Dragon Kingdom, Psionic Research Institute.
Though it was noon, the laboratory curtains were tightly drawn.
An eerie stillness filled the air, like the calm before a storm.
Two people sat in the center of the laboratory.
[Tian Ce (Fang Ce)] and [Data Maniac (Li Zihan)].
Both had broken through LV.32 in the game and unlocked the third-tier core talent of the [Psionic Sequence]—[Energy Affinity].
"Are you ready?" Professor Gu's voice trembled slightly.
"Begin." Fang Ce took a deep breath.
In the game, Energy Affinity automatically gathered ambient energy to restore mana. Under certain conditions, it could produce an effect similar to the "Spirit Gathering Array" found in cultivation novels.
But in reality, its projection mechanism underwent an astonishing qualitative change.
The two closed their eyes at the same time and adjusted their breathing. Their brains, which had become Magic Energy Organs, operated at high frequency as they entered a mysterious meditative state.
Bzz—
This was no mere flickering of light tubes like in the previous experiments.
On the monitoring screen, the data curves representing environmental readings suddenly began to skyrocket!
"High-Energy Particle reaction detected!"
"It isn't externally supplied! It's being generated out of thin air!"
"No... it's being converted!"
Visible to the naked eye, a faint, misty blue glow like morning fog appeared around Fang Ce and Li Zihan.
The dust and gas molecules in the air, originally sluggish and psionically inert, seemed to ignite the instant they touched that glow. Their properties changed dramatically. They began to grow active and vibrate, carrying an energy signature that had never appeared on Earth's Periodic Table of Elements!
[Experiment File (Top Secret)] [Experiment Codename: Origin Point] [Phenomenon Description: The space within a ten-meter radius centered on the test subjects is being "magic-energy-ized."]
The two slumped weakly in their chairs, every