In this era, mobile phones were completely transparent, technology obtained from ancient civilization ruins. They used universal 7G signals and were two or three generations ahead of the technology from his previous two lives.
Once the video call connected, a square-faced man in a regular military uniform appeared on the screen. His expression was stern and meticulous, while a vicious scar stretched across his right cheek, lending him a somewhat murderous air.
"You big fool, I've got good news for you. Our precious son has awakened Mental Power. Yesterday's fainting spell was caused by his Mental Power awakening!"
As Chen Wen spoke, she pulled Shen Mu over and brought him before the camera.
"Dad."
The fusion of memories from two lifetimes—or perhaps the awakening of memories from a past life—meant Shen Mu felt no distance or unfamiliarity toward his parents in this life.
Hearing Chen Wen's words, shock appeared on Shen Gang's previously stern face, and he also let out a sigh of relief. Clearly, he had been worried that this call would bring bad news.
"Xiao Mu, do you want to enlist with Dad?" Shen Gang asked Shen Mu beside the screen.
Shen Gang had always wanted to lure his son into serving under him. Now that he saw his son had awakened Mental Power, he could not help bringing it up again.
Before Shen Mu could respond, Chen Wen's expression abruptly changed, and the joy on her face instantly vanished.
"Shen Gang, I told you that if you try to drag our son under your command again, I'll divorce you!"
A layer of low pressure seemed to surround Chen Wen, her low voice suppressing her anger.
As the greatest frontline War Base resisting Oceanic Beasts in Kyoto Base City, the soldiers serving at Shen Gang's base had always suffered an extremely high casualty rate.
Whenever an oceanic beast tide erupted, Chen Wen worried about Shen Gang's safety and lay awake all night, terrified that she would receive an official notice.
Shen Gang's expression immediately froze. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately only said softly, "Sorry..."
"I'm hanging up!" Chen Wen did not give her husband a pleasant look and directly ended the call.
Seeing that Chen Wen still looked upset, Shen Mu comforted her. "Mom, don't worry. I've already joined the martial hall. I'm not going anywhere."
"Good, good, good. My precious son is still the sensible one."
Chen Wen immediately beamed, then said, "Come on, Mom will take you to the martial hall to test the strength of your Mental Power."
Although Shen Mu's home also had a strength tester, its precision definitely could not compare to the testing equipment provided by the martial hall.
They said they were going to the martial hall, but in reality, they only needed to leave home and turn a corner.
The martial hall was located within the Martial Artist Family Community. The Limit Martial Hall family community in every Satellite City served as the base camp for all Limit Martial Hall martial artists in that city.
As the world's largest force, Limit Martial Hall was spread throughout every Base City and Satellite City. Under its Global Headquarters were the main halls of each Base City, beneath those were the halls in each Satellite City, and only then came the basic district-level martial halls.
At the center of the Limit community stood a large silver-white building with four floors. It was the Changshan Limit Hall.
"Sister Chen, Xiao Shen!"
"Xiao Shen, are you all right now?"
"Instructor Chen, Brother Xiao Mu!"
On the way to the martial hall, many martial artists' family members greeted Chen Wen and Shen Mu with smiles. They had been neighbors and acquaintances for many years, and their relationships were quite good.
Chen Wen was also an instructor at the martial hall. Many newly promoted martial artists had been personally taught by her, making them Shen Mu's senior brothers and sisters. Thus, quite a few people knew that Shen Mu had suddenly fainted yesterday.
Shen Mu and his mother politely returned the greetings around them before entering the first floor of the hall.
The first floor was generally where physical fitness tests were conducted during martial artist assessments, so it was rather spacious.
The second floor was a training area for students from martial artists' families, with conditions far superior to those of district-level martial halls. The third floor was where the hall's instructors and martial artists trained and sparred.
At that moment, on the third floor, a middle-aged man approaching fifty was training with a long spear in hand. He was Wang Yudong, the chief instructor of Changshan Limit Hall.
"Instructor Chen, you're here early."
Wang Yudong put away his spear and looked at Shen Mu beside Chen Wen. "Xiao Mu, I heard you suddenly fainted yesterday. You gave Uncle Wang quite a scare. Are you all right?"
Seeing Wang Yudong ask about Shen Mu, Chen Wen immediately said with some pride, "Brother Wang, Xiao Mu might be about to give you a surprise."
"Oh?" Wang Yudong looked at Shen Mu in confusion.
Chen Wen nudged Shen Mu. "Quick, show Uncle Wang what you can do."
Seeing Chen Wen enter full bragging-mother mode, Shen Mu could only helplessly release his Mental Power.
In an instant, all kinds of weapons—sabers, spears, swords, halberds, and more—slowly rose into the air from the weapon rack at the edge of the training hall.
"Mental Power!" A sharp glint seemed to flash through Wang Yudong's eyes. He immediately understood that Shen Mu's fainting spell yesterday had been caused by awakening Mental Power.
"Good, good, good! Xiao Mu, quickly test the strength of your Mental Power!"
Wang Yudong was quite pleased that Shen Mu had become a Mentalist. After all, another Mentalist genius had emerged under his leadership at Changshan Limit Hall, which was also a good thing for him.
Most importantly, Shen Mu was only eighteen and had originally been a newly promoted beginner warrior. Now that he had awakened Mental Power, his strength was likely close to Warlord-level.
As he spoke, Wang Yudong activated the strength-testing machine beside the weapon rack.
"Okay." Shen Mu nodded slightly, then controlled the various weapons to return to the rack. Only the fifteen throwing knives inside the knife case rose into the air and swiftly flew to circle around him.
"Go!"
With a low shout from Shen Mu, one throwing knife shot out with a whoosh, flying straight toward the dedicated shooting target on the testing machine.
The martial hall's strength-testing equipment was specially made. Naturally, it accounted for Mentalists testing the strength of their Mental Power, so it had a dedicated shooting target. As long as the impact did not exceed the upper limit of Advanced General-Level, it would not be damaged.
Bang!
The throwing knife's powerful impact struck the target and immediately bounced backward.
Beep!
After the strength-testing machine sounded, a clear number appeared on the display—'5124kg'.
"Over five thousand kilograms. As expected of Advanced Warrior-level. Good son, you didn't let Mom down!" Chen Wen said joyfully.
As an instructor at Limit Martial Hall, Chen Wen knew very well that as an eighteen-year-old Advanced Warrior-level Mentalist, her son had a great chance of entering the martial hall's basic training camp at Global Headquarters for special training.
"Xiao Mu, continue. Test how many throwing knives you can control simultaneously without their power weakening," Wang Yudong quickly said.
The number of Mental Power Weapons a Mentalist could control simultaneously without any loss of power was equivalent to the number of times a martial artist could amplify their force.
Generally speaking, a warrior-level Mentalist could control two full-power Mental Power Weapons, while outstanding ones could control three.
A Warlord-level Mentalist could control around three. One should know that 99 percent of Warlord-level martial artists had not mastered threefold force amplification.
This was one of the reasons Mentalists generally crushed martial artists of the same level.
As for War God-level Mentalists, they could at least control four full-power Mental Power Weapons at once. Wang Yudong did not know what the highest number was.
Wang Yudong's words were exactly what Shen Mu wanted. Although Shen Mu's Mental Power was only Advanced Warrior-level, the strength of his consciousness amplitude depended on the Mental Power strength of his other body, the King-Level Monster avatar East Sea Azure Dragon.
Consciousness amplitude, also known as Mind Amplitude, was a concept that existed only in the universe. For example, if one could control two throwing knives at the same time and both could reach their maximum power, then one's Mind Amplitude was 2.
Note: Chapter 9 of Volume 6 of the original work mentioned that consciousness amplitude depended on the Mental Power realm of one's strongest avatar.
What Shen Mu needed now was to gain Hong's attention, obtain more resources, and rapidly increase his strength.
Because today was January 16, 2058, Luo Feng had already risen to prominence. In September last year, Luo Feng had become an inspector of Jiangnan Base City's Limit Martial Hall as an Invincible War God, and was currently undergoing a trial at Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9.
He had to rise rapidly within a short time. Otherwise, he might miss the chance to travel into the universe.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Under Shen Mu's control, two throwing knives shot straight at the strength-testing target.
"Beep!"
Along with the machine's alert, Shen Mu's maximum impact from the two throwing knives appeared on the screen: 10284kg!
Before Wang Yudong could speak, Shen Mu controlled another three throwing knives and fired them at the test target simultaneously.
Beep—15372kg!
"Controlling three throwing knives at once, with an impact of over fifteen thousand kilograms!" Wang Yudong exclaimed with incomparable excitement. Chen Wen's reaction was much the same.
This meant Shen Mu's strength was already enough to rival that of a beginner Warlord-level martial artist. One had to know that the vast majority of beginner Warlord-level martial artists had not even reached twofold force amplification.
Like Shen Mu's father, Shen Gang, who cultivated the spear technique created by Hong, Destroyer, his force amplitude had reached threefold. Even among Advanced General-Level martial artists, he was among the very best.
"Mom, Uncle Wang... I feel like I'm still far from my limit!"
Shen Mu put on an uncertain expression as he looked at Chen Wen and Wang Yudong.
Chen Wen and Wang Yudong were both stunned. Then Wang Yudong said, "Quick, keep testing!"
Then the two saw a shocking sight...
Over a minute later, under the utterly shocked gazes of Chen Wen and Wang Yudong, Shen Mu controlled ten throwing knives and fired them out explosively.
Beep—50714kg!
Shen Mu rubbed his brow. This was already his limit, barely counting as tenfold Mind Amplitude.
Although his East Sea Azure Dragon avatar was Planet-Level Rank 2, on the same level as Ister, the fourth chairman of War God Palace, its Mind Amplitude was less than tenfold, four times lower than Ister's.
Still, this was already quite good. Shen Mu knew very well that Ister had only achieved that after cultivating the object-control secret art, "Celestial Atlas," from Mentalist Foundation for many years.
"Mom, Uncle Wang, I've reached my limit." Shen Mu looked at his slack-jawed mother and Wang Yudong as he spoke.
Wang Yudong swallowed, his voice trembling slightly. "Xiao Mu, in your situation... I must report this to our Base City's main hall."
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