The [Electronic Mind] trait seemed to have activated passively.
Qin Shi's mind and body had merged as one. The instant he passed the test, he caught a crackling signal fluctuation by his ear, then heard an old man's voice, cackling wildly like a night owl.
"Who does he take after?"
Puzzled, he looked toward the surveillance camera mounted high on the wall.
Was there someone behind it?
"I almost forgot. This kid's an all-around genius with psychic potential. Hmm, that part doesn't sound like me. He's more like He Lanchán.
"Too bad he isn't pure enough."
The white-haired old man stopped laughing and used the remote to turn off all the screens.
He had gotten the result he wanted most. There was no need to keep watching.
"Teach him the Inner and Outer Divine Valiant Qi Technique. With his talent, he should meet the requirements in about a week and begin cultivating the Universe Furnace Secret Codex."
The white-haired old man spoke into his headset, then paid no more attention to the situation in the room.
Young Ren wasn't especially talented, but he was steady by nature, and his teaching skills were reassuring.
He wheeled himself out of the room and down the corridor into a much larger hall.
Xuanming, the consciousness that kept everything here running, acted like a thoughtful butler and silently opened a holographic display.
A vast, dark, frigid backdrop unfurled like an enormous painting.
Thirty-three administrative planets, arranged in inner and outer rings, surrounded the Imperial Capital at the very center. The sight was magnificent and grand.
It was said that during the ancient and most prosperous days of the Eastern Xia Empire,
the territory of the present day was merely a tiny fragment of Ziwei Yuan.
Back then, the boundless radiance of the Three Enclosures