258: Chapter 259 Psychic Awakening

Fortunately, such terrifying dimensional fluctuations were strictly confined within the room.

The six blackstone matrices performed their suppression role perfectly, preventing even a shred of Warp energy from leaking out and contaminating Shelter.

Lin Li stood outside the reinforced glass, letting out a silent sigh of relief.

Immediately after, the purple-red ball of light expanded rapidly, transforming into a massive energy sphere that, with a loud boom, completely engulfed the entire body of Wu A Level Combo on the platform!

"Awooo—!"

The next second, a look of agony instantly appeared on the rough bear face of Wu A Level Combo.

His muscles began to spasm uncontrollably, foam spilled from his mouth, and his massive body thrashed and rolled violently on the platform, emitting a blood-curdling roar.

This inhuman torture lasted for a full half-hour.

Until finally, accompanied by a deafening, berserk bear roar from Wu A Level Combo.

The light of the infusion instrument finally dimmed completely, and the spatial and temporal distortions within the room vanished, returning to calm.

After a while, the isolation door opened.

Wu A Level Combo put on his gear and walked out with unsteady steps.

His snow-white bear fur was now standing on end, as if he had been struck by lightning, and it was still emitting wisps of black smoke.

"How do you feel?" Lin Li asked expectantly, looking him up and down.

Wu A Level Combo raised his large bear paw, scratched his charred scalp vigorously, and replied with a confused face: "Boss. I don't... feel anything! Aside from feeling like I was electrocuted just now, no new skills have appeared on my attribute panel at all!"

At this moment, Devil Muscle Thor, who was standing to the side, suddenly interrupted, rolling his eyes: "You stupid bear! Are you blind? Don't you see those blackstone matrices on the wall? This underground area of Shelter is filled with force fields that suppress Psyker powers; you couldn't squeeze out a fart of a spell here! You need to leave the range of the matrices and go to the surface to test it out!"

Wu A Level Combo slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing: "Right! That makes sense!"

"Boss, I'm going outside to test it!"

After saying this, the big white bear didn't even bother to say thanks, turned around excitedly, and ran toward the elevator with heavy steps.

However, Devil Muscle Thor did not run out with him.

He stood in place, rubbed his hands together, looked up, and stared at Lin Li with an expectant and sycophantic expression: "Hehe... Boss. Look, although I didn't get on the instrument, I've been running around helping out. If I haven't earned any credit, at least I've put in the effort. Do I have any mission rewards?"

Lin Li looked at this player who refused to miss out on any benefits and thought for a moment.

It just so happened that he had just infused a standard power sword with Warp properties.

Now he needed someone to take it for a real-world test to see the enchantment effect.

Lin Li reached back and pulled a plain-looking, standard-issue power sword—one without any flashy decorations on the blade—from the weapon rack and handed it to Devil Muscle Thor.

"This is a weapon with special Warp properties."

Lin Li instructed him solemnly, "I am entrusting it to you now; you must go to the wilderness and conduct the most comprehensive real-world test on it!"

Devil Muscle Thor took the longsword, puffed out his unremarkable chest in excitement, and answered loudly: "Yes! I guarantee I will complete the test mission!"

Afterward, he hugged the power sword tightly and ran out like a gust of wind.

...

The two left the gate of Shelter one after another.

After meeting up in the plaza, they discussed the matter.

Because major cities and fortresses on the Outpost Planet were currently densely packed with Blackstone Matrix defense lines to prevent Warp instability.

It was impossible to test Psyker powers here.

Therefore, the two hit it off immediately, spent points to rent a civilian shuttle, and decided to head to the Prison Planet to conduct the experiment.

The shuttle had just lifted off, left the atmosphere of the Outpost Planet and the coverage of the blackstone matrices, and entered the pitch-black space.

"Hum—!"

Wu A Level Combo suddenly shuddered! His eyes instantly lit up with a piercing, ghostly blue light.

At this moment, it felt as if someone had instantly stuffed a hundred aunties arguing in a wet market into his mind!

Countless chaotic, sharp, and indescribable whispers were screaming incessantly in his brain nerves!

"It's here, it's here!" Wu A Level Combo was not afraid; instead, he excitedly clenched his bear paws. "Is this the Warp whisper that those master mages on the forum talked about? Wow! This immersion is freaking awesome!"

Meanwhile, Devil Muscle Thor, sitting opposite him, was surprised to discover that the plain-looking power sword he had placed on his lap had actually started to automatically emit a layer of flowing dark golden light on the surface of the blade!

"Wow, wow, wow! Brother Bear, look at my weapon!" Devil Muscle Thor pointed at the longsword and shouted, "It's glowing!"

Wu A Level Combo clutched his buzzing head and waved his hand irritably: "Stop shouting here, okay! It's just a sword with a glowing texture; what's there to make such a fuss about? Don't disturb me while I'm experiencing these high-level whispers."

The shuttle soon arrived at the spaceport of the Prison Planet.

The two got off the ship and ran straight to the Gobi desert outside the city, preparing to flex their muscles and test their new abilities.

Wu A Level Combo had already repeatedly familiarized himself with the strategy posts shared by high-level Psyker players on the forum.

Including how to conduct the initial guidance and activation, how to build Psyker circuits, and so on.

He found a huge rock and sat down cross-legged.

Following the guide from the forum masters, he closed his eyes and began trying to sort out and accept the chaotic whispers and emotions in his mind.

After a long while, Wu A Level Combo's bear eyes snapped open! Two tangible beams of blue Psyker light burst forth from his eyes!

"Zzzzt—!"

A circle of thick, blue-violet bio-electricity bloomed outward in all directions, centered on the massive body of Wu A Level Combo, like an exploding electric net.

The violent, high-voltage current crackled in the surrounding air, and even the surface of the gravel on the ground was scorched black by the electricity!

"Hahaha! It worked!" Wu A Level Combo looked at his hands and laughed wildly.

Devil Muscle Thor, standing in the distance, watched the bio-electricity constantly surging along the two thick arms of this big bear, as well as the two lines of blood slowly spilling from its eyes due to the excessive Psyker pressure.

"Good heavens!" Devil Muscle Thor swallowed hard, "This time you really played yourself into a bear!"

Wu A Level Combo completely ignored the envious and jealous gaze of Devil Muscle Thor.

He stretched his muscles and bones, excitedly talking to himself: "Hmm! I reckon that if this Psyker electricity is compressed, it should be able to form a ring shield to block long-range attacks. If it's directly attached to my claws, a basic attack would definitely come with that kind of chain lightning splash AOE effect!"

Thinking is doing! Thus, Wu A Level Combo acted like a child who had just received a new toy.

On this desolate Gobi beach, he began to release the lightning Psyker power he had just acquired over and over again.

He completely ignored the intense stinging pain and backlash coming from deep within his brain due to the high-intensity spellcasting.

"Take my 100,000 volts!"

"Take another five-whip lightning strike!"

Until half an hour later, Wu A Level Combo released the last dazzling lightning ball.

Then... his massive body suddenly stiffened, and with a "thud," he fell face-first into the sand and soil, motionless.

Devil Muscle Thor cautiously approached, kicked his stomach with his foot, and discovered that this guy had already died suddenly from excessive Psyker overdraft, leading to a ruptured cerebral blood vessel, and had been forced offline.

"..." Devil Muscle Thor was stunned and complained, "Is this guy's spell addiction really that high? He's literally risking his life to set off fireworks."

While Wu A Level Combo was frantically training his Psyker powers, Devil Muscle Thor was naturally not idle; he found some hard metal debris on the side to test the enchanted longsword in his hand.

But to his slight regret, apart from some very cool golden light effects appearing on the blade, this weapon did not seem to display any other special functions like world-destroying power or firing sword energy.

Striking metal was still just physical cutting.

"Looks like it's just a cosmetic weapon with added light effects." When Devil Muscle Thor thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a bold plan to get something for free popped into his head!

"Hey! That's not right!" Devil Muscle Thor excitedly touched the hilt, "Boss only told me to come out for testing, but didn't specify a return time! As long as this weapon is always in a testing state, can't I justifiably keep not returning it to the Boss?!"

"This is equivalent to getting an unidentified glowing weapon for free! Wow, wow, wow! Awesome! Gotta run!"

...

Meanwhile, underground in Shelter. Sitting in the main control room waiting for a whole day, Lin Li didn't see a ghost of a shadow.

These two players who had sworn to go test did not send back any news at all.

It wasn't until after dinner, when Lin Li habitually opened the official forum to browse, that he saw a smug, show-off post by Wu A Level Combo among the hot posts on the homepage.

The post detailed the process of how he successfully awakened lightning Psyker powers through a hidden quest, showing off.

Below the post, naturally, was a group of players who hadn't awakened, frantically expressing their envy, jealousy, and hatred.

At the same time, many people started with conspiracy theories, seriously suspecting whether this white bear had some unknown, dirty back-door deal with the official dog developers. Why was he the only one given special treatment to awaken?

In order to preserve his clean reputation as a faction leader and game developer.

Lin Li quickly switched accounts and used the official developer ID [Immortal Lin] to post a pinned reply below: "Players, please do not spread rumors. The Psyker awakening system is currently in a small-scale gray-box testing phase and will be gradually opened up later. Everyone, please be patient!"

After replying, Lin Li flipped through the forum for a long time but didn't find any weapon test data posts from Devil Muscle Thor.

"That guy probably took the sword and ran off to some corner to secretly fight monsters and test it."

Lin Li shook his head and simply closed the forum.

After finishing the official business at hand, Lin Li stretched and was about to head out to the monastery to find Frannie to spend a wonderful evening and cultivate their relationship.

Just at this moment, the voice of Iron Man 73 suddenly sounded in the encrypted channel, interrupting his plans.

"Creator, the detection network has detected abnormal fluctuations. Two native inhabitants seem to be showing strong signs of Psyker awakening!"

Lin Li stopped and said casually: "If they awaken, they awaken. Same old rules: let the guards register them, then pack them up and send them to our Psyker training class for unified management, as long as they don't get possessed by demons."

"Creator."

"These two natives are people you are very familiar with; they are the sisters Rhine and Willow."

Hearing these two long-lost names, the step Lin Li had just taken stopped dead in mid-air.

Rhine and Willow?

Two thin and frail figures instantly appeared in Lin Li's mind.

Those were the two sisters who, when he had just transmigrated into this cruel universe and was starving to death on the wasteland, risked danger to share half a piece of dry ration with him and saved his life.

Later, the settlement where they lived was ruthlessly slaughtered by Orks.

Lin Li took them back and settled them in Shelter, which was just getting started.

As Shelter grew stronger and busier later on, the two girls naturally entered the school run by the alliance to study knowledge in peace.

During the various wars and construction in the late stages, Lin Li was too busy to spare any time, so he rarely paid attention to the lives of these two young girls anymore.

Unexpectedly, they actually awakened Psyker powers at this time!

Lin Li took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "Where are they now?"

"Creator, they are currently at the alliance branch school in Red Lake Town," 73 replied.

"Red Lake Town?" Lin Li frowned.

Due to its remote location, Red Lake Town was the largest settlement farthest from the core area of Shelter.

What was worse was that Red Lake Town had actually always been self-managed by a group of relatively moderate civilian Psykers.

Although Red Lake Town was also a member of the Spark Alliance, the Psykers there, in order to preserve their environment for practicing Psyker powers, had always been resistant to the alliance installing those blackstone matrices used to isolate Warp energy around the town!

This meant that the Warp barrier over at Red Lake Town was very weak.

Once two untrained beginners lost control and awakened there, the resulting Psyker storm would likely attract a large number of Warp demons instantly!

"This is dangerous!" Lin Li turned around without hesitation, abandoning his plan to go find Frannie.