One stone stirred up a thousand waves. What Guan Tong said in his final class, particularly his own explanations regarding Mind Power, quickly drew attention from many sides.
The students' spontaneous discussions and sharing alone were enough to have a considerable impact. On top of that, the academy's classes were recorded for free and uploaded to the official website for those unable to enroll to study on their own. So, far more people than just the students in that classroom watched Guan Tong's lecture.
His speculation that Fire Thief was an Ascendant, as well as his claim that the forty-nine Apocalypse Rules themselves were bound by Mind Power's hierarchy of superiority and inferiority, struck many people as novel and bold, prompting widespread discussion.
Even some experts and scholars who specialized in related research, aside from the superiority-inferiority theory, were very interested in the "special energy of the universe" Guan Tong mentioned.
They, too, did not believe Mind Power was a completely idealistic force. Guan Tong's description of it as "half-idealistic" aligned more closely with their own judgment.
Before long, countless clipped videos of Guan Tong's lecture appeared online. Certain special personnel from special departments also began paying particular attention to him.
Even the Apocalypse Rules Countermeasure Research Office received inquiry letters requesting the background investigation materials from when Guan Tong had joined the academy.
Upon receiving the request, Gao Liangwei immediately sent over the archived materials from back then, then reviewed them himself once more. He could not find a single issue.
One word described it perfectly: "clean."
Guan Tong's background was too clean. Before Fire Thief appeared, he had been nothing more than a high school student.
His grades had been fairly good. At Yunhua's best high school, he had ranked around the middle of his year.
But compared