Ma Ran seemed to have expected Liu Huadie to ask this question long ago.
He merely glanced at her and said calmly, "Mind Link and Skyflight."
???
Liu Huadie felt that she was having trouble keeping up with Ma Ran's train of thought.
What exactly was this guy talking about?
Was she suffering from intermittent amnesia and had missed some important part of the conversation?
To Liu Huadie, Ma Ran's words seemed to come out of nowhere, like accidentally clicking "skip" while playing a single-player game. They had no connection whatsoever to the conversation before them!
"The superpower you're about to awaken is called Mind Link."
Ma Ran shifted his gaze to He Nanguang. The corners of his lips lifted slightly, and a gentle smile appeared on his face. "And his superpower will be called Skyflight."
He Nanguang, who had originally been standing to the side watching the show, was suddenly dragged onto the stage by Ma Ran. He panicked slightly.
Come to think of it, his thoughts were the same as Liu Huadie's. He did not believe that so-called precognition truly existed in this world.
The two of them had received higher education and simply could not believe in the existence of precognition.
In reality, the reactions of He Nanguang and Liu Huadie were the normal ones.
Leaving Wu Di's bizarre, lightning-fast surrender of allegiance aside, weren't the other members of Caolu Academy reacting strangely as well?!
Who knew how much mind-numbing nonsense Ma Ran had fed them!
People actually believed such absurd words!
And there was more than one or two of them who believed him.
He Nanguang began to wonder whether the members of Caolu Academy had even taken the Academic Power assessment.
Yet Ma Ran's words just now had caused He Nanguang to waver somewhat.
There was nothing obvious about Mind Link from the literal meaning.
But...
If he had understood correctly, Skyflight, as its name implied, either meant riding the wind through the void and flying in the sky, or "controlling the air." There were hardly any other possible interpretations.
Ma Ran was not speaking in riddles. He was genuinely making a prophecy!
Clear and unmistakable, every word distinct and ringing with force.
"Perhaps precognition is a type of ability that gathers information through the subconscious, then integrates the data without conscious intent and deduces the various possibilities that may occur in the future..."
He Nanguang came up with a relatively reasonable explanation for precognition.
If he thought about it that way, Limited Precognition was not impossible. It merely skipped the process of conscious thought.
Some people with extraordinary powers of observation and almost demonic intelligence seemed to know sorcery-like prophecy to outsiders, calculating ten steps ahead after taking one step.
Perhaps the Limited Precognition Ma Ran had mentioned operated on a similar principle?
Thinking this, He Nanguang subconsciously pulled out a cigarette and casually prepared to light it.
But when the corner of his eye caught sight of Ma Ran, he awkwardly put the cigarette back into its pack.
He Nanguang was not the only one whose thoughts had changed because of Ma Ran's two sentences.
Liu Huadie also seemed to have become somewhat convinced and unconvinced at the same time.
Her brows knitted tightly as she stared at Ma Ran. "Mind Link and Skyflight?"
"Assuming that Limited Precognition really exists."
"Once you reveal the information you obtained from the future, the future changes."
"But..."
"You didn't pay any 'price' for it."
Like Caolu Academy, Fulan Academy had yet to produce a single superpowered individual.
However, the head of Fulan Academy had been friends with the person in charge of Yingchuan Academy for several decades, allowing them to obtain first-hand information and research materials about superpowers in a timely manner.
As Fulan Academy's most outstanding member, Liu Huadie naturally had access to more information than ordinary members.
She knew very clearly that superpowers were entirely different from the inner-energy system of Black Rock Martial Way. They could allow someone to rise to the heavens in a single step, but they also required a price to be paid.
Different superpowers required completely different prices.
Some were minor, some were severe, but it was impossible for there to be no price at all!
Ma Ran wore an inscrutable expression and replied calmly, "Using a superpower and paying a price is a universal rule."
"However, our conversation, including the few sentences you just said, all falls within the scope of Limited Precognition."
"Neither my words nor my actions caused the future to change."
"So it only consumed some stamina and inner energy. No additional price was required."
That explanation was somewhat convoluted.
Even Liu Huadie needed some time to sort it out.
"I understand."
Liu Huadie looked at Ma Ran with a complicated expression. "So everything was decided long ago?"
After saying that, she took a deep breath, pressed her lips together, and said nothing more.
She did not want to waste too many brain cells on baseless speculation.
Reason told her that precognition could not exist.
Yet emotion told her that Ma Ran's confidence in asserting the exact superpowers she and He Nanguang would awaken could not have come from nowhere.
Before long, Head Huang Weiguo would arrange for her, He Nanguang, Su Qiangwei, Ma Ran, and the others to come into contact with the Victory Encounter Stone and awaken their superpowers.
By then, the truth would naturally be revealed.
Compared to the more mature Liu Huadie, Little Ming looked dazed after hearing Ma Ran's words. He muttered softly, "Do people who naturally awakened superpowers also have to pay a price when using them?"
"I've never heard of that before..."
Su Qiangwei, who was not far away, suddenly added, "Parachute sellers have never received a bad review, after all."
Dong Huaiming froze for a moment before laughing helplessly.
That did sound somewhat reasonable...
"Limited Precognition... randomly obtaining information from future points in time..."
Compared with these two companions, Wan Haihao's state of mind was far worse.
He gave a series of bitter smiles.
Was this Ma Ran's secret?
The truth had been revealed.
But Wan Haihao did not feel happy.
Although he did not develop useless feelings of jealousy and resentment like a clown would, he still felt somewhat ashamed of his own inferiority at that moment.
Ma Ran could more or less guess what his companions were thinking.
He was not a psychologist and had no way to provide Wan Haihao with counseling.
But...
The second script that existed only in Ma Ran's mind might be able to help Wan Haihao overcome his psychological problems and become a better Civilization Guardian.
In the near future, the disasters descending upon Earth would not appear one by one like arranged game plots.
Sometimes, alien invaders from different planets would descend across various parts of the world at the same time, triggering disasters.
Even if Ma Ran had three heads and six arms, he could not be in several places at once.
So...
Helping his comrades grow as quickly as possible and become stronger was an extremely important task.
After the results of the minimum qualification assessment for superpower awakening were released, some people rejoiced while others despaired.
All the members who had failed to reach the standard, including Wan Haihao, returned to their respective dormitories and worked hard to cultivate their inner energy.
The few who had reached the standard, meanwhile, followed Head Huang Weiguo to the quarantine zone southeast of Caolu Academy.
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