses, weapons... anything one could imagine could be instantly created from nothing.

One person alone could sustain the resource supply of an entire civilization.

When two strikes of 750,000 Horsepower collided, they could even create a terrifying antimatter phenomenon!

Yet even that was not the strongest.

The true pinnacle was the one-million-Horsepower Self-Destruction Realm!