Esper X Family – Chapter 269 – The Information Source is Mind Reading?

Hanging in the sky, Lou Wei watched Ye Yao and the others leave the classroom.

He had just been a part of the class as an auditor.

Naturally, he was well aware of Ye Yao’s every action during the lesson.

The internet interference group had crashed and burned at the starting line.

Ye Yao listened attentively to the entire first class.

It was obvious that she was quite interested in the basic knowledge of abilities.

Fortunately, someone exerted her power in the second period.

Ye Yao’s focus was not as high as in the previous class, as she was almost entirely captivated by Tang Lulu’s words.

This could be considered a very good start.

From here on, as long as the internet interference group kept following up, they could get her back on track.

As for that girl named Tang Lulu, she knew nothing of Ye Yao’s true background.

The Countermeasures Bureau had analyzed her personality and behavioral patterns.

It was overly difficult to have her pretend.

Thus, the Countermeasures Bureau could only provide opportunities for the two to get to know each other through some manipulations of the minor details.

There would always be in-depth exchanges between them.

This would continue in the future.

If the Countermeasures Bureau wanted to arrange suitable “friends” for Ye Yao, they would only create opportunities for recognition.

It would be good if they become friends. If not, it didn’t matter.

It wasn’t suitable to send an “actor” who knew everything in advance to her side.

Lou Wei and Fu Qi had discussed Ye Tong’s information source.

Her remarkable intelligence gathering ability was undoubtedly derived from her own power.

There was no need for any so-called intelligence organization.

Mu Luo and the others would find it difficult to know such detailed matters.

The only possibility was that it was Ye Tong’s own ability.

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And to know such detailed intelligence, there were only a few methods.

Mind reading, “clairvoyance and clairhearing”, or innate knowledge from birth.

If Ye Tong was born on the night Ye Yao awakened her ability.

Then, she couldn’t have had time to gather so much information with clairvoyance and clairhearing.

Knowing everything from birth was also too bizarre.

That left only “mind reading” as the logical answer.

The specifics of Ye Tong’s mental power had always been a mystery.

No one knew how much mental power she had on the night she was born.

Even if it was tens of thousands, no one would doubt it.

Because this aligned with the designation of “world-destroying ability”.

Who said that world-destroying abilities required a stable period of development?

Why couldn’t one just wake up and possess the capability to destroy the world?

The reason nothing had happened might just be that the necessary conditions hadn’t been met.

As for why she was beaten up afterward…

Lou Wei guessed that it could be because she had just been born and didn’t know how to exert her power.

After all, she had inherited Ye Yao’s mentality and memories. Even if she received a lot of information at once, she couldn’t quickly absorb enough combat experience.

Only later did she gradually grasp her terrifying power.

The rapid growth rate was thus explained.

If Ye Tong could read minds, it would undoubtedly be quite troublesome.

Because it meant that no one could hide their thoughts from her.

Even the color of one’s underwear would be seen through.

This was also one of the reasons Lou Wei and Fu Qi didn’t plan to inform Tang Lulu about the situation in advance.

This was related to a deadly matter.

What if Ye Tong left something for her master – Ye Yao?

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For example, taking away nine-tenths of her power, but still leaving one-tenth for Ye Yao.

If Ye Yao could also read minds, the Countermeasures Bureau might be exposed.

Fortunately, all abilities follow a fundamental logic.

The effectiveness of an ability depends entirely on how high one’s mental power is.

To use it on others also depends on the mental power gap between oneself and others.

This is a conclusion drawn from extensive research conducted by ability scholars.

There was no exception.

Even if Cheng Muxue wanted to forcibly read someone’s thoughts, the other party’s mental power had to be lower than hers.

There was no ability in the world that could ignore the gap in mental power to read minds at will.

And Ye Yao’s mental power had rarely fluctuated.

Even if she had the ability to read minds, she would probably not be able to read the minds of key individuals.

Luo Jianhua’s mental power was three hundred points higher than hers.

Based on this.

The Countermeasures Bureau could only try to minimize insincere interactions within Ye Yao’s social circle.

Preventing individuals with low mental power from approaching her with an agenda.

To avoid stepping on landmines later.

Right now, Lou Wei was very thankful that Ye Yao’s mental power was increasing rather slowly.

Unless Ye Tong actively returned to her body.

Ye Yao would not learn about these matters so soon.

This gave the Countermeasures Bureau some buffer time.

However, no one could imagine that, while Ye Yao’s ability did indeed follow the general fundamental logic.

It didn’t mean that the system followed such logic.

The Found Family System clearly didn’t belong to the ability framework.

Lou Wei also couldn’t fathom the existence of something as ridiculous as a system.

The mysterious wind-blowing man shifted his gaze back to the ground.

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Ye Yao and the others seemed to have no intention of leaving the teaching area.

From the route they were taking, they were preparing to head towards a rather delicate area.

“The practice ground?”

On the ground.

Ye Yao and the others followed the signs deep into the teaching area.

Eventually, they arrived at a massive space enclosed by a metal frame and transparent energy barrier.

Ability Practice Ground.

This place was completely different from the quiet classroom.

The air was filled with a mix of tension, excitement, and uncertainty.

Along with the occasional sounds of light explosions, gasps, or cheers.

Stepping in felt like entering a miniaturized world of abilities.

The vast area was divided into multiple sections.

Each section had new Espers under the guidance of instructors or assistants, cautiously attempting to control the newly awakened power within them.

“Little Luo, was this where you first used your ability?”

Ye Yao asked Luo Jianhua, who was looking around.

“Mm, many people find it hard to grasp that feeling when they first awaken their abilities. They can only gradually learn to control their power under a teacher’s guidance.”

A nostalgic color flickered in Luo Jianhua’s eyes.

It hadn’t been that difficult when she first unleashed her ability.

Only after being discovered did she officially embark on the road of a genius “rising star”.

Perhaps many geniuses had also made their mark here.

Ye Yao stopped in one area.

From the sign, it appeared to be called【Elemental Zone】.

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Looking inside.

She saw a boy with a flushed face, staring intently at his palm.

A small cluster of flame flickered in his hand.

The flame would sometimes extinguish with a “poof”, and sometimes leap up high, causing his companions nearby to retreat in fear.

Fire-type abilities are really common, huh.

Ye Yao couldn’t help but mentally complain after taking a glance.

Turning to another side.

Not far away, another girl was trying hard to concentrate.

A few small water droplets were floating before her, trembling as she attempted to condense them into a small ball, and fine beads of sweat were seeping from her forehead.

Water-type ability?

Ye Yao thought of the scene of the Dragon King spraying water ¹ It’s from a popular QQ feature where they added an identifier called “Dragon King” for group chats. The designation is intended for people who send the most messages in the group chat, but as explained before, online spam is also called “spraying water”, so bots and spammers usually end up as the Dragon King. Anyway, just like everything else under the sun, it was turned into an anime girl, and she got really popular. Oh, and here’s an image of her spraying water. .

Looking at another area.

A novice physical enhancement Esper was attempting to lift a barbell far exceeding the normal weight.

His arm muscles were bulging, with veins popping out.

Another novice Esper used Harden, gazing at the metallic sheen faintly visible beneath their skin, both amazed and somewhat helpless.

They all seemed very ordinary.

Ye Yao fell into contemplation.

It seemed that those with top-tier abilities were still a minority.

After spending so long with Wu Mi and the others, she nearly thought that many Espers had such levels of abilities.

This was a true starter town!

Author Note

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Text: Meow