The death resurrection was triggered, and when Jiang Ran opened his eyes again, Laplace was still sitting in front of him.
Jiang Ran's sudden act of covering her head startled Gwen: "W-what's wrong?"
"No, it's okay... What time is it now?"
“Around 7 a.m.,” Laplace replied, but his gaze toward Jiang Ran subtly changed, a power that felt both familiar and strange to him permeating the cave.
"Set off, and return with my daughter, adventurer."
The giant spider crawled in from outside the tunnel once again.
“I will escort you back. Come on up.”
“No need.” Jiang Ran straightened his clothes and stood up. “If I’m not mistaken, there will be no obstacles on our way back this time. We can go back on our own.”
"What if... you guessed wrong?"
"If I'm wrong, your going won't make a difference."
Jiang Ran waved goodbye and left the cave with Gwen, while Lapres stared intently at his back until the figure completely disappeared without looking away.
"The power I seek is within my grasp..."
"Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran! Something's not right with you!"
Gwen gripped Jiang Ran's hand tightly and looked up at him.
"No, it's nothing. On the contrary, it's absolutely fantastic."
Jiang Ran raised her free hand and spread it out in front of her.
"This is a miracle from [Fate]!"
The next moment, countless crimson-gold cards surged from Jiang Ran's palm, surrounding the two of them like a storm!
Gwen reached out in shock: "This, this is?!"
Jiang Ran closed his eyes and felt the cards surrounding him!
I remember Bates telling him, "What you have isn't something as basic as talent." But if Jiang Ran doesn't have talent, then what exactly is the difference between him and talent? Is there any way to develop it further?
Before entering the SSS-level dungeon, Jiang Ran must fully master this power!
The viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream were stunned. Jiang Ran disappeared inexplicably, and when he reappeared, he was on the verge of death. Then the scene changed again, and he seemed to be perfectly fine. But now, the live stream went dark once more!
"Gwen, you know what my talent is, right?"
Jiang Ran's talent is the SSS-level "Leave it to Fate+", which refreshes three random SSS-level talents for him at the beginning of each world, and he can choose one of them as the talent for this world.
"I know, so what? Oh right, you still haven't told me which talent you chose this time."
"That's not important anymore—" Jiang Ran opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and then pinched a card in the air!
The card, originally crimson gold, instantly turned into pure crimson in Jiang Ran's hands, its color as bright red as fresh blood!
"Now, I'm going to replace my 'talent' again!"
"Huh?! But doesn't your talent mean you only get one chance to choose each time the world changes?"
“That’s right, so it’s no longer a ‘talent’.”
Jiang Ran showed the cards in his hand to Gwen; each card contained only one sentence—
This is a miracle from the [Armed]!
"A miracle? What is that?"
“It’s—” Jiang Ran raised his arm, and sophisticated machinery appeared out of thin air, transforming into a layer of armor that clung to his skin, “this kind of thing.”
"Huh? Is this a combat-related talent?"
"It can't be considered purely combat-oriented; it also has some functional aspects." Jiang Ran smiled. "Moreover, strictly speaking, it's not exactly a talent."
Gwen quickly understood Jiang Ran's meaning: "Does that mean that from now on, what you draw in each world will no longer be talent, but something called miracle? But it feels like this is also a kind of ability, so what's the difference between it and talent?"
"First of all, I can now draw a miracle more than once in each world. In fact, I can reset my abilities in this world an unlimited number of times if I want to. However, there is a price to pay—"
A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of Jiang Ran's mouth. He wiped it away casually and continued to explain, "Like this, you still can't use it too much. If you have mana, you lose mana; if you don't have mana, you lose life."
"As for the difference between miracles and talents, it's hard to explain in a few words. I don't really understand it myself. In general, you can think of miracles as a kind of independent and more powerful SSS-level talent."
"Is that so?" Gwen bit her finger. "But the cost of using a miracle is so high, it seems like it's not as cost-effective as talent, right?"
"The consumption of different miracles is definitely different. For example, it didn't take too much effort for me to create this layer of armor. Compared to most talents whose usage is fixed, the operability of miracles is undoubtedly greatly increased."
“And most importantly—” Jiang Ran patted Gwen’s head, “gaining the miracle didn’t overwrite my original talent, which means I got an ability for free.”
"Is it that amazing?" Gwen asked in surprise. "I've never seen a ghost storyteller possess two talents at the same time. Does that mean other ghost storytellers have even less chance of beating you?"
Jiang Ran just smiled again. His real enemies were no longer the other ghost storytellers. As for those people, whether they regarded him as an enemy or an unattainable target, as long as they did not provoke him, Jiang Ran would generally not take the initiative to attack other ghost storytellers.
"But where did you get such a powerful thing?"
"Speaking of which, we still have to thank [The Great Sin]."
From beginning to end, Jiang Ran did not see any killing intent in the eyes of [Great Sin]. If a god really wanted to kill him, could a mere SSS-level "Return by Death" really work?
Therefore, the appearance of [Great Sin] can be seen as a disguised reminder to Jiang Ran, urging him to truly face death and live, and to master the power of [Miracle]. Otherwise, he would probably find it difficult to clear the SSS-level supernatural world at the end of the year!
Jiang Ran will remember this as a favor he did for her.
However, this does not mean that Jiang Ran will completely side with the [Great Sin] camp. In the end, the thoughts of these gods are unpredictable, and Jiang Ran does not know why the [Great Sin] would choose to personally appear to help him.
Did he manage to deceive all the other gods this time, or did he receive their tacit approval? The latter is undoubtedly more likely, meaning that even though Jiang Ran obtained the power of the [miracle], he did not escape their plan.
Jiang Ran was pondering a question.
What exactly is a miracle? And how does it come about?
Jiang Ran had a vague feeling that this was a power he had always possessed, which was now being unleashed, rather than a power bestowed upon him by anyone.
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