I Just Want To Retire Quietly

Chapter 25: Consciousness (I)

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What else can Qiao Zhixue do? Of course he has to find a way!

Everyone else, even Liang Xian and the other two, can be eliminated, but Tan Yan is the only one who absolutely cannot leave. If he doesn't join the interest group, will the others go to the apocalyptic world to die

"You don't want to peek at the test paper in advance, but you want everyone to work together to find an answer that satisfies everyone?" Qiao Zhixue asked.

"That's right." Tan Yan said seriously.

Qiao Zhixue: “…”

Qiao Zhixue felt that everyone might think too highly of him. He was just an academic, not a politician. This kind of thing should be thought of by the minister. How could he be given such a big deal? He was now thinking every day about what equipment the next group of people going to Kongdong should bring.

"I think I understand what you mean." Fortunately, there is Ah San, who has had the experience of entering the "void" together, and knows Tan Yan a little bit. "You know that you must enter the interest group, but you don't want to be unfair to other students. Let's put it this way, you can answer the questions as you should in this exam, but I will give you a grade that is neither high nor low. I will keep a backup of the test paper this time. When you feel that you have reached this level, come and take the test again. I will replace the test paper at that time, okay?"

After hearing this, Tan Yan agreed readily. No matter what approach he took, he would feel unworthy of the results he had achieved. What he lacked more than others was time, and Asan just gave him that buffer time.

Liang Xian was still thinking about the difference between stealing the test paper and copying the answers and directly changing the grades. Ah San put his arm on his shoulder and smiled maliciously: "Boy, did you steal the test paper last night?"

"How do you know?" Liang Xian was stunned.

"I tricked you," Ah San shrugged, his ordinary face now full of wisdom, "I always feel that you can't be so quiet. What, Tan Yan doesn't agree?"

Why didn't he understand something that Ah San understood? Liang Xian was very puzzled.

"Let me tell you the difference between the two," Ah San hooked his arm around Liang Xian's shoulder, "For someone like Tan Yan, he can't accept fake grades that he can't achieve, and can't accept that his grades were obtained by cheating. The grades I announced this time are what he can achieve in the future, or a learning goal he set for himself. This is different from being fake from the beginning, do you understand?"

Liang Xian still had some vague understanding.

Ah San sighed slightly.

In his opinion, Liang Xian is too good and too smart, and his performance in the other world is very good. He has something that he doesn't have. Both Qiao Zhixue and Tan Yan train Liang Xian as a leader. However, this leader himself is not very mature. If he is not instilled with a correct worldview before he grows up, the future will be terrible.

After coming out of the "void", various tests conducted by the research team showed that their physical values were no different from usual. Various data proved that superpowers can only be used in the other world, but San didn't believe it.

In the real world, his tendons were clearly cut by Tan Yan, but he didn't even have any flesh wounds. He didn't enter the "void" at that time. Where did this self-healing ability come from

"You said, when we became half-dead, Tan Yanxi didn't want us to awaken our special abilities and recover?" Asan suddenly asked in a low voice.

"Of course I hope so." Tan Yan, who heard it from the side, replied.

Oh no, I forgot that Tan Yan’s hearing is different from that of ordinary people.

Having said that, Liang Xian winked at Asan, indicating that they could talk about this matter later.

The three of them all tacitly agreed not to report to the organization the fact that Ah San had been "suspected of being injured" before. It was not because they knew about it but because they did not want people to think that Tan Yan was an outlier because of something that had not been concluded.

There are three explanations for Ah San's "injury". One is that he recovered in another world after being injured. After all, the situation was urgent at the time. Ah San was sucked into the "void" immediately after being injured in the real world. He had time to check his wounds after arriving in another world. There is a time difference in between, which can also explain what Tan Yan said, "There are no superpowers in the real world"; the second is that he was not injured from the beginning, and Tan Yan's attack made him have an illusion of being injured. There is precedent for this. Some people have had the illusion of death in front of a mercenary or killer who kills people like crazy. This is caused by momentum and oppression; the third is what they doubt the most but are most unwilling to believe. Ah San's wrist recovered the moment he was injured.

Without evidence, everything depended on Ah San's feelings, and Ah San himself couldn't explain it clearly. He could only temporarily suppress his suspicion and wait for the verification later.

From what I've observed these days, Tan Yan is an upright but pedantic person. He wouldn't even copy the test paper. The possibility of such a person lying is almost zero. How could he hide the fact that he can use supernatural powers in real life

Asan decided to trust Tan Yan for the time being.

Seeing that the three had arrived, Qiao Zhixue said directly: "Next time you enter the 'void', the organization requires everyone to complete the following tasks on the premise of successfully returning to Earth - first, try to contact local intelligent creatures to understand the cause of the end of the world; second, bring some measuring instruments. Although we cannot bring back things from other worlds, we can test them locally and bring back data. We want to determine whether the world after the 'void' is our parallel universe; third, use various methods to grasp the level of everyone's superpowers. Tan Yan should not take action if he can. You are our trump card. When there is no danger, just guide the younger generation."

"When and where will the next 'hole' appear?" asked Ah San.

"I don't know. At present, the frequency of the 'void' appears irregularly. You need to uncover the secret." Qiao Zhixue looked at them with trust. "I really hope that one day you will become extremely powerful, powerful enough to take me with you. I really hope to be able to enter the 'void' and explore the unknown world."

Qiao Zhixue has a great passion for "voids". He doesn't care whether he will die or not, and is willing to take risks. Unfortunately, his wisdom is the treasure of the National Technical Safety Bureau, and his superiors do not allow him to enter.

After the military training, the results were released as scheduled. Except for Tan Yan who was admitted to the interest group, Qin Li was admitted on the narrow line, Liang Xian topped the list, and Cui Heyu ranked second.

There are four other students joining the freshman special class: Qiu Qizhen, Yan Yongfeng, Zhang Jianshan, and You Xiangming. Their grades are all relatively low, and those with the highest grades are all juniors.

There are currently 30 people in the interest group, 8 of whom are first-year students and the rest are all seniors.

In fact, everyone signed up for the interest group out of curiosity. After all, students in the special class have more complete future plans and have already decided what they want to do after graduation when they were in college. Suddenly, an interest group that the school seems to attach great importance to appeared, making it very mysterious, and the teacher couldn't say what the future research content would be, so many students tried to sign up.

Freshmen are required to take additional tests during the placement test, while students in other grades can directly sign up for the written test.

They are all excellent students, but whether they can all enter the "void" in the future depends on their future performance.

Now, rather than what the interest group is researching, students are more interested in Liang Xian and Cui Heyu, two first-year students who are ranked first and second. Their presence makes the third and fourth year students who have already been exposed to quantum mechanics feel embarrassed.

As a nominal tutor of the interest group, Ah San intended to use Liang Xian to stimulate other students. Only competition can reveal a person's potential and character. With Liang Xian's personality, it is perfect for him to be a target. Cui Heyu was almost angry every day after the results came out.

The interest group reallocated dormitories, and Qiao Zhixue specifically applied for a small building as the interest group's site. If everyone moved in together, there would be no need to worry about Tan Yan and others going out in the middle of the night and being discovered. Since there were six people in a dormitory, when assigning personnel, they arranged Cui Heyu, Qiu Qizheng, who had already had some doubts about Tan Yan, and Yan Yongfeng and Liang Xian in the same dormitory.

"Bah!" Cui Heyu said immediately when they saw Liang Xian after moving in, "Why didn't Ke Hao get into the interest group? We now have an extra outsider in our dormitory."

"It's not that he didn't want to take the exam, it's that he didn't pass," Yan Yongfeng said while lying on the bed. "Don't forget who made us train for more than half a month. I almost vomited from exhaustion during the day, and I didn't have the energy to read relevant knowledge at night. Do you really think that everyone has as much physical strength as me?"

"If I had known that I would be in the same dormitory with you, I would not have joined the interest group." Cui Heyu rolled his eyes at Liang Xian.

Unfortunately Liang Xian was in no mood to pay attention to him. He was thinking that from now on he and Tan Yan would live in the same dormitory, eat and live together. This feeling was too good to be true!

When moving the luggage, Liang Xian kept moving closer to Tan Yan, but unfortunately Tan Yan had very little luggage, so he lifted it all with one hand. Liang Xian had a lot of luggage, and the books he had recently bought were a big box, so Tan Yan used his free hand to help him carry the box.

In Tan Yan's words, the bookcase is not heavy at all; it is the weight of knowledge that he is willing to bear.

Liang Xian and Tan Yan's beds were facing each other, and Liang Xian felt excited when he thought about seeing Tan Yan as soon as he opened his eyes every morning. He felt that he might not be able to sleep tonight, and he could watch Tan Yan's figure in the dark all night.

Thinking this way, Liang Xian didn't care what Cui Heyu said. He waited excitedly until the lights were turned off at 10 o'clock in the evening. Watching Tan Yan climb into bed strictly according to the schedule, he followed him to the bed opposite.

In the darkness, Tan Yan's face looked particularly white. Although he was already twenty-five or twenty-six years old, his face was so tender that he looked younger than himself.

He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, which could be described as sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, but now those eyes were quietly closed, with long eyelashes drooping, occasionally trembling, which made Liang Xian's heart tremble.

It’s nice to be in the same dormitory. I can see Tan Yan’s face so clearly even in the middle of the night...

Wait, midnight

Liang Xian sat up suddenly and looked at the surroundings. It was pitch black. Even though they had been trained in night vision since childhood, they could only see roughly. The only thing he saw was Tan Yan's face, which was as clear as if a searchlight was shining on Tan Yan's face.

He suddenly remembered Tan Yan's keen hearing in the real world. Could it be that it was his vision that was awakened

No, then why can I only see Tan Yan’s face

Liang Xian jumped off the bed, walked to the window, and stared at the building opposite. He widened his eyes and told himself in his heart, I must see clearly the dormitory opposite that has no curtains drawn.

As he was thinking this, he felt that the dormitory he was staring at seemed to be gradually getting closer. It was as if he was lying outside the window of the other side in a well-lit environment, and he could see several people in the dormitory clearly.

Liang Xian turned around, and this time the dormitory seemed as bright as day in his eyes.

This is not because his eyesight has become better, but because he "wants" to see clearly, so he can see clearly.

When they were doing the test, they had a clear goal at all, which was to "want" to test their current physical fitness level, so the results they got were normal values because their physical fitness had not improved.

For example, jumping ability. What if he was thinking about jumping more than ten meters instead of testing his physical fitness

Liang Xian looked at the bed in front of him. Their beds were all upper bunks. Considering the height of the students, in order to avoid hitting their heads, they were all two meters high. Under normal circumstances, if he didn't have any leverage, he couldn't jump up directly.

So what now

Liang Xian thought, I will jump onto the bed gently, without any tools, and I won’t disturb others after jumping onto the bed, like…

Yes, just like that day in the jungle, when Tan Yan jumped onto the tree, as light as a cat.

As he thought this, he bent his knees slightly and jumped as lightly as possible.

Then Liang Xian felt as if something was supporting his body, allowing him to float to the bed almost effortlessly, and then fall down like a feather without making any sound.

There was no effort from beginning to end, as if the air was obeying the commands of my brain.

Could this be what Tan Yan meant by being able to feel the energy particles floating around you

Before Liang Xian could figure this out, he felt a tearing pain in his brain, as if his brain was split in two from the inside, stretching his brain nerves and making him want to bang his head against the wall in pain.

At this moment, a slight collision sound was heard in the dormitory.

Liang Xian endured the pain and looked towards the source of the sound. It was Cui Heyu sitting in front of the computer, looking at Liang Xian with a dull expression.

It turned out that Cui Heyu had not slept all the time. He took advantage of the lights out to connect the power cord so that his computer was not restricted by power. Just as he finished his work under the light of his mobile phone and came out from under the table, he saw Liang Xian flying onto the bed.

Cui Heyu opened his mouth but made no sound. However, they were so shocked that the sound of the screwdriver in their hands falling on the table startled Liang Xian.

Seeing Liang Xian looking at him, he rushed to Liang Xian's bed, grabbed his collar and yelled, "How did you do that just now?"

Liang Xian had a headache so severe that he was sweating all over, his lips turned pale and his whole body was shaking. He felt like his brain was about to explode, and when Cui Heyu shook him, he vomited all over himself.

The noise startled everyone else in the dormitory. Tan Yan opened his eyes and saw that Liang Xian looked like he was about to die. He did not get out of bed at all, but jumped directly from his own bed to Liang Xian's bed opposite.

The upper bunk was about 1.5 meters away from the ceiling, which was convenient for them to sit up, but not for them to stand. The distance between the two beds was at least three meters. Tan Yan did not use any help, but almost climbed up and half-knelt to fly to Liang Xian's bed.

This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that except for Liang Xian, no one else noticed anything unusual about this action, including Cui Heyu who had just seen Liang Xian's action.

Only Liang Xian not only saw Tan Yan's movements, but also felt things that were imperceptible to the naked eye.

There was some kind of force that almost carried Tan Yan to him. Liang Xian couldn't see it, but his brain could sense that there were countless chaotic things around him doing movements that only they understood.

"Ah..." Liang Xian's head hurt even more when he thought of this. He had been enduring it, but now he finally couldn't control himself and let out a cry.

At this time, Tan Yan finally came to Liang Xian's side. He ignored the fact that Liang Xian had vomited all over himself, held him in his arms, gently rubbed his temple with two fingers, and asked in a gentle voice: "Do you have a headache?"

“Hmm…” Liang Xian buried his face in Tan Yan’s arms, tears streaming down his face out of pain.

"Don't think about it." Tan Yan said in his ear, "Don't think about anything."

His fingertips seemed to have the power to gradually calm the confusion in Liang Xian's brain. The pain eased a little, and Liang Xian heard Cui Heyu screaming: "Oh my God, did you vomit all over me on purpose?"

The lights came on when there was chaos in the dormitory. It turned out that Qiu Qizhen saw that Liang Xian was indeed feeling unwell, so he immediately went to find the teacher.

Asan walked into the dormitory and carried Liang Xian out with Tan Yan. Qin Li followed closely behind, leaving Cui Heyu covered in dirt.

Assistant Chai also left a task for the rest of the people: "Clean the dormitory, including Liang Xian's bed."

Cui Heyu: “…”

The remaining three people had no choice but to resign themselves to cleaning up the dirt. The bathhouse was already closed. Cui Heyu took a basin and washed their bodies with cold water in the washroom, rubbing Liang Xian's bed sheets in frustration.

"Liang Xian was not feeling well, so it would have been fine if you didn't report it, but why did you end up in his bed?" Qiu Qizhen said unhappily.

"I'm not, I didn't," Cui Heyu explained, "I just saw..."

He saw that Liang Xian seemed to be flying, but the light was too dim and he was not sure whether Liang Xian had installed some mechanism on the bed.

When they had time, they would practice setting traps in the dormitory, which turned into a mess. In the end, the instructor punished them by making them run on an empty stomach for a whole day. But Cui and Yu's intuition told them that Liang Xian did not set any traps, he just "flew" onto the bed by his own strength.

"What are you thinking about?" Qiu Qizheng threw a towel on his wet head. "Wash it with cold water. Dry it quickly. Liang Xian is already sick. You can't get sick again."

"He doesn't look sick..." Cui Heyu shook his head, "He's more like..."

What kind of torture is he suffering

They had been trained in torture, and Cui and Yu recalled Liang Xian's expression at the time, as if someone was stimulating his brain with a strong electric current. But it was different. The degree of Liang Xian's pain meant that the current was enough to destroy his brain, or even kill him directly, but he didn't.

"What exactly did you see?" Seeing that he looked confused, Qiu Qizhen also faced the question squarely.

"I saw..." Cui Heyu recalled, "Liang Xian floated up from the ground, turned over easily in the air, and flew to the bed. I bet there was no mechanism on his bed, he just didn't use any leverage... No, he didn't use any force at all, he just floated up like that."

Qiu Qizheng: "Are you sure you saw it clearly? The lights were off at that time."

"I..." Qiu Qizheng asked, and Cui Heyu was also unsure. "It stands to reason that the indoor environment is so dark, and my eyes have just been stimulated by the light of the mobile phone flashlight. It is indeed easy to overlook something when looking at the dark environment suddenly, and even have illusions due to the changes in light and dark."

"You'll ask Liang Xian when you have a chance later. Clean up the dormitory first and we'll go visit the patient tomorrow." Qiu Qi was helping Cui Heyu dry his hair while he was stunned.

Liang Xian got much better with Tan Yan's comfort. The doctor put glucose on him and said to the people who were waiting anxiously, "There's nothing wrong with his body. All indicators are normal. I can only help him replenish the lost water. Why did this happen suddenly... Is it a sequelae of rapid regeneration?"

This doctor had participated in the last rescue and was considered half-informed. Considering the future, Minister Yu arranged for him to be the school doctor at the Central Military Academy, and he was put to use right after he arrived.

"That should be the case." Tan Yan, who was always silent, replied, "I've had this situation before."

After he said that, everyone was relieved. Qin Li pointed at himself and asked, "Then I can do it too?"

"almost."

Intermittent headaches may occur after awakening the ability - there is another record in Qiao Zhixue's notebook.

Tan Yan said that Liang Xian was not seriously injured, and everyone should go and rest, and he would just stay by his bedside.

In this situation, Tan Yan was indeed the most experienced, and Liang Xian's condition did not look bad, so he did not need emergency care. Qiao Zhixue and the doctor drew blood for him and then left.

Before leaving, Ah San asked, "Why don't I have a headache?"

"Perhaps your brain is not as awakened as Liang Xian's," Qiao Zhixue said, "His is only 40%."

Asan curled his lips, still a little worse than this kid.

After everyone left, Liang Xian, who had been unconscious just now, slowly opened his eyes.

He had just used his superpowers in this world and felt a sharp pain in his brain. Now his brain was blank and he felt like he was overdrawn. Liang Xian did not think that this was a warning that he had broken the rules in a place where he could not use superpowers. Instead, it was because it was his first time using superpowers and he did not grasp the right measure, causing his brain to exceed the limit and causing this pain.

However, this speculation can only be confirmed in another world.

There is another question. Cui and Yu clearly saw themselves flying, but they did not feel too surprised when Tan Yan flew over.

It seemed that no one except him noticed Tan Yan's actions.

"Consciousness", "Observation", "Brain"...

The human brain only sees what it wants to see. People often ignore things that are right in front of them. This is a visual blind spot and also a subconscious neglect of the brain.

Could he understand it this way? No one's consciousness could capture Tan Yan's unusual movements. Only he, who had just awakened his supernatural powers, could detect Tan Yan's movements in his brain at that moment.

The superpowers they awakened were not physical abilities, but the development of the brain. The observation of the human brain is controlled by consciousness. Tan Yan is a typical materialist. He believes that there are no gods, Buddhas, ghosts, or monsters in the real world, and there will be no superpowers. He thinks that the abilities awakened in the other world can only be used in the world after the "void".

Tan Yan did not realize that he could use his superpowers in the real world, and he was not lying.

Even Liang Xian himself would not have been able to discover this secret if he had not suddenly realized that he was looking at Tan Yan in the dark.

Currently, the organization is taking a wait-and-see attitude towards them because their powers can only be used in the other world. Once the organization discovers that superpowers can be used in the real world, this expectation will probably be accompanied by surveillance.

People fear forces beyond common sense.

We cannot let other people "realize" that they can use supernatural powers in the real world.

After Liang Xian secretly made up his mind, he slowly closed his eyes.

The author has something to say: Descartes: What did I say? I am the spiritual teacher of this article!

I will explain the superpowers slowly later, but when I explain the principles of superpowers... you still won’t understand.

Then don't try to understand it. Just remember that your actions can go as far as your thoughts. This article uses quantum mechanics to explain everything that goes beyond common sense. It's pseudoscience.

ps: I recommend my good friend Nian Luan’s new article, a game article about PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds~~~~~

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