The center of the Hinon Federation, as well as the civilization of the human race, Cerulean Planet.Transcendent Academy.
Ever since the unification, the Hinon Federation had regarded the Transcendent Academy highly for producing transcendents and several technologies related to transcendents. One of the centers of the Federation was the Transcendent Academy.
At this moment, the Transcendent Academy was filled with fresh students who wanted to enroll at the academy.
Tabitha watched with interest as the teacher on a podium in a class started with an introduction about himself before proceeding to introduce some simple examples of transcendent power that the people usually used.
The students had their eyes shining; interest in the transcendent world as well as the workings of the transcendent energy, was revealed at this moment with clarity.
Then the teacher gave the freshman students some homework. It consisted of trying to guide the transcendent energy to flow in the energy channel inside the body and do a circulation throughout the whole body once.
And by the whole body, the teacher meant it. Not just the usual energy vein circulation that the students knew so far but the entire body until the smallest part.
“Students, please do this carefully. Otherwise, being injured will be quite common. Be aware that doing this will also make you stronger. Don’t you want to become stronger? Do this attentively and carefully, then see the result for yourself.” The teacher declared.
Then the students were permitted to leave the class. The students were eager to try it themselves since it meant that their strength could be increased.
Tabitha looked at them all and then time passed when the students were idle and some tried to do so.
“Hmm, the way their transcendent energy flows in their bodies is fundamentally different from other races.” Tabitha took note of this countless times and verified it just now since the students were in a blank state.
Meaning, they could be taught anything transcendent-related. That was also the moment when Tabitha could see the most inner workings of the human transcendent path.
“Furthermore, the Cerulean Planet already has a Planet Spirit which is numerous times stronger than even my own home planet at this rank.” Tabitha closed her eyes and felt the presence of the Planet Spirit and immediately detected it.
“Sadly, the stronger the human civilization, the harder it is for me to gauge their potential and harder to see their future.” Tabitha said while shaking her head.
She visited the Transcendent Academy last. She had visited other planets as well as the new colony at the new star system. She felt that the civilization here was thriving in a way that even impressed her.
After compiling things on her mind, she decided to return to Tatsumi’s house. It had been a few years since she went and now that she had returned, she wanted to surprise him.
At the time she thought about this, at Tatsumi’s house. It was the usual time of the year when the family gathered together.
Not only did they gather together but they also planned to visit the orphanage family that Tatsumi was a part of.
“Well, I think that I should hold it off until she arrives. I have a feeling that she will be here soon.” Tatsumi wanted to go immediately but then his heart palpitated and he searched the source of that feeling and realized that Tabitha was still not present.
So he made a note about it and decided to wait for her. He believed that his feelings were not something like a waste but a premonition.
His family had gathered in his house. Tetsuya and Rihana were now able to visit since Rihana could now directly communicate with the Royal Sacred Tree wherever she was on Cerulean Planet. Ivana was done with her project and made time to visit.
“Sister, I think you should marry someone.” Tetsuya advised. Seeing his half-sister still single made him worry that Charlene would mind it.
“What is that matter to you!? This is my private matter. I like doing research and development.” Ivana retorted.
“Fine, fine. But at least try to find someone who can make you feel different, you hear me?” Tetsuya said before he went to the dining room to get some drinking water.
“Sister-in-law, I am sorry for his frankness.” Rihana said with an apologetic look.
“Nah, that is his usual self. I don’t even mind it at all.” Ivana said with a flat expression.
“But what he said should stick with you a bit, right?” Charlene grabbed Ivana on the shoulder.
“Mother. Even you think I should get paired with someone?” Ivana blinked her eyes as she asked.
“Well, I hope you will eventually but if you are not willing, I won’t force you either.” Charlene smiled as she said this.
“Ugh.”
Tatsumi was using his smartphone to scroll through some news regarding the situation on the civilization from the internet. News from across Cerulean Planet, or other inhabited planets were available. He did this to wait in case Tabitha returned.
Then he felt a presence; no, to be exact, the presence showed herself on her own terms.
“Coming!” Ame was the closest to the door, so she went to greet the guest.
“Oh, you have returned.” Ame said with excitement. Then she let Tabitha enter the house and met with the children.
“Is she the one that both Mothers mentioned?” Tetsuya raised his brow. Rihana was surprised to feel great pressure from Tabitha.
“Oh, she is the one alright.” Ivana confirmed it since she had never seen such a beautiful being and the only mention of Tabitha was that she was beautiful and powerful.
“Ah, you have finally finished with your matter.” Tatsumi put down the smartphone and stood up to greet her personally.
“Well, I have seen what I need to see. Now, I can properly accompany you.” Tabitha said while tilting her head slightly and smiled at him.
“So what do you think of my civilization? What are its weaknesses and things to improve?” Tatsumi asked this because, by addressing it, he believed his civilization would improve by leaps and bounds.
“I can only say things that are your apparent weaknesses, but things to improve depend on each civilization and cannot be bound by one’s perspective,” Tabitha said honestly. Her eyes blinked with a light that Tatsumi perceived as her using her special ability.
Then Tatsumi felt like he saw things as he perceived them. Flashes of light were apparent in his vision but more than that, he also saw things from Tabitha’s memories.
From those visions, he understood what she was thinking at the time.
“E-Eureka!” Tatsumi finally could not help but shout out loud. He finally knew which part of his transcendent path he was lacking as well as the necessary technology required for them.
Then he quickly held Tabitha’s hand and said thanks before he went to Charlene.
“Charlene, wife, let’s discuss the new feasible method of technology that will benefit people more.” Tatsumi dragged Charlene to the meditation room. Charlene’s eyes gleamed as she could see what kind of things Tatsumi had in his head, and he became impatient and explained to her as quickly as possible.
The others stared as the voices of the two faded before they returned their gazes toward Tabitha.
“What exactly did you do?” Ivana’s eyes flickered with interest.
“Just some simple information-transferring technique. I believe he will be able to decipher its workings soon.” Tabitha had a confident look now that she had demonstrated her capabilities.
“Can my father decipher it as you said?” Tetsuya asked.
“Don’t you believe your own father?” Tabitha asked back.
Tetsuya became a bit stunned but he still said what he needed, “Of course I believe him but to decipher a transcendent method should not be easy even for him, right?”
“He often experiences that kind of information-transferring. It is just that he thought that this was special. But I showed him that this is a common thing for me, and that shattered his illusions.” Tabitha breathed a sigh of relief.
“Ah, you mean that he hasn’t thought about the potential versatility of this information-transferring method.” Ame said with a slow tone. She had the same problem so when the problem was being solved, she could see things with clarity.
“Not just the potential but the possibility that everyone can and has been able to do this. For example, you have the psychological model of your own. Your Nafs receives information from the Afterlife through this method. It’s not that no one has thought about this before but you assumed that this was exclusive to you; while not wrong is also not correct.” Tabitha put an example of her extensive knowledge of human civilization.
“With this, the method of information-transferring will become easier.” Tetsuya realized one aspect of the discoveries.
Then they waited for two hours before Tatsumi and Charlene appeared from the meditation room.
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At the same time, in the Hinon Science Institute.
Annie was reading the message sent by Charlene while already completing the technological blueprints and concept that Charlene had brought to them a few years ago. It took some time to realize them since the materials needed were something they had to manufacture themselves.
[Big Sister Charlene: Hey, there are new things I want to share with you]
[Big Sister Charlene: Image1, Image2, Image3]
[Big Sister Charlene: They can create a device that will make the transfer of knowledge easier. This is based on a transcendent technique for information-transferring from my husband, hehe.]
Annie’s eyes blinked. The female dwarf was astonished by the reserve of knowledge Charlene had even now. She was often curious to see the mind of such a person but she was fortunate to be friends with Charlene.
Then she processed the image. The image was actually a part of a blueprint for a headset. But the materials needed were still new overall.
“Everyone!” Annie then placed the smartphone on the office desk and shouted.
“What’s wrong, Annie?” one of them looked up while sitting and asked.
“We have an additional project. The recently done project can be applied to this one. The materials we have discovered will be used to create the device that Big Sister Charlene has sent to me.” Anne said with a serious face.
Although she was leisurely enjoying the free time, when important things came, she would be the one who took it seriously and made the device possible to be used in reality.
“What is it? Sent it to the group.”
“Okay.” Annie nodded while sending Charlene’s sent images.
These people were the ones who could make the technological explosion happen during the past five years. They had discovered new compound materials as well as numerous conveniences for the life support system of the spaceship.
That was why the spaceship built from now on would have the life support system truly integrated into the spaceship in a way that made the passenger comfortable.
Furthermore, the reworked main engine of the spaceship made it so that its battle speed was higher, almost doubling. Battle speed referred to the speed when the spaceship was in the middle of battle, not its cruise speed.
Meaning the spaceship's maneuverability increased. With maneuverability increased, more tactics could be executed. This development was a series of events that were highly beneficial to the civilization that had entered the era of interstellar travel.
“Whoa, is this even possible?”
“The device that can transfer knowledge instantly…will change the way education is.”
“There are some things that can only be experienced by oneself. No amount of knowledge transfer is going to help.”
Comments and opinions brewed on the device that Charlene had made in hindsight. After Tatsumi proposed the idea of light being the carrier of information, Charlene knew that this device would make it possible for even ordinary transcendents to share and receive information.
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At the mansion where the former orphanage of the Nine Suns Orphanage people had lived.
After coming of age and becoming adults, the children separated from both Hua Fei and Feng Mo. They built their own carrier and bought their own houses. Of course, their houses were still in Giol City so that they could visit the mansion regularly.
And this day was one of those.
After driving the car and entering the premises, Tatsumi and his family got out of the vehicle. Tatsumi was the one who drove so he was the last to come out. His eyes scanned the mansion which had been renovated numerous times to make sure that it lasted longer.
He was greeted by Mister Grant, who also became a transcendent at the Core Formation Realm.
“Mister Grant. I am here along with my family.” Tatsumi said to the middle-aged man.
As the guard of the mansion’s entrance, Grant had known Tatsumi since he was little so he felt like a father figure to Tatsumi.
“The little guy from the past has turned into a father.” Grant wanted to say more but was cut off.
“Yes, yes. You are right. But this time, I have come along with all my family.” Tatsumi gestured behind him, where there were additional people that Grant did not recognize.
Grant knew Charlene, Ame, Tetsuya, Rihana, Nene and Ivana but the two adults that accompanied them, he had never seen them before.
“Oh, I am sorry for the late introduction. This is partially my fault that I didn’t visit this place sooner.” A man said with an apologetic look at Grant.
“I am Yasuhiro. I am Tatsumi and Nene’s biological father.” Yasuhiro introduced himself. He was a transcendent, so he spent most of that time on personal matters and could only now attend this activity.
“I am Tachibana, their mother.” Tachibana introduced herself with a respectful smile.
It was because she knew that Grant was someone that both Tatsumi and Nene respected.
“Brother. I feel nervous looking at them.” Nene said as she put her black hair behind her ear.
“Don’t be. This is a good way for them to connect with each other. I am willing to see that and that is why I am doing this.” Tatsumi said. As his family, he wanted to connect them all to each other, knowing and respect between family members.
“Oh, how long I longed to see the children I see with my own eyes to be able to reunite with their biological parents." Grant said while the corner of his eyes started to well up with tears.
“It is my fault for not showing up here sooner.” Yasuhiro grabbed Grant by the shoulders. Yasuhiro had a gentle smile and firm eyes that looked at Grant with gratefulness.
Because Yasuhiro knew that during their absence, it was this guard who was able to become a member of their children’s family.
“Well, I should not make you stand in front of the gate. Please, enter esteemed guest.” Grant still remembered that Tatsumi and his family were there to attend the family meeting of the former orphanage and let them have their way.
“Thank you.” Tatsumi said to Grant before he nodded at Grant and led his family in.
Grant felt a bit nostalgic seeing Tatsumi’s back. Before, Tatsumi was just a little kid who played around the mansion, and Grant needed to watch over him. Now, Tatsumi had become the strongest transcendent, and seeing his back once again reminded Grant about the weight of the strongest transcendent.
‘It has been so long since then. Now he has his own family and has reunited with his biological parents. I am proud of you.’ Grant thought as he saw them go further into the mansion building.
Tatsumi then glanced back at Grant before he entered the mansion. The others were feeling a bit respectful since this place was where Tatsumi had grown up and there were elders in the mansion.
“You are here!” The one who greeted them at the front was Chen Fei.
“You also took the time to come here.” Tatsumi grinned and grabbed Chen Fei’s extended hand. The two clenched their hands as a form of greeting.
“It’s nice meeting you here.” Charlene curtsied respectfully despite being older.
“Big sis-in-law, don’t be so respectful to me. I feel undeserving of it.” Chen Fei said while raising his hand and shook them. He truly felt afraid of getting Charlene’s respect since she was older than him.
“Come on, a great ambassador like you being afraid of that little thing is unbecoming of you.” Ame teased.
“Sister-in-law, I don’t deserve to get respect from an influential figure like her whose contribution to the Federation and the civilization are apparent.” Chen Fei said with modesty.
He knew the limits of his position and he was also contributing to the Federation but compared to Charlene, he fell short.
Tatsumi then patted Chen Fei on the shoulder.
“Come on, don’t be too modest in this place. We are family.”
Chen Fei smiled gratefully at him. Although Tatsumi had become so much further away in the path of transcendence, he was still the same one Chen Fei had known for so long.
As Chen Fei let out a soft smile at the thought, he saw the two new people he had never seen before. Just as he intended to speak, the two introduced themselves.
“What? So you two are actually his biological parents.” Chen Fei understood immediately but he could not help but feel that Tatsumi hid the two purposely to surprise everyone at the orphanage.
He glanced back at Tatsumi and he whistled away, clearly knowing that this would become a surging wave among the orphanage people.
“Please keep this for a while longer. I want to give everyone a surprise. After all, a happy occasion should be shared with your close ones.” Tatsumi requested this of Chen Fei.
Chen Fei then glanced at Ame and Charlene and found out that the two were in agreement. Chen Fei sighed helplessly.