"Advancing from Level One to Level Two is easy and carries almost no risk, but from Level Two to Level Three, danger begins to appear."
As Zhong Lingfan spoke, Xu Zhi sat up slightly straighter, recalling the times she had nearly become "lost" in hallucinations.
"According to my investigation, one of the causes of death among Cloud City's superhumans is advancement."
"During advancement, everyone has a dream they completely forget upon waking. Even I can only vaguely sense that I must have made the right choice in the dream and succeeded, which was why I advanced. Those who made the wrong choice, made no choice, or made a choice that was not exactly wrong but not quite right either, would fail their advancement."
"In severe cases, it leads to death or madness. Milder cases result in coma or temporary insanity."
Xu Zhi raised a brow. She guessed the failures had probably become too deeply "immersed." Fortunately, Narrator had warned her from the beginning not to lose herself in hallucinations. Other superhumans, however, had no such reminder.
But now that Zhong Lingfan knew this, she would surely warn the other superhumans.
"Upon successfully advancing, every superhuman gains their own active ability at Level Three. It is only a matter of sooner or later."
"Above that is Level Four, currently the highest level of superhuman I have seen in Cloud City, aside from you."
"And up through Level Four, no superhuman has possessed two superhuman abilities that could be actively used at this stage."
Zhong Lingfan deliberately emphasized the words "aside from you," because she knew Xu Zhi was certainly above Level Four. As for exactly how far above, she did not know, nor could she ask Xu Zhi to cooperate in an experiment.
In her estimation, the exceptionally gifted group of