In a dim, empty world, a Starry Sky Hall floated.
Su Mubai lay inside the hall, his eyes tightly shut.
“Whoosh…”
Heavy breathing echoed within the Starry Sky Hall, signifying that he was out of danger and that his awakening was only a matter of time.
“Welcome, Blue Star player, to the Ten Thousand Realms Game. Initiating body data scan.”
As the system prompt sounded, a golden beam of light descended from the sky, scanning every inch of Su Mubai's skin.
“Scan complete. Initial panel generating…”
Buzz~
In an instant, the golden light beam dissipated, and Su Mubai's fingers suddenly twitched.
Immediately after, he abruptly opened his eyes, greedily breathing in the air.
“Whoosh~ This is actually real!”
Stunned, Su Mubai surveyed his surroundings, his eyes filled with the ecstasy of surviving a disaster.
The intense feeling of suffocation he had just experienced still left him with lingering fear.
“Liu Ruyan, Zhao Xu!”
Thinking of that despicable pair, Su Mubai couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Originally, he would have died at their hands, and his vast fortune would have been seized by them.
But now, the arrival of the Ten Thousand Realms Game gave him a chance for revenge.
“Next up should be awakening my talent, right?”
Su Mubai took a deep breath, a fierce glint flashing in the depths of his eyes.
“I hope my luck isn’t too bad.”
Having not opened his eyes for too long, Su Mubai was a little unaccustomed to it at first.
Fortunately, the colors and light within the Starry Sky Hall were not dazzling.
He didn't have to wait long before the system prompt sounded again.
“Character panel generated. Initiating talent awakening.”
Every player entering the Ten Thousand Realms Game would automatically awaken a talent in the Starry Sky Hall.
From the lowest F-grade to the highest SSS-grade, there were a total of nine ranks.
The Ten Thousand Realms Game did not state what the talent was awakened based on, but clearly, to rise strongly in the Ten Thousand Realms Game, a powerful talent was essential!
Soon, the system prompt gave Su Mubai a huge surprise!
“Talent awakening complete. Congratulations to player for successfully awakening S-grade exclusive talent—‘Promotion’.”
“S-grade!”
Su Mubai's eyes revealed a look of wild joy.
According to the information provided by the Ten Thousand Realms Game, the probability of awakening an S-grade talent was only one in ten million.
He hadn't expected to awaken such a powerful talent!
Below S-grade, they were collectively referred to as Ordinary talents.
Meaning many players could awaken identical talents.
However, S-grade and above were called exclusive talents.
This meant that Promotion was a talent skill unique to Su Mubai; no one else could awaken it.
“Promotion: S-grade exclusive talent skill. Consumes a certain amount of lifespan to permanently Promote any skill by one rank, up to S-grade skills. (First three uses are free of consumption.)”
“Any skill?”
Su Mubai was slightly stunned, and before he could think carefully, the system prompt sounded again.
“Upon entering the game, your identity is that of a Descender. Please confirm your name in the game.”
In the Ten Thousand Realms Game, all NPCs were real living beings, and Blue Star humans had collectively transmigrated to that world and were datafied by the system.
As for how to return to Blue Star, the Ten Thousand Realms Game did not inform them.
Su Mubai thought for a moment and said:
“Bai Ye.”
“Naming successful. Welcome, player ‘Bai Ye’, to the Ten Thousand Realms Game. Please select your profession.”
Buzz~
As the words fell, dozens of light beams descended from the sky.
The figures in each light beam looked exactly like Su Mubai, and they represented different professions.
These were all basic professions in the Ten Thousand Realms Game, divided into four major categories: Physical, Magical, Defensive, and Support.
Warriors, archers, rogues, pugilists, mages, priests, and other professions were all available.
There were also some hidden professions in the game, but those could not be chosen when creating a character.
Normally, players would choose the most suitable profession based on the talent they awakened.
However, Su Mubai's talent was Promotion, which could be applied to any profession.
“Warrior? Or a magic master?”
Su Mubai stroked his chin, examining the differences between the various professions one by one.
But he soon realized he had overthought it.
The figures in front of him were constantly disappearing.
“Detecting that player ‘Bai Ye’s initial attributes do not meet requirements. Ineligible professions are being removed.”
The system prompt made Su Mubai's expression change.
In just a few breaths, only one figure remained in front of him.
“Based on player ‘Bai Ye’s initial attributes, the only available profession is—Undead Mage.”
“Profession selection successful.”
Without giving Su Mubai a chance to choose, the last remaining figure suddenly glowed, then directly merged into his body.
At the same time, Su Mubai's hospital gown slowly transformed into a tattered linen robe.
A faint aura of death slowly spread out.
“Open attribute panel!”
Looking at his new attire, Su Mubai's face was ashen.
It wasn't that he thought the Undead Mage profession was bad, but he wanted to see how low his initial attributes actually were!
“Attribute Panel”
“Player: Bai Ye”
“Level: 0 (0.00%)”
“Profession: Undead Mage”
“Strength: 1”
“Constitution: 1”
“Agility: 1”
“Spirit: 10”
“Free Attribute Points: 0” (Gains 5 free attribute points per level up.)
“Health: 1/1” (Maximum cannot be permanently increased due to unknown reasons.)
“Mana: 200/200” (1 Spirit = 20 Mana.)
“Attack Power: 1”
“Spell Power: 10”
“Physical Defense: 1”
“Magic Defense: 5”
(Different professions have different attribute bonuses.)
“Exclusive Talent: Promotion”
“Profession Skills: Summon Small Skeleton (Level 1), Scorching (Level 1)”
“Summoning Space: 0/1”
“Equipment: Practice bone staff, Patched Robe”
“Lifespan: 1 year”
“Damn it, why is this happening?”
Looking at his miserable attribute panel, Su Mubai was momentarily unable to accept it.
All four core attributes, except Spirit, were a pathetic one point.
No wonder he could only become an Undead Mage.
Other professions, even Mages and Priests, required Constitution and Agility to be higher than two points.
Normally, a common person's basic attributes would fluctuate around 5 points, plus or minus one or two.
But Su Mubai had become an extreme case.
Spirit attribute maxed out, everything else Waste…
His Health cap was even permanently unincreasable due to unknown reasons!
With only one point of Health permanently, he would die if he was touched, how was he supposed to play?!
And only one year of lifespan left also made Su Mubai somewhat despair.
It seemed the Ten Thousand Realms Game had only pulled him back from the brink of death, but had not completely solved his problem.
Su Mubai couldn't help but sigh.
Yes, although the Ten Thousand Realms Game had this ability, it did not have this obligation.
But he was very unwilling, it was like giving him hope only to snatch it away again.
Such a disparity was even more unbearable than direct despair!
“Heh, one year of lifespan?”
Looking at his panel attributes, Su Mubai gritted his teeth: “Since there’s no turning back, I’ll take a gamble!”
The S-grade 【Promotion】 could only affect S-grade skills at most, so after Promotion, would it be able to affect SS-grade skills?
Thinking of this, Su Mubai took a deep breath, and with a thought.
“Continuously Promote ‘Promotion’ three times!!!”