Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 921 Lifelong Enemy

Because superpowers are full of uncertainty when they first awaken, and are easy to lose control of, and there have been cases of hypnosis, hallucination, X-ray vision, and invisibility due to moral deficiencies, the superpower academy was moved directly to a small mountain valley in the suburbs. Within a radius of thirty miles, there was not even a dog, let alone a person. What's worse, they even put up a seven- or eight-meter-high barbed wire fence, which was just short of planting mines outside.

Despite its remote location, the benefits are outrageously high, such as a two-story detached villa for four people, a private bathroom with a jacuzzi, high-end internet and computers, and a monthly shopping allowance.

In other words, once you arrive, not only will you not have to spend money on food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation, but as long as you don't exceed your monthly allowance, shopping will also be free.

There are reasons for such high treatment. In addition to the rarity of talented individuals, it also takes into account that each student's family situation is different.

They've already awakened superpowers, yet they're forced to work part-time to support themselves. If they happen to encounter a few fools and have another bad day, it wouldn't be surprising if they end up as a supervillain. After all, superpowers are quite subjective; the saying goes, "turning evil makes you ten times stronger, turning good makes you three times weaker." This isn't without precedent, which is why they receive such high treatment.

It is said that every special regulation has a tragic precedent. Yan Xu looked up at the sky and wished his seniors a safe journey. He added that he would enjoy the good fortune for them.

The happy times of shopping and playing are always short-lived. Before we knew it, school started. However, there were only a few dozen people in the entire Superpower Department, and a third of them were international students. I was speechless.

Given the population size, there shouldn't be so few people with superpowers, right?

After combining the knowledge from the three major categories of science, biology, and psionics, Yan Xu arrived at a relatively reasonable explanation.

The reason why there are so few people with superpowers in ASEAN is mainly due to their living environment, which has led to the weakening or absorption of these abilities.

Over the past century, martial arts and spiritual practice have permeated every aspect of this country. Things like Tai Chi steamed buns, Shaolin foot soldiers, sunflower acupuncture, Jiuyin bathhouse, and the Jade Maiden Sword Dance Troupe have become commonplace.

Now, because of the extra points for the middle school and college entrance exams, even if people don't plan to take this path in the future, they will start enrolling in a bunch of tutoring and extracurricular classes from elementary school.

Martial arts strengthens the body's vital energy, while cultivation condenses the spirit. Once these two foundations are established, there is little fertile ground for the awakening and growth of superpowers. Instead, they transform into one's own innate talents in martial arts and cultivation, such as superhuman strength, a body of steel, lightness as a swallow, lightning-fast eyes, and photographic memory. These are all manifestations of superpowers.

The benefits are obvious: rather than awakening weak and uncertain or powerful and uncontrollable superpowers, it is better to transform them into talents in martial arts and cultivation.

In this way, there will be no limit to the superpowers, nor will there be so many limitations.

Yan Xu had heard that some superpowered individuals had abilities that were rather useless, so they had to cultivate martial arts and Taoist arts as well, otherwise they would really be useless.

Superpowers come in all shapes and sizes, and without enough precedents to refer to, one can only figure them out on their own, so it's normal that they end up with something that's neither fish nor fowl.

This is also why ASEAN universities hire Western professors and agree to accept international students.

However, there are successful examples. Yan Xu remembers reading a newspaper that his parents brought him when he was a child. It said that there was a three-eyed child who was not only a genius in martial arts, but also awakened powerful superpowers.

It is said that as soon as he awakened, the divine eye that opened between his forehead emitted a beam of light that reached the heavens and the earth, which startled the entire ASEAN region. In the end, he was personally accepted as a disciple by a Taoist master.

This incident caused quite a stir at the time. Yan Xu was constantly lectured by his parents to work hard, strive, and look up to others.

He nearly became depressed and from then on regarded the other party as his lifelong enemy.

Unfortunately, such geniuses with innate immortality are a once-in-a-century occurrence, leaving ordinary geniuses as mere mortals with nothing but envy.

Although there are fewer students in the Superpower Department, all the necessary procedures are included and even more comprehensive, such as military training.

The people in charge of training them were no ordinary soldiers. Judging from their demeanor, they were like elite soldiers. Moreover, the training wasn't just about standing at attention and marching; there was a lot of practical training involved. From cross-country running to hand-to-hand combat, from shooting to dismantling equipment, they were trained like regular soldiers. Not only were there plenty of pistol and rifle ammunition, but they were also given real experience with machine guns and rocket launchers.

God knows why they need to learn these things. If they really come in handy, then the future will be quite exciting.

The following courses devoted a significant portion to ideological education and moral character development, and this was no exception for international students. In fact, they studied even more diligently, looking as if they wanted to join the Young Pioneers.

The remaining courses mostly covered various theories about superpowers, followed by subjects like physics and chemistry, giving the impression of trying to analyze superpowers scientifically.

However, apart from stricter requirements on moral character to avoid new regulations, other subjects are more flexible and rely entirely on the students' self-discipline.

The main reason is that superpowered individuals have all sorts of abilities, and there is no unified training method. At most, it is a matter of practice makes perfect, so as to avoid losing control and making mistakes.

Yan Xu thought it made a lot of sense, and with his head full of newfound knowledge, he enrolled in a few courses.

The Superpower Department doesn't have many teachers, so students mainly attend classes via video and ask professors questions online after class.

Besides requiring sufficient self-discipline in learning, the teaching qualifications were absolutely top-notch, which greatly accelerated Yan Xu's absorption of that knowledge.

After completing the initial sorting, Yan Xu also figured out some ways and techniques to utilize his own abilities, mainly focusing on flesh and blood mutation and biochemical modification.

However, he was hesitant to use this thing on himself, as he knew his application would not be approved and he might even become a target of close monitoring.

To avoid the emergence of new regulations, and also for my own advancement, I have no choice but to ask my roommate to make a sacrifice.

The villa wasn't full; besides him, there were only two other people.

One of them, Huang Bo, was a tech-savvy young man who was incredibly skilled at using tissues. Although he was a prolific reader, he possessed a wealth of intellectual nourishment, making him very popular among the boys. He was like a godfather to them, the kind of guy who would thank them every time they drew the curtains or locked the door.

His superpowers are accelerated thinking and rapid self-healing. He can speed up his thinking several times, similar to bullet time, and his rapid self-healing makes him immune to the side effects of accelerated thinking.

The brain is a very sophisticated organ, so the aftereffects of accelerated thinking are not as simple as low blood sugar. Each use produces a special toxin, and if it weren't for its self-healing ability, it would have died long ago.

But God opened a window for him, but locked the door. Huang Bo's thin frame and uncoordinated movements rendered his talent to become a top assassin useless.

My second roommate is April Garner, an international student from the League, nicknamed Bounce Bomb, whose superpower is rubber-like, similar to Mr. Fantastic.

By the way, although his biological sex is male, he identifies as female, so he is a cross-dresser. In the League, he likes to use his flexibility to impersonate a hot girl and seduce cute boys into making mistakes that men would make.

Anyway, as long as he keeps it well hidden, those men will never know what they've offended.

In the league, he would be assigned to the girls' dormitory, but here, he could only live with men. In a way, wasn't that a kind of happiness?

April's abilities also have some flaws. For example, his flexibility is far less than that of Mr. Fantastic in the comics. He is more like a silicone man, meaning he has flexibility, but it is not that strong. His ability is more evident in absorbing impacts.

(End of this chapter)