Awakening Magical Talent / Chen Huiying's Boyfriend-Fog

"If a problem arose, just eliminate the person causing it. I called that efficiency."

"Come join our Guards Bureau." After a moment of silence, Officer Chen suddenly spoke.

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Bai Ye thought he had misheard.

"Are you joking, officer?"

"I'm not joking, Bai Ye. You're capable, and you're strong. The Guards Bureau needs talent like you."

Magic Talent Awakening

In the end, Bai Ye refused Officer Chen's offer. He had heard that Chief Chen looked incredibly alluring in a cheongsam, that Hoshiguma was tall, big, and made people feel safe, and that Miss Swire's tiger teeth were adorable.

Joining the Guards Bureau would indeed have been nice. At the very least, he would have become an important NPC in Lungmen, which would surely make dealing with Players more convenient in the future.

Unfortunately, Bai Ye did not want to be confined to Lungmen alone.

How could having tools in just one place possibly be enough? He wanted more tools.

"What a pity..." Chen no longer pressed the matter.

In truth, she had not told Bai Ye that she had overheard him "giving a speech" to Zhai Mao earlier.

It had to be said that as long as someone brought up "this land," "the Infected," and "the future," the topic immediately became weighty and made everyone think.

That was precisely why Chen concluded that Bai Ye was a good person—although he was indeed mysterious, and always seemed somewhat strange and suspicious.

"Do you still need us?" Bai Ye tilted his head and glanced at the lizardman being interrogated.

Chen had already contacted Guards Bureau headquarters. More officers would be arriving soon.

Just as he had said before, there was nothing left for him to do here.

I need to find a way to keep mooching experience...

Before Bai Ye could come up with a good excuse, Officer Chen answered, "You Rhodes Island Infected specialists can't leave yet. We may encounter a large number of Infected later, and we might need you."

Bai Ye blinked. "I only know how to deal with the Infected..."

Chen could not help rolling her eyes. Where had this Ursus patrol officer come from?

"It's fine. I think we can still be of some help." Flanka and Scythe, who had finished fooling around nearby, walked over. Both were slightly out of breath, though Scythe had clearly come out on top.

Although Scythe's basic physical abilities were somewhat weaker than those of other Vayf, suppressing a Vulpo fox in close combat was obviously no problem.

Flanka could only bully Scythe to her heart's content when Scythe was exhausted. Normally... she was the one who ended up being bullied.

Well, it was not like Scythe, that model student, could ever come up with particularly good ways to bully people anyway.

Bai Ye looked at the comedy duo beside him. "I remember you two were originally from Blacksteel International? Looks like you understand the laws of physics quite well. Are you familiar with Infected affairs?"

The so-called laws of physics naturally meant the reasoning of physical force. Blacksteel International was no charitable organization. Officially, its employees were private security consultants providing security and defense services for multinational corporations, government agencies, and organizations without borders.

In reality, they were mercenaries.

"Oh, no problem. She used to be with Blacksteel International's B.P.R.S. division." Scythe exposed Flanka's past to Chen Mo.

"B.P.R.S.? Biological Protection Response Specialists?" Bai Ye tilted his head. In his previous life, he had only heard a little about that division.

Scythe nodded.

To deal with the Infected crisis caused by Oripathy, Blacksteel International had specifically established personnel dedicated to handling Oripathy outbreaks: B.P.R.S.

Flanka had once been an operational agent in that division, responsible for providing security during biohazard operations and preventing accidents.

Bai Ye suddenly said, "Oh! I remember now. You were the ones wearing those really thick biohazard suits... You looked like barrels."

No wonder she was called Fat Fox. She really did look fat dressed like that.

Who would have thought that beneath that heavy biohazard suit was such a pretty, adorable girl?

Scythe could not help laughing. "Yes, yes, exactly! The barrel-shaped ones."

"Pfft, hahaha! Barrel-shaped... Did you hear that, Flanka? Barrel-shaped."

It was Bai Ye's first time seeing Scythe so cheerful.

She had always given people the impression of a meticulous, grounded model student. Her face was usually solemn and serious.

Yet now, she was laughing happily.

Seeing the brilliant smile on her partner's face, Flanka could not help gritting her teeth.

A world where only Flanka got hurt had been achieved.

Bai Ye collected his experience.

He had defeated three people earlier. The first two had not awarded much experience, but the last had been quite generous. He was a Saffran, his Originium Arts were rather unusual, and he was fairly strong as well. Unfortunately, he had run into Bai Ye. Although Bai Ye's current strength was still far behind what it had been in his previous life, his experience in dealing with all kinds of enemies was unquestionably top-tier.

Having completed part of the mission, he also received experience rewards from the game system.

Added to that was the experience spent by his tool, Zhai Mao, learning the skill "Close-Quarters Combat - Basic."

Bai Ye's experience pool suddenly became flush, enough to raise his level to 2, with some left over.

Bai Ye allocated the experience and leveled up. Then, looking at the 12 free attribute points in his hand, he hesitated.

In his previous life, he had followed the burly fighter route. Most of his free attribute points had gone into Constitution, Strength, and Agility. His Spirit attribute had only barely been sufficient, as long as it could control his floating swords.

When he had first transmigrated, he had planned to allocate his attribute points the same way. Attribute points were limited to begin with, and he was not particularly skilled in Originium Arts, so it was better to continue down the path he already knew.

However, after leveling up, he discovered that with the NPC template's bonus, leveling up gave him six free attribute points. Having more points to spare gave him the chance to enter fields he had never explored in his previous life.

Moreover, he had started with a Spirit-oriented talent. It seemed that he was destined to take a balanced route, developing all four attributes evenly.

In fact, Terra's powerful individuals developed that way as well. They possessed both formidable physical strength and powerful Originium Arts.

Well, except for those Great Beast incarnations. Those things were simply absurdly strong.

After raising his Spirit attribute to 20, Bai Ye distributed the remaining six attribute points evenly among the first three attributes. Although he had decided not to become a Strength-focused brute, he would still prioritize improving the fields he excelled in.

However, when his Spirit attribute reached 20, Bai Ye suddenly fell into a daze. His consciousness sank into endless darkness. He could only sense something inside his mind breaking out of its shell, as though something was being nurtured.

The next instant, Bai Ye suddenly woke with a start.

He felt the world around him becoming different, and at the same time, he noticed the astonishment in Flanka and Scythe's eyes.

Opening the game interface, Bai Ye discovered that beneath his talent tab, which had originally contained only one entry, something new had appeared:

Magic Talent Awakening

Please name it

Then Bai Ye understood the source of the girls' surprise.

His body was gently surrounded by wind.

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Chen's Boyfriend: Mist

On the night he transmigrated, Bai Ye stood by Lungmen's artificial lake and thought about many things.

There was no need to think about why he had come here or how he would return—that was too distant a question. It would only lead him down a dead end, and there was no way to figure it out.

What were the primary and secondary contradictions? What kind of life did he want? How could he achieve it? Who were his friends, and who were his enemies? Those were the things Bai Ye needed to consider.

He had considered using the Players, joining forces with Reunion, and drawing upon Rhodes Island's political resources, but he had never planned to treat his personal combat strength as a bargaining chip.

Because Bai Ye had always believed that no matter how powerful he became, he could not compare with those monster-like experts or powerful Great Beast incarnations. He could easily solo demons in the late game, but he could not make a Catastrophe vanish with a wave of his hand like Ling.

In terms from the novels of his previous life, it was probably the difference between physical cultivators and spell cultivators. Besides, this "physical cultivator" had neither achieved a saintly body nor possessed world-sundering physical strength. Meanwhile, those spell cultivators trained both magic and martial arts, which was utterly ridiculous.

In DND terms, their character sheets were absurdly overpowered.

Yet Bai Ye had never expected that one day, he would become absurdly overpowered too.

He stared at the line of text on his game interface and fell into thought.

Magic Talent Awakening

Bai Ye himself did not know exactly what it was, because there was no basis for comparison. In theory, every person's awakened magic talent was different.

Through general Originium Arts education, anyone who met the required Originium Arts adaptability could cast all kinds of Originium Arts.

However, personally awakened magic talents were difficult for others to imitate or even learn. Furthermore, some people's awakened magic talents even exceeded the theoretical limits of conventional Originium Arts. (For example, the white rabbit at her limit.)

The type, method of use, development method, and limits of a magic talent might not even be fully understood by its awakened user. Only through constant use and testing could it gradually be mastered.

Still, Bai Ye could roughly sense that his magic was related to wind.

Didn't that make him happy all at once?

Whether he was happy or not was secondary. Bai Ye felt that this magic talent had great potential. Sure enough, a brainless Strength 9 warrior had no future. He still needed to keep investing points into Spirit.

Bai Ye reined in his newly awakened magic talent and let out a breath. At least for now, one of his weaknesses had been addressed.

In his previous life, he had never heard of any Player awakening a magic talent. However, quite a few Players had studied magic in Laterano, with decent results. Unfortunately, that could not compare to innate talent magic.

While he was thinking, Flanka and Scythe walked toward him.

"Your magic talent awakened?" Flanka examined Bai Ye curiously.

Bai Ye nodded.

The natives of Terra were far more familiar with awakening Originium Arts than Players were. Even so, they had not mastered a method for awakening them. Unlike Bai Ye, who had muddleheadedly awakened his simply by raising his Spirit attribute to 20.

Naturally, Flanka and Scythe also possessed their own Originium Arts.

Flanka could make her weapon generate intense heat for a short period, raising it to 2,500 degrees within three seconds. It was called a thermite sword.

Scythe, meanwhile, could discharge electricity.

Looking at Bai Ye, Scythe suggested, "Originium Arts need to be used with an Arts unit, and it's best if one is custom-made."

That was indeed true.

Both Flanka's Swift Sword and Scythe's shield were essentially Arts units.

Flanka's Swift Sword was forged from Originium monocrystal, allowing it to bear Originium Arts without the blade deforming.

Scythe's flash shield was effectively a large Arts unit. Only Scythe could activate it with her unique magic talent. Once activated, the shield immediately released an intense flash exceeding 54 million lumens, along with devastating electrical shocks filling a fan-shaped area with a radius of five meters.

Bai Ye nodded. In his previous life, he had not delved deeply into Originium Arts and had only learned some relatively conventional spells. It seemed he needed to work hard on them in this life.

The extra attribute points he gained after leveling up gave Bai Ye the confidence to venture into unfamiliar fields.

In the end, the reason he had only been able to focus on physical attributes in his previous life was because Players had limited attribute points.

The three continued discussing Originium Arts, but Officer Chen avoided the subject. Bai Ye had heard in his previous life that she did not seem particularly good at magic...

You looked cool when you drew your sword and cut people down with Chixiao Swordplay, but you looked rather miserable when you could not cast magic.

About half an hour later, Swire arrived with a large number of officers. Hoshiguma came with them as well.

"So many people came?" Bai Ye tilted his head as he looked at the dense crowd of officers, police vehicles, and machinery.

Chen nodded. "Indeed. Director Wei dealt with prohibited drugs before, but now they've resurfaced. The problem is serious, so we need to root it out completely."

As she spoke, Swire and Hoshiguma walked over to Chen's side.

Bai Ye had met the little tiger once before, but this was his first time seeing Hoshiguma since transmigrating.

He had heard in his previous life that this big sister was incredibly fierce. Now that he was seeing her up close, he could not tell whether she was strong or not, but she certainly looked fierce...

She was practically on par with Flanka. That Flanka was genuinely huge, and she always liked swaying around in front of Bai Ye without the slightest self-awareness.

Flanka's figure was already considered tall and slender, but Hoshiguma was excessively tall. This noble-looking beauty was over 1.8 meters tall, even taller than Bai Ye. As an officer, she certainly gave people plenty of security.

As he thought this, Bai Ye could not help glancing at Scythe, who stood beside Flanka.

Poor girl. She was only 1.5 meters tall, making her look small and adorable amid the crowd.

"Chief Chen, the Guards Bureau hasn't organized such a large operation in a long time." Hoshiguma suddenly felt that things had been rather off lately.

Incidents had been happening too frequently. Someone had just broken into the Guards Bureau before, and now a large number of refugees had flooded into Lungmen, followed by the prohibited drugs...

For a time, the Guards Bureau had been run completely ragged.