"Scientists still can't explain how the mysterious human radiance is produced."
Little Ming transformed into a popular-science expert and spoke with great authority: "The blood mitosis radiation theory."
"The compound reaction theory between surface-material radiation and the air."
"The theory of bodily salts, water vapor, and high-frequency electric fields."
"The theory of optical conductors and the meridian system..."
"There are plenty of guesses!"
"But now, after seeing Brother Ran's performance, there's only one thing we can be certain of!"
"People with sufficiently powerful vitality really do glow!"
Ma Ran said nothing. He simply listened quietly.
Perhaps because certain scientific theories were involved, the group members found it easier to accept.
Perhaps it was because of the credibility he had accumulated through his previous performances.
With Little Ming's assist, his act once again harvested a wave of suckers, and feedback began pouring in!
Ma Ran noticed that, in the blink of an eye, the thirty-third acupoint in his body had been filled by the continuously burgeoning inner qi and transformed into a mature miniature organ!
Then the thirty-fourth!
The forty-second...
The fifty-fifth!
The sixty-fourth!
The fully brimming inner qi made Ma Ran feel a powerful force surging wildly through his body. His limbs and organs tingled as if electricity were coursing through them, and every cell was cheering!
This was an elevation of his Life Level, an evolution of the individual!
Under the night sky.
Ma Ran discreetly dispelled the illusion created by Youwen, yet fluorescent light still flickered around him, radiant and dazzling.
Now, he had truly reached the Sixth Stage of Inner Qi!
What more was there to say?
Little Ming was mighty!
The performance of reaching the Sixth Stage of Inner Qi had proceeded without a single hitch or doubt.
A resounding success!
"Congratulations!"
"Congratulations!"
The congratulations of the Academy members rang out in the video chat group.
Everyone had long since grown accustomed to Ma Ran's speed of advancement.
Someone who was one or two steps ahead might provoke jealousy.
Someone who was a thousand steps ahead would only inspire awe.
What normal person would compare their savings with Jianlin or Huateng?
After coming into contact with Black Rock Martial Way for ten days, he had already reached the Sixth Stage of Inner Qi!
This rate of advancement...
It was unscientific!
But it was so Ma Ran.
The members of Caolu Academy were already numb to it.
To them, the two words "Ma Ran" had, to some extent, taken on part of the grammatical function of an adjective.
During the time they had spent with Ma Ran, everyone had gained a deep understanding of just how vast the gap between people could be.
Even among geniuses, there were different levels and ranks!
"I'm only a little faster than you..."
Su Qiangwei's unconfident muttering came from the chat group: "Black Rock Martial Way only has nine stages. You'll soon run out of room to grow."
"And I'll catch up soon!"
It was a classic, textbook example of self-consolation.
Ma Ran suddenly felt a little sorry for the stubborn girl.
He knew that Su Qiangwei had already made calculating the positions of the acupoints six times every morning part of her routine.
At the beginning, no one had believed she could keep it up.
They had all experienced it themselves, so everyone knew exactly how difficult it was.
Doing the calculations three times every morning was already the limit most people could endure.
But Su Qiangwei...
Every day, she pushed herself to her limit, then surpassed it!
So...
Setting Ma Ran aside, her rate of progress was faster than anyone else's!
She had persevered!
In Ma Ran's view, Su Qiangwei's limit-breaking training was also an effective method of tempering her willpower.
It benefited both her cultivation of Black Rock Martial Way and the enhancement of her superpower.
The more sweat and hardship one endured in ordinary times, the greater the chance of surviving when disaster descended!
Ma Ran greatly admired this girl.
He decided to encourage her a little.
"Su Qiangwei, your line of thinking is correct."
"Considering your rate of growth, if you keep at it, you'll probably need only 116 days to calculate the positions of all the acupoints."
The word "only" had been used beautifully.
It was beautiful precisely because it nearly caused Su Qiangwei's mentality to explode.
"Although I worked out all 512 acupoints in an hour and even verified them afterward, given your intelligence, it's already quite impressive that you can achieve this much."
After imagining the rest of what Ma Ran had left unsaid, Su Qiangwei felt a rush of anger lodge in her chest and nearly died of rage in bed.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Su Qiangwei clutched a handful of hair: "I'm definitely going to Henan tomorrow!"
She decided to package up and copy all the superpowers of Yingchuan Academy.
Preferably, she would copy a few abilities that boosted combat power!
Once she returned, she would make that show-off Ma Ran properly experience what the "righteous iron fist of the face-slapping hero" was!
"Don't get angry!"
Wu Di, who had remained silent and pretended to be dead ever since joining the video chat group, suddenly spoke: "We're all fellow Academy members. There's no need to get angry!"
"Brother Ran isn't very good with words. Sometimes, he can easily make people angry."
"If you can't stand it..."
"Please reflect properly on yourself. Why is it that other people can stand it?"
???
Su Qiangwei left the video chat group.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Su Qiangwei pounded the brown bear pillow on her bed flat and then fluffed it back up, sending fuzz drifting throughout the room.
Damn it, why?!
Could that guy Ma Ran's superpower actually be brainwashing?!
It had to be, right?!
He had only stayed in Gulunzhong for a few days, yet he had already gathered so many brainless fans. What would happen in the future?
If this continued, would Caolu Academy still be her Caolu Academy?
The video chat did not last very long.
Half an hour later, Ma Ran said good night and left the chat group.
"Senior Wan..."
Thinking of Wan Haihao, who had remained silent and listened the entire time without ever speaking, Ma Ran chuckled: "He really does have psychological problems."
The script written for his second identity actually had Senior Wan Haihao as an excellent entry point.
If everything went smoothly, he could not only establish the persona of his second identity, but also cure this senior's psychological disorder along the way.
Under the cover of night, Ma Ran's smile looked rather sinister.
He shook his head and cast his tangled thoughts aside.
The most important thing now was to deal with that monster known as "Nightmare" in the secret files!
That vicious lifeform that had rampaged through Area A3 for three days and three nights, turning the entire region into a dead zone!
If Ma Ran had not been there, Nightmare would begin invading the brains of everyone in Area A3 tomorrow, manipulating their dreams and silently killing them all!
Apart from Yang Guangzhao, who had left today because Yingchuan Academy had issued a temporary mission, not a single person in all of Area A3—combat personnel and logistical staff alike—would escape!
Every one of them would die!
There would be no wounds on the corpses. They would not even appear to have suffered, and their faces would always bear strange smiles.
If a senior from Fulan Academy had not happened to be there back then, and had not been extraordinarily lucky enough to find Nightmare's mother body and die alongside it, strangling the seed of disaster in its cradle, Earth's civilization might have long since faced an extinction crisis!
Just as Ma Ran strolled through the night, an unfamiliar male voice reached his ears.
"Stop! Don't move!"
"Otherwise, I'll shoot!"
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A new vortex has appeared!
Ah~
The light is about to arrive!
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That was satisfying!
My friends, see you tomorrow!
Bye-bye!
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