After taking care of everything, Fang Linyan returned to the car. Just then, his body suddenly jolted. He felt the mysterious old phone vibrate again, and a string of messages appeared across his retina:
Core breach successful.
Beginning to overwrite information data package.
Data cone virus invading.
Warning, warning, unknown data appears to be connecting!!
Firewall activated!!!
Unknown data copying.
Firewall disabled.
Data replacement complete.
Your body has been completely digitized. Please refer to the relevant information.
Fang Linyan stared in astonishment for a moment, then realized that a wealth of information had appeared across his retina:
Contractor ??@#&
Your personal information is as follows. Values for an average adult male are given in parentheses.
All Contractors selected to enter the space possess personal attributes or potential far beyond those of ordinary people. Most of them excel in or show potential in a particular area. This is what is evaluated as a talent ability. Among the Contractors selected so far, more than 50% possess a talent ability, and some even have several.
Your talent ability: ???. Scan unsuccessful.
Your number is determined by your corresponding genetic code and is unrelated to any other factors.
Your basic attributes are as follows. Values for an average adult male are given in parentheses.
Strength: 6 points (5 points). Strength determines the power of some of your melee attacks. It also increases your carrying capacity, allowing you to wear and use certain heavy, powerful armor and weapons.
Agility: 8 points (5 points). Agility determines your movement and attack speeds, and also affects your evasion rate. It also has some influence on the power of your ranged physical attacks.
Stamina: 7 points (5 points). Basic Stamina: Stamina determines your ability to withstand blows, as well as your ability to run and fight for extended periods. It also has some influence on your health recovery speed and defense. Your current maximum health is equal to Stamina × 10.
When you are seriously wounded, your health recovery speed will slow dramatically.
Basic defense = Stamina ÷ 2.
Your current defense = 3.5 points.
Defense is the main attribute that reduces all damage dealt by enemies. It can also shorten the duration of various abnormal status effects on you, such as being stunned, slowed, dizzy, frozen, or set on fire.
Damage reduction formula: percentage of damage reduced = (Defense × 0.4) ÷ (Defense × 0.4 + 10)
For example: 1 point of Defense reduces all damage by about 4% and shortens the duration of all abnormal status effects by 4%.
5 points of Defense reduce all damage by about 16% and shorten the duration of all abnormal status effects by 16%.
10 points of Defense reduce all damage by about 28% and shorten the duration of all abnormal status effects by 28%.
15 points of Defense reduce all damage by about 37% and shorten the duration of all abnormal status effects by 37%.
50 points of Defense reduce all damage by about 66% and shorten the duration of all abnormal status effects by 66%.
100 points of Defense reduce all damage by 80% and shorten the duration of all abnormal status effects by 80%.
The higher your Defense, the smaller the increase in damage reduction.
Perception: 7 points (5 points). Perception is an umbrella term for your hearing, intuition, eyesight, and other senses. It can give you a chance to detect nearby dangers in advance and helps you observe your surroundings more quickly and thoroughly. The higher your Perception, the more likely you are to notice approaching danger, and the sooner you will notice it. In the real world, people with high Perception often get a sudden premonition and anticipate danger. Perception also affects the accuracy of all attacks. A skilled ranged attacker must also possess impressive Perception to keep enemies in check.
Note: If an enemy's Perception is similar to or higher than yours, your ability to anticipate danger will be weakened or even negated! If the enemy's Perception overwhelmingly surpasses yours, they may even mislead you.
Charisma: 4 points (5 points). Charisma directly reflects your appearance, bearing, eloquence, and approachability. It mainly helps you communicate with characters in the story, increases your chances of learning various extraordinary abilities, and reduces the likelihood of characters in the story attacking you. In addition, certain charm- and summoning-type abilities have strict Charisma requirements, and Charisma provides a bonus to such abilities. People with high Charisma also gain extra reputation.
Spirit: 5 points (5 points). Spirit determines your maximum spiritual power, its recovery speed, and the power of certain skills. Put simply, it determines how many times you can use your abilities. Your maximum spiritual power (MP) is equal to Spirit × 10.
When you are in the Nightmare Space or the Nightmare World, your wounds heal at 400% the normal rate, and your spiritual power recovers at 120% the normal rate. Your current maximum health is 120 points, and your maximum spiritual power is 50 points. When your health falls below 2 points, your ability to act is impaired. When it falls below 0, you die. When your spiritual power falls below 1 point, you will suffer dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and other symptoms. At 0 spiritual power, you will fall into a deep coma.
Your body has been digitized. While adventuring in the Nightmare Space or the Nightmare World, damage to vital areas such as your brain or heart will not kill you instantly. Instead, it will greatly increase the attack's critical hit chance. If cumulative damage to certain functional body parts, such as your eyes, ears, nose, or joints, reaches one-third of your total health, you will suffer the corresponding loss of function, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis.
After digitization, the performance of your personal abilities will be consistent. (For example, an average adult man can punch with a maximum force of 100 kilograms, but cannot guarantee that every punch will reach that level. After digitization, every punch can deliver maximum force.)
Loss of function cannot be restored through rest or ordinary medicine. Usually, you can return to the Nightmare Space for treatment. However, characters in the story, rare medicines, or Contractors who have mastered certain advanced abilities may be able to treat functional impairment.
As this information appeared, Fang Linyan could clearly see a red bar in front of him, with a blue bar beneath it. They were presumably his health bar (HP) and spiritual power bar (MP).
A few more notes followed.
Basic Stamina LV2: You have a healthy body and exercise regularly in your spare time, so your stamina is quite good. Even without any preparation, you can complete a half marathon (21 kilometers).
Basic Footwork LV1: You are quite nimble and can hold your own in amateur sports such as fencing and basketball.
Basic Shooting LV2: You have mastered most shooting techniques and can competently perform tasks such as loading and firing a gun.
Tag: Basketball LV3: You can play as a starter on an ordinary streetball court.
Tag: Golf LV2: You have received some training in golf and are now fairly skilled.
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