Psionic Test

Special Operations Management Department, General Affairs Office

Knock, knock, knock—

Urgent knocking sounded from outside the door.

Director Jia Xiu set down his teacup, frowning slightly.

"Come in!"

The door was pushed open.

Jia Xiu's voice sank slightly. "Xiao Meng, what is it?"

Noticing the director's faint displeasure, Meng Feng hurriedly explained, "Director, there's a Clone downstairs who says he's just awakened psionic abilities."

"What?!"

Jia Xiu was startled and immediately asked, "Are you sure? Which unit is he from? Can you confirm that he's a Clone?"

"Director, his name is Qin Tian. He's from the Earth Dragon Special Forces Team of the 319th Regiment. I can't fully confirm that he's a Clone, but he said he doesn't have an Imperial ID Card."

"No ID Card?"

Jia Xiu's gaze shifted slightly. No normal person would claim to be a Clone. After all, in the public eye, Clones occupied the lowest rung of society—war machines without thoughts, implanted with only fragments of memories.

Besides, he did not even have an Imperial ID Card. That practically confirmed his identity as a Clone.

"Director, has he triggered the Special Management Regulations for Clones?" Meng Feng asked.

Jia Xiu nodded. "If his identity as both a Clone and a Psionic User can be confirmed, then he has indeed triggered those regulations. However..."

Jia Xiu had a doubt. Every year, a tiny number of Clones met the conditions of these regulations, but their circumstances were completely different from Qin Tian's.

Those Clones had survived several battles and performed outstandingly before being recognized by the Military Department as Clone Soldiers with special talents.

They would then be gathered together for standardized Psionic Teaching.

Those who successfully awakened would trigger the Special Management Regulations and receive further training.

Those who failed would be sent back to the battlefield to continue serving as cannon fodder.

But this was the first time he had encountered a wild Clone Psionic User like Qin Tian.

"You said he's from a Special Forces Squad in the 319th Regiment?" Jia Xiu asked.

"That's right." Meng Feng nodded.

"I see..."

Jia Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that this Special Forces Team had helped him awaken his psionic abilities.

This Clone was no simple figure. He had actually made others willingly teach him the Psionic Awakening Technique.

"Xiao Meng, bring him up and conduct a Psionic Test next door. I'll call the 319th Regiment and verify his identity."

"Yes!"

Meng Feng quickly ran downstairs.

Jia Xiu picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, this is Jia Xiu."

A few minutes later

"This is a Psionic Detection Stone."

Meng Feng picked up a Silver-white Stone with several patches attached to it, connected to a Black Machine.

"In a moment, inject your psionic energy into it. This machine can analyze the elemental composition of your psionic energy. The higher an element's concentration, the greater your affinity with it. In the future, you should choose cultivation methods in that direction."

"Alright."

Qin Tian nodded and took the detection stone from Meng Feng.

"Are you ready? If you are, I'll begin."

Meng Feng placed his hand over a button.

"I'm ready."

Qin Tian gripped the stone tightly, using his thoughts to guide his psionic energy as it slowly flowed toward his palm.

"Then let's begin."

Meng Feng pressed the button.

Beep, beep, beep—

The display suddenly lit up. Qin Tian immediately mobilized his psionic energy, channeling it down his arm, through his palm, and into the detection stone.

A hazy glow lit up within the silver-white stone, as though a cluster of stardust were drifting inside.

Then, columns of different colors rose on the display. Some climbed slowly, while others shot up rapidly. After more than ten seconds, the columns stopped changing.

The rest of Earth Dragon Squad immediately crowded over to look.

On the Bar Chart, the bluish-purple column stood head and shoulders above the rest, reaching the greatest height. The black column beside it was somewhat shorter, but still far taller than the others.

"Lightning Element content: 42%. Dark Element content: 37%."

Meng Feng read out the test results.

"Wow, Qin Tian, you're actually a Dual-element Psionic User—and with such high affinity too." Xiao Yunlong sounded astonished.

Qin Tian looked at him and asked, "Is being dual-element a good thing or a bad thing?"

Xiao Yunlong explained, "Single Element, dual-element, and Multi-element each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Single Element users are more specialized, so their cultivation speed in a certain element may be faster. Dual-element and Multi-element psionic users, on the other hand, have more diverse methods of attack and more choices when cultivating martial skills and spells."

"Generally speaking, though, psionic users focus on cultivating no more than two elemental domains. Any more than that will instead hold back their cultivation progress."

"Your advantage is obvious. Your Lightning Element and Dark Element contents add up to nearly 80%, so your affinity is extremely high. Unlike me—although I'm skilled in the Wind Element, it only makes up 25% of my psionic energy."

"Once your Military Merit Points come through, I suggest choosing a cultivation technique that can combine the Lightning and Dark Elements. Don't worry—the Empire has a deep foundation. It has every kind of cultivation technique imaginable, and there'll definitely be one that suits you."

"There's no need to rush about cultivation techniques just yet."

Meng Feng suddenly spoke up. "If your identity as one of the Clones is confirmed, then you'll be able to trigger a Special Management Regulations provision. As I recall, the regulations state that Clones may freely choose one Bronze-level cultivation technique from the Military Department's cultivation technique repository."

"What? Bronze-level?"

Xiao Yunlong's mouth fell open, disbelief written all over his face. "Are you sure it's Bronze-level?"

Meng Feng nodded. "Yes. I don't think I remembered wrong."

"Ahhh! Qin Tian, you're way too lucky!"

Xiao Yunlong grabbed Qin Tian by the shoulders, gritting his teeth. "A Bronze-level cultivation technique! That's a Bronze-level cultivation technique! It's worth at least 5,000 Military Merit Points."

What? 5,000 Military Merit Points!

Qin Dadi and Liu Zhaozhao looked at each other. Neither of them was a psionic user, and they had never imagined that Psionic Cultivation techniques could be so expensive.

5,000 Military Merit Points was a number they had never even dared to dream of.

So generous~~

Qin Tian raised an eyebrow slightly. He did not have to do anything and could directly receive a Bronze-level cultivation technique for free. It was naturally an enormous boon to him. That way, he could use his Military Merit Points to exchange for a Rune Gun instead.

At that moment, Qin Tian suddenly felt grateful to Marshal Lin, whom he had never met. It was precisely because that legendary marshal had set such an example that the later Clones had a chance to escape their tragic fate and embark on a different path in life.

"Brother, Qin Tian has already proven that he's a psionic user. Can't the process of getting his Imperial ID Card be sped up a little?"

Xiao Yunlong said, "The sooner his Military Merit Points come through, the sooner we can turn them into combat strength. Otherwise, if the next war comes and his Military Merit Points still haven't been processed, wouldn't that be utterly ridiculous?"

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush."

Meng Feng reassured him, "I'll say it again: as long as he can trigger that management provision, every process will be expedited. Also, your worry is unnecessary. There will hardly be any major battles from here on out. Just stay obediently in the base and wait for the war to end so you can go home."

At those words, Xiao Yunlong, Qin Dadi, and Liu Zhaozhao exchanged glances, their eyes shining with surprise and excitement.

There wouldn't be any more fighting from now on.

We could return home safely!