A Scientific Urban Detective

As the strongest Level 5 esper in Academy City, Accelerator's "Vector Transformation" is active twenty-four hours a day, even subconsciously maintaining the ability in his sleep, making him virtually impenetrable.

According to the information gathered by researchers, Lin Wuming's demonstrated control over his Nen ability is very similar to Accelerator's "Vector Transformation."

As professional researchers, the people present had seen many espers, but apart from a few special types, no other esper ability could be activated non-stop for twenty-four hours.

Even excluding sleep, it was difficult to maintain an ability for long periods while awake.

After all, esper abilities require the brain's computational power, and the human brain struggles to maintain such a high-intensity workload for extended durations.

In simpler terms, their "mental strength" is insufficient.

This "mental strength" encompasses not only intelligence and focus but also the esper's physical stamina. Failure in any of these aspects leads to "mental strength" depletion.

"Mental strength" depletion causes the brain's calculations to cease or become erratic, ultimately preventing the continued activation of the esper ability.

A significant reason why Accelerator is the undisputed "strongest" esper is his seemingly endless "mental strength," allowing him to maintain his powerful ability indefinitely.

Now, Lin Wuming is exhibiting similar characteristics.

Although the information was gathered through hearsay and lacked concrete evidence, those present were specialists in Accelerator's abilities, naturally leading them to consider this possibility.

"Seriously, what are the 'Hunters' doing? It's been almost ten days, and there's no movement," someone immediately complained. "They're a bunch of overhyped nobodies."

Instead of speculating based on hearsay, the most effective approach would be to acquire a test subject for direct research.

The people in the conference room were the most outstanding researchers in the project, but without actual research material, they were left sitting empty-handed, staring at each other.

The middle-aged man sighed, "Capturing test subjects is a somewhat taboo task, and no other dark side organizations besides the 'Hunters' are willing to take it on."

However, he quickly changed his tone, reinvigorating himself: "Regardless, based on the available information, Lin Wuming's esper ability has demonstrated similarities to Accelerator's in terms of versatility and endurance, although there's still a gap in ability strength. Therefore, we can conclude that the Nen ability he possesses is the most suitable ability type for our entire project. Only Nen can exhibit versatility similar to 'Vector Transformation' at a lower level."

"Vector Transformation" itself is not particularly special; it's just one of the countless esper abilities in Academy City.

However, Accelerator's "Vector Transformation" is different. Not only has it reached Level 5, but more importantly, under his control, it has become an almost omnipotent ability.

There seems to be nothing that cannot be achieved with "Vector Transformation."

The "Dark May" plan aims to forcibly raise the ability levels of other espers using Accelerator's thought patterns.

Ideally, the ultimate goal is to create an "Accelerator II."

With the personality information and thought patterns of Accelerator, the "strongest esper," the remaining factor is the subject's ability type.

The more suitable the esper ability, the more likely the strategic goal of creating an "Accelerator II" can be achieved.

Previously, among the project group's two hundred-plus test subjects, only a handful had their ability levels raised, so the question of the "most suitable ability type" was irrelevant.

But now, the experiment is making steady progress, and in addition to Lin Wuming, who is still at large, several other test subjects have achieved results, with their ability levels increasing.

The "Dark May" plan is gaining momentum.

In this situation, considering the project's budget and resources, the next phase of experiments must be planned.

"Undoubtedly," the middle-aged man said, "Nen is the most suitable ability type for the next stage of development. We must prioritize selecting and developing Nen users from among the test subjects; as for other ability types… we'll put them on hold for now."

Someone immediately questioned, "However, there are already two nitrogen manipulation users who have reached Level 3. This type of esper ability also warrants focused development."

"In terms of versatility and similarity," another person said, "nitrogen manipulation is inferior to Nen."

To create "Accelerator II" as much as possible, besides the same type of "Vector Transformation" ability, the most ideal ability types are those that manipulate "gravity" or "electromagnetic force," both macro forces.

Otherwise, no other ability effect can replicate the near-omnipotent application characteristics of "Vector Transformation."

The "Dark May" plan project group's obsession with this "similarity" is not simply sticking to the past; it's because only similar ability characteristics can better align with Accelerator's thought patterns, achieving the best experimental results.

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On a macro level, Accelerator's "Vector Transformation" can be approximated as an esper ability that manipulates "force."

Of course, Accelerator can manipulate all types of "forces," regardless of their nature.

The replication requirements are naturally not that high, so it "only requires" manipulating one of the four fundamental forces.

Of course, even then, achieving the same effortless control as Accelerator is still impossible.

Whether it's "electromagnetic force" or "gravity," they must conform to the basic laws of physics, making it impossible for the esper to do as they please—perhaps only reaching Level 5 could achieve that level?

These are later stages, so we won't discuss them for now.

However, abilities that manipulate fundamental forces are highly valued, and such espers wouldn't end up in the "refinement" group. Therefore, the project group's test subjects do not include "electromasters" or "gravity users."

So, as a fallback, if they cannot directly manipulate "force," they will use other esper abilities to indirectly influence "force."

Nitrogen manipulation—by manipulating nitrogen, the most abundant component of the atmosphere, they can approximate the effect of manipulating "force."

In the past month, two test subjects with "nitrogen manipulation" have broken through and advanced to become Level 3 power users.