Fortunately, the gap had now been bridged.
The Soul Yang Transformation period had come to an end, and the entire Empire had consequently entered a period of more than twenty years of rapid development. Its growth was even accelerating.
The aliens in the Special Trade Zone might have been more sensitive to these changes. They had suddenly noticed that the Empire's people were cultivating Psionics much faster, and that their chances of entering an Elite Profession kept rising.
In the Enrique Merchant Group's luxurious, secluded building, Sage Tarando gazed out over the rows of towering structures.
"It's increased again~" he murmured. "According to Dragon Soul time, it should be the first day of the month. Mm~ These Dragon Soul people hold grand sacrificial ceremonies at this time every month. They last about ten minutes. When they return, their souls are slightly damaged, but once they recover, their souls are purer and stronger than before. Incredible, incredible."
Director Tamon, standing beside him, asked in puzzlement, "Your Excellency, what's wrong with that?"
"Of course it's wrong! The soul is innate. Psionic cultivation can strengthen it, but only to a very limited extent. The stronger and purer a Psionicist's soul is, the faster they cultivate. Those people are what we generally call geniuses!" Sage Tarando paced irritably around the office.
"The Empire also has ways to improve a person's soul quality, but they require an enormous cost and usually aren't worth it.
"But the Dragon Soul Empire may have mastered a technique that can improve the soul quality of its citizens on a massive scale, one that can be widely applied. And they've already begun rolling it out. Do you know what that means?"
"It means they can mass-produce Psionic geniuses?!" Paddock exclaimed, stunned.
"You're not completely stupid~" Sage Tarando said with a