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"A person from another world!???"

Several people felt that this answer was even more bizarre. Could there be another world in this world?

"So you're from another world?"

Misaka Mikoto was a little curious. She loved playing video games and knew quite a bit about other worlds.

"Yes, I come from another world. I came to this world at someone's invitation."

"An invitation, a summons? So, sending us to the future was also that person's request?"

Misaka Mikoto's mind worked quickly. If this person was from another world, then sending herself and others who had no connection with him to the future time and space must be the request of the person who summoned him.

"Common sense suggests that this is how it should develop, but unfortunately, it is not. It was my idea to send people to this time and space."

"Why? If you're from another world, then we shouldn't know each other at all. Why did you choose us? And what was your purpose in sending us to this world?"

Misaka Mikoto was a little wary. Although the future world was good, she was still a little worried because she didn't understand Li Xuan's purpose. Generally speaking, according to the development in the light novel, people like Li Xuan should be the ultimate villain with a big conspiracy.

"You don't know me, but I know you. Simply put, I have a pretty good grasp of time and space. After I came to this world, I naturally came across your story. I think it's quite interesting."

"But the key is that I, as a huge variable, will inevitably change the future development after entering this world. That's why I fixed the future timeline and made it a reality."

"??? I don't understand at all?"

As for what Li Xuan said, except for the academic master Misaka Mikoto who could understand some of it, Saten Ruiko and Hatsuharu Shiri didn't understand it at all. As for Shirai Kuroko, she is still struggling with whether her future self will be a pervert, and doesn't care about other things at all.

"Simply put, you're all familiar with the theory of parallel worlds. Each person's choices will create a parallel world. In reality, the creation of a parallel world isn't so easy, of course. However, as an immensely variable, I'm bound to cause this world's future to deviate from expectations. So, with my support, a parallel world was created. As the future's most outstanding individuals, I've sent you to this parallel world, or future time and space."

"Creating a world? Isn't that what Kami-sama is?"

For Riri Saten, she doesn't quite understand parallel worlds, but if she creates a world, isn't that Kami?

"That's true. Many people do think I'm Kami, but I still consider myself a human being."

"You still haven't told me why you sent us to this parallel world."

Misaka Mikoto could roughly understand what Li Xuan meant, so her expression became more serious. She didn't understand why such a powerful being did this?

"Because it's fun! There's a saying in my world that fun is the food of gods and Buddhas!"

"But didn't you just say you were a human?"

Saten Ruiko mercilessly complained about the loopholes in Li Xuan's words. Then she realized that Li Xuan didn't seem to be her friend. Would complaining like this make him angry?

"Hey, just because fun is food for gods and Buddhas doesn't mean humans can't have the same idea."

Li Xuan didn't care about Riri Saotome's attitude. Rather, he thought that the atmosphere was just right.

"Now that we've come here, can we still go back? And what about us in this world?"

Misaka Mikoto didn't care about the interaction between Saten Ruiko and Li Xuan. Instead, she asked the question that these time travelers were most concerned about, which was whether they could go back?

"Of course you can. I said that this world is the original development trajectory of your world without my intervention. And as long as you complete some things, you can go back..."

"As for you in this world, you don't even exist."

Regarding Li Xuan's answer, Riri Saten and Shiori Hatsuharu felt okay. As long as they could go back, it was fine. Although it was a very similar parallel world, it was not their own world after all.

"What does it mean to not exist?"

Misaka Mikoto was a little confused. How could it be possible that she and others did not exist in the parallel world?

"It's very simple. I've said it before. This world is just a possibility in the future. It was transformed into the real world because of my support. You didn't exist in this world originally. Of course, don't worry. I brought your relatives and friends with me, but they just don't have the memory of traveling through time and space. When I send you back, I will send you back together."

Li Xuan had considered everything carefully when doing this, so there won't be any problems.

"So just relax and enjoy your journey into the future."

"So this world was born the moment we traveled here?"

"That's right."

Li Xuan confirmed Misaka Mikoto's doubts.

"Is Kami-sama always so willful? He created a world just for his own amusement."

To be honest, Misaka Mikoto still doesn't feel very real about Li Xuan's answer. Is it that easy to create a world?

"Is this the so-called Five-Minute World Hypothesis? The entire universe was created in the first five minutes of 2.1, including human memories and the marks proving the existence of history. In reality, these never happened and are merely memories and cognitions bestowed by the Creator."

Misaka Mikoto had come across theories like this while reading, but she had never imagined she would actually encounter one in real life. It was truly too much of an exaggeration.

Looking at the people coming and going outside the window, she felt a little sad for them for a moment. This reality was really too cruel for them.

"Is it really necessary to put yourself in this position? Are you planning to switch careers from being a psychic to becoming a philosopher? This kind of question isn't something you should be thinking about."

Li Xuan gave the inexplicably depressed Misaka Mikoto a slap on the head. What was she thinking about?

Chapter 706: Saten Ruiko's Inferiority Complex

"Whether in their cognition or in real reality, their past exists. Since you don't know much about time and space, don't speculate on it."

"Hiss! It hurts! Why are you using so much force?"

Misaka Mikoto covered her head, extremely dissatisfied with Li Xuan's ruthlessness. However, she also realized that she was indeed being too obsessed with things. These things were not something that a mere psychic like her should be thinking about.

"But I can understand why Misaka-senpai was chosen as a person with super powers, but why would I, an ordinary person without super powers, be chosen?"

All the students who came to Academy City chose to leave their parents and come to this strange place at a young age because of their longing for super powers.

However, the cruel reality is that people with no or low abilities make up the vast majority of people, and in Academy City, where people's rank is judged by their abilities, the sense of separation between high-level and low-level abilities is further exacerbated.

Especially those without abilities, they are at the bottom of the society of Academy City. Many people cannot accept this reality and thus degenerate into an armed group of those without abilities.

Although Saten Ruiko didn't change because of this, she was about to give up. Could she really become a esper? Even the lowest level?

Impossible! Saten Ruiko then gave her own answer. If it was so easy for people without abilities to break through and become people with abilities, then how could Academy City have so many bad guys and armed groups of people without abilities?

So Riri Saotome didn't understand why Li Xuan chose her, a person who couldn't be more ordinary.

Even her good friend Hatsuharu Shikiri is a member of the Discipline Committee after all. As a management organization that belongs exclusively to students, it is not easy to join without some ability or special skills.

After all, the situations that the discipline committee members have to face are quite dangerous, and they really can't do it without some strength.

"Don't be so self-deprecating! After all, in the future I saw, you still helped a lot. This four-person team can't do without anyone."

"And isn't it just a superpower? It's simple enough for me. Whether it's superpowers, magic, witchcraft, Yin-Yang magic, alchemy, etc., as a souvenir for this trip, you can choose any one of them."

Li Xuan also felt that it was too pitiful for Riri Saotome to be a powerless person alone, so he planned to give her some self-protection abilities.

"Then can I awaken super powers? Or is it possible for me to develop super powers?"

Although Li Xuan gave many options, for Riri Saotome, who had persisted for so long, she only had one choice.

"Of course it's possible to develop superpowers. After all, Academy City's ability development is based on personal reality, and everyone has their own personal reality. Even those without abilities have actually developed abilities. Some of them have their own personal realities. To be precise, they are not truly ordinary people or people without abilities, but people with zero abilities."

"It's simply because of individual realities that developing superpowers is easier or harder for everyone. Naturally, for the vast majority of people without superpowers, their abilities are of average potential, and the difficulty of developing them is too great to be worth the investment. As long as they're willing to invest the resources, it's not difficult for most people without superpowers to become a 1eve11 superpower."

"How can you do this? This is not fair!"

Misaka Mikoto, who had never been exposed to the darkness of Academy City before, was shocked. She completely didn't understand why the top management of Academy City did this.

Although she usually likes to pick on the little hooligans and dislikes these self-degrading people, thinking that they are not working hard enough, now that she understands the truth, she can't help but stand up for them.

"Why is it unfair? Academy City's money didn't just come from nowhere. Their resources are limited, and it's impossible to satisfy all students. Naturally, there will be trade-offs. This is perfectly normal."

"…………"

Misaka Mikoto opened her mouth, unsure what to say. It wasn't that Academy City was wrong. After all, the existence of competency assessments meant that Academy City couldn't be completely fair in developing abilities. They couldn't possibly invest so much resources in disproportionate training.

Although the top management of Academy City is inhumane in many ways, Li Xuan will not blame them for anything in this matter, because this is the cruel reality.

"So, this means that there are different levels of talent among students, and that it's useless for students with insufficient talent to work hard, right?"

Li Xuan's words were the biggest blow to Riri Saotome, who had been working hard. If it weren't for Li Xuan's promise, she would have almost collapsed.

After working so hard for so long, Li Xuan told her that her efforts were meaningless and that the top management of Academy City were simply deceiving these powerless people.

"That's not the case. I can only say it's not very meaningful. Learning and optimizing the formula for superpowers is indeed useful for those without superpowers, but how much of a benefit it can have depends on the individual's aptitude and the direction of the superpower formula optimization."

"To put it simply, after 450 years of development, each person's personal reality and superpowers begin to sprout. The basic superpower calculation formula is like an engine, and each person's computing power is like gasoline. Some people are born with high engine utilization efficiency, and only need a small amount of computing power to use superpowers. Others have strong computing power, and although the computing power required to activate abilities is relatively high, they can also meet the requirements. Both types of people can become superpower users."

"The best among them are strong in both aspects. They have a lot of computing power and can use it very efficiently. They can become super-powered. Those without abilities, on the other hand, lack computing power and use it inefficiently, which results in them being unable to use their abilities."

"For example, Leizi, if the superpower calculation formula can be significantly optimized, or if your own computing power is improved, then you will find that you actually have the superpower of aerodynamics."

"Is that so? I see."

Li Xuandu explained it so clearly that Saten Ruiko naturally understood it all. Her efforts weren't completely ineffective, they just weren't very effective.

Li Xuan's words actually made her feel a little better. At least her efforts weren't in vain. Even if it was just better than nothing.

Chapter 707: Immature Ability System

"So, learning and optimizing the calculation formula for superpowers should be very useful. Why do you say it doesn't have much effect?"

Misaka Mikoto was a little surprised why Li Xuan said that. She thought to herself that the calculation formula for optimizing superpowers was still very useful.

"So, will your optimized superpower calculation formula be useful to others? Not to mention others, can other electrical-type espers fully utilize your optimization ideas?"

"It's hard!"

When asked this by Li Xuan, Misaka Mikoto realized the crux of the matter. The development of superpowers is based on personal reality, and personal reality means that there are no two identical people in the world, so there will not be two identical personal realities, and there will not be two identical superpower users.

The optimization of the calculation formula for superpowers is actually a very idealistic thing. Although Academy City has summarized some basic optimization solutions from millions of people with superpowers, the basic solutions also mean low efficiency. Optimizing a specific calculation formula for a person with superpowers is actually a very difficult task. After all, personal reality is something of one's own consciousness and subconsciousness, so it is quite difficult for outsiders to understand.

The resources consumed are too huge and the efficiency is not high. Therefore, in Academy City, the growth of people with special abilities places so much emphasis on personal qualifications. In essence, Academy City has only been established for a few decades, and research on people with special abilities is just an emerging discipline without enough foundation and accumulation.

If Academy City existed for a few hundred more years, the requirements for becoming an esper would have been much lowered. Of course, this was also largely due to the fact that Aleister, the developer of the technology, had no involvement.

After all, for him, increasing the number of the bottom level ability users is meaningless. In essence, he established Academy City not to promote the development of science, but to avenge and resurrect his daughter. Under such circumstances, he naturally would not care much about the progress and development of Academy City. Otherwise, he would not have appeared for many years and distributed the power of Academy City to these directors.

Essentially, for Aleister, Academy City is just a tool, and it is enough to be useful.

"It seems you understand. Everyone's ability calculation formula is subjective. Forcibly applying someone else's ability calculation method is very dangerous. It's not that no one in Academy City has conducted similar research. For example, there have been experiments that applied part of the superpower calculation formula of the first superpower user to other superpower users, but the success rate is very low."

Li Xuan's words were just a brief mention, leaving out some darker things. For example, he didn't mention the fact that few people succeeded in doing this, and he didn't mention the fate of those who failed.

The Dark May Project, one of Academy City's covertly inhumane projects, analyzes Accelerator's thought patterns and forcibly implants them into test subjects, enhancing their own personal reality and dramatically increasing their abilities. The test subjects are orphans and abandoned children adopted from around the world by Academy City.

Kinuhata's favorite was one of the test subjects of this experiment, and as a successful case, her ability gained a self-defense effect, which would automatically activate when she was attacked, similar to Accelerator's reflexes.

In the Academy City, ordinary students who were sent to the Academy City by their parents actually lived a pretty good life. Generally speaking, various testing institutions would not take action against these people.

After all, these ordinary students still have support outside of Academy City, although it is very weak, but Academy City still has to maintain its glamorous image on the surface to attract students from all over the world.

Those who are truly in danger in Academy City and are used as experimental subjects are mostly abandoned babies and orphans collected by Academy City in various ways.

They are weak and isolated, and rely entirely on Academy City for survival, so these experimental institutions can naturally control them as they please.

"So, that's the truth. From the moment Academy City's ability development is completed, it almost determines the limits of what everyone can achieve. Subsequent learning and effort can't be said to be completely useless, but the impact it can have is also quite limited."

"Then why didn't the top management of Academy City speak out about this matter? Instead, they concealed it."

Misaka Mikoto thought about how the Academy City executives had widely publicized her efforts to become a psychic, and she therefore thought that those little hooligans were not working hard. But now she understands that some things cannot be blamed entirely on these bad guys.

As one of the students who came to Academy City with a longing for super powers, she naturally understood the feelings of other students who came to Academy City with the same dreams as her. Misaka Mikoto could not imagine how devastated she would be if she were a person without super powers.

"It's simple. It's for enrollment and for the development of Academy City. If things like judging quality were brought up, Academy City would definitely not have developed to its current level. After all, meaningless effort is enough to demoralize most students. Why don't they choose to leave Academy City and return to a normal school? At least that way they wouldn't be so depressed."

"How could they do this!"

"It's a shame that they did this. This is how mean and dark adults can be."

False propaganda and concealing the truth are perfectly normal for the top management of Academy City. They are considered very aboveboard methods compared to other things they do.

"We've strayed off topic a bit, let's get back to Saten! Are you sure you want to awaken your superpowers? Compared to other abilities that have been developed over so many years, superpowers actually have many shortcomings. They've only been developed for so short a time, have many flaws, and their potential isn't that high. There's no need to fixate on superpowers."

Li Xuan was telling the truth. After all, the super power development technology was just a tool-like power system developed by Aleister for revenge, and then it was put aside by Aleister without anyone paving the way. That's why Accelerator stopped at being a super power user and did not become an absolute power user.

Because in the system of esper users Aleister had created, Accelerator was the strongest, and it was Accelerator who paved the way. There was no path ahead for him to follow, so he had to slowly explore on his own. Otherwise, with Accelerator's potential, if he had devoted himself to a mature system of magic, he would have been on the same level as Right Flame long ago, and there was no way he would have had such a miserable life.

Chapter 708: Saten Ruiko Becomes a User with Special Abilities

Riri Saten pondered for a while and finally chose superpowers. She didn't actually pursue power that much, and she wanted to become a superpower user just because of her obsession for such a long time.

Maybe magic, Yin-Yang magic and the like are more powerful, but those are not what she pursues.

"Since you have made your choice, I will help you develop your super powers."

Since Saten Ruiko had already made up her mind, Li Xuan stopped trying to persuade her. As for developing and optimizing superpowers, it was naturally very simple for Li Xuan.