Chapter 13: The Force Controls Things
From the next day, Xian Lan and the others found that Xu Hao had fallen into a state of wandering outside the object.
Xu Hao often turns a blind eye to everything in front of him, hears it as if he doesn't hear it, and the whole person is trapped in a world of the Force. From time to time, he closed his eyes and reached out like a blind man to grope in the air, as if trying to touch something invisible.
Every day, in addition to eating and sleeping, he closes his eyes most of the time to feel, feel the breeze blowing, and feel the sun. A week later, he began to walk in the mountains blindfolded with a black cloth belt, sometimes strolling, sometimes running, but he did not crash into trees or trip over stones, as if everything around him was under his perception.
Another week later, before dawn that day, Xu Hao climbed the mountain on the shore of Qiquan Lake. A ray of morning light from the rising sun shone on him, and for a moment he felt that the whole world was different, and the whole world was so clear in his senses, and he suddenly woke up from that state of wandering outside the object.
He slowly untied the black cloth that bound his eyes, and after getting used to the light, his whole body was full of energy, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
On the top of the mountain, the wind is swirling, and the fallen leaves are flying.
He stood on a flat boulder, and without looking back, he "saw" three leaves behind him blown by the mountain wind. The leaves fluttering in the wind were suddenly pulled by a force and drifted against the wind. Xu Hao turned around, and the three leaves hovered in front of him, tumbling and fluttering like weightlessness, and the wind on the top of the mountain had no effect on these leaves.
Xu Hao stretched out his hand and grabbed the treetops in the distance, and more than a dozen green leaves broke away from the branches and floated in front of him along a fixed trajectory.
Air-controlled, The Force!
With just one thought, the leaves will move as they wish, and they will be free to do whatever they want.
The Force cultivation has finally started, and this sudden success has surprised Xu Hao himself. Although the textbook did not say how difficult it was to get started, he was daunted by dozens of pages of meditation precautions, and he still hadn't memorized all the main points in the book, and he thought that it would take at least a year or two before he had the opportunity to get started.
Maybe it was just a lucky accident that I went so well, maybe it was just the right mood for Force Meditation when I watched the stars that night.
Xu Hao continued to experiment with great interest, and after an hour, he finally figured out his limits. He is now able to control items with a total weight of less than half a pound through the Force, and the control distance is about 30 meters or so. According to the technical terminology in the textbook, these 30 meters are their own Force sensing range.
He could perceive everything in the Force's range clearly, and it was a new feeling. In addition to the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, he has a sixth sense, Force induction.
Even with his eyes closed, he can clearly "see" everything within 30 meters, and even the scenery behind him. The heart is like a flat lake, this is a new experience.
Xu Hao returned to the villa and took a hot bath, and after changing his clothes, he was refreshed.
After eating breakfast, he hurried to the villa where Xian Lan lived, and when he saw this alien beauty, he said excitedly: "I seem to have started, which is the first stage of apprenticeship mentioned in the textbook - induction, and I have been able to initially perceive and use the Force." ”
Xian Lan nodded and said: "As far as I know, the introduction is not only about talent, but also about chance, and you have to enter a state of extreme tranquility to be able to sense the Force in meditation." Congratulations, without the guidance of a mentor, you can sense the Force by yourself in just half a month, which is very rare. ”
Xu Hao was surprised: "What? Half a month? He thought it had only been three or two days.
"Well, you're too focused to feel the time passing." Xian Lan paused and said, "Your parents and brother have come to visit you, and the officials of the Alien Liaison Bureau also want to see you, but I didn't let them bother you when I saw you concentrating on comprehending the Force. ”
Just then, the robot came in again: "Mr. Steven, the deputy director of the Earth Extraterrestrial Liaison Bureau, has come to ask for a meeting again." ”
Xian Lan is also the same as Lei Guang, in addition to treating Xu Hao and his relatives politely, she is disdainful of other earthlings, she said to Xu Hao: "I won't see him anymore, these are your earth's affairs, you can deal with it." ”
Xu Hao said to the robot: "You take my parents and younger brother to my villa first." "For the remaining two and a half months, Xu Hao will live with his family, and he will go to the alien planet, and the separation time is quite long, so he will take advantage of this time to get together with his parents.
He left the blue villa and headed to the office of the Secret Service, where the deputy director of the Liaison Bureau, Steven, was waiting for him.
Both sides of the meeting were polite, and Steven asked Xu Hao about the situation in the past half a month, and went straight to the point: "Mr. Xu, the staff of our External Liaison Bureau has learned from the alien robots, and we can also add two more people to the Sima Empire." ”
"Oh? No, I've asked about aliens, and I can only take a maximum of two international students. ”
"Yes, international students can only bring two, but according to the regulations of the Sima Empire, you can also bring two slave retinues as your personal servants. We may arrange for you two secretaries or assistants to follow you in the name of servants. ”
The Sima Empire is obviously very detailed, and some of the Force talents on the indigenous planets may be powerful and accustomed to servants, so it is also allowed to bring two servants to the Sima Empire.
Xu Hao also has a certain understanding of the Sima Empire, that alien empire is not a democratic society where everyone is equal, and the citizens of the empire are divided into three levels: nobles, citizens and commoners. Among them, civilians account for more than 99.99% and constitute the main body of society; Less than 1 in 10,000 citizens are figures who have made meritorious contributions to the empire; The aristocracy accounts for less than 100 million of the total population, but it is the ruling class that truly dominates the empire.
Nobility is not hereditary, but must be earned by oneself. The aristocracy is mainly composed of three types of people: the first type is the Force, which accounts for seventy percent of the total number of nobles; The second group consisted of generals with outstanding military achievements, accounting for 20% of the aristocratic population; The third category is outstanding scientists, engineers, etc., accounting for about 10% of the number of nobles.
Nobles can own slaves, but the citizens of the Sima Empire are not allowed to be slaves, and slaves can only be of the alien indigenous race. In order to take care of the Force talents who immigrated from foreign races, the empire allowed two slaves to study abroad.
Xu Hao frowned and said: "Slave servants have no human rights, and they are not protected by the laws of the Sima Empire, even if they are killed, the murderer will only have to pay some money." I may not be able to mix up when I go to the Sima Empire myself, or I don't bring servants, I don't have the ability to protect them, and who wants to be my slave retinue? ”
Stevens said categorically: "You don't need to protect you, on the contrary, the servant should be desperate to protect your safety." Since they are your nominal 'servants,' they must have the consciousness to sacrifice for you at any time. Mr. Xu, I don't think you have realized your importance, and your safety is related to the future and destiny of all mankind. In order to protect you, not to mention sacrificing two people, even 2,000 or 20,000 are worth it. ”