Translator: AnubisTL
Things started getting weird when one squad pulled out an off-road vehicle for the tug-of-war.
After all, who ties a tug-of-war rope to an off-road vehicle?
Even then, everything still seemed relatively normal.
It's just tug-of-war, one might think. Using an off-road vehicle makes sense—it has more horsepower.
But when the squad left, they doused the high platform with kerosene and slathered the tug-of-war rope with lubricant, things spiraled out of control.
Some planted time bombs on the platform.
Others sprayed toxic gas across it.
In short, the tug-of-war had ceased to resemble tug-of-war at all.
Yet even at this point, it still seemed somewhat normal, with a faint shadow of the original game still visible.
That is, until a massive cannon obliterated the basketball court.
Only then did everyone realize the true rules of Red Light, Green Light:
I told you not to move. If you dare move, I'll blast your ass with this cannon.
From that moment on, the event was completely ruined.
Beyond ruined.
But precisely because of this chaos, some mechanical race players actually survived.
This realization filled Chen Jiang with regret. What a waste.
Chen Jiang stared at the talent panel before him, his eyes gleaming with excitement. He was barely able to restrain himself from immediately selecting the option.
The Innate Ability Enhancement Token would be incredibly useful to him.
Yet he suppressed his eagerness and turned his gaze to the remaining two three-star items.
What if the other two three-star items are even better?
The second three-star item was:
[Second Item: Space Bracelet.]
"Space Bracelet?"
[Item Name: Space Bracelet]
[Item Star: Three-Star Item]
[Item Effect: A space measuring 100x100x100 meters, totaling 1,000,000 cubic meters.]
[Item Description: Utilizes folded space to store firearms, items, clothing, and more.]
Chen Jiang sighed, a hint of frustration in his voice. If only I'd gotten here sooner. I don't need this anymore. I already have a space bracelet with the same capacity.
He had just used a Space Bracelet Enhancement Token to upgrade his existing bracelet. If this new one had been larger—say, 1000x1000x1000 meters—he would have immediately discarded the Innate Ability Enhancement Token without hesitation.
But this was just a 100-meter space bracelet.
Having two 100-meter space bracelets wouldn't be particularly useful. What he needed was a single, sufficiently large one.
If only this were a Space Enhancement Token, he thought. Then I could upgrade my current space bracelet again.
Even if it were a Space Bracelet Enhancement Token, he probably wouldn't choose it. His current space bracelet was sufficient for his needs, and an even larger one wouldn't enhance his strength.
He shook his head and glanced at the third item.
[Third Item: Diamond Seven-Colored Wings]
[Item Name: Diamond Seven-Colored Wings]
[Item Star: Three-Star Item]
[Item Effect: When activated, these wings adhere tightly to the user's back, granting temporary flight capabilities. Once bound, they can be controlled telepathically.]
[Item Restriction: Limited to one use per day, with each use lasting one hour.]
[Item Description: The true power of this item lies in its stunning appearance. Especially under sunlight, the wings shimmer brilliantly, instantly making you the center of attention.]
Another pair of wings.
Chen Jiang shook his head in resignation. While these wings might be valuable in the outside world, they were practically useless in the Ten Thousand Races Arena.
After a moment's contemplation, he firmly chose the first item: the Innate Ability Enhancement Token.
What he didn't realize was that while the wings were valuable externally, the Innate Ability Enhancement Token was far more precious—so much so that it could fetch an absurdly high price!
This was because the number of Innate Ability Enhancement Tokens was limited. While not exactly rare—with 1,024 tokens in existence—it was hardly a trivial quantity either.
The reason the outside world rarely saw the Innate Ability Enhancement Token was simple: any player with a sound mind would use it immediately rather than save it.
After all, in the Ten Thousand Races Arena, no one knew when they might die. In such a situation, it was only natural to maximize one's strength at every opportunity. Who would even consider hoarding such a precious item as a trump card?
Thus, the Innate Ability Enhancement Token remained virtually unseen by the outside world, its rarity making it too valuable to be wasted.
Soon, a familiar token appeared in Chen Jiang's hand.
But just as he was about to enhance his innate ability, a notification window suddenly popped up before him:
[Ding! Detected that you have already enhanced your innate ability once. A second enhancement requires two Innate Ability Enhancement Tokens.]
"There's such a rule?" Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow, pondered briefly, and then turned to Li Hao. "You try it."
"Me?" Li Hao looked bewildered as he accepted the token from Brother Jiang.
Since he couldn't use it immediately, he naturally wouldn't suggest saving it for later, waiting until they found a second Innate Ability Enhancement Token. After all, in a place like the Ten Thousand Races Arena, it was always better to use such items right away.
Moreover, the reason they could only map a thousand meters at a time wasn't because Scar Dog's energy drive range was limited to a thousand meters, but because Li Hao's map manifestation range was capped at that distance.
If they could extend Li Hao's map manifestation range, they could map areas much faster, conserve energy blocks, and discover more mechanical race cities.
"Brother Jiang, I..." Li Hao lowered his head to glance at the item panel in his hand, his voice tinged with panic. "This item is too precious, I..."
Chen Jiang remained expressionless for a moment before finally speaking. "Just use it. Stop wasting time with unnecessary words."
"Ah, well then, I'll use it. Thank you, Brother Jiang!" Li Hao looked at Chen Jiang with gratitude, took a deep breath, and solemnly crushed the Innate Ability Enhancement Token in his hand.
Immediately, a shared panel popped up before everyone's eyes!
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Li Hao, for successfully activating the three-star item, Innate Ability Enhancement Token!]
[This token can enhance your racial innate ability, Phoenix Nirvana, and your personal innate ability, Map Manifestation.]
[Please review the available enhancements and make your final selection within ten minutes.]
There were three enhancement options for the racial innate ability, Phoenix Nirvana:
Option 1:
[Enhancement Entry: I've got lives to spare.]
[Enhancement Effect: Gain an additional life, granting you a total of three lives.]
Option 2:
[Enhancement Entry: Reincarnation by Possession.]
[Enhancement Effect: Upon death, in addition to the options to revive on the spot or return to your location from 24 hours prior, you will gain the ability to possess the body of the player or mutated beast that killed you.]
Option 3:
[Enhancement Entry: Sage Reborn.]
[Enhancement Effect: After exhausting all three lives and entering true death, all human players will randomly receive three one-star items as a result of your sacrifice.]
"Hmm..."
Scar Dog clicked his tongue slightly as he examined the enhancement options for the racial innate ability. "To be honest, none of these seem particularly strong, except for the second one, Reincarnation by Possession."
"This is a bit unsettling. Even though we don't need this innate ability, Brother Jiang, you should try to find some rule-defense items that can block these kinds of abilities in the future."
"Otherwise, if you ever kill someone who happens to have the 'Possession Rebirth' ability, they could completely bypass your defenses and possess you directly, according to the rules. There'd be no way to stop it!"
"Hmm."
Chen Jiang nodded calmly. "I've been looking, but I haven't found any items that can counter this rule-based ability yet."
He had already reviewed these three racial innate ability enhancement options during his previous use of the Innate Ability Enhancement Token.
They were identical to the three options that had appeared last time.
Back then, when he first saw the second option, "Possession Rebirth," he had immediately considered the problem: what if someone else had this ability? How would he deal with it?
The best solution would be an item that could block such rule-based abilities.
But so far, he hadn't encountered any such item.
That left him with only one alternative: avoid killing human players as much as possible. After all, among the races he had encountered so far, only human players seemed to possess these bizarre personal innate abilities!
No one knew if any human players possessed innate abilities like "Soul Possession Rebirth" or "Death Curse."
At that moment—
Three enhancement options for Li Hao's personal innate ability appeared on the interface:
[Talent Name: Map Manifestation]
[Talent Effect: Projects a 3D map of the terrain within a 1,000-meter radius around the user into the air, displaying markers for alien race players, Native Players, and mutated beasts.]
[Enhancement Option 1:]
[Enhancement Entry: I Am Lightning!]
[Enhancement Effect: Summon a lightning bolt from the clouds and strike any marked location on the map. Usable three times within 24 hours.]
"Whoa..." Li Hao exclaimed, "Brother Jiang, this enhancement option is insane!"
"It's powerful, sure, if you're a lone wolf," Scar Dog shrugged casually. "Honestly, I don't see the point. A lightning bolt? We can already mark map coordinates and extend our barrels directly. What do we need this lightning thing for?"
"True enough."
Li Hao nodded in agreement, finally understanding the enhancement's value.
Next, they turned their attention to the second enhancement option.
Enhancement Option 2
[Enhancement Entry: Expanded Vision!]
[Enhancement Effect: The range of your map manifestation will increase from a 1,000-meter radius to a 5,000-meter radius.]
"This is it! This is the one!" Scar Dog exclaimed, his voice slightly agitated. "With this, our map-clearing speed will skyrocket again! More importantly, Li Hao's mental power is limited, so he can't create maps too many times a day."
"This enhancement won't increase the number of times we can map per day, but it will quintuple the mapping range! That's a massive improvement!"
"Hold on—" Chen Jiang shook his head. "Let's see what the third enhancement option is first."
Enhancement Option 3
[Enhancement Entry: Real-Time Updates!]
[Enhancement Effect: Any map you imprint in your mind can be permanently manifested on a wall. The glowing dots representing human players, alien race players, mutated beasts, and other entities on this wall will update in real-time!]
"This..." Scar Dog's jaw slowly dropped, speechless with shock.
This third enhancement entry was ridiculously overpowered!
What did it mean?
It meant that if they imprinted the entire planet's map into Li Hao's mind and then manifested it on this wall, the real-time movement trajectories of every player on the planet would be synchronized onto the map!
This was technology far beyond anything Blue Star could achieve!
Moreover, they could freely open phantom gates anywhere on this global map and teleport cannon barrels through them!
In other words, if they chose this enhancement entry, once they had fully mapped the planet, they could sit beneath the world tree, enjoying hotpot, singing songs, and if they felt like it, casually find a gathering point of alien race players on the map, extend a cannon barrel to their skulls, and blast them away!
This... was simply invincible!
"Brother Jiang, which one should we choose? Both of these seem incredibly powerful. Can we take both?" Scar Dog asked, his voice dazed, already envisioning the future possibilities.
As his thoughts drifted further, a vivid scene gradually formed in his mind.
"Dad!"
A child who looked about six or seven years old, clutching a test paper marked with a zero, approached Scar Dog with tears streaming down his face. "I failed the test again, waah, I got so many questions wrong!"
"The teacher told me to bring the paper home for you to correct, and then bring it back to school tomorrow."
"It's okay, it's okay," Scar Dog said, stroking his son's head with fatherly affection. "Your dad wasn't a great student when he was young either. Come on, give me the paper. Let's see where you went wrong, and I'll help you fix it."
Just then, a woman wearing an apron walked over and placed two dishes on the table. "Scar Dog, make sure you correct his paper properly. We don't want him failing the next test too."
"A child's education needs to start early. Failing now can really hurt his confidence."
"Don't worry," Scar Dog said confidently. "I'll make sure every answer is correct. Not a single mistake will remain."
"Alright, let's look at the first wrong answer."
"The question is: What is the highest peak on Nisla Star?"
"A: Glary Peak."
"B: Mali Ge Peak."
"C: Lei Sifeng Peak."
"D: Scar Snail Peak."
"Hmm, you chose B, which is Mali Ge Peak. Why did the teacher say it was wrong?"
"Mm-hmm."
The boy, who looked about six or seven years old, spoke with slightly reddened eyes and tears welling up: "The teacher said the first highest peak on Nisla Star is Glary Peak. Mali Ge Peak, which I chose, is actually the fourth highest mountain on Nisla Star."
(End of the Chapter)
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