A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 565: Eighth Level 5
The Second School District is a place with a strong heavy industrial flavor. Compared with the Tenth School District, which is also dominated by factories, it has a bit more of the flavor of iron and fire.

Because the factories here mainly focus on vehicle manufacturing and gunpowder production - in fact, they are the "arsenal" of Academy City, specializing in weapons development and mass production.

Naturally, the Second School District is also an ideal testing ground for various new weapons and equipment, as well as explosives.

Because of this violent attribute and the convenience of using violent equipment, the guard force and the discipline committee members simply set up a professional training ground here to fully utilize the geographical advantage.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a comprehensive ability level testing facility in this second school district.

By the way, the place specially applied for to test level 5 superpowers is actually a genuine "heavy weapons and equipment testing ground", and it is a special building unit that only exists in this second school district.

Academy City must be well aware that only facilities of this specification can withstand the violent superpowers of a level 5, right?
However, it was a little disappointing that Accelerator's test went uneventfully - now he didn't need to make any big moves to prove himself, it was enough for him to make minimal effort and cooperate to complete the test.

The test results were as expected - an undisputed level 5, and still ranked first at an extremely high level.

Next, it was Lin Wuming's turn.

Like Accelerator, they used a high-standard venue at the level of a "heavy weapon equipment testing ground." It could even be said that this venue was prepared for Lin Wuming from the beginning, with Accelerator just using it as a convenience.

This already indicates a lot of things.

Accelerator did not leave immediately, but chose to stay and watch Lin Wuming's test.

Not only him, Shokuhou Misaki, Misaka Mikoto and Touma Toumi also got the news in advance, slipped out of the school garden early, and came here to cheer for Lin Wuming.

During last summer vacation, Lin Wuming and Chairman Aleister agreed to reassess their ability levels in the new school year - at this time, he was almost ready.

That’s why we received such high-standard treatment this time.

Lin Wuming was certainly not just talking nonsense, he was serious today - he was preparing to officially be promoted to level 5!

"Teacher, I'm ready. Let's begin." Driving his wheelchair to the center of the venue, Lin Wuming looked up at the control room. "Just quickly review the first part. The key is the latter part."

"Okay," the staff's voice came over the loudspeaker, "then count down ten numbers: ten, nine, eight..."

The floor in front of Lin Wuming opened up, and ten sandbags of different sizes rose from below.

"Tsk, it's the same old thing." Lin Wuming shook his head.

But no one said much about it. This is a standard item in the "Telepath" ability test and it cannot be omitted.

The classic test project of "Telekinesis" ended quickly, and the control room, which had originally been filled with high atmosphere, fell into silence.

——Not meeting expectations, or to put it more bluntly, it is disappointing.

After all, everyone present came here with the purpose of witnessing a miracle - the birth of the eighth level 5 superpower.

But the test results...

It cannot be said that Lin Wuming has not made any progress at all - in terms of the output power of telekinesis, he has at least reached the minimum standard of level 4.

It can be announced that Lin Wuming has successfully been promoted to a level 4 capable person.

But compared with the expected level 5, this result is obviously not satisfactory.

Boom! A loud noise echoed in the training ground.

It was Lin Wuming who created the noise.

"Keep going," Misaka Mikoto urged from the control room, "The test isn't over yet."

The awakened staff frantically looked through the documents, only then they remembered that more than half of the test projects had not been carried out.

It's no wonder, after all, the normal test items for telekinetic users are just a few, simple and direct, and the results are clear at a glance. So after completing the standard process, they habitually consider the test to be over.

But since we have come to this "weapon-grade" dedicated test site with such great fanfare, it is obvious that there are more than just those classic projects that need to be tested.

Just as Lin Wuming said at the beginning, it doesn’t matter what the standard steps in the front are, just go through them quickly.

The key point is later...

"Uh... the equipment is ready," the staff member said uncertainly, eyes wide. "The next item to be tested is, uh... the multi-purpose application of telekinesis?"

This test project has never been heard of before, which makes people wonder whether it is a brand new test project developed specifically for Lin Wuming.

……

Two hours later, after repeated reviews and confirmations from all parties, Lin Wuming was officially promoted to a level 5 superpower user.

Except for the girls who came specially to cheer him on, the other staff and observers present all had complicated expressions.

It is not to question the results of this test and the strength demonstrated by Lin Wuming.

It’s just... it’s a little different from what I originally expected, so it makes me feel a little complicated.

As we all know, Lin Wuming was originally a level 3 "telepath", and the ability of "telepath" is a famous "all-powerful" superpower.

Therefore, people expected that the level 5 "telekinesis" should be of the same nature as the "A Certain Scientific Railgun" and "Psychological Mastery" - a "complete form" that integrates all lower-level abilities of the same type.

According to the mainstream theoretical research in Academy City, the level 5 "telekinesis" should be a literal "all-round ability".

But now Lin Wuming's performance... can indeed be called "all-round" in the application and development of telekinesis.

Without considering efficiency, Lin Wuming can almost imitate the effects of all superpowers except the "psychology system"!
It seems that the only thing that can limit Lin Wuming is imagination.

So much so that the staff in the control room called it a "magic-like superpower"!
In the following "Extreme Reaction" test project, Lin Wuming pushed his own telepathic ability to the extreme, and passed the ultra-intensive attack covering the entire venue without any injury; he even reversely tested the system limit of the training ground, forcing the test system to overload and burn out!
From this we can conclude that in terms of practical application, Lin Wuming's Nen ability has also reached the well-deserved level 5.

However, in terms of the basic item of "Telekinesis" - telekinesis output power, it is still only the minimum standard of level 4.

It's like the only flaw in a perfect work. It doesn't affect the value of the entire work, but it looks very unsightly and makes people feel regretful.

However, this does not affect Lin Wuming's ability to become level 5.

Because of this shortcoming, Lin Wuming named his superpower "incomplete telekinesis".

Academy City's eighth level 5 esper - "Incomplete Telekinesis" - is born.

(End of this chapter)