Chapter 21 - Innate Talent

Chapter 21 Innate Talent

In the magnificent bedroom, after Lu Jin had tapped on the dark gold crystal, the entire crystal seemed to come to life instantly. The sound of heartbeats reverberated throughout the entire bedroom like an ancient beast had awakened.

“This is… the Crystal of Awakening?”

Lu Jin’s eyes were filled with confusion and astonishment as he looked at the dark gold crystal that seemed to be alive.

The Crystal of Awakening that was in front of him was completely different from the one that he used 400 years ago.

In Lu Jin’s memory, the Crystal of Awakening was a highly concentrated piece of memory fragments. It was a completely non-living thing.

It was just a simple upgrade of data through the player’s AR system to improve the software performance and increase the player’s adaptability.

It had no heartbeat at all, let alone seem like a living thing

As the sound of the heartbeats in the room became increasingly intense, the dark gold crystal slowly melted and turned into liquid metal threads that poured into Lu Jin’s electronic body.

After that, Lu Jin saw the system updates appearing one after another.

The system was loading.

1%… 5%… 9%…

The system data was upgrading.

1%… 5%… 9%…

There were dozens of updates in a row. It was as if it had been attacked by a virus. Lu Jin could even faintly hear the electric current from the AR glasses. The speed of data transfer in all aspects had obviously reached an extremely high level.

After a few minutes, Lu Jin’s vision turned dark and the simulated bedroom returned to its original state.

However, a system bar soon appeared, and the progress bar slowly rose.

1%… 3%… 5%…

“Just how much data has been updated?”

Lu Jin was stunned when he saw the progress bar slowly rising.

In the current world, AR technology has been developing for 400 years. Although they were still unable to replace or decipher the core system, the upgrade of the hardware was no longer comparable to 400 years ago. The performance of the hardware had increased more than 100 times.

In the past, even with the upgrade of data with the Crystal of Awakening, it was completed very quickly. From the beginning to the end, it didn’t even take 20 seconds. Now, after more than 10 minutes, the progress bar was still crawling like a tortoise…

Lu Jin did not dare to take off his AR glasses when it came to system updates that were for the player’s adaptability. He could only sit next to the sofa by the French windows and observe the scenery outside while waiting for the AR system to be activated.

Twenty minutes… Forty minutes…

After waiting for more than an hour, the AR system was finally updated. The indicator light slowly lit up.

“Activate!”

Lu Jin, who had finished updating his AR system, could hardly wait to quickly activate

it.

As he activated the AR system, he could not help looking at everything before him in astonishment.

It was clear!

He felt as if he could see the world very clearly. It was as if everything he saw before was covered by a veil, but now, that veil was gone.

“How much has the system’s adaptability increased this time?”

As he felt everything around him, he felt as though he had arrived at a strange yet familiar world.

It was familiar because everything in front of him was still the same. It was strange because his five senses were completely different. His grasp of space, the flow of air, his own faint breathing…

Things that had never been noticed before seemed to have been magnified. It was hard not to notice.

Lu Jin casually picked up the Sword of Lake Light that was stored in his electronic backpack and waved it twice.

It was heavy and slightly cool. It felt completely different from before.

“The improvement this time is too impressive! Even someone who had a Blood Awakening in these 400 years probably couldn’t improve more than this.”

Almost all the internal beta testers from 400 years ago had awakened their blood. Their communication from time to time allowed them to roughly understand the extent of upgrade of Blood Awakening.

For example, Lu Jin had only a high-grade Rare Blood Pulse 400 years ago. He was considered to have a decent blood pulse among the dozens of internal beta testers. However, in terms of the enhancement of his five senses, it was incomparable to what he had now.

That made Lu Jin open his data bar curiously.

ID: Lu Jin

AR System: Level 10 (Progress: 84%. 1,000 units of memory fragments required to level up once the progress has reached 100%.)

Adventurer: Level 10 (O EXP needed to level up. To unlock Level 11, Level 11 AR System is required.)

Strength: 65 (Rank ‘S’, maximum potential detected is Rank ‘S’.)

Agility: 58 (Rank ‘A’, maximum potential detected is Rank ‘S’.)

Endurance: 55 (Rank ‘A’, maximum potential detected is Rank ‘S’.)

Neural Reaction: 68 (Rank ‘S’, maximum potential detected is Rank ‘SS’.)

Chef: Level 7 (Progress: 85%)

Housekeeper: Level 4 (Progress: 43%)

Restorer: Level 8 (Progress: 59%)

Appraiser: Level 8 (Progress: 16%)

Custodian of Electronics: Level 9 (Progress: 84%)

Skill: Absolute Nihility (Magical)

Blood Pulse: Top-grade Rare-level (Compatibility: 96%)

Innate Talent: Myriad Wishes (The more people in the team, the greater the improvement of adaptability the entire team’s AR system would have.) Heart of Destruction (Through continuous honing of one’s own skills, one could constantly grow.)

System Management Rights: Rank ‘B’

Lu Jin was stunned by what he saw.

“Can a Crystal of Awakening cause so much improvement?”

Although his Blood Pulse was not at the Epic level as he imagined and was only at the Rare level, his compatibility was at 96%. Even the internal beta testers from 400 years ago did not dare to imagine that figure.

Normal players would only have a compatibility score of around 80%. As long as the compatibility reached 90%, all the effects of the Blood Pulse could be activated. After 90%, every 1% increase could allow the system’s adaptability to increase significantly.

A compatibility score of 96% was unheard of.

The other improvements brought about by the Crystal of Awakening could not even be described as terrifying.

Originally, the progress of the AR system was only 62%. Now, it had grown to 84%.

Originally, the maximum potential of his Neural Reaction was Rank ‘S’. However, now it had reached a Rank of ‘SS’, which was unheard of. Even the potential of his Strength, Agility and Endurance had reached Rank ‘S’.

That was the highest basic stats potential that Lu Jin had ever seen.

“What’s with this world’s awakening?” Lu Jin could not help but click his tongue at the sight of his two innate talents, Myriad Wishes and Heart of Destruction. “There was only a small chance of getting an innate talent according to legends, but I’ve actually gotten

two?”

Innate talents were much rarer than skills. Even though it could not directly improve the players, it could allow them to obtain different abilities.

Typically, only talented players could obtain it during their growth. The innate talents that they obtained were also different because the players’ personalities and experiences were different. In order to adapt to the players, the AR system naturally created different innate talents.

There was a very small chance of obtaining it when a player had awakened, but the probability was less than 0.1%.

Normally, a player would get only one innate talent, but he had two!

Those two innate talents were extremely extraordinary. One could improve the adaptability of the entire team just by forming a team, while the other could allow growth by simply honing one’s own skills. Those innate talents were unheard of.

“But what does this innate talent of Heart of Destruction mean?” Lu Jin was perplexed by the explanation.

Generally, the innate talents created by the system were meaningful, and the explanations were also very specific and precise.

“Growth could be achieved through the honing of one’s skills” – generally, “growth” should be referring to the growth of the AR system. However, there was no mention of the AR system. It was just using the word “growth”. It could be said that it was not accurate. Normally, the AR system would not make such a low-level mistake.

Just as Lu Jin was at a loss for an explanation, he suddenly realized that a layer of faint light that was difficult to detect with the naked eye had appeared on his body. The light was slowly flowing from his body, a phenomenon that had never happened before.

That light seemed familiar to Lu Jin. He took off his AR glasses.

At that moment, the layer of faint light on his body disappeared completely. Even the warmth that he had felt earlier vanished instantly.

“Could it be that because of the upgrade of the system, my five senses have been enhanced, and I can see and feel things that I originally couldn’t detect?”

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed to be the case. Hence, he tried a few more times.

The difference in his ability to discern the faint light with the activation of the AR system and without the activation of the AR system was huge. Moreover, the more he used his sword techniques and the more he challenged his own limits, the more he could feel that the energy of the light pulses had become stronger. The dissipating light rays were even faintly gathering towards the sword.

“This is great! It really is like this! It really is like this!”

After Lu Jin attempted his sword techniques several times in a row, he felt enlightened.

Initially, he had thought that he would not be able to control the energy of the light pulses. However, due to the awakening, the AR system had received a comprehensive upgrade. The control of the energy of the light pulses had even become part of the growth of the AR system. Now, he only needed to constantly think of ways to upgrade the AR system. Then, grasping the energy of the light pulses would not be a distant matter.

As long as he could control the energy of the light pulses, he would be able to fight back against those Shadowrazes that were staring at him!

Since Lu Jin left the Sacred Grounds, he had been feeling uneasy because he was unsure when the Shadowraze would make its move. He did not know if it was due to the fear of the energy of the light pulses in his body or if it was due to some other purpose that it had not appeared. Regardless, he really did not have much time.

At the thought of that, Lu Jin did not dare to waste another second. He ran straight to the door of Lu Shixue’s room and knocked loudly. After a while, Lu Shixue opened the door impatiently.

“Shixue, are you still studying the blueprint of the small electronic backpack?”

“Hmm, this blueprint is very precise in the usage of memory fragments. It’s really useful for me!”

“Let’s form a team.”