Emotional memories were often particularly deep, but they were often distorted. From Luo Nan's impression, he had taken a step back. It was a true reaction of his mind. But the analysis of this quintessential post was reasonable and convincing. This created a contradiction.
"Should I believe the data, or should I believe my feelings?"
Luo Nan believed the former for now, but he still harbored some doubts. He continued to read, hoping to find a more decisive and convincing reason.
The group of braggers was exposed when they replied to this point. They had a tendency to turn back to the main topic with great difficulty, but not long after, the following comments veered off the mark. The reason was that an ID called Unchangeable Gold had sent an emoticon of someone pinching their fingers fiercely. He added three simple words:
"I was wondering!"
This Unchangeable Gold was certainly a public figure. After his reply appeared, a long string of comments directly quoted the contents of his speech. It had become the center of the topic.
"Boss Gold has been exposed!"
"Queen Wu, Queen Wu, be careful of the hooligan!"
"So that's how it is!"
"Gold has always been like this!"
"Boss Gold, represent Headquarters in an expedition to Xia City!"
Most of these comments were from three years ago. They called out Her Majesty Empress Wu's nickname from back in the day. The atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.
But this was not the most explosive point. A dozen or so messages later, a certain ID replied with the same quote from Unchangeable Gold. The content was even simpler. It was just a string of ellipses.
But it was this simple symbol that caused a group of bored people to clamor as they pounced over. They replied one after another in remembrance. It was no wonder that they were not calm. The person who came later was the true source of all evil, the instigator of all evil.
Wu Ming.
No one knew what happened back then. The current ID of Her Majesty Empress Wu was dyed with the most distinguished purple-gold color of the Society. She was the symbol of a veteran, a powerful person, and a person with real authority in the Society.
After she personally replied, the comments below truly exploded. One could vaguely feel the fiery atmosphere of the time from the dense overlapping of the messages.
But strangely enough, there were still people who came to pay homage to this temporary hot spot.
Luo Nan scrolled to the end and saw that the latter half of the replies were mostly, "Boss Gold is dead. Burn incense if you have something to do." "Ambition is not far. The soul has returned." "I don't believe that Boss Gold has disappeared. Sit and wait."
Missing? The range of public figures who had been missing for three years was very small.
Luo Nan subconsciously opened up Unexchangeable Gold's personal page. The entire page was gray in color, but the information of his rank, position, achievements, and honor were all preserved. Looking at it this way, it was easy to understand. Back then, Director Jin was most likely a purple-gold certified person, which meant that he was the branch president, the headquarters' deputy secretary, and a senior elder. Among this group of people, the strength of B class was considered low. The real ones were B + or even A class, which was the level of Extraordinaries.
However, he had been missing for many years, so he must have missed the qualification certification process that was held once every ten years. The relevant benefits were temporarily frozen, and the display of his ID had also become ordinary. Only this locked page and the old posts from back then had some traces left.
Luo Nan really did seem to have heard of this before. It was most likely in Bamboo Pole's "Notes on the Most Important People of the World" course. It shouldn't have been listed separately, but... Luo Nan recalled that there had been an extremely famous case of Extraordinaries going missing in recent years.
The Maple Pavilion case.
Luo Nan flipped through the information given to him by Bamboo Pole. His memories from the class became clear.
This Mr. Unexchangeable Gold was indeed a legendary character. Rumor had it that he was one of the first capital tycoons to strike it rich after the war. He had a net worth of hundreds of millions, but he had awakened to extraordinary powers by chance. He had been infatuated with them ever since, so much so that he had spent all of his wealth in order to take a step forward in cultivation.
Perhaps the heavens had been moved by his determination to spend money, or perhaps the extraordinary powers he had awakened to were truly astonishing. He had advanced to become an Extraordinaire in the eighties, becoming one of the most apex existences on the planet.
After that, he resumed his old business and entered the sea of business. He opened a chain of hotels called the Maple Pavilion. He had brains and the status of an Extraordinaire. He had opened hotels all over the world in a short few years, rushing to enter the top hundred. His net worth was even greater than when he had first made his fortune.
By now, no matter how one looked at it, this Mr. Unexchangeable Gold was a true winner in life. His experiences were wonderful and perfect.
However, normal people couldn't understand the world of great experts. It was unknown what Unexchangeable Gold was thinking. He felt that it wasn't enough to open the Maple Pavilion hotels in the eighty-eight metropolitan areas of the world. He began to operate hotels in the wilderness to do business with vagrants.
In the beginning, he really did succeed in a few operations. He gained quite a bit of reputation among the vagrants. However, three years ago, he rushed to the wilderness to inspect a new location for his hotel. He suddenly encountered an accident and went missing.
According to the results of the investigation at the time, the location where Unexchangeable Gold went missing was a mountainous area of nearly two thousand square kilometers. The force of the impact pierced through the earth's crust, detonating dormant volcanoes and changing the terrain.
The power of an Extraordinaire was terrifying, but it was useless. Those who should have gone missing had gone missing. Bamboo Pole mentioned Unexchangeable Gold during class. He wanted Luo Nan to understand that even an Extraordinaire wasn't an omnipotent god.
Coincidentally, the specific time of Unexchangeable Gold's disappearance and the time of his reply were 24 hours apart. These were the last traces of him in public before he left the metropolitan area and entered the wilderness.
In a certain sense, these words could be considered his last words.
Luo Nan finally understood the reason for the abnormal number of replies to a boring topic. In the end, it was because of this. There was clearly a closing song of a tortuous legend hidden within.
"Sigh …." Luo Nan was no exception. He sighed and closed the analysis thread with dull interest. He didn't want to look at it for the time being.
If a young man with the highest goal in life was to become an Extraordinaire, he would be depressed for an entire day and night upon encountering such a thing. Luckily, Luo Nan's goal was a bit distant from this field. He adjusted himself a bit and stopped looking at the thread. There were other things he could refer to.
Luo Nan hadn't looked at the handouts and notes that Papercut had sent him. He planned to spend half the afternoon to understand them. He never expected to discover that this handout actually revolved around the recording of reality after flipping it open. It was tightly integrated.
There was nothing to say. Luo Nan could only activate reality and link to reading mode at the same time. He began to work hard.
Of course, the handout only brushed over the first few interludes. It mainly started from the moment he discovered the pleated wild boar and entered combat mode.
Sure enough, it was just as Papercut said. Her Majesty Empress Wu's personal explanation of the handout was much more detailed. It was also much more profound than the elite replies seen online.
In the morning, Luo Nan used a mere two hours to train the Condensation Ring to a certain level. Because of this, he had some doubts about the technical difficulty and actual combat power of the entire "Dripping Sword".
But when Luo Nan saw the handouts personally produced by Her Majesty Empress Wu, he had to reflect on his own shallow understanding.
Not only did Her Majesty Empress Wu give a thorough analysis of the Condensation Ring and the five auxiliary structures, she also mentioned many of the thoughts she had when making the video. She also added many application techniques, touching upon all kinds of combat environments, unexpected situations, variations of techniques, and so on.
From what Luo Nan could sense, Her Majesty Empress Wu used the Condensation Ring as a foundation. She could add or subtract auxiliary structures at will. She could even add or subtract the Condensation Ring itself. Her Majesty Empress Wu revolved around the two vitals of the enemy, the eyes and the mouth. She could transform into a dozen major categories and hundreds and thousands of killing techniques.
Luo Nan didn't quite understand the other categories, but there was a part that involved the nervous system. Just a few words were enough to make his forehead sweat. A small water droplet, through various ways of stimulating the nerves, could achieve seven or eight effects such as death, hallucination, paralysis, torture, and so on.
Every move was highly maneuverable … as long as one's control ability was up to standard. Such endless transformations, it was simply inconceivable.
It was a pity. It was a pity that Papercut had no talent in this area and wasn't very interested. The notes he recorded were a bit superficial. It wasn't very satisfying to look at them.
Luo Nan hated himself for feeling guilty last night. He just wanted to dodge He Yueyin's warning. Not only did he not get the Heart Searing Blade video archive, he even skipped over the Dripping Sword.
He read the handouts and notes from beginning to end, but he was not satisfied and wanted to read them again.
He didn't expect to find another video at the end of the notes. It wasn't long, only two or three minutes. It was President Ouyang's concluding speech. Papercut had recorded it on the spur of the moment.
At that time, there were more than a hundred people sitting in the circular conference room. They were the backbone of the branch. Luo Nan looked around and found a few familiar faces.
In the center of the conference room stood Ouyang Chen and Her Majesty the Martial Empress. Slightly to the side, Old Man You sat in a wheelchair, occupying a corner. The three heavyweights of Xia City appeared in unison. The standard of this intermediate training class was already top-notch.
This made Luo Nan look forward to next year's spring training class even more.
Generally speaking, the host's speech, the concluding speech, and the like should be relatively empty. They were heavy on flattery and had no substantive content. At first glance, Ouyang Chen's path was also like this. However, his evaluation method and focus were quite to Luo Nan's liking.
This was what President Ouyang had said, "Fifty years have been spent on contemporary research on supernatural powers, from nothing to the current classification. In this period of time, the number of applied techniques alone has exceeded seventy thousand. Mud and sand have fallen, and fish and dragons are mixed together. I recognize the vast majority of these techniques, but I don't believe that they have any practical value that can be passed down for a long time.
"These applied techniques are either simple and crude. Some are tedious and complex. Some are profound and abstruse. There are few exceptions. In the future, we will probably only see them in museums. Through them, we can feel this era of barbaric growth.
"But a year ago, I saw the Dripping Sword released by Lady Wu. Its usage requirements aren't high, and its consumption isn't great. The vast majority of Awakened on the mental side can use it. However, it isn't a simple matter to use it well, to use it fully, and to use it to a high standard.
"After today's lesson, I am even more convinced that this simple technique can completely squeeze out the potential of an Awakened. It can exhaust the imagination of an Architect. Even if one reaches the level of an Extraordinary, one can still unearth valuable topics from this technique."
The conference room in the video was in a bit of an uproar. Clearly, the participants were somewhat unable to accept President Ouyang's high evaluation.
Ouyang Chen then gave his explanation, "It looks like the Dripping Sword doesn't touch upon anything essential. But by relying on the six simple structures of the mental interfering with the material plane, it has realized far too many changes. It is like the basic material elements can form the entire world."
"We should also take note of the Condensation Ring at its most core position. It has an inconceivable possibility. On the microscopic plane, it achieves the highly efficient collection of water molecules through an extremely concise structure. It can completely replace the microscopic ability of Extraordinaries.
"Why is it like this? I have yet to come to a conclusion, but this technique of going from simple to complex, from complex to simple, and switching between simple and complex at will is extremely mature, complete, and high-level. So much so that I believe that this is the result of a hundred years in advance. As far as the present stage is concerned, there is no way to increase or decrease it. There is nothing to nitpick about. "
"As a user, I can know how it is, but I don't know why it is. But as a researcher, I must bow and pay my respects to this genius and exquisite design."
Then President Ouyang really did turn around. He bowed his back toward the faintly smiling Her Majesty Empress Wu.
The video ended here.
"... Truly kickass." Luo Nan gave this crude praise to both Her Majesty Empress Wu and to President Ouyang.
Using an imprecise expression, a water molecule had a diameter of approximately 0.4 nanometers. Even though Luo Nan's soul strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, his precision was barely able to touch the micron level. There was still quite a bit of distance from the nanometer scale.
Under normal circumstances, Luo Nan did not know how long it would take for him to effectively collect water molecules by relying solely on his soul strength.
But now, a tiny basic structure had accomplished this. Luo Nan was unable to figure out the mysteries within with his current level of knowledge, no matter how hard he tried.
The puzzlement was hard to resolve, but it was also full of admiration. So much so that Luo Nan had a thought. It seemed that bowing to this legendary lady was not unacceptable.
Another afternoon passed after Luo Nan finished reading the handouts and notes. The Condensation Ring gathered a small bead of water by Luo Nan's side. It was the size of a fingertip. This was already the limit of its volume.
According to Her Majesty Empress Wu, Luo Nan's usage belonged to the thankless type. However, even that legendary lady would never imagine that Luo Nan possessed a production line that produced an unending stream of soul strength.
When the 'in' and the 'out' were completely disproportionate, there was no need to 'measure' anymore. It was fine as long as he was willful.
With a slight stir of his thoughts, the bead of water he controlled was like a sword pill from a novel. It leaped and flew, coming and going freely in the room, doing as he pleased.
The materialization of supernatural abilities gave him a greater sense of achievement compared to the soundless "siege hammer".
There was only half a day left in his closed-door cultivation. His plans could not keep up with the changes. Luo Nan's cultivation plan was far from reaching his expectations in order to clean up his mess.
The Dripping Sword had become the most unexpected harvest. It should be firmly grasped. What? The star atlas of the Format Pyramid? Wouldn't that be a huge problem?
In any case, Luo Nan had already developed a deep interest in the Dripping Sword. He even had feelings for it.
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