Chapter 145: At this moment, he seemed to radiate boundless light! [Bonus Chapter]

The communication was connected quite quickly.

Xu Zi'an spoke first: "Teacher He, hello, I am Xu Zi'an."

"I have already recovered now."

The other side was silent for a moment, then a faint voice came from the other end of the line: "Oh? Then congratulations."

The flat and distant tone made Xu Zi'an's heart skip a beat, and his sword-like brows furrowed.

But he quickly adjusted his mindset and hurriedly asked: "Teacher He, may I ask when we are departing?"

"Ah, please rest assured, my current physical condition is excellent, and I can re-bind a starship at any time!"

"Also, please rest assured, my combat effectiveness will absolutely not be affected by this..."

Xu Zi'an hadn't even finished speaking.

He was impatiently interrupted by the other party: "I'm sorry, student Xu Zi'an."

"I am already on the way to the academy with this year's specially admitted student, Yu Yang."

"I'm afraid there's no way to take you along."

"However, since you have already recovered, that is quite good. Recover your combat effectiveness as soon as possible; there will still be opportunities next year or the year after!"

Xu Zi'an was stunned.

With a final glimmer of hope in his heart, he said: "Teacher He, I believe my strength should already be sufficient to join your esteemed academy."

"There is no need to wait for next year or the year after. I will soon be able to recover my original combat effectiveness, and perhaps even reach a higher level!"

"The Federal Imperial City Starship Academy has always been my dream place since I was a child, so I hope you can reconsider..."

This time, he still didn't wait for Xu Zi'an to finish speaking.

On the other end, the tone finally became impatient: "Student Xu Zi'an, can you not hear that I am rejecting you?"

"Yes, I admit you do have talent, but that was before your starship was sunk!"

"As for your claim that you can quickly recover your combat effectiveness, who do you think would believe such words?"

"A ten percent drop in compatibility is by no means a small number, especially as one's strength level gets higher; it is even more so!"

"Our Federal Imperial City Starship Academy is the number one academy in the entire Earth Federation in terms of comprehensive strength, and we do not accept just anyone."

"Before this, you were absolutely qualified."

"But now, to put it bluntly, our Federal Imperial City Starship Academy does not accept students who have been crippled once!"

"Alright, do not call again."

"Additionally, to make you give up completely, the words I just said are the unanimous decision of our academy's leadership."

"That's it, that's all."

Having said that.

The communication was hung up.

Xu Zi'an looked expressionlessly at the terminated call, then looked at the other academy admissions representatives in his contact list.

In these past few days, let alone calls, they hadn't even sent him a single message.

It was as if those who had offered various conditions and used all sorts of methods to invite him to join five days ago...

Were not them at all.

He chuckled, pointed at his light-brain watch, and looked up to ask: "So..."

"Am I now rejected by all the academies?"

Haitang's expression remained cold, and upon hearing this, she said: "Basically, yes. At least the other nine of the Top Ten are like this."

She paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You don't need to take it too much to heart."

"Their approach is actually very common."

"Because in their view, a ten percent drop in compatibility is not just a simple ten percent drop in combat effectiveness."

"It even places a great shackle on future potential, and the facts are indeed so."

Xu Zi'an looked at her curiously: "Then why does your Shenzhou... still want to recruit me?"

Haitang's cheeks pulled into a slight trace of disdain: "Because at least half of the captains in our Shenzhou Academy are on their second, or even third, binding!"

"The captain in our academy with the highest number of bindings has had their starship blown up six times and is on their seventh binding!"

"Therefore, what does your second binding count for?"

"But! Even so, every time there is a grand competition among federal higher education institutions, our Shenzhou Academy is number one every single time!"

"So, we don't care at all about whether it's a first binding or multiple bindings!"

"We only look at your combat talent!"

"And you, your combat talent is the most astonishing I have ever seen."

Xu Zi'an was shocked.

Half of them are on their second binding?

And there's even one with seven bindings?

Seeing Xu Zi'an's expression, Haitang said calmly: "I know what you are thinking."

"That's right, multiple bindings do indeed have a significant impact on the decline of combat effectiveness."

"And it also has a significant impact on talent."

"But! This is not absolute!"

"The potential of us humans is endless."

"It only depends on whether you are willing to stimulate it!"

"Why is the combat effectiveness of our Shenzhou Academy still number one despite multiple bindings?"

"That is because... we spend years at the border fighting life-and-death battles against the Alien race and the Insect race!"

"Between life and death, there is great terror, but also great enlightenment!"

"Only by experiencing countless life-and-death situations can one frantically stimulate compatibility; slowly, the compatibility can be recovered."

"However, this requires extremely firm willpower. In fact, many captains with multiple bindings in our academy are indeed inferior to students of the same level in other academies."

"But! Once you break through yourself, once you complete self-sublimation, then... the compatibility can be recovered."

"Those schools actually know about this situation, but the reason they still don't accept students with multiple bindings is because those who can break through themselves are far too few."

"Take Shenzhou Academy for example; among students with multiple bindings, you might not even find one in a hundred who can break through themselves."

Speaking of this, Haitang suddenly pointed at herself, and a powerful self-confidence surged out.

Her magnetic voice said calmly: "Including me."

"Actually... I am also a second-binding individual."

"Do you think... I am inferior to any of them?!"

"And you, I believe you can do it too!"

Xu Zi'an listened in shock.

This theory that Haitang spoke of was the first time he had heard it.

It was also the first time he learned.

A second binding... or even multiple bindings, is not a dead end.

The real dead end is you yourself, you personally!

Human potential is indeed infinite; as long as it is stimulated, then one truly possesses all possibilities.

However...

Xu Zi'an laughed.

It seems he doesn't need to do that.

The talent he repaired after spending a full 500 wealth points doesn't require playing with life and death.

He is now in his most initial state.

As for combat effectiveness?

Actually, what he just said to He Shuangcang was not bragging.

He...

Not only can he quickly recover his original combat effectiveness, he can go even further!

Because...

The massive evolution value obtained after killing that human traitor is enough for him to start from zero and evolve his starship to Tier 3, or even Tier 4, or even Tier 5!

With his repaired talent, there will absolutely no longer be any series of situations like compatibility decline, talent limitations, or excessive evolution value consumption.