CHAPTER 30: CHAPTER 29: HALF AWAKENING

Theoretically, just using the specially made tempered glass box for protection should be sufficient.

Even shooting it with a small-caliber handgun wouldn’t penetrate it.

Yet the irrational behavior of the society members made President Huang’s heart race with anxiety.

So far, no member of the Grass Hut Academy has passed the minimum standard test for superpower awakening.

President Huang Weiguo felt a bit uncomfortable inside, but that wasn’t the reason for his stern face.

His face darkened because he felt he hadn’t done his job properly.

The protective measures should have been more comprehensive!

This was his preparation work not being up to standard!

However...

There was really no way around it.

In the past few months, alien artifacts appeared more and more frequently on Earth.

There’s too little time, too many unexpected situations!

But these are not excuses.

This time there was no incident, but what about next time?

Huang Weiguo felt he must be responsible for every member of the Grass Hut Academy!

"Number thirty-nine, please start the test."

The sweet-voiced, beautiful military lady maintained the order on site.

The person who had the number thirty-nine was named Su Qiangwei.

The girl appeared very calm, with an unflustered demeanor.

She could lose.

As long as she maintained dignity, losing wouldn’t matter!

If the green mountain remains, there will be no shortage of wood to burn.

Anything that doesn’t kill her will make her stronger!

Thinking this, Su Qiangwei walked calmly to the testing zone and sat down upright.

Her eyes focused on the alien mask, innumerable despair-inducing images immediately surfaced, making one rapidly lose sanity, even become utterly mad.

"I am a member of the Grass Hut Academy..."

"I am a reserve guardian of Earth Civilization..."

"I will strive to guard..."

"Grass!" (a kind of plant)

"The moral lessons taught in class aren’t much use to me!"

"Not the slightest tangible feeling!"

Su Qiangwei sensed an intangible, invisible force rapidly eroding her will, disrupting her thoughts.

It seemed as though there were four invisible chains binding her limbs, pulling her toward the alien mask!

"I..."

"I must defeat Ma Ran and become the leading woman of the Grass Hut Academy!"

"Although I really hate to admit it, that guy Ma Ran, he must be able to hold on for thirty seconds, right?"

Su Qiangwei’s beautiful eyes were filled with blood vessels, glaring fiercely at the alien mask inside the specially made tempered glass box: "You little piece of trash!"

"Looking like a QR code, if I don’t scan you with my phone, I wouldn’t even know what you are!"

"Get lost!"

Whether she was contending with the alien mask or herself wasn’t clear, Su Qiangwei’s attention was highly focused, her fighting spirit boiling over, yet she lost track of time.

When she came back to her senses, she only felt her arms tighten as two military ladies lifted her from the chair, taking her to a position ten meters away from the glass box.

From this distance, an inadvertent glance at the mask still caused a bit of nausea, similar to despairing negative emotions, but much weaker.

"Thirty seconds!"

President Huang Weiguo’s face was full of smiles: "Congratulations on passing the test! You’ve met the requirements for awakened superpowers!"

Over at Fulan Academy, after long-term testing and screening, only Liu Huadie and He Nanguang met the standards.

The Grass Hut Academy just starting out turned in a comparable scorecard, which was already quite impressive!

"Number forty, please proceed with the test."

The person holding the number forty card was Ma Ran.

But Ma Ran handed his number card over to Wu Di beside him.

With arms crossed, Wu Di proudly took his seat on the chair with a bun-like face.

Twelve seconds later, he was slumped in the chair, panting heavily like a hot summer day’s unshorn dog.

The time he persisted was just a bit longer than Dong Huaiming’s.

"Improved, yeah!"

He Nanguang from Fulan Academy showed a relieved expression: "He could only last eight or nine seconds before..."

"Reading thousands of books, traveling thousands of miles, indeed beneficial for growth!"

He was initially concerned that Wu Di might get dispirited and perform poorly after getting beaten up.

Unexpectedly, after being beaten, Wu Di actually showed clear improvement and enhancement in spiritual will!

Among the ones who failed, Wu Di was the strongest.

At least he didn’t completely lose sanity and charge toward the alien mask, which was commendable.

His name, like Dong Huaiming’s, was noted down by President Huang as one to be focused on and cultivated.

Logically, Ma Ran should have been the grand finale.

But he remained motionless.

This shouldn’t be!

In the hearts of the Grass Hut Academy members, Ma Ran, though aloof, wasn’t a show-off who had to be squeezed to display his abilities.

Feeling the curious gazes, Ma Ran smiled slightly: "Actually, my superpower has already been in a semi-awakened state."

"So..."

"I don’t need to participate in this test."

Saying this, Ma Ran tilted his head, slowly walking to the testing zone, his gaze fell on the alien mask.

"To put everyone at ease, it’d be better to test."

Swoosh!

In a trance, a black light seemed to flash by.

In a blink, the previously shapeless mask transformed into the likeness of Ma Ran’s face!

The despair-inducing illusion and fatal attraction seemed to temporarily vanish from the mask!

Ma Ran shifted his gaze away from the mask.

Effortlessly composed, without any strain.

Obviously...

His spiritual will transcends the alien mask!

"This... this!"

President Huang Weiguo stood dumbfounded, wanting to say something to express his inner shock, but the words couldn’t form into a complete sentence.

Currently, in China, the Yingchuan Academy has the highest level of research on superpowers.

It’s said that the strongest faith and most steadfast belief superpower users can endure for three minutes under the mysterious force field of an alien mask, even making the mask show lines similar to the tester’s facial contour.

The more you know, the more you understand the difficulty.

Other members were just laymen watching the spectacle, thinking that Ma Ran suppressing the alien mask’s invisible force field was strong, handsome, and amazing.

And then?

There wasn’t an "and then."

But for President Huang Weiguo, it was different.

His rank was high enough to browse most of the classified information freely.

He knew that faith and conviction aren’t cultivated in a day or two.

The entry threshold for superpowers, unlike Black Rock Martial Arts, had no age requirement.

So...

As of today, the number of relevant testing personnel is more than a hundred and ten times greater than the latter!

Among this vast testing group, no one could achieve what Ma Ran did!

Though unable to quantify Ma Ran’s faith or conviction, President Huang had an educated guess.

Ma Ran’s performance was overwhelmingly shocking, leaving President Huang speechless momentarily!

"Superpower... semi-awakened?"

"I knew it! Brother Ran is truly ’chosen’!"

"Ah ah ah! So envious!"

"As expected of Ma Ran, such credibility is terrifying..."

"It has to be admitted, indeed. If someone else said this, hardly anyone would believe, right?"

"Am I the only one curious about what Brother Ran’s superpower is exactly?"

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