Chapter 67: At this moment, he seemed to radiate boundless light! [Bonus Chapter]

The communication was connected quite quickly.

Xu Zi'an spoke first: "Mr. He, hello, this is 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: "Mr. He, may I ask when we are departing?"

"Ah, please rest assured, my current physical condition is excellent, and I can re-bind to 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 recruited student, Yu Yang."

"I'm afraid I can't take you along anymore."

"However, since you have recovered now, that is also 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: "Mr. 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, again, he didn't wait for Xu Zi'an to finish speaking.

On that side, 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 that?"

"A ten percent drop in compatibility is by no means a small amount, especially as one's strength level gets higher!"

"Our Federal Imperial City Starship Academy is the number one comprehensive academy in the entire Earth Federation; we don't just accept 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."

"Also, to make you give up completely, what I just said is the unanimous decision of our academy's top management."

"That’s all."

After saying this.

He hung up the communication.

Xu Zi'an looked expressionlessly at the disconnected call, then looked at the other academy recruitment representatives in his contacts.

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

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

were not them at all.

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

"Now I have been rejected by all the academies?"

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

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 eyes, a ten percent drop in compatibility isn't just a simple ten percent drop in combat effectiveness."

"It even places a huge shackle on future development potential, and in fact, that is indeed the case."

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

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

"The person with the highest number of bindings in our academy is a captain whose starship was 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 the federal higher education institutions, our Shenzhou Academy is always first!"

"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 someone on their seventh?

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

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

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

"But! This is not absolute!"

"Human potential is infinite."

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

"Why is the Shenzhou Academy’s combat effectiveness still number one despite the multiple bindings?"

"That is because... we spend all year round fighting life-and-death battles on the border against the Alien race and the Insect-human 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 their compatibility, and slowly, the compatibility can be restored."

"However, this requires extremely firm willpower. In fact, many of the multi-bound captains 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 restored."

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

"Take Shenzhou Academy for example; among the multi-bound students, you won't even find one in a hundred who can break through themselves."

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

Her magnetic voice said calmly: "Including me."

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

"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 Sister 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 as a person!

Human potential is indeed infinite; as long as it is stimulated, then everything is truly possible.

However...

Xu Zi'an laughed.

It seemed he didn't need to do that.

The talent he repaired after spending a full 500 wealth points didn't require him to play with life and death.

He was now in his original, initial state.

As for combat effectiveness?

Actually, what he just said to He He Shuangcang wasn't bragging.

He...

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

Because...

The massive evolution points obtained after killing that human traitor were 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 would no longer be any issues like compatibility drops, talent limitations, or excessive evolution point consumption.