Chapter 2: Starting with Nine Draws
A line of small, dusty gray text appeared before Wang Ran's eyes.
[Know Shame, Then Be Brave: Each death increases all attributes by 1 (Gathering sand into a tower, gathering armpit hair into a fur coat, as long as I die enough times, I will eventually become strong!)]
The bell continued to ring, and the text kept flowing.
Several lines of gray text appeared before Wang Ran's eyes in succession.
[Test-taker Mindset: 10% boost to mental attributes (My problem-solving speed has increased, and my resistance to negative emotions has improved, but it doesn't seem very useful?)]
[I Love Green: When green objects exist within 10 meters, mood will become slightly happier (Green makes me happy, I love green so much!)]
All three talents were in gray font. Wang Ran felt confused, wondering if all talents were gray, or if his luck was just that bad.
At this moment, he heard a slightly heavy bell sound.
Dong!
The next second, a line of pale text appeared before Wang Ran's eyes.
[Brick Believer: When attacking enemies from behind with a brick, it will definitely trigger a triple critical hit (A monk holding a golden brick cured my mental exhaustion)]
Wang Ran felt relieved. Finally, a useful talent appeared!
100% critical hit chance!
Although it required attacking from behind with a brick, the pros outweighed the cons. At least it was stronger than the previous three talents.
Things were looking up.
The text continued to scroll, this time still a white entry.
[Die with Eyes Open: When the character dies in the simulation, they can extrapolate an extra day (Damn it, let me see who killed me)]
Wang Ran's expression brightened. This talent wasn't bad either. With this talent, he would be able to know how he died.
At this time, another white entry scrolled out.
[Wild Slayer: 20% increased damage to creatures with lower intelligence (I'm a walking IQ test, I can tell if someone's an idiot just by hitting them once)]
A green light flashed, and Wang Ran looked closely.
[Extraordinary Endurance: Can persist for an extra second in doing anything (Sometimes I feel this talent is useless, sometimes I feel it's very useful)]
Wang Ran pondered this talent, wondering if [Space-Time Displacement] could also last an extra second.
But an extra second wasn't that useful. If something couldn't be done in three seconds, it probably couldn't be done in four either. Moreover, [Space-Time Displacement] could still be upgraded, so that extra second would become even less significant later.
At this time, another green talent scrolled out.
[Me Too: You can use this phrase to muddle through, but it can't be used all the time (He's your husband? Me too!)]
The description of this talent exuded a strong sense of dark humor.
Ah, this...
Wang Ran said with a strange expression: "As expected of a green talent!"
Setting aside the dark humor, this talent could be useful in many situations and had strong practicality.
Dong!
A slightly muffled bell sound rang in Wang Ran's ears.
The next second, a soft blue light entered his vision.
[Night Magic - One: After the sun sets, you can perform a magic trick. If someone applauds you, your movement speed increases by 30% and you're immune to 30% of damage received that night (I'll give you 100 yuan, can you praise me?)]
[Talent drawing completed]
[Please add the desired talents to your talent slot]
All nine talent drawing chances were used up, resulting in three gray talents, three white talents, two green talents, and one blue talent.
Wang Ran asked, "Can I only choose four talents?"
He only had four blank slots.
[Increase slots to choose more talents]
Wang Ran asked, "How do I increase them?"
[Complete milestone tasks]
Wang Ran asked puzzled, "What are milestone tasks?"
[Current milestone: Survive for ten days in the apocalypse]
[Milestone reward: Add two additional talent slots, reward one random legendary talent]
Golden talent!
Wang Ran's eyes were immediately glued to it.
He asked, "How many levels of talents are there in total?"
[There are six levels of talents in total]
[Gray trash, White common, Green excellent, Blue superior, Purple epic, Golden legendary]
[But legendary talents cannot be drawn directly]
Wang Ran's heart burned with excitement.
He only needed to survive for ten days in the apocalypse to obtain a legendary talent.
He had survived for six days in his first simulation.
Surviving for ten days would be a piece of cake!
[Please choose your talents]
Wang Ran composed himself. He scanned the nine talents and finally chose [Brick Believer], [Die with Eyes Open], [Me Too], and [Night Magic - One].
The latter three talents needed no explanation.
The reason he chose [Brick Believer] instead of [Wild Slayer] was because he had an adventurous spirit and preferred high-risk, high-reward options.
If given a choice between 20% critical hit rate and 20% increased damage, he would choose the 20% critical hit rate without hesitation.
[Brick Believer] was a 100% critical hit rate.
Although there were limiting conditions, he didn't care. As long as it could crit, it was fine.
"Oh right!"
Wang Ran asked, "Can Night Magic be upgraded? How?"
He noticed that Night Magic had a 'One' suffix. If there was a 'One', there should be a 'Two', but he couldn't find upgrade conditions in the talent description.
[Possessing 'Night Magic - One' will give you a chance to draw the advanced talent 'Night Magic - Two' in talent draws]
Wang Ran made a mental note of this.
At this moment, his status panel was completely refreshed.
[Strength: 44]
[Constitution: 27]
[Agility: 30]
[Spirit: 10]
[Comprehension: 10]
Talents: [Space-Time Displacement - One], [Brick Believer], [Die with Eyes Open], [Me Too], [Night Magic - One]
Wang Ran said, "This time my attributes are much higher than before. I shouldn't die so inexplicably again."
His previous five attributes only added up to 31, but this time they totaled 121. His strength even reached an astonishing 44, possibly enough to kill a bull with one punch.
This time he would definitely get his revenge!
Ring ring ring ring ring~
The end-of-class bell rang in the corridor. Wang Ran stood up abruptly. Without waiting for the teacher to dismiss class, he ran out of the classroom without even taking his textbooks.
He completely ignored the bewildered looks from his classmates.
Joking aside, the world was ending in two weeks.
What was the point of attending class?
If he ever entered a classroom again, he'd be a big idiot!
"In the memories of this body's original owner, he visited the basement once."
Wang Ran tried hard to dig through the original owner's memories.
"There wasn't even a window down there, it relied entirely on electric lights for illumination. In theory, if it collapsed, nothing should have been able to get out of the basement."
"I'll simulate once more to see exactly what it was."
"If I can defeat it, that would save a lot of trouble. I just need to stockpile some food in the basement to survive for ten days and complete the milestone task."
Wang Ran's heart itched at the thought of the task reward.
"Let's go again!"
[Simulation Start]
[Day 1: You were cleaning the basement when suddenly the earth shook violently. This time you were prepared and avoided the falling rocks, while also protecting the school beauty Lin Ying]
[You heard bone-chilling screams]
[You're certain that something else happened besides the earthquake, something far more terrifying than the earthquake itself]