The World's Most Special Person, Classmates' Sudden Confidence

Stepping out onto the street, Bai Xuan bought some breakfast and skillfully greeted his neighbors.

As he ate while walking toward the school, a strange expression suddenly appeared on Bai Xuan's face upon his arrival.

It seemed that due to his [Nature Authority], he could vaguely perceive the emotions of the crowd—well, how should he put it? Excitement, confidence, arrogance.

Even those who were usually introverted and somewhat insecure had inexplicably begun to feel confident, their eyes carrying a hint of emotions he couldn't quite decipher.

To describe it as "feeling superior to others" might not be entirely accurate, but that was the gist of it.

It was as if, like a protagonist who had discovered their true identity, they were treating everyone else as mere supporting characters or extras on their path to growth, believing themselves to be the most special person in the world.

Hiss... It couldn't be what he thought, could it?

The corners of Bai Xuan's eyes twitched slightly.

They couldn't possibly have awakened some kind of ability as well, and were now viewing themselves as the only ones to have done so, or perhaps even as the protagonists of their own stories?

If so, they had definitely read too few novels!

At that moment, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Morning, Xiao Bai."

"How did you sleep last night?"

"..."

"Perhaps I'm a bit out of touch with the times, but no one has ever greeted me in the morning by asking how I slept the night before."

"Anyone who didn't know better would think I was up to something last night."

Bai Xuan rolled his eyes and turned around with a smile.

"Brother Wei, you must have been paying attention to it too, right? The Seven-Star Alignment last night?"

Upon hearing Ye Xuan's words, Zhang Weiyang curled his lips.

"I really don't know what my dad was thinking when he gave me this name. Why didn't he just swap the order of my name? He won't even take me to get it changed."

"Let's see if I don't pull his oxygen tube when he gets old."

When he was a child, he didn't understand, so it didn't matter, but after growing up, he realized just how "troublesome" this name was. Fortunately, his classmates at this age understood at least a little bit.

Knowing that those two characters carried a somewhat insulting meaning for a boy, they had always restrained themselves, trying their best not to address him by that loaded "nickname."

But "Brother Wei" wasn't exactly a great nickname either! It was just slightly better than "Yang Wei"!

After a brief grumble, Zhang Weiyang continued:

"I wanted to see the Seven-Star Alignment, but with the rain, there was no way."

"But haven't you felt some kind of change in your body?"

At this point, Zhang Weiyang's voice dropped to a whisper.

"When I was washing my face this morning, I suddenly discovered that I could control the flow of water, and even condense water droplets from the air."

"Although the damage isn't high, I can feel this ability slowly strengthening over time."

Hearing this, Bai Xuan's eyes lit up slightly. Controlling water flow and condensing water droplets—wasn't that a water-element ability?

Not bad, this guy.

He then looked at him with some confusion.

"Is it really okay to tell me this?"

"Aren't you going to hide it?"

Zhang Weiyang shrugged upon hearing this and said nonchalantly:

"I am hiding it; I only told you."

"And honestly, I don't think there's any need to hide it. Even with my butt, I can think of the fact that I'm not the only one who awakened an ability."

"How could I be so important that the Seven-Star Alignment would grant an ability to someone like me who didn't even see it?"

No! That's actually exactly what happened.

It's just that it was me, not you.

Bai Xuan thought to himself. If it weren't for the Chat Group trying to select a member, there wouldn't have been any spiritual energy recovery, let alone the awakening of abilities.

And Zhang Weiyang's mindset was only shared by a small minority.

In Bai Xuan's perception, the vast majority of people wanted to show off their abilities to others, but were forced to hide them for fear of being captured and studied.

They were planning to develop in secret, waiting until they had the power to protect themselves before coming out to show off.

"Let's go, let's head into class."

"I have a feeling a good show is about to unfold."

Bai Xuan smiled and walked into the classroom, sweeping his gaze across the room.

It was as if they had "Excitement," "Wanting to show off but unable to," "I am the child of destiny," and "I am the protagonist" written all over their faces.

In their student days, even after reading plenty of novels and anime, many people's minds were still so pure.

How interesting.

But not everyone can hold back; if you have superpowers and don't take the chance to show off, are you even a teenager?

Sure enough, under Bai Xuan's gaze, the boy sitting diagonally across from him couldn't contain himself any longer and said to the female classmate behind him:

"Look, I'll show you a magic trick."

"This is just an ordinary eraser, right?"

"Watch closely, rise!"

Under the female classmate's indifferent gaze—which carried a hint of "I'm just quietly watching you pretend"—the eraser actually trembled and floated into the air.

Yes, it floated!

In an instant, the female classmate was stunned. It wasn't just her; the surrounding students who were watching the show were also stunned.

Even Bai Xuan revealed an expression of surprise.

Is this ability telekinesis? Or gravity? A floating ability? Or perhaps a wind-element ability?

No, wind element and gravity should be impossible.

Bai Xuan had been endowed with the Nature Authority and held the title of Son of Nature; he also possessed the ability to manipulate elements. If the other party had used a wind-element ability, it would have been impossible for him not to sense it.

Gravity is a manifestation of gravitational force, and the same logic applied.

As for a floating ability, Bai Xuan didn't know much about it. He thought of something similar to the Float-Float Fruit of Shiki from One Piece, but it didn't look like that either.

So, the most likely candidate was telekinesis.

That didn't seem right either; telekinesis would be a bit too exaggerated. If that kind of idealistic power, which could be called "infinite," were to be developed, it would be unimaginable how powerful it could become.

Based on what was currently displayed, it looked more like psychokinesis. Although it shared the word "kinesis," the gap between them was quite large.

Meanwhile, the boy, seeing the entire class staring with wide eyes as if they had seen something incredible, wore a smug expression on his face and said pretentiously:

"How about it, Lele, are you stunned?"

"Tell me, am I strong? Am I cool?!"

"Uh..."

Lele snapped out of her daze, hesitated for a moment, and said:

"Stunned is a bit of an exaggeration, mostly just surprised."

"But if it's just this, I think I can do it too."

Then, right in front of Sun Qiang, she waved her right hand. A breeze seemed to brush past, and a pencil in front of her floated up just like the eraser.

"Nani?!"

"What the hell is this?!"

Sun Qiang looked at the pencil, completely bewildered, as if he had seen a ghost.

He looked at Lele, then at the pencil, and his expression shifted as he muttered things that no one could understand.

"The rise of every destined protagonist must be accompanied by a nemesis who opposes him, but why does this nemesis have to be you!"

The look he gave Lele was filled with gloom and sorrow, leaving Lele speechless.