「The third day after the "Numeric Stage" rules were announced.」
A rumor about "Psychic Power Connection" spread like wildfire across the internet.
Because of the rules' restrictions, most of the people active online now were ordinary people and Ascenders who had failed the challenge. The former dominated the discussion on major social media platforms, debating the unsubstantiated rumor.
"Can Ascenders really use Psychic Power to communicate mind-to-mind, like the rumors say?"
"Where did this news even come from?"
"If they can do that, wouldn't Ascenders not even need phones or any other communication devices in the future? They could just use Telepathy to contact each other?"
"Damn, that would be way too convenient! It's so unfair to us ordinary people!"
This rumor, its authenticity unknown, filled ordinary people with envy and jealousy.
