"What is this?" Zhang nglong took the ring from Tony's hand. It was silver-white, with a gem that looked like a moonstone embedded on top, exquisitely crafted, yet showing so signs of age.
"This is the signet of the Dean of the Theological Academy. As long as you have this, you can enter the academy anyti and have the highest level of access," Tarik explained.
Zhang nglong slipped the ring onto his ring finger, and the ring that was originally a whole size too large magically shrunk to fit perfectly. The ring contrasted starkly with another gemstone ring on his index finger that once belonged to Louis XIV—one extravagantly flamboyant, the other understated yet mysterious.
In an instant, a stream of information flooded into Zhang nglong's mind, and at the sa ti, a mysterious force subtly began to transform his body.
This ring wasn't just a token representing the identity of the Dean. It had many other functions.
The gemstone set in the ring was called a Void Stone, containing endless space within, just like the magical space rings in fantasy novels.
This ring also had the ability to detect the Gift and power of life forms, far surpassing the most powerful computers or detectors on Earth by countless tis.
The ring could even permanently copy one of the abilities of a Super God Academy teacher onto the wearer, though each use of this copy feature required an Energy called "force points."
The third, and most amazing, feature was that the owner of the ring could temporarily possess all the abilities of one of the school's teachers for a short duration. This function could only be used once a day, and it lasted only three minutes.
However, there was a limitation: the second and third functions could only target teachers of the Theological Academy whose Seals had been lifted, and currently, the only unsealed teacher was Tony Stark.
"This school doesn't actually have Ultraman, does it?" Zhang nglong muttered to himself. How else could there be such an oddly specific setting of three minutes?
"By the way, Professor Tony, what exactly are 'force points'?" Zhang nglong asked curiously.
"Son, let
explain this to you!" Zhang nglong's father spoke from the hologram, "It's simple, just two words: showing off. As long as you show off, you'll gain 'force points.' For every 100 'force points', you can randomly awaken a teacher or copy one of their abilities. How exciting is that?"
"Was this set by the creator of this Theological Academy?" Zhang nglong asked. Could it be that people from an Advanced Civilization also fancy showing off?
"Of course, it was
who set this," Zhang nglong's father said, "With this academy, from now on, Earth will be your backyard. Enjoy your life to the fullest."
"Earth is already our family's backyard, okay?" Zhang nglong retorted, "Also, Dad, what exactly are you...really?"
"Alright, we have to go find Thanos now. He slipped away the day before yesterday, and we've managed to find his whereabouts again. We can't let him get away this ti!" Zhang Xiaoyun downed his red wine in one gulp and, just like in the dream from before, floated up like an immortal.
"You... be careful..." At this mont, Zhang nglong didn't know what to say. But from what Zhang Xiaoyun ntioned earlier, it seed that they could pursue Thanos, so they probably wouldn't encounter any danger, right?
Zhang nglong figured that his parents must be far more formidable than Ye Yin. After all, even in movie settings, Thanos was depicted as a cosmic emperor.
Moving away from the holographic projection, Zhang nglong's gaze returned to the Dean's ring.
"I wonder if this thing really works," Zhang nglong tested the detection function of the Dean's ring on himself.
Na: Zhang nglong
Race: Human
Identity: Dean of Super God Academy
Potential Index: ???
Gift: ???
Skill: High-Grade Polyr Material Chemistry Experint (G), Showing Off (F)
Evaluation: A little brother now, but definitely a big shot in the future
"F? My showing-off skill is only an F?" Zhang nglong instantly felt indignant. Even if he wasn't SS, he should be at least an S, right? How exactly were these Grades determined? And that Evaluation... isn't it a bit too cheeky?
"What's going on? Is it broken? Why are both the Potential Index and Gift question marks?" Zhang nglong was puzzled and decided to test Tony's data as well.
Na: Tony Stark
Race: Human
Identity: chanical Manufacturing Teacher
Potential Index: 12
Gift: Creation and Invention
Skill: Artificial Intelligence (E), chanical Manufacturing (E), Material Technology (E)
Evaluation: A human body, on par with deities
"Dean, you don't need to look anymore. Your body already underwent the blessing of Super God Academy's power when you put on the dean's ring, amplifying your potential and gift to infinity. That's why all the data you are seeing should be question marks."
"So that's how it is." Zhang nglong nodded, sounding like it was quite aweso.
Although he had no idea what these skill evaluations actually ant, at least Tony being able to create Jarvis, such a superior artificial intelligence, and the powerful Mark series armor, was much stronger than the cutting-edge technology of present humanity by who knows how much.
"What a pity, I don't have any Cred Points right now." Zhang nglong exhaled, based on the information he had just received, 100 Cred Points would allow him to copy a skill from a teacher or unlock a new teacher.
If he randomly copied an E-Grade artificial intelligence skill, Zhang nglong thought, maybe finishing his graduate studies, pursuing a Ph.D., and publishing a few papers, becoming an Academician within a few years wouldn't be a problem, right?
"Zhang nglong, are you okay?" Just then, Zhang nglong heard Wang Ling's voice in his ear.
"Damn! I totally forgot I was still at the auction!" Zhang nglong took out his phone to check, thankfully, it had only been 18 minutes.
"Gou Dan, I need to get out!" Zhang nglong commanded.
The light mbrane appeared once again, Zhang nglong marveled at its wonder and quickly ran out.
"Wait, Dean... I..." Tony touched his stomach, which was growling, although they had an infinite lifespan here and wouldn't die, they still felt hunger. Ever since he was captured by Zhang Xiaoyun, he hadn't eaten anything a normal person would eat for two months.
"Sigh, looks like I'm going to starve for a while longer," Tony sighed as he controlled the Mark-50 to fly into a valley in the Super God Academy.
This valley was very quiet, and there was an area that looked like a vegetable garden, where all sorts of exotic flowers and herbs were grown, and a faint scent of herbs lingered in the air.
"Back to eating these lousy herbs!" Tony pulled a strangely shaped herb from the ground, frowned, chewed a couple of bites, and swallowed, "This teacher nad Yao Chen, why not grow so vegetables? Had to plant all these weird things, what's this? Blood Spirit Demon Fruit? The na is scary enough..."
...
"What the hell are you doing? Constipated?" As soon as Zhang nglong opened the door, Wang Ling said irritably, "This is so frustrating, such a big room with just one bathroom. Hurry up and let
in, I can't hold it anymore!"
"Pfft!" Zhang nglong suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Wang Ling frowned, "Being cured of constipation is worth being happy over?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing," said Zhang nglong, "You go ahead!"
"You're being so weird!" Wang Ling glanced at Zhang nglong and hurried into the bathroom.
Zhang nglong had just checked Wang Ling's information.
Na: Wang Ling
Race: Human
Identity: Chairman of Ling Yu Venture Capital
Potential Index: 6
Gift: Playing Internet Celebrity
Skill: E-Sports (G), Investnt (G), Philosophy (G)
Evaluation: Even a dog has a Potential Index of 1, let's call him the strength of a 'six-dog'
This humorous evaluation made Zhang nglong unable to hold back his laughter, the strength of a 'six-dog,' it was just fantastic. But this was probably already a comparatively high-quality level among ordinary humans, right?
"Interesting!" Zhang nglong suddenly felt that the world was becoming more and more interesting. With this Super God Academy, his life would surely beco much richer.
Still, thinking about his empty Cred Points, Zhang nglong couldn't help but sigh, "To be a person, one must have Cred Points ah!"
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