The small amount of powdered drug entered his mouth, quickly dissolved in his saliva, and flowed smoothly down his esophagus into his stomach, where it was absorbed in an instant.
The next moment, Xia Xu finally experienced the sensation mentioned in the plot synopsis.
It matched exactly.
His mind became incredibly clear, his thinking sped up several times over, and once-hazy memories became readily accessible for him to review and browse. Everything before his eyes seemed to be captured in freeze-frames, imprinted on his brain frame by frame.
These wondrous sensations gave him an illusion that everything was under his control, that he could do anything.
[Name]: Xia Xu [Life Level]: 1 [Fate Potential]: [Supporting character: "Hunter"] [Talent Potential]: Combat (One-Star) [Special]: Attribute Viewing (Unrateable); Brain Overclocking (One-Star)
He glanced at his attributes and found a new entry plainly visible in the special field. However, the entry flickered in and out, as though it might dissipate at any moment.
It was probably because the dose had been too small, making the effects very short-lived.
Xia Xu hurriedly focused on the Brain Overclocking entry, only managing to bring up its details the instant the drug wore off.
[Brain Overclocking (One-Star): You have taken the SB-13 Superbrain Drug. Your brain has entered an overclocked state. Blood oxygen and energy consumption have increased substantially. Overall basic brain performance, including thinking speed, memory, information processing, and information retrieval, has increased substantially...]
"Thanks. I feel offended."
Xia Xu's cheek twitched at the name SB-13.
This probably was not a joke, but rather the initials of "Superbrain," meaning super brain. Unfortunately, in the Xia Kingdom's rich and profound language, this term that should have praised intelligence meant the exact opposite.
What left him even more speechless was that there was actually another