Changes (Second Update)

Once Dilos had regained a certain degree of mobility, he naturally wouldn't just lie in bed all day. When he had free time, he would test the superpowers he had acquired to see if there were any other novel ways to use them.

Psychic abilities could be described as a "jack-of-all-trades" power, but based on Dilos's understanding of these abilities from his past life, not everyone could develop their psychic powers to such a versatile level.

For instance, psychic abilities include telepathy, empathy, and psychic illusions, along with telekinesis for manipulating objects from a distance. Of these, the one that left the deepest impression on Dilos was Jean Grey from the X-Men film series; she was one of the very few who had developed her psychic powers into that "jack-of-all-trades" level.

Although her power was so immense partly due to the boost from the Phoenix Force, it was undeniable that, even setting aside that boost, she possessed terrifying potential herself. The title of Omega-level Mutant was no joke, even if it only referred to that potential.

Think back to the original work: Jean Grey was often unable to use her full strength because of the interference from the Phoenix Force within her. Once she used her full power, aside from unleashing terrifyingly formidable strength, her mind would easily spiral out of control, causing horrific damage to her surroundings. If the Phoenix Force hadn't interfered with her, it was easy to foresee that she could have absolutely grown into an incredibly formidable superpowered individual in a short time.

With such a powerful psychic as a role model, Dilos naturally felt very expectant about the development of his own abilities. Therefore, every day, in addition to using the "Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound" to temper his body and promote recovery, he also practiced his powers.

He believed his ability was definitely not as simple as just an "Emotion Radar," but after two weeks, the enthusiasm in his heart had cooled. His progress was nonexistent; he realized he had been thinking far too simply. For all this time, other than being able to use his power to sense small animals like spiders and exert some control over their behavior, there was not the slightest sign of any impressive abilities like telekinesis.

In the end, he gave up on trying to develop other powers. He had basically determined that his psychic ability was limited to telepathy. However, this didn't make him overly dejected, because since he couldn't develop other powers, he would just rely on daily training to strengthen the one he had!

He acted as soon as he thought of it, and the result was that the small arthropods near Dilos's home suffered, especially the spiders.

Controlling the behavior of spiders was incredibly mentally draining, but Dilos refused to give up. After tempering his body each day, he would spend his time making spiders walk back and forth. Even when he felt mentally exhausted, as soon as he recovered, he would tirelessly tease the spiders again.

After all, if training didn't make you feel exhausted, how could it even be called training?

Doing this wasn't without its benefits. Within a month, his mental strength had grown, controlling spiders became easier, his memory improved, his reflexes quickened, and his appetite increased...

If Dilos hadn't intentionally controlled his intake, he would have surely eaten his Uncle Gabe into poverty by letting himself eat as much as he wanted in his current state.

Looks like I need to find a way to make money, Dilos thought. In truth, ever since he transmigrated into this world, he had been thinking about writing novels to earn money. He had noticed that this world's development of bestselling novels was not as good as his past world's—it could even be called poor. Just think, this world didn't even have the Harry Potter series, nor any similar masterpieces. Even if they existed, the writing wasn't very good.

So, he had an idea: write the Harry Potter series and publish them year by year to make a fortune! Since this novel was so popular in his past life, there was no reason it wouldn't be popular in this world.

Harry Potter was his favorite novel, bar none. Plus, his own memory was quite excellent, so even though the novel was very long, he could remember the descriptive details of the story quite well. He just needed to appropriately modify some of the character backgrounds and character interactions after writing them down.

However, there was a problem now: the one-month deadline had arrived. His body had long since fully recovered, even becoming better than before. But the doctor Lex had called was coming for a follow-up visit.

When this doctor, who was treating Dilos, discovered that Dilos had actually fully recovered without leaving a single sequela, what would he think?

Dilos didn't know, but he knew the doctor would definitely tell Lex. Honestly, he didn't want his abilities to be known by others, or rather, he didn't want them to be known so soon. There were too many scumbags in this world; once you showed even a hint of something special, they would want to study you, want to obtain that power... and mutants were the ones who encountered this situation the most.

Those who supported these inhumane experiments were often big shots in the military and political circles, and of course, those filthy rich people. For example, Lex's father, Lionel Luthor.

During this month, Lex had also visited him frequently. Whenever that happened, he would wrap himself in bandages and pretend his body hadn't healed yet.

After getting to know him for a while, Dilos trusted Lex relatively well, but as for his father... he feared the entire town hated and feared that man. Pete Ross's father had lost his entire farm and land because of that man's deception, and he had been unemployed for a long time, nearly becoming a homeless wanderer.

Moreover, based on the snippets Lex inadvertently revealed, it was clear that Lionel Luthor was a man who would stop at nothing—a domineering, ruthless, profit-driven, and psychologically twisted beast who didn't treat people like human beings.

The fact that his own son could evaluate him this way showed that the man's character was definitely deeply flawed. Under such an upbringing, Dilos could guarantee that even if Lex wasn't like the Lex Luthor from the films yet, it was only a matter of time before he became that way.

But after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good solution. In the end, he thought of his own ability. Since he could use telepathy to control spiders... could he also control humans? No, even if it was just hypnosis, at least that would help him achieve his goal!