"Hope?" Jiang Bei was sowhat confused, "What does that an?"
The girl thought for a mont: "It refers to the longing for the future, beautiful wishes or ideals, or objects where ideals are entrusted. Generally speaking, it's a positive spiritual driving force, a psychological state that encourages people to optimistically welco the future..."
"Stop right there. I didn't ask to look it up in the dictionary. Of course, I know what the word ans." Jiang Bei raised his hand in a pause gesture, "I'm asking... what does it an in our context? How does it relate to helping
stay alive?"
"Well, that involves the source of our abilities."
"Don't tell
it's a storyline about your ho planet nearing its end, and then soone sent you here in a rocket? Wait, you don't also have a cousin who likes to wear underwear outside his clothes, do you?"
The girl looked at him with a peculiar expression: "How did you co up with such a setting?"
"......Nevermind, continue." Jiang Bei sat down, clutching his kidney.
"This power is different from other Extraordinaries in your world. Other Extraordinaries mostly stem from 'Abyss' fragnts, products of divine power leaking from the fragnts, drifting for a long ti in the endless abyss, and by a very rare chance, appear in the Present World."
Jiang Bei listened, a little stunned. This semi-understandable state reminded him of calculus classes in college, where the professor would be sweating up on stage while the students sat motionless underneath, ending up with nothing in their stomachs.
"Oh, perhaps the concept of Extraordinary in your Present World is concealed from the civilians? It doesn't matter, just understand that our ability is fundantally different from those inferior copies obtained from fragnts.
This power was called forth in a despairing world by the intense expectations and desperate cries for help of all survivors. It's a genuine great miracle."
The girl straightened her face, her beautiful features becoming unusually serious. Seeing her like this made Jiang Bei inexplicably feel like she was a devout believer interpreting doctrine.
"This power is a torch given to explorers in the darkness, passed from one hand to another, from generation to generation, never extinguishing.
It is a progressive ideal that gathers everyone under its light.
But one day, the protected ones will stand shoulder to shoulder with this light.
One day, with its help, the protected ones will create their own miracles."
Jiang Bei was silent for a long ti, seemingly pondering the aning of her words and the burden that ca with this power, until he finally couldn't help but speak.
"Um, I feel like it might be a mood killer at this mont, but I can't help but wonder... Does this have anything to do with helping
co back from the dead?
I don't an to interrupt, but I really don't want to turn into a hyena..."
This was indeed Jiang Bei's heartfelt statent. While those words sounded grand, if they were paired with a moving BGM in a superhero movie, he might even be swayed. But compared to those noble and great ideals, he was more concerned about his own life.
The girl pouted: "Of course, it does. You noticed your Treasury value increased, right?"
Jiang Bei nodded quickly, like a chick pecking at grain.
"So what I just told you is the principle that drives this power. It was born in response to the strong desires of the protected ones, so naturally, it needs the sa thing to sustain its existence and grow stronger.
The fuel created by this power directly affects your value in the Present World. On one hand, it helps you better integrate and utilize this power, and on the other hand, it continuously prolongs your remaining life in the Present World, until you are fully revived."
This ti, Jiang Bei seed to understand.
Humanity's light, right? That's easy to understand. Why didn't you say so earlier?
It feels like an alternative form of faith, as if a deity needs to draw belief from its followers to convert into energy. However, compared to this traditional faith model, it is more similar to people's admiration and trust in Superman's "S
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