They tested it out. Ten times acceleration. One hundred times acceleration. Two hundred times acceleration! Three hundred times acceleration!! Four…
“Stop! Stop! That’s too much!” Remian’s head was spinning and he felt like the whole world was tilting.
Three hundred times. That was his limit. Even the Corpoman let out a low whistle. “That level of Psionic Power… if I didn’t know better, I’d suspect you were a Human Ascendant, or a Revanan. But that’s impossible. You’d have been registered long ago if you were either one.”
“What’s an Ascendant?” Remian asked, holding his head.
“A member of the Human Ascendancy. Like me. The Ascendancy consists of the Io Republic, the Blue Star Conglomerate and the Orion Empire. Members of any of our factions are called ‘Ascendants’. Not to boast, but we’re almost the most powerful human factions in the galaxy
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Kingdom of the Weak 303. Good stuff to bring home
Xiao Yan, it should be noted, did not have as high an acceleration rate as Remian. She, too, had been in the Red Mists and had some practice with Psionic communication plus she had also eaten Psiorin Infused foods. Her own Psionic abilities were actually far above average, but even she couldn’t manage something as crazy as three hundred times acceleration.Since there was no requirement for her to serve out a ten year sentence, merely having to accompany Remian during his twelve-day period, she actually didn’t need to use an acceleration at all. Just for the sake of having more time to learn, though, she opted for it and thus learned at 100x acceleration, at least for the first few minutes (5-6 hours in accelerated time).By then, Remian was starting to dabble in other subjects. A little bit of metallurgy, a little of science, a bit of mechanical engineering…He was exploring subjects, not mastering them. He wanted to see what he could make us
Kingdom of the Weak 304. Sealed
As night fell, Tang Yin needed to take a break. “Just a few more hours. Just a bit more.” He said, as they sat down for dinner that night. “It was ‘just a few hours’ from the very start!” Mindy gritted her teeth, trying her best to put up with the pain from her leg. At least she still had both legs, though one had been badly injured. Wulfgar had flat out lost both of his in the battle against the Tier 5. Mindy had cauterized the remaining stumps, but he still looked to be in extremely bad condition and might not survive the night. They could try to bring him back… but the mission was too important. The Rift had to be sealed, no matter the cost. Even if it meant locking Remian out. “Hurry back, Remian!” Mindy whispered into the night. “Hurry back!” *** But Remian was too caught up in studying to hurry anywhere. He was dabbling into architecture now and learning about structural support, stress and tension. Afterw
Kingdom of the Weak 305. After two Weeks in Jail
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Kingdom of the Weak 306. Priest leading the Charge
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Kingdom of the Weak 308. Uh… urga… woo gu?
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Kingdom of the Weak 309. A week in the Dragon Empire
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Kingdom of the Weak 310. With the Song Clan
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