Swallowed Star: Cataclysm Era
Chapter 21

Activate Psychic Power!

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A search on the keyword "Psychic Power in combat"—

Another row of posts leaped onto the screen.

But this time, every post came with video and text illustrations for easy understanding.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and clicked on a trending video in the top ten.

On screen was a long-abandoned repair yard.

Rows of scrapped vehicles lay scattered haphazardly.

At that moment, a thin man in a gray robe stood on the empty ground at the center of those vehicles.

"Next, I'll demonstrate basic control of Psychic Power."

As the subtitle appeared, the man slowly turned, his gaze landing on the vehicles.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As if controlled by an invisible force, the scrapped vehicles lifted off the ground, floating four or five meters in the air.

A dozen cars hovered in midair, their combined weight exceeding ten tons.

"A powerful Psychic Master controls these objects without any strain—just like I'm doing now."

A hoarse narration sounded as the man in the video pulled out a Furong King cigarette, lit it, and started smoking casually.

Outside the screen, Lin Ye found it amusing.

Under his watch, the scene shifted again.

In the video, the dozens of scrapped vehicles circled the man, rising and falling like the black and white keys of a piano in play.

As if a piece had finished, all the vehicles returned to their original positions, exactly as before.

Seeing this, Lin Ye's anticipation for Psychic Power shot up several notches.

I have to activate it!

That thought spread through his mind like wild grass in spring wind...

"What I've shown you now is just the most basic control of objects by a Psychic Master.

What comes next is the real attack demonstration."

The man's hoarse voice sounded again, and the scene suddenly switched.

A gray city wall of reinforced concrete appeared at the center of the video.

The gray-robed man used his Psychic Power to control a Battle Saber, its blade pointing straight at the gray wall.

The thin man in the picture crossed his arms, his expression calm and natural.

But the sharp gleam like lightning in his eyes exuded a powerful intimidation.

Swoosh!

A sound of breaking wind, followed by a dull piercing noise.

Thump!

The sturdy steel wall was punctured with a large hole by the sharp blade.

The demonstrator clearly wasn't done yet and continued attacking.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

As if repeatedly pierced by a barrage of armor-piercing rounds, shocking holes appeared one after another in the middle of the wall.

"Tsk—such terrifying Psychic Power!"

Lin Ye stared at those gruesome holes, his mind conjuring images of the Battle Saber striking monsters and his Attribute Points skyrocketing.

If I activate Psychic Power, doesn't that mean I can kill even more monsters...

Lin Ye was thrilled by his own thought.

In the video, the man's commentary came again—

"That was controlling one Battle Saber to attack. Now, I'll increase the number of weapons."

At some point, the man threw out more Battle Sabers.

Following the same method.

Under the control of his powerful Psychic Power, these sabers floated before the steel wall and began attacking just like before.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several sabers turned into countless phantoms, repeatedly piercing through the wall... cycling over and over again.

One hole after another rapidly appeared on the steel wall, spreading outward...

Thump!

A low explosive sound rang out—

This section of the city wall instantly shattered into countless pieces of rubble, while the Battle Saber remained completely unharmed...

"Whoosh~"

Closing the video, Lin Ye took a long breath of air.

Suppressing the agitation and disbelief in his heart, Lin Ye made a decision—

"I choose to activate Psychic Power!"

"System, give me Point Allocation!"

Lin Ye's consciousness landed on the "+" behind the second column, [Psychic Power].

Instantly, the Attribute Points on the panel decreased rapidly, like sand in an hourglass.

At the same time, a surge of cool energy, vaster than any before, appeared.

Like a flood pouring backward, it surged and roared within Lin Ye's mind... countless sensations burst like fireworks in his thoughts.

"So comfortable!"

Lin Ye let out a pleasant, soft moan. He felt a faint rumbling sound within his Sea of Consciousness, like waves crashing against the shore.

Following that, he sensed his mental power expanding wildly... the immense cool energy continuously merged into his Sea of Consciousness, strengthening his mental force.

This rate of enhancement was unprecedented, beyond Lin Ye's imagination, sharpening his taste, sight, smell... all at once.

His thoughts and awareness became crystal clear, as if he had entered an indescribably wondrous state.

A glimmer of anticipation appeared in Lin Ye's eyes. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, focused his mind, and let this cool energy merge into his thoughts, expanding his mental power.

On the panel, as the Attribute Points dwindled heavily, more and more cool energy rushed into Lin Ye's mind...

Boom!!

At some moment, Lin Ye's soul shuddered with an abrupt tremor.

Then, Lin Ye discovered in astonishment... that his consciousness had entered a mysterious place.

This enigmatic realm was vast and boundless, looking like a barren gray continent.

"What... is this!?"

Lin Ye stared at the scene before him, utterly stunned.

Above this gray continent, strands of blood-red energy cascaded down like a river of stars, continuously pouring into it.

At the same time, the gray land kept expanding as it merged with this blood-red energy.

"This blood-red energy... could it be the Psychic Power converted from my Attribute Points?"

Lin Ye sensed that these strands of blood-red energy were exactly what his most familiar Attribute Points had transformed into.

"Then this gray continent... could it be my Psychic Power?"

"The gray continent is solid Psychic Power, while the blood-red energy is Psychic Power converted from Attribute Points. And my Psychic Power is inside my mind... could it be..."

As if he had figured it out, Lin Ye suddenly understood, "Could it be... that this is my mind?"

"Or, in a martial artist's terms, this is my Sea of Consciousness?"

Lin Ye clearly felt that as the continent's territory expanded, his spirit was continuously growing stronger...

"So amazing... and so comfortable..."

Seeing such a scene for the first time, Lin Ye was left with nothing but awe.

Just as Lin Ye was immersed in it, a flash of blood-red light suddenly shone at the center of the gray continent.

Then, the blood-red energy that had been falling into the gray land all around seemed to be summoned, surging toward the place where the light erupted.

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