Stars Waited Above Empty Streets by Lorin Wren 75

Chapter 75 One of a Kind 

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Claire walked over to Ava and asked her a few questions. She wrote quickly in her notebook while speaking. “Keith will be here soon. Jane, when is your grandpa coming?” 

“I’ll message Asher right now.” 

Claire held Ava by the arm and spoke again. “There’s no rush. Let your grandpa come a bit later. I’ll take Ava for another check first.” 

Even though there had been no issues in yesterday’s diagnosis, no one could be sure that nothing would go wrong today. Ava lay back inside the machine and went through another scan of her brain. 

When Ava came out of the machine again, the Morren family had already arrived. Keith was there as well. Elias and Lucas had come together, too. 

Claire flipped through the new test results and said, “We can confirm it now. Ava’s brain is completely fine. She can go home later.” 

Jonathan smiled and thanked her. “That’s good. That’s really good. Did Keith find anything from yesterday’s experiment results?” 

Keith took out a stack of papers and handed them to Claire. He spoke to everyone at once. “The results show that the pollutants in the flowerpot soil were completely removed. The cell activity of this flower was twice as strong as that of the same type grown normally Based on what Ava said, the plants she grows this way do meet the conditions for direct consumption. However, this was only a flower, not a vegetable or some fruit. Whether the fruit will be different after it bears fruit still needs further testing.” 

He paused and glanced at their expressions before continuing. “Purification and wood abilities are both extremely rare among known elemental users. Even wood abilities alone are uncommon, let alone having both at the same time. As for purification, only three people have appeared in the last ten thousand years. All of them showed up during the darkest periods of interstellar human history. Wood–element users have a natural bond with plants. Most of them focus on botany or become healers. To a certain extent, they can treat mental contamination and mental instability. People who can directly accelerate seed growth do exist, but every one of them is a high–tier wood–element user with strong mental power.” 

He continued in the same calm tone. “For a long time, society has divided women into two groups. One group is women who awaken power. The other is ordinary women. Women who awaken power form a power core, which is similar to men’s mental power. As their abilities grow, high–tier awakeners can even control or crush mutants with mental force. What I want to say is this. Ava is truly unique. So far, no other woman has awakened elemental power. She’s also very young. She still has endless possibilities ahead of her.” 

Everyone present understood what Keith was implying. No one could say for sure whether Ava might awaken power again in the future. Even if she didn’t, her current abilities were already one of a kind in interstellar society. 

Jonathan looked more serious instead of relieved. His granddaughter becoming an elemental awakener was a good thing, but being the only one also meant it could bring her a lot of trouble. 

“Could her situation attract the attention of those lunatics at Institute X?” Jonathan asked with concern. 

The place known as Institute X sounded like a research institute in name only. In reality, it was a group of madmen who carried out extreme human experiments. They had existed for over a thousand years and were now under the control of Aureon’s royal family. 

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“Aureon isn’t under the same political system as us,” Laurent said. “If they dare to reach this far, they’d have to think hard about the consequences. If they want to openly challenge us, they’d have to swallow the other two major empires first. Only then would they stand a chance.” 

In the Age of the Stars, there were thousands of planets of all sizes. They were divided into many factions. Some were governed by more open people’s governments. Some formed interstellar federations. Others were ruled entirely by royal families. Aureon was the strongest among the three remaining monarchies. 

Elias looked at his father. “Aureon isn’t worth worrying about. Since Ava has this ability, I suggest reporting it honestly. It might cause some trouble in her daily life, but in the long run, the benefits outweigh the risks.” 

While the others discussed the issue, Ava fell into deep thought. She had always lived by one rule. Keep a low profile. She never liked standing out. However, now that she had entered the Morren family and her environment had changed completely, sticking to that old approach no longer fit reality. 

For the first time, she clearly understood how this world worked. It was survival of the fittest. Class and power were sharply divided. The law looked fair and just on the surface, but it didn’t truly guarantee fairness for everyone. 

A person’s real value was what gave them confidence. Any praise or reputation only mattered when it was backed by real strength. Without that strength, those labels were just empty words and would collapse the moment they were tested. 

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