Along the way, Lan Xiao kept explaining all kinds of Soul Master knowledge to Lin Yuan. Although Lin Yuan had understood it all long ago, he did not let Lan Xiao's goodwill go to waste and kept nodding.
Traveling with them were Lan Xuanyu, Nan Cheng, and even Colonel Ye Feng had hurried over.
When they arrived at the Awakening Center, the group stopped.
"Brother, I'll wait for you here." Lan Xuanyu waved at Lin Yuan.
"Go on, Little Lin. Don't feel pressured. Even if you don't have soul power, you still have us uncles," Ye Feng said heartily, flashing a row of white teeth.
"Mm-hmm. I'm going in." Lin Yuan waved to everyone, then walked toward the metal doors without looking back.
Seeing Lan Xiao and the others looking a little nervous, Ye Feng smiled and said, "Director Lan, there's no need to be afraid. Lin Yuan's parents might not have had top-tier martial souls, but their innate soul power was still level seven or eight at least. Their son definitely won't be bad."
"I hope so. I just hope fate can show this child a little favor. He lost his parents so young, and he became so mature so early. It's too pitiful." Nan Cheng shook her head.
Inside the awakening room.
Lin Yuan stood in the hexagonal room, looking around with curiosity. Someone had told him earlier that he needed to stand in the center to awaken his martial soul.
The next second, specks of light lit up around Lin Yuan. The lights continuously circled him, making him feel warm all over.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the second check-in mission: martial soul awakening. You have received a mysterious martial soul reward, one of the fundamental forces of the universe: Gravity.] [Note: the reward will be issued together with the host's martial soul awakening.] [Next check-in location: Elf Star. If you arrive at Elf Star, you will receive a special Soul Spirit reward!]
The moment the system's voice fell, the entire awakening room suddenly began to collapse inward, and countless bits of dust fell from the ceiling.
Not only that, Lin Yuan's mind seemed to explode all at once. An indescribable, unobservable singularity erupted, and from that eruption the universe itself was born, bringing forth the stars and all things!
Just as the staff member was about to grab Lin Yuan and leave, he suddenly felt as if time before his eyes had slowed down.
Bang!
Lan Xiao and the others kicked the door open.
Buzz...
Just then, all the strange phenomena vanished. A pitch-black little sphere emerged from Lin Yuan's right hand and floated there quietly.
The staff member looked at Lan Xiao. "What martial soul is this?" His voice was tinged with oddness.
"I can feel that this martial soul has suction... And the moment I approached just now, I felt time slow down. No matter how I look at it, it seems like a Black Hole..."
A Black Hole martial soul?
A celestial-body martial soul?
Wasn't that a little too abstract?
This was simply even more ridiculous than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the Five Elements Qilin, or a Dragon King martial soul. That was a cosmic celestial body! And the most powerful Black Hole at that!
Lin Yuan laughed.
This was not a Black Hole.
Nor was it a cosmic celestial body.
This damn thing was one of the four fundamental forces of the universe: Gravity!
And this little black sphere that had appeared probably was not a Black Hole either, but a singularity!
The singularity of the Big Bang!
Just how absurd were the four fundamental forces of the universe? They were the forces that constructed the universe. All things in the universe could not exist without these four fundamental forces, and Gravity happened to be one of the most important among them!
At that moment, even Lin Yuan could not help feeling a little excited.
So the so-called mysterious martial soul was actually this terrifying?
The earliest version of Gravity was Newton's universal gravitation, which could still be understood as belonging to the category of celestial bodies. One step further was the theory of relativity version, which already involved space-time. Another step beyond that was the quantum level, and the quantum level was already so abstract it was almost impossible to comprehend.
Lin Yuan lowered his head and looked at the slowly rotating black sphere. It was clearly very small, yet it seemed capable of swallowing even light. He clenched his fist slightly, and the small sphere instantly sank into his palm.
Seeing that Lin Yuan's expression did not change and that he still had that half-lidded look, Lan Xiao could not help nodding. Unmoved by favor or disgrace.
"Everyone awakens all sorts of strange and varied martial souls." Faced with the staff member's question, Lan Xiao shook his head. He looked toward Lin Yuan, who was playing with the "Black Hole," and sought his opinion.
"Little Lin, since this is the martial soul you awakened, what do you think it should be called?"
"Then let's call it Black Hole," Lin Yuan said easily. He did not force the martial soul's true name on them.
"All right, let's test your soul power." Ye Feng's eyes were filled with admiration as he looked at Lin Yuan. He took out the Soul Power Tester. The Soul Power Tester was spherical, with a round screen on it. After years of development, it had already become a must-have for Soul Master families.
Lin Yuan followed Ye Feng's instructions and held the grips on both sides, then mobilized his soul power.
The screen on the tester flickered once, then suddenly shook hard. A white beam of light a full foot tall shot out!
"Innate full soul power! Innate full soul power!"
Ye Feng's eyes instantly burned with eagerness. He gripped Lin Yuan's shoulders, crouched down, and stared at him with shining eyes.
"Lin Yuan, would you consider joining the military in the future?"
Innate full soul power!
This was innate full Soul Power!
Although innate full Soul Power was no longer like it used to be, appearing once in a century, it was still like searching for a needle in the ocean, a synonym for genius!
Lin Yuan froze.
No, Uncle, how old am I? Do you really think someone my age should understand all this?
As for joining the military, Lin Yuan was not as opposed to it as others were, but he also had not really thought about whether he was willing to join. There was no other reason—it had too many restrictions.
But keeping a low profile because of that, playing the pig to eat the tiger, hiding his Martial Soul and Soul Power—there was really no need.
What did it mean to have the right roots and a spotless background?!
I'm regular army!
Besides, deliberately hiding things would only invite even more investigation.
Tang San had once said something right: do not play the pig to eat the tiger, or you might really turn into a pig.
As long as he set his bottom line clearly and did not reveal anything about the system, that would be enough.
Looking at Lin Yuan's confused expression, Ye Feng remembered how badly he had lost his composure just now, and could not help shaking his head with a wry smile.
"I forgot. A War God once said your parents had done the Federation a favor. We can't repay kindness with enmity and force you to do something you don't want to do. You're still young right now. I think when you grow up, you can tell me your answer then."
"Chief, about little Lin's Martial Soul and Soul Power..." Lan Xiao's brows were tightly furrowed. Because Lan Xuanyu had come out of an egg, he always subconsciously felt they should keep a lower profile.
Ye Feng understood instantly.
"Director Lan, that's where you're wrong. Generally speaking, the people who want to hide their Soul Power and Martial Soul are the ones with unspeakable secrets. But what does little Lin have? His parents were heroes to begin with, and now that a genius like this has appeared, the Federation will be delighted, not anything else. They'll even tilt resources toward him absolutely."
Lan Xiao's brows immediately relaxed.
That was true. Little Lin did not really have any secrets to speak of.
Thinking of this, Lan Xiao nodded and said apologetically, "Sorry, Chief. I've gotten too used to civilian work, and I always want to turn major matters into minor ones..."
"Hey, it's not just you. Those of us in military posts are the same." Ye Feng laughed heartily.
Lan Xuanyu tugged at Lan Xiao's hand and whispered, "Dad, is Brother Lin Yuan really amazing?"
"Mm, very amazing. Little Lin is a genius. Xuanyu, you should learn from your brother in the future." Lan Xiao stroked Lan Xuanyu's head, his voice very soft.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm." Lan Xuanyu nodded hard, looking at Lin Yuan with admiration.
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