Chapter 15: Level Up and Lottery Draw
Chapter 15: Level Up and Lottery Draw
After Yang Qi left the office, Yang Zirong sat stunned at his desk, his eyes still filled with disbelief.
Just a moment ago, Yang Qi had taken the book Yang Zirong handed him. After looking through it just once, in less than five minutes, he had memorized the first ten pages.
What kind of memory was that? Truly reading ten lines at a glance, remembering it just by seeing it once!
Yang Zirong finally understood how good Yang Qi meant by ‘very good memory’. This wasn’t just good, this was heaven-defying good.
Remembering everything upon seeing it. From ancient times to the present, this had been what scholars dreamed of.
Yang Zirong had also seen people with extremely good memories before, but none could compare to Yang Qi. Of course, he didn’t know Yang Qi had been holding back, going much slower than he could.
Then, what made Yang Zirong even more surprised was that Yang Qi took the initiative to propose taking an additional exam. He said they could test him with any kind of test paper. But on one condition: if his score wasn’t significantly different from his usual results, the school had to agree to his one condition: to allow him to commute from home instead of boarding, to skip evening self-study sessions, and to decide for himself to study in the library during daytime classes.
After Yang Zirong agreed, he took out a standardized exam paper from another city, with difficulty no less than their own city’s. Then a shocking scene unfolded. Yang Qi randomly picked a science comprehensive exam and started doing it right in front of him. The speed… was so fast it was beyond imagination.
Twenty minutes. He finished an exam paper that normally took 3 hours. And after Yang Zirong checked it against the standard answers, there wasn’t a single mistake. Full marks!
Yang Zirong knew he had encountered a genius, a monstrously talented genius who might very well become this year’s Gaokao Top Scorer. Ruiyun High School was a century-old prestigious school, but it hadn’t produced a provincial top scorer for eleven consecutive years. Yang Zirong felt this chance was very, very big.
Later, still somewhat incredulous, Yang Zirong had Yang Qi do a liberal arts comprehensive exam. Because the liberal arts exam required a bit more writing, Yang Qi finished it in twenty-seven minutes. After checking the answers, excluding a few open-ended questions that couldn’t be standardized, all other questions were also correct.
“This is a gem!”
…
After Yang Qi left the office, he didn’t go back to his classroom. Instead, he went around to a balcony. Because he took the exams, it was already time for the second self-study period. There was no one outside the classrooms.
He took out the reward for being in the top ten of the joint exam: 10 Level-1 Energy Stones. He put away 3 and absorbed the remaining 7. A crimson energy essence flew out from the Energy Stones and entered the cultivation bar for [Psychokinesis].
37%, 38%, 40%, 50%, 80%…
The cultivation value shot up at an extremely fast rate, quickly breaking through 99%. The entire cultivation bar lit up, and then a prompt sounded in Yang Qi’s mind.
“Ding! [Psychokinesis] level up successful. Current superpower level is 2. Acquired effect: [Hypnosis].”
Yang Qi clearly felt his Mental Power grow much stronger. His mind also felt much clearer than before. His thinking, logic, and all other aspects had also improved. These were the inherent benefits granted by leveling up [Psychokinesis].
Then, on the Golden Paper, the words [Hypnosis] under [Psychokinesis] lit up. A beam of light from it entered Yang Qi’s mind, flooding it with a lot of information about hypnosis.
Before this, Yang Qi had already read many books about hypnosis. But those books contained Earth’s knowledge and were simply no match for the knowledge he just gained in his mind. On Earth, hypnosis was often still considered trickery, at best achieving some very simple therapeutic effects. But the knowledge on this Golden Paper encompassed the high civilization achievements of the SM69 planet and had unimaginable uses.
At its simplest, it could make a person enter deep sleep, recovering their energy in a very short time. On a deeper level, it could use brain nerves to stimulate body cells, unlocking untapped physical potential. It could even directly use hypnosis to treat many diseases. Upon practicing to a very high level, it could even be used to develop brain regions. It had every wonderful use you could think of concerning hypnosis.
The methods of hypnosis were also very advanced. Unlike on Earth, where the person needed to relax, let go of distracting thoughts, and fully trust the hypnotist, after mastering it, a single command or even a glance could hypnotize someone.
How incredibly powerful.
This was also why Yang Qi chose to practice [Psychokinesis] first instead of [Body Secrets].
“Ding! Host has completed first superpower level up. Obtained one item lottery draw opportunity.”
This prompt sound in his mind made Yang Qi pause again.
“Item lottery draw opportunity? What is this?” Yang Qi was bewildered.
“Ding! This draw has a 90% chance of obtaining an Energy-type item, 5% for Enhancement-type, 3% for Mechanical-type, 1% for Battle Beast-type, 0.6% for Elemental-type, 0.3% for Space-type, 0.1% for Time-type.”
“Ding! Does the host confirm to start the draw?”
Although Yang Qi was confused and didn’t really understand, he still confirmed it. At least it didn’t seem to have any downsides.
“Ding! Draw starting…”
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Mechanical-type item: Phantom Chariot.”
“Phantom Chariot: Standard patrol officer mount from planet SM69. A triphibious vehicle. Maximum speed: 5 times the speed of sound. Equipped with 2 low-grade Photon Bombs. Energy consumption: solar power. Body is made of memory metal. For more details, please see the instruction manual.”
A metallic black bracelet appeared in Yang Qi’s hand. The bracelet had a pattern resembling a motorcycle, but with an absolute futuristic tech feel compared to Earth’s motorcycles. It looked… very cool. Awesomely cool!
What man didn’t dream of a sports car, speed and passion!
But what did this bracelet have to do with the so-called chariot?
Yang Qi was now completely stunned by this sudden lottery item. He quickly went to look at that instruction manual. Only then did he understand. But even though Yang Qi’s nerves were already quite tough, he still found it a bit hard to believe.
This was a vehicle that could be carried on your person. And this bracelet was the Phantom Chariot itself. Its body was made of synthetic memory metal, capable of expanding and contracting, similar to the universal capsules from the anime Dragon Ball he watched as a child. Moreover, because it was memory metal, even if the Phantom Chariot got damaged, it could repair itself.
The vehicle’s performance itself was also unbelievably powerful. Its speed reached 5 times the speed of sound, faster than the fastest fighter jet on Earth today. And to think, this was just standard patrol officer equipment from planet SM69. Who knows how advanced that planet’s civilization was.
Triphibious meant it could run on land, travel on water, and also fly in the sky. Its maximum flying altitude was 20 kilometers, equivalent to the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. It could only reach its maximum speed of 5 times the speed of sound when flying in the air. On land and water, the maximum speed was 2 times the speed of sound.
Its energy consumption was solar power. The method to replenish it was naturally the simplest: just bask in the sun.
As for replenishing those low-grade Photon Bombs, relying just on sunlight, it would take 200 hours to restore one bomb. As for their power, Yang Qi couldn’t tell from the manual because there was no frame of reference.
…
“Meow~~”
While Yang Qi was carefully reading the instruction manual, a white cat appeared on the balcony at some point. It probably came from the school’s Faculty Dormitory. After making its sound, the white cat lazily lay down next to a potted plant in front of the balcony.
“Meow!”
Yang Qi smiled and also made a sound towards the white cat.
The white cat glanced at Yang Qi, shifted its body, and paid him no attention.
“Meow~~~”
Yang Qi made another sound. This time it was a bit prolonged.
The white cat stood up, twitched its ears, looked at Yang Qi, and prepared to leave.
“Meow!”
Yang Qi made another sound. This time it was urgent and low-pitched.
The white cat immediately lay back down on the ground… and fell asleep!
Yang Qi had incorporated hypnosis techniques into his three cat sounds just now, hypnotizing the white cat.
“Sure enough, just as the Hypnosis art described, any creature with brain neurons can be hypnotized.”
Yang Qi murmured: “Relatively speaking, the fewer and simpler the neurons, the easier to hypnotize. Humans are actually the hardest to hypnotize. Of course, there can be exceptions. Most importantly, it depends on the neuron wave frequency.”
Yang Qi snapped his fingers. The white cat woke up, glanced at Yang Qi, then quickly left the balcony.
“I wonder when I can draw the lottery again. The chance for Mechanical-type items was already average, and it yielded this. I wonder what kind of miraculous things those items with even lower probabilities, like Battle Beast-type, Elemental-type, Time and Space-type would be!”
Walking back to the classroom, the bell for the end of class rang just then. The classmates all looked at Yang Qi with eyes full of disbelief. Some even kept saying congratulations.
“You rock!”
Lu Liangjie slapped Yang Qi’s shoulder hard and laughed: “First place in the joint exam! Can you get any more savage! Oh, right. During the break after the first period, I saw a missed call. I dialed back, and they said they were looking for you. I didn’t call you over because you were at the Academic Affairs Office.”
He handed the phone to Yang Qi, asking him to call back.
Yang Qi knew from the phone number it was Auntie Chen. After dialing, Auntie Chen said Huang Man was now in the hospital. Hanging up and returning the phone to Lu Liangjie, Yang Qi immediately left the classroom and headed back to the Academic Affairs Office.
“Student Yang, looking for me?” Yang Zirong didn’t know why Yang Qi came back to see him so soon.
“Director, something happened at my home. I need to start the commuting I mentioned earlier right away, is that okay?”
Yang Qi was very anxious now, but still quite rational. However, if Director Yang said ‘no’, Yang Qi would definitely turn and leave, then climb over the wall to get out himself.
“No problem.”
Yang Zirong could see Yang Qi was very serious. He nodded and said: “A long leave for commuting needs the principal’s signature. So for now, I’ll approve a short leave for you to go out first. When you come back, that long leave for commuting will definitely be approved.”
Swish, swish, swish. Very quickly, a leave slip was written out and given to Yang Qi.
“Thank you.” Yang Qi took it and headed for the door.
“Wait.”
Yang Zirong took out a bank card and handed it to Yang Qi, saying: “Password is six eights. Use it first if your family has any urgent needs. Your prize money won’t be issued until next Monday. Consider this an advance. Go ahead. I’ll personally go talk to your homeroom teacher later.”
Advance the prize money?
Of course, nothing this good happens in the world. Yang Qi knew this was Yang Zirong’s good intention.
“Thank you.”
Yang Qi didn’t refuse. There might be an urgent need. After taking it, he quickly left the office, went downstairs, and ran towards the school gate. After showing the leave slip to exit the school gate, Yang Qi slipped into a remote corner and took off the Phantom Chariot bracelet on his hand.