When studying, give it your all, then tell yourself that passing was enough.
This little trick of managing expectations could greatly improve one's happiness, whether used on others or oneself.
Precisely because Adam was well versed in such psychological tricks, every achievement he made brought him a pleasant surprise, generating even more positive feedback and allowing him to keep learning without pause.
Rejedo was the same now. He worked hard without putting pressure on himself. As long as nothing went wrong on Spheria's end, every bit of effort on his end came with a guaranteed return.
Of course, aside from expectation management, this mindset also carried a certain air of someone talking without knowing the hardship involved.
(Spheria: ￥#@%&!)
But everyone's expectations of Spheria had not come from nowhere.
Before his main body had fallen asleep and before he advanced to Sequence Two, Spheria had mentioned in the group chat that he seemed to have gained some new inspiration for digesting the Mother Nest.
As Adam himself, Rejedo knew that even if it was only an idea, Spheria would not casually mention it before there were any signs that it could work.
Spheria had not explained this in detail at the time, but which issue had he been addressing when he brought up that topic, and what had he said?
Oh, right. It had been the Hidden Sage's advancement ritual, and Spheria had talked about the fundamental mechanics of games...
"If we're talking about the protagonist's most basic mechanic, then of course it's the status panel."
Spheria looked at the life-form slowly developing inside the crystal before him. As his gaze flickered, a panel appeared in his field of view.
To further digest the Source Quality, he had no choice but to conduct some strange little experiments that might disturb