Cheng Ye's Skill Book

[Night Watcher]: "Administrator, I've been working hard to train my skills and items, I don't stay up late to keep my energy up, and I get into the instances early, but I still don't quite understand how to explore. What should I do?"

Administrator 01 of Group 7: "Then why don't you try entering at noon instead?"

[Harvester]: "Brother, you told me to exercise properly after I got back last time, but my old lady keeps demanding I 'pay the grain tax,' so how am I supposed to get any training done?"

Administrator 01 of Group 7: "Then why don't you buy her a tape measure so she can learn some restraint?"

[Medicine Pounder]: "Administrator, save me! I ate a pill last time I was in an instance—some kind of residual Seven Emotions Pill, the 'Anger' one. Now I'm so irritable every day; I feel like if I'm pushed too far, I'm capable of anything."

Zhang Anzai really wanted to tell him that if he had that kind of energy, he should go buy a few sets of advanced calculus papers to work through. But there was no helping it; at least this was finally a serious problem that could actually be solved.

"This suggests that the pill was either poisonous to begin with, or the medicinal power hasn't been fully digested. You can try finding an old practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine in reality to take a look.

Many of the pills found within the Reflected World actually fall under the traditional scope of Chinese medicine, and their effects can be managed or neutralized through herbal remedies. If that doesn't work, check the forums to see if anyone is selling pills that can dissolve medicinal toxins or provide a counter-effect.

Regardless, you must be cautious. I haven't seen many pills that directly affect emotions yet."

Zhang Anzai finished typing this reply and navigated back to the forum homepage.

Because he was relatively active on the forums and had been with the company for nearly a month, he was likely considered somewhat famous among the player community.

His experience was solid, his insights were decent, and he could occasionally crack a witty joke to help relieve the pressure of exploring instances.

However, spending too much time lurking on the forums wasn't a long-term solution; if nothing else, bored trolls existed on every forum imaginable.

As more players got to know him recently, his private messages had become cluttered with all sorts of strange nonsense.

It was one thing if they were just struggling despite their best efforts, but what was he supposed to do about someone whose growth was being hindered by their wife's high demands for "grain tax"?

Zhang Anzai felt a surge of irritation at these losers who came to game forums just to flaunt their relationships.

It was fortunate that, for now, this job was almost like a leisure activity for him.

Zhang Anzai could even browse his phone while typing comments and replying to forum private messages.

That's right, this was the effect of the Dexterous talent.

He had originally thought it was just a simple "left hand draws a square, right hand draws a circle" technique, but upon closer reflection, the effect of such ambidexterity wasn't just about drawing shapes; it was a single-core, dual-threaded mindset capable of running two sets of sword techniques simultaneously.

Regardless, he could now perform two delicate tasks at the same time, and his work efficiency was shockingly high.

Administrator 01 of Group 7: "Is the Dexterous talent rare? I've communicated with [Fate Controller], and the effects of this talent seem quite powerful."

Player Profile Cheng Ye: "It's rare. Based on my current investigation, this talent is among the best of the D-rank, a wisdom-type talent that can only be acquired by people with high intelligence.

The attachment I sent you should contain a few case studies; you can take a look."

Cheng Ye's account was just like the man himself: concise and capable. What was quite rare was that, despite being a minor leader, he hadn't listed his job title on his account.

Unlike Zhang Anzai's team leader, who had specifically marked his nickname as the Head of Group 7 of the Administrator Department.

The reason they were discussing this was simple: the cooperation between Zhang Anzai and Cheng Ye had been officially established.

He hadn't expected this guy to be even more cautious than himself, though perhaps that was just the standard of a high-level researcher.

He hadn't just randomly sought out administrators to cooperate with; instead, he chose to run a pilot program with Zhang Anzai first, then either step forward himself or have Zhang Anzai specifically seek out administrators who had high-talent players under their command.

He said this was because players with a low baseline trained their talents too slowly, making them too inefficient to use as case studies—it might take several instances to produce one or two, and even then, they might just be outliers.

To be honest, Zhang Anzai quite agreed with that point.

After all, having flipped through the files he sent over, he confirmed that while the instance environment allowed players to grow beyond their limits, actually training a talent was by no means simple.

"[Dexterous] (D-rank): A hand-strengthening talent that actually belongs to the wisdom-enhancement category. Its effect is basically equivalent to multitasking; players with this talent can perform two precision activities simultaneously and maintain focus for long periods.

Being D-rank, it still has flaws: when one side tries to switch work tasks, the effectiveness of the other side will be affected. Simply put, the mental energy is still insufficient. There is a suspected, yet-to-be-discovered, higher-tier promotion."

"Case Study: Player [Heavenly Oversight Bureau] once used one hand to crack a complex door mechanism similar to a Kongming Lock or Rubik's Cube in the instance [Dynasty: Heaven-Reaching Tower].

With the other hand, he used a Zhuge Crossbow to precisely aim and shoot at the joints and transmission cores, paralyzing 26 humanoid mechanical puppets.

Suspected Condition: Maintain multitasking, simultaneously operating two manual tasks that require complex adjustments, and maintain long-term focus for over half an hour."

The other cases were much the same—high-level players with high intelligence and astonishing operational skills.

And if a mere D-rank talent had such high requirements, even if Dexterous was a top-tier D-rank talent, it was still just D-rank; the talents above it certainly wouldn't be any simpler.

Even with a clear method, forcing such conditions onto ordinary players and asking them to attempt it in crisis-ridden instances was indeed a bit of an unreasonable demand.

"Of course, since Section Chief Cheng has certified that I belong to the high-intelligence crowd, I can afford to hold myself to a higher standard."

Zhang Anzai thought to himself as he carefully flipped through the files.

Cheng Ye's personal capability was indeed strong. What he had sent over so far were only D-rank and a few C-rank talents, yet the total number of talents was in the thousands—a dazzling and varied array.

For example, the one that existed when Zhang Anzai first arrived:

[Literati]: "Engage in long-term text or language-related work, such as organizing ancient texts or resolving debates, and achieve certain results. Upon acquisition, enhances logical thinking, textual sensitivity, eloquence, and conversational ability."

[Indefatigable]: "Endure heavy or complex work pressure for over three days (within an instance; over half a year in reality) without experiencing mental-illness-level emotional fluctuations.

The actual effect is that under the suppression of negative mental effects like extreme fear, one will not produce physical feedback that hinders activity and work."

Or perhaps:

"[Weightless Strength] (D-rank): Carry items weighing over 30% of one's own body weight and maintain normal activity for over a day (as weight increases, the time requirement decreases, but one must maintain activity without significant impact).

Upon acquisition, carrying capacity far exceeds physiological limits; comprehensive enhancement while in an unburdened state."

"[Well-Read] (D-rank): Read 500 academic materials in reality or 100 fragments of ancient academic texts in an instance, and thoroughly master the majority of the knowledge within.

Gain the ability to draw inferences about most disciplines and technologies, with a chance to decipher the meaning of some unknown scripts."

Considering himself a high-level player with a high-tier talent, he was currently selecting the talent he wanted to try and acquire during his next entry into an instance.