It had been four days since they started living in this strange Wasteland village.
The past four days had been peaceful and quiet, to the point of boredom.
Gao Qi and Anna did not leave the house for the past four days. Only Niu Lidong would walk around the house every day, placing the remaining directional grenade here and tomorrow at a different location.
Gao Qi deliberately distanced himself from the Wastelanders because he did not need to be friendly with them. Fear of authority and not kindness was a common trait among the Wastelanders, and Gao Qi did not need to find Wastelanders to be his followers.
Mark would send fresh meat every day, and then wheat flour, corn flour, or potatoes. The food was monotonous, but it was not lacking. Other than the indescribable taste, there was nothing to complain about.
So what had Gao Qi been doing these past few days? He was thinking.
What were the similarities and differences between magic and supernatural abilities? Just this point alone took Gao Qi three days.
The biggest difference between magic and special abilities was that magic was a mature system of knowledge. From identifying whether or not a person had the talent to learn magic, and then determining what type of magic a person was suitable to learn, after confirming all of this, the person with the talent could learn step by step from the basic knowledge, from magic apprentice to beginner, advanced, master, archmage, and even archmage. These were all mature systems that allowed people to slowly learn step by step.
Then, Magicians had many auxiliary methods to strengthen the power of magic, such as magic arrays, spells, and some materials that could be used to increase the power of magic. There were too many to mention.
But supernatural abilities were different. Everything about supernatural abilities was uncontrollable and unstable. If magic was a mature system of knowledge, then supernatural abilities were a system of pure experience.
Every paranormal had their own experience, but they couldn't pass it on to others. This made it very difficult to spread and learn their abilities.
Now, Gao Qi could confirm that both Magicians and supernatural abilities required extremely high mental strength. This was the foundation of everything.
At Tom's place, Gao Qi finally made a major discovery about Awakening.
Tom's Awakening process was completed under Gao Qi's influence, and Gao Qi also decided the direction of Tom's Awakening. But most importantly, Gao Qi made the very dangerous Awakening process simpler and safer.
But Tom's Awakening was a matter of course. All Gao Qi did was guide and push, but he could not make an ordinary person Awaken without any foundation.
The main problem Gao Qi wanted to solve now was how to find a supernatural with potential. He did not care what happened to Tom that gave him the conditions for Awakening, because this was talent. The child of a Magician would not necessarily become a Magician, and the child of a supernatural ability would not necessarily become a Magician.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. Awakening was the first stage that all supernatural faced, and it was also the most dangerous stage. But when it reached the Awakening stage, it was too late to influence it.
More importantly, before Awakening, how to find a person with potential and influence them before they Awakened as a supernatural, or before they had a higher probability of failing the Awakening and becoming a mutant, and through a certain amount of learning, they could become a supernatural.
In layman's terms, Gao Qi wanted to be a teacher in a kindergarten for supernatural beings, not to establish a university for supernatural beings.
But Gao Qi was stuck at the step of how to find a supernatural being with potential.
Now, Bernhard was the one who had the deepest understanding of supernatural abilities, because he had discovered a supernatural ability detector that could successfully detect supernatural beings and mutants. But as for the core secret of the detector, no one except Bernhard knew.
Magic screened talented people from ordinary people, and it relied on a kind of crystal. If the person had a high affinity with magic, it would be reflected in the crystal's reaction. This was the first step of screening, but the spiritual power determined the upper limit of a Magician, and it determined the final achievement of a Magician.
There were many ways to test the strength of the spiritual power. There were mature magic items and mature observation systems. The simplest way was to teach a magic apprentice a magic rune, and see if they could use their spiritual power to draw this rune, and if they could use this magic rune to release a simple spell. Even if it only caused a magic fluctuation, it could also test the strength of the spiritual power to a certain extent.
After three days, Gao Qi came up with this idea.
On the morning of the fourth day, Gao Qi wanted to verify whether his idea was correct.
Anna was Gao Qi's only experimental subject.
"I'm not good at math, and I'm terrible at science, so my logical thinking is very poor. So there are some key questions that I still don't understand."
Gao Qi took out an energy core and said seriously, "I'm sure that this world doesn't have Mana, but I can use this energy core as Mana. I still don't understand this, can you?" Gao Qi nodded and said, "I'm sure that this world doesn't have Mana, but I can use this energy core as Mana.
Anna thought for a while and said, "It's like plants through photosynthesis, combining sunlight and water into organic matter. I think the energy core may be like sunlight or water to you. Anyway, it can be used after it's transformed in your body. I've always thought so."
Gao Qi was stunned for a while, and suddenly said, "Yes, your idea is very interesting. Well, it's like this, after a few days of thinking, I came up with a way to test the strength of the spiritual power. I hope you can give it a try."
Anna said with interest, "Oh? Is it magic or special ability? "
"The combination of magic and special ability. My idea is that since there is no magic in this world, but you can use an energy core to release magic, then the energy core and magic runes can be used together, and the spiritual power is the catalyst. If you can make the magic runes and the energy core react, then it means that the strength of your spiritual power is relatively high."
Anna said with interest, "And then?"
"Then I made a magic scroll, a very simple one that even Magician's Apprentice can activate, and then I added an energy core."
Gao Qi took out a piece of paper, but it was blank.
"This is just a piece of white paper."
Gao Qi smiled and said, "I can already make magic scrolls without the help of magic items, of course, the most basic and simple kind. Now, on this piece of paper is a magic rune that I drew with my spiritual power. If you can ignite it, then it means that your spiritual power is relatively high, at least to the point where it can awaken on its own in the future. Oh, do you want to give it a try?"
Gao Qi put the white paper on the table, and then put an energy core on it. He stretched out his hand and said, "Come, give it a try, give it a try."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
