“Oh, oh!”

Chai Chai nodded, her eyes gleaming with a hint of excitement.

“Next…”

Li Ang held the Mind Ability Manual crystal in his left hand and a bottle of Holy Praise Spring Water in his right. A line of text immediately appeared before his eyes:

[Sacrifice Holy Praise Spring Water*1 to remove one-third of the seal on the Mind Ability Manual crystal?]

Holy Praise Spring Water can only repair items of Fine and Rare quality, not Perfect equipment and items.

Moreover, the healing effect can be replaced by Life Potions or other organizations' potions—the effects and methods of drinking are the same, while the purchase price of potions is lower than the cheapest Perfect item.

Furthermore, Wang Congshan had previously drunk a portion of Holy Praise Spring Water. Li Ang was unsure if trading the spring water to the Special Affairs Bureau in exchange for three Perfect-level items (not to mention whether they would agree) would lead them to analyze its special properties, notice Wang Congshan, and subsequently discover Li Ang.

The safest approach was to consume it himself rather than sell it.

Li Ang told Chai Chai to stand further away.

The latter immediately stood behind the mechanical workbench, picked up an alloy shield from the workbench, held it in front of her, and cautiously peeked over in his direction.

Li Ang clicked the confirm button in his sight. The spring water in his right hand gradually disappeared, and one of the three diamond-shaped crystals below the lock of the Mind Ability Manual turned from bright to dark.

Subsequently, Li Ang repeated the process, sacrificing the other two bottles of Holy Praise Spring Water, causing all three diamond-shaped crystals to extinguish.

*Crack.*

The lock, engraved with gorgeous flower-like patterns, shattered in response. The crystal book automatically opened, and the foreign text within instantly transformed into content that Li Ang could understand.

This was indeed a very detailed and rigorous book on psionics, logically meticulous and well-structured.

Chapter 1: Psionic Overview – Introduces how to discover, select, and display mind abilities. The usage skills, boundaries, and limits of mind abilities.

Chapter 2: Characteristics and Specializations of Psionicists – Cultivating psionics will change the body and mind, allowing one to see the world and human nature more clearly, possessing some passive abilities (such as seeing through inner thoughts, sensing hostility).

Chapter 3: Psionic Professions – The book records two types: Psionic Sorcerers and Psionic Warriors. The former focuses on exploring the essence of psionics, while the latter excels at using psionics to enhance combat abilities.

The two professions can be promoted to Overmind, Flame Manipulator, or Slayer, Blade Soul.

Chapter 4: Detailed Explanation and Learning Methods of Abilities – Also known as skill books. Psionics are divided into six schools: Self-Shaping, Conversion, Teleportation, Prophecy, Creation, and Enchantment. Generally, one can only master one school.

Each school has its own characteristics and unique mind abilities.

Abilities are like spells, ranging from level 0 to level 9.

Of course, this book only demonstrates abilities from level 0 to 4.

Chapter 5: Psionic Usage Skills – Includes psionic training methods and psionic combat techniques.

Chapter 6: Psionic Items – Psionicists can attach energy to items or create entities with psionics.

Chapter 7: Psionic Data Summary and Anecdotes – A personal account by the author of this book, Solaris, a fanatical spiritualist, as well as his experiences as an adventurer.

Overall, the content of the Mind Ability Manual was much richer and more detailed than the Alchemist's Travel Diary that Li Ang had obtained before.

After all, the latter was a personal travel diary,

while the former was a teaching material specially written by an eleventh-level high-level Psionic Sorcerer for teaching and spreading psionics.

The level of expertise was different.

Li Ang quickly scanned through the entire book. The biggest difference between psionics and other power systems was that its power came from the mind.

The entry methods for most power systems, such as True Qi, Chakra, etc., involve sensing the life energy flowing and surging within the body, feeling it, grasping it, training it, until it grows to the point where it can interact and link with the free energy outside.

The entry into psionics, however, requires beginners to clearly observe their hearts, understand themselves, dig into memories, and tame emotions—psionicists are not emotionless or detached; emotions such as pain, joy, anger, and fear still arise within them.

Excellent psionicists will stand tall, calmly and rationally overlooking and observing their emotions, using emotions to draw out the surging, vast power of the mind.

"There are three ways to learn psionics. The first is to be born different.

The Mind Flayers, a special race with a long history, are the most famous innate psionic race, perhaps without exception.

Even a Mind Flayer adult who has just finished metamorphosis can use mental powers to control ordinary humans, use their tentacles to tear apart enemies' heads, and plunder their brains."

Li Ang looked at the psionic learning methods and said softly, "The second is to accept the transmission from a mid-level or higher psionicist.

Psionicists can directly transmit psionic seeds to other intelligent life forms in a parasitic manner—this process has an extremely high mortality rate because the brains of ordinary intelligent creatures cannot withstand the mental energy contained in the psionic seed.

Moreover, the second-generation psionicists thus produced will be permanently controlled by the first-generation psionicists until they exceed the latter's level.

It must be exceeded, not just equal."

Li Ang paused and shifted his gaze downward, "And the third method, which is also the slowest, is normal teaching.

Psionicists can release psionic energy, allowing ordinary people to feel the intense impact of various emotions.

In one impact after another, they force apprentices to face themselves and gradually become resilient and rational—pain is the cruelest mentor and the best friend of psionicists.

The more intense the mental pain, the faster beginners can grow..."

Li Ang stopped the finger pointing at the foreign text.

The manual clearly stated that beginners should preferably be guided and taught by mid-level psionicists.

After all, ordinary people cannot put themselves in a state of prolonged and intense pain while fully experiencing and savoring the pain—this is completely contrary to the biological instinct to avoid pain.

Without the guidance of a psionicist, the speed of self-learning for ordinary people will be very, very slow, only able to flip through memories or whip their bodies over and over again.

However…

Li Ang raised his head and looked at Chai Chai, who was puzzled beside him (she could still only see untranslated foreign text in the book), and said with a smile, "What is 1000-7 equal to?"

"Uh, 993?"

Chai Chai subconsciously replied, "What's wrong? Do you also want to be more painful than Kaneki?"

Li Ang did not answer but raised his finger. A large number of filamentous fibers extended from the tip of his index finger, slowly stretching into his temple, piercing through skin, bone, and muscle, reaching the thalamus and cerebral cortex.

He began to release "gentle" neural pulses.

Pain pain pain pain pain pain...