Status: N/A Active: N/A Armament: N/A Items: N/A Overall Rating: N/A
He blinked and looked up at Prometheus, who was beautiful all by herself. "...What does N/A mean?"
"To be filled in." Little AI was succinct.
"Filled in by who?"
"The host."
"Me?"
"Yes, you."
"Me? My system is telling me that I have to fill out my own character data panel?!!"
Fu Li vividly demonstrated what it meant for one's pupils to quake violently. Thinking of a certain possibility, he cautiously asked, "Then what if I had you scan my memories earlier—"
"Even after scanning your memories, the host must fill it in personally."
Prometheus coldly shattered his fantasy.
"Because its growth is tied to the host's strength, the End-of-World Assistance System has not yet evolved the overwhelmingly powerful function of automatically filling out attribute panels."
"..."
Question: Where was the most Zen place in the world?
Some people might say Buddhist temples, some might say the Western Paradise, and some might say it was within their own hearts.
But Fu Li would say that the most Zen place was a milk tea shop.
No matter how well someone disguised themselves, the moment they stepped into a milk tea shop, the pretty clerk would warmly ask whether they wanted medium tragedy, large tragedy, or extra-large tragedy.
Amitabha, this old monk wanted extra-large tragedy.
And as though she felt Fu Li was not tragic enough already, Little AI's emotionless mechanical voice, as flat as her figure, rang out again:
"The self-entry function will only work properly after the system's next upgrade. At present, the only entries the Character Panel can register are skills and items obtained through the exchange/lottery function."
"Don't say any more. Let me have some peace. And don't ask who Peace is. She's my Little Great-Aunt, whom I haven't married yet and who isn't related to me by blood."
Rather than looking like he had lost all hope for life, Fu Li looked as though he had seen through the mortal world. He waved his hand, signaling the little brat wandering all over his retina to hurry up and scram—
"Wait! Explain this exchange function and stuff in detail."
The moment he heard there was a lottery, Fu Li went "pop!" and stood right up before Little AI. Very quickly, too.
"Just now, I wonder who was complaining that the system's functions were incomplete."
Prometheus started sulking instead.
Facing the displeased little one with a machine spirit, Fu Li hurriedly soothed her as though placating a young girlfriend. "I was only joking just now. Prometheus, you're actually very important to me!"
"How important?"
"When you're wandering around outside and suddenly discover your phone has less than 2% battery left, then search everywhere and finally rent a power bank just before it shuts down—is that important?"
"Important."
"You're even more important to me than that!"
"That really is very important."
Perhaps because she sympathized with the phone as a fellow technological product, Little AI actually nodded very seriously.
She explained, "The End-of-World Assistance System's exchange/lottery mechanism is not complicated. The system has two lottery modes in total: one ten-pull every thirty days, and one single pull every seven days."
"Whether it is a ten-pull or a single pull, the host must submit items that meet the system's requirements. The higher the quality of the submitted items, the greater the chance of drawing high-quality prizes."
Fu Li set down the eighth can of beef he had just finished. "Sounds... okay?"
He had stocked up on these cans before as emergency rations. Usually, he could not even bear to eat them.
But considering what would happen next, failing to eat and drink properly and then having no strength at a critical moment would be downright idiotic.
Little AI said in surprise, "You actually didn't complain with a look of disgust, 'Why do I have to hand over things just to draw a lottery?' The host's performance just now scored highly with Prometheus."
She had been prepared to tell him that the system's lottery function came from the Hyper-mutation Factor 'Fu Li' that he had awakened in his previous life the moment he opened his mouth to mock it.
This punch landing on empty air and not letting someone get hit by their own boomerang was really unpleasant.
"Probably because that beta-test Character Panel of yours lowered my initial expectations for the system to rock bottom. Once you hit bottom, every direction is upward."
Fu Li had figured it out. This little brat liked referring to herself by name whenever she was happy or unhappy.
And she said other people were easy to understand. She herself was actually pretty easy to understand too.
Prometheus shot the sneaky-looking Fu Li a sidelong glance. "The End-of-World Assistance System is a growth-type armament that evolves alongside the host. Its current state is unsightly only because the host is equally unsightly."
"Maybe you could translate that as us depending on each other for survival, sharing the same boat through thick and thin, and striving forward together on the road of growth?"
"Provided the host does not perish midway through his grand undertaking."
Damn, this little duckling had a vicious mouth!
"Incidentally, due to the enormous spacetime-attributed Imaginary energy absorbed while reincarnating alongside the host, the system now meets the requirements for an initial ten-pull."
"Nice!"
Vicious mouth? What vicious mouth? His AI was clearly a little angel who had descended into the mortal world!
"Then, host, would you like to draw now?"
"Mm, begin."
"Hyper-mutation Factor 'Fu Li' activated. Multidimensional otherworld resonance: 0%—100%. System searching..."
The moment she finished speaking, white light flooded Fu Li's vision.
"Separate Matters"
The light before Fu Li's eyes made his breathing catch, and his heartbeat suddenly slowed by half a beat.
Though he had not played many mobile games, he knew that gold light meant the best drops, purple came second, and blue skies with white clouds basically meant you were nowhere near anything good.
The light quickly faded from his retina, and several strange objects that could barely be called items appeared before Fu Li.
They radiated dazzling multicolored light, competing in brilliance as though trying to entice the two people before them to investigate.
With a thought, Fu Li did not open the boxes immediately. Instead, he opened the End-of-World Assistance System's personal panel.
Sure enough, the previously empty panel had suddenly become much richer.
True Name: Fu Li Permanent: Human Immortal Path (B), Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal (A) Status: Partial Amplification Technique (D), Breath Concealment (D) Active: N/A Armament: Galaxy Baseball Bat (C) Items: Healing Bullets x7 (D), Fourth-Dimensional Skirt (D), Memory Eraser (D), Solar Apollo (C), Incomplete Moon Ring (C), Flying Thunder God Kunai (B) Overall Rating: C-rank Valkyrie Ten-pull cooldown: 719:59:59 / Single-pull cooldown: 00:00:00
"Most of them are items. This lottery is a tiny bit too realistic."
Having accidentally voiced his thoughts, Fu Li noticed something odd. "Wasn't this a ten-pull? Why are there eleven entries recorded on the panel? Buy ten, get one free?"
"Breath Concealment is an additional skill of the Human Immortal Path. The total is still ten."
"Buy one, get one free. Pretty nice." Fu Li praised, "The ranks afterward are based on our world too?"
"That's right."
Whether it was combat skills, mech constructs, spell formations, armor, or consumables, as long as something was related to supernatural power, someone would inevitably classify it into ranks.
The Honkai world was naturally no exception. The method of classification was simple and crude: D, C, B, A, and EX above them.
"Of course, this is only a broad classification. There will definitely be differences among different categories... And it should be noted that even for powerhouses above S-rank, low-rank skills and items can still provide a certain degree of enhancement. It does not mean an A-rank Valkyrie must use A-rank skills and weapons."
Fu Li explained carefully, "Skills and items both need to work together to unleash greater power. Winning by using only one ultimate move is something that only happens in games, and that is assuming the enemy is so useless that even after taking the same move so many times, they still have not learned how to counter it."
Prometheus listened with great interest. "What kinds of skills does the host know?"
Combat techniques would not vanish with reincarnation. That was one of the advantages of a second-playthrough player.
"I don't know that many. Just a few A-rank ones, a few B-rank ones, a few C-rank ones, plus a few D-rank ones. They're all relatively low-energy-consumption types."
Fu Li casually showed off. "Once the system updates, I'll write all of them on the Character Panel. For now, let's see what exactly we drew."
Just from seeing the A-rank Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal, he could be certain that white light was definitely not the pity guarantee in his system.
"Mm."
Prometheus nodded her little head and leaned over to inspect the skill's effects with her host.
Name: Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal
Rank: A
Type: Permanent
Effect: A supreme, permanent feng shui divine ability that enables civilization to develop at high speed. So long as the holder retains vital signs, the streets and markets around them will prosper, the land will surely yield bountiful harvests, and economic sectors such as industry and commerce will also receive vigorous development.
Furthermore, nearby residents would become happier, cultivators would cultivate faster, technological progress would accelerate, and even public security would become more stable. It was the ultimate aura that could practically be called cheating in strategy games.
The range of Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal expands as the holder's strength increases.
Note: Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal, flowers fall and forget their roots.
A lone soul's sparse fragrance in winter, a cup of stars becoming gods together.
For now, Fu Li's evaluation of the powerful A-rank skill Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal was: it existed.
To say it was not powerful would clearly be against one's conscience. Whether accelerating technological development, increasing cultivation speed, or calming people's hearts, Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal was exactly as its description said: a BUG-level aura that could be called cheating in a strategy game.
Based on this trait alone, no matter which large organization Fu Li chose to join, he would be regarded as an invaluable treasure, golden elephant tusks more enduring than diamonds.
Humanity's greatest scientist, Liesel Albert Einstein, once said: Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
But she had also said that that one percent inspiration was often more important than the ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Many scientists throughout history had truly been only one crucial flash of insight away from solving a mystery. Since ancient times, countless geniuses had failed to pierce that final layer of window paper until their deaths, dying in frustration.
Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal was the perfect missing piece that made up that final one percent of inspiration.
Even so, for Fu Li, who currently needed hard power to seize an opportunity, this A-rank skill was somewhat tasteless to keep yet a pity to discard.
This was an ultra-rare, powerful A-rank skill. If it could have been exchanged for immediate combat power, then combined with the abilities Fu Li himself possessed, even if he could not reach his peak state from before reincarnation, killing three to five Titan Mechs would be more than easy.
However, Fu Li quickly adjusted his mindset. One could not have both fish and bear's paw, much less when this lottery was something he had mooched off Prometheus for free.
It was like someone going to a restaurant, being served several dishes, and then saying after eating them, "These dishes taste pretty average. Call your boss over, I want to leave a bad review."
But if the restaurant said that the entire table of fine food and drink had been provided free of charge, then refusing to leave a good review would be downright heartless.
Besides, Heavenly Time Calamity Bestowal was not hard to swallow at all. It had merely been served at the wrong time.
His earlier disdain upon seeing that the End-of-World Assistance System only had a beta-test Character Panel was another matter. Key of Governance 0017, the predecessor of this system, was a secret treasure Fu Li had risked his life to retrieve from an ancient ruin filled with danger.
Since he had paid the corresponding price, it was perfectly natural for him to have expectations of it.
Separate matters.
"Rules Are Meant to Be Broken!"
"Let's look at the next one."
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