Although Fang Li had made it sound rather casual, Sylvia still understood the implications behind it.
The so-called superpower development courses were said, on the surface, to rely on drugs, hypnosis, and all kinds of advanced instruments.
But what did they actually involve?
Injecting unknown drugs into the body.
Inserting unknown electrodes into the head.
Placing unknown burdens upon the mind.
Performing unknown alterations on the internal organs.
That was what these courses to develop abilities through drugs, hypnosis, and all kinds of advanced instruments truly entailed.
And weren't the people subjected to such things nothing more than experimental subjects?
Sylvia understood that.
That was why the expression on the face of this peerless songstress had turned so unpleasant.
"What a twisted world..."
That was Sylvia's most honest thought.
And it was a thought that struck particularly close to home.
After all, students in Battle City were likewise often exploited for all sorts of reasons.
Just like in Academy City.
Fang Li, however, did not have any particularly strong feelings about it.
At most, he simply thought this.
"Should we be grateful that we're both Lv.0 Espers with no abilities?"
This time, the backgrounds Main God Space had arranged for Fang Li and Sylvia were those of students at two obscure schools in Academy City.
In a place like Academy City, where superpowers were the primary subject of research and students who developed abilities were regarded as important research samples and development subjects, a student's value was almost entirely determined by the level of their ability.
Therefore, the higher a student's level, the better their treatment, and vice versa.
Since they were students from two unknown schools, the ability levels assigned to Fang Li and Sylvia could naturally not have been very high.
"If we hadn't changed classes yet, perhaps