Zhou Xuan immediately thought, could this Dane really know the origin of this strange fish? Judging from this photo, he might actually know something. In any case, he definitely knows more than I do.
Zhou Xuan couldn't stand it any longer, so he immediately called Fu Ying over and had her call the number Dai En had left. After talking to her for a while, she hung up and said to Zhou Xuan, "This Dai En said he's coming over tomorrow and wants to talk to you in person."
After Fu Ying hung up the phone, Zhou Xuan said to her, "Yingying, I think we should give this strange fish to Professor Dane tomorrow. Since he wants this strange fish, it's too difficult to take care of. It only wants the most expensive food. I don't care about the price, but the most important thing is that it doesn't have any. It won't eat anything else. What are we going to feed it? We might as well just give it away."
Fu Ying smiled and said, "It's up to you. You caught it, so whether you give it away or not is up to you. I have no objection. But I think this fish is quite adorable and looks beautiful, so it would be a waste to give it away. However, you said it's too picky about food, so that's a bit difficult. If you want to give it away, then go ahead. Tomorrow we'll go to the pet store and buy some nice fish to keep."
Zhou Xuan smiled and nodded, thinking that this would be the best course of action. The little girl started babbling again, so Fu Ying carried Sisi to the backyard for a walk. Sisi was quite strange; although she was very small, she loved being carried to the backyard by her family. She would cry in the room, but would stop crying once she was in the backyard. The rest of the family also enjoyed visiting and playing in this large backyard, which was spacious, with many plants and fresh air.
Zhou Xuan was left alone in the living room. He smiled, shook his head, and then stepped forward to go to the backyard to be with his family. But at that moment, he suddenly saw the strange fish in the pond move, quickly darting to the surface, swimming around, and turning its head towards Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan was startled, then stopped. As he looked at the strange fish, a clear message suddenly popped into his mind: "Don't give me away."
Zhou Xuan was stunned. He looked around and saw that there was no one in the living room. Moreover, the sound did not seem to be a physical sound, but rather a sound information obtained in his mind. Besides, he had superpowers, and he could detect that there was no one in or outside the living room.
After a moment of stunned silence, Zhou Xuan faced the strange fish and asked, "Are you talking to me?"
As the strange fish opened and closed its mouth, Zhou Xuan immediately received another piece of information: "Yes, it's me talking to you."
Zhou Xuan immediately became excited and asked, "Are you really talking to me? Then tell me, what kind of creature are you? Are you an Earth creature?"
The strange fish wasn't actually speaking; it was communicating with Zhou Xuan using its brain. Zhou Xuan could clearly sense the fish's thoughts and understand what it wanted to say.
The strange fish immediately transmitted another message: "You are a very special human. In the ocean, no human has ever been able to capture me. Some of the abilities you possess are similar to mine, but others are vastly different, representing an extreme. I don't understand how you can combine these two completely different, even contradictory and incompatible, abilities. There are also some abilities of yours that I cannot fathom."
Zhou Xuan was extremely surprised. For the past half month, he had been getting impatient because he couldn't figure out the origin of this strange fish. Now, his supernatural ability had detected it. In the past, anything he couldn't detect was definitely extraterrestrial material. He couldn't figure out this strange fish, but he couldn't be sure if it was from outer space, nor did he know if it was intelligent.
However, Zhou Xuan can now be completely certain that this strange fish is not a fish, but a fish with high intelligence and, like him, possesses special abilities. If it were a human, Zhou Xuan would not be surprised, as he is not the only one in this world. But it is a fish, which is why he is surprised. How can there be a fish with special abilities and high intelligence?
The strange fish immediately sent another message: "Actually, I'm not a fish. According to you, I'm an alien. If I had to pinpoint a specific term, I'd say alien fish."
Zhou Xuan was immediately astonished. To be honest, since he gained his superpower, he had seen quite a few alien materials. The first one was the golden stone that gave him his superpower, followed by the Nine Dragon Cauldron, the Nine Star Pearl, and even the alien spaceship at the bottom of the sinkhole. Finally, there was the language exchange converter he was wearing, and the Fire Meteor Blade that he had never obtained. All of these were alien materials. He had also seen real aliens, such as the leaders of the Butcher's Assassin organization. He had almost killed that leader and two orcs.
From this incident, Zhou Xuan became quite wary of aliens. He believed that aliens were not so benevolent towards humans. This strange fish was the second type of alien he had ever encountered, and it was a different kind of alien. To be honest, he found it hard to believe. But if he didn't believe it, there was no other explanation. Nobody would believe that a fish could have thoughts.
After a pause, the strange fish transmitted another message: "My ancestors came from a distant galaxy, 60 billion light-years away from the Milky Way. When they arrived on Earth, there were only some enormous creatures, like dinosaurs. Because our spaceship collided with Earth, it caused a mass extinction. I was born at that time. Since the Earth's surface was no longer habitable, I could only live in the sea. That's why I took this form. To adapt to Earth's environment, I had to abandon the form of our planet. And to abandon that form, I also had to sacrifice powerful abilities—abilities you can't even imagine."
Zhou Xuan was startled. Could it be that this strange fish came from the ancient times a hundred million years ago?
"You don't need to doubt it, I really do come from 100 million years ago. It is because I gave up my original form that I was able to survive on your Earth for so long. Our spaceship crashed and we can't go back. All the equipment was destroyed. We could only choose to adapt to your environment to survive. At that time, only six of our race survived. Three of them died in the harsh environment, leaving only three survivors. Because of our different beliefs, the three of us basically developed on our own. I have always lived in the ocean, while the other two, one lives underground and the other lives on Earth. The changes in our appearances are not much different, but the difference is that I don't have feet, while my companions do. My feet have transformed into fins."
Zhou Xuan was increasingly astonished, as if he were listening to a foreign language. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You seem to be able to read my thoughts?"
"Yes, this is what you call mind reading, right? Actually, with your powerful energy, you could do it too. I think you just don't know how to use this method."
"Really? Then can you teach me?" Zhou Xuan was overjoyed and blurted out.
"Then let's make a deal. Don't hand me over to that Professor Dane. In return, I'll teach you the abilities you want. You can even learn many different abilities because you have a body best suited to this Earth environment. Because you're a resident of this planet, you have an advantage over me. I'm already limited by this environment, which restricts my abilities. If you agree to my request, I can also turn you into the strongest superman on this planet."
Zhou Xuan laughed and said, "Superman? Haha, that word sounds familiar. There's a movie I've seen that's about a kid from another planet whose planet's mass is many times that of Earth. So when he came to Earth, his body had super hardness, like steel, impervious to blades and bullets, able to fly in the sky and swim in the sea, able to see through things and emit infrared rays, able to cut through all matter, and able to fly around the Earth in minutes. Is that the Superman you're talking about?"
Zhou Xuan said this in a joking tone, but the strange fish's message said, "Is that so?... Theoretically, it's possible to make your body as hard as steel. Actually, that's a bit of a stretch. I can make your body harder than steel, with X-ray vision and infrared capabilities, but that's just a small part. However, flight is relatively more difficult, but it's not impossible..."
Zhou Xuan was taken aback when he heard what it said. He had only been joking, but it seemed to be serious. But was this strange fish trying to escape, or was it lying to him because it was afraid that he would give it to Professor Dane? It said it would exchange its ability for his own. If it really had such an ability, how could it have been caught by him?
The strange fish immediately sent another message: "You're mistaken. I'm not lying, nor am I trying to escape. I've been living alone in the ocean for too long and it's become meaningless. If you're willing to make a deal with me, and you provide me with ginseng, lingzhi, he shou wu, and so on, I'll exchange my abilities for yours. To show my sincerity, I'll first grant you the ability to read minds."
Zhou Xuan waited curiously to see what it would do. He had indeed wanted to obtain this mind-reading ability, as he often wanted to know what his opponents were thinking.
The strange fish sent another message: "Mind reading is actually the simplest of the abilities I've told you about. Your abilities are already extremely strong. Mind reading is based on powerful brainpower. Only those with strong brainpower can use mind reading. It's very simple. You just need to concentrate your brainpower and use it to sense the thoughts of the person you want to know. What they are thinking will basically be exchanged with you in the form of brainwaves. You just need to focus your brainpower. Because your abilities are too strong, unlike those of ordinary people with strong brainpower, you can even detect the thoughts of people who are very far away if you want to. This has reached the level of hearing minds, not just reading minds. Why don't you give it a try?"
Zhou Xuan was taken aback. What the strange fish said wasn't unreasonable. He just hadn't thought about it that way or tried it before. Ma Shu used to be able to read minds, but his ability was very low, much lower than his own. Judging from Ma Shu, perhaps mind reading really didn't require a very strong ability.
Zhou Xuan immediately calmed his mind and tried to concentrate his thinking ability. This was different from his superpower. Superpowers could be used at will, like using an arm, however he wanted. But thinking was different. He could only think, but could not turn it into a tangible thing. What he thought was just a kind of thought. Apart from being transmitted to the nervous system and transformed into actions performed by his hands, feet and mouth, it was actually impossible for thinking to turn thoughts into something tangible.
Volume 1, Chapter 657: Developing the Brain
Chapter 657 Developing the Brain
After calming down, Zhou Xuan intensified his mental focus, concentrating intently, as if practicing martial arts. In martial arts, one observes the mind with the brain; now, the mind observes the brain. He concentrated a single thought, focusing all his energy on imagining and probing the thoughts of those outside.
In that instant, the invisible voices of a dozen or so people from the courtyard outside the living room entered his mind. In reality, these weren't sounds, but rather brainwaves. The bodyguards were thinking about improving their skills, or asking their boss for a raise. Fu Ying wanted to buy her daughter and son the clothes they liked and to soothe Zhou Xuan's mood, not wanting him to be so tired. Fu Tianlai was thinking about how to take the whole family on a trip. Fu Yuhai was thinking about his deceased brother, Fu Yushan. Zhou Cangsong was wondering if his grandson should be taken to the grave. Jin Xiumei, however, was thinking about her daughter and son, wondering how they were doing.
With everyone's thoughts swirling around, Zhou Xuan was completely overwhelmed. It was too chaotic; he'd always only had one person's perspective, and now suddenly having to absorb the ideas of over a dozen people left him utterly bewildered.
The strange fish's thoughts came through again: "Your mental power is indeed strong. You can hear the thoughts of everyone dozens of meters away with just one listen. Isn't that a bit chaotic? You can condense your thoughts into a bundle, or you can focus on listening to a certain person, a few people, or even all of them. Try this a few more times, and you can do whatever you want."
Zhou Xuan did as it said. He had a lot of experience in condensing his superpowers into a beam, so he did it now. He condensed his thoughts into a beam and aimed it at a person to listen. He traveled with his superpowers. The distance that his superpowers could detect was the distance that his thoughts could detect.
Now, Zhou Xuan can detect the chaotic thoughts of passersby on the street 400 meters away. He can choose whichever he wants. Brain thinking is faster than superpowers. Superpowers are similar to true qi. Although he can't see the form of true qi when he releases it to detect, he can tell that it is tangible. But brain thinking is intangible. If light is faster, brain thinking is even faster. However, due to the limitations of his body, Zhou Xuan can only detect the thoughts of people within 400 meters.
Zhou Xuan was overjoyed. It turned out that mind reading was really that simple. It seemed that he had just not learned the method before. In fact, this ability was far less difficult than his other abilities and was really nothing special.
As Zhou Xuan withdrew his thoughts, his mind collided with that of the strange fish, and his brain vibrated, connecting the two. As long as the strange fish did not resist, he could communicate with its thoughts.
When Zhou Xuan tried to understand the strange fish's thoughts, he could only sense what it wanted to say, but he couldn't hear its own thoughts. It had hidden and locked away its deeper thoughts.
Zhou Xuan's thinking was truly powerful. The main reason was that he hadn't understood things before, but now he understood everything. Once his powerful thinking was activated, he immediately understood many things. His brain immediately locked away the thoughts in other parts of his mind, leaving only what he wanted to say to communicate with the strange fish.
The strange fish immediately sighed, "You are indeed clever, quick-witted and insightful. You understood immediately after I explained. Now, lock your mind and only speak what you want to say. Of course, this ability is only limited to those whose thinking is stronger than your opponent's. If your opponent is stronger than you, you will not be able to probe their deeper thoughts, and you may even be controlled by them. However, I think it's probably difficult to find someone in this world with a stronger mind than yours."
He sighed, then added, "If our race could survive in its true form, our intellect would be far superior to yours."
Zhou Xuan asked, "What about your other two? How does their mental power compare to yours?"
"It's just like people. Some are smart, some are stupid. But no matter what, the difference is visible to the eye. A smart person, no matter how smart, is still a person, not a god. The level of intelligence is actually limited to a certain point, and can't go beyond that point. It's the same with our kind. My two kind are not much different from me in terms of brain thinking ability. Maybe they are stronger than me, maybe they are weaker than me, but the difference is within that line."
As the strange fish transmitted the message, it slowly swam away. "Because we had to adapt to the harsh living environment on Earth at that time, we all had to adapt to a certain form, which greatly limited our abilities. Humans are actually the most perfect biological form in the world. Your brains, that is, your brains, are only used and developed to a certain extent. Slightly smarter ones may reach two or three percent. Those who can develop about three and a half percent can read other people's thoughts. If they are even stronger, they can do many things that humans cannot think of, such as special abilities. In fact, it depends on how much the brain's thinking is developed."