A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 40 Ability Analysis
You know, as the strongest level 5 esper in Academy City, Accelerator's "vector operation" can be activated hours a day without interruption. He can instinctively maintain his esper even in his sleep, which is simply impeccable.

According to the information currently collected by researchers, Lin Wuming's mastery of telekinesis is very similar to Accelerator's "Vector Operation".

As professional researchers, everyone present had seen a large number of people with super powers, but except for a very few special types of super powers, it was impossible for all other types of super powers to be activated non-stop for 24 hours.

Even if we exclude sleeping time and only keep our super powers activated for a long time when we are awake, it is difficult to maintain our super powers for a long time.

After all, superpowers require the support of brain computing power, and it is difficult for the human brain to maintain this high-intensity working state for a long time.

To put it simply, it means that there is not enough "mental power".

This "spiritual power" not only refers to intelligence and concentration, but also includes the physical strength of the ability user. If any of these is not up to standard, it means that the "spiritual power" is exhausted.

When "mental power" is exhausted, brain calculations will stop or errors will occur, and the ultimate result is the inability to continue to use superpowers.

A big part of the reason why Accelerator is the undisputed "strongest" esper is that his "mental power" is endless, so that his powerful esper abilities can be activated indefinitely.

Now, Lin Wuming also shows similar characteristics.

Although the information was only collected through hearsay and lacked any solid evidence, the people present were originally specialized in studying Accelerator's superpowers, so they would naturally think of this situation under such circumstances.

"Really? What are the Hunters doing? Almost ten days have passed, and there's no movement at all." Someone immediately complained, "What a bunch of people who deserve their reputation."

Rather than making inferences based on other people's verbal information, the most effective method is to obtain the experimental subjects and conduct direct research.

Those present in the conference room are all the best researchers of this project. If they had some practical things to research, everyone would not be sitting here empty-handed and looking at each other in confusion.

The middle-aged man sighed: "Capturing experimental subjects is a taboo. Apart from the Hunters, no other Anbu organization is willing to take on such a mission."

But he immediately changed the subject, regaining his spirits. "Let's put that aside for now. Based on the intelligence we have, we know that Lin Wuming's abilities already display similar characteristics to Accelerator in terms of versatility and durability, though they're still inferior in terms of strength. Therefore, we can conclude that the type of Nen he possesses is the most suitable for our entire project. Only Nen, at a lower level, can demonstrate similar versatility to 'Vector Operations'."

The superpower "Vector Operation" itself is nothing special, it is just one of the countless superpowers in Academy City.

However, Accelerator's "Vector Operation" was different. Not only had it reached level 5, but more importantly, under his control, "Vector Operation" had become a nearly omnipotent superpower.

It seems that there is nothing that cannot be achieved using "vector operations".

The goal of the "Dark May" plan is to use Accelerator's thinking mode to forcibly improve the ability levels of other ability users.

Ideally, the ultimate goal is to create a "second Accelerator".

After obtaining the personality information and thinking pattern of Accelerator as the "strongest esper", the only thing left is the ability type of the subject.

The more suitable the superpower, the closer it would be to achieving the strategic goal of "Accelerator II." Prior to this, among the over 200 experimental subjects in the entire project team, only a handful had seen their power levels increased, so there was no need to consider the "most suitable power type."

But now, the progress of the experiments has made breakthroughs one after another. In addition to Lin Wuming who is stranded outside, several other experimental subjects have achieved results and their ability levels have been improved.

The "Dark May" plan is progressing smoothly.

In this case, the next phase of experimentation must be planned, taking into account the project's budget and resources.

"Without a doubt," the middle-aged man said, "Pens is the most suitable type of ability to develop in the next stage. We need to screen the telekinetic users among the experimental subjects and give them priority for development; as for other types of abilities... let's put them on the back burner for now."

Someone immediately raised a question: "However, there are already two people who can manipulate nitrogen and have reached level 3. This shows that this type of superpower is also worth focusing on."

"From the perspective of versatility and similarity," someone else said, "Nitrogen Manipulation is not as good as Telekinesis."

In order to create the "Second Accelerator" as much as possible, in addition to abilities of the same type as "vector operation", the most ideal type of ability is the ability to manipulate the two macro forces of "gravity" or "electromagnetic force".

Otherwise, no other ability or effect can replicate the nearly universal application characteristics of "vector operation".

The reason why the "Dark May" project team is so obsessed with this "similarity" is not to blindly stick to the old ways, but because only similar abilities and characteristics can better fit Accelerator's thinking mode and achieve the best experimental results.

Accelerator's "vector operation" can be roughly equivalent to a superpower that manipulates "force" on a macro level.

Of course, Accelerator can manipulate all types of "force" regardless of their nature.

The requirements for replication are naturally not that high, so "only" one of the four fundamental forces needs to be manipulated.

Of course, even so, it is still impossible to achieve the same effect as Accelerator.

Whether it's "electromagnetic force" or "gravitational force", it must comply with basic physical laws. It's impossible to allow superpowers to do whatever they want - if you really want to reach this level, I'm afraid you can only reach level 5, right?
These are later stages and will not be discussed here.

However, the ability to manipulate fundamental forces is highly valued, and those with such abilities wouldn't be relegated to the "eliminate the coarse and retain the fine" group. Therefore, among the experimental subjects of the project team, there were no "electric shock users" or "gravity users."

Then as a second best option, if you cannot directly control the "force", you can use other super powers to indirectly influence the "force".

Nitrogen manipulation - by manipulating nitrogen, which has the largest proportion in the atmospheric composition, an effect similar to the manipulation of "force" can be achieved.

In the past month, two experimental subjects with "nitrogen manipulation" have broken through and been promoted to level 3 powerful people.

(End of this chapter)