Mental Power Awakening

Lin Zhen's eyes lit up instantly. In that moment, he remembered many things.

Back then, no one knew whether this deal had actually gone through. More people believed that the poster had removed the item immediately after taking the screenshot, a process that could be completed in less than a minute.

There had to be a delay between taking a screenshot on the forum and successfully publishing the post. This was a mandatory rule of the modern internet. The delay was one minute. After one minute, the item could be taken down, but it could not be removed within that minute.

This post had just appeared. It had only been up for seven seconds when Lin Zhen saw it. Others might struggle even to find the stall, because the poster had used an alias.

Lin Zhen's online name was Lin Zhen because he had not changed it and was using the name on his ID. Besides one's real name, one could also have an alias.

Posting with an alias while setting up a stall under one's real name was a common trick. It made it difficult for others to quickly locate your stall.

Lin Zhen later learned that Ouyang Yu's alias was Meteor Shower, but he had never connected it to this matter.

Now that he thought about it, it was not surprising at all that Ouyang Yu would do something like this.

Ouyang Yu had also gone to great lengths to pursue An Ning. Normally, he strutted around like a peacock with its tail spread, showing off everywhere—flaunting his muscles, family background, and wealth in hopes of winning An Ning's favor.

In his previous life, Lin Zhen had certainly failed to win An Ning, but Ouyang Yu had not succeeded either. An Ning had never had Ouyang Yu in her eyes. The guy was nothing more than someone getting worked up all by himself.

Although Ouyang Yu loved showing off, he was definitely no idiot. At that moment, Lin Zhen was certain that Ouyang Yu would take the item down very soon. Even the name Meteor Shower might have just been created, all to stop anyone from buying his potion during that one-minute window.

Lin Zhen did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately opened the Campus Communication Group and found Ouyang Yu's profile picture.

With a tap on the profile picture, the stall's location immediately appeared. Judging from the coordinates, it was in a hidden corner of the marketplace.

But that posed no difficulty at all for Lin Zhen, who already knew the location. Three seconds later, Lin Zhen found Ouyang Yu's stall.

He tapped it and opened it. The items on the shelf appeared.

Amid a row of completely useless potions sat a bottle of Mental Power Potion, priced at one hundred yuan. It had been placed among the surrounding bottles, and without close attention, it really would have been difficult to spot.

Purchase.

Instant buy!

The buyer requested the Cyber Police to collect the goods on their behalf!

Online purchases were protected. Even Martial Artists could not violate the rules. Once something was bought, it was bought. The potion's serial number was automatically recorded. After the buyer paid, they could request the Cyber Police to retrieve the item. The Cyber Police would arrive at the designated location within three minutes and deliver it to the buyer within ten minutes, though naturally, a fee was charged.

The Cyber Police was a global organization, an independent body jointly established by Base Cities, the military, and the world's leading Martial Halls. It was immensely powerful. Whether buyer or seller tried to renege, the Cyber Police guaranteed that your interests would not be harmed.

After completing all this, Lin Zhen looked at the time. It had taken thirty seconds!

"Snap!"

Lin Zhen snapped his fingers. Perfect!

He had originally intended to deal with Ouyang Yu anyway. He had not expected fate to cooperate so well and hand him such a wonderful opportunity. Lin Zhen felt an immense sense of satisfaction.

Keep putting on airs. Keep showing off!

Five million was not an enormous amount, but Ouyang Yu's family were officials, not businessmen. Five million was no small sum either. This would be enough to make him suffer.

Still, Lin Zhen took an extra precaution. He gave himself an alias as well, Xinghe, and displayed that alias. That way, Ouyang Yu would not know who had bought his Mental Power Potion.

The Cyber Police deliveryman arrived quickly. Eight minutes later, someone knocked on Lin Zhen's door, and Lin Zhen opened it to receive the package.

His parents merely glanced at it and did not ask any questions. In their eyes, Lin Zhen, who was about to graduate from high school and had fairly good grades, was the true head of the household and the family's future. The two of them depended on their son to live.

Lin Zhen took the item back to his room. It was a simple small box containing a glass vial around ten centimeters long.

The unopened glass vial was vacuum-sealed, and the numbered seal could not be faked.

"Mental Power Potion, an essential item for a Mind Power Master's awakening. It is refined from the genes of various Mutated Beasts skilled in mental control. This bottle currently costs five million, but as far as I know, the price will rise. In half a month, it will become seven million."

"Awakening Mental Power not only greatly improves Neural Reaction, but also slightly improves strength and speed. This is the fastest way to improve my abilities before the graduation exam."

Improving Mental Power required some time. Before beginning, Lin Zhen specifically told his parents that he would be training indoors for two days and that they need not worry during that time.

After his parents agreed, Lin Zhen first got some sleep. The next morning, he ate until he was full and felt better than ever before. Only then did he pick up the Mental Power Potion and drink it in one gulp.

A cool sensation entered his stomach, instantly turning scorching hot as it surged through his limbs and bones and straight into Lin Zhen's mind!

Lin Zhen had experienced a rise in Mental Power once before, so this feeling was not unfamiliar. He merely gritted his teeth lightly and endured the needle-like pain.

Mental Power Potion was also a type of Gene Serum, a high-tech product. By continuously stimulating the human brain, it awakened one's hidden Mental Power. Those with relatively high talent might fully awaken in a few hours.

Those with poor talent might need three or five days to awaken completely.

In his previous life, Lin Zhen had spent a full forty-eight hours awakening, which counted as average talent.

Yet this time, during the awakening process, Lin Zhen discovered that his Mental Power seemed to have grown compared with his previous life. It was probably related to his soul being reborn.

Within his mind, a mass of Cyan energy threaded with hints of silver slowly emerged. Lin Zhen knew that was Mental Power.

Mental Power was divided into several stages. The initial stage was Cyan, classified as Bronze-level Mental Power. With gradual training, it evolved into Silver-level, then Gold-level, Dark Gold-level, and Diamond-level.

Lin Zhen did not know what came beyond Diamond-level. In his previous life, the strongest person he had seen had only possessed Diamond-level Mental Power.

In his previous life, he had only reached high Silver-level Mental Power. When he awakened, he had merely been at low Bronze-level.

But in this life, he already possessed high Bronze-level Mental Power at awakening, with signs of transforming toward Silver-level. This was undoubtedly a tremendous improvement. He could be described as a genius Mind Power Master.

"High Bronze-level Mental Power, and there are even signs of Silver-level Transformation. With such a high starting point, I will definitely become a powerful Mind Power Master in this life!"

Once his Mental Power had fully awakened and the potion's effects had completely faded, Lin Zhen opened his eyes.

If anyone had faced Lin Zhen at that moment, they would definitely have found his eyes exceptionally bright—so bright they could sting one's eyes, making them impossible to look at directly!