Chapter 939: Xu Huo's Output
This wasn't too much to ask, and Gao Xiaoyan had no reason to disagree.
At the same time, she demonstrated her status in this training base—as long as she nodded, she could decide directly without needing to report to or consult anyone else. And when she made her decision, the two players beside her, who had previously glared at Xu Huo, calmly accepted it.
This showed that Gao Xiaoyan not only held a high position but also commanded the trust of her subordinates, at least in terms of strength and decisiveness.
"Do you need anything prepared?" Gao Xiaoyan asked.
"If possible, I'd like to first understand your progress," Xu Huo said.
That was even less of a problem. At Gao Xiaoyan's signal, a staff member led him to the control room at the back.
The training room Ren Man was using seemed specially made, slightly different from the others. The walls were filled with materials that could block mental interference, and it was equipped with advanced instruments for stimulating and suppressing mental power.
Xu Huo asked if they had used these on Ren Man. The staff member replied, "Not yet. If the values continue to drop, the next step would be to try stimulation."
"Whether from research in other zones or our own scientists here, no one recommends using instruments to interfere. Instruments lack specificity, and the human brain is extremely complex. Super evolution itself is a difficult subject to tackle, and no one can predict the outcome."
"Are there any successful experimental cases?" Xu Huo asked.
"No more than ten," the staff member adjusted their glasses and said professionally. "This is the information we've summarized from the data we can access."
"Haven't you been in contact with Stellar Pharmaceuticals? In some more advanced game zones, there have been successful cases," Xu Huo said, not making things up. He had actually seen relevant news reports, and not just "rumors from under the dimension"—it was an official game announcement.
"Are you referring to the recent celebration event about super evolution?" the staff member said without changing expression. "That was related to physical self-modification, not brain evolution."
"I see," Xu Huo said. "I haven't looked into the details."
"Using high-precision instruments to simulate brain waves for stimulation has yielded very few successful cases, but countless failures," the staff member said from a professional standpoint. "The worst outcome could be driving a normal person insane or causing death, so we don't take such risks lightly."
"Not trying is the right call." Xu Huo nodded slightly.
Looking at the data recorded on the projection screen, Xu Huo asked, "Can the strength of mental power be fully quantified?"
"Theoretically, yes, but in practice, we can only estimate approximate values." The staff member waved a hand to switch to another chart. "After human evolution, research on the brain advanced by leaps and bounds. Early on, scientists discovered that players' brains are more active than ordinary people's. In addition to the original four types of bioelectrical waveforms, six more were gradually added."
"However, not every player participating in the experiments had these six brain waves. Especially super-evolved players—their brain wave activity can reach tens of thousands of times per second."
"At that level, a person can act as a signal tower, interfering with others' signals—for example, sending false commands, affecting basic senses like vision, smell, and touch."
"Going further, they can influence physically existing spaces, such as creating an independent mental force field that approaches the level of real matter."
The staff member grew a bit excited, their voice rising slightly. "It's said that at this stage, players can break through the barriers of reality—like walking through a wall without a door or instantly moving between different spaces."
Xu Huo chuckled. "How can a person walk through a wall?"
The staff member looked at him. "You see the wall in front of you as a wall, but it's also matter, just like air. You can move freely through air—why doubt the possibility of passing through a wall?"
Xu Huo didn't argue about the difference in states. In fact, if air were compressed enough, a person couldn't pass through it either. He said, "Even with super evolution, a wall won't turn into nothingness in a mental force field, and a person won't change either."
The staff member said stiffly, "Scholars have already confirmed that as long as mental power is strong enough, it can interfere with matter. Walls that are unshakable to ordinary people might feel like air or sponge to them—they can open them whenever they want."
It was indeed possible to open them. For example, Xu Huo's "door-opening" ability allowed him to traverse freely within the scope of his mental world, but that was still based on ordinary buildings. He had once tried to pass through metal but failed.
Whether further evolution could achieve that level, he didn't know, but it seemed promising.
Just as after his spatial evolution, he could use the "lines" in space to move distant objects or quickly shift positions. The mental world also had its unique "lines," but these "mental lines" were harder to control and couldn't be touched.
Xu Huo had learned it naturally.
Of course, he didn't think it was all due to personal talent. He still didn't know the exact effects of the medicine given to him by the doctor who disappeared from Zone 014.
The game world was too vast; anyone's understanding was one-sided.
For example, most players were still struggling to obtain evolution agents, but in reality, perfect evolution agents had existed many years ago.
"Mr. Xu," the staff member interrupted his thoughts, looking at him with a hint of suspicion. "Have you ever had a detailed understanding of your own evolution level? Would you be interested in taking a test?"
"Sure," Xu Huo agreed readily. He entered the room Ren Man had just used and, at the staff member's signal, released a small amount of mental power.
It was enough to let some mental power flow out but not enough to open a mental world out of thin air—this was also the usual method for applying mental pressure to others.
The W37 facility was well-equipped and relatively enclosed, making it a decent place.
Thinking this, he extended his mental range to cover the entire room, held it for three seconds, then retracted it.
A moment later, the room door reopened. The staff member was even more eager than Gao Xiaoyan and the others, rushing over first and saying excitedly, "Mr. Xu, how did you do it? You managed to maintain a stable output of mental power! With such high values, you should be able to create a mental force field!"
Xu Huo regretfully told them he couldn't. As for why it was so stable, he attributed it to two words: "Hard work."
This made Ren Man, whose expression had been shifting, slump his head in defeat.
"Mr. Xu is joking with you," Gao Xiaoyan said with a smile. "How could such talent come from mere practice?"
Hearing this, Ren Man lowered his head even further. Just seconds ago, he thought he hadn't worked hard enough; now, he realized he was just a mediocre person who couldn't even reach the threshold no matter how hard he tried. His highest data was nine thousand, which then steadily declined, while the moment Xu Huo stepped into the room, the value had reached fifty thousand!
(Note: All content related to mental evolution is purely fictional. Don't believe it, and don't try to walk through walls! Also, thanks to the reader "I Am a Good Time, Who's Afraid of Who" for the alliance leader reward—the first alliance leader of this book. Thank you.)
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