The Grand Academy of Natural Sciences
Chapter 417

Preliminary Observation of the Superhuman Trial (Part 2)

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Day after day, another month passed.

Dora's greatest pleasure each day was waiting—and even searching—for opportunities to communicate with the "Lord." Whenever anything strange happened around her, she would immediately pray with devout sincerity.

As she prayed more and more, however, these opportunities for communication became increasingly rare.

According to Priest Reilo's explanation, this meant the Lord was gradually accepting her and had heard the sincerity in her heart.

Gradually,

she felt more and more fulfilled. Every day was wonderful, brimming with joy!

In the laboratory, Reilo watched Dora's condition, a faint sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He opened his experiment journal.

"It seems my approach to treatment was completely correct! All I have to do is find a way to keep patients from feeling fear and stop that fear from spiraling. Whatever the method, as long as the invading Superhumans lose their basis for plundering mental and emotional energy—their source of power—then the Superhuman trapped inside the patient becomes a rootless duckweed. Not only can it no longer seize control of the patient's body, it can even become fertilizer for the patient's mental growth..."

Reilo recorded his experimental results, then fell into thought once more.

"However, this treatment relies on faith. Yet theological belief is the greatest obstacle to Natural Science. The new world of scholars in the future must never be controlled by these 'soul plunderers,' so I must find other ways to treat them."

Na Yesi's treatment method wasn't suitable for ordinary people.

It wasn't even suitable for most low-level scholars.

Fear was an instinct of living things, and it was also a source of evolution. If the Superhumans ever invaded on a massive scale, scholars would have to find a treatment method that could work for everyone.

After a long silence,

Reilo suddenly

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