No More Pretending, Time to Come Clean

"Pfft!"

"Hahahahaha."

Bai Xuan could no longer hold back his laughter upon hearing that. Once he started laughing, it was as though something had broken, and the entire class began laughing as well.

Why was this so hilarious first thing in the morning?

He had tried to perform a magic trick, only to get countered by the person across from him. And he even called them his sworn enemy. Hahahahaha.

Wait, hold on. When had these two learned magic? And why did their tricks seem so wrong somehow?

Sun Qiang still had not realized anything was amiss and merely looked at everyone in dissatisfaction.

"What's so funny?"

"We're laughing at your sworn enemy. You actually treated Lele as your sworn enemy. You really are something else."

Bai Xuan said with a laugh.

"It's just magic. Who doesn't know a couple of tricks?"

"Watch this. Brother White will put on a show for you."

As he spoke, Bai Xuan grabbed the eraser floating in the air. Three seconds later, the originally white eraser seemed to have been coated in gold dust, radiating a dazzling golden glow.

"Huh?"

Sun Qiang's eyes widened once more, his face utterly bewildered.

Seeing his confused expression, Bai Xuan could not help laughing again.

With the authority of nature, he could wield all kinds of elements found in the natural world. Naturally, that included the gold element.

Although the intensity he could currently wield was not high, he had a wide variety of abilities.

Moreover, he could sense that his powers were constantly growing stronger, and at an extremely rapid rate.

After all, as the Son of Nature, he did not need to actively improve his strength at all. As long as he remained within nature, his powers would rapidly increase.

Of course, that only applied to Earth in this world. Once he left Earth, the speed would slow down or even stop entirely. However, he could still use the abilities he had already mastered.

He had learned this from the Chat Group after leaving the group chat last night.

"Ahem. Since things have reached this point, I won't pretend anymore."

"I originally wanted to get along with you all as an ordinary person, but all I got in return was distance."

"I'll come clean. I'm actually a Flame-Flame Fruit user."

"Flames, arise!"

As he spoke, a classmate stood up, and a flame appeared out of nowhere in his hand. A scorching heat rose around them.

"Since none of you are pretending anymore, neither will I."

"Sigh, who would have thought that such a small class would have so many Psychic Power users? But I'm not an ordinary person either."

"You're all showing off now, so I can't keep pretending."

"Damn it, I wanted to lie low and quietly build up my strength, but now that you've all done this, I can't keep pretending either."

"The world has changed greatly. I can no longer hide my identity."

"Let Thunder shatter the darkness!"

"Winter has come. Ice shall never decay!"

"Holy shit, are elements really this cheap? Then why did I get beast transformation?"

"You're a guy, yet you got beast transformation? And rabbit beast transformation at that? What a waste of resources."

"Fuck! Do you think I wanted this?"

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As Bai Xuan and the others displayed their abilities, the classroom immediately descended into chaos. Those who had Awakened Psychic Powers could no longer hold themselves back and eagerly showed off their abilities.

Telekinesis, wind element, flames, ice, Thunder, beast transformation... Elemental abilities were actually the most common?!

Sun Qiang, who had originally considered himself the Child of Luck, was now completely dumbfounded. The emotions in his eyes shifted from excitement and showing off to confusion, disbelief, gloom, and finally utter despair.

"So all of you Awakened Psychic Powers?"

"This isn't how the script was supposed to go! I thought I was the protagonist!"

"Are Psychic Powers this worthless now?!"

Sun Qiang lay sprawled across his desk in despair, even looking a little embarrassed.

This was no longer a case of failing to show off and getting humiliated instead. This was social death! Every last one of them had kept it hidden except him, and now he had become their joke.

"You clearly haven't read enough novels. After Awakening Psychic Powers, you didn't even think about what caused your Awakening."

"It was obviously last night's Seven-Star Alignment."

"How could an opportunity brought by such an astronomical phenomenon belong only to people like us, who could not even see it, and allow only one person to Awaken?"

"No matter how you looked at it, it had to affect the entire Earth."

Zhang Weiyang could not help bursting into laughter as he spoke.

Last night, he had wondered whether any of his classmates had Awakened as well. But he had never expected someone who had Awakened to use magic as a pretext to show off, only to get shown up in return.

Hahahahaha.

Upon hearing Zhang Weiyang's words, Sun Qiang, who had already been in despair, became even more despondent.

It was not just him. The other classmates who shared his mindset, who had regarded themselves as protagonists and thought they were the only ones in the world to Awaken, also embarrassedly turned their heads away.

At the same time, they silently thanked Sun Qiang for his sacrifice. Otherwise, they might have been the ones suffering social death.

Who could have expected something as rare as Psychic Powers, something found only in novels and film works, to suddenly become so common one day?

Most people probably believed they would be the Child of Destiny.

Besides, they were students—high school seniors, no less. Who had that much time to catch up on "materials"?

Zhang Weiyang and Bai Xuan were exceptions.

Of course, they were still better off than those who had not Awakened Psychic Powers. Those people were the most bewildered at this moment.

Watching their classmates use all sorts of abilities to show off, their hearts were filled with confusion.

What was this?

Wasn't it supposed to be magic? You were doing this for real?

The Seven-Star Alignment could Awaken Psychic Powers?! Then why hadn't I Awakened?

Had the world secretly evolved behind my back?

Bai Xuan swept his gaze around and estimated that about fifteen people had not Awakened. Their class had forty-three students, so the Awakening rate was quite high.

As for why they had not Awakened? If some people could Awaken, then naturally some could not.

There was nothing worth dwelling on.

"I took a rough look. Around half our class has Awakened Psychic Powers."

"And as Viagra said, the cause of our Awakening was the Seven-Star Alignment."

"By the logic of novels, what the Seven-Star Alignment brought should be a Reiki Revival. And it could not possibly affect only us humans—it might affect the entire world."

"So without a doubt, what comes next will be a brand-new era, an era of global evolution."

"And we will be the witnesses of this era, perhaps even its creators."

"When you put it that way, we really are lucky. To think we'd encounter something like this in our lifetime."

The Class Monitor could not help sighing in wonder, his eyes filled with excitement.

It was not just him. Everyone who had Awakened Psychic Powers felt the same way. At this moment, they were full of longing for the future, impatient to create an era of their own.

As for those who had not Awakened Psychic Powers, every era would have ordinary people. Perhaps for them, it merely meant continuing on as ordinary people.

But the future was full of uncertainty. No one could give an exact answer as to what their futures would hold.