Carefully experiencing the ability to grow stronger just by breathing, Zhou Li quickly confirmed two points.
Firstly, each time he grew stronger from breathing, his four main attributes would increase by 0.01. This was just the effect at zero-grade; as his grade increased, the amplification would also grow.
Secondly, the frequency of getting stronger was calculated at 20 breaths per minute, meaning that every minute, his Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Spirit would increase by 0.2.
This frequency was fixed and would not change whether he took deep breaths or rapid breaths. As long as he was still breathing, it would take effect.
0.2 per minute, 12 per hour, and 288 per day.
One should know that the upper limit for Ordinary people was only 10.
He didn't need to enter instances, nor did he need to hunt monsters. As long as he was still breathing, he could become a little superman.
Zhou Li was utterly shaken.
There were three people in the ward. Besides Zhou Li, the bed by the door was occupied by an old man over sixty, who was suffering from some unknown illness. The last person was not a patient but the old man's granddaughter, who looked like a high school student and happened to be visiting him.
The swirling iridescent light had healed Zhou Li's injuries, and the old man was no exception, his face ruddy and his pain gone without medicine.
While Zhou Li was studying his Talent, the two were also chatting excitedly.
"Grandpa, my Talent is A-grade. That's a one-in-a-thousand chance!" The granddaughter tilted her head, looking a little proud.
The higher the Talent grade, the lower the chance of Awakeners. Most people awakened F-grade and E-grade Talents. The probability of S-grade was only one in a hundred thousand, and as for the highest SSS-grade, there were probably less than a hundred people worldwide combined.
The old man's Talent was only E-grade.
However, he didn't care at all, looking at his granddaughter chattering with a benevolent expression. He was old, and his ability to accept new things was far inferior to young people. He could only understand a part of the words his granddaughter was spouting.
The high school girl occasionally looked at Zhou Li, her eyes full of curiosity, clearly wanting to know what grade Zhou Li's Talent was.
Zhou Li had no interest in showing off in front of this old man and young girl. He had only been there for a while and hadn't spoken much to them; they were complete strangers. He couldn't just tell everyone he met that he had a super-rule EX-Grade Talent, could he?
Opening the class group chat, the messages were scrolling by quickly.
Scrolling up, the chat was all related to Zhou Li. Clearly, the news of his assassination attempt was already known to everyone in the class, and his classmates all expressed great shock.
But at the moment of the National awakening , the topic instantly shifted.
"Hahaha, I awakened an A-grade Talent!"
"Ma Hongyu, you're too lucky! According to the awakening probability, there aren't many A-grades in our entire school, and who knew, our class has one!"
"Brother Ma, from now on you are my adoptive father! Adoptive father is above, please accept your child's bow!"
"Twisted with envy, I'm only D-grade."
"F-grade crying in the toilet."
Soon, Zhou Li understood the situation. Besides a few who hadn't spoken, only Ma Hongyu in the class had awakened an A-grade Talent. There wasn't a single one above A-grade.
As for the specific details of their Talents, not many were generous enough to share.
Someone in the group was @-ing those who hadn't spoken, including Zhou Li. Zhou Li pondered for a moment, just about to speak, when suddenly, hurried footsteps came from the corridor, moving extremely fast.
Zhou Li's heart tightened slightly. Having just experienced an assassination attempt, he was particularly sensitive to unusual situations.
He looked towards the doorway, only to see a monster shrouded in black mist appear there. Its appearance was similar to a wolf, its eyes were blood-red, and saliva dripped non-stop.
The old man and the young girl also noticed something was wrong and turned to look, immediately seeing the wolf monster at the door.
As soon as they saw it, the wolf monster had already launched its attack, its four limbs exerting sudden force, pouncing towards the high school girl.
The girl froze there, her mind blank. She watched the wolf monster pounce in front of her, its foul breath spraying onto her face. She didn't even think of using the Talent she had just awakened.
The old man jumped up from the sickbed, wanting to save his granddaughter, but how could he be in time?
Just as the tragedy was about to happen, a large hand suddenly reached out from the side. When the wolf monster's large mouth was about to bite the girl, it grabbed it. Then, the other hand grabbed the wolf monster's hind leg.
"Bang~"
Before the wolf monster could struggle, it was thrown out by an irresistible force, smashing heavily against the wall. It let out a mournful scream, spitting blood foam from its mouth, its limbs flailing weakly, clearly on its last legs.
The one who acted was none other than Zhou Li.
Ten minutes had already passed since his Awakening, and his four main attributes had also quietly changed.
Strength 10, Agility 9, Constitution 10, Spirit 9.
Strength and Constitution had actually reached the limit of Ordinary people, and in the next breath, they broke through that limit.
This wolf monster looked fierce, but in reality, its physical fitness was not much different from a wolf on Blue Star. With Zhou Li's current physical fitness, even empty-handed, he could easily subdue it.
After taking care of the wolf monster that rushed into the ward, Zhou Li rushed out without stopping.
Not far away, a spatial rift slowly closed, indicating that the wolf monster had come from there.
A wolf monster jumped onto the nurse's station. A nurse inside was slumped on the ground, her eyes full of fear. Just as this wolf monster was about to pounce on the nurse, Zhou Li, who had arrived in time, delivered a flying kick to its waist, immediately sending it flying several meters away, where it lay on the ground unable to get up.
"Thank you, thank you~"
Ignoring the profusely thanking nurse, Zhou Li picked up a chair and rushed into a nearby room, slamming it hard onto a wolf monster that was about to devour someone.
At this point, the three wolf monsters that came through the spatial rift were all dealt with by Zhou Li in a very short time.
The wolf monsters' corpses did not disappear and were gathered together.
Zhou Li thought that security personnel would come to handle it, and he would have to give another statement or something, but to his surprise, no one came at all. When he asked, he found out that similar monster attack incidents were breaking out all over New Sea City, and the few people in the public security bureau simply couldn't handle them.
Zhou Li didn't participate in the subsequent handling. His injuries had also healed. At this time, he was too lazy to go back to the school dormitory, so he simply went home.
He was a local of New Sea City. After his parents passed away, they left him a house, so he didn't need to worry about having no place to live.
"This is a monster attack?"
The class group chat had been flooded with messages about monster attacks. While Zhou Li was dealing with the wolf monsters in the hospital, New Sea University also welcomed an attack by monsters from another world.
They weren't wolf monsters, but a group of green-skinned monsters about one meter tall, like the goblins of legend. Similar to the wolf monsters, they were also shrouded in black mist.
At this time, major websites were occupied by hot topics like 'All-people Awakening' and 'Monster Attacks'.
Zhou Li learned that monster attack incidents were happening all over the world. Fortunately, the strength of these monsters was generally weak, and their numbers were not large. Although they inevitably caused some casualties, they were not a major threat.
Rather than a crisis, it was more of a reminder, or perhaps, a warning.
After that wave of monster attacks covering the globe, the frequency of spatial rifts appearing significantly decreased.
Opening the attribute panel, Zhou Li looked at the Instance option on it.
Awakeners who had just awakened were only at zero-grade. To advance, they had to pass an instance test.
There were two types of instances: Trial Instance and Advancement Instance.
Awakeners who cleared a Trial Instance would receive some rewards and also gain growth value. Once the growth value reached 100, they could enter the Advancement Instance. After passing it, they could advance to a higher grade.
Looking at the Instance option, Zhou Li fell into deep thought.
His personality was actually not extreme. The ruthlessness in his bones would only erupt when pushed to the limit.
One could also say that he lacked drive and was relatively content with the status quo.
With the ability to grow stronger just by breathing, he didn't need to make any effort or take any risks to constantly become stronger. As long as he quietly 'gou'd' (stayed low-key), waited until his strength reached a certain level before entering instances, it would undoubtedly be easy and pleasant, a complete Rolling .
Why not do it?
Originally, Zhou Li would indeed have done so. Even if he grew a little slower, it didn't matter.
But the experiences of this day changed Zhou Li's mind.
First, he was assassinated, and then he encountered a monster attack. Zhou Li deeply realized how dangerous his situation was and felt no sense of security at all.
Becoming stronger was imminent.
"You all forced me."
Zhou Li's eyes were sharp, and his mind heavily clicked the Instance option.