Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 41 "Heart Network"

"Second son of the Kong family, stop messing around! This is not the place for you to throw a tantrum. Since this is your first time, let it go this time, but don't cause trouble for me again." The man who was standing on top of the Xiezhi's head just now suddenly flashed here and said to Kong Junxi.

Kong Junxi was about to retort when he saw the moonlight shining on the man's head and the iconic glowing head, so he immediately shut his mouth.

Seeing this, Yuan Ze immediately guessed the man's identity and bowed respectfully, "Hello, Lord City Lord."

"Well, Yuanze, hello to you too." The city lord nodded slightly in response.

Kong Junxi was indignant and secretly cursed Yuanze for being favored by the city lord while he himself could not even get a little face. In his mind, although the city lord had a noble status, it was nothing compared to the Kong family.

However, the city lord seemed to see through his thoughts and showed displeasure: "Kong Junxi, you'd better put away your dissatisfaction. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. If you dare to act rashly again, don't blame me for being rude."

"Lock them up for a few days. After all, they cannot challenge Xiezhi's authority. The three rules are also the foundation of the Free City."

The city lord was slightly startled, and then his handsome brows relaxed: "You are smart. You didn't forget to find a reason for me."

The city lord clapped his hands lightly, and an invisible force immediately restrained those troublemakers and made them unable to move. Even the "little ghosts" hiding nearby were not spared.

As for Kong Junxi, who looked bright on the outside but was actually dirty on the inside, his mouth was sealed by this force and he could only twist in pain on the ground like a struggling maggot.

"Someone will come to deal with them later." After the city lord said this, he gently lifted up Yuanze and the masked man with an invisible force, and instantly returned to the office above Xiezhi's head.

"Ouch, you threw me again." Yuanze stood up awkwardly, brushing off the dust on his body while muttering, "You all do this, can't you be more gentle?"

“Hahaha.” The city lord laughed out loud. “The hero of B03 can look like this. Who would believe it if I told anyone else?”

"I can't bear this honor. This honor doesn't belong to me."

"Alas, what a pity." The city lord sighed softly, then used his mental power to lift up three cups, filled them with happy water, and handed them to the two people.

Yuan Ze took the cup hesitantly: "Lord City Lord, can you read my mind?"

He found that his perception of "flow" seemed to be useless in front of the city lord. This feeling made him feel a little uneasy, as if he was running naked with no secrets.

"You have also unlocked the spiritual gene lock in advance, and so have I." The city lord drank the happy water and took another glass.

The city lord smiled slightly and put down the cup in his hand: "My ability is the 'heart net', which can sense other people's emotions and thoughts. But don't worry, I will not pry into other people's privacy at will."

"As for Kong Junxi, he did deserve it, but considering that he is a member of the Kong family, I will still give him a chance to reform. Of course, this is not because I want to favor him, but out of consideration for the overall situation."

"Humph, you wanted to let him go from the beginning."

"That's true, but the world of adults is not that simple. After all, Xincheng and the Kong family are about to have a big cooperation. But later, he cursed me in his heart, so I thought of using your words to lock him up."

"Didn't I offend you, too?"

"You sharp-tongued little fellow, you are exactly like your master when he was young." The city lord did not pay attention to his words but smiled instead.

"You two know each other?"

"Of course I know him, we're old friends. My name is Zhang Zhisheng, you can call me City Lord Zhang. We've been playing together since we were young, and we both have deep connections with the Zhang and Li families."

Seeing that Yuan Ze was still looking at him doubtfully, the city lord knew what he was thinking, so he pointed at the masked man and said, "Take off the mask and let him see your true face."

The masked man hesitated for a moment, but finally took off his mask. When Yuanze saw his true face, he was stunned and suddenly became tense.

"Hahaha, we are acquaintances, right?" The city lord laughed. "Now you should believe me."

Yuan Ze shook his head helplessly: "I really admire you, City Lord Zhang."

"Okay, you guys go out first. I have something to talk to him alone." The city lord signaled the masked man to leave. The masked man was very impatient. He turned around and left without stopping for a moment, leaving behind only the sound of "bang".

As the door was closed, the curtains were also pulled up following City Lord Zhang's mental power.

"Your master has finally found himself again."

"Ah."

"He arranged something for me. Do you want to know?" City Lord Zhang looked at him with a smile, not looking like a city lord at all.

"Don't keep me in suspense, City Lord Zhang." "You should be able to see this."

Yuanze could indeed see strands of silk radiating outward from City Lord Zhang's shiny head.

“I can see the shiny…”

"I don't like to hear that. Say it again."

"..."

Yuanze couldn't understand it. This city lord was a powerful person who was above the Nirvana level, but why did he still have the attitude of a naughty boy? Coupled with that shiny hair, it was really laughable.

"I can see the threads coming out of your head, they can hold up the cups and draw the curtains."

"That's right. This is a way to project one's spirit outwards. It's a secret of the Zhang family. It complements the Li family's internal strength, body and spirit."

"I can't learn it. Aren't secret teachings and secret manuals all branded with special instruments?" Yuanze rolled his eyes, still remembering the restriction his master had mentioned before.

"Ever since I broke through the Nirvana level and reached the level of a scout, the mark has been automatically erased by my powerful mental power."

Zhang Zhisheng sat on the corner of the table with one leg astride it in a strange posture, with the other leg dangling in the air.

"A scout-level expert?"

"Li Haisheng, the same thing. I didn't tell you this. After the Nirvana level is the planetary level. The full name of the Star Scout level is the Planetary Exploration Level, because this level can consume source power to briefly move around in the space near the Blue Star."

"After a person reaches the peak of Nirvana, the body has undergone a leap-forward change. The key to whether one can break through the Nirvana level lies in whether the mental power can undergo the same qualitative change as the body."

"But, will there be any benefit to you in teaching me this secret?"

"Want to drink again?"

City Lord Zhang poured another glass of happy water, Yuanze took it and drank it all.

"That was a long time ago..."

"..."

"I see. So my master must have done you a favor."

"If he hadn't helped me back then, it would have been your master who became a scout-level expert."

"I've always owed you favors. For people at our level, the most frightening thing is not repaying the favors we owe. If we keep owing favors, we may never be able to repay them in this lifetime, and in the end, it becomes a demon in our hearts."

"Oh."

"That's what happened. Your master found me some time ago and asked me to teach you the secrets of the Zhang family. But I guess it's hard for you to understand. I didn't fully comprehend it until I was in my 20s, and I didn't complete my training until I broke through to the scout level."

"Where has Master gone?"

"He didn't tell me. Boy, are you going in the wrong direction? Shouldn't you ask me why the secret method is so difficult?"

"why?"

City Lord Zhang was a little amused and felt that Yuanze's comprehension was really poor. He didn't know what Li Haisheng saw in him. He felt that it was impossible for Yuanze to succeed in cultivation with his qualifications.

"My family's secret method has been revised with scientific theories. It is based on the obscure quantum mechanics. By the way, have you learned this part? At least you should know the wave function and Schrödinger equation."

“I just learned this part.”

"Then try it."

City Lord Zhang connected to Yuanze's brain through the wires emitted from his shiny head and transmitted all the cultivation methods to him.

Yuanze felt that this was an extremely profound secret method. Even if it was fully announced, few people in this world would be able to practice it completely.

Yuanze also calmed down little by little, trying to understand these mysteries in the "flow".

(End of this chapter)