Academic Prodigy

[Academic Prodigy]

Sugar's tears flowed like a spring.

She had thought Chen Ji had abandoned her.

After dawn, she had never left this place, desperately waiting for Chen Ji to return.

Several times, she had nearly given up.

Until midnight, when a figure appeared out of thin air. Overjoyed, she burst into tears, finally seeing the playmate she had longed for day and night!

"Good girl."

"Wipe away your tears."

"We'll continue working together today and kill Weirds!"

"Let's turn you into a powerful Weird as soon as possible."

Chen Ji smiled.

He wiped the tears from the corners of Sugar's eyes.

Then, he steadily set her down.

"Carry me!"

Sugar spread her arms, looking clingy.

Chen Ji scratched his head.

"Okay."

"I'll carry you."

Chen Ji picked Sugar up.

Sugar wrapped her arms around Chen Ji's neck, like a lazy ragdoll cat. She pressed her head tightly against his chest, feeling the warmth radiating from him, and an incomparable sense of ease filled her heart.

Creatures in the Weird World were almost all cold.

Even this world itself was exceptionally cold and eerie.

Chen Ji was like a sun that had appeared out of nowhere in the Weird World, and she could not help developing a degree of dependence on him.

"Rest for a while."

"Then we'll get moving!"

"Big Brother can't stay here for too long."

Chen Ji smoothed Sugar's hair and gently lowered the rumpled hem of her dress. A doting smile also appeared at the corner of his mouth.

It really felt like he had raised a daughter!

"Big Brother."

"Why can you appear and disappear out of thin air?"

"Where is your home?"

Sugar's eyes were slightly red as she asked curiously.

"Home?"

"My home is in a very distant place."

"It is completely different from this eerie world, though dangers exist there too."

Chen Ji explained slowly.

"Distant?"

"How distant?"

"As distant as the stars in the sky?"

A glimmer shone in Sugar's beautiful eyes.

She could not help imagining Chen Ji's hometown.

"Farther than the stars in the sky."

Chen Ji sighed softly.

Kamar-Taj was not his home.

He came from a place without magic or superheroes.

Although his life had not been ideal, he had still had a happy family. His parents often nagged him to come home early...

But it seemed he could no longer return.

"Big Brother."

"Don't worry!"

"There will definitely be a way!"

Sugar clenched her little pink fists and puffed out her cheeks, cheering Chen Ji on.

She innocently believed that as long as one put in the effort, one's wishes would come true.

Yet things going against one's wishes was the norm.

"Right."

"There will definitely be a way."

Chen Ji smiled.

Then, he finally made his decision.

Two hundred Luck Value.

One hundred points would be used to upgrade a talent, while the other hundred would be used to spin the draw wheel!

He made this choice to be safe!

Even if he failed to draw a decent talent trait, he could still ensure that he gained another Blue Talent.

He could use this rest period to upgrade the [Total Recall] trait!

The [Total Recall] trait had evolved from [Clever and Quick-Witted], and it had benefited him greatly.

However, mere total recall was simply not enough to understand the Book of Arcane Arts.

So...

This was the trait he needed to upgrade first!

[Use Luck Value on [Total Recall] (Green)?]

"Confirm!"

Determination filled Chen Ji's eyes.

The next second.

Whoosh!

A blazing, brilliant flash streaked past.

[[Total Recall] (Green) has evolved into the trait [Academic Prodigy] (Blue)]

[Academic Prodigy] (Blue): You are the child every other parent wishes they had. No matter what subject you study, you can master it effortlessly and apply it with consummate skill.

"Tsk."

"I've become the child other parents talk about?"

Chen Ji was ecstatic.

[Academic Prodigy]!

Just from the name, he could tell how incredible it was!

This was a realm beyond that of a top student. Even if he slept through class, he could casually flip through a few pages of a book and still score first place in the entire school.

He was practically a monster born to learn!

Moreover, no matter the subject or field, he could handle it with ease!

It completely solved Chen Ji's pressing problem!

Previously, he had possessed the ability to memorize, but not the ability to solve problems!

In an instant.

The moment the Blue Talent trait [Academic Prodigy] took effect.

Chen Ji felt his scalp tingle.

The sensation was indescribably intense!

His brain seemed to have become a genuine Knowledge Hall.

And the Books of Arcane Arts he had seen materialized one after another out of thin air. They lit up with dazzling brilliance and actually floated in midair.

Chen Ji walked toward the nearest Book of Arcane Arts.

Universal Knowledge of Magic.

When he gently opened it, he saw plain, easy-to-understand Chinese arranged across the pages!

It was as though his brain came with a translation function, directly translating every work he had ever read!

Even...

The textbooks, reading materials, and comics he had read in his previous life appeared one after another.

They directly formed a magnificent memory palace!

Standing within it.

He felt immense torrents of information and data continuously surge toward him.

Yet as his thoughts turned, all the data he came into contact with transformed into individual files, which he placed in their corresponding locations.

When he opened his eyes and looked at the Weird Doll again, a string of text automatically formed in his mind.

It was as though he could see the hidden information behind things!

'Weird Doll. Production date: one kun year ago.'

'Its appearance closely resembles Sugar, a Hobby-Hobby Fruit user. Its role setting is that of a princess, and its manufacturer is the Roxxon Doll Company.'

'Approximately forty centimeters tall, measurements...'

Chen Ji glanced at Sugar.

All sorts of hidden information immediately surfaced in his mind.

He found it unbelievable.

Was this the world of an Academic Prodigy?

He seemed to have become Detective Sherlock!

Details he had once overlooked immediately became glaringly obvious. It was impossible not to notice them!

"Roxxon Doll Company...?"

"This seems to be an extraordinary criminal syndicate."

Chen Ji's eyes flashed.

Roxxon Oil Company!

As an oil and energy company, it was practically the world's largest fuel supplier—the word "one of" could almost be omitted!

Behind this company's glamorous facade, it secretly conducted countless illegal operations and had research ventures in virtually every field!

But why would products from the Roxxon Doll Company appear in the Weird World?

This filled Chen Ji with questions.

Of course.

Weird Doll Sugar definitely knew nothing about it.

And as he continued exploring, with the support of the Blue Talent [Academic Prodigy], he would certainly uncover the truth of this world!

"Now..."

"Let's draw a talent!"

Anticipation filled Chen Ji's eyes.

Then, a brilliantly glowing draw wheel appeared.

It had seven clearly distinct sections of unequal sizes.

Among them.

The white section occupied nearly more than half the wheel.

Green came next, followed by blue!

As for purple, gold, and black...

They each occupied only a small portion.

'Chance of drawing a White Talent: 60%.'

'Chance of drawing a Green Talent: 20%.'

'Chance of drawing a Blue Talent: 10%.'

'Chance of drawing a Purple Talent: 5%.'

'Chance of drawing a Red Talent: 3%.'

'Chance of drawing a Golden Talent: 0.5%.'

'Chance of drawing a Black Talent: 1.5%.'

Chen Ji swept his gaze over it.

He immediately determined the exact odds of drawing talents of each color.

Of course.

Probability did not mean that spinning the Talent Draw Wheel a hundred times would guarantee a top-tier talent.

It meant that every draw had the same probability!

There would be no quantitative accumulation resulting in a qualitative change!

[Talent Draw Wheel]: The first draw requires 50 Luck Value.

(Thereafter, the Luck Value consumed for each draw x2, and the chance of obtaining a rare talent increases accordingly.)

(Current Luck Value required: 100.)

Looking at the text marked by the system.

Chen Ji silently prayed.

I hope I didn't draw some useless talent trait!

100 Luck Value!

Success or failure hinged on this one move!

Chen Ji immediately spent 100 Luck Value and spun the prize wheel!

Buzz!

A burst of rumbling sounded.

The prize wheel's signature BGM immediately began playing beside his ears.

"Here he comes, here he comes..."

"He came bearing gifts...!"

"Here he comes, here he comes..."

"He entered atop auspicious clouds...!"

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