After an unbearably long period, William Carter finally completed the trial that everyone at this age must go through.

Fusion complete, William Carter gently stretched his body, feeling that something strange had happened. Due to absorbing the parasite, he appeared slightly taller, but there wasn’t much change in appearance. However, his body felt distinctly different—his muscles were stronger, his senses sharper; in short, everything was much improved compared to before.

John Thompson, who had finished this process a bit earlier, was now floating three or four meters above the ground, eyes closed in a position that looked like he was sleeping. It was unclear which parasite ability he was currently testing.

William Carter glanced at the parasite shell in his hand, lifted one leg as if doing a split and raised it above his head, then stomped down hard. At the same time, the parasite shell was hurled out at lightning speed. Although baseball isn’t popular in China, mimicking the pose wasn’t a problem. The parasite shell traced a graceful arc and landed precisely in the nearby recycling unit.

‘It’s rare to see William Carter act so manly!’ joked Brian Cooper, who had also completed the fusion and was in high spirits.

‘Go to hell, you!’ William Carter retorted irritably.

Having long since completed the fusion process, John Thompson was now trying to connect to his favorite channel through the ‘Sky Eye’.

The ‘Sky Eye’ is, alongside the ‘Smart Core’, one of the most indispensable technological products for Earthlings today. The ‘Sky Eye’ was originally developed as an exploration tool. As its name suggests, it allows users to perceive everything within its exploration range. Its intended function was like the legendary third eye of immortals, able to see through heaven and earth and search the surroundings, feeding all information back to the user. But in the end, it evolved into an all-in-one product for communication, entertainment, education, media, and more.

When the user closes their eyes, thanks to the simulation function of the ‘Sky Eye’, a screen that doesn’t actually exist appears before them, with its size controlled by the user. Combined with the Smart Core, it can even simulate real sensations for the body.

Although it has no consciousness of its own, the biological parasite is controlled by the Smart Core implanted in the human body. The Smart Core, with its ability to analyze, judge, and process data, together with the Sky Eye’s communication and media functions, is roughly equivalent to a portable smart brain with unlimited internet connectivity. The latest ‘VR-80’ is equipped with a Smart Core said to be the same grade as the soon-to-be-released portable smart brain ‘Beast God II’ from the ‘Pan-Biotech Development Group’—the ‘G4-U’, with incredibly powerful performance.

On John Thompson’s virtual screen, the page he was looking for quickly appeared: the ‘Fantasy Sword Spirit Center Server’. After entering his ID and password, John Thompson smoothly logged into ‘Era of Deification’, a newly developed and highly acclaimed role-playing adventure game. ‘Era of Deification’ is the flagship game recently promoted by Polaris Entertainment, and it’s very popular. In less than four months since its launch, registered users have surpassed 100 million, and it recently entered the global top ten entertainment game rankings for the first time—a game with great potential. John Thompson started playing ‘Era of Deification’ as soon as it was released.

Seeing John Thompson like this, William Carter, Brian Cooper, and Lily Harris all guessed what was going on. Since they also wanted to try out the parasite’s functions, they didn’t bother with the now-entranced John Thompson. They had always envied those who had fused with biological parasites and gained incredible abilities—flying, burrowing, and more. Now, finally having the chance to experience it themselves, they were simply too excited.

The first thing William Carter wanted to try was the built-in ‘flight device’ function of the biological parasite. Although everyone usually had their own personal flyers, due to safety concerns, no one had ever experienced high-speed flight at altitude. Sitting in a maglev car was a different feeling altogether. This additional function of the biological parasite was indeed very convenient. Taking a deep breath to steady his emotions, William Carter began to issue commands.

As William Carter gave the command, his feet slowly left the ground and his whole body floated into the air.

After trying to control himself to drift forward, backward, turn left, move right, ascend, and descend, he basically mastered flight control without any trouble. William Carter gradually accelerated, soaring higher into the sky.

For most graduates who had just received their biological parasites, the first ability they tried was ‘flight’. As a result, the sky outside the main gymnasium was already filled with people floating in various poses, some of the bolder ones accelerating to several hundred kilometers per hour and flying off into the distance.

Rising to about three or four kilometers in altitude, William Carter looked down to see the buildings below had shrunk to the size of models. Using the parasite’s built-in flight device to leave the ground for the first time was still a bit scary, and he didn’t dare go any higher. Looking back, he saw that Brian Cooper and Lily Harris hadn’t caught up, so he called out twice, but no one answered. After circling a few times in the air, he couldn’t contain his excitement any longer and sped off toward the east side of the school district—William Carter’s home was in the city of Neverwinter to the east, less than twenty kilometers from District 416.