Esper X Family – Chapter 684 – S-Rank Strengthening: Infinite Fission

“Allocate four thousand attribute points to mental power!”

With a few simple operations from Ye Yao, her mental power, which had originally been only one thousand, skyrocketed to five thousand!

【Ability: Fission

Mental Power: 5,000

Strength: 10

Stamina: 10

Agility: 10】

POWAH!!!

After years of hard work, Ye Yao had finally reached true S-rank!

Looking back on the past, only Ye Yao herself knew the bitterness and hardships she had endured along the way.

How difficult it had been, how much of a grind…

But now, everything was different.

The path to turning the tables was finally opening up!

“Hmm… let’s see what this S-rank strengthening is all about.”

Ye Yao took a deep breath, barely managing to suppress the upward curl of her lips and rein in the excitement and thrill bubbling inside her. She didn’t wriggle on the floor like a weakling would do.

Although there were no accompanying celestial phenomena, and no immediate moment to show off in front of others, the sheer satisfaction and fulfillment she felt was incomparable to anything else.

Now, with a baseline mental power of five thousand, she was a standard S-rank Esper, and it didn’t give her any uneasy feelings yet.

But once she went all out with Fission, it likely wouldn’t be a simple matter of “sharing hardship” anymore. She could only consume attribute points to eliminate the side effects of Apotheosis.

If things continued like this, Ye Yao would undoubtedly be disappointed.

The underlying logic of mental power was extremely unfriendly to her. If she couldn’t resolve it over the long term, it would still remain a world-ending threat.

If this promotion to S-rank still didn’t provide a solution to the problem, then she would have to keep working hard for a while and aim for Super S-rank.

Although it sounded distant, it wasn’t impossible.

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Now that it’s come to this, let’s check the strengthening first. The Vengeful Spirit isn’t important.

【Congratulations, Host, on stepping into a brand-new realm. The system has been upgraded simultaneously, and all functions have been unlocked.】

Ye Yao set aside the upgraded system for the moment and quickly opened the ability-related panel.

The strengthened data there had indeed been updated already.

If one were to say that the old data on Fission was merely a false version of Fission, since no matter how many powers it was raised to, it still couldn’t truly be considered real Fission.

Only the effect of Myriad Things Fission truly fit the concept of “Fission”.

A true first-order fission, second-order fission, or even third-order fission would all be incredibly monstrous boosts.

But the actual effect, when expressed in data, was merely squared or cubed, nothing more.

It was practically false advertising!

Only Myriad Things Fission could truly uphold the name of【Fission】.

Just as Ye Yao assumed that the S-rank reinforcement would just mechanically turn the cube into a fourth power, she saw information that nearly short-circuited her brain.

【S-Rank Strengthening: Infinite Fission】

“A-Awa, awawa…”

Ye Yao was practically drooling.

This time, she could truly fill in any number she wanted herself.

What exactly did Infinite Fission mean?

Compete with the universe in expansion speed?

But Ye Yao quickly came to her senses.

“No, wait. What good is just giving me more numerical value?! Do I even need more? Threefold is already enough for me to treat the entire observable universe as a cup. Infinite Fission, do you want me to treat the multiverse as a cup?”

Ye Yao finally saw the truth.

She was probably the only one who could grow【Fission】all the way to S-rank.

Otherwise, with this Infinite Fission strengthening, the explosion would leave absolutely no chance to anything at all, and manually restarting the universe would be no problem.

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This strengthening was indeed heaven-defying, incredibly wheelchair, and its effect brutally straightforward.

Other people’s strengthening at least came with some semblance of mechanics, but【Fission】’s strengthening was just “Infinite Fission.”

The problem was, Ye Yao’s numbers were already more than sufficient.

Excess numbers were just invalid digits that served no purpose.

A billion in stats was an instant kill; ten trillion in stats was also an instant kill. Adding a few more zeros made no difference, only increasing the risk of Ye Yao accidentally restarting the world one day.

Unless she had a way to deal with the fatal issues brought by excessive mental power.

Ye Yao took a deep breath and began to examine the new ability-related traits unlocked after the system upgrade.

【Taming】

【Transcendence】

【Apotheosis】

This time, the traits had no upgraded versions, just three simple ones.

Ye Yao focused intently.

【Taming: As the origin of mental power, you can control anything derived from mental power.】

【Transcendence: Transcend all rules, stand above all laws, and no longer be bound by the will of heaven.】

【Apotheosis: Replace the will of heaven.】

Each one was more staggering than the last!

Ye Yao couldn’t help but hold her breath, almost forgetting the super Vengeful Spirit that was still accelerating its growth.

Xing Lan had clearly seen this as well, and let out a joyful voice.

“Congratulations, Mom, you can become a Great Emperor now!”

That trait, without a doubt!

The fatal problem caused by high mental power was a rule that all who relied on mental power had to obey.

As long as mental power surpassed a certain threshold, one would inevitably lose their sanity and turn into a monster without sorrow nor joy.

Even Ye Yao could only rely on the system’s divine power to consume expensive attribute points to resist it.

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This was proof of just how troublesome that underlying logic was.

And after the system upgrade, it offered a simple and clear solution.

The【Transcendence】trait ignoring rules, no longer being bound by them meant that she no longer had to worry about losing control due to excessive mental power.

This undoubtedly solved the most fatal pain point for Ye Yao!

What was she afraid of?

She was afraid that the power of Infinite Fission would destroy the beautiful family she had worked so hard to build.

She was also afraid that her happy slacking lifestyle would vanish completely.

And now, the system wasn’t even pretending anymore.

How were these even related to Fission?

They were clearly the system’s own traits!

As for the other two traits, they were equally weighty.

【Taming】gave off a feeling of being the master of all things. Since【Fission】was suspected to be the origin of mental power, that wasn’t too far-fetched.

And what about【Apotheosis】?

“‘Replace the will of heaven’… System, just what are you, really?”

Ye Yao drew in a sharp breath.

Kids, this really isn’t a useless system! When it gives cheats, it really gives cheats!

Ye Yao had no time to dwell on that now.

She urgently needed to know the attribute point cost to activate the new keywords.

She also wasn’t sure if her current unallocated attribute points were enough.

But when Ye Yao looked closely—

【All traits have been automatically activated.】

Wait, there’s something this good?

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What did that mean?

Am I being set up?

Ye Yao frantically searched around, only to find that a new branch had appeared in the Family panel.

【Family Member No. 1: Found Family System】

Ye Yao suddenly understood.

That was it.

If the system was family, it wouldn’t demand much. It would only offer timely help in critical moments.

“So… you’ve always been with me.”

Ye Yao’s gaze gradually grew firm.

“I already lack nothing.”

This is the power of “family”!

In an instant, Ye Yao appeared on the deck, standing before everyone. Under Sen Tong’s camera angle, she stood with her back to the masses.

“Everyone’s worked hard. Leave the rest to me.”

Lou Wei was the first to sense the change in Ye Yao’s aura.

“Could it be that you…?”

“Yes, thanks to everyone, I’ve crossed that line.”

After responding, Ye Yao faced forward again, gazing at the colossal being that had torn through the void and arrived before her, a look of absolute confidence on her face.

“Let me make one thing clear beforehand… You are the challenger here!”

Author Note

The main storyline will probably end in a few chapters, but don’t worry, there are still side stories!

Text: One punch and you’ll behave.