Chapter 7 Development
[Currently held skill points: 1 (can be used for the development of the "skill tree")]
"It comes with a skill point, a benefit for novices?" Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows, and in a blink of an eye he recalled the origin of this skill point: "Oh, no... I seem to have gotten this skill point during the question-and-answer session at the beginning."
Recalling today's series of experiences, he belatedly understood why the answer to the original question was - "This is both a dream and reality."
Under the circumstances at the time, it was 90% incredible that he could choose the right answer.
Unfortunately, he has forgotten the specific answering process. I believe it must have involved a very rigorous logical reasoning process, rather than some simple and crude elementary school student thinking like "choose the long one from three short and one long".
He clicked on the first skill on the three branches one by one, and the introduction information of the skills popped up in front of him.
[Branch "Hidden" - Restraint Belt Senses: Give your restraint belt "vision" and "hearing", and when you place the restraint belt against the surface of an isolation object (such as a wall or floor), you can clearly see the scene on the other side of the isolation object and hear the sound on the other side.]
[(Learning this skill requires 1 skill point)]
[Branch "Crazy" - Extension of the restraint belt: Increases the maximum extension distance of your restraint belt from 8 meters to 15 meters.]
[(Learning this skill requires 1 skill point)]
[Branch "Li" - Restraint Detection: When you use the restraint to touch the opponent (must be a human or humanoid creature), a series of his data (attributes, abilities) will pop up in your mind. ]
[(Learning this skill requires 1 skill point)]
"Choose one of the three. After learning the skills of one branch, you can unlock the next skill of that branch. Many RPG role-playing games I played in the computer room before had similar mechanisms." For Ji Minghuan, this familiar skill tree system was as cordial as meeting an old friend, and it was just a matter of tears.
"If my power really has its own mind, then it really knows how to please me," he thought.
It feels like a brand designer is tailoring a product based on your hobbies in order to arouse your interest so that you can immerse yourself in it.
After considering the three initial skills for a while, Ji Minghuan finally chose the [Restraint Belt Sensory] move.
The reason is simple. One can tell at a glance that this skill is suitable for situations such as "peeping", "tracking", and "secret investigation", and now he needs to do these sneaky things, otherwise he will not survive.
If he fails to find clues about the laboratory as soon as possible and get his body out of the cell, he will not be able to predict what will happen tomorrow. It would not be surprising even if the experimenters used his body for dissection immediately.
Press and hold the skill text, and the entire skill icon will gradually light up from dark to light, emitting a red and black luster.
[1 skill point has been consumed, and the skill of the branch "Hidden" - "Restraint Senses" has been successfully acquired. ]
[The next skill of the branch "Hidden" has been opened for learning. 】
After turning off the TV, Ji Minghuan got up from the sofa and walked towards the stairs.
The second floor of this residential building has rooms for the three children, and the third floor has rooms for the father and mother.
Because his father had not been home for many years and his mother died in an accident, the third floor of the house was deserted most of the time. Except for hanging clothes on the balcony, they basically would not go up to the third floor to avoid being reminded of the past.
After reaching the second floor, Ji Minghuan stopped in front of his room and stretched out his right hand.
Black restraints emerged from his body and rested on the door frame like a black hand.
The next second, it was as if the restraints had grown "eyes", and the scene behind the door was clearly visible - he was clearly standing outside the door, but he could see the scene inside the room.
The bookshelves, wardrobes, beds, and all the details in the room were clearly visible, perhaps even clearer than if he were standing directly in the room and observing.
"This is really fun..." He raised his eyebrows with interest and took the restraints off the door frame. "Just like what was said in the introduction, put the restraints on the partition and you can see the scene behind through the partition. The perspective ability is very useful for observation and tracking. I found a treasure with my first skill."
Ji Minghuan then moved up to the third floor, walked to the end of the corridor, came to the rooftop of the residential building, leaned against the fence and looked towards the horizon.
It was already dark, and under the night sky, neon lights were lighting up one after another across the city like fallen dominoes. Looking down from the sky, it looked like a dragon of light formed by the scent of fireworks, stretching all the way to the distant mountains before dimming.
He closed his eyes and let the restraints look out to the distant horizon for him.
The closer you get to the sky, the darker it gets. The cliffs at the horizon are gentle. The closer you get to the city, the brighter it gets. The lights of thousands of houses illuminate the streets and alleys. The restraint belt listens to the cicadas in the trees and the voices coming from the brightly lit streets.
The summer evening breeze blew gently on his cheeks, and the black restraints twisted in the wind like a small snake, as if feeling the whole world in a unique way. After a long time, the boy slowly opened his eyes and retracted the restraints into his body.
"Its senses are much sharper than mine in all aspects, especially when it comes to seeing things in the dark. It has a certain adaptability, and can even see things more clearly than in the light. It's like having a pair of expensive night vision goggles. This has a lot of hidden value: if there's a power outage in a shopping mall, and everyone's vision is plunged into darkness in an instant, I can use the restraints to restore my vision in the first place and take the initiative," Ji Minghuan whispered to himself, "This skill is really worth learning."
He lay on the railing of the rooftop, enjoying the breeze while checking the "Character Skill Tree" interface.
[Branch 1 (Hidden): Binding Sense (already learned) → Binding Mantra (Learning this skill requires "1" skill point) → Unknown (Unlocked after learning the previous skill) → Unknown]
Ji Minghuan raised his hand and clicked on the branch skill that had just been unlocked, and its text introduction popped up in front of him.
[The Truth of the Restraint Band: After using the restraint band to tie up the opponent, you can force the opponent to speak out the words in his heart. 】
"This looks very useful," he muttered. "It would be great if we could catch the experimenter in that institute. We can just find anyone and force them to reveal the location of the institute."
As he was thinking, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the welfare home.
Because the welfare home is a little far from Guyimai Community, even from here, only a vague, rough outline can be seen. The attic of the library seems to be lit, and it is estimated that another child has been punished by the director. Ji Minghuan couldn't help but grin. Every time the nurses locked them in the attic, they would go back to the first floor to cut off the power supply, otherwise no one would be afraid to spend the night in the attic.
"I will use this body to go back to the welfare home to look for clues after a while. Forget about it today. I just got this body, so it's best to pretend to be an ordinary high school student and don't let the people around me get suspicious."
"It's better to plan for the long term: wait until you have a second 'game character' before you start, so that even if one of the characters is captured or destroyed by them, I can continue the action with the other character."
"In any case, let's wait and see. Acting too quickly will easily alert the enemy. And... more importantly, we don't know if there are any accomplices of the mentor and his gang hiding in the welfare home. Since we don't know their background, it will definitely be troublesome if they target us."
His thoughts fell to this point, and Ji Minghuan withdrew his gaze from the scenery on the horizon.
After leaving the rooftop, he went down the stairs and returned to the second floor. He walked to the second door from left to right in the corridor, slowly turned the doorknob, and pushed the door open.
It feels so comfortable to return to my room.
As the saying goes, a nest of gold or silver is not as good as your own thatched nest. In my memory, "Gu Wenyu" likes to stay in his room and do miscellaneous things - sometimes he supports his favorite alien on the alien fan website, and argues with other netizens, and sometimes he quietly assembles models at home, not caring about the world.
However, ever since he awakened his superpowers a month ago, his condition has been out of control: basically every day after school, he would stay in the room to practice how to control the restraints, as if he was possessed. His friends no longer cared about him, and he only spent every day with the restraints, as if he was secretly raising a bunch of little black snakes.
In contrast, Ji Minghuan lacks this ascetic spirit.
He positioned himself as a player, and his special ability allowed him to look at the world from a player's perspective, just like a person from a higher-dimensional world controlling a 2D character on an electronic screen, and every step he took was as utilitarian and efficient as possible. So he simply lay down on the bed and continued to look through the system panel, raising his hand and clicking the [Properties Panel] option at the top of the panel.
[Character name: Gu Wenyu]
[Role type: Superpower]
[Current nickname: None (too little known in the real world, not yet prominent)]
[Character age: 17 years old]
【Character gender: Male】
[Character attributes: Strength (determines physical fitness): C-level; Speed (determines nerve reaction): C-level; Spirit (determines mental strength): C-level]
【Overall rating: C】
[Currently held event cards: 0]
[Current attribute points: 0 points]
"They are all C-level... trash data." Ji Minghuan glanced at the three attributes and made an evaluation.
He currently does not know how high the upper limit of this world's attributes is, but the most urgent thing is to fully understand the functions of the system panel, so he closes the attribute panel and clicks on the most conspicuous [Character Exclusive Training System].
[About the introduction of "character-specific training system":
When creating a character, choosing different growth lines will lead to different exclusive training systems. And each game character will have a unique "character training system", and the training systems of any characters will not be repeated. 】
[The exclusive training system for the game character "Gu Wenyu" (the "gray character" route has been selected) is as follows. 】
(End of this chapter)
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