Eye of Insight

Compared to his surprise at this unexpected talent and potential upper limit, Zhou Xu wasn't surprised in the slightest that his current Command was only one star.

After all, he hated troublesome matters and disliked taking part in group activities even more. At school, whether it was the student council, class officers, or group leaders responsible for handling various tasks, he had pushed them all away without exception.

Being dragged out to take part in this graduation trip had, in a certain sense, been entirely a case of getting tricked. Now he'd even been tricked to death—well, in the literal sense.

In this sort of situation, it was only natural that his Command had never been trained and remained at just one star.

[As for this talent...]

The talent was named Evolutionary Leader. He understood every word in its description, and he could understand the meaning when they were put together, but he simply had no idea what practical effect this talent actually had.

The situation gave him quite a headache.

In the end, he decided to set it aside for now and focus his attention on the star-rating panel.

[This star rating definitely doesn't represent a precise value. There should be specific ranges between each star rating.]

[Right now, looking only at my own panel, I don't even have anything to compare it with, so I can't determine the exact standard...]

As he thought, Zhou Xu shifted his gaze toward the other tribal members around him.

[Come to think of it, was I able to look at their panels before?]

With that thought, Zhou Xu immediately tried operating it with his mind, silently reciting, Open panel.

However, after all that trying, there was no reaction at all.

This inevitably made Zhou Xu begin to doubt himself.

[Could I be using the wrong posture?]

Zhou Xu directly used his own Attribute Panel as an experiment. As it turned out, opening and closing it was simply a matter of a thought.

Moreover, judging from the entire process, the other people around him could not see the existence of this panel at all.

[Don't panic. Think carefully—how did I do it back then?]

Although his mind had been rather chaotic when he had just been summoned, not much time had passed since then. He wasn't so incapable that he couldn't remember something like this.

As he seriously recalled the matter, the circumstances at the time quickly resurfaced in his mind.

[Eye of Insight?!]

Having reacted immediately, Zhou Xu opened his Attribute Panel once more.

[The system reminded me that I had obtained Eye of Insight. Could it be that I can only see other people's panels by using this Eye of Insight? But how am I supposed to use it?]

Almost the moment this thought arose, those strange characters once again surfaced in his mind.

Zhou Xu could be one hundred percent certain that he absolutely did not recognize those strange characters. Yet as they appeared, he somehow understood the meaning they represented.

At the same time, several ancient and obscure syllables came from his mouth.

And the meaning represented by those syllables was precisely...

[Eye of Insight]

In an instant, Zhou Xu felt that the entire world before his eyes had become clearer. At the same time, panel windows popped up one after another over the tribal members within his field of vision.

This completely confirmed his earlier guess.

[That's right. Under normal circumstances, I can't view other people's panels. If I want to see them, I can only rely on this True Word called 'Eye of Insight.']

Having figured it out, Zhou Xu first looked toward Fei Que beside him...

Name: Fei Que

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Race: Human

Status: Weakened, Hungry

True Words: None

Talent: Execution Expert: If this is an order, then I will carry it out! So, please give the order!

Bravery: ★★☆

Intelligence: ★★☆

Spirit: ★★☆☆

Endurance: ★★☆☆

Command: ★☆☆☆

According to Zhou Xu's own reasoning and the experience he'd accumulated from playing games in the past, whenever a panel attribute had a star rating, five stars was usually the highest-level panel—the equivalent of a Golden Legend—while four stars was at least a Purple Epic.

With that premise, three of Fei Que's attributes had a growth limit of four stars. By Zhou Xu's personal understanding, that could be described as extremely impressive.

[It's a pity that those four-star attributes aren't allocated very well. If even one point had been taken from Spirit or Endurance and added to Bravery or Intelligence, Fei Que could have counted as a four-star war god. But thinking about it carefully, these attributes do fit Fei Que's performance earlier.]

Everyone had already been utterly exhausted, but Fei Que alone still had the strength to carry out the scouting mission, and he had displayed remarkable efficiency. That in itself was proof that his Spirit and Endurance were outstanding.

[His Command limit is four stars, but it's only one star right now. It should be because, like me, he never had the chance to train it before. As for the Execution Expert talent, although it doesn't have any clear explanation either, it's still easy enough to understand.]

Putting everything else aside, at this stage he really did need someone with high efficiency, sufficient Command, and the ability to lead a group.

This could definitely become an effective boost during his development.

As for what came after that, they could talk about it when the time came. There was no use in thinking too far ahead now.

[I wonder what Dashan's panel attributes are like. But he went to lead people in gathering branches, so he'll probably need some time before he returns.]

With this thought, Zhou Xu shifted his gaze toward the tribal members sitting around the Fire Pit. While weaving the basket in his hands, he looked through all their panels.

During this process, Zhou Xu felt his head growing heavier and heavier. By the end, it had even begun to ache faintly.

He wasn't stupid. He quickly guessed that this was probably caused by his continuous activation of Eye of Insight.

With no time to think further, he hurriedly dispelled the ability.

At that moment, he clearly felt much more relaxed, but the expenditure that had already accumulated could not be erased.

His entire mind felt muddled, as if a lump of paste had been stirred together, temporarily robbing him of the ability to think.

After exhaling a long breath, Zhou Xu, who felt dizzy all over, slowed the movement of his hands as he wove the basket. Sitting before the Fire Pit, he narrowed his eyes and began to doze.

After quite some time, he finally slowly recovered his breath, and his mind gradually cleared.

Apart from Fei Que at the beginning, none of the other tribal members' panels were capable of making his eyes light up.

Not only were there no multiple four-star attributes, there wasn't even a single four-star attribute. There wasn't even one with a single three-star attribute.

The remaining tribal members had all five attributes at two stars.

However, this also led Zhou Xu to form a conjecture.

[If my deduction is correct, then two stars should be the normal standard for ordinary people. Having all five attributes at two stars means that he is an extremely ordinary ordinary person—the sort who makes up the vast majority of the people in this world.]

[Following this line of thought, three stars should count as excellent, four stars should basically reach the level of a genius, and five stars should be more or less the world's top-tier existence...]

"Gasp—"

[If that's the case, then aren't I incredibly awesome?!]

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