Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 147

Chapter 147

Dr. Yan seemed to think of something. He suddenly turned his head to look at the others behind him.

“Oh, right. The Research Institute has already finalized the Ability Level system. It goes from 1 Star to 10 Star. The moment you awaken a Supernatural Ability, you’re 1 Star. The higher the Special Factor in your body, the higher your level.”

“Huh?” Jiang Yu was confused.

Dr. Yan explained, “Humans develop Supernatural Abilities because of a certain special element carried by the Meteorite. Its composition is completely different from any element that used to exist on this planet-it belongs to a totally unfamiliar system-so it’s still being studied.

“When that special element enters different people’s bodies and merges with their blood, it turns into different factors, which correspond to different Supernatural Abilities.

“But based on what we know so far, all Superpower Users share one thing in common: the higher the Special Factor concentration in their blood, the stronger they are. And to Aberrants, that also means the blood smells better.”

So naturally, Ability Level classification was based on Special Factor content.

This method could only measure raw power intensity. But some abilities were fundamentally different in actual combat, which made a complete, perfectly fair classification difficult.

For instance, a Pure Space Ability User-even with an extremely high Special Factor count-would still have a hard time beating a lower-level Combat Ability user.

Of course, the blood-based Star Rank system was the standard, mainstream approach.

If you wanted to fully evaluate someone’s overall strength, you still had to consider the previous Pyramid Ability Types classification as well. Low-level Rare Ability and Rule and Order Ability users could surpass high-level ordinary abilities.

Li Wanyun and the others understood.

Li Xin asked curiously, “So how do we test it?”

Dr. Yan answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world: “A blood draw and lab test.”

After a pause, he added, “The Research Institute is also developing a disposable Ability Level Test Kit. Once it’s ready, we’ll be able to ship them in bulk to every Shelter. You just put a drop of blood on it, and depending on how far the line shows, you’ll know your exact Ability Level number.”

Li Xin: “???”

He was completely thrown. “It’s that… scientific?”

He’d expected something like in novels and TV-show off your strength, or strike some device, and it spits out your level.

If someone wanted to hide their power and play the pig to eat the tiger, they’d just deliberately hold back and get a lower result.

He never would’ve guessed it would be this simple.

A Test Kit, even.

It was so flexible and practical that it left him speechless.

Dr. Yan couldn’t help rolling his eyes at him.

Then he got back to the point. “Your Ability Level ranges were inferred from the Special Factor concentrations in your blood samples, so there’s no need to test you again. I can tell you right now. Want to hear it?”

Li Xin nodded hard.

Everyone else looked expectant too.

They were all powerhouses who had awakened before the Apocalypse-people who’d been handed a cheat by God, several times stronger than they’d been in the second year of the Apocalypse in their Previous Life. They had to be eight or nine stars, at least… right?

Dr. Yan told them one by one:

1 Star: Jiang Yu, Song Linwei.

2 Star: Yu Feng, Jiang Huanshu, Wan Yuan.

5 Star: Gu Qiansheng, Li Xin, Zhuang Fan, Qin Xuan, Ke Jiaxue, Liu Yue, Ji Yani, Zhang Kun, Shan Hua.

6 Star: Long Tianyu, Li Wanyun, Wu Buyu.

7 Star: Qi Lingwu.

Wu Buyu’s situation was a little special. Gu Qiansheng could use Silence to suppress his Mind Reading, so by the usual logic he should’ve been 5 Star. But since he was Dual-Type and his Individual Combat Power was strong, he was placed at 6 Star.

Everyone: “???”

Li Xin bristled. “Why am I lower than Long Tianyu and the others?!”

Losing to Qi Dui-Captain Qi Lingwu-was one thing, but how was he a whole level below Long Tianyu and the rest?
Long Tianyu was also dissatisfied. “With my level of strength, how am I only a 6 Star? I should be at least a 9 Star!”

Dr. Yan had explained that the first three Star Ranks weren’t difficult to achieve, but after Level 3, the power levels grew exponentially. This meant a 5 Star could take on at least two 4 Stars, or potentially even three.

“Oh, it’s just to keep the levels clear,” Dr. Yan said. “Li Xin, you and the others are at the peak of 5 Star. With a bit more time, you’ll reach 6 Star. Long Tianyu and his group have only just entered 6 Star.”

Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun: “…”

Li Wanyun was also puzzled. “How are we only 6 Star? Are there really that many levels above us? Are we not strong?”

“It’s because the maximum value has stretched the scale,” Dr. Yan said, pointing toward Sheng An. “The Special Factor concentration in Team Leader Sheng’s body is at 9 Star, which we believe is the limit for a human.

“If we followed the concentration of Special Factor strictly, her levels would make all of you look like 1 or 2 Stars. That’s why every level increases exponentially. To ensure there’s still room for growth, we’ve reserved the 10 Star rank.”

The group fell silent.

They looked at Sheng An with complicated expressions.

It was truly hard to fathom. A person who couldn’t even use a Supernatural Ability yet had active Special Factors at a 9 Star level-she was essentially leagues ahead of them.

Sheng An frowned slightly.

Then, she shook her head.

Qi Lingwu knew what she wanted to say and spoke for her. “The ranking system isn’t comprehensive enough. Since she can’t use a Supernatural Ability, she definitely doesn’t have the combat power of a 9 Star.”

Dr. Yan nodded. “That’s true, but measuring the Special Factor is currently the most scientific method we have. If her power doesn’t run dry, she likely possesses the potential of a 9 Star. However, given the unique circumstances, Team Leader Sheng will be excluded from the rankings for now. We won’t define her Ability Level yet.”

Jiang Yu asked curiously, “So, what exactly is Sister Sheng’s ability?”

Sheng An slowly sat up and pointed to the pen and paper in Hao Jingye’s hand. She then slowly wrote on the paper:

[The Rebound Aberrant can explode. He is like a specialized sphere that can reflect all attacks back. However, it’s not that he’s completely without offensive capabilities, nor is he immortal. His attack is his death-mutual destruction.]

[The destructive force generated by the Rebound Aberrant’s explosion would be no less than a cluster of Meteorites slamming into Shi City. When he dies, we all die with him.]

Dr. Yan’s pupils constricted.

Hao Jingye’s breathing quickened, his voice tense. “That’s it! That explains why the Psychic Aberrant summoned the others to stall for time. They were giving the Rebound Aberrant time to charge up for a total annihilation!”

Song Linwei added, “So, by luring us to Shi City, they never intended to let us leave. M really exists, and every one of M’s schemes is lethally calculated!”

The Rebound Aberrant, the Illusion Aberrant, and the Psychic Aberrant were all just Executors.

That child had come there specifically to die with them!

That was why Sheng An had to kill him at any cost.

If she hadn’t killed him, everyone present would be dead.

Thinking of this, everyone gasped.

Hao Jingye hurriedly asked, “Sister Sheng, how did you know?”

Sheng An wrote slowly:

[I saw that in the next moment, he was going to take us all down with him.]

Everyone was startled.

They instinctively looked at Sheng An, then at Qin Xuan in the back, their gazes strange.

Was Sister Sheng’s Supernatural Ability also Prophecy?

Sheng An knit her brows, recalling the sensation she felt at that moment. She slowly wrote:

[No, perhaps it wasn’t seeing it. It was experiencing it.]