Even if you hadn't asked about it, I would have found an opportunity to discuss it with you in detail.
Wang Hai, seated, glanced at Shen Heng and asked:
"Do you remember what I told you, when can we start trying to evolve after awakening our abilities?"
"You need to constantly use your abilities to achieve complete harmony between your body and your abilities, which is called Synchronization," Shen Heng replied without hesitation.
"Hmm." Wang Hai nodded. "Once we've Synchronization our bodies and abilities, we can use Origin Crystal First Tier higher than ours to stimulate our brains and try to Ability Evolution."
" Origin Crystal of First Tier?" Shen Heng pondered for a moment, then asked, "Wouldn't Origin Crystal of the same rank or even higher be acceptable?"
" Origin Crystal of the same or lower order have no stimulating effect, as for higher order ones..."
Wang Hai paused, looked directly at Shen Heng, and then asked another question.
"You need to complete Synchronization before your Ability Evolution. Do you know what happens if you try to Ability Evolution without completing Synchronization?"
Shen Heng's eyes narrowed as he recalled the conversation between Wu Cheng and Han Ling in the detention room.
"Will I die?"
"No, I won't die."
"What is that?" Shen Heng frowned slightly.
Do you remember what happens when an ordinary person fails to awaken their abilities?
" The Origin Power will accumulate in his body, and his body will uncontrollably enter a negative state. After more than three times, if he tries to awaken again, it may go out of control and Distortion," Shen Heng replied.
"Yes, an ordinary person might lose control after failing three times before trying to awaken their abilities again, but we ability users are different," Wang Hai said in a deep voice.
"If we try to Ability Evolution before we've completed the Synchronization..."
"If evolution fails, the out-of-control Origin Power will detonate the Origin Power within our bodies, causing us to go out of control and Distortion."
Shen Heng paused for a moment, then said, "The success rate is very low, isn't it?"
"Hmm." Wang Hai nodded slightly. "Although headquarters said there's a one in a thousand chance, I haven't heard of anyone successfully Ability Evolution without completing the Synchronization."
"Besides, our entire Supervision Bureau only has so many people, and headquarters can't afford to have people test the actual success rate of this."
Shen Heng nodded, agreeing with this view.
The headquarters probably believes there's a chance of success, but the probability of failure is very high.
He thought for a moment, then asked:
What would happen if evolution failed, leading to loss of control and Distortion?
Wang Hai paused for a moment, then leaned back in his chair.
He stared blankly ahead, as if he were recalling something.
After a moment, he slowly said:
"It will transform into a monster powered by Origin Power..."
A monster of Origin Power... Shen Heng's gaze fell on the captain, and he slowly nodded.
"Let's get back to the question you just asked," Wang Hai said, bringing the topic back to the present.
"As Ability Evolution, they are upgraded step by step."
"Of course, it doesn't mean you'll only advance one level each time; otherwise, your ability this time would be E-level, not D-Class."
"But after evolution, the maximum number of levels that can be increased at a time is three."
So, he'd advanced two levels from F to D. Was his luck neither bad nor good?... Shen Heng nodded slightly.
"Regarding the Ability Evolution, there's something else I want to add: what kind of abilities might emerge after evolution," Wang Hai said.
"Hmm?" Shen Heng looked at Wang Hai with some surprise. "You know this too?"
"I don't know the specifics, but I know the general direction."
Wang Hai shook his head, then explained:
"There is no fixed path for the evolution of abilities. Even initial abilities of the same type can evolve into completely different advanced abilities depending on the user's experience, personality, environment, and other factors."
"However, according to current research, the Ability Evolution can be broadly categorized into three main directions."
"The first type is the enhancement type, which significantly enhances the original ability on the basis of the original ability."
The same ability has different strengths and effects at different levels.
For example, fire-related abilities might be as simple as a match at F-Class; a torch at D-Class; and a bonfire at B-Class.
"The second type is the derivative type, which adds secondary abilities that are strongly related to the original abilities."
For example, water-related abilities might evolve to include freezing or misting abilities.
"The third type is the mutation type, which adds abilities that are weakly related to or even unrelated to the original abilities."
For example, physical abilities might evolve to include the ability to foresee danger.
Wang Hai for a moment, then looked at Shen Heng and said:
"And your hearing... no, your Sound Wave Manipulation, should belong to the second or third type."
Shen Heng nodded thoughtfully.
Enhanced, derivative, mutated...?
November.
Two figures, wielding knives, clashed rapidly in the training room.
Shen Heng stared at the wooden sword that was slashing straight at him. He neither dodged nor parried. Instead, he turned the blade and held the long sword in front of him.
Bang!
The wooden swords clashed, producing a crisp sound.
The two touched and separated instantly, then closed in on each other again in a flash.
Accompanied by a series of crisp 'bang' sounds, a series of illusory sword shadows appeared in the air.
Interspersed among them was a slightly heavy 'bang,' the sound of a wooden knife striking flesh.
After a long while, Shen Heng's breathing remained steady, and his attacks remained fierce, but...
He glanced at the beads of sweat on Yu Jingming's forehead, and his hand suddenly changed its movement.
The long sword was raised high and then slashed down fiercely.
Yu Jingming held the knife in both hands, preparing to raise it to block the attack, he saw the long knife, which had been falling straight down, suddenly change direction.
The blade's momentum transformed into a horizontal slash, aimed straight at his own abdomen.
Seeing this sudden change in attack, Yu Jingming's eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly twirled the long sword in his hand.
The wooden sword, like a swimming dragon, brushed against Shen Heng's blade and moved upwards against the grain.
Whoosh--!
The two long swords flashed past swiftly, then stopped simultaneously in front of each other.
Both of them sheathed their swords.
Yu Jingming took a few deep breaths, then looked at Shen Heng and smiled:
"Mr. Shen Heng, today is my last day as an instructor. I won't be coming anymore starting tomorrow!"
Shen Heng glanced at his training clothes, which were now noticeably more wrinkled, and looked up with a smile:
"Yes, although there's still a lot I haven't learned, I'll still trouble you during this time!"
"No, I've taught you everything I could. What you lack now is just more time to hold a knife," Yu Jingming said, shaking his head.
"As long as you can set aside some time each day to practice your sword, in six months to a year, you won't be much worse than me."
That would be best.
Shen Heng chuckled softly, then straightened up and bowed solemnly to Yu Jingming.
"Thank you for your help during this time, Instructor Yu!"