Perfect Skill

[Task Completed]

[Reward settlement in progress...]

[Player's comprehensive performance evaluation for this task is S; experience points and Game Coin rewards are 150% of the original amount.]

[Player received 300 experience points and 750 Game Coins.]

[Player received Rare Quality random Skill Card ×1. It has been automatically added to the Inventory Panel; please check it yourself.]

[Player level increased. Current Level: Lv3. Received two Free Attribute Points.]

As if waking from a long dream, the moment Bai Zhi opened his eyes, a flood of information scrolled across the light screen before him.

"I'm already back? Six hours of time only amounted to six minutes here..."

Turning his head to glance at the time displayed on the computer screen, Bai Zhi wore a thoughtful expression.

Because this role-playing task was not his actual physical body, he naturally had no wounds, but if one were to fail the Novice Quest, the result in the Real World would be immediate sudden death.

An S-rank performance evaluation was not surprising; after all, if not for him, the final outcome of this Novice Quest would have undoubtedly been a total wipeout. However, the fact that his level jumped by two ranks did catch him slightly off guard.

To level up from Lv1 to Lv2 requires 100 experience points; from Lv2 to Lv3, the requirement doubles to 200 points. Following this, the requirement from Lv3 to Lv4 is 400 points, likely following a geometric progression.

[Player Level: Lv3 (50/400)]

After a player advances from Lv1 to Lv3 and becomes an Official Player, the System Store officially opens to them. The most important item among these, which refreshes every month without fail, is the first item on the list: Temporary Attribute Exchange.

[Temporary Attribute Exchange: For one hour, the player's Strength, Agility, and Constitution among their Base Attributes are raised to the human limit. The consumption of Game Coins per hour is the sum of the deficits of the three attributes multiplied by five.]

"My current Strength, Agility, and Constitution total 21 points. The sum of the three at maximum is 45 points, leaving a deficit of 24 points... Does that mean it costs 120 Game Coins per hour?"

After performing a quick mental calculation, Bai Zhi could not help but furrow his brows slightly.

Even though he obtained an S-rank evaluation in the Novice Quest, he only received 750 Game Coins. If he used it all to exchange for this option, theoretically, it would only support six hours of use.

The key is that this thing isn't sold in pieces; it's a clean, bundled package. Furthermore, each exchange must be in increments of one hour. Trying to swap for a few seconds of human-limit stats is impossible; if you want it, you take the full hour.

"I still need to find a way to raise my Base Attributes..."

Glancing at his 7-8-6 distribution of Strength, Agility, and Constitution, Bai Zhi casually added his two Free Attribute Points into Constitution, bringing it from a semi-crippled 6 points to 8, barely approaching the human average.

This way, if he purchases the Temporary Attribute Exchange, his Constitution will reach 17 points, which can be considered a temporary transcendence of the human limit.

After all, a 6-point semi-crippled Constitution... is truly disgusting.

--Although he would soon hate himself for his itchy hands.

After finishing this, having no current desire to study the other nine exchange items that he could ponder over the next month, Bai Zhi opened his Inventory Panel.

In his inventory, stuffed with all sorts of miscellaneous items, a single emerald green card lay quietly.

--A Rare Quality random Skill Card!!

This was the most valuable item from the Novice Quest.

If a Skill Card of this rank were to appear in the player Auction House, the transaction price would be at least five figures or more.

Currently, in the Black Market, the exchange rate between Game Coins and real money is approximately 1:1000. In other words, this Rare-rank random Skill Card is worth at least 10 million.

--But it's simply not for sale.

"I hope I can pull a good skill... I'm not greedy; just give me a Superman Body or a Demi-human Constitution, and I'll be satisfied."

After solemnly washing his hands with soap, Bai Zhi took the Skill Card out of the Inventory Panel.

However, to his surprise, the moment the emerald green card, radiating infinite vitality, was pulled from the inventory, a trace of eerie blackness suddenly and inexplicably appeared on the green surface. In just a few short seconds, the emerald green face turned pitch black.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Bai Zhi shifted his gaze to the two items at the very front of his inventory.

[Name: Shadow Realm Permanent Deed]

[Type: Special Item]

[Quality: None]

[Description: The holder gains permanent usage rights to a region within the Shadow Realm.]

[Equipment Condition: None]

[Automatically bound to Player ID; cannot be traded, transferred, or dropped.]

This was one of the trophies he obtained from that little boy who stomps shadows, and it was the only special item with a quality listed as "None." Since then, he had searched the forums for information regarding this, but with little success.

"...It couldn't really be this thing causing trouble, could it? If my Skill Card is ruined because of this..."

With a feeling of intense toothache, Bai Zhi picked up the pitch-black Skill Card and chose to use it.

[Skill Name: Shadow]

[Type: Special]

[Rank: Perfect]

[Effect: Shadow Control, Enhancement, Shadow's Trace]

[Consumption: 10/50/100 Spiritual Power per minute]

[Learning Condition: Intelligence 15 or above, Perception 15 or above, Charisma 15 or above]

[Note: Master of Shadows]

[Untradable, Non-transferable]

"This skill... Perfect Grade?"

Gazing at the description on this skill card, Bai Zhi's pupils couldn't help but constrict slightly.

It would have been one thing if a random skill card, originally of Rare grade, had simply jumped two tiers to reach Perfect grade. However, for random Rare skill cards rewarded by the system upon clearing a Novice Quest, the learning conditions are generally non-existent; otherwise, at least ninety percent of players would be unable to meet the requirements to learn a Rare skill.

Yet, the learning conditions for this Perfect grade skill card were nothing short of terrifying. For a Normal Player to reach the cap in all three attributes—Intelligence, Perception, and Charisma—they would likely need to be at least Level 10 or higher. But if one were to dump precious Attribute Points into these three stats, what about their other attributes? Survival is what matters most.

...Seriously, would any idiot actually put points into Charisma in the early game?