The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

Chapter 84 - Projects



“Mental power is based in the brain domain, originating from brain waves. Although there are indeed many awakened individuals with innate weak constitutions who exhibit weak mental power, there is currently no scientific evidence proving a direct relationship between physical fitness and the strength of mental power.” — The Secrets of Mental Power and Physical Constitution

Jiang Hui closed the heavy book, still feeling a lingering sense of incompleteness after reading it.

Was she feeling that it was so profound that she wanted to read it again? Of course not; it was just that it seemed to say a lot while also saying nothing at all. It was truly a bit too esoteric and abstract.

This book was reportedly a more authoritative work for beginners in the field of mental domains. To delve deeper into the subject, one would need to study at a research level; after all, a mid-level college wouldn’t have such literature.

Moreover, this school conveniently did not have a major in mental power research—such programs typically exist in universities with significant strength and academic authority.

So if Jiang Hui wanted to find some deeper works, she would likely have to spend extra money to purchase them or visit a national-level library to view electronic versions.

However, Jiang Hui was not genuinely interested in researching this; she merely wanted to clarify some things. In fact, not understanding it wasn’t a big deal, as it hadn’t significantly impacted her life for the time being.

The reality was that it wasn’t a major issue; Jiang Hui had simply noticed an increase in the frequency of feeling hunger in her mental space, something that had been almost nonexistent before. Although she had acquired this mental space not long ago and had yet to fully understand its rules.

Since the start of military training at school, Jiang Hui began frequently experiencing hunger in her mental space, which was a bit unusual. Thus, she wanted to figure out what was going on.

Her training condition was generally normal every day. Even if she couldn’t endure it and fainted midway, she would awaken after a while and be able to move freely. However, every night upon entering her mental space, she would feel hunger—extreme hunger, a kind of hunger that felt as if it wanted to devour her very core… This terrifying sensation had begun to create a slight psychological shadow for Jiang Hui.

She began to suspect whether this was a side effect of overtraining.

However, according to Jiang Hui’s observations, all her activities within the mental space seemed to be based on mental power, and the creations within that space also appeared to be shaped by extracted mental power.

For example, if she had previously overused her mental power, she would feel fatigued upon entering the mental space, and occasionally experience hunger, but it never reached such a terrifying level. Moreover, she hadn’t really used her mental power much these days.

So, it wasn’t directly due to overexertion of mental power?

She had to look for other sources. After several days of verification, Jiang Hui found that it seemed to be only on days when she had overtrained her body that she experienced such extreme hunger in her mental space, and…

If she exceeded a certain threshold, she would faint without warning.

Some might say that it’s normal for anyone to faint from excessive physical exertion, right?

But Jiang Hui felt that this fainting was different from ordinary fainting. Before every fainting episode, she could faintly sense that her strength had reached a certain limit, and then she would collapse without any warning, as if it were a pre-set program. She clearly felt as though she still had some energy left, but it was as if some indescribable force was controlling her entire central system, forcing her to shut down.

This feeling of being restricted was very unusual. Jiang Hui suspected it was related to the mental space in her brain, as well as to her state of overtraining.

Can physical condition affect mental state? Jiang Hui didn’t know. According to what she read in the book, even interstellar people seemed to be unsure about it.

Where exactly was the problem? Not knowing what was going on made it even harder to think of a solution. It was frustrating—

Jiang Hui carefully placed the thick book back on the shelf.

Estimating that it was about time, she had intended to return to her dorm to rest. Outside, it was already dark, and she hadn’t even eaten yet. She had rushed from the training ground to here, hoping to resolve her lingering questions.

However, her hand paused halfway, and her eyes landed on another thick, heavy book next to her. The title read “The Micro-Slicing Theory of Mental Power in Mecha Control.”

Then her hand seemed to have a mind of its own, reaching for it and gradually becoming engrossed.

Jiang Hui completely failed to notice that a few students nearby, likely older students, were looking at her with strange expressions.

Are the new students this competitive now? After such intense military training, they could still crawl over to the library to read books? Not to mention staying so late… But seriously, is your speed of flipping through the pages even reasonable? Are you really reading or just scanning? Your speed is comparable to that of a machine inputting data, making them doubt whether she was truly comprehending anything at all.

In the end, Jiang Hui left the library with a heavy heart, having found no answers. She could only bury this question deep within her and continue to devote herself earnestly to training.

Unknowingly, they had already reached the eighth day of training. For both the students of Class 89983-2 and Jiang Hui herself, there had been significant improvements in physical fitness and stamina over the course of this week.

Although they hadn’t undergone formal measurements, they were running more laps, holding their stances for longer periods, and executing various steps, turns, and positions with increasing ease. The group was starting to present a more disciplined military appearance.

Their initial warm-up phase of military training was coming to an end, and what lay ahead was the specialized training unique to their combat soldier program.

According to Instructor Stark, they had a lot of activities planned for the coming days. There would be a group endurance training session in a few days, followed by shooting drills, and various small-scale specialized training projects after that.

Then, during the mid-training period, there would be a school-wide orienteering competition, which would be the largest competitive event of their military training… There were so many projects that they couldn’t even count them all, and the arrangements seemed quite good and organized.

Upon hearing this, the students who had experienced the instructor’s methods over the past week couldn’t help but moan in despair. They knew military training wouldn’t be this easy. It turned out that the first week was just a time for them to adapt, and even more exciting and challenging tasks awaited them.

A month… and it’s only the eighth day. How is she supposed to endure this?

Just waking up from a brief fainting spell, Jiang Hui squatted at a temporary station, gulping down water while pondering how she had ended up in this situation. Was she being set up by the principal…?

Why was she, a slacker who wanted to study ancient languages and literature, forced to join the combat soldier program to experience a new path?


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