Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 20 Psychic Power
"what--"

In the dimly lit room, there was first the sound of metal equipment dragging pipes, followed by a long gasp.

Even though Thousand Star City has its own firewall protection, every time one enters the [Abyss] through the "deep diving equipment", it is a considerable burden on oneself.

But it's fun.

In Thousand Star City, one can freely observe others and speculate on their personalities. This is much more difficult under the "anonymous service" than in reality, but this challenge also brings much more satisfaction and is also beneficial to the training of psychic skills [characteristic reserves].

Besides, you can make some extra money from time to time.

But in reality, he is just a down-and-out online game leveler, who sits in front of a tablet all day, running automatic software to brush various materials. No one cares about his real name. They only know his online name "Tucker Studio (Please contact me if you want to play online games for you)" instead of Tom. Pah.

"Bah, bah, that's not right, my name is not Tom."

Nicole got up from the bed, threw the diving equipment aside, fumbled on the cluttered table for a while, and finally found what she wanted.

He staggered out of bed, pulled open the metal shutters rusted by acid rain, leaned against the window with his head tilted, holding a crumpled cigarette in his right hand, and a flame shot out from the fingertips of his left hand, which had been replaced with a prosthetic limb, to light the cigarette.

The smoke rings slowly floated up, reflecting the dim night scene outside the window.

The neon lights of Baimen District cannot illuminate the remote alleys of this deep moss area.

"cough"

After taking a deep breath, Nicole couldn't recover for a while and started coughing repeatedly.

Although nicotine atomizers have now replaced most traditional cigarettes, and in theory the taste and feeling will not be much different, he still prefers to smoke traditional cigarettes.

Even if this would make his already poor financial situation even worse.

Nicole never trusted corporations, not as a child, and still does.

Maybe it's more than just distrust.

Maybe I am more afraid.

Nicole exhaled a breath of white air and thought slowly.

Therefore, after accidentally awakening his psychic powers two years ago, he chose not to report it to the United Government, and of course he could not get the special talent allowance - which was both a talent allowance and one of the measures taken by the United Government to search for psychics.

After all, it's nearly 10,000 credit points per month. The economic situation has not been good in recent years, and everyone is living a tight life. This amount of money is not small.

"Hey, the people coming from outside, they can't be those wilderness bandits, right?"

Nicole took another sharp breath.

Although 40% of the land has become a "wasteland" no longer suitable for human survival due to the indiscriminate use of nuclear and chemical weapons during the Seven Lands War, it is only unsuitable.

There are all kinds of wandering tribes and wasteland supply towns far away from the city. Moreover, a city cannot be completely self-sufficient. Goods need to be sold, raw materials need to be purchased, and all kinds of transport teams also have to go through the wasteland.

The wasteland bandits are a group of desperate lunatics who live in the wasteland all year round and make a living by extortion and looting. From time to time, they will go to the city to sell stolen goods, consume and replenish supplies.

But after thinking about it, Nicole felt that it was not quite like that.

[Consensus] The road made him feel more acute than ordinary people. In the conversation not long ago, the other party was more like a mercenary rather than a bandit roaming the wasteland.

"They sneaked into the city, or something? One... No, they should be a group of mercenaries, right? Working together is always better than being alone, especially for jobs that require risking one's life."

I unexpectedly ran into a group of mercenaries of unknown origin. It was really a day full of Palose's temperament.

Nicole sighed in her heart.

Thinking of this, he hesitated for a moment, extinguished the last of his cigarette on the windowsill, and planned to try to control psychic energy later, using that person's method. As for other things.

What does that have to do with him being a low-level game leveler?

Cheap hotel, room B302.

Song Shi slowly opened his eyes and adjusted his breathing.

The oppressive feeling brought by diving into the [Abyss] faded away little by little.

[Abyss] is full of various technical difficulties and is also a huge "redundant psychic aggregate".

Therefore, the deeper one goes into the Abyss, the stronger the oppression one will suffer - Psychics can increase their resistance in this regard, but they cannot stay in the Abyss forever.

A first-level psychic can stay in a depth 1 area like Thousand Star City for about two hours, and with the help of Thousand Star City's firewall, the time inside the city can be extended to four hours.

"——psychic energy."

Song Shi let out a breath and looked at his palm.

Driven by the thought, a ray of red-gold flame gushed out from between the five fingers, swaying in the wind, and the next moment, dissipated as the fingers were clenched tightly.

There are limits to the psionic arts a psyker can master.

It's not just a case of "biting off more than you can chew". When the psychic skills you master are too many and too diverse, they cannot complement each other and may even conflict with each other, and the "purity" of the psychic energy is not enough and is too confusing.

and so.

Although there are some exceptions, on the whole, the best number of psychic skills mastered by a first-ring psychic is around three, which can fluctuate by one or two.

"I already have the "Forging Flame", which gives me a much better starting point than my previous life"

When I awakened in my previous life, the psychic skill that Daotu bestowed upon me was [Turn Fire into Blade].

It sounds powerful, but its effect is only to guide the existing flames and reshape them into the outline of a long sword, so that the holder can use this flaming sword to fight the enemy.

It can’t be said that it is completely useless, but it is indeed not very useful.

First of all, this psychic skill cannot create flames out of thin air. A lighter or something like that must be prepared in advance to provide enough flames.

Secondly, there are limitations on the guided flame. The temperature cannot be too high, the magnitude cannot be too large, and the shape that can be formed also has limits - so there is no need to think about the "Ship-Cutting Sword".

Moreover, without [Elemental Resistance·Fire], this flaming sword will also burn your own people. You must wear heat-insulating equipment such as asbestos gloves in advance, otherwise you will be burned before the enemy is hurt.

——And now, in addition to its own various characteristics, the [Flame of Forging] will also directly provide the holder with a certain resistance to fire elements!
If we don’t mention psychic power, we can just use “technology” instead.

At least for a first-ring psyker.

[Fire into Blade] is just a flamethrower with some limitations, while [Forging Flame] is a complex device that integrates multiple functions including body strengthening, weapon enhancement, and the ability to create flames out of thin air.

That's the difference between the two.

Although the price of obtaining the Forging Flame is to carry out the ritual of [Blood and Fire Oath], one must take the head of an enemy of certain weight that one is facing within nineteen days and offer it on the path.

"I am a top-notch expert. How can I demonstrate this without any challenges?"

Song Shi knocked on the table and smiled inexplicably: "Nineteen days?"

"Well, let's go make some quick money tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)