Perhaps because he has been unlucky since childhood, experiencing too many hardships and setbacks in his brief life, Li Xing doesn't dare to expect too much from this kind of luck-dependent "awakened superpower" thing.

As long as he can reach B-level, he would be very satisfied.

A-level?

He doesn't even dare to think about it!

You should know, before meeting Ma Ran, he defined himself as—if he could awaken superpowers, ninety-nine point nine percent would be a D-level ability.

Now with Ma Ran's assurance, Li Xing suddenly feels that maybe his luck is turning around.

Li Xing instinctively shook his head, but winced in pain.

At the most tense moments, all kinds of hormones were rapidly secreted, you didn't feel it then, but now that things are safe, this pain makes all his muscles twitch.

"First law of superpower—gain must come with loss."

Ma Ran's brows slightly furrowed, seeming to recall something unpleasant, his originally calm tone also fluctuated slightly: "Within the range of mental will endurance, using superpowers will not encounter backlash."

"But currently, over ninety-nine percent of superpower users globally will exceed their own limits."

"Once you exceed the endurance limit, you will suffer the side effects brought by superpowers."

"We call it..."

"Superpower erosion phenomenon."

At this point, Ma Ran looked at Li Xing meaningfully: "You are smart."

"In the future, if you encounter any problems related to the extraordinary, you can come to me."

By common sense, Ma Ran should have handed over a business card at this time.

But...

With Ma Ran's current status, there is no need to do something so redundant.

He said this at this time and place.

As long as Li Xing shows the intention to find him, someone would step forward to help Li Xing schedule an appointment, and if Ma Ran happened to be free, a car would immediately be available to take Li Xing to him.

"Did I actually guess right?"

Li Xing blinked.

Exceeding one's endurance limit, using abilities...

It's actually easy to understand.

Just like staying up late, knowing it's bad for the body yet still choosing to do it, there are countless people.

However, the extraordinary ones who secretly guard human civilization, maintain social order, and resist alien invaders, endure superpower erosion often involuntarily?

Li Xing took two deep breaths, looking at Ma Ran with a complicated expression.

"The Prophet... the superpower erosion phenomenon of foreseeing the future, is life overdrawn, right..."

His perception of Ma Ran shifted from "difficult to approach" at the start, to gratitude, and now has become genuine admiration.

We are not related by blood, yet the other is willing to consume lifespan to save him.

What great spirit of selflessness is this!

The [Knight] ability, allowing thoughts to become knight-like, can be understood.

The Prophet's superpower is to see the future, no matter how you think about it, the side effect wouldn't be altering a person's thinking pattern!

So...

Ma Ran saves people purely because he is kind-hearted, with high moral standards!

Upon first meeting, feeling that he was aloof and hard to approach, was just a facade.

Beneath that cold mask, lies a heart of gold, blazing with sincere passion!

Li Xing thought about it from another perspective, and felt if he had such a power, he would deliberate many times, hesitate long, every time he changed the future.

Even if it is just a day, an hour, a minute of lifespan, it represents the length of one's life!

"Take good care of yourself."

Ma Ran's eyes skimmed over the two unlucky guys wrapped in bandages on the sickbed, saying calmly: "I'll be leaving now."

Upon finishing, he turned and left the ward, heading toward the hospital's entrance.

Halfway there, Ma Ran's emotions were somewhat complex.

Almost everyone, upon seeing his hair turn white, would think that his using foresight ability to change the future would lead to his cell deterioration and death, overdraw his life force.

No one ever thought that for a "National Guardian" level Prophet, the cost required during superpower erosion was only a change in hair color to white.

Because it sounds, frankly, too ridiculous!

Regardless of how foolish Earthlings might be, their first response wouldn't arrive at this conclusion.

Globally, the most known faint superpower erosion is Su Qiangwei's "extra energy material depletion."

Luckily...

[Play] only feeds back on portions beneficial to Ma Ran.

When observing or changing the future, he doesn't overdraft his life as everyone assumes.

If he did, he simply wouldn't be able to max out his use of [Fragment Prophet] every day.

...

Ma Ran's home is right in the city, not far from the central hospital.

However, it took him several hours before he returned home.

Although Youwen Text Illusion could easily prevent his parents' worries, to leave no flaw, to let others notice nothing, Ma Ran still chose to go and dye his hair.

A young man's dyeing his hair black is quite a novel affair.

The barber at the shop was also sharp-eyed, with a rich imagination, mind wandering, as he worked, he become a brain-supplementing demon, and somehow a spark of a neuron urged him to chase Ma Ran and discuss things related to extraordinary power.

"This isn't youthful white hair! I've seen plenty of youngsters with a full head of white hair, and it's completely different from yours."

"Look at the texture, tenacious, smooth, silky!"

"This color, like satin, glinting and glistening!"

"Bro, just be honest! Are you from another province?"

"The Super Bureau over there has already started handing out 'Burning Martial' for free, right?"

"Did this white hair of yours come from deviation during inner Qi cultivation?"

Ma Ran expressionlessly replied to the person with a "Try exercising your spiritual will, it's good for awakening superpowers" and then stopped talking.

During the long time dyeing his hair, he did not waste a single bit—after becoming a Youwen Grandmaster, further researching Youwen had less short-term gains, so Ma Ran mainly focused his energy on pondering spiritual power's training and application methods.

[Martial Arts Celestial Pride] is a versatile badge, complementing [Academic Demon], just a touch of "Martial Arts Will" added during research can harness its effect.

With the support of these two badges, Ma Ran's research progress increased very quickly.

In this aspect, the time and energy spent determine the gains received.

Although [Play] supports him, in most circumstances Ma Ran doesn't have to sweat and toil like others to cultivate endlessly, but he never ceased his practice in the realms of Youwen and spiritual power.

The feeling of talent being high enough, leading to rapid strength increases if diligently put in effort, is quite exquisite.

Returning home, his parents were full of cheer and visibly excited.

Father Ma shouted about taking out his treasured wine, to have a drink or two with his son.

His mother bought a bunch of groceries, determined to nourish her son well.

Stewed black chicken soup, vinegar-fried yam, stir-fried green peppers with meat, braised beef, fried lotus root boxes...

"How's your relationship with colleagues?"

"Is your usual cultivation tough?"

"My son, that little girl surnamed Su, she seems pretty nice."

"Your mom is right, that little girl's very polite. Previously, when she went on a business trip out of town, she even sent specialties from Hunan and Hebei. Just this alone makes her better than most girls. But... what's your deal? Why do you mess with her all the time instead of attending to serious matters, is this how I taught you, huh?"

???

His parents' words left Ma Ran thoroughly confused.

After finishing his second bowl of rice and drinking a bowl of chicken soup, his mind was calm and emotionless, even feeling a bit hungry.

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