"Haha!" Alpha coughed, trying his best to compose himself. "Can you explain what you did and how you did it?"
Miya looked at Sho. He immediately shook his head. "I know I can't explain it properly. It would be better for you to explain it."
And so, Miya explained how they did it.
"Hm… interesting. It's a rare technique that even I can't do."
"What?"
"How could that be? You can't do it?" Sho was in disbelief. For him, if he and Miya were able to do it, wouldn't it be obvious that Alpha could do it too?
Alpha shook his head. He was opposing what Sho had in mind. He was not perfect. "What you've both learned is something that not everyone could learn. It's about compatibility. It's different from what I can do, but although the principle is almost the same, it's still not the same. What's more, my technique could overlap with yours.
"What you said is that you were able to control a foreign energy to be recognized as your own energy. Then, you've guided it towards your 'Qi Vein' and give energy towards an area which is in need of energy to heal faster.
"For once, I don't know Qi Vein. In martial arts we know, there's muscles, veins and cells, but no mention of Qi."
"What? Isn't it normal for Qi to be available in martial arts?"
"Well, it's normal if it's in the fantasy world. But from our world it's not normal. Maybe after the Super Phenomena it would be normal. But I don't know just yet." Alpha frowned, as if he was thinking about something deeper.
Realizing his silence and not willing to share his thoughts, Sho chose to proceed with the previous topic.
"What about the Energy you use?" Sho was getting more confused the more Alpha explained.
"It's different. I can't even understand it yet. It's Energy that the System gave me so I haven't discovered anything substantial. But what I can say is it's different from the Energy you produced. It's like you produce diesel while I produce kerosene."
"T-this… is confusing." He admitted. It felt like they found a new source of energy. But it wasn't available to anyone? That's the most crucial thing he was confused about.
"Hm… your knowledge is too shallow that's why you are getting confused."
"I'm also confused. But I have a lot of knowledge in different areas." Miya defended herself, hurt by someone saying her knowledge is shallow.
"It's not about your knowledge in our world. It's about your knowledge in the new world we are now facing."
"Ah…"
"So, you know more than us? How come?"
"It's not time yet for me to explain. Your ranks are too low to even remember what I would tell you."
Sho had a eureka look. He remembered what Gabriel told him. It seems the higher your rank, the higher knowledge you would get.
"Let's talk more about the Qi Energy you've got. You should try exploring it. The System would protect us and won't let us die from experimentation to grow stronger.
"However, for now, what I really want you to learn is about collecting, preserving and using energy so that any energy we have wouldn't be wasted.
"From what I can tell, your Qi Energy skipped that and just refined the energy you've already got in your body. That isn't bad, there's no waste on the dormant energy inside your body. But it's better to learn how you can get your energy storage. This is the energy I use to heal myself faster. It's also the Energy the System has given me. I can gather Energy but my storage depends on how much Stamina, Strength, Agility and Dexterity I have.
"It sounds complicated, right? Well, it's easy to just reference the Status of our Character Information. You can also ask System if you have more questions. I'll explain to you the simplest things so you can understand it with the little time we have.
"Energy mainly comes from our Stamina. The more Stamina we have, the more Energy we can store. And when our Strength, Agility and Dexterity reached a threshold that could hold Energy, then the Energy storage expands. More and more Energy could accumulate.
"For now, since both of you don't have Energy, you can forcefully awaken your Energy Storage. This way, you can use that Energy to help your cells heal faster. In a way, it's the same thing as your Qi Energy. But the Energy… Hm.. let's call it System Energy. The System Energy I have doesn't need to go through Qi Vein. System Energy has its own automated function that helps regenerate the cell and achieve self-healing surpassing any human ability."
"T-that's… too much to take." Sho jaw dropped. Although he has the original Sho's brain, he had to admit he couldn't use it as if it was his. He was not a genius. His head was already burning from too much information.
*T-this… this is… information overload! I think I know why I didn't get my memories back! I'll suffer to death if I get too much information!* He was staring blankly even when his mind joked around. He felt that his mind was about to blow up from too much information.
Miya chuckled. "How unbecoming." She teased. Happy to see that Sho could actually be unsightly after his heroic acts. Someone who was recognized by Fenrir suddenly looked like a lost kid. It was a sight to behold.
"Brat." He spat instinctively. His head was still aching from too much information. He forgot how the girl actually looked cool fighting and how he admired her courage and bravery.
All he could think was how she was acting like a brat now that his head was burning.
Miya just continued chuckling. It even sounded louder than before.
"Enough kids. You might not want to listen, but you need to listen. This System Energy is for you to grow stronger."
Sho sighed before forcefully nodding. The word stronger was enough for him to endure the side effect of information overload.
"I've got the gist of where you got the energy you refined. It came from the potion you drank. What you learned is not bad. But if you don't have any potion in your stomach, then that would have little use. Unless you intake strong energy then you can't really use it properly.
"Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying it's useless. Contrary, it could be very helpful now that some people know how to create potions. With potions, Qi Energy you have discovered would be very useful. Still, it's still situational.
"That's why I wanted you to learn about gathering energy.
"It would be easier since both of you know how to sense energy thanks to your discovery about Qi Energy, Qi Vein, Qi Waypoint and Qi Waygate.
"From what I could tell, Qi Energy is the Energy you can use and let it enter your body. Qi Vein is the vein that can interact with our body's veins. Qi Waypoint is the passage towards Energy that can stimulate our cells, it's the entrance towards our body. And lastly, Qi Waygate seems to be the Energy passage from outside towards inside.
"In layman's terms, there's no energy storage for your Qi Energy. If you have energy, then the process would be, Energy towards Qi Waygate then Qi Vein then Qi Waypoint. However, what you did was Qi Energy–which was the Potion Energy, Qi Waygate, Qi Vein up tp Qi Waypoint,"
Alpha raised his right hand in front of Sho and Miya, his palms facing upward.
"For better explanation, I'm currently gathering the energy that I can feel in my right palm. It's not as simple as it looks, but I'm trying to purify the air and look for energy that I can store on my System Energy. Take note that we should purify it before letting it inside our system. If an energy that isn't refined enters our body, we could suffer from chaos. I advise you not to try this.
"After you gain the pure energy, guide it towards your lungs. This is the first step to awaken your System Energy storage. The next steps are linking the energy towards your liver and muscles. After that, you've truly awakened your System Energy."
Both Miya and Sho were awed with the feeling of Energy in Alpha's palm. Though both cannot see the energy yet, they felt the surge of energy. It was enough to guide both of them.
"I'll give you two hours to try it. After that, since both of you are healed, we need to move."
"What happened?" Judging from Alpha's voice, something urgent seems to have happened.
"Savior Gang is on the move. They're preparing to go to our camp. They would set off four hours from now. We know the way better, and I know we can outrun them."