Lin Xu kicked away the classmate who came to hug him with disgust:
"The items you just gave me are all quite valuable. In fact, these items could definitely be used to upgrade your facilities."
Ma Buping and the others looked at each other and then laughed.
"Boss, we know those items are valuable, but treasures of this caliber are useless to us."
"Yes, these things can't compare to the weapons and facilities you gave us. These are the real boosts to our strength."
Lin Xu nodded secretly.
Indeed, while the things these people gave him were useful, they were useless to these classmates. Apart from a couple of items that could slightly improve their abilities, the rest were just pretty but not practical.
Moreover, even with the Book of Inheritance and weapons with unlimited ammo, these two items can only enhance individual combat power and are of little use to the overall development of the island's strength.
Holding these things in your hands will only attract others to fight over them, and it will be difficult to quickly transform them into the island's hard power.
However, although these principles are clear, not many people can understand them. If some students feel that it is not worth it to exchange good things for some equipment, it may sow the seeds of future dissatisfaction and resentment.
But it's even better now that these students have come to their senses.
Lin Xu had originally planned to review the information given to him by his classmates afterward, but now that these people were much more trustworthy than before, he stopped being overly cautious.
Lin Xu flipped his hand and took out several items given to him by his classmates, and began to examine their functions.
The first thing they brought out was the scroll of authority given by that silly classmate.
This item involves authority, so it's clearly not something simple. Lin Xu was most interested in this item.
When they saw Lin Xu start examining the items, the other students all gathered around.
Especially that silly classmate, who raised his hand and shouted:
"This is a gift for the big boss! Boss, isn't this amazing? It can unleash the power of authority!"
Lin Xu raised an eyebrow and used his ability to examine the description on the scroll in his hand.
"This thing really can invoke the power of authority!"
Lin Xu was somewhat amazed.
The description of the authority contained two lines of text.
First line of text:
[Whoever activates this scroll shall, except for the First Authority, the Second Authority, and this Authority, forbid all other authorities.]
Second line of text:
This scroll requires the power of authority and can only be used once. Any user will be infected by this authority, and in subsequent authority choices, they will be imbued with its aura.
"The first authority, the second authority?"
This was the first time Lin Xu had ever understood the power of authority in such detail.
So authority is divided into sequences, with terms like "first position" and "second position"?
This power to prohibit everything should belong to the third person.
Besides these three powers, all other powers are forbidden by the third power, which suggests that the power involved in this scroll is of a very high status.
As for the power of authority, Lin Xu had also collected many rumors.
For example, power is only passed down to nobles, and those who are not recognized by noble titles have no chance of obtaining power.
Furthermore, beneath inheritance lies machinery, beneath superpowers lies inheritance, and beneath authority lies superpowers.
In the ranking of abilities, authority comes first.
However, power was the exclusive domain of the nobility, and ordinary people had no chance to obtain it, let alone even come into contact with it.
Without the power of authority, it would be very difficult to fight against nobles. Lin Xu is confident in dealing with Chen Shaojie because he has too many trump cards. At worst, he can use the island to saturate and bombard Chen Shaojie, which will surely make Chen Shaojie flee in defeat.
But if there were any means to allow him to wield power, that would certainly be a better situation.
According to rumors, the types of authority are very diverse, and the variety is even greater than that of supernatural abilities.
Some nobles wielded such power that they could prevent any firearms other than their own from being used.
Furthermore, the authority of the Chen Shaojie family should enhance defensive capabilities. Simply adding a layer of authority to the knight's armor is enough to withstand Lin Xu's current life and soul abilities, which is quite an exaggerated effect.
And some noble powers are said to be quite bizarre.
For example, there is a noble family that makes expensive clothes, and their power is to prohibit everyone within their jurisdiction from wearing anything on their lower body.
This thing would be quite effective in combat, but it sounds a bit like a joke.
Of all these powers, this power that prohibits all other powers ranks third, which is indeed a very high position.
Lin Xu couldn't help but look forward to this authority coming into play.
If he uses the power of this forbidden authority to deal with Chen Shaojie, will Chen Shaojie's defensive ability be directly weakened to nothing, making him unable to defend against his superpower?
Lin Xu was also very curious about the power of the first and second place.
If the power to prohibit everything is only ranked third, then what are the powers that are ranked first and second?
The power of authority mentioned in the scroll of authority should be a power that each noble family would naturally generate.
It is said that nobles who possess authority generate an unspecified amount of authority power every day, depending on their own development. This power, like currency, can be used to recharge authority, making it more powerful and effective.
Lin Xu may not have authority now, but he is not without the power to wield authority.
Because when he stacked a hundred times more blank authority pillars, a characteristic was created on that pillar:
"A continuous source of support."
Lin Xu hadn't quite understood this pillar of strength before, but now that he saw the need for the scroll of authority, he had a sudden realization.
The supporting force generated by this characteristic is mostly what is known as the power of authority.
He had no authority before, and even if he had support, he couldn't exert his power, so naturally he couldn't see through the secrets.
But now that we have this scroll, things are different.
Lin Xu can use the blank pillar to charge this scroll, which will allow him to directly unleash the power of the Third Authority.
Moreover, the pillars stacked a hundredfold can generate this kind of energy infinitely, which can definitely give full play to the power of the scroll.
The only downside is that this scroll can only be used once.
If this scroll is used when attacking Chen Shaojie, then when encountering other nobles later, this trump card will be lost, and there will be less protection.
Therefore, Lin Xu was still undecided about how to use the scroll.
Moreover, the scroll states that using it will result in infection by the third authority, which is quite interesting.
Is the power of authority like a virus, capable of infecting the human body?
What changes will occur if you get infected?
According to the scroll, once infected, one tends to create a third power when choosing authority.
Could authority be forged? And could one choose the type of authority they wanted during the forging process?
Lin Xu was filled with these questions. The other classmates watched as Lin Xu remained motionless, staring intently at the scroll, and had no idea what he was thinking.
One classmate tentatively asked:
"Lin Xu, I know this scroll is difficult to use, and you might not be able to use it at all. So why don't you take a look at some other good stuff first?"
Lin Xu's eyes flickered as he glanced at that classmate.
He didn't reveal that he could use the scroll, but instead followed his classmate's suggestion to check the other items first.
Among the other items, the golden stone tablet also caught his attention.
Given what Xiao Xing and his group have done, anything related to gold is very special during this period.
Lin Xu was also very curious about what this golden stone tablet was involved in.
Perhaps it's also related to so-called power?
At this moment, Lin Xu flipped his hand and took out the golden stone tablet again.
This thing has a string of special characters that he can't understand at all. Lin Xu has read a lot of books, but he has never seen this kind of script in any materials.
However, his abilities were different from before; not only was his physical strength extraordinary, but his soul power was also exceptional.
So when he glanced at the stone slab, he realized that it was not something that could be seen with the naked eye.
This thing requires the power of the soul to explore in order to see the hidden text formed by the interlocking characters.
These characters are an ancient language, but it is completely within Lin Xu's knowledge.
He was somewhat shocked as he looked at the information written on the golden stone tablet.
"This thing really is related to power!"
On the golden stone slab, some information was displayed:
This item is: an admission ticket to the Golden Authority.
[For this item to work, you need to understand the structure and formula of the authority under God.]
[Ingredients: Golden Scepter + Unique Abilities + Subjects]
[Types of authority that can be forged:]
1. Parliamentary system
2. Oligopoly
3. Imperial System
[Forging Method: Collect 11, 22, or 33 pieces of the Golden Thread Robe, and perform a bloodline sublimation ceremony to obtain the Golden Bloodline and construct the Golden Authority.]
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