In 2117, Starvault, a fully immersive mecha combat game, took the world by storm.
Ji Xinghan was an ordinary internet cafe gaming booster. His one “superpower” was that he could hear other people’s thoughts.
In the game, that meant he could see everything: his opponents’ strategies, his teammates’ doubts, and his enemies’ fear.
With mind-reading, he should have been able to dominate the entire server with ease.
But the reality was:
His teammates thought he was “too timid to lead,” and he put up with it.
His opponents thought, “I’ll sneak up from the left,” and he dodged.
The result was that the whole internet called him a “cheater,” and his account was banned three times.
Worse still, his mind-reading had a fatal flaw. Whenever he concentrated on piloting his mecha, other people’s thoughts turned into a chaotic din that made his head feel like it was splitting apart.
Then one day, he heard someone who was “silent.”
Shen Yeyu, the Alliance’s top female mech pilot, had a mind that was absolutely quiet.
For the first time, Ji Xinghan thought: Finally, someone I can’t read.
Shen Yeyu told him, “You can’t read my mind, but you can read my mecha.”
This is the story of a “mind reader” who learns to keep quiet, to listen, and ultimately to become a true champion.
Mind-reading isn’t a weapon. Understanding is.
