Eye of Insight!

Lin Xia had overslept this morning; by the time he woke up, he only had a dozen minutes left to wash up and rush to school.

Consequently, Lin Xia had not yet awakened the Eye of Insight.

He planned to activate it during the lunch break after class.

At this moment, the students' emotions in the classroom had gradually stabilized, as if they had finally accepted the Reinforcement Pillar's cruel probability settings.

Seeing this, teacher Xiao Ya glanced at her watch and realized that class was about to end.

She cleared her throat and said:

"Students, the probabilities I mentioned earlier are merely conclusions drawn by scientists after tens of thousands of statistical trials; they do not represent absolute accuracy.

The same applies to the Card Padding Mechanism I am about to explain.

Let's use student Lin Xia as an example. After all, he has a ready-made summon card, and it's the most precious SSR grade at that."

Teacher Xiao Ya's tone was incredibly gentle, and her eyes revealed undisguised admiration as she looked at Lin Xia.

Following this, a sour atmosphere permeated the classroom.

Although the students were jeering and making noise, their eyes held only jealousy and resentment, with no trace of envy.

Of course, except for Xu Jian.

Only he held both thumbs up, his face full of admiration and joy, even carrying a hint of reflected glory.

As for Zhu Tingyu and Liu Yucheng, one was resting her head on her hand while the other stared at the blackboard; neither looked at Lin Xia, yet their faces betrayed a sense of longing.

Wu Ziyang, meanwhile, was slumped over his desk, seemingly asleep, showing no reaction at all.

"If student Lin Xia wants to reinforce this card, it is referred to as the main card.

As an SSR-grade main card, it is incredibly precious; how regrettable would it be if it were destroyed?

Therefore, is there any way to increase the success rate of reinforcing the main card?"

Teacher Xiao Ya extended her slender fingers and smiled: "Yes, there is one way to do it.

That is the Card Padding Mechanism!

We use cards with low ratings or cards useless to us and let them be destroyed.

By doing so, we increase the probability of the next attempt succeeding.

For example, Lin Xia's card is currently at +5 reinforcement. Before attempting +6, he could use some junk cards to force a series of failures, thereby greatly increasing the probability of reaching +6!"

"Teacher... do you mean that the Reinforcement Pillar has some kind of compensation mechanism?!"

Lin Xia had been listening attentively, so he was the first to voice his confusion.

"Exactly!"

Teacher Xiao Ya's smile widened; she was deeply impressed by Lin Xia's thinking, which far surpassed that of his peers, but she still emphasized: "Teacher must reiterate that the Card Padding Mechanism is merely our hypothesis and does not represent absolute accuracy. We humans still know far too little about the secrets of the Reinforcement Pillar!"

"Ring~!"

At that moment, the bell rang to end the class.

Teacher Xiao Ya began to pack up her teaching materials and said: "Remember to gather at the entrance of the Secret Realm on time this afternoon. This is a crucial moment regarding your acquisition of your first summon card, so do not be late!

Furthermore, any students who wish to reinforce their cards tonight may sign up...

...In tomorrow's class, we will discuss Formation Combinations and Stat Bonuses!

Alright, class dismissed!"

As teacher Xiao Ya left the classroom, the students also stood up to pack their books.

"Let's go, time to grab some food!"

Xu Jian nudged Lin Xia with his elbow and raised an eyebrow.

"I have something to take care of first; could you bring me a meal?"

After saying this, Lin Xia ignored Xu Jian's reaction and immediately dashed out of the classroom.

He wanted to hurry and activate the Eye of Insight.

"Ah!"

Lin Xia was running too fast and bumped into Zhu Tingyu's shoulder at the doorway.

Facing her resentful gaze, Lin Xia carelessly blew a kiss, muttered an apology, and turned to run away.

"Oh~"

The girl beside Zhu Tingyu covered her mouth, wearing a look of pure gossip, "You two have something going on, don't you~~"

"No... that's not it!"

Ever since she was young, Zhu Tingyu had been surrounded by wealthy and noble young masters.

The way they pursued her was always elegant and gentlemanly, just like in the movies.

Therefore, Zhu Tingyu, who had never paid any mind to such things, naturally assumed that only that kind of behavior could be considered a sign of affection.

Lin Xia's carefree behavior... made her completely unaware that this guy was also interested in her.

Back in the dorm, Lin Xia locked the door and quickly opened the system panel to start the awakening program.

The next moment, he felt a warm current spread from the soles of his feet throughout his body, finally gathering in his eyes.

Ten minutes later.

[Eye of Insight Activated!]

[Eye of Insight: After use, you can see the node of the next successful reinforcement of the Reinforcement Pillar!]

[Uses: 1/1]

[You get 1 use every 24 hours, with a maximum storage of 30 uses. Excess uses will be discarded!]

"Hiss..."

Lin Xia stared at the pop-up window in front of him in disbelief, even feeling his heartbeat quicken.

After a long while, Lin Xia finally recovered from his shock.

He unlocked the door, just in case someone came back, then sat on the bed, his thoughts returning to Teacher Xiao Ya's class.

"Every day, many powerful individuals around the world blow up their main cards due to failed reinforcements, resulting in a significant drop in their strength..."

"There are also many awakened individuals who dare not attempt reinforcement their entire lives, leading to their strength being stuck in a bottleneck..."

"And I... can actually reinforce successfully 100% once every 24 hours?!"

Lin Xia swallowed, still feeling a surge of excitement even after so much time had passed!

He was even more eager to try out the Eye of Insight!

Teacher Xiao Ya had said that after the Secret Realm trip in the afternoon, they could head to the Reinforcement Pillar!

Thinking of this, Lin Xia glanced at Vegeta's favorability progress bar.

"70%... only 30% left. I wonder if I can max it out in the Secret Realm?"

"Looks like I need to show off more in the Secret Realm, and try to get the Prince to appear quickly!"

Lin Xia planned his afternoon goals as he took off his shoes and lay down on the bed.

At this moment, his brow furrowed.

Because there was a strange noise coming from under his pillow.

Lin Xia picked up the pillow and looked, his brow immediately relaxing.

Under the pillow was a 20-dollar Empire banknote.

Without a doubt, Liu Yucheng must have put it there.

This guy clearly didn't want to owe him a favor, not even for a meal.

Lin Xia shrugged and put the banknote into his pocket.

A while later, the other dorm mates gradually returned.

After eating the chicken leg rice that Xu Jian had brought him, Lin Xia drifted off to sleep.

The scorching summer heat beat against the window, trying to wake the sleeping occupants--the lunch break passed in a flash.

"Let me pluck your heart~~!!

Try to melt it slowly~~!!"

Lin Xia was woken up by the singing from the loudspeaker.

He muttered a complaint about the dorm supervisor's taste to himself, then got up to wash.