Looking at her exhausted appearance from teleporting twice in a short time over a long distance without using a spatial portal like usual, Dante could tell that she had overdrawn her power a bit.
However, he was not grateful for the effort. Maybe a few weeks ago, he would have had his heart softened and considered this woman to be a close ally, but she was only a loose ally at best. Dante had already spent weeks researching the social layout of this universe and understood everything as well as a native did.
Xue Bing had forced herself and the clan behind her into a corner with her actions, forcibly siding with Dante after inadvertently protecting him. This also placed them under the headmistress somewhat since she protected Xue Bing, and they were now forced to be the watchdogs of Dante.
If not, the headmistress would hold them accountable, not to mention that the other factions had faintly begun to isolate and ostracize them as they were either neutral or hostile to Dante. As an ally of Dante, they couldn't be seen as too close lest people get the wrong idea.
"Am I really that abnormal? Why do I feel like everyone else is overreacting?" Dante said with a smile.
Xue Bing was speechless.
She looked Dante up and down and spoke softly. "You've changed. You are nothing like the boy who stood before me last month."
Dante shrugged. "People change. The goal of this school is precisely that, is it not?"
He walked into the cabin without waiting for her answer, leading Xue Bing to mutter under her breath about impudence but still obediently followed him inside.
Just as Dante was about to enter his room and excitedly begin absorbing the ambient Zero Energy to increase the grade of his Quantum Entanglement superpower from E Rank to D Rank, Xue Bing stopped him.
"Wait, I just realized, where is Slessor? And Humphrey?" She asked with confusion.
"Oh them? They are currently incapacitated. You should probably go back and deal with them before some crazy teacher kidnaps them too." Dante responded with a strange smile.
Xue Bing was speechless once more.
Deciding not to interact with this brat anymore before she fought him to the death, she teleported back to the entrance using the proper method of using her own superpower. This caused Dante to smile as he sat on the cushion in the room and relaxed.
Before he began the absorption and upgrade process, he connected to the AI chip in his brain and called up his SDI, the Standard Display Index.
User: Dante (ID Number: DANTE10998-03-15)
Age: 21 (Converted to Earth years)
Race: Pure Human (99.9% genetic perfection)
Strength Index: 500 (5000)
Agility Index: 500 (5000)
Dexterity Index: 500 (5000)
Intelligence Index: 500 (5000)
Constitution Index: 500 (5000)
Vitality Index: 500 (5000)
Bionic Level: 1 (Unique Student Version 10.)
Psionic Level: 1 (Unique Student Version 10.)
AI Chip Level: 1 (Civilian Category)
Superpowers: Quantum Entanglement (Rank E).
Special Characteristics: Raging Blood Halberd Technique (Blood Tempering, Perfection level 96%), Inferno Ascension Technique (Level 2: Limbo Enkindling, 54%).?
His AI chip had changed the display of his SDI according to his situation and now recorded the special abilities he had on the outside as well as their progress.
He nodded with satisfaction and released the usual pink incense that smelled lovely, which helped him enter a meditative trance conducive to absorbing Zero Energy.
As Dante settled into his meditative trance once again, the pink incense curling gently in the air around him, an ethereal sensation enveloped his being.
It was as if his consciousness expanded beyond the confines of his physical body, transcending the boundaries of the training room itself.
In this heightened state of awareness, Dante could feel the currents of Zero Energy flowing around him, like a cosmic river of pure potential.
It was no longer just a sensation as he could almost see the swirling eddies of energy dancing in harmony with the universe's fundamental forces. The very fabric of reality seemed to shift and shimmer in response to his presence.
As Dante's focus deepened, he directed his attention toward his Quantum Entanglement superpower.
It was as though he could perceive it as a luminous thread of energy woven into the tapestry of his being. With each suction of the delectable Zero Energy, he felt himself drawing closer to the essence of this power, marveling at its mysteries that pulsed cryptically.
Time ceased to hold any meaning as Dante's consciousness danced between the realms of comprehension and instinct.
He began to attempt to manipulate the threads of entanglement with a newfound finesse compared to his previous try, orchestrating intricate patterns that resonated with the universal flow.
In this ethereal state, Dante's mind reached out to the depths of the superpower's structure, probing its composition with cautious curiosity. He sensed the sheer power within it, like a wellspring of limitless energy waiting to be harnessed.
Surprisingly, as he delved deeper, the superpower responded, resonating with his intent and amplifying his connection to the Zero Energy.
To Dante's shock, he could feel the energy converging within him, coalescing into a radiant light that pulsed with an otherworldly brilliance.
Within his Soul Space, the familiar gate that hung in the void and led to various realms expanded to twice its size, and a smaller gate formed from it that was like a satellite, orbiting around the main one.
This gate did not lead to any place he knew but rather into a dead void-like space. At the same time, Dante knew that his superpower had finally reached the D Rank, which was the target he had set for himself.
Along with that, information flooded his head about the new abilities he got, and Dante couldn't help but be so shocked that he almost fainted within his own Soul Space.
Like before, he had earned two new abilities, one that was as a result of the development of his Base F-Rank ability and one that was a sub-ability earned after reaching this new Rank.
The base upgraded ability was called Quantum Placement, and its function was very simple. It allowed Dante to freely place Quantum Markers anywhere he wanted within the range of his active senses.
Before, to leave a Quantum Marker, he had to travel to and from the home universe and the Eternal universe at that spot, which was quite a bother. Now that he could leave them anywhere, he could completely use this ability in a combat situation.
ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Even more so now that he had the Limbo Enkindling fire which created the fabled Spirit Sense for him. A hidden synergy meant that he could now place Quantum Markers anywhere within the range of his Spirit Sense, easily allowing him to become like the Yellow Flash of the Leaf, ethereal and untouchable.
Even crazier was that Dante no longer needed to log into the Etraverse to enter Quantum Worlds with his physical body. The next time he was in a quantum world, he could leave a marker down in that world and come with his real body through teleportation.
Of course, he could have already done this after his previous upgrade, so why was he acting like this was new?
Well, the reason was that if he used this new method, he would no longer descend into his virtual body, meaning that the virtual body and real body could exist in the quantum world at the same time!
If his AI chip logged into his account while he was in the quantum world with his real body using this method, it was completely possible to commandeer the virtual body using his high mental capacity and achieve the effect of having a clone!
However, this was only marginally useful overall as the death of the virtual body would officially end his stay in that world using that identity from the system, so his real body, while it could stay as himself, would not earn any Supercoins for later actions.
So it was not really wise to use the virtual body as a meat shield unless it's a really fatal danger that cannot be blocked using any other means.
Still, it was an option, and Dante could think of ways to exploit it later as he integrated his superpower more and understood the inner workings of these quantum worlds even more.
But that was for later.
What really caused him to feel such strong emotions was the sub-ability that came with reaching the D rank, and it was crazy!
It was called Quantum Depository, and by the name alone, you could guess the hair-raising effects of this sub-ability. It allowed Dante to open a personal quantum space not linked to anything in the universe where he could store items of any kind and bring them with him wherever he went.
This included items in the quantum world being brought into reality or real items being brought into the quantum world.
This also included taking items from both places into either universe!
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