Talent Speculation

[Shelter Teleport Ticket) ]

[Value: 200 SC]

[After use, teleport from your own Sanctuary to a designated Survivor's Sanctuary (requires the survivor's consent) (stay time: 24 hours)]

In this way, the cost of a single teleportation will plummet from 30,000 Survival Coins to 200 Survival Coins.

At the same time, the stay time has Optimization from the original excessive 50 hours to a more reasonable 24 hours. After all, most Dungeon walkthroughs only require a few hours, and an excessively long stay time would cause unnecessary waiting.

It has substantially broken through the economic bottlenecks that have constrained the development of Survivors, injected new vitality into regional development, acted as a "catalyst" for regional economic and development, and laid a more solid foundation for the basic realization of the goal of common occupational workers.

"Consultant Su, these jars and alloys shouldn't be affected by Talent..."

Han Song had just come out of the stone house when he bumped into Su Luo, who was strolling back.

Su Luo pondered for a moment, "No. 3 Alloy is highly likely. Based on the current sample analysis, the target of Ye Xu's Talent has a clear prerequisite—it must be a 'certified' entity. No. 3 Alloy originates from other Survival Worlds, and it possesses System Panel and quality markings, meeting the certification standards."

"That Superpower Orb?"

"It's been certified too, since it has a panel. Try throwing your little porcelain bottle in there... By the way, why aren't the Laboratory components I made certified as props by the system? They should at least be considered excellent."

Su Luo put the jars away.

It contains Qi, Vital Energy, and Aberrant Elements collected by Su Luo.

What's been happening these past couple of days?

Han Song quickly pulled out a thick notebook and flipped through it. "I haven't let him physically possess anything these past two days, I've even stripped him of his clothes."

"Yesterday, three thousand Fine- quality items appeared, including... necklaces that resist mental charm. Today, three thousand stamina potions appeared."

"This further proves that Ye Xu's Talent is not activated through physical possession; we need to further define the concept of 'personal items'..."

A gentle breeze carried the report from Han Song, which he was reading aloud, and handed it to Su Luo.

"Wasn't it supposed to be a private report? Never mind, I'll read it myself. From now on, I'll submit paper reports."

Su Luo, having scanned all the information with her Divine Power, seemed thoughtful:

Two core inferences:

First, there is a strict 'item certification' system for Talents. For example, basic environmental components such as air and water in the human body are excluded from the certification list and therefore cannot become Talent targets.

Second, the determination of ownership of 'personal belongings' goes far beyond the concept of mere physical possession. It is closer to a conceptual binding relationship.

Han Song added, "Our next phase of testing involves observing whether this brief 'belonging' state, achieved through physical contact between the item and the user, will allow it to enter the Talent's random selection pool. Your items have already completed the contact test as the first batch of samples."

"The experiment is on the right track; proceeding as planned."

Su Luo affirmed, while simultaneously putting on her usual equipment again.

"I have another Perfect -quality item here as a backup, which can be added to the sequence in the next test. Also, I must remind you of a key detail—the 'random' in the Talent description is very likely 'weighted random'."

"Huh?" Han Song asked in confusion.

Su Luo paused for a moment, then glanced at Han Song in surprise.

"Haha, this... um, it sounds familiar."

"Preference-based randomness," Su Luo succinctly reminded him.

"Note this statistical discrepancy: In the information provided by Ye Xu himself, of the more than 500 items he had handled in the past, ordinary quality accounted for over 60%. However, among the items generated by the actual Talent boost, the proportion of ordinary quality plummeted to about 30%, while Fine and above quality accounted for 70%. This clearly doesn't seem like true randomness."

"Even stronger evidence is the correlation in time series data:"

On his first day of survival, Ye Xu lacked lighting, and his Talent produced 'Lamp Oil'.

In the early stages of development, Talent output focuses on 'Skill Books' that can quickly improve strength or be exchanged for resources.

"Around the seventh day, when the initial accumulation reached a bottleneck, the Talent produced a large number of 'monster limbs,' which were then recycled by the system, resolving the funding problem."

"In the Trial Instance, facing a shortage of equipment in the city, the Talent produced 'equipment'..."

"This suggests that the randomness of Talent is not entirely blind; the probability of its occurrence is significantly influenced by variables such as Ye Xu's current environment, resource needs, and even his subjective consciousness."

As Su Luo finished writing the last word, she saw Han Song quickly taking notes.

Han Song quickly jotted down these key points, then closed his notebook and couldn't help but complain, "Damn, this is way too complicated. Couldn't the system's Talent descriptions be written in more detail? It's like we're guessing a riddle."

"This is the first time I've seen someone investigate cheats so thoroughly."

"There's nothing we can do about it; it's Innate limitation of the system's description mechanism. Talents, items, treasures... it's all like that."

"System descriptions typically only provide a summary of the core effects, without mentioning specific limitations, trigger thresholds, and judgment rules."

"Exploring the precise meaning of these unspoken 'keywords' is itself a process of mastering Talent power. It is also the difference between those who wield power and those whose power is wielded."

For example, Song Shige's second Talent effect: Offense and Defense as One: When you are attacked, a judgment will be made...

The system may not provide a definition for attack, but Talent objectively exists.

If we interpret it infinitely according to its literal meaning...

Does a debuff count as an attack? Does the passage of time count as an attack? Does someone stalking someone from behind count as an attack?

But none of these exist; currently, it has been discovered that there is a dual determination of physical and mental aspects.

Su Luo's Talent effect one: She is guaranteed a minimum return during the learning process.

This Talent can greatly increase Su Luo's learning speed, and even when faced with ridiculously difficult knowledge, she can still learn it by simply waiting for the right time.

So what exactly is the "learning process"?

If Su Luo were to define it herself...

Why not learn about infinity?

Even a part of infinity is infinity.

Su Luo instantly became omniscient and omnipotent.

Currently, the "learning process" of Talent is a dynamic process in terms of knowledge, from the initial state to the acquisition of new experience and the occurrence of relatively lasting changes.

Then we need to define the meaning of knowledge, right?

Talent is an objective reality, following a precise and self-consistent internal logic. However, the natural language used by humans is inherently full of ambiguity and vagueness, making it impossible to accurately describe the full picture of Talent.

Therefore, trying to find loopholes won't work; you need to explore the true effects of your Talents, ponder the meaning of each word and the definition of its phrase, and expand the information contained in the Talent description.

"Think, verify, understand --"

"To explore the Essence of power."