Whoosh!
In the snowy needle forest.
The Deep Sea Lasher's longest tentacle lashed out like a whip towards Tendo.
Its speed was so great that it even produced a slight tearing sound in the air.
Yet, facing such a powerful attack that could shatter rocks.
Tendo made no unnecessary movements, merely tilting his body slightly.
The next second, the tentacle, reeking of salty seafood, grazed past his hair and slammed heavily into the snow behind him, kicking up a flurry of snowflakes.
Seeing its first attack miss.
The Deep Sea Lasher immediately launched a second, then a third…
However, the subsequent scene filled the Deep Sea Lasher with terror.
It was as if Tendo had predicted its attacks in advance, consistently dodging them with millimetric precision.
Despite being a perilous life-or-death battle.
Tendo moved as if on a leisurely stroll, showing no hint of danger or urgency, displaying complete composure.
Finally, when Tendo was two meters from the Deep Sea Lasher, he stopped.
As Tendo slowly raised his hand, the star energy within a five-meter radius around him immediately surged like a tide towards his palm, quickly condensing into a small, azure energy orb.
[Star Energy Technique – Azure]
Tendo casually threw it. The rapidly flying orb effortlessly struck the Deep Sea Lasher's head.
There was no explosion, no flash. The Deep Sea Lasher's head, where it was hit, vanished silently, like a pencil drawing erased by a rubber.
Thud!
The headless Deep Sea Lasher crashed to the ground.
As Tendo watched its convulsing, headless corpse, he suddenly felt warmth at the tip of his nose.
He instinctively reached up to touch it.
A dazzling crimson stain appeared clearly on the back of his hand.
'Is this happening again? My brain is getting overloaded…'
Feeling an intense dizziness, Tendo's body began to fall uncontrollably towards the snow beside him.
In the last moment before his consciousness plunged into darkness.
A figure swiftly approached and caught him just before he collapsed.
After an unknown period, the unconscious Tendo vaguely heard voices by his ear.
'Doctor, what exactly is wrong with little Tendo?'
'I remember you said that little Tendo has excellent compatibility with the Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye, so why is he experiencing a phenomenon similar to rejection?'
'Calm down, Yun Meng. Tendo's current condition has nothing to do with the Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye.'
'Then what does it have to do with?'
'Do you know about "Overclocked Computation"?'
'Of course, isn't that a special talent only possessed by some synthetics…'
Mid-sentence, Yun Meng suddenly realized.
'...Doctor, you mean, little Tendo also has this talent?'
'But that's not right, little Tendo isn't a synthetic Star Envoy. Where would he get Overclocked Computation from?'
To this, the Doctor calmly explained: 'Yun Meng... the first Star Envoy in the world to possess the Overclocked Computation talent was not of the synthetic type.'
'...'
Hearing this, Yun Meng paused, clearly unaware of this information.
Meanwhile, the Doctor adjusted the data within the healing pod.
And further explained to Yun Meng.
'Yun Meng, "Overclocked Computation" is a general term for a critical point in computing power.'
'Therefore, whether they are synthetic or non-synthetic, as long as their brain's computing power can exceed this critical point.'
'Then they possess the ability of Overclocked Computation.'
'The reason most people believe that Overclocked Computation is a talent exclusive to synthetics.'
'Firstly, it's because non-synthetic life forms generally find it difficult to reach this critical point.'
'Secondly, it's because non-synthetic life forms who can reach this critical point often, due to their brain's self-preservation mechanism, forcibly seal off computing power that exceeds their body's limits.'
At this point, the Doctor looked up at Tendo, who was lying in the special healing pod.
His gaze fell upon Tendo's pale face.
'Originally, Tendo's situation belonged to the latter, but because the Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye brought him vast and complex visual information.'
'His brain subconsciously released a lot of computing power that was originally sealed, allowing him to better process this visual information.'
'However, this also brought a very serious problem to Tendo.'
'What problem?'
Yun Meng asked curiously.
'Tendo's young body is temporarily unable to sustain such high brain computing power.'
At this point, the Doctor didn't bother with the somewhat distracted Yun Meng and directly stated his judgment.
'Yun Meng, the sunglasses I had you give to Tendo are actually a star energy shield that I specially made for him.'
'It can, to some extent, reduce the visual information pressure that the Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye brings to Tendo, thereby indirectly reducing the burden on Tendo's brain.'
'However, after I just checked Tendo's body, I found that relying solely on this pair of special sunglasses is far from enough now.'
'Because Tendo's terrifying talent and the upper limit of his brain's computing power allow him to instantly raise his brain's computing power to a level matching the current Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye whenever needed.'
'His current unconsciousness is because during the recent battle.'
'His brain's computing power instantly increased by 300%. After his body couldn't bear it, he was forced into a state of self-preservation, falling unconscious.'
'Then what should we do?'
Looking at Yun Meng, who was clearly concerned about Tendo, the Doctor thought for a moment and made a decision.
'I will first seal Tendo's brain computing power within a reasonable range, and then release it after his body develops to a certain extent.'
Although the Doctor's explanation made a lot of sense.
Yun Meng, however, became somewhat worried.
'But wouldn't this have a considerable impact on little Tendo?'
The Doctor nodded.
'There will definitely be an impact, but compared to that impact.'
'If Tendo's brain computing power continues to be unsealed without limit, he might not even live to adulthood.'
'And according to my estimation, even with Overclocked Computation sealed, Tendo's cultivation speed will be reduced by about half, and his strength by about one-third.'
'But this will still be enough for him to complete all courses within two years and meet the conditions for Star Source fusion.'
'Alright, then let's do as you say, Doctor.'
Just as the conversation between the Doctor and Yun Meng concluded.
The extra chapter's screen suddenly flashed wildly, similar to a distorted image.
When the screen returned to normal.
Tendo's healing pod had transformed into a black calculation pod.
Seeing this, veteran viewers who had watched the first season gasped, clearly knowing what this scene implied.
Tap, tap, tap…
After a clear sound of footsteps, Yun Meng's voice appeared off-screen.
"Little Tendo, you've slept for so long, it's time to wake up..."
Click!
The calculation pod's hatch opened in response, and a large amount of thick white mist began to pour out from within the pod.
The anime's camera began to zoom in.
Amidst a hazy white mist.
It focused on a pair of tightly closed, special eyes covered with silvery-white eyelashes.
To the excited expressions of countless viewers, those eyes opened.
Azure pupils, irises flowing with numerous star-trail patterns.
All of this combined, it was as if billions of stars were constantly collapsing and reforming within these eyes...
Although due to the white mist.
The dimensional viewers couldn't see anything else besides those special eyes.
They immediately recognized the owner of those eyes.
Because these iconic azure star-trail eyes were Tendo's unique symbol!
As if to answer the audience's anticipation.
Soon after those special azure eyes opened.
On the screen of the extra chapter, a voice they were incredibly familiar with suddenly echoed.
"Yo, Sister Yun, it's been a long time."
As this familiar voice fell.
The entire extra chapter's screen completely froze on that pair of special eyes.
With this, Tendo's extra chapter, titled "The Innate Powerhouse," completely ended.
Although this extra chapter had concluded.
It ignited a fervent discussion among the dimensional viewers regarding " Prequel of the Stars."
Because in this short extra chapter.
The dimensional viewers learned that the Doctor, in order to protect Tendo.
Had temporarily sealed his crucial "Overclocked Computation" ability.
And this was undoubtedly a terrifying revelation.
Because it meant that Tendo, in a ridiculously handicapped state.
Still displayed almost crushing talent and strength compared to the other Children of the Stars!
Although the dimensional viewers knew that Tendo, as the ceiling of Prequel of the Stars, was absurdly strong.
They didn't realize he could be this absurd.
"Dude, we're all in this together, why are you the one ascending to heaven?!"