[You changed Edward Nygma's fate and gained 3 skill points]
After reading the system notification that evening, Li Jie felt refreshed. With four skill points in hand, he could get back on his feet again.
He put one point into the Meteorite icon, and sure enough, he still saw nothing.
[Skill level: 3] [Points required: 1/4] [**********]
I knew I wouldn't get to keep a single point...
He poured all his points into it and gained a new skill.
[Skill level: 3] [Points required: 4/4] [Divine Possession: Randomly borrow a portion of supernatural power] [Skill duration: 15 seconds] [Cooldown: 240 hours] [*This skill cannot be upgraded] [*Divine protection! Divine protection!]
This skill... looks decent, but once every ten days, with a random effect...
Whatever. I'll take it as it comes. Even if the skill sucks, padding the word count this much made it worthwhile. Worst case, I'll reset it later.
Early the next morning, after washing up and heading into the dining room in the precinct's new building, he found Nygma already sitting there eating bacon and fried eggs.
"Ed, shouldn't you get some more sleep? You only just took those drugs."
As Li Jie spoke, he took a few tomatoes and eggs from the refrigerated cabinet, cracked the eggs into a bowl, and beat them with chopsticks.
"I've had enough sleep. I'd like to turn the fear toxin into a practical sample as soon as possible." Nygma picked up his coffee and took a sip. "What are you doing? Don't you use a whisk?"
"No need to make a bowl of noodles that complicated." Without looking up, Li Jie rolled the tomatoes around in boiling water, fished them out, peeled them, and tossed them onto a cutting board, chopping away with a rapid