Iris Data

The star power testing continued.

Guo Songtao handed the recording of the remaining test results over to the class monitor, then beckoned Fang Yuan over. "Fang Yuan, come with me for a moment. This unknown trait of yours needs more detailed testing."

According to the regulations of Huaxia's Awakened Data Administration, when a school discovered an unknown trait in a student, it had to conduct preliminary ability tests and submit the results for analysis and research.

Fang Yuan followed his homeroom teacher to the school's star power laboratory.

Guo Songtao brought in two other lab teachers, a man and a woman, to test Fang Yuan together.

"Fang Yuan, try guiding your star power through every part of your body. Try activating your superpower trait and see if it can be expressed." Guo Songtao began guiding Fang Yuan through the superpower trait test.

Superpower trait expression was a technical term derived from gene expression.

Put simply, it meant using a superpower.

However, not every superpower trait could be expressed.

For example, unless someone with "platinum digester" swallowed platinum, the trait would never take effect. In other words, the superpower trait could not be expressed.

Fang Yuan tried guiding his star power through every part of his body, attempting to activate his superpower trait.

He went through the process very carefully, doing his best not to miss any part of his body.

Superpower traits came in all sorts of forms and could be expressed in any part of the body.

For example, one enhancement-type superpower trait could make fingernails as sharp as blades, but it required gathering star power at the roots of the nails to be expressed.

Ten minutes later, Fang Yuan had guided his star power through every part of his body, but when he finished, his body had undergone no changes.

The two lab teachers responsible for researching superpower traits remained calm, seemingly unsurprised by the result.

After all, humanity had been researching the Awakened for nearly fifty years. Any superpower traits that could be identified through simple testing had long since been entered into the database.

The remaining unknown traits were all ones that could not be discovered under normal circumstances.

One lab teacher stepped aside and began turning on a ray machine while explaining, "Next, we'll expose your body to star source rays to stimulate superpower trait expression. Don't be nervous. Star source rays are produced using star source ore and won't harm your body. Come stand in front of the emitter."

A little nervous, Fang Yuan took a deep breath and stood in front of the star source ray emitter.

Once the machine started, the star source rays began scanning slowly upward from the soles of his feet.

The three teachers moved closer and watched intently, hoping to see where the superpower trait would be expressed.

However, even when the rays reached his neck, Fang Yuan's body still showed no changes.

A lab teacher picked up the record sheet, ready to fill it in, and remarked casually, "From the looks of it, this might be another trait that requires a stimulus."

Just then.

The star source rays swept across Fang Yuan's eyes.

Strange patterns of light and shadow suddenly appeared in his vision, reflected over his pupils and irises.

Unable to adjust to the patterns right away, Fang Yuan instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes.

The three teachers keenly noticed the anomaly, and a lab teacher was the first to ask, "Did you notice anything unusual?"

Fang Yuan frowned at the patterns appearing before his eyes and replied, "I think I'm seeing something..."

Once he got a clear look, he discovered that the patterns formed a character status panel.

The person before his eyes was his homeroom teacher, Guo Songtao.

Name: Guo Songtao

Star power level: Lv.1

Attributes: Strength 14, Agility 12, Constitution 16, Spirit 16

Superpower trait: None

Skills: Basic Body Tempering Fist

Guo Songtao taught Chinese. Although he was an Awakened, he had only awakened star power, not a superpower trait.

"What do you see?" the lab teacher continued.

Fang Yuan was not quite sure whether the character status panel he saw fell within the scope of superpower traits, so he gave a somewhat vague answer to be cautious.

"I think I'm seeing some data."

"Data? Then it should be an iris data-type trait." The lab teacher began taking notes.

"Are there similar superpower traits in the Awakened database?" Fang Yuan asked.

"Yes. I've heard that a specially appointed adviser at the Divine Sword Bureau is an iris data-type Awakened. He can see through an enemy spy's identity at a glance," the lab teacher replied.

Then she handed Fang Yuan the pen. "Can you draw what you see?"

"The patterns are a little unsteady. I can see a few of the teacher's attributes, like strength and agility."

Fang Yuan kept feeling that his ability was not ordinary iris data. Something about it seemed strange.

If it really was iris data, why would the Awakened database list it as an unknown trait?

The lab teacher reassured him, "Don't worry. When star source rays stimulate superpower trait expression, there can indeed be an adjustment period at first. It'll gradually get better."

"Thank you, teacher," Fang Yuan said sincerely.

After leaving the star power laboratory.

Fang Yuan went to the library, found a computer, and logged into the library system using his student ID account to search for information on pupil and iris data-type superpower traits.

There was little relevant material, only a handful of articles published in provincial science journals.

As for the specially appointed adviser at the Divine Sword Bureau whom the lab teacher had mentioned, he could find no information at all.

There was nothing in either the library database or online.

After a moment's thought, Fang Yuan understood why.

Of Huaxia's national defense and security agencies, the Divine Sword Bureau had the highest level of secrecy. It primarily handled foreign espionage matters involving the Awakened.

If, as the lab teacher had said, this specially appointed adviser could identify enemy spies at a glance, then his secrecy classification had to be extremely high.

Fang Yuan browsed every article on iris data he could find. He did not learn much, but he could at least confirm one thing: iris data superpower traits really did exist.

Although this type of superpower trait was exceedingly rare, at least he could be certain that he was not a unique case.

Next.

Fang Yuan began testing his superpower trait.

As long as star power flowed into his pupils, the ability took effect.

First, he observed the other students in the library. Whether they were ordinary people or Awakened, he could see their status panels.

Moreover, he could be certain that the data on those panels was accurate.

Several of them were his classmates, and he had seen their various readings during the tests in the auditorium earlier.

Then.

Fang Yuan looked down at himself. Just as expected, his own character panel appeared.

Name: Fang Yuan

Star power level: Lv.1

Attributes: Strength 14, Agility 15, Constitution 13, Spirit 15

Superpower trait: Unknown trait A20392

Rage points: 0

Skills: Military Physical Combat Technique Lv.2, Gliding Step Lv.1

Fang Yuan examined his character panel carefully and noticed something strange.

There was an extra field on his character panel: "Rage points."

He checked other people's status panels again and discovered that only he had this field. No one else did.

Could this be the superpower trait I actually awakened?

The status panel appeared on his pupils and irises, but visually, it looked as though it were floating in midair.

Fang Yuan stared at his status panel, studying it slowly.

Suddenly.

A graceful figure walked up before him, blocking his view.

It was Han Youwei.

Fang Yuan had been observing his own status panel. When Han Youwei suddenly stepped in front of him, his iris data trait remained active, so he saw her status panel.

However, this status panel was a little strange. It had many question marks.

Name: Han Youwei

Star power level: ???

Attributes: Strength 13, Agility ??? Constitution 13, Spirit ???

Superpower trait: ???

Star slot trait: ???

Skills: Soft Force, Whip Kick, Throwing Combat

"Huh..."

The status panel was rather strange. Fang Yuan gave a soft exclamation and stared at it, studying it.

Fang Yuan was sitting, while Han Youwei was standing.

So, as he stared like that, the place his gaze focused on was a little...

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Han Youwei's face. She lowered the textbooks held against her chest a little to cover her thighs.

"Don't move."

Fang Yuan continued studying her status panel and soon discovered why the question marks had appeared.

The key lay in the spirit attribute.

Strength, agility, and constitution all displayed numerical values. Only the spirit attribute did not.

When Han Youwei had been tested earlier, Fang Yuan had seen her readings. He clearly remembered that her spirit attribute was 17.

His own spirit attribute was only 15.

In other words, because his spirit attribute was lower than hers, she had resisted his iris data probing.

That was why so many question marks had appeared on her status panel.