The number of instruments in the testing room was enough to make one’s scalp tingle, and Wu Liang had almost spent two hours there.
This was even after he had refused some embarrassing things, like—
"What’s with this Fiji Cup and VR headset? What are you testing with these things?"
"Oh, I’m trying to test if ghost symbiosis affects basic human desires..."
There wasn’t just one place in the testing room filled with these weird instruments. If it weren’t for Professor Guo’s seriously focused expression, Wu Liang would have thought he was dealing with some perverted old man.
He figured it out; Professor Guo was essentially the same as Yuan Yi.
Both were research fanatics, just crazy in different ways.
The only thing they had in common was that neither of them saw people as people, treating them like lab mice, only interested in the feedback from certain stimuli.
"Hmm, interesting. The ghost has almost no influence on your thoughts; it basically only provides positive abilities with no side effects." After completing all the tests, Professor Guo muttered to himself.
"Alright, let’s provide some plans focused on your spiritual power control first." He took out a phone from his pocket and dialed a number, "Have the Rabbit come to the test room."
Hearing this Zodiac reference, Wu Liang couldn’t help but be on guard.
According to Minister Long, the Zodiac Department was full of Symbionts. He still remembered a particularly sensitive incident that happened before—
Sister Yang once directly saw through the existence of the Mist Ghost! She only mistook it for his fabricated brother Wu Ming back then.
But since then, whenever demonstrating his abilities in front of Sister Yang and Minister Long, Wu Liang had not let the Fierce Ghost appear to assist him directly.
He wasn’t sure if every Symbiont could see through the existence of the Mist Ghost.
If they really could, and they saw a bunch of Fierce Ghosts appearing around him simultaneously, he’d be hard-pressed to explain his way out of it.
"Here I am! Teacher Guo! What’s up?" A soft, adorable, almost child-like voice sounded from behind.
Wu Liang turned his head to look.
Lowering his gaze a little, he finally saw a little girl in pajamas bouncing toward him.
"Professor, although I just got here today, the Minor Protection Act should still apply officially, right?" Wu Liang instinctively said with a straight face.
As he finished speaking, a mysterious smile appeared on Professor Guo’s face. He took two slow steps back and said, "The Rabbit hates being called a minor; be careful."
When he said this, Wu Liang already felt intense murderous intent surging behind him, so strong it almost became tangible. Despite shivering, he still made jokes.
He glanced at Fu Juan and Jin Chenghua, both silently stepping back two steps as well.
With a biting tone of innocence, the voice viciously proclaimed, "I’m 21! Who are you calling a minor!"
As those words fell, an intense mist erupted from Wu Liang’s body. He sensed the Zodiac Rabbit had charged behind him just now. Orıginal content can be found at 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⚫𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⚫𝕟𝕖𝕥
Though there was an explicit rule against using abilities within the headquarters base, there seemed to be loopholes that could be exploited.
After all, he was still undergoing an abilities test himself!
"Using abilities to escape? Shut him down!" the Zodiac Rabbit shouted aloud in reprimand.
Just as Wu Liang was retreating swiftly using the Mist, he suddenly felt a heavy blow to his head, akin to Sun Wukong having a Tightening Spell placed on him by Guanyin after escaping the Five Finger Mountain.
His spiritual power dwindled from an endless sea to a trickling stream, barely able to utilize the Fierce Ghost’s abilities at all.
In an instant, most of the mist within the testing room vanished, leaving only a faint residue around Wu Liang, resembling smoke casually exhaled from a puff of a cigarette.
This was the first time Wu Liang encountered such a situation.
He stopped, carefully feeling his ability to manipulate, but the mist around him only increased at an extremely slow rate, lacking the previous overwhelming coverage of the entire area.
Yet, Wu Liang wasn’t the only one taken aback; so was the Zodiac Rabbit, who caused all this.
She turned puzzled to Professor Guo, saying, "Teacher Guo, why can he still use his abilities?"
In the Zodiac Rabbit’s memory, every Awakened and Symbiont she had limited instantly lost any abilities, with the Zodiac Dragon being the fastest at the time.
He had to spend two hours just to regain a barely perceptible ability.
"Hehe, his spiritual power surpasses everyone before him. Rabbit, you can’t fully constrain him all at once," Professor Guo said kindly.
Then he went over to Wu Liang to explain, "She’s the Rabbit of the Zodiac Department. The symbiotic Fierce Ghost has caused her form to return and stabilize at the age of thirteen, unable to change, but her intellect and mind remain unaffected."
Upon hearing this introduction, the Zodiac Rabbit pouted and turned her head dissatisfied, continuing, "So don’t call me a minor! I can restrict others’ spiritual power. If it’s too unbearable for you, just say so, and we’ll slowly adjust to a suitable limitation strength."
It’s not the first time she’s assisted Professor Guo in formulating training plans.
Normally, if an Awakened needs more detailed control over their spiritual power, she’d put a Tightening Spell on them.
It’s like tying weights to an athlete’s legs, or a soldier doing weight training.
Under spiritual power restrictions, mobilizing one’s abilities requires more meticulous perception, greatly enhancing both the strength and control level of spiritual power during this process!
"Shhh... Don’t speak, a little busy, almost there..." Wu Liang mumbled to himself.
This attitude of entirely disregarding himself only made the Zodiac Rabbit angrier.
Calling her a minor upon meeting, and now completely ignoring what she said!
Hmph! When you’re too uncomfortable from the restriction, don’t ask me to adjust the limit strength!
Just as the Zodiac Rabbit was ready to remind Wu Liang not to forcefully break through the spiritual power restriction, the mist on him began to bizarrely burst forth.
Like someone breathing heavily, the mist expanded and contracted with each inhale and exhale.
Whoa! What the heck is this guy doing!?
At that moment, both the Zodiac Rabbit and Professor Guo were stunned, unable to figure out what Wu Liang was doing.
Finally, at the peak of contraction, Wu Liang opened his mouth and let out a loud yell, causing the whole of the mist to instantly explode outward, covering the entire testing room like it did when he initially retreated.
The expression on the Zodiac Rabbit’s face finally broke.
She could feel it... the spiritual power restriction imposed on this person.