Chapter 321: Communication Equipment and the Principle of Electromagnetic Induction

“Me? The Requiem Ballad?”

Chen Ling’s face was full of bewilderment.

Chen Ling had no idea what had happened. Ever since he completed the performance goal and promoted to the third stage, he had fallen into a state of divine path loss of control, just like the previous two times…… In other words, his memory stopped at the moment he detonated the explosives, and by the time he regained consciousness, he was already being watched by everyone like a "guest."

Plum K wasn't surprised by Chen Ling’s expression. She shook her head and didn't pursue the question further.

“Speaking of which, did that female law enforcer really fight her way out on her own?” 【10】 asked suspiciously.

“Yeah, she fought her way out directly from the periphery of the Sea of Taboo. Three or four eighth-order disasters chased her together, but they couldn't kill her, and she almost counter-killed one…… I don't know how many low-order disasters died; the seawater was dyed red with blood.”

“Tsk…… Is this the strength of the leader of the 【Asura】? Truly willful.”

“……”

Chug-chug-chug-chug-chug——

Amidst everyone’s chatter, the tractor traveled bit by bit through the Gray Realm. The surrounding land was barren and desolate, with no sign of anyone…… This was Chen Ling’s first cross-realm journey. He didn't know how long it would take to get to the Red Dust Realm, but for a distance that took nearly a day by train, the tractor would surely take a few days, right?

As everyone chatted, they felt tired and closed their eyes to rest. Seeing this, Chen Ling also tried to fall asleep.

After trying for a long time on the shaking tractor, Chen Ling finally felt a hint of sleepiness.

His consciousness sank deep within, and when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the theater stage.

“Congratulations on completing the play, *The Aurora, Never Fading*.”

“Maximum audience expectation for this play: 74%”

“You have obtained one designated draw right.”

“After use, you can designate a character from all the characters who appeared in this play and randomly draw one of their abilities. The probability of drawing a rare skill is related to the overall audience expectation of this play.”

Chen Ling walked to the table in the center of the stage, familiar with the process, and looked at the new script with flying pages. Its thickness had reached a new high.

【Fourth Play】

【*The Aurora, Never Fading*】

【Starring: Chen Ling】

【Other cast: Han Meng, Zhao Yi, Jian Changsheng, Aurora Lord, Tan Xin, Wen Shilin, etc.】

Chen Ling picked up the script. Its thickness was more than the sum of the first play, *Heartless*, and the second play, *And Then There Were None*, making it the thickest script so far. He put the script back on the bookshelf, where the four scripts stood side by side, symbolizing the end of his journey in the Aurora Realm.

He turned back to the desk.

“Who should I draw this time……” Chen Ling fell into deep thought.

There were too many new characters in this play: Aurora Lord, Tan Xin, Plum K, Red Sleeve—all of them were top-tier combatants. Chen Ling was interested in everyone’s skills, but thinking about it carefully, it seemed he only knew the real name of one of them: Aurora Lord, Yang Xiao……

Why do these guys like using codenames? Wouldn't it be better to use their real names?

Chen•Heart 6•Reporter Lin Yan•Fire-Usurper No. 13……•Ling sighed deeply.

After thinking for a long time, he picked up his pen and wrote two words on the paper:

——Yang Xiao.

Chen Ling had already thought about this choice. On one hand, as one of the Nine Lords, Yang Xiao’s own strength was ridiculously powerful. Whether it was hand-crafting auroras, summoning thunder, or the Particle Holy Spear, all of them made his heart race. On the other hand, Chen Ling wanted to use this method to see how the Nine Lords’ divine paths differed from others…… If Yang Xiao became the Aurora Lord because of his research on "Magnetic Field Theory," could he still draw his skills? If he drew them, could he use them?

If he couldn't use them, it would be a waste of effort, but if he could…… then he would hit the jackpot.

Holding the mentality of taking a gamble, Chen Ling took a deep breath and watched as card after card appeared in the void……

Can I draw them?!

But the next moment, Chen Ling was stunned.

Because apart from two gray-white cards representing Yang Xiao’s life skills, the other nine cards were silver cards he had never seen before. And unlike other divine path skills where the card colors varied by rank…… the nine cards of the Aurora Lord were the same color, and the patterns were exactly the same, like flowing auroras.

“Are they similar to the skills of the fourteen divine paths, but not exactly the same…… Then can they be considered the same source?” Chen Ling looked at these cards and began to think seriously about what the source of the Nine Lords’ power really was.

Although Chen Ling had various thoughts, the Aurora Lord was already dead and couldn't be verified. After sighing helplessly, he tapped his fingertip on one of the cards.

As the other cards disappeared, the selected card flipped over gently:

“Skill: 【Communication Equipment and the Principle of Electromagnetic Induction】”

“Affiliation: *Magnetic Field Theory*, Chapter 3.”

“Character: Yang Xiao.”

The moment he saw the skill name, Chen Ling fell into a daze……

Before this, the skills Chen Ling had drawn were all names like 【Secret Pupil】, 【Heart Python】, or 【Judgment Court】. But the one in front of him, 【Communication Equipment and the Principle of Electromagnetic Induction】…… doesn't it look like the title of a chapter in a textbook?

Can this even be a skill??

As the card turned into light and disappeared into Chen Ling’s mind, his expression suddenly became strange…… As a long-time academic underachiever, he seemed to know what it felt like to have knowledge forced into his brain.

“Is it considered a branch of the complete Magnetic Field Theory? Specializing in electromagnetic induction…… Not a particularly lethal skill.” The amount of knowledge contained in this skill was too vast for Chen Ling’s brain to learn all at once, but he had a general understanding of it.

This skill couldn't hand-craft auroras or create Particle Holy Spears, but it could form currents in conductors through magnetic fields and control them perfectly…… Chen Ling still had to learn the specific applications, but he felt that the upper limit of this skill shouldn't be low.

As Chen Ling finished absorbing the skill, the table in the center of the stage disappeared into thin air. He walked slowly to the screen in front of the stage and scanned the text on it:

【Current expectation: 74%】

【Loss of actor connection detected, performance interrupted】

【Audience expectation -50】

【Current expectation: 24%】

【Current expectation: 23%】

After being blown up by the explosion, Chen Ling unsurprisingly sacrificed another 50% of his expectation. And with the long coma and the boring tractor ride, the expectation dropped by another 1%, becoming 23%……

Chen Ling glanced at it and was about to leave when he suddenly realized a serious problem!

If there is no "plot" or "fun" for a long time, the audience expectation will decrease. And if it drops below 20%, he will lose control again…… If he were in a realm, Chen Ling would have already found a way to stir up trouble, but now……

In this wilderness, there isn't even a shadow of a person. Where is he supposed to maintain the expectation?!