"Fundamentals of the Power System Across Endless Planes."
This was the second reward Yan Anqing received after completing Main Quest 2, aside from the copy-and-paste function used to patch loopholes.
He had originally thought it would be a book, or perhaps a Word document appearing directly on his computer. He had not expected it to appear in this form.
"If information could one day be transmitted directly into people's brains, how far would this world develop?"
Yan Anqing could not help imagining the future.
Language, stone tools, fire, writing...
Bronze ware, metal machinery, steam engines, electricity, computers, nuclear energy...
Every revolution in energy, information, and materials propelled human civilization a giant step forward!
If he could develop this kind of Black Technology that transmitted information directly into human brains, the world would inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.
Humanity would no longer waste enormous amounts of time learning and accumulating knowledge. Even the efficiency of conversation and communication would increase by hundreds or thousands of times.
Through language alone, people could exchange only a few hundred bytes per minute at most. Even reaching a speed of 1 KB per second was difficult.
People always wasted far too much time talking.
"I'm thinking too far ahead. First, I should take a careful look at what this so-called overview of the Power System actually is..."
Yan Anqing shook his head and gathered his thoughts.
About half an hour later, he slowly opened his eyes.
According to the information conveyed by his cheat, among the Endless Planes, the power realms of extraordinary individuals were divided into seventeen tiers in total, like a pyramid.
Tiers 1 through 6 had different names under different Power Systems.
Magic, Daoist arts, immortal cultivation, battle qi...
Psionic power, arcana, martial souls, potion sequences, piloting ranks...
There were countless such examples.
After Tier 7, all the myriad worlds had a unified standard.
Tier 7 was Legend, while Tier 8 was Epic.
Tier 9 was Fantasy—because the experiences of such beings were recorded in writing and could easily be mistaken by people centuries later for mere fictional characters, hence the name.
Tier 10 was Divine Life, and could be called gods or true immortals.
Extraordinary individuals from Tier 11 through Tier 15 were known as Dominators.
Tier 16 was Supreme. The literal meaning was supreme above all, ruling over countless worlds.
Tier 17 was Sin. It was said that their very existence was the greatest original sin of the myriad worlds. If They lived, all things would perish. At present, no such magnificent life existed among the Endless Planes.
These were not merely names for ranks.
The overview also contained the specific capabilities, advantages, and disadvantages displayed by various cultivation systems at each stage.
After forming a rough understanding of individual power tiers in his mind, Yan Anqing felt deeply saddened.
The universe Earth inhabited was called the Demon-Sealing Plane.
In a world like this, whether it was magic or immortal cultivation, extraordinary individuals below Tier 10 would be suppressed to an absolute low point, unable to cultivate their original core extraordinary systems any longer.
Even if a Tier 9 Fantasy-level being happened to arrive here, a moment of carelessness could get them hacked to death by an ordinary person with a knife.
Only after entering the realm of Dominators could one resist this suppressive force and spread a trace of divine radiance.
Only Tier 16 Supremes would remain unaffected by the suppression.
To beings of that level, the Demon-Sealing Plane was resource-poor and lacking in talent. It had no value whatsoever for development.
As soon as one question was resolved, a new doubt emerged.
Based on the information he had received, Yan Anqing could not guess at all how this so-called game bound to his soul had come into being.
Suppressing this doubt in his heart, Yan Anqing made a rough estimate of the current progress of his magical modifications.
On the path of individual transcendence, Yu Hongyi, who had progressed the fastest, was already a peak Tier 1 extraordinary individual.
Because of issues with his willpower, Ma Ran had only barely touched the threshold of mid-Tier 1.
The other Golden-Eyed Ones and Silver-Eyeds had only just been implanted with Limitless Cells.
According to the classification of the Endless Planes, this was equivalent to condensing a battle qi core, constructing a meditation model, implanting a Dao talisman seed, or refining the first wisp of Spiritual Power.
They had barely entered early Tier 1.
As for Yan Anqing himself, he had directly reached peak Tier 1 by cheating through image editing to alter reality.
He was blazing an unprecedented path of transcendence in the Demon-Sealing Plane. He had researched every step thoroughly and completely.
It could be said that as long as Yan Anqing was willing and had enough time, he could turn everyone in the world into peak Tier 1 extraordinary individuals and usher in a new era of universal transcendence!
However, doing so would consume far too much time and energy. It would also harm social stability to a certain extent and hinder the development of the extraordinary path.
Therefore, Yan Anqing planned to set it aside for now and proceed gradually.
Knock, knock, knock...
Someone suddenly knocked on the door.
"Come in."
A pale-faced Golden-Eyed One appeared before Yan Anqing.
Ma Ran.
Subject A, who had continuously broken through his limits yet still lagged far behind Yu Hongyi.
"I know what you want to say."
Yan Anqing looked at Ma Ran with blazing eyes. "You underestimate yourself too much. Why must you compare yourself with others? Wouldn't it be better to compare yourself with who you used to be?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Ran fell silent, having completely lost the liveliness he had shown when they first met.
"Perhaps you don't have any intuitive sense of it yourself. Then let me help you experience just how strong you are now..."
As Yan Anqing spoke, he took something resembling a fountain pen from his pocket.
He unscrewed the cap and aimed the tip at Ma Ran's nose.
"Try your best to dodge. If you can't, you'll get hurt..."
Although Ma Ran did not know what this little object that looked like a fountain pen was, a sharp pain suddenly stabbed between his brows. His intense sixth sense made him dodge instinctively.
Bang!
Crack!
A faint gunshot rang out beside Ma Ran's ear.
At the same time, the cup on the table abruptly shattered!
Glass fragments scattered across the floor, and water splashed everywhere...
A chill surged from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Ma Ran broke out in a cold sweat, and lingering fear appeared on his face.
"Wait! Is that a gun? You weren't really trying to kill—"
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Three more shots.
Ma Ran's body moved before his mind could think.
Every shot targeted a vital area.
He successfully dodged every shot.
Yan Anqing engaged the safety on the "fountain pen," slipped it back into his pocket, and looked at him expressionlessly. "See? Even an ordinary person holding a gun can't hit you anymore."
"Do you still think you're useless?"
During this shooting game, Yan Anqing had deliberately restrained his abilities and fired with the overall physical capabilities of an ordinary person as much as possible.
Ma Ran's speed had indeed not reached the point where he could dodge bullets after they left the barrel.
He had merely observed where the muzzle was aimed and anticipated the shots, dodging the instant Yan Anqing pulled the trigger.
Even so, dodging bullets...
The visual impact was far too overwhelming!
In a daze, a foolish grin appeared on Ma Ran's face after surviving the ordeal.
He felt like Neo from The Matrix.
That sense of achievement, along with the feeling that he had truly grown stronger, invigorated his spirit.
Seeing that he was doing somewhat better, Yan Anqing immediately poured cold water over him again. "You're still far from strong enough. If someone shoots you from behind a few times, you'll still die."
The destructive power of firearms varied enormously.
Against smaller-caliber police firearms, peak Tier 1 extraordinary individuals like Yan Anqing and Yu Hongyi could withstand more than a dozen direct hits. As long as they did not die on the spot, they could be lively again after proper treatment.
But several large-caliber submachine guns blocking the road could easily shred them into pulp.
As for high-yield nuclear weapons, according to the comparisons in the overview, they could even threaten, injure, or destroy Tier 7 Legends.
That was why Yan Anqing said Ma Ran was still far from strong enough.
At that moment, the Little Panda, who had disappeared not long ago, suddenly popped out again.
"Main Quest 3 has begun..."
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